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Ann Meyers Drysdale, vice president, NBA's Phoenix Suns; president and general manager, WNBA's Phoeniz Mercury; author, You Let Some GIRL Beat You?: The Story of Ann Meyers Drysdale (2012)

Richard McGregor, journalist; author, Party: 1.3 Billion People, 1 Secret Regime (2011) and The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers (2010); "Reporting on American Democracy and Chinese Autocracy in the 2…

Sotirios Barber, professor of political philosophy and the American Constitution, Georgetown University; author, Welfare and the Constitution (2005) and co-author, Constitutional Interpretation: The Basic Questions (200…

James Gelvin, professor of modern Middle Eastern history, UCLA; author, The Arab Uprisings: What Everyone Needs to Know (2012) and forthcoming Global Islam in the Age of Steam and Print, 1850-1930; "The Arab Uprisings"

Robert Samuelson, opinion writer and syndicated columnist, The Washington Post; author, The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath: The Past and Future of American Affluence (2008) and Untruth: Why the Conventional Wisdom Is…

Burkhard Bilger, staff writer, The New Yorker, author, Noodling for Flatheads: Moonshine, Monster Catfish, and Other Southern Comforts (2000) and co-author, The Best American Science & Nature Writing 2001 (2001) "The Pl…

Joseph Lelyveld, executive editor, The New York Times (1994-2001); Pulitzer Prize-winner; author, Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India (2012) and Move Your Shadow: South Africa, Black and White (1985);…

Wes Parker '62, professional baseball player, Los Angeles Dodgers (1964-1972); Jim Colborn, professional baseball player, Chicago Cubs (1969-1978); Milwaukee Brewers (1972-1976); Kansas City Royals (1977-1978); Seattle…

Marcus Rediker, Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History, University of Pittsburgh; author, The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom (2012) and The Slave Ship: A Human History (2007); "The Am…

Kris James Mitchener, professor of economics, Warwick University (UK); "What Does History Have To Teach Us about Banking Panics and Central Bank Responses to Them?" (12:00 p.m.)