You are invited to attend KentPresents, the nation's most exciting – and intimate – ideas festival. For three days in August, you can attend talks and mingle with some of the top thought leaders in the country. We are excited to announce we have 60 speakers confirmed for this year's event and are adding more weekly. Here are a few of the new faces:
Lesley Stahl Jeh Johnson Eva Moskowitz
60 Minutes CBS News Former United States Founder and CEO
Correspondent Secretary of Homeland Success Academy Schools
Security
Hitlon Als Neha Narula Harold McGee
Staff writer and theater Director, Digital Currency Author, "On Food and Cooking"
critic. The New Yorker Initative, MIT Media Lab
Robert Zimmer Steve Moore Ellen Stofan
President, University Author and Economic Policy Director National Air and Space
of Chicago Analyst, The Heritage Foundation Museum, former Chief Scientist NASA
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You can keep up with all the new speakers here as they're added over the coming weeks.
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And of course we're bringing back a few past stars we just couldn't leave out:
  
Kristen Clarke Darren Walker Henry Kissinger
President and Executive Director President Ford Foundation Former Secretary of State
Lawyer's Committee for Civil
Rights Under Law
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One of the great things about KentPresents is that in today's world, we'll never run out of topics to discuss. In addition to the perennials, e.g., politics, threats abroad, healthcare issues, tech disruptors, economic outlook and more, here are some new topics that we guarantee will stimulate your thinking:
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The Race to Find Planet 9
From the scientist who helped kill Pluto, the old ninth planet, the story of why he's confident a new Planet 9 is out there, and how he hopes to be the first to find it.
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Psychedelics... Psychedelics?
Yes, they've come a long way from Timothy O'Leary's day. Michael Pollan has just published a new book out on it, and he'll update "turn on, tune in, drop out."
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