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<p>If you think the key to happiness is success, you've got it all backward--and you're not alone. This prevailing theory is what longtime Harvard professor and award-winning speaker Shawn Achor has been trying to disprove for more than a decade.

<p>While the ancient world had Socrates, for new millennium problem-solving, we have Tom Morris, one of the most pioneering public philosophers of our time. Morris brings the wisdom of the greatest philosophers of the ages to bear on the challenges of today, helping audiences to live and work better and smarter.</p><p>For fifteen years, Morris was a professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame where at one time his teachings became so in demand, as much as an eighth of the student body was enrolled in his classes.

<p>Candid. Passionate. Relevant. Doug Lipp is on a crusade to help organizations strengthen their corporate culture, boost business performance, and unapologetically, have fun while doing it.</p>

<p>Doug is a distinguished international consultant, eight-time author, and former head of training at the legendary Disney University. His latest book is the best-selling <i>Disney U: How Disney University Develops the World’s Most Engaged, Loyal, and Customer-Centric Employees</i>.</p>

<p>Doug Lansky shares inspirational insights on upcoming changes in travel and tourism and provides creative strategies that elevate the destination and visitor experience.</p>

<p>Dan Thurmon is an author, researcher, and peak performance coach with expertise in work-life integration and change leadership.</p><p> Also a renowned speaker, Dan has delivered thousands of presentations across six continents for audiences including world leaders, Fortune 500 companies, entrepreneurs, educators, and even troops on the front lines.</p><p>Dan is a leader in his profession, having served as President of the National Speakers Association.

<p>Jim Carroll is recognized as the world’s leading futurist, trends and innovation experts, with a massive global blue-chip client list. </p><p>Over the last 30 years, more than 2 million people have shared his insight at his events. Jim’s global client list gives him a front-row seat to the high-velocity change that is occurring as disruption comes to take hold of every industry and every organization.

<p>Mary LoVerde is author of "Stop Screaming at the Microwave! How to Connect Your Disconnected Life".

<p>Mike Mullane joined NASA in 1978 as one of the original shuttle astronauts. He flew three space shuttle missions and logged 356 hours in space.

<p>Globalizing markets are the opportunity of a lifetime. The size of the middle-class is about to triple worldwide due to increasing standards of living across the globe. Companies that lean into the future and focus will dominate and increase scale, scope and power. Those who don't are at risk. Michael Treacy shows leaders how to look at competition, customers, people, finance and markets in a new way -- laying out the pathways for global growth and market leadership.</p><p>Treacy is a veteran voice on such issues.

<p>For almost three decades Dr. Nancy Snyderman has combined careers as a head and neck cancer surgeon, network television correspondent, and advisor to Fortune 500 corporations and is one of the most trusted voices in medical communication.</p><p>Dr. Snyderman is a board certified Otolaryngologist-Head and Neck Surgeon and Fellow in the American College of Surgeons. She serves on the Board of Directors of Alkermes (NASDAQ: ALKS) and is a Consulting Professor at the Stanford University Center for Innovation in Global Health.