2026 is a wrap! Stay tuned for the 2027 lineup.
Thank you to our 2026 speakers! We can't wait to share next year's lineup with you.
Meghan Agresto is Corolla Education Foundation President, an Outer Banks Conservationist, and one of the longest-serving Corolla Lighthouse Keepers. She shares her experience preserving the history of Corolla to explore a sense of place and belonging, within and beyond our human perspective.
Bruce Wilkins, award-winning photojournalist, shares the stories behind his famous photos and discusses how he has adapted his artistry to continue capturing the poignancy of local lives in a post-newspaper world. View Bruce's work at Outer Banks Beyond.
Dr. John Muckelbauer is Associate Professor of English at the University of South Carolina. His areas of specialization are Modern Rhetorical Theory, History of Rhetoric, and Rhetoric of Science. His current research project is Invention and the Future: Rhetoric, Postmodernism, and the Problem of Change (Forthcoming from SUNY Press).