KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Children's Books Author & Illustrator Known for "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie"

Author of "All You Can Ever Know;" Contributing Writer for The Atlantic; Asian-American Activist

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

Original Winner of NBC's "Last Comic Standing"

Bestselling & Newberry Honor Author; Known for "Echo," "Esperanza Rising" & "Becoming Naomi León"

Chef, Restaurateur, Mixologist & Entertainer Also Known as Suzy Wong

Artificial Intelligence & Innovation Expert; Former Director of Global Key Accounts at the Alibaba Group; Author, "Ecommerce Reimagined"

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

Newbery Medal Winning Author of "Out of the Dust", MacArthur Fellowship "Genius" Award Winner, Children's & Young Adult Author

UN & TEDx Speaker; Founder of Sharing to Empower; Researcher, Advocate, Changemaker for Gender Equality & STEM Role Model

Korean-American Comedian, Actor, TV Host, Podcaster & News Commentator

Award-Winning Author, Known for "Here Comes the Sun" & "Patsy"

NYT Bestselling Author Known for "Heft," "The Unseen World," "Long Bright River" & "The God of the Woods"; Director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Temple University

Contemporary Crime & Supernatural Fiction Author, Known for "The Ridge" & "An Honest Man"

Former Olympic Ice Hockey Player & Current Head Coach of the Concordia Stingers Women's Ice Hockey Team

Psychotherapist, Corporate Mental Wellness Consultant & Burnout Prevention Expert

Comedian, Actor, Writer, Producer & Podcast Host; Known for Offbeat Sense of Humor

Decorated Veteran, Former POW, Resilience Expert

Actress, Emmy Award-Winning Host, New York Times Bestselling Author, Spokesperson & Entrepreneur

Renowned Architect; Lead Designer of The National Museum of African American History & Culture