KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Award-Winning Actor, Literacy Advocate & Pop Culture Icon; Star of "Roots" & "Star Trek: The Next Generation"; Host of "Reading Rainbow"

Education Innovation Specialist; Author of "The Growth Mindset Coach"

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

President of Families and Work Institute, Author, Senior Science Advisor

Psychologist, Author Known for "The Way of Boys" & "The Power of Agency"; Expert in Child & Family Psychology

Author & Phonics Specialist; Benchmark Education Company & Associate Publisher, Reycraft Books

Educator & Literacy Researcher; Professor of Literacy, Language & Culture, & Education at the University of Michigan; Advocate for Literacy for Children in Poverty

Education Thought Leader; Founder & Chairman of the International Center for Leadership in Education

Educational Equity Proponent & Dean of the USC Rossier School of Education

Political Scientist & Economist Specializing in Comparative Politics; Author of "Political Institutions"; Distinguished Professor at Georgetown University

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

Managing Director of Non-Profit School Management Organization, Uncommon Schools; Author of "Teach Like a Champion" Series

Education Innovation Leader & Hands-On Learning Advocate; Founder of Brightworks School & Tinkering School; Author

Child Psychologist & Children's Author; Associate Director of the Child Trauma Research Program at the University of California, San Francisco; Director of Dissemination and Implementation for Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP)

Youth Leadership, Education & Empowerment Advocate; Future of Work Expert; Social Entrepreneur; Co-Founder & CEO of The Future Project

Renowned Author & Lecturer Known for His Influential Work in Education, Parenting & Human Behavior

Academic Innovation Leader; Program Manager at Texas Credentials for the Future; Expert in Online Learning

Educator, Master Teacher, Psychologist, Leadership Consultant, Expert in Learning & Human Behavior; Author of "Real Talk"

Leading Educational & Professional Development Consultant; Strategist for Helping Educators Improve Student Success

Education Policy Advocate, Social Impact Advisor, Children’s Book Author, Film Producer & Public Servant