Loung Ung is a bestselling author three books, activist and co-screenplay writer of the Netflix Original Movie directed by Angelina Jolie based on her memoir, First They Killed My Father, now streaming in 190 countries. Loung provides an eyewitness account of the Cambodian genocide, her survival, and life as a refugee in the U.S. from the age of ten. An eloquent speaker, she interweaves themes of leadership, activism, healing and resiliency.  In these challenging times, she inspires hope as she delivers an empowering message of our ability to overcome adversity to create change in our lives and in the world.

Jamie Metzl is a leading geopolitical expert and technology futurist, and author of Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity. A member of the World Health Organization international advisory committee on human genome editing and a geopolitical expert, Metzl is one of the leading visionaries of the post-COVID world. He has  done hundreds of national interviews (CNN, NPR, Bloomberg, etc.), published many high-profile editorials, spoken in online events on the crisis to hundreds of thousands of people, and become a leading advocate for responding smartly to the current crisis and conjurer of hope in a better future.   A few months ago, he founded OneShared.World, which has grown to a global movement of people from nearly 100 countries working to collectively solve the world’s most essential common problems.