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<p>An award-winning entrepreneur, author, and customer experience speaker who has delivered keynotes across the globe to organizations including American Express and the United Nations. <em>Forbes</em> wrote of her debut book, <em>Creating Superfans</em>, “If you have customers, you need this book. Period.”</p><p>Brittany is the former Chief Experience Officer of Experience.com.

<p>Dr. Pippa Malmgren is a digital diviner: she uses years of experience at the highest levels of geopolitics and industry to identify the trends that others might miss in a turbulent landscape.  </p><p>Weaving signals together to paint a compelling landscape that gives audiences confidence to navigate turbulence and opportunity, Pippa makes the world economy exciting.

<p>An inspiring story that ultimately proves that we all have the power to live our dreams – no matter how small or big they are, Jessica Watson became the youngest person to sail solo non-stop and unassisted around the world.  </p><p>Defying criticism from those who said her task was destined to fail, after 210 days at sea navigating some of the world’s most challenging stretches of oceans and surviving seven knockdowns, Jessica sailed back into Sydney Harbour on 15 May, 2010. </p><p>As she docked at the Sydney Opera House, the country wept with pride.

<p>Chris Barton wanted a way to identify songs he was hearing everywhere around him. There wasn’t one – so he invented an app called Shazam. Chris’s creation is nothing short of pure magic. That was his goal. Chris seeks to delight people by using technology to make seemingly impossible ideas come to life. </p><p>Not just the founder and first CEO of Shazam, which Apple acquired for $400 million, Chris also holds 12 patents and played key roles in the early days of Google and Dropbox. Despite having dyslexia, incredibly, he didn’t let that get in his way.

<p>One look at the bright yellow tuxedo and it’s no surprise to learn that Jesse Cole patterns his business success after some of America’s greatest out-of-the-box thinkers: from PT Barnum and baseball’s Bill Veeck to Walt Disney. The owner of the Savannah Bananas—the same pumped-up, yellow-clad showman running through baseball crowds—believes success comes from standing out and being different.</p><p>Cole is passionate about creating attention, loving your customers more than your product, and loving your employees more than your customers.

<p>For over three decades, Parrado has moved global audiences through sharing his story of survival, resilience, and determination in the Andes. Parrado draws from his experience to articulate innovative strategies for those that need to scale personal or business mountains in the twenty-first century.</p><p>Nando Parrado is the hero of the 1972 Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 rescue.

<p>As a decorated combat veteran, Jason O. Harris brings unique perspectives on leadership and development of team members to your organization</p><p>Through harrowing, experiences, Jason has learned the importance of cross-generational communication relying on men and women from half to twice his age. This communication is based on mutual trust and is the basis for his No Fail Trust methodology. The trust he instilled in his air crews kept them in the sky and out of harm’s way.

<p>As a premier events host, James Hilliard authentically connects conference themes with audiences for maximum impact and retention.</p><p>Since 1992, James has found himself in front of a microphone. It began with radio, moved to the web, and since 2003, through Hilly Productions, he been webcasting, podcasting, creating corporate videos and doing voice-over work.</p><p>Though over 3000 events, James has helped steer the lead generation and training efforts of so many companies through webcasts.</p><p>Whether he’s producing from behind the scenes

Drew Brees shares insights from his illustrious career and inspires with remarks on family, faith and philanthropy.

A two-time Heisman finalist, Brees led the Purdue Boilermakers to a Big Ten Championship and Rose Bowl appearance during the 2000 season. In that same year, he won the Maxwell Award as the nation's top collegiate player as well as being named Academic All-American Player of the Year. In 2022, Brees returned to Purdue as an interim assistant coach.

<p>Why do good teams kill great ideas? Safi Bahcall reveals a surprising new way of thinking about group behavior that challenges everything we thought we knew about nurturing radical breakthroughs and innovative organizations. </p><p>Safi Bahcall is a former public-company CEO, a physicist and an award-winning biotech entrepreneur.