Meet our speakers

Phil Plait

Dr. Phil Plait

Astronomer, author, and science
communicator
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Putsata Reang

Award-winning journalist 
and author
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Tessa Hulls

Pulitzer Prize Winning author and artist 
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Luong Ung

Loung Ung

Author, Humanitarian, 
and Screenwriter
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Tessa Hulls is the winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Memoir for Feeding Ghosts.

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