Speakers

Nicholas Wade

Freelance writer and former science reporter for The New York Times

Ayelet Waldman

Acclaimed memoirist and author of Bad Mother and Love and Treasure

Rob Walker

Journalist and author of The Art of Noticing

Peter Walsh

Organizational design expert, television and radio personality, and New York Times bestselling author

John Wang

Leadership Coach, Founder of Mastery Academy, author of Big Asian Energy (2025)

Charlie Warzel

Award-winning technology reporter and co-author of Out of Office

Alice Waters

Chef, author, activist, and founder of Chez Panisse restaurant and the Edible Schoolyard Project

Holly Whitaker

Bestselling author of Quit Like a Woman and Founder of Tempest, Inc.

Colson Whitehead

Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys

Isabel Wilkerson

Pulitzer Prize winner and author of the critically-acclaimed bestsellers The Warmth of Other Suns and Caste

John Wood

Founder and board co-chairman of Room to Read and author of Creating Room to Read: A Story of Hope in the Battle for Global Literacy

Lawrence Wright

Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower and staff writer for The New Yorker

Tim Wu

Former White House Antitrust Advisor, Columbia Law School Professor, and author of The Curse of Bigness and The Attention Merchants