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Rita McGrath

C-Suite Strategist | Columbia University Business School Professor | Thinkers 50 Top 10 | Best-Selling Author

Rita McGrath is one of the world’s top experts on strategy and innovation. Rita consistently ranks among the top 10 management thinkers in the world by the prestigious Thinkers50 a...

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Marc Randolph

Co-Founder, Netflix | Author | Executive Mentor & Angel Investor

Marc Randolph is a veteran Silicon Valley entrepreneur, advisor, and investor. He is the co-founder and first CEO of Netflix. In that role, he laid much of the groundwork for a ser...

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Zack Kass

AI Futurist | Former Head Of Go To Market At OpenAI

Zack Kass is a global AI advisor, researcher, keynote speaker, the former Head of Go-To-Market at OpenAI, and bestselling author of The Next RenAIssance: AI and the Expansion of Hu...

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Fotini Iconomopoulos

Leadership & Communication Expert | Bestselling Author | Global Gurus Top 15 Negotiation Expert

When organizations need to turn high-stakes conversations into high-impact outcomes, they book Fotini Iconomopoulos. As a globally recognized keynote speaker and bestselling author...

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Doug Griffiths

President & CEO, 13 Ways Inc. | Bestselling Author, 13 Ways to Kill Your Community | Community Enthusiast, Building and Consulting

Doug Griffiths is a wildly popular community strategist and author of two best-selling editions of “13 Ways to Kill Your Community”. He has supported, guided and inspired hundreds...

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Chris Barton

Founder And Creator Of Shazam | Entrepreneur | Inventor | Tech Investor

Chris Barton wanted a way to identify songs anywhere he heard them. There wasn’t one, so he invented an app called Shazam. His creation is now considered pure magic. Chris aims to...

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Eric Termuende

Building Tomorrow’s Greatest Places to Work

Eric Termuende is the Co-Founder of NoW of Work, author of Rethink Work, trusted advisor, and award-winning speaker on leadership, culture, and the future of work. His research int...

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Sean Silcoff

Globe & Mail Business Reporter | Bestselling Author, Losing The Signal: The Rise and Fall of Blackberry | Canada’s Most Respected Tech Journalist

Sean Silcoff is an award-winning business writer with The Globe and Mail and co-author of Losing the Signal, the critically acclaimed, best-selling story about the rise and fall of...

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Shaun Frankson

Co-founder, The Plastic Bank | Ashoka Emerging Innovator

Shaun Frankson is the co-founder of The Plastic Bank, a social enterprise that makes plastic waste a currency to STOP Ocean plastic while reducing global poverty. The Plastic Bank...

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Darian Kovacs

Award-Winning Digital Marketing Specialist | Founding Partner, Jelly Marketing

Darian Kovacs is the Indigenous founder of Vancouver-based SEO company Jelly Digital Marketing & PR & digital marketing course Jelly Academy. He brings 15 years of marketing experi...

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Cecily Sommers

One of the World's Top 50 Female Futurists | Keynote Speaker | Best-Selling Author

Cecily Sommers is a renowned business futurist, keynote speaker, and best-selling author of Think Like a Futurist. She helps leaders decode disruption and lead with clarity by deve...

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Hilary Corna

Former Senior Executive Officer, Toyota Asia | Bestselling Author | Founder, Human Processes Continuum

Hilary Corna is a trailblazer, author and entrepreneur. An alumna of both Kansai Gaidai University and Elon University, Hilary has degrees in Asian/Pacific Studies and Internationa...

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Paul Barter

Exponential Technology Consultant

Paul Barter is a Management Consultant, Business Professor, Entrepreneur, and Venture Investor. He is passionate about innovation and entrepreneurship and focusses on the intersect...

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Nikolas Badminton

Chief Futurist at futurist.com

Nikolas Badminton is a world-renowned global futurist speaker and Chief Futurist at Futurist.com. He mentors top executives and the highest levels of government to create bold visi...

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Steve Joordens

Cognitive Science Trailblazer | Award-Winning Educator | Global Voice for Educational Transformation & AI Innovation

Professor Steve Joordens is an award-winning psychologist, educator, and global innovator passionate about learning and organizational transformation. As a Professor of Psychology...

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Iliana Oris Valiente

Innovation and Emerging Tech Pioneer | Managing Director and Innovation Lead, Accenture Canada

Iliana Oris Valiente, CPA, CA is a recognized authority on artificial intelligence, future of work strategy, and global talent mobility. She has been featured across television, ra...

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Sol Rashidi

4x C-Suite & Amazon Exec | World’s 1st Chief AI Officer, “Top 100 AI Thought Leaders”

As the world’s 1st Chief AI Officer for Enterprise (2016), Sol Rashidi has 10 patents and is the best-selling author of ‘Your AI Survival Guide’ (‘Top 50 AI’ books). A 3x TEDx spea...

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Patrick Lee

Co-Founder of Rotten Tomatoes | Scaling and Innovation Expert

Patrick Lee is best known as the Co-Founder and former CEO of Rotten Tomatoes, the world’s most trusted site for movie reviews and news. A proven entrepreneur and a visionary, Patr...

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Matthew Luhn

Expert Storyteller | Youngest Animator on The Simpsons

Matthew Luhn is a writer, story branding consultant and keynote speaker with over 25 years’ experience creating stories and characters at Pixar Animation Studios and beyond. Alongs...

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Dambisa Moyo

Global Economist | Bestselling Author

Dr. Dambisa Moyo is a pre-eminent thinker, who influences key decision-makers in strategic investment and public policy. She is respected for her unique perspectives, her balance o...

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Ted Graham

Preeminent Innovation and Technology Speaker | Head of Open Innovation at General Motors & Author “The Uber of Everything”

Ted Graham is the Head of Open Innovation at General Motors (GM). In his role, Ted works with external partners to tackle important issues pertaining to the future of transportatio...

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Jade Simmons

Rockstar Concert Pianist | Best of SXSW Performer

Jade Simmons is a creator of transformational experiences designed to activate audiences into becoming the biggest, boldest version of themselves possible. The world-class concert...

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Michelle Stacy

Former Keurig President & P&G Executive | Board Director, iRobot & Bellwether Coffee | Leadership & Innovation Expert

Michelle Stacy is a dynamic business leader, keynote speaker, and board director known for building billion-dollar brands and driving business growth. As the former President of Ke...

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Ramy Nassar

AI & Emerging Technology Expert | Helping The World’s Leading Organizations Navigate What’s Next

Ramy Nassar is an internationally acclaimed speaker and thought leader in the domains of AI and Strategic Foresight. As the former Head of Innovation for Mattel and author of the A...

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Inara Lalani

Co-Founder, FemTherapeutics | Forbes 30 under 30 | Entrepreneurship Advocate | Innovation & AI Expert

Inara Lalani is the Co-Founder & CEO of FemTherapeutics, a venture-backed company that is modernizing gynaecological prosthetics for common pelvic health conditions. Born from an a...

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Rocky Ozaki

Founder & CEO, the NoW of Work | AI Aficionado

Rocky Ozaki is one of North America’s leading voices on the Future of Work, modern business transformation and Artificial Intelligence (AI). He is a 3-time tech start-up Founder an...

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Bill Taylor

Co-Founder, Fast Company | Bestselling Author, Mavericks at Work

Bill Taylor is the co-founder of Fast Company. This bold business magazine redefined the genre and chronicled the tech-driven revolution which transformed how businesses work. Chro...

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Wallis Mills

Marketing Executive, AMD | AI, Strategic Growth, and Digital Transformation Expert | Former NVIDIA

Wallis Mills is a seasoned marketing executive with nearly 25 years of experience driving brand growth, digital transformation, and strategic innovation across the technology secto...

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Jay Baer

Business Growth Expert | Best-Selling Author | Internet Pioneer | Entrepreneur

Jay Baer is a business growth and customer experience expert, advisor, researcher, author, and analyst. He has spent 30 years helping more than 700 of the world’s most iconic brand...

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Ben Makuch

National Security Reporter, The Intercept | World Press Freedom Award Winner

From interviewing ISIS members to being on the ground during a political assassination in Russia, or sitting in a trench in Ukraine, Ben brings unprecedented access to many of the...

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Adam Cheyer

VP AI Experience at Airbnb | Co-Founder and Former VP Engineering of Siri, GamePlanner. AI and Viv Lab

Adam Cheyer is a top technology speaker, AI expert and entrepreneur. He co-founded Siri, which was acquired by Apple, and later co-founded Viv, which became the basis of the voice...

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Nicholas Ning

Founder and CEO of Farpoint

Nicholas Ning is a serial entrepreneur with a background in mechatronics systems engineering and an MBA from MIT Sloan. Over the past decade, he has built a reputation for bringing...

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Steve Wozniak

Co-Founder, Apple

Considered by most to be the real “brains” behind Apple, Steve Wozniak is not just a first class engineer with three decades of world-famous credentials; he’s also a really nice gu...

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Julie Angus

First Woman To Row Across Atlantic Ocean | CEO and Co-Founder, Open Ocean Robotics

Julie Angus is an accomplished adventurer, scientist and bestselling author of Rowboat in a Hurricane, Rowed Trip and Olive Odyssey. She is the first woman to row across the Atlant...

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Dan Chuparkoff

AI Educator | Innovation Expert, Google, McKinsey, & Atlassian

Dan Chuparkoff is one of the world’s leading experts on AI, innovation, & the future of work. As a technology leader at Google, McKinsey and more; Dan led transformations for teams...

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Jonathan Brill

Business Futurist | AI Inventor | Fortune 50 Executive

Jonathan Brill was ranked the #1 Futurist in the World by Forbes and “The world’s leading transformation architect” by Harvard Business Review. In his talks, he draws upon his uniq...

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Rinki Sethi

Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), BILL

Rinki Sethi is Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at BILL, responsible for leading efforts to protect its information and technology assets and advising t...

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Nicholas Johnson

AI Researcher @ MIT – Princeton Class of 2020 Valedictorian

Nicholas André G. Johnson has engaged in optimization and machine learning research at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Princeton University, Oxford University and...

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Ross Simmonds

Leading Digital Marketing Strategist & Entrepreneur

Ross Simmonds is an entrepreneur and marketing strategist who helps B2B & SaaS brands use content marketing, SEO, content distribution, and technology to unlock new levels of organ...

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Linda Nazareth

Author, Economorphics: The Trends Turning Today into Tomorrow | Senior Fellow for Economics – Macdonald-Laurier Institute

Linda Nazareth is an economist, a futurist and a respected authority on the future of work. As a newspaper columnist and an author, she knows how to frame things in ways that both...

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Alfredo Tan

Chief Digital & Information Officer, Canada Goose

A thought-leader, change agent, and impact-focused innovator, Alfredo C. M. Tan has led companies through changing digital landscapes, ever-evolving consumer expectations and behav...

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Takara Small

Tech Expert | Journalist | Popular Media Personality | Contributor to BBC World News Service

Takara Small is a gifted multitasker. She appears on CBC Radio’s Metro Morning as a technology columnist, discussing the latest tech trends, breaking news and more. Additionally, T...

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Justice Faith

Co-Founder Of Révolutionnaire | Forbes 30 Under 30 Honouree

Justice Faith, co-founder of Révolutionnaire and a Forbes 30 Under 30 honouree, is a changemaker, social entrepreneur, and sought-after speaker. She is regularly invited to share h...

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Patrick McAndrew

Productivity Expert | Attention Strategist | Founder of HARA

Patrick McAndrew, a global thought leader on productivity and performance, helps organizations break free from the “Productivity Paradox,” where busyness equates to progress. Throu...

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Cheryl Cran

Future of Work & Change Leadership Expert

Cheryl Cran, the founder of NextMapping™ and CEO of Synthesis at Work Inc., is a leading authority on the future of work. Named the #1 Future of Work influencer by Onalytica and a...

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Gregory Robinson

TIME100 Pioneer 2022 | 33-Year Veteran of NASA | Former Director, James Webb Space Telescope, Columbia University Faculty

A 33-year veteran of NASA, Gregory Robinson is the former director of the $10 billion dollar James Webb Space Telescope (Webb). With 100 times more power than its predecessor, the...

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Jared Lindzon

Future of Work Expert | Journalist, Globe & Mail and Fast Company

Jared Lindzon is a freelance journalist and public speaker based in Toronto. Lindzon’s writing focuses on the future of work and talent as it relates to technological innovation. B...

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Ariel Garten

Founder, Muse | Neuroscientist and Former Psychotherapist | Artist and Out-of-the-Box Design Thinker

As the founder of Muse, she told the world you could control computers with your mind, and made that dream a reality. It’s like science fiction brought to life for anyone to enjoy....

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Peter Sheahan

Innovative Business Thinking & Global Behavior Change Expert | C-Suite Advisor and Entrepreneur

After decades of standing in the fire with leaders of high-performing organizations, Peter Sheahan has come to believe that an organization will only go commercially where its lead...

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Andrew Au

Transformation & Modern Leadership Expert | Managing Partner, Intercept

When companies like Microsoft, FedEx, and 3M want to accelerate innovation, they call Andrew Au. Referred to by Forbes as a “digital transformation expert”, Andrew helps organizati...

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The Hon. Michelle Lee

Former Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office | VP of Machine Learning Solutions Lab, Amazon

Michelle Lee is the former Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), 2015-2017. As the first female to lead the USPTO, executive at Google, and any other v...

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Rachel Loui

Head of Int. Growth for US Customers, Business & Industrial Markets, Google China Expert

Rachel Loui excellently combines her skills as a C-suite market expansion leader, entrepreneurship experience, and cultural insights in her humourous published book on China. Her C...

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Dag Kittlaus

Co-founder & CEO of Siri | Co-founder & CEO of Viv (acquired by Samsung)

Dag Kittlaus is the co-founder and CEO of Viv, the global brain. Prior, he founded Siri (acquired by Apple in 2010), the world’s first virtual personal assistant, as an Entrepreneu...

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Jesse Hirsh

Futurist & Digital Strategist | TV & News Personality

Jesse Hirsh is a futurist famer who brings an outsider’s perspective and literal critical distance, operating from his farm in rural Eastern Ontario. Yet this is no ordinary farm....

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Nancy Giordano

Founder & CEO, Play Big Inc. | Strategic Futurist | Corporate Strategist

Nancy Giordano is a strategic futurist with a drive to help enterprise organizations and visionary leaders transform to meet the escalating expectations ahead. Described as endless...

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Deborah Perry Piscone

Authority on Changing Mindsets | Author, Secrets of Silicon Valley

Deborah Perry Piscione has uncovered how leaders are changing the mindsets of their companies and driving unprecedented innovation and growth as a result. Her intriguing work stems...

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Guy Kawasaki

Chief Evangelist at Canva | Former Chief Evangelist at Apple

Guy Kawasaki is one of the most recognizable leaders in innovation, tech and marketing. Currently, Guy serves as the Chief Evangelist at Canva. Guy’s entertaining and informative t...

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Mark Sedra

President, Security Governance Group | Member of CBC The National’s Turning Point Panel

Mark Sedra is the President and co-founder of the Security Governance Group (SGG), a consulting firm specializing in security and governance issues in fragile and conflict-affected...

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John Stix

Transformation Specialist | Co-Founder of Fibernetics, Canada’s 5th Largest Telecom Company

John Stix is an “I’m In” transformation specialist. Having helped lead multiple organizations and their people, starting with his own, Fibernetics – the 5th largest Telecom company...

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Jacquie McNish

Senior Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal | Bestselling Author – Losing The Signal: The Rise and Fall of Blackberry

Jacquie McNish is Canada’s most respected business journalist. She is the recipient of numerous awards for revealing newspaper investigations and writing gripping non-fiction books...

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Omar Johnson

Former CMO at Beats by Dre | Former VP Marketing at Apple

Omar Johnson is the former CMO at Beats by Dre and former VP Marketing at Apple. At Beats Electronics, Johnson was responsible for brand development, advertising, retail experience...

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Bruce Croxon

Chairman, Round 13 Capital | Former Star of CBC’s Dragon’s Den | Co-Founder, LavaLife

Bruce Croxon made his mark as a digital pioneer by co-founding Lavalife and revolutionizing how people connect. Under his direction, he grew this early tech start-up into the marqu...

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Brian Solis

World-renowned Digital Analyst | Anthropologist | Futurist

Brian Solis is a world-renowned digital analyst, anthropologist and futurist. He is also an award-winning author and a global keynote speaker. Brian’s research, advisory and presen...

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Kirstine Stewart

Former VP at Twitter Inc | Author, Our Turn | Media Executive

Kirstine Stewart was VP at Twitter Inc, leading North American media partnerships in tv, sports, gaming, music, news and government. Before her move to the US, she was Twitter’s fo...

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Eric O’Neill

Cyber-Security Expert | Inspiration for film “Breach”

Eric O’Neill is the subject of Universal Studios’ feature film, Breach. Eric is an accomplished public speaker and security expert that lectures internationally about espionage and...

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Doug Lipp

Renowned Leadership Expert | Bestselling Author, “Disney University”

Doug Lipp is a distinguished consultant, eight-time business author and world authority on building esteemed, organizational cultures. Doug helps companies recognize how values and...

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Cesar Kuriyama

Founder, 1 Second Everyday

Cesar was born in Peru but grew up a math and science nerd in New Jersey. A passion for movies and storytelling ultimately drew him to study several artistic fields at Pratt Instit...

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