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January 14: Opening Party
January 15–17: Conference & Expo
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center | NYC


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KAL PENN

Kal Penn
Actor, Writer and Producer


Kal Penn is an actor, writer, producer, and former Associate Director of the
White House Office of Public Engagement. He is known for his starring roles in
Designated Survivor, House, Mira Nair’s The Namesake, the Harold & Kumar
franchise, and the patriotic immigration sit-com Sunnyside which he co-created
for NBC.

From 2009 to 2011, Kal took a sabbatical from acting to serve in the Obama/Biden
administration, where he served as the President’s Liaison to Young Americans,
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and the Arts community. In these roles,
he worked on a range of issues, including the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,
the Affordable Care Act, Pell Grants, arts and culture programs, the DREAM Act,
and rapid response to the BP Oil Spill and earthquake in Haiti.

He was a national co-chair for the Obama/Biden re-election campaign in 2012 and
served on the President’s Committee for the Arts and Humanities, focusing on
arts education and cultural diplomacy, including the first-ever US Government
arts delegation to Cuba. Penn has taught courses at the University of
Pennsylvania and the University of California, Los Angeles. Originally from New
Jersey, he received his undergraduate degree in sociology, theater, film, and
television at the University of California, Los Angeles, and received a graduate
certificate in international security from Stanford University. He has been a
term member at the Council on Foreign Relations.

He currently stars in the animated Disney Junior series Mira, Royal Detective,
is an Executive Producer on the Viacom/Paramount + comedy, Surina & Mel, and can
be heard in Nickelodeon’s It’s Pony. His culinary competition series Money
Hungry airs on Food Network. Kal’s first book You Can’t Be Serious was released
on November 2, 2021 from Simon and Schuster/Gallery Books. He also narrates the
audiobook.



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Tuesday
January 17
3:30 pm–4:00 pm
SAP Theatre, Javits North, Level 5
Climate action required: A business imperative with actor, writer and producer
Kal Penn
Actor, writer, and producer Kal Penn explores the conversation at the
intersection of climate, clean energy, and business with a recently launched
docuseries, Getting Warmer with Kal Penn. Well-known for his comedic movie and
TV characters, Kal joined the Obama administration in 2009 as an Associate
Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, working on issues
related to young… Read more
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