Gordon Chang, author of numerous books, newspaper and magazine articles, lived and worked in China, Hong Kong and Singapore for almost two decades. He has given briefings at the National Intelligence Council, the Central Intelligence Agency, the State Department, and the Pentagon. Chang appears on all the major TV news networks and speaks before industry and investor groups ​around the world.

Karen Elliott House, has had a distinguished career as a journalist and author. In February 2007, she wrote a series of articles for the WSJ following a month-long tour of Saudi Arabia. She has since authored several books, "On Saudi Arabia: Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines - and Future" and "Behind the Kingdom's Veil: Inside the New Saudi Arabia Under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman." She will share with us a Saudi Arabia that few have ever seen.