KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Co-Founder & CEO of The Future Project; Youth Empowerment & Education Advocate

Founder of the Tinkering School & Brightworks School; Author of "50 Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Children Do"

Founder & Executive Director of the Freedom Writers Foundation; Education Reform Advocate

Motivational Speaker for At-Risk Youth; Authority on Development Soft Skills & Empowerment; Managing Partner of Soft Skills for STEM (S3TEM)

Founder & CEO of Youth Equity Platform Chicago Beyond; Star of CNN's Documentary Series "Chicagoland"

Motivational Speaker on DEI, Workplace Wellness, Leadership & Improving Education; Youth Empowerment, Family Enhancement, Anti-Bullying & Social Justice Activist; Known as "Mr. I'm Possible"

Public School Educator & TED Speaker; Consultant on Race, Education, Gender and Equity

Educational Author, Former Teacher, Induction Program Developer

Founder of Mindsteps Inc.; Expert on Helping Educators Use the Tools They Have to Build Better Schools

Head of Youth Engagement & Skills for the Global Business Coalition for Education

Author, Youth Advocate, Wikimedia Foundation Strategist

Co-Founder of the Born This Way Foundation with Daughter Lady Gaga; WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Mental Health

Student Advocate, Education Reformer & Principal

2019 National Teacher of the Year

NFL Super Bowl Champion, Founder of Oher Foundation, Bestselling Author

2021 National Teacher of the Year

Executive Director of The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching & Learning

Director of the Center for Research on Child Wellbeing; William Church Osborn Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University; PI, Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study

Education Policy Advisor, Children’s Book Author, Film Producer & Public Servant

Educational Consultant; Former Director of Professional Learning & Curriculum Design at Mindset Works