Conference Speakers

Elon Musk is a renowned entrepreneur, inventor, and business magnate, recognized globally as one of the most influential speakers in the fields of technology, i...

Tim Cook has served as CEO of Apple since 2011, leading the company to become one of the most valuable businesses in history with a market cap exceeding $3 tril...

Larry Ellison co-founded Oracle Corporation in 1977, building it into one of the world's leading enterprise software companies. His aggressive competitive strat...

Reed Hastings co-founded Netflix in 1997 and transformed it from a DVD-by-mail service into the world's largest streaming platform with over 200 million subscri...

Former CEO and Executive Chairman of Google who led the company through its most explosive growth phase. Co-author of 'The New Digital Age,' he now focuses on n...

Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times foreign affairs columnist and bestselling author of 'The World Is Flat' and 'Thank You for Being Late.' He spea...

Stephen Curry revolutionized basketball with his three-point shooting and led the Golden State Warriors to four NBA championships. He is the NBA's all-time lead...

Andy Jassy is the CEO of Amazon, having previously built and led Amazon Web Services (AWS) from an internal project to the world's dominant cloud computing plat...

Academy Award-winning film composer behind the scores of Inception, The Dark Knight, Interstellar, Dune, and dozens of other iconic films. He speaks on creativi...

Four-time NBA champion who revolutionized basketball with his three-point shooting and founded Unanimous Media and SC30, building a growing business empire. He ...

Jay Leno is an iconic comedian and television host best known for hosting The Tonight Show with Jay Leno for over two decades. Beyond comedy, he's a passionate ...

Tony and Grammy Award-winning composer and playwright who created the revolutionary musical Hamilton. Miranda is a cultural icon known for innovative storytelli...

David Copperfield is the world's most commercially successful magician and illusionist, known for groundbreaking performances and television specials. His innov...

Marc Andreessen co-created Netscape, the browser that sparked the commercial internet revolution, and went on to co-found Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), one of Sil...

Fred Smith founded FedEx in 1971 after writing a college paper outlining the concept of overnight delivery, which his professor gave a C. His legendary overnigh...

Brian Chesky co-founded Airbnb in 2008 with Joe Gebbia and Nathan Blecharczyk, turning the concept of renting air mattresses in a San Francisco apartment into a...

Founder of Khosla Ventures and co-founder of Sun Microsystems, one of Silicon Valley's most respected venture capitalists focused on clean energy, healthcare, a...

One of Silicon Valley's most feared journalists, host of 'On with Kara Swisher,' and author of 'Burn Book.' She has interviewed every major tech CEO and provide...

Six-time major champion and three-time Masters winner who became, at age 50, the oldest major winner in golf history at the 2021 PGA Championship. He speaks on ...

Buzz Aldrin was the second person to walk on the moon as part of the Apollo 11 mission in 1969, one of the most significant achievements in human history. He ha...

Sir Ken Robinson was an educator and creativity expert whose TED Talk 'Do Schools Kill Creativity?' is the most-watched TED Talk in history with over 70 million...

Abigail Johnson is the CEO and Chairman of Fidelity Investments, one of the world's largest financial services companies managing over $4 trillion in assets. Sh...

Pharrell Williams is a Grammy-winning producer, musician, and fashion designer who produced 'Happy,' one of the best-selling digital singles of all time. He is ...

will.i.am is a Grammy-winning musician, tech entrepreneur, and founding member of the Black Eyed Peas. He founded i.am+, a technology company, and has been a vo...

Captain of Moonshots at Alphabet's X (formerly Google X), the innovation lab behind self-driving cars, Project Loon, and Google Glass. He speaks on moonshot thi...

Founder and CEO of ARK Invest who became the most prominent female investor in America with her focus on disruptive innovation and exponential growth technologi...

Co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios and author of 'Creativity, Inc.' which is widely regarded as the best book ever written on managing creative organizations...

INSEAD professor and co-author of 'Blue Ocean Strategy' with 4 million copies sold in 46 languages. She speaks on creating uncontested market space and making t...

CTO of Amazon and VP whose 'working backwards' methodology has been widely adopted. He speaks on cloud computing, distributed systems, technology leadership, an...

CEO of a major healthcare company with extensive experience in healthcare transformation, digital innovation, and organizational leadership. Lynch is known for ...

Gina Raimondo serves as U.S. Secretary of Commerce and brings extensive expertise in economic policy, business development, and government innovation. She speak...

Lou Gerstner is the legendary former CEO of IBM who orchestrated one of the greatest corporate turnarounds in history. His expertise in transformational leaders...

Mark Pollock is an inspirational speaker and athlete who became the first blind person to trek to the South Pole and continues to push the boundaries of human p...

Entrepreneur, author, and former Facebook executive, Randi Zuckerberg is an expert on digital innovation, social media, and tech entrepreneurship. She speaks on...

Nobel Prize winner and founder of Grameen Bank, Muhammad Yunus is a pioneer of microcredit and social business. His innovative approach to fighting poverty thro...

Entertainment executive, sports franchise owner, and bestselling author, Peter Guber brings unparalleled expertise in storytelling, entrepreneurship, and leader...

Baseball executive and innovator who revolutionized sports management through data analytics and unconventional thinking. His story of building competitive team...

Ken Langone is a billionaire co-founder of Home Depot and renowned philanthropist and business leader. His expertise spans entrepreneurship, business building, ...

Imran Khan is a former cricket legend and former Prime Minister of Pakistan who has become a significant political figure and advocate for anti-corruption and s...

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a basketball legend and NBA's all-time leading scorer who has leveraged his platform for social activism, education, and cultural comment...

Andy Andrews is a bestselling author and internationally recognized speaker specializing in leadership, personal responsibility, and business growth. His entert...

Tony Award-winning actor, rapper, and singer famous for his role in Hamilton and his work with the musical group Clipping. Diggs is known for his innovative app...

Peter Diamandis is a renowned entrepreneur, author, and international speaker, celebrated for his expertise in areas such as innovation, commercial space explor...

Daniel Burrus is a renowned technology futurist, speaker, and author who has carved a unique niche for himself in the world of business and innovation....

Josh Linkner is a five-time tech entrepreneur, New York Times bestselling author, and innovation expert who has built and sold companies generating over $200 mi...

, Technology & InnovationMark Zandi is a renowned economist, author, and public speaker, best known for his role as Chief Economist of Moody's Analytics....

Megan Smith is an award-winning tech entrepreneur, engineer, and former Chief Technology Officer of the United States, making her one of the most influential sp...

Ryan Estis is a renowned business performance expert, keynote speaker, and author, known for his dynamic and inspiring presentations....

Tiffani Bova is the Global Customer Growth and Innovation Evangelist at Salesforce and the author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller 'Growth IQ: Get Smarter ...

Gary Hamel is a visiting professor at London Business School and is ranked by The Wall Street Journal as the world's most influential business thinker. He co-au...

Eric Ries is the creator of the Lean Startup methodology, which has reshaped how entrepreneurs and corporations approach innovation by emphasizing build-measure...

Alex Osterwalder is an entrepreneur, author, and business model innovator who created the Business Model Canvas, a strategic management tool used by millions ar...

David Kelley is the founder of IDEO and the Stanford d.school (Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford), two institutions that together have had an outsi...

Tom Kelley is the general manager of IDEO, the global design firm, and bestselling author of 'The Art of Innovation,' 'The Ten Faces of Innovation,' and 'Creati...

Steve Case co-founded America Online (AOL) and helped guide the first wave of internet adoption that brought millions of Americans online in the 1990s, culminat...

Whitney Wolfe Herd founded Bumble in 2014 after leaving Tinder amid a high-profile sexual harassment lawsuit, building it into a women-first dating app and beco...

Anne Wojcicki is the co-founder and CEO of 23andMe, the consumer genetic testing company she co-founded in 2006 that has helped over 12 million people explore t...

Katrina Lake founded Stitch Fix in 2011 and became the youngest female CEO to take a company public in the U.S. when Stitch Fix had its IPO in 2017. Her pioneer...

Ray Kurzweil is a futurist, inventor, and Director of Engineering at Google who has been described by Bill Gates as 'the best person I know at predicting the fu...

Quantitative futurist, CEO of the Future Today Institute, and author of 'The Big Nine' and 'The Signals Are Talking.' Her annual Tech Trends Report is read by e...

Senior Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research and co-founder of the AI Now Institute, author of 'Atlas of AI.' She advises governments worldwide on AI's soc...

Author of 'The Happiness Project' and 'Better Than Before,' host of 'Happier with Gretchen Rubin' podcast, and developer of the Four Tendencies framework for un...

Fashion expert, author, and television personality best known as mentor on 'Project Runway' who encourages creativity and innovation in design while embodying e...

A.G. Lafley served two stints as CEO of Procter & Gamble, overseeing a massive innovation and brand-building strategy. He co-authored 'Playing to Win' with Roge...

Bobby Murphy co-founded Snapchat with Evan Spiegel, serving as CTO and overseeing the technical platform behind one of the world's most popular social media app...

Jeff Lawson is the co-founder and CEO of Twilio, the cloud communications platform that powers messaging, voice, and video for millions of developers. His book ...

Palmer Luckey founded Oculus VR at age 19, which Facebook acquired for $2 billion, reigniting the virtual reality industry. He later founded Anduril Industries,...

Brian Cornell is the Chairman and CEO of Target Corporation, leading one of the most successful retail transformations in American history by combining physical...

Rob Manfred has served as Commissioner of Major League Baseball since 2015, implementing rule changes to modernize the game and negotiating major media rights d...

James McNerney served as CEO of Boeing and previously as CEO of 3M, one of the few executives to lead two major Fortune 500 companies. At 3M he fostered a legen...

Adena Friedman is the CEO of Nasdaq, the world's second-largest stock exchange. She is the first woman to lead a major U.S. exchange. She speaks on capital mark...

Emma Walmsley is the CEO of GSK (GlaxoSmithKline), leading one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies. She oversaw the separation of GSK's consumer hea...

Albert Bourla is the CEO of Pfizer who led the development of the first authorized COVID-19 vaccine in record time, transforming the company's trajectory. His b...

David Solomon is the CEO of Goldman Sachs, leading the storied investment bank's expansion into consumer banking and fintech. He is also known as DJ D-Sol, perf...

Tony Fadell is the inventor of the iPod, co-inventor of the iPhone, and founder of Nest Labs. His book 'Build' is a mentor's guide to product design and entrepr...

Founding executive editor of Wired magazine and author of 'The Inevitable' and 'Excellent Advice for Living.' A techno-optimist, he speaks on the future of tech...

The first African American woman in space, physician, engineer, and founder of the 100 Year Starship project to make human interstellar travel possible. She spe...

British author and journalist whose books 'The Rational Optimist' and 'How Innovation Works' argue for the power of exchange, specialization, and bottom-up inno...

Author of 'Where Good Ideas Come From' and 'How We Got to Now' who explores the history of innovation and how breakthrough ideas emerge from networks of influen...

Harvard Business School professor and behavioral scientist, author of 'Rebel Talent' and expert on why rebels outperform conformists. She speaks on nonconformit...

Physicist and biotech CEO, author of 'Loonshots' about how to nurture the crazy ideas that win wars, cure diseases, and transform industries. He speaks on innov...

Columbia Business School professor and author of 'Seeing Around Corners' and 'The End of Competitive Advantage.' She speaks on strategy in uncertain times, infl...

Founder of Silicon Valley Product Group and author of 'Inspired' and 'Empowered,' the definitive books on product management. He speaks on product leadership, e...

Author of 'Crossing the Chasm,' the technology marketing bible that has guided thousands of tech companies from early adopters to mainstream markets. He speaks ...

Founder of Cowboy Ventures who coined the term 'unicorn' for billion-dollar startups. She speaks on consumer technology, diversity in venture capital, and what ...

Stanford and Berkeley professor who is the godfather of the lean startup movement, author of 'The Four Steps to the Epiphany.' He speaks on customer development...

Harvard Business School professor and author of 'Collective Genius' whose TED Talk on leadership in the age of innovation has over 3 million views. She speaks o...

Founder and CEO of Acumen, author of 'The Blue Sweater' and 'Manifesto for a Moral Revolution,' who pioneered patient capital as an approach to global poverty. ...

Duncan Wardle is a former Disney Imagineer and innovation strategist who led creative teams in developing breakthrough experiences and products. He combines cut...

Lisa Bodell is a bestselling author and innovation expert specializing in simplification and efficiency in the workplace. She has helped Fortune 500 companies e...

Todd Buchholz is an economist, bestselling author, and former White House director of economic policy under President George H.W. Bush. He delivers accessible a...

Alden Mills is a former Navy SEAL, entrepreneur, and fitness expert who founded the PerfectPushup brand and multiple successful companies. He brings proven lead...

Matt Higgins is a venture capitalist, entrepreneur, and former executive who has founded and scaled multiple companies to success. He brings practical insights ...

Vivek Wadhwa is a technology entrepreneur, author, and fellow at Stanford University who focuses on disruptive innovation and the future of technology. He bring...

Frans Johansson is a bestselling author and innovation expert best known for his work on the 'Medici Effect' and breakthrough thinking. He teaches how to genera...

Ethan Mollick is a Wharton professor and expert on AI, entrepreneurship, and innovation who has researched how AI is transforming work and organizations. He pro...

Peter Sheahan is an internationally recognized business strategist and author specializing in organizational change and leadership. He helps companies navigate ...

Robin Chase is the co-founder of Zipcar and a leading expert on the sharing economy and sustainable business innovation. She brings real-world insights on disru...

Nikolas Badminton is a futurist and organizational strategist who helps companies prepare for future trends and disruption. He brings forward-thinking perspecti...

Princeton sociologist and author of 'Race After Technology,' Ruha Benjamin examines how technology reflects and amplifies social inequalities. Her thought-provo...

Co-founder of Fast Company and renowned business journalist, William Taylor examines organizational innovation and leadership transformation. His insights into ...

Organizational psychologist and bestselling author, David Burkus challenges conventional wisdom about leadership and organizational culture. His research-backed...

Neurotechnology entrepreneur and inventor, Tan Le pioneers brain-computer interfaces and wearable technology. Her visionary work bridges neuroscience and innova...

Former NASA Administrator and retired Marine Corps General with expertise in space exploration, innovation, and organizational leadership at the highest levels....

As former FCC Chairman, Julius Genachowski shaped telecommunications and broadband policy in the digital age. He brings deep expertise in technology policy, inn...

Dan Goods is a NASA engineer and innovator known for creating compelling visual storytelling about space and science. His unique perspective on innovation and h...

Kevin O'Connell is an NFL head coach known for his innovative approach to leadership and team building. He brings insights on modern coaching philosophy, organi...

Drew Bledsoe is a retired NFL quarterback and successful entrepreneur in agriculture and wine. He speaks about competitive excellence, leadership, and transitio...

Scott Dadich is a media innovator and former Editor-in-Chief of Wired magazine with deep expertise in digital transformation and emerging technologies. His insi...

Inge Thulin is a veteran business executive who served as Chairman and CEO of 3M Company, one of the world's most innovative corporations. His leadership expert...

Yancey Strickler is the co-founder of Kickstarter and an expert on crowdfunding, creative entrepreneurship, and the future of how we fund ideas. His insights on...

Carson Kressley is a television personality, style expert, and entertainer known for his work on Queer Eye and other media ventures. His engaging personality an...

Jordan Zimmerman is a successful entrepreneur and advertising executive who has built multiple high-growth companies. His insights on entrepreneurship, marketin...

Michael Carbonaro is a magician and television performer known for his hidden camera magic show "The Carbonaro Effect" on truTV. His innovative approach to magi...

Julie Zhuo is a design and product leadership expert who spent over a decade at Facebook leading design teams. She shares practical insights on building great p...

Heather McGowan is a futurist and innovation strategist focused on the future of work and organizational transformation in the digital age. She helps businesses...

Leana Wen is a physician, public health expert, and author focused on healthcare innovation, patient advocacy, and public health policy. Her expertise bridges m...

Dottie Herman is a real estate executive and successful entrepreneur who has built a multi-billion dollar business through innovation and leadership. Her insigh...

Aneesh Chopra is the first U.S. Chief Technology Officer and a leading innovation and technology policy expert. His expertise in digital transformation, entrepr...

George Blankenship is a visionary retail and business strategist best known for his transformative work at Tesla and Apple. With decades of experience in buildi...