Producer and record executive Jermaine Dupri is set to serve as the keynote speaker at the inaugural Ideas Festival Emory.
According to a press release, the Ideas Festival Emory is set to take place Sept. 20-22 on Emory University’s Oxford College campus, and is billed as a “celebration of creative minds.” Dupri is one of more than 40 other speakers set to speak at the festival.
The festival is hosted by Emory’s Center for Public Scholarship and Engagement. It is free and open to the public, but attendees are asked to register in advance.
“Ideas Festival Emory is a celebration of creativity and innovation, connecting the public with visionary leaders who inspire and challenge us,” said Ken Carter, Charles Howard Candler Professor of Psychology and founding director of the Center for Public Scholarship and Engagement, in the release. “We hope the festival will ignite new ideas and inspire meaningful conversations, in an environment that will be fun for people of all ages.”
Dupri will speak during a keynote session on Friday. Saturday and Sunday speakers include Barbara Kopple, a two-time Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker; Virginia Willis, a James Beard award-winning cookbook author and chef; and Jon Goode, an Emmy-nominated writer whose work has been featured on CNN, HBO and BET.
Rough Draft Atlanta is a sponsor of Ideas Festival Emory. Our editor Collin Kelley and publisher Keith Pepper will also both be participating in panels during the event.
The full lineup can be found online.
This article has been updated with more information about the lineup at Ideas Festival Emory.
