David Rubenstein
Philanthropist, Co-Founder & Co-Executive Chairman, The Carlyle Group
Scheduled to Appear in 2020
Stay tuned for additional NaplesNEXT 2020 speaker announcements!
Susan Goldberg
Editor in Chief, National Geographic
Jon McDaniel
Founder & CEO of Second City Soil, Winner, Food + Wine Magazine's 2018 Sommelier of the Year
NaplesNEXT SPEAKERS
2019
Mixologist, Opening Night Reception
Tiffanie Barriere
"The Drinking Coach," Top 50 Tastemakers of the South award winner
2019
Global Security: Combating Cyber Threats
Natasha Bertrand
National Security Report, The Atlantic
2019
Improving Food Sustainability
Vincenzo Betulia
Chef & Owner, Osteria Tulia & The French Brasserie Rustique (Naples, FL)
2019
Bracket Genius Lunch
Tim Brando
FOX Sports Basketball National Play-by-Play Broadcaster
2019
Victory Over Cancer
Susan Braun
CEO, The V Foundation
2019
Building a Championship Sports Culture
The Inside Deal: Buying a Professional Sports Team
Christine Brennan
Sports columnist; commentator on ABC News, CNN, PBS NewsHour and NPR
2019
Global Security: Combating Cyber Threats
John Brennan
CIA Director (2013–2017), Senior National Security and Intelligence Analyst for NBC News and MSNBC
2019
Love Your Enemies
Arthur Brooks
President of the American Enterprise Institute, Beth and Ravenel Curry Scholar in Free Enterprise
2019
Closing Keynote
Laura Bush
First Lady of the United States (2001-2009)
2019
Water & the Environment: Red Tides, Plastics and Your Role
Tony Chvala
COO, 4Ocean
2019
The Future of Philanthropy
Eileen Connolly-Keesler
President & CEO, Community Foundation of Collier County
2019
Building the Cities of Tomorrow
Ellen Dunham-Jones
MSUD Director School of Architecture; Fellow, Brook Byers Institute of Sustainable Systems, Georgia Institute of Technology
2019
Water & the Environment: Red Tides, Plastics and Your Role
Eric Eikenberg
CEO, Everglades Foundation
2019
Civil Discourse in a Polarized Society
Julie Glenn
News Director, WGCU
2019
2020
Female Trailblazers
Water & the Environment: Red Tides, Plastics and Your Role
Building the Cities of Tomorrow
Susan Goldberg
Editor in Chief, National Geographic
2019
Improving Food Sustainability
Gregory Gourdet
National James Beard Foundation Chef, Star of Top Chef Season 12, Chef & Owner, Departure (Portland, OR)
2019
Access to Justice
Nathan Hecht
Cheif Justice, Supreme Court of Texas
2019
Design with Purpose: Trends in Architecture & Design from Here and Abroad
Martin Horner
Designer, Co-Founder, Soucie Horne, Ltd
2019
The Inside Deal: Buying a Professional Sports Team
Steve Horowitz
Partner, Inner Circle Sports
2019
Improving Food Sustainibility
Fabrizio and Ingrid
Chefs & Owners, Sea Salt Naples, Barbatella, Dorona (Naples, FL) & Sea Salt St. Pete (St. Petersburg, FL)
2019
Lunch: Teeing it Up with Peter Jacobsen
Peter Jacobsen
Professional Golfer and Commentator - NBC and Golf Channel
2019
Building a Championship Sports Culture
Sam Kennedy
President & CEO, Boston Red Sox
2019
Improving Food Sustainibility
Soraya Kilgore
Chef & Owner, MadLab Creamery (Miami, FL)
2019
Opening Keynote
Cedric King
U.S. Army Master Sergeant (Ret.)
2019
Building the Cities of Tomorrow
Alain Kornhauser
Professor of Operations Research & Financial Engineering; Director, Transportation Program, Princeton University
2019
Access to Justice
Jorge Labarga
Chief Justice, Florida Supreme Court (2014-2018), current Florida Supreme Court Justice
2019
Female Trailblazers
Julia Landauer
Champion NASCAR Racer
2019
Access to Justice
Jonathan Lipman
Chief Justice of the New York Court of Appeals (2009-2015)
2019
Design with Purpose: Trends in Architecture & Design from Here and Abroad
Massimiliano Locatelli
Architect, Winner of 2018 Milan Design Week
2019
Victory Over Cancer
Robert Gatenby, M.D.
Department Chair in Radiology; Co-Director Cancer Biology and Evolution Program, Moffitt Cancer Center
2019
Victory Over Cancer
Kimberly L. Blackwell, M.D.
"Vice President, Early Phase Development and Immuno-oncology, Eli Lilly and Company"
2019
2020
Sommelier, Opening Night Reception
Jon McDaniel
Founder & CEO of Second City Soil, Winner, Food + Wine Magazine's 2018 Sommelier of the Year
2019
Washington Insiders: Inside the Most Powerful Office in the World
Denis McDonough
White House Chief of Staff (2013-2017)
2019
Global Security: Combating Cyber Threats
Alyssa Miller
Head of Information Security Practice, CDW
2019
Water & the Environment: Red Tides, Plastics and Your Role
Rob Moher
President & CEO, Southwest Florida Conservancy
2019
Improving Food Sustainability
Kris Moon
COO, James Beard Foundation
2019
Bracket Genius Lunch
David Moulton
Co-host, Miller and Moulton Morning Show, SW Florida's Fox Sports Radio
2019
Civil Discourse in a Polarized Society
Dr. Laurie Mulvey
Co-Founder, World in Conversation Center for Public Diplomacy, Penn State University
2019
Access to Justice
Maureen O'Connor
Cheif Justice, Supreme Court of Ohio
2019
Victory Over Cancer
William G. Nelson, M.D., Ph.D
Director & Professor of Oncology; Director of Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins
2019
Victory Over Cancer
Warren A. Kibbe, Ph.D
Chief of Translational Biomedical Informatics and Chief Data Officer, Duke Cancer Institute
2019
Building the Cities of Tomorrow
Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk
Professor of Architecture; Director of the Master of Urban Design Program, University of Miami
2019
Washington Insiders: Inside the Most Powerful Office in the World
Reince Priebus
White House Chief of Staff (2017); Chairman of Republican National Committee (2011–2017)
2019
Civil Discourse in a Polarized Society
Dr. Samuel Richards
Race & Cultural Relations Professor & Sociologist, Penn State University
2019
2020
The Future of Philanthropy
David Rubenstein
Philanthropist, Co-Founder & Co-Executive Chairman, The Carlyle Group
2019
Washington Insiders: Inside the Most Powerful Office in the World
Sam Skinner
Former Secretary of Transportation & White House Cheif of Staff
2019
Design with Purpose: Trends in Architecture & Design from Here and Abroad
Shea Soucie
Designer, Co-Founder, Soucie Horner, Ltd
2019
Everglades Photography Exhibition
Mac Stone
Professional Photographer
2019
The Future of Philanthropy
Kurt Summers
Treasurer of the City of Chicago (2014-19)
2019
Improving Food Sustainability
Asif Syed
Chef & Owner, 21 Spices (Naples, FL), Naples Winner of Food Network's "Beat Bobby Flay"
2019
Design with Purpose: Trends in Architecture & Design from Here and Abroad
Jett Thompson
Principal, Jett Thompson HOME
2019
The Inside Deal: Buying a Professional Sports Team
Rob Tilliss
Founder, Inner Circle Sports
2019
Female Trailblazers
The Future of Philanthropy
Elaine Wynn
Business Leader, Crusader for Children, Philanthropist
2019
Female Trailblazers
Shelley Zalis
CEO, The Female Quotient