Speakers

Freelance writer and former science reporter for The New York Times

Acclaimed memoirist and author of Bad Mother and Love and Treasure

Journalist and author of The Art of Noticing

Human rights advocate and author of The Girl Who Smiled Beads

Leadership Coach, Founder of Mastery Academy, author of Big Asian Energy (2025)

Award-winning technology reporter and co-author of Out of Office

Chef, author, activist, and founder of Chez Panisse restaurant and the Edible Schoolyard Project

Bestselling author of Quit Like a Woman and Founder of Tempest, Inc.

Bestselling author on Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant

Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys

Executive coach, human behavior professor, and author of Managing Up: How to Get What You Need From the People in Charge

Pulitzer Prize winner and author of the critically-acclaimed bestsellers The Warmth of Other Suns and Caste

Actress, writer, and advocate for dementia research and caregivers

Author of The Interestings and The Ten-Year Nap

Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower and staff writer for The New Yorker

Former White House Antitrust Advisor, Columbia Law School Professor, and author of The Curse of Bigness and The Attention Merchants