Technology

<p>Founder of the long-running Machine Learning Week conference, Eric Siegel, Ph.D. helps companies understand how machine learning and innovations in AI impact our businesses and our daily lives. </p><p>Eric Siegel, Ph.D. is a leading consultant and former Columbia University professor who helps companies deploy machine learning.

<p>Gordon Bellamy helps leaders and creators understand how to responsibly harness AI, anticipate ethical risks in emerging technology, and lead with intention in a changing landscape.</p><p>As Director of Cinematic Ethics at the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts, Gordon Bellamy teaches the next generation of creators how to navigate the ethical challenges of artificial intelligence, storytelling, and emerging technologies across film, television, and games.

<p>Brian Forde helps public and private organizations alike use emerging technologies like blockchain to amplify innovation and efficiency, improve the economy, and better people’s lives.</p>

<p>Brian is an educator, entrepreneur, technologist, and policymaker who has spent his life using technology to help others. As a former senior advisor for mobile and data innovation at the White House, he spearheaded the Obama administration’s efforts to leverage emerging technologies in support of critical national priorities.</p>

<p>Linda Bernardi believes the impact of digital disruption is a huge positive for today’s business organizations. With highly engaged discussions, Linda raises the comfort level audiences have with embracing disruptive technologies. She shares an enthusiastic outlook on how a wide range of sectors such as finance, retail, manufacturing, and healthcare can futureproof their business and thrive in the disruptive economy.  </p><p>Linda is a serial high-tech entrepreneur and one of the pioneers of IoT and the emerging hyperconnected world.

Jack Shaw is an AI Transformation Advisor, keynote speaker, and author who helps executives make the AI decisions that actually move the needle: where to apply Tactical AI now, which choices belong at the board level, and how Strategic AI reshapes competitive position over the next three to five years.

Drawing on more than four decades in AI and enterprise technology, Jack has delivered more than 1,000 keynote presentations across 26 countries for organizations including IBM, Coca-Cola, Mercedes-Benz, GE, Siemens, Bosch, Caterpillar, Rockwell Automation, Oracle, and 3M.

<p>Amy Jo Martin guides people down the black diamond slopes of business and life. She helps them navigate difficult paths, turning ideas into actions. It’s the career love of her life.  </p><p>Amy Jo is the author of <em>New York Times</em> bestseller<em> Renegades Write the Rules</em>, host of the top-ranked “Why Not Now?” podcast and an angel investor. She’s the founder and CEO of Renegade Global, a human innovation company that unlocks positive disruption for both individuals and corporations.

<p>Mick Ebeling—a Fortune Top 50 World’s Greatest Leader and Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award winner—is a pioneer using innovation to solve global challenges.</p><p> Founder of Not Impossible Labs, he’s renowned for inventions like The Eyewriter (eye-tracking tech for paralyzed artists) and Project Daniel (3D-printed prosthetics in conflict zones), driven by his “Help One.

<p>Daniel Burrus is a trusted, globally recognized futurist and AI strategy expert known for his accurate technology forecasts and practical, actionable approach to helping organizations anticipate disruption.</p><p>For more than 30 years, he has helped business leaders understand the impact of technology-driven change and turn emerging opportunities into competitive advantage.</p><p>He is the author of seven books, including <em>The</em> <em>New York Times</em> and <em>The Wall Street Journal</em> bestseller, <em>Flash

<p>Peter Leyden is a tech expert and thought leader on artificial intelligence, the implications of transformative technologies like clean energy, and the positive possibilities of the near future. </p><p>Leyden has followed the front edge of technological change ever since coming to San Francisco to work with the founders of <em>WIRED </em>magazine at the beginning of The Digital Age and the arrival of the internet.

<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.