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<p>Bart McDonough is a leading expert in cybersecurity and artificial intelligence, published author of <em>Cyber Smart </em>and <em>Cyber Guardians</em>, and best known as the founder and former CEO of Agio, a hybrid managed IT and cybersecurity services provider that always played by its own rules. </p><p>Bart launched Agio with deep institutional investment knowledge and more than 25 years of experience across cybersecurity, AI, and IT management, particularly in financial services, health care, and payments.

<p>One of the world’s foremost brand innovators, Stefan Olander helped make Nike the sports and fashion icon it is today—and then launched one of <em>Fast Company’</em>s Most Innovative Companies, gravity sportswear company OMORPHO.</p><p>A former Vice President of Advertising and Vice President of Global Digital Innovation, Stefan’s remarkable 21-year career at Nike included multiple cutting-edge global initiatives, including the revolutionary Nike+ experience developed in partnership with Apple, which took the concept of wearable technology mainstream. </p

<p>Bonin Bough is a high-energy, crowd-pleasing, audience-inspiring speaker, passionate about bringing brands to life in innovative ways, motivating the people who make that possible, and helping build a more diverse community of creative brand professionals.</p><p>Currently, Bonin is Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Group Black, the largest ecosystem of Black-owned media brands. Comprised of over 150 Black-owned media brands, the collective aims to dramatically transform the face of media ownership and investment.

<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>Chuck Whitlock is a subject-matter expert on white-collar crime prevention. For years, Chuck made consistent appearances on national television shows including <i>The Oprah Winfrey Show</i>™,<i> The Today Show</i>™, <i>60 Minutes</i>™ and <i>The View</i>™, among others.

<p>Drawing from his remarkable scope of geopolitical and global economic expertise, Vijay Vaitheeswaran provides insight on how businesses can strategize, innovate, and find opportunity in today’s disruptive landscape.</p><p>With a career that has taken him from Mexico City to London to Shanghai, Vijay Vaitheeswaran brings an impressive breadth and depth of expertise to topics ranging from globalization, politics and economics to international trade, supply chain and labor disruptions.

<p>John Rossman is a former Amazon executive who provides techniques and strategies for audiences to apply to their business</p><p>Rossman is most known for launching and scaling the Amazon Marketplace, which Jeff Bezos called “one of his magical businesses,” accounting for over 50% of all Amazon units sold and shipped.

<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 a global thought leader and change management strategist with more than 30 years' experience helping leaders transform their organizations' digital ecosystems amid new waves of technology.</p><p>Jack Shaw stands as a preeminent strategist in artificial intelligence (AI) and emerging technologies. His four-decade career has seen him at the vanguard of AI's evolution and its integration into the business world.