technology Speakers

National Security Analyst, CBS News; Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (2004-2008)

Organizational Psychologist, The Wharton School of Business; Bestselling Author; Host: WorkLife, a TED Original Podcast

#1 New York Times Bestselling Author of When, To Sell is Human, Drive, and A Whole New Mind

World-Renowned, Award-Winning Photographer; Founder, The People's Portfolio

Motivational Speaker, Fighter Pilot, Patriotic Philanthropist, PGA Professional, Golf Course Developer, and Author, A Patriot's Calling: Living Life Between Fear and Faith and Fly Into the Wind, How to Harness Faith and Fearlessness On Your Ascent to Greatness.

Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command (2011-2014) and of U.S. Joint Special Operations Command (2008-2011); Chancellor of the University of Texas System (2015-2018); Best-selling Author

Secretary of State (1997-2001)

Executive Chairman, Chairman of the Board and former CEO (2005-2020), The Walt Disney Company

Best-Selling Author; Acclaimed Historian and Journalist; Professor of History, Tulane University

16th Supreme Allied Commander, NATO; Vice Chair, Global Affairs and Managing Director of The Carlyle Group; New York Times Bestselling Author

Former Co-CEO at Chipotle Mexican Grill (2009-2016), Lawyer, Author, Pilot & Filmmaker

Legendary Anchor, ABC News' Nightline; Senior Contributor, CBS Sunday Morning Show; Contributing Columnist, Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal

UN Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance; Governor of the Bank of England (2013-2020); Governor of the Bank of Canada (2008-2013)

#1 International and New York Times bestselling Author and Neuroscientist

Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation (2013–2017)

Chief Medical Officer, WebMD

Obama Campaign Manager and White House Senior Advisor, Author, Non-Profit and Tech Executive

CEO shift7, Former U.S. Chief Technology Officer (2014-2017)

Former Chairman & CEO of Best Buy; Author, The Heart of Business – Leadership Principles for the Next Era of Capitalism; Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School

Prime Minister, Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1997-2007)

Harvard Historian, Author, Leadership Coach

Former Executive at Tesla Motors, Apple Computer and GAP Inc.

Astronaut, Epidemiologist and Hero

Director of the Social Intelligence Lab at the University of Maryland

Acclaimed International Journalist, Global Affairs Anchor for ABC News and Host of Amanpour on CNN International

U.S. Secretary of Defense (2013–2015); U.S. Senator (1997–2009); Co-founder, Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc.

Transformational Leader; Secretary of Defense (2006-2011); Bestselling Author

CIA Director (2013–2017); Senior National Security and Intelligence Analyst, NBC News and MSNBC

Gen. Barry McCaffrey, USA (Ret.), President, BR McCaffrey Associates, LLC

CEO and Founder, Humu; SVP of People Operations, Google (2006-2016); Bestselling Author

Former Vice President, Analytics and Basketball Development, Miami Heat; 2012 & 2013 NBA Champion, Miami Heat

Founder and President, Copia

The Honorable Eric H. Holder, Jr., 82nd Attorney General of the United States (2009-2015), Partner, Covington & Burling LLP

Governor of Maryland (2007-2015); Mayor, City of Baltimore (1999-2007)

Former Chairman and CEO, IBM

Chairman, President and CEO, The Boeing Company (2005–2016); Chairman and CEO, 3M (2000–2005)

Founder, Chairman, Co-CEO, IronNet Cybersecurity; Commander, U.S. Cyber Command (2010-2014) and Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service (2005-2014)

U.S. Secretary of Defense (2011-2013), Director, Central Intelligence Agency (2009-2011), Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton (1994-1997), Director, U.S. Office of Management and Budget (1993-1994) and Co-founder, Panetta Institute for Public Policy

Chairman and CEO, Revolution LLC; Co-Founder, America Online; Author

Chairman and CEO, General Electric (2001–2017)

Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers (2013–2017)

U.S. Senator (2011–2017); Attorney General of New Hampshire (2004–2009)

World-renowned Magician and Endurance Artist

U.S. Secretary of Defense (2015–2017); Deputy Secretary of Defense (2011–2013)

Chief Technology Officer of the U.S. (2009-2012); President, CareJourney

Secretary General of NATO (2009-2014) and Prime Minister of Denmark (2001-2009)

Founder, Chairman, CEO and Majority Owner, Monumental Sports & Entertainment

Board of Directors Chairman, USA Basketball; Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (2011-2015)

U.S. Chief Information Officer (2015-2017), CIO VMWare, Microsoft, GM and The Walt Disney Company

First Secretary of U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Former Governor of Pennsylvania; Chairman, Ridge Global

Lecturer in Management at the Stanford Graduate School of Business; Bestselling Author; Executive Advisor 

U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation (2012-2014); Stanford Professor and Hoover Institution Senior Fellow; Washington Post Columnist; NBC News Analyst

Secretary of Energy (2013–2017)

Director of National Intelligence (2017– 2019), Ambassador, and Politician

Managing Partner, Emerson Collective; Space Cowboy, Google X; Precourt Energy Scholar, Stanford University 

General Atlantic Professor and Coulter Family Faculty Fellow at the Stanford Graduate School of Business; Bestselling Author

Chairman, U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (2011-2015), Host, Something to Think About with Mike Rogers, Westwood One and CNN National Security Commentator

Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development (2010-2015); Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education and Economics and Chief Scientist, U.S. Department of Agriculture (2009-2010); Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (2001-2009)

Leading Authority on Collaboration and Innovation. Bestselling Author. Named “Oprah of Management Thinkers” and Ranked #1 of Top Women Keynote Speakers of 2020

Leading Expert in Hybrid, Remote, Global Work & Digital Mindset and Transformation; Harvard Business School Professor; Award-winning Author

Journalist, Author, Speaker, Workplace Expert

Former Head of Innovation & Creativity at the Walt Disney Company; Ted X presenter; Teacher at Yale, Duke, Auburn and University of Florida; Contributor to Fast Company Magazine

NBC and MSNBC Legal and Law Enforcement Analyst; Senior FBI Official; United States Attorney; Head of the DEA; Host of the popular podcast, The Oath with Chuck Rosenberg

Theoretical Physicist, Professor, Futurist and New York Times Best-Selling Author

High-Tech Magic Duo

Vice Chairman, Wealth Management, Managing Director and Senior Client Advisor at Morgan Stanley

Future of Work Strategist, 2017 Global Linkedin Top Voice for Education

Chief Health and Medical Correspondent for ABC News, Good Morning America and GMA3: What You Need to Know

Emergency Medicine Physician; Director and Producer of Code Black and PANDEMIC

NASA Astronaut, SpaceX Director of Space Operations, Professor at USC

Professor of Ethical Leadership, New York University—Stern School of Business and Author of New York Times Best Seller The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion

Former NASA Astronaut, NY Times Bestselling Author; Media & TV Personality; Columbia University Professor

Co-founder, Apple Computer, Inc.

Founder and Chief Tech Humanist at KO Insights

Professor of Physics, Harvard University; Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of Science

Celebrated Blogger and Thinking Person’s Cartoonist

Founder & CEO, Brud

Founder and CEO, charity: water, Best-Selling Author: Thirst

NBC News and MSNBC National Security Analyst and Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defense (2011-2013) and Chief of Staff to the Director of the CIA (2009-2011)

Senior Analyst, CNBC, Financial Industry Expert

Founder & CEO, Not Impossible Labs; Author, Not Impossible: The Art and Joy of Doing What Couldn’t Be Done

Cognitive Scientist and Humanistic Psychologist; Founder & Director, Center for The Science of Human Potential; Honorary Principal Fellow at the University of Melbourne’s Centre for Wellbeing Science; Host: The Psychology Podcast

Founding Partner, Shatter Fund and Investor & Advisor

Entrepreneur, Technology and Digital Media Expert, Professor and Author

Chief Evangelist, Canva; Former Chief Evangelist, Apple; Brand Ambassador, Mercedes Benz; Best-Selling Author of 13 Books With Over Ten Million Social-Media Followers

Director of Undergraduate Studies & Professor, Center for Data Science, New York University

Magician, Veteran New York Times Crossword Puzzle Constructor

Innovation Expert, Founder and CEO of futurethink and Author

Philosopher, Founder/Director of the AI Ethics Lab

Futurist, Trends & Innovation Expert and Author

Rocket Scientist turned Professor, Bestselling Author, and Expert on Creativity and Critical Thinking

Millennial Workplace Expert and Bestselling Author

Professor, NYU Stern School of Business; Founder and Executive Director of the NYU Innovation Lab; Fellow, at Frog Design; and International Bestselling Author, Disrupt

Endurance Swimmer and UN Patron of the Oceans

United Nations Speaker, National Geographic Young Explorer, PBS TV Host and Cross-Cultural Expert

Cofounder & CEO of Kano, Director at DriveTribe

Award-winning Author, Psychotherapist, Extreme Athlete, Fitness Industry Leader, and Disability Rights Advocate

Distinguished Fellow, Harvard Law School, Labor and Worklife Program, Distinguished Fellow and professor, Carnegie Mellon University Engineering, Silicon Valley

Astronaut, Performance Specialist, and Innovation/Technology Futurist

Co-Chair of the Decentralized Trials & Research Alliance; Head of Clinical Innovation at Pfizer (2010-2019)

Founder, Executive Director, UCLA Cannabis Research Initiative

Economist; Former CMIO, U.S. Government; Author

Author, Neuroscientist and Authority on Human Behavior

Internationally Renowned Workforce Strategist and Management Trendspotter

Founder & Executive Chairwoman, TaskRabbit; General Partner at FUEL Capital

Faculty Chair Medicine & Neuroscience, Singularity University and Founder and Chair, Exponential Medicine

Founder of Break Through Tech, Former CIO at Verizon

Entrepreneur and Chief Explorer

One Half of The Motley Fool

Behavioral Scientist; Leadership Coach; Senior Advisor, McKinsey; Author "How to Have a Good Day"

Psychologist, Best-Selling Author of THE CONFIDENCE GAME, and MASTERMIND: HOW TO THINK LIKE SHERLOCK HOLMES, Contributing Writer for the New Yorker

President and Chief Economist of Prestige Economics; Chairman, The Futurist Institute

Co-Founder and CEO Godfrey Dadich Partners (GDP); Editor-in-Chief, WIRED (2012-2016); Vice President, Editorial Platforms and Design, Condé Nast (2010-2012); Creative Director, WIRED (2006-2010)

12th Administrator of NASA (2009 – 2017)

Global Authority on Cyber Security Issues; CEO of Mandiant

Harvard Researcher and Positive Psychology Expert

CEO, Entrepreneur, Author and Columnist, Financial Times

Business Trends Expert; Best-Selling Author; and Founder, Karrikins Group

Five-time tech entrepreneur, hyper-growth CEO, New York Times bestselling author, venture capitalist, professional jazz guitarist, host of Creative Troublemakers Podcast, and keynote speaker on a mission to drive creativity, innovation, and reinvention.

Female Founder & Community Building Expert, Young Tech Leader

Learning Innovator and Tech Futurist

Epidemiologist; Pathogens Preparedness Expert; Featured in Netflix Docuseries 'PANDEMIC: How to Prevent an Outbreak'

Visiting Professor, Columbia Business School

Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist, Author and Media Visionary

Internationally Recognized Multimedia Artist, Author, and Innovator

THE FORENSIC MINDREADER

Technologist, Entrepreneur, Innovator

Anchor and Journalist, MSNBC / NBC News

Expert on Social Media, Marketing and Leadership; Best-Selling Author

Designer and Founder of The Aesthetics of Joy, former Design Director at IDEO, Author of Joyful

Founder and CEO, HER and London Queer Fashion Show

CEO & Co-founder, Cake DeFi

Chairman, AI Global, Former General Manager, IBM Watson; Former Chairman, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas/San Antonio, Serial Entrepreneur and teaching faculty on Trusted AI.

CEO & Co-Founder, Verge Genomics

Technology Futurist and Business Strategist

Undersecretary of Defense for Policy (2009-2012), Co-Founder and CEO Center for a New American Security (CNAS), Co-Founder and Managing Director of WestExec Advisors

AI/Voice Technology & Future of Work Thought Leader

CEO, Global Moonshots in Education; Author; Corporate Culture Expert

America’s 1st Female Combat Fighter Pilot; U.S. Senator and Representative (2015-2020); Author

Advisor, Author, Attorney, Speaker, Angel Investor, “Idea Acupuncturist”

Director, National Counterterrorism Center (2008 – 2011) and Counterterrorism, Cybersecurity and National Security Analyst for NBC News

Futurist in Residence at The New York Times

Co-Founder and CEO of Magpi and Physician at Georgetown University

Pentagon Chief of Staff (2015-2017); Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Security and Homeland Defense (2013-2015)

Best-Selling Author and Renowned Futurist

Cofounder and former CEO of Kickstarter, Author of This Could Be Our Future, World Economic Forum Young Global Leader

Leading Expert on Bitcoin and Blockchain; CEO and co-founder of Numero and Former Senior Advisor for Mobile and Data Innovation, The White House

World Renowned Innovation and Healthcare Futurist, Best-selling Author

23rd Secretary of the Air Force

Technology Editor and Author; Keynote Speaker and Event Moderator

Founder and Former CEO, Zipcar, Buzzcar and GoLoco; Executive Chairman, Veniam Works and Author

Futurist and Author on the Future of Work, Automation, and Human Capital

Chief Operating Officer, IronNet Cybersecurity, Inc., Director of Operations, U.S. Cyber Command (2012-2014); Director of Communications, U.S. Pacific Command (2009-2011); Combat-Experienced Fighter Pilot

Acclaimed International Business Investigative Journalist

CNN Political Commentator, Daily Beast Columnist, Community Organizer and Activist

Visionary Product Leader in Virtual and Augmented Reality (XR), and AI

Ethel Zimmerman Wiener Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Henry and Allison McCance Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

Global Ecologist and Conservation Director, ASU

Bestselling Author (Secrets of Happy Families, Council of Dads, Life Is in the Transitions), TV host, TED Speaker

National Geographic Explorer in Residence; Ecologist; Filmmaker; Author

Federal Communications Commission Chairman (2009-2013)

Global Futurist, Scholar, Author

Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Administrator, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (2002-2009)

Professor at Oxford University, Director of the Future of Humanity Institute and the Strategic Artificial Intelligence Research Center

Healthcare Futurist and Author

Industry Analyst, Altimeter Group

Managing Partner, Fintech, Blenheim Chalcot. Former Managing Director, Google UK and Ireland

Wharton Professor; World-Renowned Expert on Innovation and Change; Best-selling Author

Professor of Marketing at NYU Stern; Founder of L2 Inc, Red Envelope, and Prophet; Bestselling Author of "The Four" and "Algebra of Happiness"; Cohost Pivot Podcast

Director of Global Business Marketing, Facebook (2009 – 2015)

Chief Product & Research Officer at Tethr and Best-Selling Author of The Challenger Sale, The Effortless Experience, and The Challenger Customer

Learning and Big Data Innovator

Director, National Counterterrorism Center (2011- 2014); National Security Analyst for ABC News; and Harvard Law School Lecturer

Founder and Chief Executive Officer of LRN; Author

Author and Founder, Tech Savvy Women