Vernice "FlyGirl" Armour

America’s First Black Female Combat Pilot, Former Marine & Cop; Author of "Zero to Breakthrough”

Creating the Breakthrough

Gabrielle Union

Actress, Voice Artist, Activist, Author & Investor

Carly Fiorina

Businesswoman, First Woman to Lead a Fortune Top 20 Company & Former CEO of HP

Alice Waters

Executive Chef, Founder & Owner of Chez Panisse; Sustainable Agriculture Advocate

Kimberly Bryant

Founder & CEO of Ascend Ventures & Black Innovation Lab; Founder of Black Girls CODE

Jennifer Hyman

Award-Winning Co-Founder & CEO of Rent the Runway, Gender Equality Advocate

Dr. Jackie Freiberg

Corporate Culture & Leadership Strategist, Best-Selling Author of "Do Something Now"

Sharon Gai

E-commerce Expert; Artificial Intelligence in Business; Former Director of Global Key Accounts at the Alibaba Group

Techsylvania 2023

Kanya Balakrishna

Co-Founder & CEO of The Future Project; Youth Empowerment & Education Advocate

Amy Purdy

Former "Dancing with the Stars" Contestant & Paralympic Professional Snowboarder

Lori Cheek

Architect; Entrepreneur; Founder & CEO of Cheekd

Alexandra Cousteau

Environmental Activist, Storyteller & Ocean Advocate

Olympia LePoint

Former NASA Rocket Scientist, Author, TED Speaker & Artificial Intelligence Ethics Professor

Olympia LePoint Science News

Gloria Allred

Renowned Women's Rights Attorney; Subject of Netflix Documentary "Seeing Allred"

Shekinah Elmore

Oncologist; Dedicated to Pursuing Equity & Empathy in Oncology Care

Sherry Lansing

Former CEO of Paramount Pictures & Founder of The Sherry Lansing Foundation

Tiffany Shlain

Founder of The Webby Awards; Emmy-Nominated Filmmaker, Bestselling Author, Internet Pioneer & Futurist

Joanna Peña-Bickley

Founder & CEO of Vibes Ai, Founder & Fellow of A.I. Design Corps Host of "DesignedBy.Show" Podcast

Joanna Peña-Bickley – Empowered by wearable tech | The Conference 2015

Jon Bergmann

Pioneer of the Flipped Class Movement & Bestselling Author of "Flip Your Classroom"; Member of the TED-Education Advisory Board

Joy Buolamwini

Founder of Algorithmic Justice League & Researcher at MIT Media Lab

Amanda Gore

CEO of The Joy Project; Author & Psychologist; Emotional Intelligence and Performance Expert

Majora Carter

Real Estate Developer, Peabody Award-Winning Broadcaster & Urban Revitalization Strategy Consultant

Brian Solis

Digital Analyst, Futurist & Author of "What's the Future of Business: Changing the Way Businesses Create Experiences"

Mae Jemison

First Black Woman in Space & Former NASA Astronaut; National Women's & International Space Hall of Famer Founder, 100 Year Starship

Sylvia Earle

Explorer-in-Residence at National Geographic & Oceanographer; Former Chief Scientist of the NOAA

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

Marine Biologist, Conservation Strategist, Founder & CEO of Ocean Collectiv

What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures

Gitanjali Rao

Inventor, Futurist & Scientist; Developer of Anti-Cyberbullying Software Kindly; TIME Magazine's 1st Ever "Kid of the Year" in 2020, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency President’s Environmental Youth Award Recipient

Teen creates AI code to battle cyberbullying

Aprille Ericsson

Rocket Scientist, Technologist & STEM Educator

Ayanna Howard

Pioneering Innovator, Entrepreneur & Inventor of Robotic Technologies & Artificial Intelligence; Dean of the College of Engineering, The Ohio State University

Sex, Race, and Robots: How to Be Human in the Age of AI

Kristie Kennedy

Women's Worth & Wellness Expert, TEDx Audacious Leadership Transformational Speaker