Featured Speaker Bios

Phillip Beesley Architect and Installation Artist, University of Waterloo
Shima Beigi CEO and Founder of Triple AI Therapeutics for Mindful Smart Cities and Senior Scientist at Human Energy
Jonathan Blake Associate Director of Programs at the Berggruen Institute; directs the research projects and wider research agenda for the Planetary Program
Johan Bollen Professor of Informatics and Cognitive Science, Indiana University Bloomington
Bob Chapman Chairman and CEO of Barry Wehmiller
Anne Clin Wikipedia editor and administrator (as "Risker")
John Cressler Electrical and Computer Engineer, and Author, Georgia Institute of Technology
Ilia Delio Theologian, Villanova University, Doctorate in Pharmacology, Founder and CEO of the Center for Christogenesis
Jacob Foster Associate Professor of sociology at UCLA and co-Director of the Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute
Zann Gill A founder of GAIL (Generative AI Lab & Library). Former Research Scientist/ Program Developer at NASA.
John Haught Theologian, Georgetown University
Sheila Hassell Hughes Professor of English and former Dean of Liberal Arts at Saint Mary’s College of California
Michael Jacob Assistant Professor at UCSF, Psychiatrist at the SFVA Hospital, and Researcher at Human Energy
Jay Jakub Chief of Staff, Economics of Mutuality (EoM) and Executive Director, EoM Foundation
Robert Lawrence Kuhn Public Intellectual, Author, and International Corporate Strategist; Creator, Writer and Host of Closer To Truth (PBS),
Elizabeth Lee Vice President for Programs and Development at CyArk
Marta Lenartowicz Cognitive-social scientist, Senior researcher at Centre Leo Apostel of the Free University of Brussels (CLEA-VUB), Contributor to Human Energy
Raphael Liogier Sociologist and Philosopher, Institut d'Études Politiques d'Aix-en-Provence
Manasvi Lingam Assistant Professor in Aerospace, Physics, and Space Sciences; Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the Florida Institute of Technology, and an affiliate Research Fellow at UT Austin
Wolfgang Leidhold Political Scientist, Philosopher and Artist, University of Cologne
Kieth Lemna Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology
Jennifer Morgan President and founder of the Deeptime Network, award-winning author, storyteller, and educator
Parham Pourdavood Cognitive Data Scientist and Researcher at Human Energy
Ellen Rigsby Professor of Communication, Saint Mary's College of California
Louis Savary Former Jesuit, Author, and Expert on the Spirituality of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Jeffrey Schloss Distinguished Professor Biology and Walker Chair of Natural & Behavioral Sciences at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California, and Senior Scholar of BioLogos
Boris Shoshitaishvili USC-Berggruen Fellow with a background in evolutionary biology, comparative literature, and classical studies
Gregory Stock CEO, Socratic Sciences; Founding Co-Director, Precision Wellness Center, Icahn School of Medicine; Founding CEO Signum Biosciences; Best-Selling Author, HE advisor.
Chia-Hsiung Tze Emeritus Professor of Physics in residence at Virginia Tech, and former Professor of Physics at Yale University
Clément Vidal Author and Philosopher, Free University of Brussels and Human Energy
Claire Isabel Webb Director of the Berggruen Institute’s Future Humans program
Robert Wright Renowned journalist and author on evolution, society, philosophy, and religion. Founder and President of the NonZero Foundation and Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Blogginheads.tv