Guest Speakers
Guest speakers include:
Frances Arnold
Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
Michelle Bachelet
Former President of Chile
Jerry Brown
Former Governor of California
Lord John Browne
UK Prime Minister’s Council on Science and Technology
Ken Burns
Documentary Filmmaker
Nick Cave
American Artist
Raj Chetty
Harvard University Professor of Economics
Jeanne Gang
Gang Studio
Melinda Gates
Gates Foundation
Al Gore
Former Vice President of the United States
Alexandra Hughes
E-Bite Project
Anthony Abraham Jack
Professor and Author
Ro Khanna
California Congressman
Sal Khan
Founder of Khan Academy
Phil Knight
Nike Founder
Roman Krznaric
Author/Philosopher
Andrew Luck
Former Football Quarterback
James Manyika
Google SVP of Technology and Society
2025/2026 Speakers
Asad Asad
Immigration Law
Sarah Brayne
Big Data and Surveillane
Jim Campbell
Governance in South Africa
John Donahoe
Trust in Business and Sports
Omar Gómez Trejo
Governance in Mexico
Abbas Milani
Governance in Iran
Dinsha Mistree
Governance in India
2024/2025 Speakers
Subhan Ali
Career Paths at a Large Company
Konstantine Buhler
Decision Making in Venture Capital
Azza Cohen
Filmmaking in Government
Jordan Conger
Career Paths in Government
Drew Endy
Breakthroughs in Bioengineering
Anna Eshoo
Decision Making as a U.S. Representative
Khalil Fuller
Decision Making in Venture Capital
Jaimie Henderson
Breakthroughs in Brain-Computer Interfaces
Seth Kolker
Decision Making as a Nonprofit
Jon Levin
University Leadership
Josh Makower
Decision Making at Stanford BioDesign
Yvonne Maldonado
Decision Making in Medicine
Lerone Martin
The leadership of Malcolm X and MLK
Jelena Obradovic
Decision Making in Education
2023/2024 Speakers
Scott Delp
Peak Performance
Roland Greene
Crisis in Humanities
Anna Lembke
Compulsive Consumption
Brian Lowery
Context on Self Image
Fred Luskin
Forgiveness
Beatriz Magaloni
State Repression in Mexico
2022/2023 Speakers
Mildred Cho
Bioethics
Alberto Diaz-Cayeros
Latin America
Rodolfo Dirzo
Environmental Justice
David Lobell
Food Security
Oriana Skylar Mastro
China
Pam Matson
Harnessing Knowledge for Transformative Changes
2021/2022 Speakers
Steve Blank
From Idea to Implementation
Aneel Chima
Flourishing Workshop
Christopher Costanza
St. Lawrence String Quartet
Music and Leadership
Mark Duggan
Healthcare Reform
Rob Dunbar
Climate Change
Jack Fuchs
Ethics in Entrepreneurship
Aleta Hayes
Embodied Leadership
Mykel Kochendorfer
Artificial Intelligence
Allison Okamura
Robotics
Megan Palmer
Ethics in BioTechnology
Sean Reardon
Education Equity