Innovation speakers are visionary thinkers who embrace disruption in the marketplace. They tap into creative ways to solve our problems, reimagine business and marketing strategy, spark thought leadership, and breathe life into new product development.
Jim Weber
<p>The visionary leader behind one of the most extraordinary brand turnarounds in the sports and fitness industry, Jim Weber shares the secrets to his success—from purpose-driven leadership and product innovation to customer obsession and workplace culture.</p><p>As former CEO of Brooks Running, Jim Weber took the company from the brink of bankruptcy to a billion-dollar global performance brand—earning the backing of Berkshire Hathaway and Warren Buffett along the way.
Stephen Shapiro
<p>One of the world’s leading innovation experts, Stephen Shapiro inspires organizations to break free from conventional thinking, turning their biggest challenges into unparalleled opportunities for growth.</p><p>Stephen Shapiro doesn’t just teach innovation—he redefines it. With decades of industry experience and a keen ability to spot opportunities others miss, Stephen has transformed how leaders and teams approach business challenges.
Tiffani Bova
<p>Consistently ranked among the world’s top business visionaries, hailed by <em>Forbes</em> for "reshaping our perception of growth,” Tiffani Bova arms audiences with tools for exponential growth, innovation and success.</p><p>Tiffani Bova has helped lead the tech industry through several evolutions over her nearly 30-year career, in roles including Salesforce’s Growth and Innovation Evangelist; Research Fellow at Gartner; and a sales, marketing and customer service executive for start-ups and Fortune 500 companies alike.
Cassie Kozyrkov
<p>The visionary behind Google’s AI-first transformation and the pioneer for using AI in organizational decision-making, Cassie Kozyrkov blends deep technical expertise and executive experience with humor and charisma. </p><p>Cassie Kozyrkov is a renowned leader in artificial intelligence and the founder of Decision Intelligence, the process of applying analytics, AI and automation to aid decision-making. As Google’s first Chief Decision Scientist, she spearheaded the tech giant’s AI-first transformation, training over 20,000 Googlers and impacting more than 500 projects.
Trent Gillespie
<p>Trent Gillespie turns AI uncertainty into business prosperity, unraveling the power of generative AI to fuel growth and spark breakthrough innovation for organizations.</p><p>Trent Gillespie is a leading expert on AI-driven business transformation and the creator of The AI Flywheel™ and AISPRINT™, frameworks which provide leaders and organizations with a repeatable, systematic approach to scaling innovation, driving prosperity, and staying competitive in an AI-driven world. </p><p>With over 25 years in tech leadership—including nearly a decade at Amazon spea
Erin Reddick
<p>The innovative creator of culturally-inclusive AI software ChatBlackGPT, Erin Reddick provides expert insights into the ever-changing landscape of AI and the importance of inclusive technology development.</p><p>Erin Reddick has forged a vital path in the technology industry. With a career encompassing significant roles at major tech companies including Meta, Microsoft, and AWS, her most impactful contribution to the field is the creation of ChatBlackGPT, an AI software providing perspectives from the Black and African American communities.
Anthony Trucks
<p>Sharing his inspiring, against-all-odds journey from foster child to NFL player to successful business owner, Anthony Trucks helps individuals and organizations achieve their full potential by shifting their identity to reach peak performance.</p><p>Anthony Trucks has accomplished what statistics would show is impossible. At the age of three years old he was placed into the foster care system, where he remained until age 14, when he was adopted by a poor white family. In high school he set a challenging and lofty goal for himself … making the varsity football team.
Garry Kasparov
Considered the greatest chess player that ever lived, Russian world champion Garry Kasparov shares insights on strategy, innovation, leadership, and risk.
Garry Kasparov is widely regarded as the greatest chess player in history, becoming the youngest world champion ever at 22 in 1985 and spending twenty years as the world’s top-rated player. His legendary matches against the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue in 1996 and 1997 made him a central figure in artificial intelligence and the evolution of the human-machine relationship.
Kyle Scheele
<p>With an authentic blend of humor and heart, Kyle Scheele provides teams and individuals with practical tools for boosting creativity, innovation, risk-taking and resilience. </p><p>Kyle Scheele has been called "the patron saint of crazy ideas.” Whether he's having a Viking funeral for the regrets of 21,000 people, hosting the world's first fake marathon, or gaining a million TikTok followers in just 25 hours, Kyle is always on the lookout for crazy ideas that produce wildly outsized outcomes.
FC FreakyClown and Dr. Jessica Barker
Appearing together in a unique presentation, ethical hacker and social engineer “Freakyclown” FC and cybersecurity humanist Dr. Jessica Barker provide brilliant cybersecurity insights and strategies drawn from their particular areas of expertise.