Atlantic Festival
In October 2018 The Atlantic hosted their annual Atlantic Festival in Washington D.C., bringing together panels, in-depth interviews, screenings, workshops and more featuring speakers and activists from across politics, media/entertainment, technology, the arts, venture capital, beauty/wellness, corporate responsibility, and more.
Event Shop worked with The Atlantic in the stage management and production of their main “Ideas Stage'“ at Sidney Harman Hall, handling talent including:
Secretary Hillary Clinton, Vice President Kamala Harris, Chris Christie, Senator Lindsey Graham, Mayor Muriel Bowser (of Washington DC), Arlan Hamilton (Founder of Backstage Capital), KellyAnne Conway, Secretary John Kerry, Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, Emily Weiss (Founder and CEO of Glossier), Wes Moore (CEO of Robin Hood Foundation), Chef Jose Andres, Harvey Fierstein (Actor and Producer), Kimberly Bryant (Founder of Black Girls Code), Randall Stephenson (CEO of AT&T), Esther Perel (Podcast Host, Author, and Therapist), Randy Freer (CEO of Hulu), Ev Williams (Co-Founder of Twitter), Kevin Johnson (CEO of Starbucks), Darren Walker (President of the Ford Foundation), DeRay Mckesson (Activist), Ellen Stofan (Director of the National Air and Space Museum, a Smithsonian Institution), Justice Stephen Breyer (Associate Justice of the Supreme Court), Michael Kahn (Artistic Director of the Shakespeare Theater Company), Jerome Powell (Chair of the Federal Reserve), Rick Ridgeway (VP of Public Engagement, Patagonia), Judy Woodruff (PBS The News Hour), and more.
