SPEC Connaissance is the premier group on campus tasked with bringing keynote speakers to Penn’s campus. At its core, Connaissance is dedicated to supporting events that will educate, challenge, and entertain the students of Penn.

Past keynote speakers include:

• 2023-2024: Josh Peck, Victoria Justice

• 2022-2023: Spike Lee, Stephanie Hsu

• 2021-2022: Yvonne Orji, Hunter Schafer

• 2020-2021: John Mulaney, Bob the Drag Queen, Keke Palmer, Simu Liu

• 2019-2020: Alex Moffat, Ego Nwodim, Vanessa Bayer, Mikey Day, Melissa Villasenor

• 2018-2019: Terry Crews, Laverne Cox, Antoni Porowski

• 2017-2018: Trevor Noah, Hasan Minhaj, Woody Harrelson

In addition to putting on their own events, Connaissance also co-sponsors speaking events put on by various campus groups. We are an open and loving community where all ideas, viewpoints, and people are welcome! As a committed general body member, you will have the opportunity to attend all the events for free and participate in meet-and-greet with the speakers behind stage.