Innovation Speakers

Ted Souder – Is a former Google insider, former Vice-Chair of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce & current Board Director at 1871, the top-rated technology incubator in the world.  ​One of Google’s earliest employees, Ted spent 20+ years helping write one of the greatest business stories of all time. From its origin as a fledgling […]

Dr. Jonah Berger, a distinguished professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, has carved a niche for himself as a global authority on marketing, innovation, and consumer behavior. With his extensive research on how products, services, and ideas gain popularity, Dr. Berger has influenced both academic circles and the business world. His […]

Gary Vaynerchuk, widely known as “Gary Vee,” is a serial entrepreneur, best-selling author, and globally recognized keynote speaker. With an unparalleled ability to predict trends in digital marketing, social media, and business innovation, Gary has built a reputation as one of the most sought-after voices in the industry. His engaging, no-nonsense approach to entrepreneurship and […]

Sahar Hashemi, founded Coffee Republic, the UK’s first US style coffee bar chain with her brother and built it into one of the UK’s most recognised high street brands, and one of the first players in the ‘coffee revolution’ that transformed the UK high street. In 2019 Sahar published her latest book Startup Forever. She […]

Tech founder and venture capitalist Alexis Ohanian embraces disruption, beginning with his Waffle House epiphany that becoming an attorney was not his destiny to co-founding Reddit in his UVA dorm and launching the venture upon graduation. Ultimately selling the iconic company for millions, Ohanian’s entrepreneurial journey is a business school case study and playbook for […]

Morgan DeBaun is a pioneering entrepreneur, digital media strategist, and business leader who has transformed the way Black millennials and Gen Z engage with content, culture, and community. As the Founder and CEO of Blavity Inc., she has built a media empire that reaches millions, shaping the conversations around entrepreneurship, technology, and diversity. Born and […]

Jonathan Fields is an author, entrepreneur and speaker on a mission to help individuals and organizations cultivate the personal practices, workflow adaptations and environmental/cultural shifts needed to become more agile, creative and innovative and embrace action in the face of uncertainty with a greater sense of ease. A former NYC mega-firm/SEC lawyer turned serial-entrepreneur, Jonathan […]

Sean Moffitt is globally recognized as a business thought leader, strategy advisor, digital innovator, keynote speaker and author. The common thread? Sean lives and breathes business transformation, customer and brand engagement, technology, innovation and “the future”. After a number of executive strategy and marketing positions at Fortune 500 firms Procter & Gamble, Molson Coors and Diageo, he […]

Dale Beaumont is best known as an Award-Winning Technology Entrepreneur, Business Growth Expert and the Author of 19 Best-Selling Books. Growing up in Sydney, Australia, Dale had a lot of energy as a kid and was soon put into the sport of gymnastics and began training for the Sydney 2000 Olympics. While injury meant he […]

Nick Dreyer is the entrepreneurial force behind Veldskoen Shoes, a proudly South African brand that has stepped into the global spotlight. From a modest 2×2 meter office in Cape Town, Nick co-founded and grew Veldskoen into an internationally recognized footwear label now selling in 32 countries. His journey reflects not only business acumen but a […]

Mandy Froehlich is a former educator, technology integrator, and Director of Innovation and Technology turned technology and mental health consultant. Her passion lies in reinvigorating and re-engaging teachers back into their profession as well as what’s needed to support teachers in their pursuit of innovative and divergent thinking and teaching. Her work in mental health […]

Aline Frankfort is a provocative Creative and Strategic Thinker, Narrative Practitioner, passionated by Imagination and Utopia, Artist, consultant, author, invited professor. TEDx Speaker, dyslexic enjoying to put the world upside down, inspired by her spiritual practices, Full Member of the Club of Rome, working for a better world. Aline is dedicated to open radically new […]