Opening General Session

Salman Rushdie, New York Times Bestselling Author of Knife and The Satanic Verses

One of the most celebrated writers of our time, Salman Rushdie asserts the greater our collective freedom to tell stories about our world determines the degree of freedom we have in the society in which we live.

Maya Shankar, Cognitive Scientist; host of “A Slight Change of Plans” podcast

Maya Shankar brings together behavioral science and storytelling to help us understand how we respond to big life changes.