Innovation (C)

<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.

<p>Trent Gillespie is a leading Operational AI expert and former Amazon executive who helps organizations move beyond AI hype and into real-world execution. Having led AI and automation initiatives inside some of the world’s most complex organizations, Trent brings rare, hands-on experience translating AI strategy into measurable operational impact.</p><p>Rather than focusing on abstract trends, Trent shows leaders how AI actually gets deployed—across operations, customer experience, supply chains, and teams—so it delivers value quickly, responsibly, and at scale.

<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.

<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.

<p>Considered the greatest chess player that ever lived, Russian world champion Garry Kasparov shares insights on strategy, innovation, leadership, and risk. </p><p>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.

<p>Kyle Scheele is on a mission to unlock creativity and innovation at scale. </p><p>Known for audacious projects like hosting a Viking funeral for the regrets of 21,000 people, launching the world’s first fake marathon, and gaining a million TikTok followers in just 25 hours, Kyle has spent the last decade proving that breakthrough ideas are not accidents.

<p>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.</p><p>As an ethical hacker for the last three decades, FC (a.k.a. Freakyclown) has helped thousands of banks, governments and other organizations advance their security.

<p>In his witty, entertaining and edgy style, ethical hacker FC takes audiences on a roller coaster through the security issues that have enabled him to compromise the world’s largest banks and organizations, in order to help them improve their own systems.</p><p>As an ethical hacker for the last three decades, FC (a.k.a. Freakyclown, his hacker handle) has educated thousands of banks, governments and other organizations about cybersecurity from a hacker’s perspective.

<p>Named one of the UK’s Top 20 Most Influential Women in Cybersecurity, Dr. Jessica Barker helps audiences understand the psychology, neuroscience, and sociology of scams in order to protect themselves against cybercriminals. </p><p>A renowned, award-winning global leader working in the human side of cybersecurity, Dr. Jessica Barker is passionate about positively influencing cybersecurity awareness, behavior and culture in organizations around the world.

<p>Zack Kass is an AI Futurist, keynote speaker, consultant, and the former Head of Go To Market for OpenAI. He has spent over 14 years in the field of AI with companies like Figure Eight, Lilt, and OpenAI.