Wall Street Journal Announces Inaugural Future of Everything Festival Featuring An Extraordinary Line-Up of Thinkers and Innovators

Three Days. Twelve Tracks. More Than 100 Speakers.

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Speakers include: Philadelphia 76ers Co-Owner Michael Rubin with Alex Rodriguez, Sarah Jessica Parker & Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund Leader Tina Tchen, Jessica Alba, Amber Tamblyn, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel

NEW YORK, April 23, 2018 -- The Wall Street Journal’s inaugural Future of Everything Festival is bringing together more than 100 thinkers, doers and change makers across many fields, including technology, business, design, and culture for a definitive look ahead at the groundbreaking innovations and ideas that are transforming the world.

Hosted by top Journal editors the pioneering festival takes place May 8-10, 2018, in New York City with provocative interviews, panel discussions, debates, field trips, and demonstrations, as well as exhibits inside the Festival’s Innovation Hub.

The Festival will explore twelve key themes that are transforming the world. Some speakers include:

• Artificial Intelligence: Author and former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov, Award-Winning Actor Jeffrey Wright, Future Today Institute Founder Amy Webb, and Two Sigma Investments Co-Chairman David Siegel
• Art: Gagosian Galleries Founder and owner Larry Gagosian, Artists Lia Chavez and Zach Lieberman, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Artistic Director Nancy Spector
• Beauty & Wellness: The Honest Company Founder Jessica Alba, Renowned makeup artists Bobbi Brown and Gucci Westman, Moon Juice Founder Amanda Chantal Bacon
• Cities: Mayor of Chicago Rahm Emanuel, Studio Libeskind Founder and Principal Architect Daniel Libeskind, Related Companies Chairman and Founder Stephen M. Ross
• Equality: Actor, Producer, Businesswoman Sarah Jessica Parker & Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund Leader Tina Tchen, Writer, Activist, Actor and Director Amber Tamblyn, Economic Security Project Co-Chair and Facebook Co-Founder Chris Hughes, Psychotherapist and New York Times bestselling author Esther Perel
• Food: The Kitchen Co-Founder Kimbal Musk, Author and Former White House Chef Sam Kass, Row 7 Co-Founder and Blue Hill at Stone Barns Chef Dan Barber
• Home: Potter and designer Jonathan Adler, Amazon Smart Home VP Daniel Rausch, Minted Founder & CEO Mariam Naficy
• Medicine: Human Longevity, Inc CEO J. Craig Venter, Starfish Foundation for Advanced Prosthetics Founder Johnny Matheny, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab President & CEO Joanne C. Smith
• Money: Paypal President & CEO Dan Schulman, Sweetgreen Co-Founder and CEO Jonathan Neman, CryptoIQ.co Founder Charlie Shrem
• Sports: Founder and Executive Chairman of Fanatics and Philadelphia 76ers co-owner Michael Rubin with Founder and CEO of A-Rod Corp and Former All-Star, New York Yankees Alex Rodriguez, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, Houston Astros General Manager Jeff Luhnow
• Transportation: General Motors VP of Global Electric Vehicle Programs Pamela Fletcher, JetPack Aviation CEO and Chief Pilot David Mayman, LimeBike Co-Founder and CEO Toby Sun
• Work: Microsoft President Brad Smith, Chobani Founder & CEO Hamdi Ulukaya, Slack Co-Founder & CEO Stewart Butterfield and Comedian H. Jon Benjamin

A full list of speakers, topics, exhibits and demonstrations, as well as information about tickets is available at: https://foefestival.wsj.com/.

About The Innovation Hub
Touch, taste, and interact with the products that are redefining tomorrow and meet the people who are building them. The latest agenda of the Innovation Hub inside the future of everything festival can be found here: https://foefestival.wsj.com/hub/

About The Future of Everything Franchise
Launched in 2015, The Wall Street Journal’s Future of Everything coverage has become the go-to platform for future-forward content that explores the ways science, technology and innovation are changing work, life and play. Future of Everything comprises a print and digital magazine, daily articles, a weekly newsletter, a podcast, and a three-day festival.

About The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal is a global news organization that provides leading news, information, commentary and analysis. Published by Dow Jones, The Wall Street Journal engages readers across print, digital, mobile, social, and video. Building on its heritage as the preeminent source of global business and financial news, the Journal includes coverage of U.S. & world news, politics, arts, culture, lifestyle, sports, and health. It holds 37 Pulitzer Prizes for outstanding journalism.

Steve Severinghaus
Senior Director, Communications
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Jessica Mara
Publicist
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