World Affairs Speakers

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate & Founder of Grameen Bank; Known for His Work to Eliminate World Poverty

Former White House Director of Economic Policy & CNBC Regular

Award-Winning Writer, Activist & Academic

Reporter & Videographer Covering International Finance, Economics, and Politics

President, Jigsaw (previously Google Ideas) & Chief Advisor to Alphabet Executive Chairman (former Google CEO) Eric Schmidt

Internationally Renowned Expert on Business Strategy, Professor at London Business School & Author

American Economist, Professor at Columbia University & Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences 2001

Leading Expert on Strategy, Globalization and Emerging Markets

Co-Director and Senior Fellow, Energy and National Security Program

Journalist, TV Personality, Anchor of CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360°"

Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy & International Politics, Harvard Kennedy School

Co-Founder & CEO of With Honor, Veteran and Author of "It Happened on the Way to War"

Psychiatrist & Director of the African Mental Health Initiative

Founding CEO of Young China Global Group & Author of "Young China: How the Restless Generation is Changing Their Country and the World"

Philosopher Thomas Pogge wants to ensure medications get to those who need it most. He has published on a wide range of subjects such as global justice and human rights.

Renowned CNN Business Correspondent

Organizational Theorist, Management Consultant & Author

Futurist, Author & Visionary Business Advisor

Professor, Yale School of Management and Expert on Global Business Strategy

Editor & Columnist at Fortune Magazine; Author of "Humans Are Underrated"