May 15-17, 2019 (Chicago):

Global Affairs; Policy/Diversity/Community; Arts and Creativity; Education, Youth

Thought leaders include:

•         Christie Hefner, Activist and Business Strategist
•         Lady Valerie Solti, President, Solti Foundation; Former BBC Broadcaster/Writer, (London, UK)
•         Abha Joshi Ghani, Advisor, Infrastructure, The World Bank (India/US)
•         Judge Najla Ayoubi, Supreme Court Justice (Kabul, Afghanistan)
•         Dr. Nivine Megahed, President, National Louis University
•         Badi Assad, Lebanese-Brazilian Guitarist/Vocalist, Composer and Author
•         Allison Shelley, Photo-journalist, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
•         Dr. Galia Boneh – Professor, Academic College of Arts & Society; Program Designer, Israeli Ministry of Justice, Unit Against Racism (Israel)
•         Frederique Lehoux, Global Humanitarian Aid; CARE and Oxfam (Switzerland)
•         Chef Carrie Nahabedian, James Beard Award-Winner of Chicago’s Brindille (also Naha)
•         Dr. Lynette Jackson, Professor, African Studies; Gender and Women’s Studies, University of Illinois, Chicago
•         Dancer/choreographer TBA
•         Anosha Rahim, 2017 Genesis Academy Summer Institute graduate (Pakistan)
•         Miriam Cing, Chicago Public High School; Girl Forward (Myanmar/US)
•         Andrea Valentina Perez-Fernandez, vocalist, poet and dancer (Venezuela)
•         Reema Dhawan, Chicagoland High School, Volunteer Rush Medical Center (USA/Chicago)
•         Wendy Sternberg MD, Founder & Director, Genesis at the Crossroads; Physician

Performance May 16th – 6:30 PM featuring:

•         Badi Assad, guitarist/vocalist, composer, author and member of Saffron Caravan (Brazil)
•         Reema Dhawan, vocalist (USA/Chicago)
•         Andrea Valentina Perez Fernandez, vocalist, poet and dancer (Venezuela)
•         Miriam Cing, vocalist, spoken word (Myanmar)

April 2020 (Chicago):

Law/Human Rights/ Ethics, Health, Environmental Sustainability, Media and Education

Thought leaders include:

•         Dr. Stephanie Pace Marshall, Founding President, IL Math Science Academy
•         Dr. Caroline Hughes, Chair of Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame
•         Dr. Neta Crawford, Political Science Chairwoman, Boston U; The Cost of War
•         Mindy Malecki, Law Firm of Malecki and Brooks
•         LeeAnn Tomas Foster, City Executive, Arcadis