Humanities & Social Sciences

Esteemed speakers contributing their insights into human culture, behavior, and societal development

Lens Mutombo

Lens Mutombo

10+ years in software industry

10+ years in software industry Show more

Heidi Waterhouse

Heidi Waterhouse

Heidi is an advocate for progressive delivery, organizational transformation, technical communication, and marketing you hate slightly less. She is a nerd about industrial psychology and patterns of progress. One of her favorite hobbies is talking to developers about things they already knew but had never thought of that way before. She sews all her conference dresses so that she's sure there is a pocket for the mic.

Heidi is an advocate for progressive delivery, organizational transformation, technical communication, and marketing you hate slightly less. She is a nerd about industrial psychology and patterns of progress. One of her favorite hobbies is talking to... Show more

Amy Basile

Amy Basile

Amy Basile is a curious and creative researcher with a passion for uncovering deep insights and understanding consumer behavior.  Amy has 15 years of market research and sensory experience including brand identity and perception research, new product iterations, consumer co-creation, user experience, product improvement, and new product development research in the food & beverage categories.

Amy Basile is a curious and creative researcher with a passion for uncovering deep insights and understanding consumer behavior.  Amy has 15 years of market research and sensory experience including brand identity and perception research, new product... Show more

Chen Algrabli

Chen Algrabli

Chen Algrabli is a Full Stack Engineer with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and an MBA. With over 8 years of experience in the software development industry, Chen currently holds the position of Full Stack Developer and Guild Master at HiredScore. She is deeply passionate about coding, innovation, and technological challenges and is constantly on the lookout for new things to learn.

Chen Algrabli is a Full Stack Engineer with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and an MBA. With over 8 years of experience in the software development industry, Chen currently holds the position of Full Stack Developer and Guild Master at HiredS... Show more

Abdullahi Ibrahim

Abdullahi Ibrahim

CEO/Founder Foonange Resources, an IoT leaner, Co-Founder Youth Renaissance Club, A Political Analyst, and Computer Leaner.

CEO/Founder Foonange Resources, an IoT leaner, Co-Founder Youth Renaissance Club, A Political Analyst, and Computer Leaner. Show more

Adreishka Luciano Hennigan

Adreishka Luciano Hennigan

As a graduate student currently attending Providence College, who also teaches ESL Social Studies at the middle school level, Adreishka Luciano Hennigan’s academic and professional interests include linguistics, East Asian history, Asian-American history, public history, preservation, and pedagogy. Her work with the National Park Service, and the Providence Preservation Society as an intern allowed her to explore her love of history through archival work, research, and the publishing of an online article. Her personal hobbies include learning new languages, writing original music for her band, and antiquing when the opportunity arises.

As a graduate student currently attending Providence College, who also teaches ESL Social Studies at the middle school level, Adreishka Luciano Hennigan’s academic and professional interests include linguistics, East Asian history, Asian-American his... Show more

Lizette Spangenberg

Lizette Spangenberg

Liz is passionate about human-centered design, solving complex problems, and sharing knowledge. She holds a PhD in Information Design from the University of Pretoria, where her research focussed on how design can be used to improve radiology environments. She has 13 years’ experience working in various design industries, and her day job now focuses on designing solutions to make healthcare more accessible to patients.

She's summited Mt Kilimanjaro, visited 25 countries on 4 continents, and plays violin in the University of Pretoria's Symphony Orchestra. She strives to create beautiful and intuitive experiences on any platform, and to help others learn and grow in the field of design.

Liz is passionate about human-centered design, solving complex problems, and sharing knowledge. She holds a PhD in Information Design from the University of Pretoria, where her research focussed on how design can be used to improve radiology environm... Show more

Marian Villa

Marian Villa

Sr Full-Stack Product Designer at NodeSource. Award-winning Community Builder at @Pionerasdev —recipient of IBM Open Source Community Grant 2020—. Google Launchpad Mentor, Google Developer Expert in Web Technologies, and Women Techmakers Ambassador. Passionate developer and designer with a knack for combining technology and community development.

Sr Full-Stack Product Designer at NodeSource. Award-winning Community Builder at @Pionerasdev —recipient of IBM Open Source Community Grant 2020—. Google Launchpad Mentor, Google Developer Expert in Web Technologies, and Women Techmakers Ambassador. ... Show more

Branimir Perković

Branimir Perković

Masters degree in economic politics abd financial institutions

Masters degree in economic politics abd financial institutions Show more

David "DP" Pineda

David "DP" Pineda

Disabled, NOT unable is the motto I live by, despite medical setbacks, having a service dog, and having to reinvent myself. I'm the founder of the Veterans Network Champions Club, a disabled Army combat Veteran, and a medically retired Federal Air Marshal. I'm passionate about bringing the conversation of NFTs to the Veteran and first responder community.

I needed help despite the accolades; this helps me normalize the mental health conversation as I share my story. I'm now a business owner, investor (Crypto since 2018, NFT since 2021), educator, author, and mentor. I've gone on to develop and grow businesses, but my passion is promoting the growth and development of my fellow veterans and first responders and showing the world we are more than our past service.


Disabled, NOT unable is the motto I live by, despite medical setbacks, having a service dog, and having to reinvent myself. I'm the founder of the Veterans Network Champions Club, a disabled Army combat Veteran, and a medically retired Federal Air M... Show more

Maria Papacosta

Maria Papacosta

Maria Papacosta is a leading expert and researcher on Presence and Inspired Leadership and an acclaimed personal branding strategist. Her practical, high-energy talks and workshops provide tangible results that help people design a better version of themselves and excel in their work and life. Maria is the co-founder of MSC Marketing Bureau. Her branding strategies have helped some of the leading thinkers of our time to spread their messages and make an impact.

Maria holds a Specialization degree in Inspired Leadership from Case Western Reserve University in the US, an MSc in Strategic Marketing from Aston University in the UK and a BSc in Social Policy and Marketing from London Metropolitan University in the UK.

She is a Certified Visionary Leadership Coach (OKVLC), an NLP Associate Practitioner, and a certified Practitioner of the Global Leadership Assessment (GLA360 Assessment).

Maria is a TED and TEDx Speaker Coach & Curator and has delivered keynotes in Universities and Fortune500 companies around the world.

In 2021, 2022 and 2023 Maria’s Fast Track Strategy Workshop was ranked as #2 of the World’s Best Brand Development Programs by Global Gurus. Maria has been recognized in the Top100 Global Inspirational Leaders by PeopleHum (2021), Top50 Emerging Leaders by LeadersHum (2022), Top10 Global Thought Leaders in Personal Branding by Thinkers360, was a finalist for the 2021 Global Women in Leadership Award by She Inspires in the UK, and was awarded the 2022 CREA Global Award - a prestigious list of top entrepreneurs and thought-leaders who have used their initiative and creative vision to become true game-changers. Maria is also a LinkedIn Top Voice in Leadership Development.

Maria Papacosta is a leading expert and researcher on Presence and Inspired Leadership and an acclaimed personal branding strategist. Her practical, high-energy talks and workshops provide tangible results that help people design a better version of ... Show more

I Am More

I Am More

Dr. S. Renee Mitchell, educator, entrepreneur, and a Pulitzer Prize-nominated former journalist, is the visionary founder of a nationally award-winning and transformative, youth leadership-development initiative called: I Am M.O.R.E. (Making Ourselves Resilient Everyday). This organization offers an upstream prescription and culturally relevant social-emotional learning (SEL) approach to the low achievement and self-esteem of Black who are internally suffering from being spirit-murdered in classrooms, society and within families. Dr. Renee’s youth-development organization has a trifecta seal of approval: Research-, evidence- and theory-based. Motivated by intention and heart, Renee’s deepest desire is to help others use their creativity to let go, gather up and move on in order to find their voice, inner sources of healing and joy , and their own unique place in the world

Dr. S. Renee Mitchell, educator, entrepreneur, and a Pulitzer Prize-nominated former journalist, is the visionary founder of a nationally award-winning and transformative, youth leadership-development initiative called: I Am M.O.R.E. (Making Ourselve... Show more

Lens Niaina

Lens Niaina

I'm the Michael Jordan of the DevOps league

I'm the Michael Jordan of the DevOps league Show more

Nancy Madbouly

Nancy Madbouly

Educating people about tech, working with business to help them thrive.

Educating people about tech, working with business to help them thrive. Show more

Mark Cruth

Mark Cruth

Mark Cruth is an Agile Coach, Scrum Master, Product Owner, and catalyst for change in organizations. Since being introduced to Agile in 2009, Mark has made it his mission to inject the values and principles of Agile into everything he does. He has worked to bring about Agile Transformation for teams across multiple industries, including large manufacturers (Boeing), retailers (Nordstrom), big data (Nielsen), and FinTech (TD Ameritrade). Today Mark works as an Agile Coach for Quicken Loans, as well as operates his own Coaching, Consulting, and Training company called Teal Mavericks, LLC, which is focused on organizational evolution.

Mark Cruth is an Agile Coach, Scrum Master, Product Owner, and catalyst for change in organizations. Since being introduced to Agile in 2009, Mark has made it his mission to inject the values and principles of Agile into everything he does. He has wo... Show more

Ted Spence

Ted Spence

With a diverse background in gaming, market analytics, computer manufacturing, social media networks, and tax calculation, Ted Spence has seen generations of programming styles go in and out of fashion. He currently lives in West Seattle and teaches at Bellevue College.

With a diverse background in gaming, market analytics, computer manufacturing, social media networks, and tax calculation, Ted Spence has seen generations of programming styles go in and out of fashion. He currently lives in West Seattle and teaches... Show more

Kara Ieva

Kara Ieva

Kara Ieva (she/her/ella) holds many identities. In addition to being a wife, mom, advocate, and co-conspirator in working to dismantle oppressive educational practices, policies, and systems, she is a Professor in the Counseling in Educational Settings program at Rowan University. Her educational career spans over 25 years as a former Spanish teacher, administrator, school counselor, and counselor educator. Kara uses her research for advocacy by using asset-based approaches to empower student agency while promoting equity and wellness (academic and mental health). Her specific interests include social emotional development (with students, in classrooms, embedded in content, educator SEL, and systemic tiered interventions centered on promoting healthy identities. She consults and delivers professional development nationally to PK-12 counselors, teachers, and administrators on strategies for cultivating a safe, equitable, and inclusive mental health and neurodiverse cultures in schools.

Kara Ieva (she/her/ella) holds many identities. In addition to being a wife, mom, advocate, and co-conspirator in working to dismantle oppressive educational practices, policies, and systems, she is a Professor in the Counseling in Educational Settin... Show more

Trygve Cossette

Trygve Cossette

Trygve Cossette is the Head of Research at ExplainIt.ai. Trygve is a long-time citizen-researcher with experience in crowd research, change management and organizational development. He brings a techno-functional mindset to deploying AI as a problem solving and decision making tool.

Trygve Cossette is the Head of Research at ExplainIt.ai. Trygve is a long-time citizen-researcher with experience in crowd research, change management and organizational development. He brings a techno-functional mindset to deploying AI as a problem... Show more

Luis Berumen

Luis Berumen

Calgary-based UX Design Leader with over 20 years of experience in leadership and product design, working with large corporations, governments, and small startups in Latin America, North America, and Europe.

Calgary-based UX Design Leader with over 20 years of experience in leadership and product design, working with large corporations, governments, and small startups in Latin America, North America, and Europe. Show more

Soren Hamby

Soren Hamby

20 years of graphic design, 10 years of product design, and experience with inclusion, accessibility, and design community.

Soren designs inclusive and accessible systems, communities, and products. They most recently have been spending their time consulting big brands on inclusive design decisions, mitigating financial Inequality, and championing accessibility. They also guest speak, educate, consult, and write about inclusive design, employee equity in tech, and accessibility. Otherwise, you can find them eating large amounts of plants and collecting enamel pins in the NYC metro.

20 years of graphic design, 10 years of product design, and experience with inclusion, accessibility, and design community. Soren designs inclusive and accessible systems, communities, and products. They most recently have been spending their time... Show more

Chakshu Gupta

Chakshu Gupta

PhD candidate in the Semantics, Cybersecurity and Services group at the University of Twente. Former software developer and TedX speaker. Advocate for Women in STEM.

PhD candidate in the Semantics, Cybersecurity and Services group at the University of Twente. Former software developer and TedX speaker. Advocate for Women in STEM. Show more

Barry Tandy

Barry Tandy

I have the most fun baking sourdough bread and smoking meats. I've been directly involved in software engineering for 16+ years in various roles and industries, Banking being the most significant.

I'm a Value Stream Orchestrator at Sauce Labs with a team of wonderful coaches working with our leaders and teams. I work with Leadership at a Value Stream level, focusing on the whole system, not just Engineering.

I have the most fun baking sourdough bread and smoking meats. I've been directly involved in software engineering for 16+ years in various roles and industries, Banking being the most significant. I'm a Value Stream Orchestrator at Sauce Labs wit... Show more

Carolin Goethel

Carolin Goethel

Carolin Goethel is a facilitator, community weaver and Germany activation lead at The Week. She offers transformative educational experiences for nourishing regenerative cultures and building a life-enhancing future. Inspired by her anthropology studies, her work in leadership education and her passion for deep ecology, she has developed a diverse toolbox for deep culture change.

Carolin Goethel is a facilitator, community weaver and Germany activation lead at The Week. She offers transformative educational experiences for nourishing regenerative cultures and building a life-enhancing future. Inspired by her anthropology stud... Show more

Martin Payette

Martin Payette

Martin holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from University of Ottawa since 2019.

Throughout Martin’s 25-year career, he led teams with a collaborative and continuous improvement mindset in the fields of banking, telecommunications, higher education, and manufacturing. He occupied various leadership roles within different organizations in IT infrastructure, cybersecurity and data management where he played a key role in the success of transformational mandates. He is currently leading the Master Data Management program with his colleague Maxime Clerk-Lamalice at National Bank of Canada.

In his spare time, Martin enjoys travelling through Europe, reading and practising martial arts. He has a stepdaughter whom he is guiding through the completion of her graduate degree in biomedical engineering.

Martin holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from University of Ottawa since 2019. Throughout Martin’s 25-year career, he led teams with a collaborative and continuous improvement mindset in the fields of banking, telecommunications, hig... Show more

Dustin Turska

Dustin Turska

Father of 4, I entered into the web3 space due to the potential for great change in the world I saw in NFTs. I am a self made dev, sole founder, marketer, artist for KronicKatz, and have 4 beautiful children and an amazing wife who all have their own NFT projects and active roles in the space.

Father of 4, I entered into the web3 space due to the potential for great change in the world I saw in NFTs. I am a self made dev, sole founder, marketer, artist for KronicKatz, and have 4 beautiful children and an amazing wife who all have their own... Show more

Joanna Prieto

Joanna Prieto

Speaker, coach y y consultora de Liderazgo, Tecnología y equidad, soy Humanista Digital y Co CEO de Geek Girls LatAm.

Speaker, coach y y consultora de Liderazgo, Tecnología y equidad, soy Humanista Digital y Co CEO de Geek Girls LatAm. Show more

Sasha Lipskaia

Sasha Lipskaia

Sasha Lipskaia, M.A. ICF ACC, is the world’s top intuitive mindset and purposeful leadership coach and mentor to high-performing people who want to discover their true power and live their life’s purpose with embodied purpose, confidence, esteem, and trust.

Over the past 10+ years, she has intimately guided over a hundred CEOs, healers, and leaders across four continents to optimize their mindset, health, and performance and learn to trust their gut so they can manage stress and prevent burnout and confidently create the impact they want to achieve with embodied confidence, purpose, and power.

Sasha has been featured on Yahoo Finance, BusinessTalk Radio, Canvas Rebel Magazine, Authority magazine, and Best Self Magazine, and is a regular guest on high-ranking podcasts on the subjects of mindset, confidence, intuitive development, leadership, tantric sexual energy alchemy, and spiritual growth.

Sasha Lipskaia, M.A. ICF ACC, is the world’s top intuitive mindset and purposeful leadership coach and mentor to high-performing people who want to discover their true power and live their life’s purpose with embodied purpose, confidence, esteem, and... Show more

Timmy Wahba

Timmy Wahba

A civilian with no ties to Defense, knee-deep in the NYC startup ecosystem on both sides of the table, crawled out of this innovation culture to a more meaningful one that serves the public good and national interest. This is defense entrepreneurship.

Professionally Timothy Wahba serves as President of the Columbia Angels, where alumni of Columbia University invest in the startup and venture ecosystem together. Timmy Wahba was previously chief Executive of Beast Enterprises, a New York City-based venture studio, and corporate strategy advisory firm.

After a year-long critical illness in 2022, Timmy Wahba pivoted toward Defense Tech & National Security Innovation. Deeply interested in finding novel solutions to solve the valley of death from a realist and pragmatic perspective. He is a current National Security Innovation Network (NSIN) Foundry 2023 cohort member. He is also a member and an organizer of the Defense Entrepreneurs Forum. He is also building strengthen.us, a community of deep-tech researchers, defense innovators, and investors.

Timmy Wahba is a Columbia MBA, specializing in entrepreneurial finance and private equity with an undergraduate Bachelor's in Political Science from
New York University.

Outside of Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital - while under the age of 18, Timmy Wahba was a curious digital native hacking dark parts of the internet for fun. That interest necessitated a transition to a lifelong interest and specialization in white-hat Cyber Intelligence Threat Analysis, Open Source Intelligence, Heavy Metal & Fishing (naturally.)

A civilian with no ties to Defense, knee-deep in the NYC startup ecosystem on both sides of the table, crawled out of this innovation culture to a more meaningful one that serves the public good and national interest. This is defense entrepreneurship... Show more

Daniela Elia

Daniela Elia

Daniela Elia is a data science leader with many years of industry experience working primarily in large financial institutions in the UK and Australia. Her passion for data and how we can use it to understand society has led her to pursue a Ph.D. in Behavioral Data Science at the University of Technology Sydney. When not crunching numbers, she enjoys competing in long-distance running events.

Daniela Elia is a data science leader with many years of industry experience working primarily in large financial institutions in the UK and Australia. Her passion for data and how we can use it to understand society has led her to pursue a Ph.D. in ... Show more

Qin En Looi

Qin En Looi

Qin En Looi is a Principal at Saison Capital where he actively leads pre-seed and seed investments in web3 startups globally, with a focus in Southeast Asia and India. To-date, he has invested in more than 30+ web3 companies, and actively supports them in community building, branding and recruiting.

Qin En was previously the Co-Founder and COO at Glints, the leading talent ecosystem in Southeast Asia. During his tenure, he was recognised by Forbes 30 Under 30 and Entrepreneurs 27 Under 27 for being one of the youngest founders to have raised venture capital in Southeast Asia.

In his personal time, Qin En is also the creator and host of Parents in Tech, a podcast for parents in Southeast Asia that has topped charts in Singapore, Indonesia and Philippines.

Qin En Looi is a Principal at Saison Capital where he actively leads pre-seed and seed investments in web3 startups globally, with a focus in Southeast Asia and India. To-date, he has invested in more than 30+ web3 companies, and actively supports th... Show more

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