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Keynote Speakers Announced for the 2026 Eradicate Hate Global Summit

Jun 29, 2026 | 2026 News Release, Featured Home Page

This September, survivors, experts, policymakers, and practitioners will gather in Pittsburgh for the 2026 Eradicate Hate Global Summit, and we’re excited to announce the keynote speakers who will be joining us. From civil rights advocates to national security experts to survivors, these speakers bring their varied expertise and unique perspectives to the Summit. They include:

  • Dr. Alfred Garfinkle, a survivor of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp and Honorary Consultant Adult Psychotherapist;
  • Van Jones, civil rights advocate, political commentator, and founder of Dream Machine Innovation Lab;
  • Dr. Robert Pape, Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago and national security expert; and
  • Shari Redstone, founder of Redstone Leadership Forum, former chairwoman of Paramount Global, and former vice chair of CBS Corporation and Viacom

Keynote speakers

The Eradicate Hate Global Summit brings together voices like theirs, from across disciplines and around the world, to bridge the gap and forge solutions to prevent hate-fueled violence. We encourage you to join us for the world’s most comprehensive, multidisciplinary conference of its kind. Your participation is more important than ever.

Register here to attend the Global Summit, either in-person or via livestream.

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This cannot be thought of as a conference or a summit. The stakes are simply too high and the data/conversation and methods to drive action more valuable/motivating than any gathering I have attended. I took more than 100 pages of notes and have shared them with my CBS News leadership team, anchors, producers, and correspondents. Nothing about this gathering was easy. The agony around this topic is real. But no one curious about it could ask for a more devoted, rational, or unflinching look into this dark but decipherable world.

Major Elliott Garrett Chief Washington Correspondent, CBS News