Speakers included Kacen Callender, Traci Chee, Rep. Sharice Davids, Michael J. Fox, Tana French, Diane von Furstenberg, Bill Gates, Roxane Gay, Annette Gordon-Reed, Adam Grant, Yaa Gyasi, Chang-rae Lee, Tahereh Mafi, Kekla Magoon, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Trung Le Nguyen, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Lupita Nyong'o, Christopher Paolini, Sarah Pearse, Jerry Pinkney, Jason Reynolds, Angie Thomas, Martha Wells, Isabel Wilkerson and Joy Williams.