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<p>Chief Richard Picciotto delivers a gripping, firsthand account of the day that altered history, underscoring the significance of courage, preparation and effective leadership when confronted with enormous adversity.</p><p>The FDNY battalion commander in lower Manhattan when it was the target of terrorist attacks on 9/11, Richard and his fellow firefighters selflessly rushed inside the World Trade Center towers to rescue those trapped inside.

<p>Millions of Americans remember Mike Eruzione as the captain of the 1980 US Olympic hockey team that beat the odds to win the gold medal in Lake Placid. It was his decisive winning goal that beat the Soviet team and stunned the world.</p>

<p>Earvin "Magic" Johnson has become one of the most powerful African-American businessmen in the world. He is Major League Baseball owner, an NBA legend, a two-time Hall of Famer, an entrepreneur, philanthropist and popular keynote speaker.

<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>Keynote speaker Mike Schlappi has an inspiring message for every American, young or old: “Just because you can’t stand up, doesn’t mean you can’t stand out.” </p><p>As president of Mike Schlappi Communications, and confined to a wheelchair, he is spreading that word to audiences ranging from students to chief executive officers, from rookies to Olympic champions, and from small gatherings to major conventions.</p><p>At the age of 14, Schlappi was student body president, had been awarded his Eagle Scout and was a competitive athlete when he was involved in a

<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&#39;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.

Take two comedians with chainsaws, put them in tights, throw in a Garden Weasel, and what do you get? Well, it's kind of hard to explain, but they're called The Passing Zone, and they'll amaze you and make you laugh! But it's not just the fact they are award-winning jugglers that make their show great; it's the humor of watching them transform into a living metaphor for corporate clients who juggle career, home, and unending expectations. Jon Wee and Owen Morse tailor their performance to the specific experiences and challenges of their audience.

<p>With life experiences mirroring the adventures in his favorite childhood book, <i>20,000 Leagues Under the Sea</i>, Robert Ballard is among the world&#39;s most accomplished oceanographers. A pioneer in the development of deep-sea submersibles, he has taken part in more than 140 deep-sea expeditions and is most renowned for his discovery of the RMS <i>TITANIC </i>and underwater explorations of the Bismarck, Lusitania, and Britannic.</p><p>Ballard served in the U.S.