KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Founder & Executive Director of the Freedom Writers Foundation; Education Reform Advocate

Newbery Medal-Winning Author of "Number the Stars" and "The Giver"

Poet, Educator, Publisher, Emmy Award Winning Producer & New York Times Bestselling Author Known for "The Crossover"

World-Famous Animal Scientist, Autism Self-Advocate & Author of "Thinking in Pictures: My Life With Autism"

Award-Winning Children's Author & Illustrator; Dyslexia & Learning Disabilities Advocate

Children's Books Author & Illustrator Known for "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie"

Serial Entrepreneur, New York Times Best-Selling Author & Venture Capital Investor

#1 New York Times Best Selling Author, Award-Winning Children's Musician & Original Author of the "Pete the Cat" Series

Former Head of Training at Walt Disney University & Bestselling Author; International Keynote Speaker

Author, Illustrator & Founder of FableVision

Former Pixar Animator, Story Artist, Creativity Expert & Author

Pioneer of the Flipped Class Movement & Bestselling Author of "Flip Your Classroom"; Member of the TED-Education Advisory Board

Award-Winning Children's Book Author & Illustrator

Mitchel Resnick is LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research, Director of the Okawa Center, and Director of the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab.

Director, Producer & TED Speaker; Known for 1 Second Everyday

Founder of The Aesthetics of Joy, Author & Designer

Founder of Dream Big Toy Company & Creator of Go! Go! Sports Girls; Change Maker & Stereotype Breaker

New York Times Best-Selling Author of "The Tourists" & "The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace"

Immigration Reform Activist & Actress Known for "Orange is the New Black" & "Jane The Virgin"

NYT Bestselling Author Known for "Esperanza Rising" & "Becoming Naomi León"