Humanities & Social Sciences
Esteemed speakers contributing their insights into human culture, behavior, and societal development
Cathrin is a professor for applied computer science, teaching how to create distributed applications and building web and mobile apps. She loves sharing pitfalls and lessons learned from more than 10 years in IT consulting. Show more
Jessica Katz is passionate about the development of consent-filled environments, accelerating organizational growth, and enhancing effective leadership. She leverages her deep expertise in navigating complex, non-traditional relationships to revoluti... Show more
For the last 10 years, Carolina has worked as a clinical psychologist decoding the human mind; now, she’s using that expertise to revolutionize public speaking training. Mixing her talent development knowledge, mindfulness, and her background in ... Show more
Chris is the Founder and Data Scientist at Surface Owl, where he focuses on machine learning and data science to develop a transformative decision support platform and implement digital transformation programs for clients. As an active contributor to... Show more
Giovanni is Head of Agile Transformation at Entain Italy. He spent the last 6 years as an Agile Coach consultant, after leading for 7 years digital products development in a multinational company. His focus is on building autonomy, aligning culture a... Show more
Dane Maddams, named one of Amplitude’s Product 50 leaders, is a Director of Product at Culture Amp specialising in HR tech. He operates at the intersection of product strategy and organisational psychology, leveraging 1.5 billion data points on workp... Show more
Dan Rochon, founder of the Consistent and Predictable Income (CPI) Community, believes that with the right tools, mentorship, and training, you can learn to influence human behavior and achieve your fullest potential—and you can inspire others to do ... Show more

Kevin Wilkie
Sherpa of Data in all of it's various forms, i.e. Power BI, Tableau, R, SQL Server, Oracle, PostGres, etc...
Kevin has been wrangling data and dodging dirty reads for over 15 years — back when SQL Server 6.5 was considered "modern" and query tuning meant praying to the optimizer gods. His journey began as an "Accidental DBA" — one misfired report and sud... Show more
Nick Nisi is an elite software engineer who is a veteran of open source web development, a lover of karaoke, an advocate for diversity in tech, a conference organizer extraordinaire, a lover of new experiences, and a beacon of expertise, kindness and... Show more
Paul is a Computer Science graduate from the University of Jos and holds global certifications as a trainer from both Microsoft and Google. He is also certified in artificial intelligence and cybersecurity by IBM, bringing extensive expertise in the ... Show more

Gwénaëlle Hirrien
Groupe Néosoft - Practice Leader Agile & Responsible Digital Lead | Professional Coach | “Green Agile” Speaker | Pro Animatrice de Fresques
After an atypical career in law, the arts and video games, I chose to retrain in development. My desire to promote continuous improvement and communication led me to become a Scrum Master, Agile Coach, Systemic Professional Coach and Responsible Digi... Show more
Mercy is an accomplished technical writer with over a year of professional experience in the field. Throughout her career, she has collaborated with various companies, specializing in enhancing and revitalizing their blogs and technical documentation... Show more
Dr. Rolando Masís-Obando is a filmmaker, author, entrepreneur, and computational neuroscientist at Johns Hopkins University. Rolando uses VR/AR, EEG, fMRI, AI, machine learning, and brain-computer-interface type methods to study how contexts shape th... Show more
Convinced Agilist, motivated by small daily victories, amazed by life, and inhabited by the values of the Agile Manifesto centered on people, respect, kindness and continuous improvement. I put my skills and experience at the service of those who s... Show more
Nicholas is a British IT engineer living in Japan, early adopter of tech, early discarder of tech, legacy user and Head of Global Support for TI Tokyo, running the team that provides 24/7/365 Enterprise Grade support for Riak and OpenRiak. On the ope... Show more
He studied Software Engineering at the Vienna University of Technology. Early in his career, he worked as a tutor and later as an assistant lecturer on courses such as "Software Engineering and Project Management" and "Quality Software Engineering... Show more
Desarrolladora web con 5 años de experiencia. Actualmente me desempeño como software developer en LATAM Airlines. En mi tiempo libre, estoy enfocada en explorar el cruce entre Web y AI, buscando cómo estas tecnologías pueden mejorar la experiencia... Show more
During my studies I discovered my enthusiasm for technology, innovation and programming. After a few years in larger corporations such as Continental and IBM, I moved to the IT service provider MaibornWolff. Today, I work there as a software engineer... Show more
Layshi Curbelo is a user experience designer specializing in digital accessibility, with a focus on creating inclusive solutions with high return on investment (ROI). She holds a Bachelor's degree in Advertising, a Master's degree in Education with a... Show more
Geoffrey Klein works with organizations to communicate more effectively. He is a dynamic keynote speaker, TEDx presenter, MIT AI-certified consultant, and best-selling author of THE CONTENT BEAST. He teaches at the Wharton School of Business and... Show more

Aishat Muibudeen
Open Source Design Maintainer | Code of Conduct Committee (CoC) | Technical Steering Committee (TSC) at AsyncAPI Initiative | Contributor at CHAOSS & Knative
Aishat Muibudeen is a Design Maintainer and core team member at AsyncAPI, where she also serves on the Technical Steering Committee and Code of Conduct Committee. She contributes to open source projects like CHAOSS and Knative and is a founder of Ope... Show more

Russell Cotter
I love to lead people to their “aha!” moments right now, to prevent the “bummer!” moments in the future.
Russell has worked with people to bring out their best, in ways to improve their value, to overcome challenges and to make those “aha!” moments come to life, in Australia and the US. Russell’s unicorn-like approaches to people engagement, collabo... Show more
Xiaoji Song (she/they) is an artist, (interdisciplinary) researcher, and creative practitioner based in Berlin. Growing up in China and trained in Europe, Xiaoji works on socially relevant and community-specific experiences, often with the local netw... Show more
I am a Senior Researcher at Bruno Kessler Foundation and Chief Scientific Officer at Pulse.io. I obtained my PhD in November 2023 from the Faculty of Computer Science at the Free University of Bolzano. During my PhD, I was a Visitor Researcher at MI... Show more
Stephen is an author, speaker and accomplished and award-winning leader with over twenty years of experience in complex, uncertain and high-scale technical organisations. Across diverse sectors, including information technology, healthcare, banki... Show more
Mette is a subject matter expert in stress prevention, conducting talks and workshops for international companies. She is a certified Mindfulness instructor, with “MBSR in Mind-Body Medicine” from Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, and trains weekly with Saki San... Show more
Candice Grobler is the founder of Candid Collab, a systems-savvy community consultancy helping solo founders and stretched teams build community-led marketing engines that scale revenue. After a CPTSD diagnosis and a “you’re unemployable” jab from... Show more

Lolu Olufemi
People-centric Change Management Leader | 18+ years Big 4 | Public Speaker & Consultant| Navigate change with purpose and clarity
Lolu Olufemi a.k.a Lolu Lessons is a Change Management Speaker, Consultant and Coach, helping organisations and individuals unlock their potential to navigate change with purpose and clarity. Raised in Scotland, born in Nigeria, and having lived ... Show more
Tonya Murphy brings over a decade of nonprofit leadership and community engagement expertise to audiences seeking to create meaningful social impact. As a Navy spouse of over 20 years and mother of three, she understands firsthand the challenges and ... Show more
- Chief AI Officer & Automation Strategist - trained 10,000+ people globally - helped Google, Volvo, Heygen, ex corporate trainer - tested 500+ AI tools & 1000s of prompts - started AI in 2019: Master’s Thesis in chatbot communication. Show more
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