Michael Shellenberger — Keynote Speaker — The Atlas Society Gala 2025

Atlas Society Gala 2025 in Chicago, IL October 9, 2025

Michael Shellenberger is the founder of Public, the C.B.R. Chair of Politics, Censorship, and Free Speech at the University of Austin, and a best-selling author of Apocalypse Never and San Fransicko. He has broken many major stories, including the Twitter Files, for which he won the 2023 Dao Journalism Prize, the Censorship Industrial Complex, and climate pseudoscience, among others. His investigative work has challenged mainstream narratives on climate change, homelessness, and censorship. Michael offers testimony as a journalist and policy expert to the U.S. Congress on a range of issues covering free speech, censorship, and the environment. A leading voice in policy and journalism, he continues to advocate for transparency and accountability.