Technology (C)

<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.

<p>Jack Shaw is an Innovation and Change Management Strategist with more than 30 years&#39; experience helping leaders transform their organizations&#39; digital ecosystems amid new waves of technology. A Global Thought Leader, he was voted one of the World&#39;s Top 25 Speakers and one of the Top Five Technology Futurists in polls conducted by Speaking.com. </p><p>Jack has shared his insights and advice with nearly 300,000 of the world&#39;s top leaders and professionals.

<p>Robert Safian delivers near-clairvoyant insights on succeeding through the chaos of modern business.</p><p>Bob is the founder of The Flux Group and former editor-in-chief of the influential, award-winning business media <em>Fast Company</em>.

<p>Cybersecurity expert Michael Daniel draws from his former post on the National Security Council to help organizations combat the biggest security threats of the 21st century—and to prepare them for major changes in the future of cybersecurity regulation.</p><p>In an age of rising cyber threats and rapidly shifting regulatory requirements for organizations, Daniel’s experience as a policy insider leading the government’s response to the most notable cyber incidents of our time is more needed than ever.

<p>Daniel Burrus is considered one of the world’s leading futurists on global trends and innovation. <i>The New York Times</i> has referred to him as one of the top three business gurus in the highest demand as a speaker.</p><p>He has delivered over 3,000 keynote speeches worldwide and is a strategic advisor to executives from Fortune 500 companies, helping them to develop game-changing strategies based on his proven methodologies for capitalizing on technology innovations and their future impact.

<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>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>