2021 Atlantic Festival
When
10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Who can attend
Limited capacity: Registration Closed
Price
The 2021 Atlantic Festival returns this September for seven days of can’t-miss conversations and engaging experiences. The newly expanded festival will bring urgent and powerful moments to audiences around the world.
Dates: September 22-24 and 27-30. Multiple sessions and speakers from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM each day. Speaker list is below.
Join bold thinkers and prominent voices from politics, business, science, technology, and culture to explore ideas for building a better future—and visions of what America can be.
This year, for the first time, you can curate your experience at The Atlantic Festival by adding sessions to your calendar around content tracks that interest you.
Here’s how: After you register, simply filter the schedule of events by the following tracks to see different conversations and experiences, then add what you’re interested in to your calendar:
- Business & Tech - How are companies, from local small businesses to the largest corporations, innovating and becoming more inclusive?
- Culture - From media to microtrends, what cultural forces are shaping our nation?
- Health - How will the world continue to navigate the deadliest pandemic in a century and ensure that health outcomes are more equitable?
- Race/Identity/Politics - What is the future of the American idea?
- Climate - How can humanity live on—and save—a warming planet? As the Festival approaches, stay tuned for more updates on how to build your customized schedule.
If you have any questions or concerns, please visit our list of frequently asked questions.
SPEAKERS:
Rochelle P. Walensky
Director, CDC
Anthony Fauci
Director, NIAID
Rosario Dawson
Actor, Producer, Activist
Ed Yong
Staff Writer, The Atlantic
Senator Marco Rubio
(R-FL)
Jemele Hill
Contributing Writer, The Atlantic
Sophie Ackoff
Co–Executive Director, National Young Farmers Coalition
Saida Agostini-Bostic
President, Funders for LGBTQ Issues
Rasheda Ali
Actress and Daughter of Muhammad Ali
Daniel Ament
President, Fight4Wellness and Former Vaper
Amon Anderson
Director, Acumen America
Yoni Appelbaum
Senior Editor, The Atlantic
Anne Applebaum
Staff Writer, The Atlantic
Songhai Armstead
Executive Director, Alternatives to Incarceration Initiative
Allison Arwady
Commissioner, Chicago Department of Public Health
Jon Banner
President, PepsiCo Foundation, and Executive Vice President, Global Communications, PepsiCo
Albert Bourla
CEO, Pfizer
Arthur Brooks
Contributing Writer, The Atlantic
Ron Brownstein
Senior Editor, The Atlantic
Miana Bryant
Founder, The Mental Elephant
Les Brun
Chair and CEO, Ariel Alternatives
Ken Burns
Documentary Filmmaker, Co-Director of Muhammad Ali
Chris Capossela
CMO and EVP, Marketing and Consumer Business, Microsoft
Kevin Carey
Vice President, Education Policy & Knowledge Management, New America
David Chase
Filmmaker, Co-Writer and Producer of The Many Saints of Newark
Jennifer Christie
Chief HR Officer,
Barbara Creel
Director, Southwest Indian Law Clinic, Professor of Law, The University of New Mexico
Francys Crevier
CEO, National Council of Urban Indian Health
Greg Cunningham
Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer, U.S. Bank
Jeff Daniels
Actor, Executive Producer, American Rust
Jean Desravines
CEO, New Leaders
Caitlin Dickerson
Staff Writer, The Atlantic
Talisa Dixon
Superintendent and CEO of Columbus City Schools
John Donvan
Contributor, AtlanticLIVE
Ann Dowd
Actor, Mass
Bryce Fluellen
Director of Social Equity Franchising, Everytable
David Frum
Staff Writer, The Atlantic
Jacquelline Fuller
President, Google.org
Dan Futterman
Writer, Executive Producer, American Rust
Sophie Gilbert
Staff Writer, The Atlantic
Hannah Giorgis
Staff Writer, The Atlantic
Jeffrey Goldberg
Editor in Chief, The Atlantic
Cat Goughnour
Director, Racial Wealth Equity Strategy, Prosperity Now
Kelly Grier
U.S. Chair and Managing Partner and Americas Managing Partner, EY
Lauren Groff
Author of Matrix
Isabella Casillas Guzman
Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration
Adam Harris
Staff Writer, The Atlantic
Jason Isaacs
Actor, Mass
Charisse Conanan Johnson
Managing Partner, Next Street
Cristina Jones
Chief Marketing and Engagement Officer, Salesforce.org
Scott Kirby
CEO, United Airlines
Robin Koval
CEO and President, Truth Initiative
Michelle Kramer
Head of Translational Medicine, Neuroscience, at the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson
Fran Kranz
Writer and Director, Mass
Adrienne LaFrance
Executive Editor, The Atlantic
Simon Lovestone
Stronghold Leader, Neurodegeneration Disease Area, Neuroscience, at the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson
Cynt Marshall
CEO, Dallas Mavericks
Bill Martin
Global Therapeutic Area Head, Neuroscience, at the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson
Jeanne Meserve
Contributor, AtlanticLIVE
Robinson Meyer
Staff Writer, The Atlantic
Nate Mook
CEO, World Central Kitchen
Xavier Morales
Executive Director, The Praxis Project
Janai Nelson
Associate Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Vann R. Newkirk II
Senior Editor, The Atlantic
Marcella Nunez-Smith
Chair, Presidential COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force
George Packer
Staff Writer, The Atlantic
Amit Paley
CEO and Executive Director, The Trevor Project
James Parker
Staff Writer, The Atlantic
Benjamin Perkins
CEO, Wholesome Wave
Michael Regan
EPA Administrator
Lyneir Richardson
Executive Director, The Center for Urban Entrepreneurship and Economic Development and Co-founder and CEO, The Chicago TREND Corporation
Craig P. Robinson
Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer, NBCUniversal
Rashad Robinson
President, Color of Change
Rosa Rodriguez-Williams
Senior Director, Belonging and Inclusion, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Al Roker
Weather and Feature Anchor, Today, and Co-host, Third Hour of Today
Otis Rolley
Senior Vice President, U.S. Equity and Economic Opportunity Initiative, The Rockefeller Foundation
Hayley Romer
Publisher and Chief Revenue Officer, The Atlantic
David Rothkopf
Host, Deep State Radio
Senator Ben Sasse
(R-NE)
Susan Saulny
Contributor, AtlanticLIVE
Adam Serwer
Staff Writer, The Atlantic
Christian Siriano
CFDA Fashion Designer
Clint Smith
Staff Writer, The Atlantic
Robert F. Smith
Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Vista Equity Partners
Senator Tina Smith
(D-MN)
Stacey D. Stewart
President and CEO, March of Dimes
Derek Thompson
Staff Writer, The Atlantic
Maura Tierney
Actor, American Rust
Hector Vargas
Executive Director, GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality
Troy Vaughn
President and CEO, Los Angeles Mission
C.S. "Venkat" Venkatakrishnan
Head of Global Markets and Co-president, Barclays
Jenisha Watts
Senior Editor, The Atlantic
Gillian B. White
Managing Editor, The Atlantic
Holly Wilcox
Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Lauren Williams
Senior Editor, The Atlantic
Zak Williams
Mental-Health Advocate and Son of Robin Williams
Katherine J. Wu
Staff Writer, The Atlantic