Sessions
Unveiling the 2025 World Happiness Report
Jon Clifton
CEO, Gallup Organization
View from the Happiest Countries
Jon Clifton
CEO, Gallup Organization
Amb. Leena-Kaisa Mikkola
Finnish Ambassador to the U.S.
Amb. Svanhildur Hólm Valsdóttir
Icelandic Ambassador to the U.S.
Dr. Catalina Crespo-Sancho
Costa Rican Ambassador to the U.S.
Amna Nawaz
PBS News Hour & Semafor Contributor
View from Ajinomoto: Sharing Meals with Others
Jan-Emmanuel De Neve
Director, Wellbeing Research Centre
Chika Morishima
Executive Officer and Vice President, Ajinomoto
Dr. Alden Lai
Board Member, Wellbeing for Planet Earth Foundation
Food for Good
Robert Egger
Founder, DC Central Kitchen, Co-Founder, The World Central Kitchen
Amna Nawaz
PBS News Hour & Semafor Contributor
Overcoming the Connection Crisis
Karen Guggenheim
Co-Founder, World Happiness Summit
Russell Shaw
Head of School, Georgetown Day School
Gretchen Rubin
Author; Founder, The Happiness Project
Gina Chon
Senior Editor, Semafor
View from Coalition to Empower our Future
Former Congressman Carlos Curbelo
Member of the Board of Directors for the Coalition to Empower our Future
Bennett Richardson
General Manager and Head of Global Public Affairs, Semafor
How Giving Affects Yourself and Others
Sara Konrath
Associate Professor of Philanthropic Studies, Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
Melissa Stevens
Executive Vice President, Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy
Amna Nawaz
PBS News Hour & Semafor Contributor
How Happy and Unhappy People Vote
EJ Dionne
Senior Fellow, Brookings
Gerardo Berthin
VP International Programs, Freedom House
Hilary Silver
Professor of Sociology, International Affairs, and Public Policy and Public Administration at George Washington University
Morgan Chalfant
Deputy Washington editor, Semafor
Pursuit of Happiness and Joy: A Conversation and Guided Meditation
Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Founder, Art of Living
Justin Smith
Semafor Co-Founder & CEO