THE EXPERTS

The personal stories will be amplified by interviews with thought leaders from related fields, who will articulate the big questions, explore the concepts that shape our current systems, highlight conundrums, and propose innovative solutions.

ADAM GAZZALEY
A neuroscientist, neurologist, inventor, author, photographer, Founder and ED of Neuroscape, and UCSF Professor of Neurology, Physiology, and Psychiatry.  Gazzaley introduces innovative interventions that address learning and attention issues, including meditation and video games.

ARNO KLEIN
As Director of innovative technologies at the Child Mind Institute, Klein prototypes and directs the development of mind-assisting technologies with the goal of making mental health assessment, therapy, and research more accessible, personalized, transparent, and trustworthy. Klein is a champion of open science and believes in the power of technology to deliver mental health care to all who need it.

JODY LEWEN
Founder and President of Mount Tamalpais College at San Quentin Prison, Lewen shares how teaching with an awareness of diverse cognitive identities—with or without diagnosis—helps men failed by the education system find meaning and academic fulfillment.

john a. powell (lower case intentional)
A civil rights scholar and activist who directs the Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley, powell offers insights into why we “other” groups of people and the path towards a more inclusive future where everyone belongs.

KENNETH PUGH
Director of Yale’s Haskins Laboratory, Pugh walks us through his neuroscience research into dyslexia and the real-time data being collected by and from students with learning disabilities.
A former monk, he also reconciles the worlds of science and faith.

DAVID ROSE
A developmental neuropsychologist and educator by training, Rose is co- founder of CAST, a nonprofit whose primary focus on improving education for all learners has grown into a new field called Universal Design for Learning.

ANDREW SOLOMON
n Author and professor on social dynamics and psychology. Solomon shares his insights on parents who raise children with different identities and abilities and the particular obstacles of those with invisible disabilities.