Opening General Session

Christof Koch, Meritorious Investigator, Allen Institute; Chief Scientist, Tiny Blue Dot Foundation

Christof Koch brings over two decades of deep research and writing on neuroscience, psychology, pharmacology, philosophy, and the lived experience of consciousness to his latest book, “Then I Am Myself the World - What Consciousness Is and How to Expand It.”

Andrew Yang, Entrepreneur, Bestselling Author and Co-founder, Forward Party

Andrew Yang rose to prominence during his 2020 U.S. presidential campaign, bringing ideas like the future of work in the era of job automation, and data privacy rights, into the mainstream. Now an author as well as the head of a third U.S. political party, Yang continues to champion these ideas as well as discussing the issues he sees holding the U.S. back from effective governance.