World Affairs Speakers

Acclaimed Journalist Known for Being Detained in North Korea; Host of "E! Investigates;" Co-Author of "Somewhere Inside"

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

Former Elite Military Unit Commander, Leadership & Resilience Expert

Chief Operating Officer at Waymo; Former Chairman of the Internet Association Board

The Singapore Futurist

Inspirational AAPI Speaker; Sustainable & Inclusive Growth Consultant for Fortune 500 Companies Promoting Innovation and Employee Engagement; Bestselling Author; Founder of "Conspiracy of Love"

Chairman of Siemens; Board member of the World Economic Forum

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

First Female F-14 Fighter Pilot in the U.S. Navy, Team-Building, Leadership & Strategy Expert

Artificial Intelligence & Technology Futurist; Economist; First Chief Market Intelligence Officer for the US Government

Foremost Authority on Generative AI & the Future of Work; Director of the Stanford University Digital Economy Lab

Technology Journalist; Founder & CEO of PandoMedia and Chairman Mom

Senior Fellow, Institute on Race, Power, and Political Economy; Co-founder of Facebook & Former Editor-in-Chief at The New Republic

Founder, Chairman & Principal Analyst at Constellation Research; Author of "Disrupting Digital Business"

Leading Authority on Global Strategy, Marketing & Internationalization; Managing Global Customers; Governance and Strategy Focusing on Asia-Pacific

Founder of Monster.com & Eons.com

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

America's Premier Crisis Management Expert; Inspiration for ABC's "Scandal"

Award-Winning Speaker and Author, President of High Point University

Organizational Theorist, Management Consultant & Author