Past: Cultural Preservation and Revival

Lonnie G. Bunch III is the 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian.

Future: Combating Climate Change

Christiana Figueres, an internationally recognized leader on global climate change, is a founding partner of Global Optimism, a purpose-driven enterprise focused on social and environmental change.

Past: Macro History

Kenneth Pomeranz, University Professor of Modern Chinese History in the Department of History at University of Chicago.

Present: Defending Democracy

Prof. Michael Ignatieff is a vocal advocate of democracy as an historian, a reporter, a champion of human rights, and one of the first to warn against the rise of radical ethnic nationalism.

Past: Macro History

Distinguished Professor and Irving & Jean Stone Chair in Social Sciences in the Department of History at University of California, Los Angeles.

Present: Defending Democracy

Reporters Without Borders is an international organization that has emerged over the years as the major international force helping sustain the freedom of the press across national boundaries.

Present: Bioethics

Baroness Mary Warnock was an English philosopher of morality, education and mind.

Future: Personalized Medicine

Prof. Bert Vogelstein is a Clayton Professor of Oncology and Pathology and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at Johns Hopkins Medical School and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Future: Personalized Medicine

Prof. Carlo M. Croce is an Italian-American molecular geneticist and professor of medicine at Ohio State University.

Past: History of Science

Evelyn Fox Keller is Professor Emerita of History and Philosophy of Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Present: Bioethics

Ezekiel J. Emanuel is Vice Provost for Global Initiatives and the Diane v.S. Levy and Robert M. Levy University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania.

Present: Bioethics

Prof. Jonathan Glover is a British philosopher, Professor Emeritus at King's College London.