The world's preeminent ideas festival
November 3-6, 2017 — Downtown Los Angeles
The lineup: Over 100 talks, 40 performances, 65 wellness activities, 16 chefs and growing
Jeff Bezos
Founder and CEO, Amazon
Reed Hastings
Founder and CEO, Netflix
Shonda Rhimes
Creator, "Grey’s Anatomy" and "Scandal"
Craig Venter
Co-Founder, Executive Chairman,
and Head of Scientific Strategy, Human Longevity, Inc.
Malcolm Gladwell
NY Times Bestselling Author
Christiana Figueres
Architect of Paris Climate Agreement
Former Exec Secretary, UN Convention on Climate Change
Brené Brown
Bestselling Author
Expert on Vulnerability and Shame
Wim Hof
"The Iceman"
Marie Kondo
Author, <i>The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up</i>
Beth Comstock
Vice Chair, GE
Alice Waters
"The Mother of American Cooking"
Owner, Chez Panisse and Founder, the Edible Schoolyard
Kobe Bryant
Five-time NBA Champion
General Partner, Bryant Stibel
Jessica Alba
Founder, The Honest Company
Award-winning Actress
Tim Ferriss
NY Times Bestselling Author
Elizabeth Blackburn
Nobel Prize Winning Biologist
President, Salk Institute
Jon Batiste
Singer, Multi-instrumentalist
Frontman, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert house band
Hannibal Buress
Comedian, Actor, Writer, and Producer
St. Lucia
Indie Electronic Band
janaya khan
Co-founder, Black Lives Matter, Toronto
Kerri Walsh Jennings
Three-time Olympic Gold Medalist
Gary Clark Jr
Guitarist, Vocalist, Songwriter
Ghetto Gastro
A Collective of Chefs from The Bronx
Andre Agassi
Former World No. 1 Tennis Player
Co-Founder, Turner Agassi Charter School Facilities Fund
Governor Hickenlooper
Governor of Colorado
Governor Inslee
Governor of Washington
Chairman Dave Archambault
Chairman, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
America Ferrera
Actress, Producer
Co-Founder of Harness
Jane Fonda
Actress, Producer and Activist
Maggie Koerner
Singer-Songwriter
AlunaGeorge
Singer-songwriter
Miranda July
Artist, Filmmaker
Author, The First Bad Man
Padmasree Warrior
"Queen of the Electric Car Biz"
CEO, NIO U.S.
Quincy Jones
Grammy Award-Winning Record Producer
Paul Hawken
Environmentalist
NY Times Bestselling Author
Allen Stone
American Soul Musician
Brian Grazer
Academy Award-Winning Producer
David Adjaye
Principal and Founder, Adjaye Associates
Dariush Mozaffarian
Dean, Friedman School of Nutrition at Tufts University
General Wesley Clark
Retired 4-Star General
Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander
Black Coffee
DJ / Producer
Bill Gross
Co-Founder, PIMCO
"King of Bonds"
Tim Urban
Writer, Illustrator and Co-Founder,
Wait But Why
Bob Roth
CEO, David Lynch Foundation
Dean Ornish
Bestselling Author
Founder, Preventive Medicine Research Institute
Paul Stamets
Founder, Fungi Perfecti
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
New Orleans Septet
Marianne Williamson
Spiritual Author and Lecturer
NY Times Bestselling Author
Daniel Arsham
Contemporary Artist
Miles Chamley-Watson
U.S. Olympic Fencer
Andrew McAfee
Co-Founder and Co-Director,
MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy
Jeffrey Deitch
Gallerist and Curator
Mark Tercek
President and CEO, The Nature Conservancy
M. Sanjayan
CEO, Conservation International
Miss Melera
DJ
Peter Seligmann
Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board, Conservation International
CEO, Nia Tero
Mark Bezos
Director, Bezos Family Foundation
Volunteer Fire Captain
Arthur Brooks
President, American Enterprise Institute
Mocky
Grammy Award-winning producer
Nick Bostrom
Professor, University of Oxford
Director, Governance of AI Program
Dan Wagner
Chief Analytics Officer, Obama 2012 Election Campaign
CEO and Founder, Civis Analytics
Sara Seager
Planetary Scientist and Astrophysicist
Umami
DJ Duo
Bobby Turner
CEO, Turner Impact
Former Partner, Canyon Capital
Kimbal Musk
Founder, The Kitchen Community
Axel Bouchon
Head of Leaps by Bayer
Shiva Rea
Movement Alchemist
Founder, Yogadventures, Prana Vinyasa
Noah Levine
Founder, Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society
Dr. Gabor Mate
Bestselling Author, Addiction and Trauma Expert
Dr. Nicole Prause
Neuroscientist and Sex Researcher
Manari Ushigua
Founder, NAKU
Traditional Healer and Leader of the Sápara Nation
Gregory Boyle
Founder, Homeboy Industries
Lara Setrakian
CEO & Executive Editor, News Deeply
Sammy Monsour
Executive Chef, Preux & Proper
Lina Sergie Attar
Syrian Activist and Writer
Founder and CEO, Karam Foundation
Baratunde Thurston
Futurist Comedian, Writer, and Culture Critic
Cal Fussman
Writer at Large, Esquire Magazine
Daniella Hunter
Food Innovator, Hotelier, Entrepreneur
Ben Fong-Torres
American Rock Journalist, Rolling Stone
Nicole Shanahan
Founder and CEO, ClearAccessIP and
Legal Technologist and CodeX Fellow
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
Founder, Ocean Collectiv
Marine biologist and conservation strategist
Ray Garcia
Esquire Chef of the Year
Chef and Owner, Broken Spanish
Sid Azmi
Sex educator and Founder of Please NYC
Robert Egger
Founder and President, LA Kitchen
George Batah
Co-Founder, Syrian Youth Empowerment
Jaan Tallinn
Founding Engineer, Skype and Kazaa
Zaytoven
DJ Producer
Baron Baptiste
Founder, Baptiste Yoga
New York Times Bestselling Author
Steve Lacy
American Soul Musician, The Internet
Who Made Who
Live Trio
Becky Dennison
Executive Director,
Venice Community Housing
Ry X
Singer-Songwriter
Lil Buck
Movement Artist
Aja Monet
Spoken Word Poet
Jon Boogz
Movement Artist
L.A. Salami
Indie Musician
Nyesha Arrington
2015 Los Angeles Chef of the Year, Eater LA
IN-Q
Spoken Word Poet
Soul Clap
DJ Duo
Tim Phillips
Co-Founder, Beyond Conflict
Daniel Bernard Roumain
Composer
Sarah Hymanson & Sara Kramer
Chefs and Co-Owners, Kismet
Moe Joe
Movement Healer
Creator of Bounce Fitness with Moe Joe
Chances With Wolves
DJ Duo
Iliza Shlesinger
Comedian
A-Trak
DJ
Birds of Mind
DJ Duo
Martha Van Straaten
DJ
Monolink
DJ
Jesse Barber
Superstar Chef
Mira
DJ
Goldcap
DJ
Paul Kalkbrenner
Producer and Live Performer
KMLN
DJ
Ryland Engelhart
Co-Founder, Cafe Gratitude
Atish
House DJ
YokoO
Electronic Musician
Saru Jayaraman
Co-Founder and Co-Director, ROC United
Ben Gleib
Comedian, TV Host, Actor
Sooma
DJ
The Whooligan w/ Andre Power
DJ Duo
Joey Dosik
Musician and Producer
DJ Equal
DJ
Flor de Taloche
Mariachi Feminino
Magic Giant
American Indie Folk Band
Ramy Youssef
Actor, Comedian, and Director
Joon Yun
Founder, Palo Alto Institute
Lisa de Narvaez
Breathwork Meditation Teacher
Jason Nemer
Co-Founder, AcroYoga
Alexandre Tannous
Ethnomusicologist and Sound Therapist
Kassia Meador
Sound Healer
Ally Bogard
Yoga Teacher
Heather Lilleston
Co-Founder, Yoga For Bad People
Kate Shela
5Rhythms Teacher
Julius Dein
Viral Social Media Magician
Emile Bruneau
Director, Peace and Conflict Neuroscience Lab
Lead Scientist, Beyond Conflict Innovations Lab
Biet Simkin
Spiritual Teacher
Founder, Center of the Cyclone Meditation
The Scumfrog
DJ / Producer
Amanda Saab
Founder, Dinner With Your Muslim Neighbor
Arlan Hamilton
Founder and Managing Partner, Backstage Capital
Brendan McGill
Food and Wine's Best New Chef
Emily Fletcher
Founder, Ziva Meditation
James Brown
Founder, Vedic Path Meditation
Stephen Sokoler
Founder and CEO, Journey Meditation
Brothers of Brass
Brass Band
Ethan Lipsitz
Monday Musics
David Mayer
DJ
Sara Auster
Sound Therapy Practitioner
Meditation Teacher