KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

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

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

Senior Investigative Editor and Award-Winning Journalist

Syrian-American Spoken Word Poet & Educator; TED Speaker; Poet Laureate of Hillsborough; Founder of Writing Hour

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

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

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

Law Professor at Arizona State University; Author of "The New Crusades: Islamophobia and the Global War on Muslims"

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"

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

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

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

Global Peace & Reconciliation Advocate; Founder of Rose Mapendo Foundation; Subject of "Pushing the Elephant"; UN Humanitarian of the Year

Environmental Activist & Consumer Advocate; President of Brockovich Research & Consulting; Author of "Superman's Not Coming"

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

Founder of The Webby Awards; Award-Winning Artist, Bestselling Author, Internet Pioneer & Futurist

Widow of Journalist Daniel Pearl

Humanitarian, Children's Rights Advocate, Journalist & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author of "Enrique’s Journey"