KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

Best-Selling Author, Tech Entrepreneur, Investor, Philanthropist & Actor; Best Known For "CSI: NY" & "The Good Doctor"

Executive Producer & Host of Edge Factor

Co-Founder of Project Eye-To-Eye & Learning Disabilities Advocate; Recipient of The Harry S. Truman Fellowship for Public Services

President of Communication Across Barriers Inc. & Author of "See Poverty, Be The Difference"

Singer, Actor, Motivational Speaker & Author of "Get Fired Up Without Burning Out!"

Fellow, Lumina Foundation; Former President of the Association of American Colleges and Universities

Leading Educational & Professional Development Consultant

Motivational Educational Speaker; Happiness & Empowerment Advocate

Resilience Researcher, Future of Work and Change Management Expert; #1 WSJ Bestselling Author of "PIVOT" and "Change Proof: Leveraging Uncertainty to Build Long-Term Resilience"

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

Author & Mother of Olympic Icon Michael Phelps

Managing Director of Uncommon Schools & Author of "Teach Like a Champion"

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

Young Poet, Educator, Activist & TED Speaker Known For "High School Training Ground"

Educational Thought Leader, Author, School Culture and Motivation Expert

Author, Speaker, Youth Advocate & Child Welfare Professional

Deaf Actress, Journalist, Writer & Scientist

Educator, Businessman & Author

Education Consultant at Mindset Works & Clinical Associate Professor of Gifted Education at SMU