We are convening the finest minds on the topic – an array of respected economists, scholars, thought leaders, experts, and a network of influential decision-makers from multiple sectors, geographies and viewpoints – to identify the key ingredients for sustainable economic breakthrough and to help unleash the power of negotiation to solve urgent social and economic challenges and improve lives by advancing groundbreaking solutions that will create prosperity in all corners of the globe. The initial roster of speakers presenting at the 2016 Negotiation & Leadership Conference are among the finest minds available redefining the disciplines of negotiation, conflict resolution, deal-making, economics, contract and collaboration theory, etc. As leaders in top companies and educators at exceptional universities, they are masters on the subject. Some have an academic perspective, while others are more operationally focused; yet, all are knockout presenters who will lead you to rethink your approach to the business of decision-making, problem solving, strategic leadership and economic advancement.
Featured 2016 Speakers
![Bill Richardson](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/govbillrichardson.png)
Bill Richardson
Former Governor of New Mexico, U.S. Energy Secretary, & U.N. Ambassador
![event-image](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/L.Susskind2.jpg)
LAWRENCE SUSSKIND
Co-founder, Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law
![event-image](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Dan-Shapiro.jpg)
DANIEL L. SHAPIRO
Founder & Director, Harvard International Negotiation Program
![event-image]( http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Jeswald-Selacuse.jpg)
JESWALD SALACUSE
Executive committee faculty, Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law
![event-image]( http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Covey_Stephen-M.R..jpg)
STEPHEN MR COVEY
Bestselling Author of The Speed of Trust
![event-image]( http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Edgardo_photo-1-150x150.jpg)
EDGARDO PAPPACENA
PwC’s Global Business Model Transformation Leader
![tony](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/lakshmi1.jpg)
Amur S Lakshminarayanan
President & CEO, Tata Consultancy Services Japan
![event-image](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/jordan-belfort.jpg)
Jordan Belfort
Original ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ played by actor Leonardo DiCaprio; Founder of the Straightline Persuasion System
Saj-nicole Joni
CEO and Founder, Cambridge International Group, and Bestselling Author
FRANS JOHANSSON
Bestselling Author, The Medici Effect
KIMBERLYN LEARY
Advisor to the White House Council on Women and Girls
![tony](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/devonfranklin.jpg)
DeVon Franklin
Hollywood Executive & Movie Producer
STEVEN WOLFE PEREIRA
VP Brand Strategy & Marketing Solutions at Oracle
Bakari T. Sellers
Former House of Representative Member and CNN Contributor
![event-image](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/jeannedifrancesco.jpg)
Jeanne DiFrancesco
Principal, ProOrbis
Expert in valuation of intangible assets
![alex-chen](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/toddcamp.jpg)
Todd Camp
Chief Negotiation Officer, Camp Negotiation Institute
Scott Boras
Rated the World’s Most Powerful Sports Agent by Forbes in 2015.
![event-image](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Chuck-Doran-png.png)
Chuck Doran
Expert Mediator and Executive Director, MWI
![event-image](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Nicholas-A.-Ashford-PhD.-JD.png)
NICHOLAS ASHFORD
Faculty, MIT and Harvard
MICHAEL KLARE
Expert on international peace & security affairs, global resource politics, and contemporary conflict
![event-image](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/fernandoyepez.jpg)
FERNANDO YEPEZ
Director of Global Services, PwC
![event-image](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/John-Richardson.jpg)
JOHN RICHARDSON
Co-author, with Howard Raiffa, of Negotiation Analysis
![event-image](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Robert-Wilkinson_triad.jpg)
ROBERT WILKINSON
Faculty, Harvard Kennedy School
WILLIAM HERNANDEZ
Executive Director, Center for Global Leadership at UC Irvine
Ron Hubsher
CEO of Sales Optimization Group and Author of Closing Time
DIVYA NARENDRA
CEO & Founder of SumZero;
Originator of the Facebook idea at Harvard College
![event-image](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/MARC-STICKDORN.jpg)
MARC STICKDORN
Author of This is Service Design Thinking
![event-image](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/MELKART-ROUHANA.jpg)
MELKART ROUHANA
Former Head of Global Learning at Ritz Carlton Hotels
![event-image](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Satya-Ramaswarmy.jpg)
SATYA RAMASWAMY
Vice President and Global Head of TCS Digital Enterprise, Tata Consultancy Services.
![alex-chen](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/alex-chen.jpg)
ALEX CHEN
Managing Director of PwC’s Global Delivery Model Services
![tony](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/tony.jpg)
TONY DIBENEDETTO
CEO of Tribridge
![Randal](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/randal-pinkett1-150x150.jpg)
Randal Pinkett
Chairman & CEO, BCT Partners and Author of Black Faces in White Places
![Stefanie](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Stefanie-K-Johnson.jpg)
Stefanie K. Johnson
Assistant Professor, University of Colorado
![David](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/David-Matthew-Prior.jpg)
Dave Matthew Prior
Faculty, Columbia University
![Bill Richardson](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/markus.png)
Markus E. Hormess
Founding partner and service innovation expert, WorkPlayExperience
![Bill Richardson](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/nagaraj.jpg)
Nagaraj Ijari
Vice President & Global Head – HiTech and Professional Services Business Unit, TCS
All 2016 Speakers
![Bill Richardson](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/govbillrichardson.png)
Bill Richardson
![Larry Susskind](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/L.Susskind2-150x150.jpg)
Lawrence Susskind
![DANIEL L. SHAPIRO](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Dan-Shapiro.jpg)
Daniel L. Shapiro
![Jeswald Selacuse](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Jeswald-Selacuse-150x150.jpg)
Jeswald Salacuse
![Stephen Covey](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Covey_Stephen-M.R..jpg)
Stephen MR Covey
![Edgardo Pappacena](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Edgardo_photo-1-150x150.jpg)
Edgardo Pappacena
![Amur S Lakshminarayanan](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/lakshmi1.jpg)
Amur S Lakshminarayanan
![JORDAN BELFORT](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/jordan-belfort.jpg)
Jordan Belfort
![SAJ-NICOLE JONI](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/saj.jpg)
Saj-nicole Joni
![FRANS JOHANSSON](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/frans.jpg)
Frans Johansson
![Kimberlyn Leary](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/KIMBERLYN-LEARY.jpg)
Kimberlyn Leary
![DEVON FRANKLIN](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/devonfranklin.jpg)
DeVon Franklin
![STEVEN WOLFE PEREIRA](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/stephen.jpg)
Steven Wolfe Pereira
![CHRIS VOSS](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Bakari-Sellers.jpg)
Bakari T. Sellers
![Jeanne DiFrancesco](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/jeannedifrancesco.jpg)
Jeanne DiFrancesco
![Todd Camp](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/toddcamp.jpg)
Todd Camp
![Scott Boras](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Scott-Boras.jpg)
Scott Boras
![event-image](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Chuck-Doran-png.png)
Chuck Doran
![Nicholas A. Ashford, PhD., JD](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Nicholas-A.-Ashford-PhD.-JD.png)
Nicholas Ashford
![MICHAEL KLARE](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/MICHAEL-KLARE.jpg)
Michael Klare
![Dr. Fernando Yepez](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/fernandoyepez.jpg)
Fernando Yepez
![JOHN RICHARDSON](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/John-Richardson-150x150.jpg)
John Richardson
![ROBERT WILKINSON](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Robert-Wilkinson_triad-150x150.jpg)
Robert Wilkinson
![WILLIAM HERNANDEZ](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/hernandea.jpg)
William Hernandez
![Ron Hubsher](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Ron-Hubsher-Tie-low-res.jpg)
Ron Hubsher
![Divya Narendra](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Divya-Narendra.jpg)
Divya Narendra
![MARC-STICKDORN](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/MARC-STICKDORN.jpg)
Marc Stickdorn
![MELKART-ROUHANA](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/MELKART-ROUHANA.jpg)
Melkart Rouhana
![Satya Ramaswamy](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Satya-Ramaswarmy.jpg)
Satya Ramaswamy
![ALEX CHEN](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/alex-chen.jpg)
Alex Chen
![TONY DIBENEDETTO](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/tony.jpg)
Tony DiBenedetto
![Randal Pinkett](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/randal-pinkett1-150x150.jpg)
Randal Pinkett
![Stefanie K Johnson](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Stefanie-K-Johnson.jpg)
Stefanie K Johnson
![David Matthew Prior](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/David-Matthew-Prior.jpg)
David Matthew Prior
![Markus E. Hormess](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/markus.png)
Markus E. Hormess
![Nagaraj Ijari](http://negotiationleadershipconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/nagaraj.jpg)
Nagaraj Ijari