KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

Entrepreneur, Technologist, Investor, Impact Leader & Co-Founder of the Malala Fund & Our Place

Palestinian-American Actress, Writer & Comedian; Disability & Anti-Cyber Bullying Advocate

Communications Strategist, Investigative Journalist, Cross-Cultural Communications Trainer & Researcher

Famous Environmental Activist; Consumer Advocate & Bestselling Author; Groundwater Contamination Expert & Victim Advocate

Youngest Muslim Elected Official in the United States; Political & Diversity Activist; Skokie Board of Education Member

Yemeni Journalist & Human Rights Activist; First Arab Woman to Win Nobel Peace Prize

Environmental Activist, Ocean Advocate & Storyteller; Co-Founder, Oceans2050 & Senior Advisor, OCEANA

Civil Rights Activist, Co-Founder of MPOWER Change, Women’s March Leader

First Woman Deputy Speaker of Parliament & International Advocate for Women's Rights

Peace Activist, Humanitarian of the Year, Founder of Rose Mapendo Foundation

Iranian Visual Artist; Focuses on Social, Cultural & Religious Codes of Muslim Societies

Widow of Journalist Daniel Pearl

Iranian-American Writer, Middle Eastern Women’s Rights Advocate, Guggenheim Fellow

Expert on Women, Power & Leadership, Leading Activist, Bestselling Author; Former President of Planned Parenthood

Emmy Award-Winning Journalist Known for Being Detained in North Korea; " Co-Author of "Somewhere Inside: One Sister’s Captivity in North Korea and the Other’s Fight to Bring Her Home"

Activist, Mental Health Advocate & Co-Founder & Head of Education at FEMINIST; Bestselling Author of "Read This to Get Smarter"

Humanitarian & Nobel Peace Prize Winner; Chairman of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines

Global Health, Sustainability & Gender Equity Advocate, Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, UN High-Level Commissioner, Director of Global Policy at the Gates Foundation

Human Rights Activist, Episcopal Priest, Anti-Apartheid Advocate