David Aguilar is an internationally recognized naturalist/astronomer, author, space artist and musician with a unique ability to open minds to the vast frontiers of space and their potential effects on our own world. David’s expertise lies in sparking intricate, yet fascinating connections between the universe, nature, art and ourselves. Through the development of global study tours, space scie..

Gary White is the CEO and Co-founder of water.org and WaterEquity, nonprofit organizations dedicated to empowering people in the developing world to gain access to safe water and sanitation. Water.org is the resulting organization of the July 2009 merger between WaterPartners, co-founded by Gary in 1990, and H2O Africa, co-founded by actor Matt Damon. Gary developed Water.org’s WaterCredit I..

THE WATER SCHOOL, FGCU Leading the way toward solutions with an interdisciplinary approach, addressing local issues with global consequences. Located in the midst of Florida’s complex freshwater and saltwater systems, The Water School is uniquely positioned to explore water-based issues. The health of waterways impacts surrounding ecosystems, regional and state economies and people who rel..

Regina E. Dugan, PhD, is an internationally recognized business executive, producer, engineerartist, taskmaster and product developer. She has led world-class, global teams, and hundredmillion to multi-billion-dollar efforts to deliver breakthrough products at Facebook, Google, Motorola, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), as the 19th Director, and first woman to lead the ag..

Daniel Kraft, MD is a Stanford and Harvard trained physician-scientist, inventor and innovator. With over 25 years experience in clinical practice, biomedical research and healthcare innovation, Dr. Kraft has served as Faculty Chair for Medicine & Neuroscience at Singularity University since SU’s inception. He also founded and is Chair of Exponential Medicine, a program that explores convergent,..

“We are proud to have not just beaten our speed record today, we almost tripled it at 85.06MPH. That is faster than we have ever flown even in any of our 90 events across 30 countries since 2017.” —Richard Browning, November 14, 2019 Pioneering a new era of human flight, Richard Browning is Founder and Chief Test Pilot of Gravity Industries, which designs, builds and flies Jet Suits. The..

Katherine Gehl is a business leader, author and speaker. Katherine was president and CEO of Gehl Foods, a $250 Million high-tech food manufacturing company in Wisconsin where she led a transformational growth strategy, receiving multiple awards, before selling the company in 2015— in part to dedicate more time to political reform. Her career includes roles in the private and public sectors i..

Dr. Michael Porter is an economist, researcher, author, advisor, speaker and teacher. Throughout his lifetime career at Harvard Business School, he has brought economic theory and strategy concepts to bear on many of the most challenging problems facing corporations, economies and societies, including market competition and company strategy, economic development, the environment and health care. ..

Influenced by hardcore punk, American folk, Spanish and Mediterranean-style guitar playing, the Taalbi Brothers sound erupts into raw and awakening music. Made possible by the bonds of blood and channeled through two flamenco styled guitars, they carry these edgy, complex and electric behaviors to the stage, shattering all typical notions of flamenco-inspired guitar playing. Born and raised in..

Chairman and founding president of the Skoll Global Threats Fund, Dr. Larry Brilliant is the former Vice President of Google and former Executive Director of Google.org. In his book, Sometimes Brilliant: The Impossible Adventure of a Spiritual Seeker and Visionary Physician Who Helped Conquer the Worst Disease in History, he reflects on his remarkable life and his extraordinary experiences as a do..

Ed Hyman is Chairman of Evercore ISI and Vice Chairman of Evercore. He heads Evercore ISI’s Economic Research Team. For the past 44 years Ed has been ranked by the Institutional Investor poll of investors for Economics, and ranked #1 for 39 years. Prior to joining Evercore ISI, Ed was the Chairman and Founder of ISI Group, LLC. (broker dealer) and ISI Inc. (funds management). Prior to formin..

Norman Lear is a television and film writer/producer whose dynamic career in Hollywood has encompassed both the Golden Age and Streaming Era. At 97, Norman Lear has no plans to retire. His production banner, ACT III, has a first look deal with Sony Pictures Television. He serves as executive producer to the critically acclaimed reimagining of One Day At A Time, recently resurrected for a fourth se..

Yung S. Lie, PhD, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides today’s best young scientists with funding to pursue innovative cancer research. Dr. Lie joined the Foundation in 2008 as Scientific Director, was promoted to Deputy Director and Chief Scientific Officer in 2014, and began her current role in Dece..

John Palfrey is President of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, one of the nation’s largest philanthropies with assets of approximately $7 billion, and offices in Chicago, Mexico City, New Delhi and Abuja, Nigeria. The Foundation funds the the MacArthur Fellowship, commonly but unofficially known as the “Genius Grant,” a $625,000, no-strings-attached award to extraordinar..

The Executive Producer of BBC Natural History’s “Dynasties,” Michael Gunton works for BBC Worldwide and the BBC as the Creative Director of Factual and The Natural History Unit. Mike began working for the BBC after he graduated with a first class degree in Zoology and a Doctorate at Bristol and Cambridge Universities. His work within the Natural History Unit has seen him establish the “Peo..

Larry Jameson, M.D., Ph.D., became Executive Vice President of the University of Pennsylvania for the Health System and Dean of the Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine in 2011. Together, the two entities make up Penn Medicine, an $8 billion enterprise dedicated to excellence in the related missions of medical education, biomedical research and patient care. Founded in 1765 as the Colonies..

Dylan Thuras is the cofounder and creative director of AtlasObscura.com, the encyclopedic online guide to the weirdest and most wondrous places in the world that gets more than five million visitors each month. He is also the coauthor of the #1 New York Times bestseller Atlas Obscura: An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Hidden Wonders, which has over six hundred thousand copies in print, and of..

Cory Pesaturo (“C Pez”) is revolutionizing the accordion. The only person to ever win the trio of World Championships on Acoustic, Digital & Jazz Accordion, Cory is also the only accordion graduate of the prestigious New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. His performances at all three of his World Championships were played on accordions that were not his, and were generally 90% impro..

A Distinguished Lecturer in the creative writing program at the University of Pennsylvania, Anthony DeCurtis has written for a multitude of publications including Rolling Stone, the New York Times and Relix. In addition, he has appeared as a commentator on MTV, VH1 and the Today Show, as well as many other news and entertainment programs. From 2006 through 2008, DeCurtis directed and helped design..

Shelbie recently completed a Bachelor of Music in Composition at The Boston Conservatory at Berklee College of Music. In March 2020, when Berklee shut down, Shelbie organized and produced the video, “What the World Needs Now” by Burt Bacharach/Hal David, featuring the talents of her fellow Berklee classmates—which has now been seen by more than 8 million people. Rassler has since worked on p..