KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Newbery Medal-Winning Author of "Number the Stars" & "The Giver"

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

World-Famous Animal Scientist, Autism Self-Advocate & Author of "Thinking in Pictures: My Life With Autism"

Poet, Educator, Publisher, Emmy Award Winning Producer & New York Times Bestselling Author Known for "The Crossover"

Former Head of Training at Walt Disney University, Best-Selling Author, Business Consultant, Leadership & Customer Service Expert

Director, Storytelling Consultant, Former Pixar Animator, Story Artist, Creativity Expert & Author

Pioneer of the Flipped Class Movement & Bestselling Author of "Flip Your Classroom"; Member of the TED-Education Advisory Board

Children's Books Author & Illustrator Known for "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie"

Authority on Innovation & Leadership, Serial Entrepreneur, Venture Capital Investor; NYT Bestselling Author of "The Road to Reinvention"

#1 New York Times Best Selling Author, Award-Winning Children's Musician & Original Author of the "Pete the Cat" Series

Author, Illustrator & Founder of FableVision

Mitchel Resnick is LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research, Director of the Okawa Center, and Director of the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab.

Director, Producer & TED Speaker; Known for 1 Second Everyday

Founder of Dream Big Toy Company & Creator of Go! Go! Sports Girls; Author of "More Than A Doll"

Educator & Author of "The Book Whisperer" and "Reading in the Wild"

Award-Winning Children's Book Author & Illustrator

Award-Winning Children's Author & Illustrator Known for "Thank You, Mr. Falker"; Dyslexia & Learning Disabilities Advocate

Architect; Entrepreneur; Founder & CEO of Cheekd

Industrial & Organizational Psychologist; Workplace Strategist

Cowboy and Author; Best Known for his Classic Children’s Series, "Hank the Cowdog"