KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Astronaut, Afrofuturism Artist & Geoscience Professor at the Maricopa Community Colleges

Professor of Engineering & Consultant

Professor of Condensed Matter Physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Biophysicist & Neuroscientist

Astrophysicist & Cosmologist

Director of Quantum & Molecular Technologies at Intel Labs

Associate Professor at the University of Waterloo; Expert in Combinatorics, Optimization & Quantum Computing

Rosenberg Scholar; Assistant Professor of Computing & Mathematical Sciences; Known for the First Visualization of a Black Hole

Cosmologist, Professor of Physics & Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton and Author of "Our Universe: An Astronomer's Guide"

Award-Winning Quantum Physicist, Author & Science Pioneer

Founder & CEO of Rocket Lab; Acclaimed Scientist & Engineer

Joseph Pellegrino University Professor in History of Science and Physics at Harvard University

Professor of Astronomy & Physics at Yale University; Author of "Mapping the Heavens"

Director of BEYOND: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science; Physicist, Cosmologist & Astrobiologist

Director of the Columbia University Center for Radiological Research

Researcher, Writer, Author of "Smoke & Mirrors," Co-Host of the Radical Science podcast

Theoretical Cosmologist, NASA Advisor, U.S. Cultural Ambassador & Author; Host, "How the Universe Works," "Space Out" & "Ask a Spaceman"

Director of Master of Fine Arts Program at the University of Michigan; Author of "The Only Woman in the Room: Why Science is Still a Boys' Club"

Former NASA Astronaut; Retired U.S. Air Force Officer & Chemist

Italian Theoretical Physicist & Writer