Name: The "Un-Keynote" with Anthony Veneziale
Start: 2026-07-09T09:00:00-0700
End: 2026-07-09T10:30:00-0700

Thursday July 9, 2026 9:00am - 10:30am PDT

Opening plenary with Anthony Veneziale, co-founder of Freestyle Love Supreme. Anthony will be introduced by Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, author of Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist (Simon & Schuster 2025).

You might be thinking, what is the "un-keynote"? In an interview for Conference Daily at ATD's International Conference in 2026, this is how Anthony described it:

"An un-keynote isn’t a performance. It isn’t a lecture. It’s a live demonstration of what modern learning must become. Yes, it includes high-energy Broadway-level talent. Yes, it is fueled by audience participation. But what makes it different is that it transforms passive attendees into active learners within minutes.

Our hope is that attendees leave not just energized, but primed. Primed to speak up in sessions. Primed to listen with curiosity and ask great questions of speakers. Primed to connect meaningfully with someone they don’t yet know.

The un-keynote isn’t just the opening session. It’s the warm-up for the entire conference."

Moderators

Daniel Pollack-Pelzner

Visiting Scholar in Theater, Portland State University

Daniel Pollack-Pelzner is the author of Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist (Simon & Schuster), one of NPR’s Books We Loved for 2025. He teaches English and theater at Portland State University. He received the Graves Award from the American Council of Learned Societies... Read More →

Artists

Anthony Veneziale

Anthony Veneziale also known as Two Touch, is the conceiver and co-creator of the acclaimed Freestyle Love Supreme.Anthony has been performing and teaching applied improvisation for more than 25 years and is a leader in the field of musical improvisation. He is the co-founder of the applied improvisation company , a Tony Award winner, a Grammy nominated Broadway & TV star and designer of a UCSF... Read More →

GII26 Team

The GII Symposium 2026 Team has worked on this event from the beginning, with our first team meeting back in July of 2025! This year's event would not be possible without this extraordinary group of folks!

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Thursday July 9, 2026 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
75 Recital Hall

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