Keynote Speakers

Derek Thompson is the co-author of the #1 New York Times bestselling book Abundance, with Ezra Klein. In addition to writing the Derek Thompson newsletter on Substack, he hosts the news podcast “Plain English” with the Ringer Podcast Network, which Time Magazine named as one of the 100 best podcasts of all time in 2025. He is a contributing writer with The Atlantic. Derek is also the author of the national bestseller Hit Makers: How to Succeed in an Age of Distraction and Derek Thompson On Work, an anthology of his essays on the past and future of labor and technology. Derek lives in Washington, D.C., with his family.