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Jon  Youshaei
Jon Youshaei

Former Marketing Lead at YouTube & Instagram

As one of very few marketers to work at both YouTube and Instagram, Jon hasn’t just seen the digital revolution; he helped create it. A member of the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, Jon has been lauded for “cracking the code to going viral.”

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Cortney  Harding
Cortney Harding

Global AI/Metaverse Expert

Cortney Harding is a global thought leader, published author, and speaker on emerging technology and the role of virtual and augmented reality. She is the Founder and CEO of a transformational VR/AR agency focused on creating innovative experiences.

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Justin J. Shaifer
Justin J. Shaifer

LinkedIn Top Voice in Tech & STEM Educator

Justin Shaifer, award-winning Science & Technology TV Presenter & Producer, uses cutting-edge tech to revolutionize science education. Through his company Fascinate Media, Justin creates immersive educational experiences with 3D animation, volumetric capture robotics, and more.

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Albert  Manero
Albert Manero

Engineer & Co-Founder of Limbitless Solutions

When Dr. Albert Manero was growing up, his parents taught him the importance of making the world a better place. That inspiration has taken form in Limbitless Solutions, a nonprofit devoted to bringing 3-D printed bionic arms and hands to children at no cost to their families.

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David  Pogue
David Pogue

Emmy-Winning CBS Sunday Morning Correspondent

Whether he’s covering AI, the Internet of Things, autonomous vehicles, the latest consumer tech, a post-robot world, or preparing for climate change, David Pogue is a master communicator who brings even the most non-technical audiences up to speed.

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Iddris  Sandu
Iddris Sandu

Founder & Creative Visionary of Spatial Labs

Iddris Sandu is the Founder and Creative Visionary of Spatial Labs. An entrepreneur born in Ghana and raised in Los Angeles, CA - Iddris has been in the tech industry for over a decade.

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Rebecca  Costa
Rebecca Costa

Acclaimed Technology Futurist & Author

Want to know what disruptive technologies lie ahead for your industry? According to renowned science and technology futurist, Rebecca Costa, there can be no greater advantage than certainty of the future.

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Peter  Diamandis
Peter Diamandis

Former CEO of X Prize Foundation

Dr. Peter Diamandis formerly headed the X Prize Foundation, which leads the world in designing and launching large incentive prizes to drive breakthroughs that benefit humanity.

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Sophia
Sophia

Advanced Humanoid

The future is here and her name is Sophia, the world’s very first humanoid celebrity. The toast of the Tonight Show, Sophia has spoken before the UN General Assembly.

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Charles  Finfrock
Charles Finfrock

Former Directorate of Operations for the CIA

Charles Finfrock spent 18 years in the Central Intelligence Agency’s Directorate of Operations conducting and leading clandestine operations overseas to collect foreign intelligence, run counterintelligence operations, and conducting covert action.

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Severence  MacLaughlin
Severence MacLaughlin

AI Expert & Data Scientist

One of the top data scientists in the world, Severence MacLaughlin is a recognized authority on artificial intelligence and leveraging AI, data sciences and advanced analytics to overcome challenges and optimize opportunities.

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Jeremiah  Owyang
Jeremiah Owyang

General Partner, Blitzscaling Ventures, Llama Lounge & AI Event Founder

Feature an engaging, future-looking keynote speaker who is a 20-year Silicon Valley insider at your event with Jeremiah Owyang.

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Jan  Plass
Jan Plass

Professor at NYU & Founding Director, CREATE Consortium 

Dr. Jan L. Plass is a Professor at New York University, holding the Paulette Goddard Chair in Digital Media and Learning Sciences. He is the founding director of the CREATE Consortium for Research and Evaluation of Advanced Technology in Education and co-director of the Games for Learning Institute.

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Jaimy  Szymanski
Jaimy Szymanski

Market Intelligence Authority

Zeroing in on the impact of technology on customer experience (CX) and employee experience (EX), Jaimy advises corporate leaders and change agents in managing digital transformation and innovation efforts.

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Sara  Wilson
Sara Wilson

Digital Content Strategist & Web3 Senior Marketer

Sara Wilson is a digital content strategist, Gen Z marketing expert and Facebook/Instagram alum who works with brands, publishers and high-profile individuals to create and grow passionately devoted communities across digital channels.

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Mindie  Kaplan
Mindie Kaplan

Founder/CEO of Rated VR & Tech Marketer

Mindie Kaplan is considered tech royalty as a serial entrepreneur, brand consultant, VR/AR specialist, tech wizard and digital media executive.

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Ana  Andjelic
Ana Andjelic

One of Forbes' Most Influential CMOs

Ana Andjelic is a brand executive, author of The Business of Aspiration, and among Forbes' The World's Most Influential CMOs. She specializes in brand-driven modern businesses.

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Jessica  Groopman
Jessica Groopman

Tech Expert, Digital Trends Authority & Innovation Advisor

Jessica Groopman specializes in automation technologies impacting organizations including IoT, AI and blockchain. She concentrates on the application of sensors and machine learning with a focus on user experience and data integrity.

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Thomas  Frey
Thomas Frey

Futurist

Over the past decade, Futurist Thomas Frey has built an enormous following around the world based on his ability to develop accurate visions of the future and describe the opportunities ahead.

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Vivek  Wadhwa
Vivek Wadhwa

Technology & Innovation Expert, Futurist

Called “Silicon Valley’s most provocative voice” for his ideas on technology trends and the future, Vivek Wadhwa’s work puts him at the heart of where innovations—technological and otherwise—are being developed.

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Brian  Forde
Brian Forde

Expert on Blockchain & Emerging Technologies

Brian Forde has spent over a decade at the nexus of technology, entrepreneurship, and public policy. He is a Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management and co-founded the Digital Currency Initiative.

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Jack  Shaw
Jack Shaw

Business Technology Futurist & Blockchain Expert

Speaker Jack Shaw helps companies use current and emerging technologies to rethink their business model, improve customer service and maximize profitability.

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Jim  Carroll
Jim Carroll

Global Futurist & Innovation Expert

Jim Carroll is one of the world’s leading futurist, trends and innovation experts. Over the last 30 years, Carroll has shared his insight with more than 2 million people in attendance at his events.

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Mike  Walsh
Mike Walsh

Founder and CEO, Tomorrow & Business Consultant

Founder and CEO of Tomorrow, a consumer innovation research lab, Mike Walsh advises some of the world's leading brands and corporations on what's coming next in their industry.

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James  Canton
James Canton

Chief Futurist & CEO, Institute for Global Futures

Named "the digital guru" by CNN and "Dr. Future" by Yahoo!, speaker James Canton has been insightfully predicting key trends in business for the over 30 years.

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Gene  Kim
Gene Kim

Founder & CTO, Tripwire

Gene Kim is a multiple award-winning CTO, researcher and author. He was founder and CTO of Tripwire, which commercialized the open source software he wrote in 1992 with Dr. Gene Spafford at Purdue University.

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Tom  Koulopoulos
Tom Koulopoulos

Author, Futurist & Leader 

Tom Koulopoulos is Chairman and founder of Delphi Group, a Boston-based think tank providing advice on leading edge technologies and futures to Global 2000 organizations and government agencies for 25 years.

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Scott  Klososky
Scott Klososky

Technologist, Futurist, Humanist, Author & Consultant

Throughout his career, Scott Klososky has lived on the leading edge of technology innovation and its impact on the business world and society in general. He is recognized globally for his unique ability to accurately predict future digital trends.

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Jamie  Metzl
Jamie Metzl

Technology, Futurist & Geopolitics Expert

Jamie Metzl is a leading futurist who specializes in making revolutionary science understandable to the general public. He speaks regularly at some of the world’s most prestigious venues including SXSW, Google Zeitgeist, and Singularity University.

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Dr. A.K.  Pradeep
Dr. A.K. Pradeep

CEO of Sensori.Ai

Dr. Pradeep is a leading international business consultant and entrepreneur, having launched a series of successful firms across a number of categories. He is currently CEO of Sensori.Ai, the world’s foremost neuroscience and GenAi company.

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Sam  Rad
Sam Rad

The Radical Futurist, Anthropologist & Entrepreneur

Sam Rad (Samantha Radocchia) is a lifelong student of humanity – futurist, anthropologist, and entrepreneur. She is the founder of Radical Next, a meta-media studio creating transformative stories and media productions that shape a positive future.

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Byron  Reese
Byron Reese

High-Tech Trailblazer, Author & Entrepreneur

Byron Reese delivers audiences and readers an infectious sense of possibility and wonder. Byron employs his perspective as a historian, futurist, and technologist to illuminate how the technology of today can solve some of our most daunting global challenges.

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Carol  Reiley
Carol Reiley

AI Roboticist & Advocate for Diversity/Bias in AI

Carol Reiley is an active advocate for diversity/bias in AI. Her purpose in life is to save the world, one robot at a time. She's been named the Mother of Robots and over the past 20 years has worked in a breadth of robotics applications.

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Patrick  Schwerdtfeger
Patrick Schwerdtfeger

Founder of Trend Mastery

Patrick Schwerdtfeger is a leading authority on technology trends including big data, artificial intelligence and blockchain. He’s the founder of Trend Mastery and the host of the Strategic Business Insights video blog (with over 25,000 subscribers and five million views on YouTube).

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Kevin  Surace
Kevin Surace

Internationally Recognized Futurist/Visionary/Inventor

Kevin Surace is a Silicon Valley innovator, serial entrepreneur, and CEO. While he has a deep technical background, he is known as a very dynamic public speaker who is a true entertainer that excites, educates and energizes audiences to action.

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Jack  Uldrich
Jack Uldrich

Business Futurist & Author

Jack Uldrich is founder of The School of Unlearning, an international consultancy that helps businesses, governments, and nonprofit organizations prepare for and profit from periods of profound transformation.

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Shirin  Laor-Raz Salemnia
Shirin Laor-Raz Salemnia

Founder & CEO of PlayWerks

Shirin Laor-Raz Salemnia is the Founder and CEO of PlayWerks, an independent interactive media company that creates high-quality, innovative, multi-platform immersive experiences for children and adults.

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Sucharita  Mulpuru-Kodali
Sucharita Mulpuru-Kodali

Retail Analyst, Forrester Research

Mulpuru is a leading authority in retail, shopping and mobile commerce. She is the Retail Analyst at Forrester Research.

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Prashanth  Challa
Prashanth Challa

Managing Director, Head of Wealth Management Cybersecurity, Morgan Stanley

Prashanth is responsible for addressing the risks cyberattacks present to data, resilience and fraud. He manages the security of all Wealth Management hardware, networks, applications and users to ensure sensitive digital data is protected.

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Josh  Drean
Josh Drean

Co-Founder & Director of Employee Experience at The Work3 Institute

Josh Drean is Co-founder & Director of Employee Experience at The Work3 Institute, Web3 Advisor at the Harvard Innovation Labs, and Co-author of Employment is Dead (Harvard Business Review Press, 2024)

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Kian  Gohar
Kian Gohar

Founder & CEO of Geolab

Kian is Founder & CEO of Geolab, an innovation research and leadership training firm. He is a master facilitator and has coached the CEO and leadership teams of over 50 companies in the Fortune 500 on innovation, disruptive technologies and more.

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Ian  Khan
Ian Khan

The Futurist, National Bestselling Author & Leadership Strategist

Ian Khan "The Futurist" is a national bestselling author of Undisrupted, featured on USA Today, Publishers Weekly and Amazon. Ian shares a message about getting future ready and leveraging the era of fast emerging technologies to create purpose and profits.

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Joe  Lanzisero
Joe Lanzisero

Former Senior VP, Walt Disney Imagineering 

Joe’s creative career can simply be described as magical. A spectacular journey with 37 years at Disney, Joe began as an animator and worked his way up to the top of Imagineering.

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Sultan  Meghji
Sultan Meghji

Chief Innovation Officer at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

A noted expert in AI, Biotech, Cybersecurity, Quantum Computing & Web3, Meghji serves as a scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a fellow at the George Mason National Security Institute.

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Joerg Zuber &  Noonoouri
Joerg Zuber & Noonoouri

Creator of Noonoouri

Joerg Zuber combined love for fashion, beauty, and self-expression led him to create Noonoouri, one of the most successful virtual influencers on Instagram.

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Deborah Perry Piscione
Deborah Perry Piscione

Authority on Innovation & Leadership

An innovation expert, Deborah Perry Piscione has written two best-selling books including Secrets of Silicon Valley: What Everyone Else Can Learn from the Innovation Capital of the World.

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Alan  Smithson
Alan Smithson

Father, Founder & Futurist

Alan Smithson is a father, founder and futurist. His purpose in life is to inspire and educate people to think and act in a socially, economically and environmentally responsible way.

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Dr. Mark  van Rijmenam
Dr. Mark van Rijmenam

Strategic Futurist & First TEDx Talk in VR

Dr. Mark van Rijmenam, also known as The Digital Speaker, is a strategic futurist who has significantly influenced the digital landscape. His pioneering efforts include the first TEDx Talk in VR in 2020.

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Kelly  Vero
Kelly Vero

Futurist, Game Developer & Architect of the Metaverse

Kelly Vero is a futurist, game developer, and architect of the Metaverse with over 30 years in the gaming and technology industry. She is acknowledged worldwide as an expert on the Metaverse.

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R 'Ray' Wang
R 'Ray' Wang

Founder, Chairman & Principal Analyst of Constellation Research Inc.

R “Ray” Wang (pronounced WAHNG) is the Founder, Chairman and Principal Analyst of Silicon Valley based Constellation Research Inc. He co-hosts DisrupTV, a weekly enterprise tech and leadership webcast.

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