The full program

Rebooting the American Dream… The Future of College & Youth Sports

The opening frame for the day: why college and youth sports sit at the center of the American Dream, and what a redesign of the system would actually take.

Michael MoeCo-Founder, GSV Sports

What Really Matters… Significance vs. Success

A conversation on what sport is really for — the difference between a scoreboard life and a significant one.

Tim Tebow7x NYT Best-Selling Author, 2x National Champion, Heisman Trophy Winner, Founder & Chairman of the Tim Tebow Foundation, The Tebow Group and ESPN AnalystPSPenny SchwinnModeratorFormer Education Commissioner, TennesseeMichael MoeModeratorCo-Founder, GSV Sports

Protecting the Base… Leadership & Integrity at the Core of Sports

Presidents, athletic directors and chancellors on holding the line on integrity while the model around them changes.

Jeff SelingoModeratorSpecial Advisor to the President, Arizona State University; Contributor to The Atlantic, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal; Co-host Future U podcastLELen ElmoreCo-Chair, Knight Commission; Senior Lecturer, Columbia Sports Management; Former College Basketball Analyst, CBS SportsBCBetsy CantwellPresident, Washington State UniversityMRMark ReedPresident, Loyola University Chicago; Member, NCAA Division I Board of DirectorsBubba CunninghamSenior Advisor to the Chancellor and Former Director of Athletics, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillMLMarie Lynn MirandaChancellor, University of Illinois Chicago

I'm Just a Bill on Capitol Hill… NOT Everything You Want to Know About the PCSA

Where the Protect College Sports Act actually stands, what it would change, and who it would change it for.

Bill PolianHall of Fame American Professional Football General Manager, Originator of the NFL's Collective Bargaining AgreementEREvan RichterFounder & Partner, Smash CapitalDeMaurice SmithFormer Executive Director, NFL Players Association; Attorney and Athlete Labor AdvocateJPJay PaternoFounder, Blue Line 409, Co-Founder of Success With Honor, Former Penn State Football Coach and Penn State Trustee

8 Rooms, 1 Future… The Overview

How the eight working rooms run, and what each one is being asked to design.

Saurabh SanghviPartner, McKinsey & Company

Fun 'n Games… Putting Joy Back into Youth Sports

Give every kid in America a place to play, and make it fun again.

Youth sport has become a machine. This room is about putting the life, and the joy, back into it.

Tom FarreyFacilitatorExecutive Director, Sports & Society Program, The Aspen InstituteKwame Owusu-KesseTable setterCEO, Harlem Children's Zone, Senior Advisor, Dynasty EquityEd Foster-SimeonTable setterPresident and CEO, U.S. Soccer Foundation; Former USA TODAY Deputy Managing EditorCGChad GruenTable setterCEO, 3Step Sports, Founder & CEO, SMP HoldingsKelly MehrtensTable setterFormer Executive Director of NFL Trust, Founder of SMART SPORTS, Former Deputy Athletics Director, University of MarylandJean-Claude BrizardTable setterPresident and CEO, Digital Promise; Former Chicago Public Schools CEO

Design Thinking around Thinking… Imagining the University of Tomorrow

For the first time in a generation, universities have permission to design the athletics model they actually want.

BWBen WallersteinFacilitatorCEO & Co-Founder, Whiteboard AdvisorsBridget BurnsTable setterCEO, University Innovation AllianceAWAdam WeinbergTable setterADAndrew DonovanTable setterDan GreensteinTable setterFormer Chancellor of Pennsylvania's State System of Higher EducationSteve HankTable setterSenior Director, Alvarez & Marsal, Former CRO / Sr. Associate AD, UT AustinSarah HubbardTable setterRegent & Former Board Chair, University of Michigan, Principal, Acuitas LLCKaren WeaverTable setterAcademic Director, The New Athletics Enterprise Certificate Program, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education

Putting the Student Back into Athlete… Protecting a National Treasure While Leaping into the Future

Make the student athlete experience the best leadership education in America. For every athlete, at every level.

Michael HornFacilitatorAward Winning Author, Co-Founder, Clayton Christensen InstituteJason BelzerTable setterFounder and CEO, AthleteBiz; Venture Partner, Sequence EquityAlayna WilliamsonTable setterChief of Staff, University of Michigan Football, Former Director of Undergraduate Admissions & Scholarships, University of UtahDavid HollanderTable setterAssistant Dean & Clinical Professor, Tisch Institute for Global Sport, NYUMSMichael SorrellTable setterPresident, Paul Quinn College

Worth Fighting For: The Future of Title IX & Women in Sports

Turn the best decade women's sport has ever had into the next fifty years, and win it on the economics.

Nada UsinaFacilitatorCEO & Co-Founder, NU Advisory PartnersLYLisa YoungTable setterCOO, Deputy Athletics Director, Arizona State University (Sun Devil Athletics)Amy Privette PerkoTable setterCEO, Knight Commission on Intercollegiate AthleticsArthur H. BryantTable setterTitle IX Athletics Lawyer & founder of Arthur Bryant Law, P.C.Leela SrinivasanTable setterCEO, Parity; Leader in Women's Sports Sponsorship and Athlete Income EquityMark JacksonTable setterVice President for Athletics and Recreation, Northwestern University

Keeping the Flame Lit… Fueling the American Dream

Details coming soon.

Mike TiricoFacilitatorEmmy Winning American Sports Commentator for NBC Biggest Events: Sunday Night Football, Olympics & the NBA

The Brain Game… Mental Health & Human Flourishing

Make wellbeing the foundation of performance in every program, not the emergency response.

Seth DavisFacilitatorEditor-in-Chief, Hoops HQ, In-Studio Analyst, CBS Sports, Former Sports Illustrated Senior WriterBHBrian HainlineTable setterVP, World Tennis & Immediate Past President, USTA, Former Chief Medical Officer, NCAALWLennie WaiteTable setterChief Science Officer, HITE EQ; 2x All-American, Rice UniversityStephanie Bell-RoseTable setterCo-Founder and President, The Steve Fund; Former Head of the TIAA Institute and Founding President of the Goldman Sachs FoundationGerald J. HarrisonTable setterVice President and Director of Athletics, Marshall University

Moneyball… What Can Innovation Look Like Across Tech, Media & Data in Sports?

Build the next twenty years of sports technology, media and capital by design, and grow the whole pie.

Saurabh SanghviFacilitatorPartner, McKinsey & CompanyCSCraig SloanTable setterCEO, Playfly SportsEREvan RichterTable setterFounder & Partner, Smash CapitalIKIsaiah KacyvenskiTable setterCo-Founder and Managing Partner, Will Ventures; Former NFL Linebacker and Co-Founder, Sports Innovation LabCBChris BevilacquaTable setterSports, entertainment, media and technology entrepreneur, investor, executive and advisor.Gordon JonesTable setterPresident, College of Western Idaho; Founding Dean College of Innovation + Design Boise State University

Reading, Writing, Arithmetic and Sports… Prep School for Life

Give every young athlete in America a great coach and build the pathway from the ground up.

Carlos MorenoFacilitatorCo-CEO, Big Picture LearningBBBeth BrookeTable setterDirector, The New York Times and US Olympic and Paralympic Committee; Co-Chair, WomenDriveToo; Member, Knight CommissionMaliVai WashingtonTable setterFounder, MaliVai Washington Youth Foundation; Olympian, Wimbledon Finalist and USTA Florida Hall of FamerKevin ConnorsTable setterFounder, Million Coaches Challenge; Managing Director, Susan Crown ExchangeJKJoe KennedyTable setterDirector of Athletics & Sports Leadership, Obama Foundation; Co-Founder, The TeamMichael LazarTable setterSenior Vice President of Strategy, U.S. Soccer Federation

System Reboot Readouts

Each of the eight rooms reports back to the full room.

Michael HornAward Winning Author, Co-Founder, Clayton Christensen Institute

Invest in the BEST… POW! The Power of Women

The economics, the audience and the investment case behind the fastest-growing category in sport.

Phyllis LockettModeratorFounder & Senior Advisor, LEAP InnovationsMichael AlterOwner, Chicago SkyNKNina KingVice President and Director of Athletics, Duke UniversityMuffet McGrawLegendary Head Women's Basketball Coach, Notre Dame, Winner of 2 NCAA National Championships, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee

The Sports Architect… Conversation with Don Garber

Three decades of building a league, and what that teaches the people rebuilding college and youth sports.

Don GarberCommissioner, Major League Soccer

Game Changer… How Athletics Led to Life's Success

Leaders whose careers were built on what sport taught them first.

Chris HowardModeratorEVP and Chief Operating Officer, Arizona State University, College Football Playoff CommitteeCurtis GrandersonFormer MLB All-Star, Philanthropist and Baseball AnalystSteve MeslerUS Olympic Hall of Fame Bobsled Gold Medalist; Managing Director, Mesler Performance Group; Co-Founder & Chairman, Classroom Champions; Former Board Member, USOPCPat EilersFounder & Managing Partner, Transition Equity Partners, NFL Veteran & Notre Dame National Champion

Exhibition Viewing & Reception

An after-hours walk through the Obama Presidential Center museum, followed by a reception before dinner upstairs.

Stronger Than You Think… Sports as a Reflection of Character

More speakers coming soon.

Mike TiricoEmmy Winning American Sports Commentator for NBC Biggest Events: Sunday Night Football, Olympics & the NBA

Sports and Advancing the American Dream

The closing conversation of the night: what sport can still do for the country, and who has to do it.

Arne DuncanFormer Co-Chair, Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, Former U.S. Secretary of EducationMike TiricoEmmy Winning American Sports Commentator for NBC Biggest Events: Sunday Night Football, Olympics & the NBACLCandice LeeVice Chancellor for Athletics and University Affairs and Athletic Director, Vanderbilt UniversityDeborah QuazzoModeratorCo-Founder, GSV Sports