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2014 Featured Speakers

Last year’s speakers included:

Main Stage

Changing the World: Fostering Remarkable Community Leaders

M. Night Shyamalan and Dr. Bhavna Shyamalan

Co-founders of the M Night Shyamalan Foundation

Building a Franchise: The Intersection of a Sports Team and a City

Christina Weiss Lurie

Minority owner of the Philadelphia Eagles, Film Producer, Philanthropist

Building a Franchise: The Intersection of a Sports Team and a City

interviewer Diana Lind

Executive Director & Editor in Chief of Next City

Experiential Learning: Supporting the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs

Nick Bayer

CEO of Saxbys Coffee

Innovation, Technology and Development: The Next Decade for Penn

Dr. Amy Gutmann

President, University of Pennsylvania

Innovation, Technology and Development: The Next Decade for Penn

interviewer Jim Gardner

Anchor 6abc

Uniting a City: Lessons from the Taney Dragons

Alex Rice

Coach of the Taney Dragons

Uniting a City: Lessons from the Taney Dragons

Interviewer Chris Stigall

Host, Talk Radio 1210, WPH

Building for Innovation: Inside Comcast’s new Vertical Campus

Karen Dougherty Buchholz

Senior Vice President, Administration of Comcast Corporation

Eds and Meds: How the Healthcare Revolution Will Change Philadelphia

Dr. Stephen K. Klasko

President and CEO of Thomas Jefferson University and the TJUH System

Eds and Meds: How the Healthcare Revolution Will Change Philadelphia

Dr. Steven M. Altschuler

CEO of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Eds and Meds: How the Healthcare Revolution Will Change Philadelphia

interviewer Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel

Chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania

Philly Schools: What I’ve Learned and Where I’m Going

Dr. William Hite

Superintendent of Philadelphia School District

Pot Is Coming: Realities, Positives and Pitfalls

Daylin Leach

State Senator

Pot Is Coming: Realities, Positive and Pitfalls

interviewer Daniel Denvir

Senior staff writer at Philadelphia City Paper

Finding Opportunities In a Creative Economy

Dr. Keith Leaphart

Brand manager of Replica Creative, Chairman of The Lenfest Foundation

Innovation Neighborhood: Drexel’s Vision for the Future

John Fry

President of Drexel University

The Power of the Positive Message

Emma Fried-Cassorla

Founder of Philly Love Notes

The Making of a World Class City

Ajay Raju

Co-chairman and CEO of Dilworth Paxson

 

ThinkFest U Presented by Wells Fargo

Men are from Marlboro Country, Women are from Wisteria Lane: Gender Inequalities in Mass Media

Dustin Kidd

Department of Sociology at Temple University

Understanding Behavioral Finance: Bad Behavior is Hazardous to Your Wealth

Wesley Gray

Drexel’s LeBow College of Business

Human Impact on Life in Extreme Environments

Erik Cordes

Department of Biology at Temple University

Inside Ferguson: Punitive Consequences of Minority Stereotypes

Dr. Kelly Welch

Department of Sociology and Criminology at Villanova University

Dissent: The History of an American Idea

Dr. Ralph Young

Department of History at Temple University

The Power of “Frugal”: How Low Cost Innovations are Changing the World

Dr. MB Sarkar

Fox School of Business at Temple University

What Ancient Greece Can Teach us About Modern Technology

Jordan Shapiro

Department of Humanities at Temple University

3D Printing: Enabling Innovation in Tactile Technology

Katherine J. Kuchenbecker

School of Engineering at University of Pennsylvania

NEW StephenMullin

Inside Philadelphia’s Economy: The Intersection of Our City and Our Universities

Stephen P. Mullin

Adjunct Faculty at the Drexel School of Economics and President of Econsult Solutions, Inc.

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