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 author of Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity (paperback, April 7, 2020), a member of the World Health Organization international advisory committee on human genome editing and a geopolitical expert. Metzl turns his focus on meeting the challenges of the Wuhan Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the essential new tools the genetics revolution give us to respond. In his essential talk, Metzl explores how we must be thinking far more deeply about how we can best use the almost god-like powers our genetic technologies wisely to save rather than destroy us.  He also addresses anticipating the even larger challenges we face to secure our future health and well-being.

Rukmini Callimachi has been called “arguably the best reporter on the most important beat in the world.” A four-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, she covers the Islamic State and al-Qaeda for the New York Times, where she regularly speaks to the terrorists both in the encrypted chatrooms they use to communicate with each other and in jailhouse interviews conducted around the world. “From the time ISIS rose to become the most infamous terrorist organization on Earth, no reporters has done more to explain and expose the group than The New York Times’ Rukmini Callimachi,” Slate Magazine wrote.