Ivy Ross

VP Hardware Design at Google

Ivy and her team created the design language for the Google hardware products that launched in 2017, winning over 240 design awards over the last three years. Business Insider recently named her one of the 15 Most Powerful Women at Google.

Susan Magsamen

Executive Director, International Arts + Mind Lab at Johns Hopkins University

At the intersection of science and the arts, for more than 40 years, Susan's work incorporates academic research and other ways of knowing to inform the design and implementation of arts-based programs and products to improve health, well-being, and learning.

Suhair Khan

Technologist and Designer

Suhair Khan is a technology entrepreneur and creative leader. She is the founder of Open-Ended Design, a platform for impact-driven work across design, culture and tech.

Tom Ellis

CEO at Brand Genetics

An experienced innovator & brand strategist, Tom leads insight and innovation consultancy Brand Genetics, having previously been MD of Big Green Door and Director of Strategy & Research at 1HQ. Tom has extensive experience innovating with brands around the world and across categories – from beer in the US and China, to personal care in India, to white goods in Europe. He likes to move fast and break things and is constantly frustrating colleagues with his desire to never do the same thing twice – but ultimately he is passionate about helping clients to fuse together the strategic and the creative to uncover new opportunities.

Alistair Croll

Serial Entrepreneur & Bestselling Author

Alistair is a serial entrepreneur, event organizer, and bestselling author who works at the intersection of technology and society. He has co-written three books including Lean Analytics, widely considered required reading for startups.

Emily Ross

Director, Head of Twitter Next, EMEA at Twitter

Emily Ross is a creative technologist who writes, lectures and speaks on communications in a digital age. As the EMEA Director of Brand Strategy at Twitter, she leads an international team to help the world’s biggest brands build brilliant campaigns.

Christopher Ireland

Design Research Leader

Christopher Ireland started her career with the notion that businesses could benefit from a better understanding of people and culture. Her ability to create simple explanations of complex human behavior and to translate those insights into effective strategies attracted clients like Microsoft, Apple, Pepsi, Levis, GM and more.

Maria Giudice

Innovator and Positive Provocateur

Maria Giudice has pursued a vision of intelligent, elegant, people-centered design throughout her professional life. Her grasp of the pragmatic, the authentic, and the essential have kept her at the forefront of design and business for over 30 years.

Michael Durst

Founder at ITONICS

Dr. Michael Durst – or simply “Mike” – is the founder of ITONICS, the world’s leading Innovation OS, an AI-powered platform combined with a systematic framework for managing innovation efforts. With more than 20 years of experience in innovation and technology management, IT strategy and management, entrepreneurship, and university research and teaching, Mike empowers companies to identify emerging technologies, trends, and market potential and translate them into tailored growth strategies.