Financial Times Festival: U.S. Edition 2023 | FT Live | 20 May 2023 | John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F St NW, Washington, DC 20566, USA

And if so how can we preempt this? What is the future of Russia? How to deal with digital bank runs - and shore up capitalism? Inspired by the spirit of the season, we intend to reinvigorate the debates over these thorny issues and much much more. Where curious minds meet is our festival theme. We look forward to bringing the global "big picture" to the Washington stage.

2023 Speakers

Luís Araújo
President, Visit Portugal

Sheila Bair
Former Chair of The Fdic

Karen Bakker
Author, Researcher and Entrepreneur

Dan Barber
Chef, Author and Co-Owner of Blue Hill and Blue Hill at Stone Barns

Adam Bazih
Head of Stellantis Ventures

Catherine Belton
Author and Journalist

Charles F. Bolden Jr.
Former Nasa Administrator and Astronaut

Daniel Boulud
Chef-Owner of Award-Winning Restaurants

Rachel Bronson
President and Ceo of The Bulletin of The Atomic Scientists

Moran Cerf
Professor of Neuroscience and Business

Melissa Chiu
Director of The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Hillary Rodham Clinton

Ta-Nehisi Coates
Author and Journalist

Jamie Lee Curtis
Actress, Producer, Children's Author and Activist

Kevin Czinger
Founder and Ceo, Czinger Vehicles and Divergent Technologies

Jan Dalley
Ft Arts Editor

Rawnica Dillingham
Director of Specialty Markets ,uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey

Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson
Ft Us Business Editor

Jo Ellison
how To Spend It Editor

Marc Filippino
Ft News Briefing Host and Producer

Rana Foroohar
Ft Global Business Columnist and Associate Editor

Jan Gerber
Founder and Ceo of Paracelsus Recovery

Simone Gibertoni
Ceo of Clinique La Prairie

Janine Gibson
Ft Weekend Editor

Simon Godwin
Artistic Director, Shakespeare Theatre Company

Lucy Goff
Founder, Lyma Life

Bertha González Nieves
Co-Founder and Ceo of Tequila Casa Dragones

Christopher Grimes
Ft La Bureau Chief

Sarita Gupta
Vice President of U.S. Programs, Ford Foundation

Jennifer Harris
Former Special Assistant to The President and Senior Director for International Economics, Nsc / Nec at The White House

Beatrice Hodgkin
Deputy Editor, Htsi, Ft

Pati Jinich
Chef, Writer and Pbs Host of La Frontera

Matthew W. Johnson
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Johns Hopkins

Balajee Kannan
Vice President of Autonomy at Motional

Roula Khalaf
Ft Editor

Natasha Lance Rogoff
Author, Filmmaker and Tv Producer

Alice Lascelles
Author and Ft Drinks Columnist

Angie Licea
President, Global Travel Collection

Alison Loehnis
Ad Interim Ceo of Yoox Net-A-Porter

Edward Luce
Ft Us National Editor and Columnist

Justice Malala
Author & Journalist

Gary Marcus
Scientist, Author and Entrepreneur

Neil Markey
Co-Founder and Ceo, Beckley Retreats

Brooke Masters
Ft Us Financial Editor

Chris Miller
Author of Chip War: The Fight for The World's Most Critical Technology

Vivienne Ming
Professional Mad Scientist and Entrepreneur

Mariko Mori
Artist

Palesa Morudu-Rosenberg
Writer and Director, Clarity Global

Harry Nuriev
Founder and Creative Director, Crosby Studios

Enuma Okoro
Ft Life & Arts Columnist

Joshua Oliver
Ft Correspondent

John Palmer
President, Cboe Digital

Serhii Plokhii
Ukrainian Historian

Elaine Read and Matt Weyandt
Co-Founders of Xocolatl

Jancis Robinson
Master of Wine and Ft Wine Columnist

Rebecca Rose
Ft Globetrotter Editor

Kevin Rudd
Former Australian Prime Minister and Now Australian Ambassador to The Us

Salman Rushdie
Author

Alec Russell
Ft Foreign Editor

Lora Schapiro
Manager, Trade Marketing, Tauck

Peter Spiegel
Ft Us Managing Editor

Frederick Studemann
Ft Literary Editor

Barbara Sturm
Founder & Ceo of Dr. Barbara Sturm Molecular Cosmetics

Roy Swan
Director of Mission Investments, Ford Foundation

Tara Swart
Neuroscientist and Former Psychiatric Doctor

Gillian Tett
Ft Us Editorial Board Chair and Us Editor-At-Large

Tara Thomas
Managing Editor of Jancis Robinson.Com

John Thornhill
Ft Innovation Editor

Colm Tóibín
Author

Zeynep Ton
Author and Professor at Mit School of Management

Alice Waters
Chef, Author, Food Activist and Founder and Owner of Chez Panisse Restaurant

Courtney Weaver
Ft Us Political Correspondent

Martin Wolf
Ft Chief Economics Commentator

Meg Wolitzer
Author

Ethan Wu
Ft Financial Reporter

2023 Partners

FOUNDATION PARTNER:
• Ford Foundation

TECH PARTNER:
• Cboe Global Markets
• Cboe Digital

GLOBAL FESTIVAL PARTNER:
• Gagosian

FESTIVAL FRIEND:
• Casa Dragones
• Nikkei
• Uncle Nearest

SUPPORTING PARTNER:
• Washington, DC
• British Embassy Washington
• Smithsonian Associates
• Atlantic Council
• Philanthropy Workshop's