Natalia Martinez-Kalinina

Natalia Martínez-Kalínina was born in Cuba and grew up in Havana, Moscow, and Mexico City before being granted asylum in the United States. She is an organizational psychologist and holds degrees from Harvard University and Columbia University. She works primarily at the intersection of entrepreneurship, technology, economic progress, and urban development and is deeply passionate […]

Hope King

Hope King is a former finance executive turned journalist, news anchor and writer who has interviewed thousands of the top business leaders in the world. Hope currently covers business news for Axios out of New York.

Caitlin Owens

Caitlin Owens is a health care reporter at Axios, where she has worked since its launch in 2017. She covers the policy, politics and business of health.

Gen. Wesley K. Clark, (ret.)

Wesley K. Clark is a businessman, educator, writer and commentator who serves as Chairman and CEO of Wesley K. Clark & Associates, a strategic consulting firm. Clark retired as a four star general after 38 years in the United States Army, having served in his last assignments as Commander of US Southern Command and then […]

Dr. Christopher Austin MD, MSc

Dr Christopher Austin, AWS Healthcare – Speaker Bio Dr Christopher Austin is the International Clinical Lead for Academic Medicine, Research Organizations and Hospitals with Amazon Web Services (AWS), supporting academic medical centers, health research organizations, and hospitals around the world to leverage the power of AWS technologies to accelerate clinical research and innovation, and drive […]

Jessica Bedoya

Jessica L. Bedoya is the Chief of Staff and Chief Strategy Officer at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). She is the primary adviser to the President on institutional strategy and investment policy, while leading the Bank’s operations. She has directed a whole-of-institution analysis of the region’s economic and social landscape and options for long-term, inclusive […]

Rónán Smith

Rónán is the head of Research, Development and Student Pathways for the Trinity Access Programmes (TAP). TAP works in partnership across the education sector with students, teachers, families, communities and businesses to widen access and participation at university for under-represented groups. Rónán’s work focuses on fundraising and development for nationwide educational outreach initiatives as well […]

Alissa Wilkinson

Alissa Wilkinson is a critic and senior culture reporter at Vox and an associate professor of English and humanities at The King’s College. She’s the author of Salty: Lessons on Eating, Drinking, and Living from Revolutionary Women (Broadleaf, out June 28) and We Tell Ourselves Stories (Liveright, forthcoming). Alissa’s work has appeared at Rolling Stone, […]

Dr. Sarah Abedi

Sarah Abedi is an emergency medicine physician and psychedelic clinical research scientist. She is a part of the founding team at the Psychedelic Research and Education Center at the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs (VA). She is also part of the FDA monitored phase two clinical trial which is assessing psilocybin’s effectiveness in treating depression […]

Jesse Gould

Jesse Gould is a former Army Ranger and a pioneer in psychedelic therapies for veterans. As Founder and President of the Heroic Hearts Project, he has spearheaded the research and acceptance of ayahuasca, ibogaine, ketamine, and psilocybin therapy programs for military veterans. Jesse has connected hundreds of veterans to psychedelic treatments, partnered with the world’s […]

Dritan Nesho

Dritan Nesho is a business executive and entrepreneur with experience in corporate strategy, market research, product development, technology, media, and public policy. He is also a co-director of the Harvard-Harris Poll, a monthly public policy poll conducted by the Harvard Center for American Political Studies (CAPS) and The Harris Poll. Previously, Dritan served in the […]