Internationally-Based Headliners
Marina Tabassum - Marina Tabassum Architects (MTA) (Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Mauricio Pezo + Sofia von Ellrichshausen - Pezo von Ellrichshausen (Yungay, Chile)
Ma Yansong - MAD Architects (Beijing, China; Los Angeles, USA; Rome, Italy)
Xu Tiantian - DnA Design and Architecture (Beijing, China)

North American-Based Headliners
Anne Marie Duvall Decker, FAIA, & Roy Decker, FAIA - Duvall Decker (Jackson, Mississippi)
Billie Tsien, AIA - Founder of Studio Tsien and Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects (New York, NY)

California-Based Headliners
Lisa Iwamoto & Craig Scott, AIA - Iwamoto Scott (California)

Out of the Box
Allan Wexler

Innovators
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Anna Dyson - Yale University, Founding Director of the Yale Center for Ecosystems in Architecture 
Carl Elefante, FAIA Emeritus - 2018 AIA President. Author of "Getting to Zero - Decarbonizing the Built Environment"
David Lewis, AIA - LTL Architects, Parsons School of Design, Author of "Manual of Biogenic House Sections"
Karen Robichaud - Founder, Karen Robichaud, LLC.  Standing at the intersection of leadership, story, and design 
Katie Swenson, Assoc. AIA - Senior Principal, MASS Design Group
Corey Squire, AIA - Associate Principal, BORA Architects, co-author of the AIA Framework for Design Excellence

Emerging Talent
Matthew Au - Co-Principal, Current Interests
Todd Bennett - Co-Founder/Partner, Parcel Projects
Erik Bloom - Co-Founder/Partner, Parcel Projects
James Leng - Founding Principal, Figure
Jennifer Ly - Founding Principal, Figure
Mora Nabi - Principal, Nabi Boyd
Sean Boyd - Principal, Nabi Boyd