The world's preeminent ideas festival
November 8-11, 2019
Downtown Los Angeles
LA19 Lineup: Over 80 talks, 40 performances, 45 wellness sessions, and more
Dara Khosrowshahi
CEO, Uber
Hamdi Ulukaya
Founder and CEO, Chobani
Robert F. Smith
Founder, Chairman and CEO, Vista Equity Partners
Angela Ahrendts
Former Senior VP of Retail, Apple Former CEO, Burberry
Reid Hoffman
Co-founder and Executive Chairman, LinkedIn Partner, Greylock and Host, Masters of Scale
A$AP Rocky
Hip Hop Artist and Fashion Mogul
Mellody Hobson
President, Ariel Investments
Former Chairwoman, DreamWorks Animation
Sadhguru
Founder, Isha Foundation
Yogi, Mystic, and Author
Sam Harris
Neuroscientist, Philosopher, and Best-Selling Author
Sebastian Mejia
Co-founder and President, Rappi
Latin America's fastest growing start-up
Payal Kadakia
Founder, ClassPass
Harrison Ford
Actor
Vice Chair, Conservation International
Rosalind Brewer
COO, Starbucks
One of America's most prominent executives
Yancey Strickler
Co-founder, Kickstarter
Bonobo (DJ Set)
Musician, Producer, and DJ
Ryan Williams
Co-founder. Cadre
Unicorn real estate investing platform
Tracee Ellis Ross
Actress, Activist and Producer
Wade Davis
Anthropologist and Ethnobotanist
Pioneer in psychedelics and psychoactive plant research
Bob Moses
Electronic Duo
Ray Dalio
Founder, Bridgewater Associates
The world's largest hedge fund
Jimmy Chin
Academy Award-winning filmmaker and legendary mountaineer
Co-Director, "Free Solo"
Chai Vasarhelyi
Academy Award-Winning FIlmmaker
Co-Director, "Free Solo"
Grandmaster Flash
Legendary DJ and Producer
Pioneer of hip-hop DJing, cutting, scratching and mixing
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
New Orleans Jazz Ensemble
Studio Drift
Artist Duo
David Bonderman
Chairman and Co-founder, TPG Capital
$108 billion in assets under management
Fleetmac Wood
DJ Duo
Tim Urban
Creator, Wait But Why
Dan Doty
Founder, Evryman
Tabita Rezaire
Visual Artist
Peter Seligmann
Founder and Chairman, Conservational International
Bina Venkataraman
Futurist
Director of Global Policy Initiatives, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Sissel Tolaas
Smell Researcher and Artist
Julianne Hough
Founder, KINRGY Expanded Fitness
Ethan Brown
Founder and CEO, Beyond Meat
Ron Finley
"The Gangsta Gardener"
Alice Waters
"Mother of the American farm-to-table movement"
Owner, Chez Panisse and Founder, the Edible Schoolyard
Baron Baptiste
Founder, Baptiste Yoga
The wildly popular hot yoga method
Sir Ken Robinson
Visionary on Education Reform
The most-viewed TED talk of all time
Tank and The Bangas
Funk + Soul + Hip Hop Band
NPR Tiny Desk Winner
Hope Solo
U.S. Women's National Soccer Team Goalie
World Cup and Olympic Champion
Freedman's
New Age Los Angeles Deli
Kuumba
Band
Michelle Thaller
NASA Astronomer
"Meditative Story" Storyteller
Moe Joe Joseph
Creator of Bounce Fitness w/ Moe Joe
Sammy Monsour
Executive Chef and Partner, Preux & Proper
Michael Acton Smith
Co-founder and Co-CEO, Calm
Wendy Kaplan
Department Head and Curator of Decorative Arts and Design, LACMA
Edgar Villanueva
Author, "Decolonizing Wealth"
Nancy Silverton
Iconic LA Michelin-Starred Chef
Chef and Co-Owner, Mozza Restaurant Group
Krissy Jones & Chloe Kernaghan
Co-founders, Sky Ting Yoga
One of NYC's trendiest yoga studios
Life on Planets
Experimental Duo
Dr. Amy Myers
Acclaimed Functional Medicine Physician
NY Times Best-Selling Author
Matt FX
DJ
Prodigal music supervisor for Comedy Central’s “Broad City”
Lee Holden
Renown Qi Gong Yoga Instructor
DJ Maseo (of De La Soul)
Rapper, Producer, and DJ
Paul Stamets
Founder, Fungi Perfecti
Author, "How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World"
Stavroz
Live Electronic Band
Ryan Honeyman
Partner and Owner, LIFT Economy
Co-author, "The B Corp Handbook: How to Use Business as a Force for Good"
Dr. Harvey Karp
Creator, SNOO
Founder and CEO, Happiest Baby
Bricia Lopez
Chef and Founder, Guelaguetza
LA's Iconic Hub of Mexican Food and Culture
Dustin Yellin
Artist
Founder, Pioneer Works
Blond:ish
Producer / DJ
Adina Niemerow
Whole Foods Plant-Based Chef and Innovator
Author, "Super Cleanse"
Justin Brice Guariglia
Artist and Environmental Activist
Nacho Arimany
Musical Artist and Sound Meditation Expert
Katie Eder
Youth Activist
Executive Director, Future Coalition
Trevor Moawad
Mental Conditioning Expert
Strategic advisor to some of the world's most elite performers
Mia Moretti
DJ
Zadie Xa
Visual Artist
Joey Dosik
Jazz and Soul Musician
Bill Esparza
James Beard Award-Winning Writer
Latin American Food Expert
Hiroo Nagahara
Michelin-Starred Chef
Chef behind SF's The Chairman, Nomica, and Bao Hiroo
DJ Spinderella
Hip Hop DJ
Josh Gold
Executive Editor, Aikido Journal
Rahul Vohra
Founder and CEO, Superhuman
Founder, Rapportive
Michael Cimarusti
Chef and Co-owner, Providence
James Beard's Best Chef: "West"
Chances With Wolves
DJ Duo
Equal
DJ and Producer
Claudette Zepeda-Wilkins
James Beard "Best Chef: West" Semifinalist
Takeshi Murata
Visual Artist
Justice Der
Guitarist and Producer
Michael Hebb
Creator of Death Over Dinner
Graham & Max Fortgang
Co-founders, Matcha Bar
Arielle Johnson
Food Futurist
Ashtin Berry
Hospitality Activist, Beverage Consultant, Sommelier
Crussen
Producer and DJ Duo
AyseDeniz Gokcin
Pianist
Pilpeled
Muralist
Alex Chang
Executive Chef, The Exchange at Freehand
Lita Lewis
Fitness Instructor
Karl Hess
Stand-Up Comedian, Writer
Co-host of comedy food podcast, Yelling About Pâté
William Siff
Founder, Goldthread Tonics
Clinical herbalist at the forefront of the plant-based medicine movement
Nicole Miller
Visual and Installation Artist
Stephen Brooks
Ecological Developer, Ethnobotanist
Founder, The Punta Mona Center of Regenerative Design
Trash Tiki
Anti-Waste Craft Cocktail Pop-Up
Michael Meade
Spellbinding Storyteller
Founder, Mosaic Multicultural Foundation
Jessica Encell-Coleman
Creator of The Magic of Human Connection
Simon Ford
Co-founder, The 86 Co.
Maker of Ford's Gin
Bianca Lexis
DJ
Iddris Sandu
Architectural Technologist
Eliminating the gap between technology and culture
Lydia Clark
Cheesemonger, DTLA Cheese
Haru Kishi
Summit Executive Chef
Diane Musho Hamilton
Bestselling Author and Zen Teacher
Sue Sisley M.D.
Physician and Leading Cannabis Researcher
Jason Nemer
Founder, AcroYoga
Tara Lazar
Founder, F10 Creative
Tracy Ryan
CEO, CannaKids
Sly5thAve
Soul and Jazz Instrumentalist
Jason White
Head of R&D, Audrey, Nashville
Jakob Kudsk Steensen
Visual Artist
Rifko Meier
Founder, Oysters XO
Deepak Anand
Co-founder and CEO, Materia Ventures
Cannabis Policy Expert
Lisa De Narvaez
Founder, BlissPoint Breathwork
Hiro Landazuri
Yoga Teacher
Burt Bakman
Chef and Owner, Slab & Trudy's Underground BBQ
Jonathan Broida
“The Knife Whisperer”
Founder and President, Japanese Knife Imports
Jesh de Rox
Relational Wellness Expert