KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Poet, Educator, Publisher & New York Times Bestselling Author Known for "The Crossover"

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

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

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

Children's Book Author; President & CEO at Compendium Inc.

Children's Books Author & Illustrator; Best Known as the Author of "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie"

Sharon Creech is an American writer of children's novels. She was the first American winner of the Carnegie Medal for British children's books and the first person to win both the American Newbery Medal and the British Carnegie.

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.

Journalist; Editor and Writer at TIME MAGAZINE. Author of 8 books, including APOLLO 13.

Best-Selling Author Known for "A Short History of Nearly Everything" & "A Walk in the Woods"

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

Educator & Author of "The Book Whisperer" and "Reading in the Wild"

Co-Founder of the Born This Way Foundation with Daughter Lady Gaga; Mental Health Advocate

Author & Illustrator Known For "Lost in Translation"

Former Teacher; Now An Instructional Designer and Author on Effective Instruction on Learning

Former New York Times Reporter & Columnist; Best-Selling Author of "At Home in the World" & "Labor Day"

Professor; Science Historian; Philosopher; Author of "The Philosophical Breakfast Club"

Young Poet, Educator, Activist & TED Speaker Known For "High School Training Ground"

Internationally Recognized Graffiti Artist, Entrepreneur & Bestselling Author of "Unthink"