2026 is a wrap! Stay tuned for the 2027 line-up.
Thank you to our 2026 speakers! We can't wait to share next year's lineup with you.
Meghan Agresto is a pillar of the Corolla community as 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 and advocating for its continued vitality.
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.
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).