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A World Class Intellectual Experience in one of America’s Great Cities

June 13-17, 2023 | Asheville, NC

2022 Speakers

Fareed Zakaria

Fareed Zakaria

Global Analyst & Bestselling Author

Kizzmekia Corbett

Kizzmekia Corbett

Former Lead Researcher, NIH Vaccine Research Center

Jon Meacham

Jon Meacham

American Historian & Pulitzer Prize Winning Author

Lynn Novick

Lynn Novick

Created nearly 100 hours of acclaimed programming for PBS in collaboration with Ken Burns

Anne Albright

Anne Albright

Bill McKibben

Bill McKibben

Gandhi Peace Award Winner & Environmental Scholar

Jason Mott

Jason Mott

2021 National Book Award Winner, author of Hell of a Book
Photo Credit Mallory Cash

Ann Bullock

Ann Bullock

 

Dwayne Betts

Dwayne Betts

 

Brad Wilson

Brad Wilson

 

Elizabeth Kostova

Elizabeth Kostova

 

Dr. Patrice Harris

Dr. Patrice Harris

 

Graham Sharp

Graham Sharp

 

John T Edge

John T Edge

 

Chancellor Harold Martin

Chancellor Harold Martin

 

Noah Proudfoot And The Botanicals

Noah Proudfoot And The Botanicals

 

Dr. Rita Charon

Dr. Rita Charon

 

Rosalind Bentley

Rosalind Bentley

 

Dr. Susan Mims

Dr. Susan Mims

 

Christine Todd Whitman

Christine Todd Whitman

 

Chancellor Elwood Robinson

Chancellor Elwood Robinson

 

Michael Finnegan

Michael Finnegan

 

Leah Wong Ashburn

Leah Wong Ashburn

CEO of Highland Brewing