Past Speakers

In 2025 we welcomed:

  • Jimmy Ba

    Co-Founder of xAI

  • Bonny Simi

    President of Operations & Board Member of Joby Aviation

  • Esther Dyson

    Author, Term Limits: A Design For Living In The Age of AI 2026

  • Brano Perkovich

    Chief Investment Officer at the 49ers

  • Ira Ehrenpreis

    Managing Partner at DBL Partners

  • Yvette Kanouff

    General Partner at JC2 Ventures

  • Arvind Purushotham

    Global Head of CIti Vetures

  • Megann Vaughn Watters

    Co-Founder of Labcorp Venture Fund

  • Bill Taranto

    Founder, President & General Partner of Merck Global Health Innovation Fund

  • Jack Cassel

    SVP at Nasdaq

  • Quennie Co

    Managing Director of Shell Ventures

  • Steve Westly

    Founder of The Westly Group

  • Austin Noronha

    Managing Director of Sony Innovation Fund

  • Gareth Burns

    Vice President, bp Ventures

  • Jason Bieber

    VP of New Business Ventures at NBA

  • Jim Mawson

    Founder & CEO of GCV

  • Meghan McKenna

    Founder of the FIF Collective

  • Michael Spirito

    Founding Partner of Sapphire Sport

  • Sagi Paz

    Global Head of AMD Ventures

  • Sivan Zamir

    VP of Early Stage Innovation & CVC at Xylem

  • Ian Goldstein

    Partner at Fenwick

  • Jeff Baglio

    Partner at DLA Piper

  • Nicolas Sauvage

    President at TDK Ventures

  • Sandi Knox

    Partner at Sidley

  • Neal Hansch

    CEO & Managing Partner of Silicon Foundry

  • Terry Doyle

    Managing Partner at Telus Ventures

  • John Glushik

    Managing Director at HG Ventures

  • Liz Arrington

    GCV Institute

  • George Kellerman

    VP, Head of Investments & Acquisitions at Woven Capital

  • Craig Schedler

    Venture Partner at Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures

  • Ryan Falvey

    Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Restive Ventures

  • Rob Carlson

    Partner at Sidley

  • Kei Onishi

    CEO & Managing Partner at Yamaha Motor Ventures

  • Joanna Strober

    CEO of Midi Health

  • Einat Meisel

    Partner at Fenwick

  • Katie Gray

    Senior Partner at In-Q-Tel

  • Alan Lee

    CTO of Analog Devices

  • James Macon

    Partner, Venture Investing at Mach49

  • Andrew Ng

    Founding General Partner of AI Fund

  • Mike Smeed

    Managing Director of InMotion Ventures

  • Justin Watkins

    Partner at Faegre Drinker

  • Greg Heibel

    Partner at Orrick

  • Jonathan Sagot

    Partner at Fenwick

  • Eric Buatois

    General Partner at BGV

  • Marc van den Berg

    Global Managing Director of Ventures at Climate Investment

  • Barrie Laver

    Managing Director and Head of Venture Capital & Private Equity at RBC

  • James Fischer

    Partner at DLA Piper

  • Samir A. Gandhi

    Partner at Sidley

  • Ellen Ehrenpreis

    Partner at Orrick

  • Eric Truebenbach

    Managing Director of Teradyne Robotics Ventures

  • Fred Schonenberg

    Founder & CEO of VentureFuel

  • Jamie Fronvkowiak

    Director of Product and CRM Lead at Affinity

  • Jeffrey Li

    Managing Partner at Tencent Investment

  • John Patrin

    Senior Director of Corporate Innovation & Ventures at Lubrizol

  • Kristin Seeger

    Partner at Orrick

  • Mas Sakamoto

    Operating Partner at BGV

  • Michiko Kato

    Partner at Woven Capital

  • Mirriam-Grace MacIntyre

    Executive Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC)

  • Patrick Hutson

    Board Member at aiComply and Brig. Gen., U.S. Army (ret.)

  • Patrick FitzGerald

    Partner at Mach49

  • Samir Bakhru

    Partner at Orrick

  • Shannon Yavorsky

    Partner at Orrick

  • Yael Perl

    Partner at Orrick

  • Erik Pena

    Global Head of Market Development at NYSE

  • Holly Walters

    Chief Information Officer, Toyota Motor North America and Board Director for Woven by Toyota

  • Peter Wozny

    Head of Legal at Btomorrow Ventures

  • Raymond Zheng

    Senior Managing Director, Corporate Venturing and Open Innovation at Honda Xcelerate Ventures

  • Yvonne Lutsch

    Investment Director at Lam Capital

  • Yuichi Ando

    Head of Silicon Valley Office at Japan Post Co., Ltd.

  • Eugenio Gonzalez

    Partner at Plug & Play Ventures

  • Talia Abramowitz

    Managing Partner at Deloitte Ventures

  • Matt McLeod

    Investments - AI at Global Affairs Canada

  • Dina Routhier

    President of Stanley Ventures

  • John Eliason

    Partner at Orrick

  • Faizan Muhammad

    Investment Director of FirstGroup Energy Limited

  • David Blakely

    EVP of Mach49

  • Chad Bown

    Managing Director at bp Ventures

  • Ilya Strebulaev

    Professor of Finance and Private Equity at Stanford Graduate School of Business

  • Marc Silberman

    Partner at Comcast Ventures

  • Rohit Nuwal

    Partner & Investment Director at TELUS Ventures

  • Amanda Garrison

    Director of Ventures at Eli Lilly

  • Nan Zhou

    Director of Qualcomm Ventures

  • Luca Gori

    Partner at DLA Piper

  • Nao Shibata

    Visiting Associate from Marubeni

  • Laura Plunkett

    Vice President Startup Engagement, and Head of Comcast NBCUniversal LIFT Lab

  • Maija Palmer

    Editor at GCV

  • Bhakti Vithalani

    CEO of Bigspring

  • Michael Stewart

    Managing Partner at M12

  • Phoebe Wang

    Investment Partner at Amazon Climate Pledge Fund

  • Quinn Li

    Global Head of Qualcomm Ventures

  • Saket Modi

    CEO of Safe Security

  • Simone Sassoli

    CEO of Virsec

  • Vijay Balasubramaniyan

    CEO of Pindrop

  • Zac Padgett

    Partner at Orrick

  • Ron Gonen

    Managing Director at Allianz Strategic Ventures

  • Anila Joshi

    AWS Generative AI Innovation Center, AWS

  • Akif Malik

    Managing Partner at Podium VC

  • Robert Scoble

    Innovation Futurist