Innovation

<p>One of the world’s leading business thinkers, David’s forward-thinking ideas and bestselling books are changing how companies approach leadership, teamwork, and collaboration.</p><p>A skilled researcher and inspiring communicator, Dr. David Burkus is the bestselling author of five books about business and leadership. His books have won multiple awards and have been translated into dozens of languages. Since 2017, David has been ranked multiple times as one of the world’s top business thought leaders.

<p>Chris Barton wanted a way to identify songs anywhere he heard them. There wasn’t one – so he invented an app called Shazam. </p><p>Chris’s creation is nothing short of pure magic and changed the way the world discovers music. It was the first mass consumer AI product in history. Chris delights people by using technology to make seemingly impossible ideas come to life. Shazam is just one of them. In addition to creating Shazam, Chris holds twelve patents and played key roles in the early days of Google and Dropbox.

<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.

<p>A global branding expert with an acclaimed career across some of the world’s most iconic companies—from LEGO to Lufthansa—Sara Riis-Carstensen shows how creative, disruptive, and genuinely happy teams become the foundation for lasting success.</p><p>Armed with a wealth of experience from roles at companies such as Carlsberg, Giorgio Armani, De Beers, and currently Lufthansa, Sara Riis-Carstensen possesses a unique perspective on the intricacies of brand strategy and premium brand positioning.

<p>“Business turnaround king” and TV personality Marcus Lemonis inspires audiences to wake up the self-starter, the go-getter and the entrepreneur that is in all of us.</p><p>Though best known as the star of <em>The Profit</em> and other business and lifestyle reality shows, Marcus Lemonis was a self-made business success long before he became a star for CNBC and HGTV. </p><p>Marcus honed his entrepreneurial spirit while working at his family's automotive dealership as a young man.

<p>Business guru, NYU marketing professor and thought-leader Scott Galloway offers his irreverent and radically honest take on the future of business, work and technology.</p><p>One of today’s most compelling and provocative commentators on business, Big Tech and our economic future, Scott Galloway is Professor of Marketing at NYU’s Stern School of Business and a serial entrepreneur. He was named one of the world’s best business professors by Poets & Quants.

<p>Blending entrepreneurial grit, engineering expertise, and strategic foresight, Lital Marom cuts through the AI hype to deliver bold, practical guidance that drives innovation and impact.</p><p>Shaped by years of leading global brands and building companies across continents, Lital Marom delivers inspiring keynotes and offers practical frameworks to help global audiences translate AI, innovation, and emerging technologies into real business outcomes.</p><p>A software engineer, serial entrepreneur, and investor, Lital got her start building computer systems fo

<p>A globally recognized innovation strategist, Shawn Kanungo works at the intersection of creativity, business, and technology—including cutting-edge developments in generative AI—to help companies and individuals move boldly into the future.</p><p>Formerly an Innovation Expert for Deloitte, Shawn is a Partner with Queen & Rook, where he advises leading organizations and executives on disruptive trends, and actively invests in early-stage ventures.

<p>NASA duo shares lessons learned and best practices from the launch of the current Mars 2020 mission to help leaders and teams “Sustain Awesome.”</p>

<p>Chad E. Foster is more than a keynote speaker—he’s a catalyst for peak performance in an era of nonstop disruption. </p><p>After going blind at 21, Chad became a Harvard-educated executive, tech innovator, and billion-dollar dealmaker.