Political & National Issues
Environment & Sustainability:
Founder, Life Edited
As founder and CEO of LifeEdited, environmental speaker Graham Hill helps people design their lives to include more money, health, and happiness with less stuff, space, and energy.
Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Kerry
Jon Finer’s career highlights include key roles in the Iran nuclear deal, Paris climate accord, Middle East peace talks, European immigration crisis and Asia rebalance, and the effort to end the Syrian civil war.
Founder, Ethos Water & Liberty United
Driven by a vision to provide clean drinking water to developing nations, speaker Peter Thum founded Ethos Water, which has donated millions to safe water initiatives.
Global Policy Expert
Patel reaches 280 million viewers through his newspaper review on BBC – discussing politics, economics and social issues. He has weekly shows on business and politics on Bloomberg TV and has authored 18 books.
Consumer Advocate
A former Green Party candidate for president, Ralph Nader fights for the people on the issues that matter most: healthcare, safety, environment, ethics, education, and economic & social equality.
Expert on Energy, Environment & Food
An expert on energy and global infrastructure, Smil sheds light on the fact that moving away from fossil fuels to alternative energy fields will be a complex undertaking which will require enormous investments.
CTO & Co-Founder of Tesla, Inc.
JB Straubel is the Chief Technical Officer (CTO) and Co-founder of Tesla, Inc. At Tesla, JB manages the technical direction and engineering design of the Tesla products.
Creator of the Ig Nobel Prizes
Marc Abrahams is the creator and emcee of the Ig Nobel Prizes, which honors the unusual and imaginative in science, medicine and technology.