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Scott Shigeoka

Opening Keynote Session
March 31, 2025 8:30-10:00 AM

Scott Shigeoka is an internationally recognized curiosity expert, speaker, and the award-winning author of Seek: How Curiosity Can Transform Your Life and Change the World. He is known for popularizing research that promotes positive well-being and relationships, including at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center and through his groundbreaking courses at the University of Texas at Austin. He is also a screenwriter and playwright with two major projects in development.

He/him & they/them (I use both pronouns, so you can use either one)

Pronunciation for Shigeoka:

SHE – GAY – OH KAH

(Shi like “she” as in — she is)

(Gay as in Scott is gay — I am!)

(Ohkah like “okra” without the ‘r’)

(Listen to the audio pronunciation on Scott’s LinkedIn)

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