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The Lavin Agency Speakers Bureau

A speakers bureau that represents the best original thinkers,
writers, and doers for speaking engagements.

New Speakers

At Lavin, we are serious about which keynote speakers we put up on our site, and we are always adding select new voices on the biggest issues of our time. This next wave of speakers is tackling tomorrow’s challenges, starting today.

9 New Speakers
Speakers

Carissa Véliz

Associate Professor, University of Oxford | Author, Prophecy and Privacy Is Power

As AI drives more business decisions, leaders who understand what prediction is—and what it isn't—will be better equipped to leverage uncertainty and defy the odds.

Gideon Nave

Professor, Wharton School | Poets & Quants Best 40 Under 40 MBA Professors

We're outsourcing more and more of our thinking to AI. What is that doing to our minds? And how can we preserve our human judgment, creativity, and agency?

Michael Townsend

Featured Artist in the Top 10 Netflix Documentary Secret Mall Apartment | Tape Art Founder

We can solve our biggest personal and social challenges with art, collaboration, and a willingness to turn ideas into action.

Sarah Evangeline Norman

Founder of Ambler Labs | Former TikTok Head of Strategy & Analytics | Former Google Data Evangelist

AI can analyze data. But it can't tell a story. Those who lead in the age of AI will be the ones who can turn information into a decision that sparks real change.

Dana Suskind

New York Times Bestselling Author, Human Raised and Parent Nation | Founder, TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health | Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, University of Chicago

As AI enters children's lives, human connection remains our most important tool for fostering critical thinking, empathy, creativity, and resilience.

Kathryn Paige Harden

Professor of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin | Director, Developmental Behavior Genetics Lab | Author, Original Sin

Our genes and environment shape who we become. Understanding them can help us create a truly just and equal society.

Jacob Ward

Author of The Loop | Former NBC News and Al Jazeera Technology Correspondent | Former Editor-in-Chief of Popular Science | Host of PBS's Hacking Your Mind | Founder of The Rip Current

Learn about the most consequential decisions in AI—from the man who's reported on them for a decade.

George Newman

Author, How Great Ideas Happen | Cognitive Scientist at The University of Toronto

Great ideas aren’t created. They’re discovered—through exploration, persistence, and a repeatable process that puts creativity within reach for everyone.