Innovation (C)

<p>Drawing from his expertise in transformative technologies, artificial intelligence, and future trends, Peter Leyden helps audiences understand and navigate a new era of global change.</p><p> Peter Leyden is a tech expert and thought leader in artificial intelligence, transformative technologies and the future ever since coming to San Francisco to work with the founders of<em> WIRED </em>magazine at the start of the Digital Revolution.

<p>Josh Linkner personifies creative thinking, entrepreneurship, and disruptive innovation. He founded, built, and sold five tech companies at a combined value of $200+ million. He shares his inventive, actionable ideas with audiences and is one of the top innovation speakers around the globe. </p><p>Linkner’s keynote presentations leave a powerful, lasting impact.

<p>Futurist Mike Walsh shares his provocative view of the future of business – and how corporations can navigate and thrive while dealing with emerging technologies.</p><p>Mike has gained a reputation as a futurist who challenges his audience to rethink their concept of technology and how it will disrupt their own lives. Mike customizes his message to each audience’s needs, drawing on wide-ranging research, while providing a blueprint for corporations to re-invent their futures. He also broadens his message to corporate culture and strategies for engaging consumers.

<p>Brett King is a futurist, bestselling author and the founder of Movenbank, the world’s first direct, mobile-only bank. </p><p><i>Banking Exchange </i>called him “King of the Disruptors.” <i>American Banker </i>named him Innovator of the Year. Voted the world’s #1 Financial Services Influencer by the Financial Brand, he is widely considered one of <i>the </i>experts on fintech and disruption in the financial services industry.

<p>In 2014<i> Fortune Magazine</i> named Peter Diamandis as one of the World&#39;s 50 Greatest Leaders.</p>

<p>Diamandis is the Founder & Executive Chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation, which leads the world in designing and operating large-scale incentive competitions. He is also the Executive Founder of Singularity University, a graduate-level Silicon Valley institution that counsels the world&#39;s leaders on exponentially growing technologies.</p>

<p>Carroll is one of the world’s leading global futurism, trends and innovation experts, with a massive global blue-chip client list that ranges from NASA to the PGA, Disney to Johnson & Johnson, the Swiss Innovation Forum to the National Australia Bank.</p><p>Over the last 20 years, more than 2 million people have shared his insight with his events on stage, taking in his ability to inspire audiences through a combination of deep insight, on-stage humor and motivational guidance, all grounded in deep observations on future trends.</p><p>For close to 20 yea

<p>Globalizing markets are the opportunity of a lifetime. The size of the middle-class is about to triple worldwide due to increasing standards of living across the globe. Companies that lean into the future and focus will dominate and increase scale, scope and power. Those who don&#39;t are at risk. Michael Treacy shows leaders how to look at competition, customers, people, finance and markets in a new way -- laying out the pathways for global growth and market leadership.</p><p>Treacy is a veteran voice on such issues.

<p>Terry Jones is a Digital Disruptor, an author and a venture capitalist. He has founded five startups, with two billion dollar IPOs, Kayak and Travelocity, and has served on seventeen corporate boards. </p>

<p>What is the possibility of different? That is the question Crystal Kadakia has been asking organizations to consider around the world through her keynotes, books, and consulting work. </p><p>It&#39;s a question that encourages us to abandon the traditional approach of "dealing" with change in exchange for embracing that which makes changes different.

<p>Dr. Leroy Chiao speaks from his breadth of experience to deliver applicable insights for business audiences on leadership, combatting complacency, and achieving peak performance. </p><p>A pioneer in the commercial space sector, Dr. Leroy Chiao’s accomplished track record in space, in the lab, and in the business world offers audiences an unparalleled perspective into space exploration and how lessons learned apply to businesses worldwide.