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Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili

The Founding Director of the Center for Governance and Markets and a Professor at the University of Pittsburgh’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili is an internationally recognized expert on self-governance

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Krista White is a non-fiction and fiction writer, and cofounder of Culture Design Lab. Her books include Culture Design: How to Build a High-Performing, Resilient Organization with Purpose.

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James D. White was the CEO of Jamba Juice from 2008-2016. He chairs the board of the Honest Company, and is the cofounder, chair, and CEO of Culture Design Lab. His books[…]

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Byron Loflin is Global Head of Board Advisory at Nasdaq, and the founder and former CEO of the Center for Board Excellence (CBE). He is co-author of CEO Ready.

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Mark Thompson is the founding chairman and CEO of the Chief Executive Alliance and the CEO Leadership Plan Review (LPR). His books as co-author include Admired, Success Built to Last and[…]

Dean Woodley Ball is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation and author of the AI-focused newsletter Hyperdimensional.

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Anna Greenspan is an Associate Professor of Contemporary Global Media and the Director of the Centre for AI and Culture at NYU Shanghai. Her publications include China and the Wireless[…]

Sampriti Bhattacharyya

Sampriti Bhattacharyya is the founder and CEO of Navier, a next generation company creating zero-emission marine vessels.

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Toby Walsh is one of the world’s leading researchers in artificial intelligence. He is a professor of artificial intelligence at the University of New South Wales and chief scientist at[…]

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Philip Goff is a philosophy professor at Durham University, UK, whose research focuses on how consciousness fits into our overall theory of reality.

Barry L. Ritholtz is co-founder, chairman, and chief investment officer of Ritholtz Wealth Management LLC. Launched in 2013, RWM is a financial planning and asset management firm, with over $6.4[…]

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Daniel Greco is a professor of philosophy at Yale University. He is the author of Idealization in Epistemology: A Modest Modeling Approach (Oxford University Press) and has published widely in[…]

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Phil Gilbert is the former General Manager of Design at IBM. His work on corporate change was featured in the documentary, The Loop, and he is the author of Irresistible Change.

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Freelance journalist and author of “Of Interest,” a newsletter that explores human interest stories through investigations and interviews.

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David McWilliams

Author and economist David McWilliams is an Adjunct Professor of Global Economics at Trinity College Dublin. He writes a weekly column for The Irish Times, and his books include The History[…]

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Todd N. Theriault

Todd N. Theriault is a co-curator of the Places & Spaces: Mapping Science exhibit. Upon receiving his MA in English from Miami University in 1998, he spent 15 years teaching[…]

Elizabeth G. Record

Elizabeth G. Record is the associate director of the Cyberinfrastructure for Network Science Center and co-curates the Places & Spaces: Mapping Science data visualization exhibit, both at Indiana University. She[…]

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Katy Börner is the Victor H. Yngve Distinguished Professor of Information Science and Intelligent Systems Engineering in the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering; founding director of the Cyberinfrastructure[…]

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Elise Marie Leise is a writer and editor who works with finance, tech, and media companies to produce digital stories about society and technology.

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Tomas Pueyo is a tech executive and the author of Uncharted Territories, a newsletter that explores the big challenges of our time.

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Guido G. Beduschi

Guido G. Beduschi is an antiquarian bookseller based in London, specializing in early books and manuscripts. He holds a PhD in History from the University of Cambridge, where his research[…]

Bianca Giacobone

Bianca Giacobone is a freelance journalist based in Milan, Italy, covering climate, energy, and culture. Her work has appeared in Latitude Media, NPR, Business Insider, and Rolling Stone, among others.[…]

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Goldie Chan is a keynote speaker and was named Journalist of the Year in 2024 by the MUSE Creative Awards. She is the author of Personal Branding for Introverts.

Lawrence Wright

Lawrence Wright is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, journalist, and screenwriter whose work focuses on politics, religion, and culture. A longtime staff writer for The New Yorker, Wright is best known[…]

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Cas Holman is the author of Playful: How Play Shifts Our Thinking, Inspires Connection, and Sparks Creativity. As the founder and chief designer of the toy company Heroes Will Rise,[…]

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Judd Kessler is the Howard Marks Endowed Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the author of the book Lucky by Design: The Hidden Economics You[…]

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Richard Fain is Chairman and former CEO of Royal Caribbean Group. He was named one of the 30 World’s Best CEOs by Barron’s for three years running, and is the author of[…]

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Morgan Housel is a partner at The Collaborative Fund. He is a two-time winner of the Best in Business Award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, winner[…]

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Lew Frankfort is Chairman Emeritus and former CEO of Coach, Inc, co-founder of investment firm Benvolio Group, and the author of Bag Man.

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Ben Horowitz is a cofounder and general partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and a New York Times best-selling author. Previously, he was cofounder and CEO of Opsware (formerly Loudcloud), acquired[…]