KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Award-Winning Entrepreneur; "Shark Tank" Investor; Founder & CEO of FUBU; Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship

Award-Winning Science Fiction Author, Known for "Story of Your Life" and "Exhalation"

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

Pulitzer Prize-winning Author, "The Virgin Suicides," "Middlesex," and "The Marriage Plot"

#1 New York Times-Bestselling Author

Mexican Novelist, Essayist & Screenwriter; Known for Bestselling Novel "Como Agua Para Chocolate"

Author & Director of Franchise/Story; Lucasfilm Ltd.

#1 International & New York Times Best-Selling Author of the "After" Series, Producer, Entrepreneur & Innovator

Award-Winning Author of "The Four Winds," "The Nightingale" & "Firefly Lane"

Private Equity Fund Manager & Real Estate Investor

Award-Winning Journalist; Founder of Katie Couric Media; Co-Founder of Stand Up to Cancer

Civic Leader, New York Times Bestselling Author & Former Senior Advisor to President Obama; CEO of the Barack Obama Foundation

TV Personality & Co-Founder of the HollyRod Foundation; Compassionate Care Advocate for Autism & Parkinson's Disease

Tony-Award Winning Broadway Star & Actress Best Known for "Wicked"

Actress, Comedian & Podcast Host of "Best Friends"; Known for "SNL" & "Home Economics"

Actor, Director, Producer & Mental Health Advocate; National President of SAG-AFTRA

Golden Globe Award-Winning Actor Known for the "Star Wars" Sequel Trilogy, "Dune" & "Frankenstein"

Academy Award-Winning Filmmaker & Author; Best Known for "Pinocchio," "The Shape of Water" & "Frankenstein"

Award-Winning Actress & Director; Best Known for "Barbie," "Lady Bird" and "Little Women"

Actress, Model, Feminist & Activist; UN Women Goodwill Ambassador; Co-Founder of the HeForShe Campaign