Chad Hurley is an American politician and co-founder and former CEO of YouTube and MixBit. Prior to working on YouTube and MixBit, Hurley worked for PayPal where he designed the logo. During his high school years Hurley became interested in computers and electronic media and was a member of the Technology Student Association. He went on to graduate with a... read full bio
Chamath Palihapitiya is a distinguished Silicon Valley venture capitalist, with early investments in Palantir, Pure Storage, Playdom (acquired by The Walt Disney Company), and Bumptop (acquired by Google). He established The Social+Capital Partnership (now Social Capital), a renowned firm distinguished for its strategic focus on technology in healthcare, financial services and education, and on software as a service. The fund... read full bio
Cheemin Bo-Linn is the CEO and President of Peritus Partners, Inc., a business consulting firm with a reputation for guiding clients to market dominance and rising valuation. She is a member of the Women in Technology International Advisory Board and now holds the positions of Board Director and Chair of the Audit Committee for Violin Memory, a NetLine Corporation company.... read full bio
Chema Alonso is a cybersecurity expert. He is currently the Chairman at ElevenPaths, a Telefonica Cyber Security Unit. This program focuses on creating innovative security products. Priot to his work with ElevenPaths, Alonso ran Informatica 64, a computer security and training company. Alonso often presents his experience and skills at conferences such as BlackHat. This technology expert holds a doctorate... read full bio
Chris Urmson is an engineering who is best known for his work pioneering self-driving car technology. He has previously worked with Alphabet, and is CEO of their start-up company Aurora Innovation. Urmson graduated from the University of Manitoba with a BEng in Computer Engineering. He then went on to earn his Ph.D. in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University. Upon graduting,... read full bio
Chairman and CEO of Good Technology, Christy Wyatt has over fifteen years of executive management and leadership experience in the high-tech and enterprise industry. She has worked with some of the biggest business and tech brands, including Citi, Motorola, and Apple. ... read full bio
Chuck Martin is a leading Internet of Things and mobile expert as well as a highly sought after Keynote Speaker covering a variety of IoT, mobile and Internet of Things topics. He is also a New York Times business best-selling book author of numerous books, including The Smartphone Handbook, The Digital Estate, Net Future, and Mobile Influence. Martin’s latest book,... read full bio
The first woman to pilot and command an American spacecraft, astronaut Eileen Collins has led an inspiring life of adventure, leadership, and achievement. A female trailblazer, Collins was named an astronaut by NASA in 1990. She quickly went on to become the first female pilot on a space shuttle with the Discovery flight in 1995, and the first female commander... read full bio
Cortney Harding is a highly sought-after specialist in assisting companies in utilizing virtual reality, spatial computing, and artificial intelligence. She has developed conversational AI-powered avatars for Amazon, Delta, and McDonald's, as well as virtual reality training scenarios for Lowe's, Walmart, PWC, Target, and other companies on subjects like racial bias, mental health, workplace exclusion, child abuse, and Black maternal mortality.... read full bio
Cynthia Breazeal is a brilliant pioneer in the world of robotics; she is the creator of Jibo, a personal assistant robot, said to be the first ever family robot. Cynthia also works as an associate professor of media arts and sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for which she directs the Personal Robots group at the MIT Media Laboratory.... read full bio
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO) at NetApp is Cynthia Stoddard. Providing a long-term technological vision that supports and is in line with the organization's strategies, goals, business plans, operational needs, and overall efficiencies is the CIO's responsibility. In order to facilitate the implementation of global business solutions and infrastructure that support the company's expansion, she gives leadership... read full bio
Norwegian engineer Dag Kittlaus is the Co-founder & CEO of Siri (acquired by Apple) and Co-founder & CEO of Viv (acquired by Samsung). When Apple acquired Siri, Dag became the Director of iPhone Apps at Apple, leading the Siri and speech recognition teams. Two years later, he co-founded his next AI company, Viv. With Viv, his goal was to make... read full bio
danah boyd is an American technology and social media scholar who is the founder and president of Data & Society Research Institute, is a partner researcher at Microsoft Research and has also been a visiting professor at New York University. boyd was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, and she found her love for computers while growing up after her brother taught... read full bio
Dr. Daniel Kraft is the Faculty Chair for Medicine & Neuroscience at Singularity University, as well as Founder and Chair of Exponential Medicine, which studies convergent, rapidly developing technologies and their future in biomedicine and healthcare. A Stanford and Harvard trained physician-scientist, inventor and entrepreneur; Dr. Kraft has more than 25 years under his belt working in clinical practice, biomedical... read full bio
Daniel Newman is passionate about helping organizations and individuals understand how to be successful in the age of rapid technological change. Living his life at the intersection of people and technology, Daniel works with the worlds largest technology brands exploring Digital Transformation and how it is influencing the enterprise. He focuses on topics such as Digital Transformation, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and... read full bio
Daniel Sieberg is the current senior marketing manager at Google. He specializes in media outreach and is an official spokesperson of the company. In addition, Sieberg is an Emmy-nominated and award-winning television correspondent and author. He has appeared on networks worldwide including ABC News, BBC News, MSNBC, PBS, and on shows like The Dr. Oz Show and The Nate Berkus... read full bio
Danny Hillis is a technology expert. He holds a doctorate from MIT and identifies as an inventor, scientist, author, and engineer. Hillis is known as a pioneer of parallel computers, an idea that created the foundation of the graphics processors and cloud computing technology we know today. This technology pioneer has over 300 U.S. patents on various devices and methods... read full bio
Dava Newman is the former Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA.) Newman was born in Helena, Montana, and she began has previously earned her B.S. from the University of Notre Dame before going on to earn her dual S.M. and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Newman began her research in aerospace biomedical engineering, and... read full bio
David Christian, a professor and historian, is best known for his emerging discipline called Big History. This area of study presents history beginning at the Big Bang. Christian is versed in cosmology and astronomy. He also has a background studying at the University of Western Ontario and Oxford University. His book, Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History received... read full bio
David Hanson is a robotics designer who is best known for being the creator of the robot, Sophia, and is founder and CEO of the robotics company, Hanson Robotics. Hanson was born in Dallas, Texas, and he has earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School od Design in film, animation, and video, and went on to... read full bio
