Local Keynote Speakers in San Francisco, California
Got a Bay Area-based event? From experts in disruptive technology and preventative medicine to artificial intelligence and innovative marketing, San Francisco is home to a wide-array of talented speakers. At Leading Authorities, our team of experts will help you find the perfect speaker for your event, no matter its type or topic. And, by booking local, you'll save money on speaker travel and logistical fees! Check out our extensive roster of San Franciscan keynote speakers below, and click on individual speaker pages for more information on each speaker.
Alex Stamos
Former Chief of Security at Facebook & Stanford University Professor
- Local: $20,001 - $35,000*
- US East: $20,001 - $35,000*
- US West: $20,001 - $35,000*
- Europe: $35,001 - $55,000*
- Asia: $35,001 - $55,000*
Alex Stamos
Susan Desmond-Hellmann
Former CEO, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Local: $35,001 - $55,000*
- US East: $75,001 and up*
- US West: $55,001 - $75,000*
- Europe: $75,001 and up*
- Asia: $75,001 and up*
Susan Desmond-Hellmann
Michael Coates
Former CISO at Twitter and Former Head of Security at Mozilla
- Local: $10,001 - $20,000*
- US East: $20,001 - $35,000*
- US West: $20,001 - $35,000*
- Europe: Please Inquire
- Asia: Please Inquire
Michael Coates
Poppy Crum
Expert in Technology-Driven Innovation & Human Evolution, Stanford University Adjunct Professor, Chief Scientist at Dolby Laboratories, Neuroscientist, and Technologist
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Poppy Crum
Neil Jacobstein
Chair of the Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Track at Singularity University
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Neil Jacobstein
Neil Jacobstein is the chair of the Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Track at Singularity University, an organization whose founders hail from Google and the X PRIZE Foundation and has a goal “to educate, inspire and empower a new generation of leaders to apply exponential technologies to address humanity’s grand challenges.” Jacobstein shares one of the most thoughtful and up-to-date looks at the future of technology and how it will impact a variety of industries. He explores innovation, disruption, and artificial intelligence as he offers audience a glimpse into the future and its real-world applications.
Michael Steep
Executive Director, Stanford Engineering Center for Disruptive Technology and Digital Cities, and Former SVP of Global Business Operations at PARC Xerox
- Local: $20,001 - $35,000*
- US East: $35,001 - $55,000*
- US West: $35,001 - $55,000*
- Europe: $20,001 - $35,000*
- Asia: $35,001 - $55,000*
Michael Steep
Michael (Mike) Steep is the executive director of Stanford Engineering School's Center for Disruptive Technology and Digital Cities and the former senior vice president of global business operations at innovation mega-hub, PARC Xerox. He draws on first-hand experience and anecdotes from time spent with the biggest names in Silicon Valley to instruct audiences on how to get ahead of disruptive innovation. Viewing new technology as opportunity, Mike highlights the importance of allowing innovation to trump company culture and legacies—and not the other way around.
Farhad Manjoo
Columnist, New York Times
- Local: $10,001 - $20,000*
- US East: $20,001 - $35,000*
- US West: $10,001 - $20,000*
- Europe: $20,001 - $35,000*
- Asia: $35,001 - $55,000*
Farhad Manjoo
Curt Cronin
Expert on Leading High-Performance Teams, Former Navy SEAL
- Local: $10,001 - $20,000*
- US East: $10,001 - $20,000*
- US West: $10,001 - $20,000*
- Europe: $10,001 - $20,000*
- Asia: $10,001 - $20,000*
Curt Cronin
David Pottruck
Repeat Best-Selling Author and Former CEO of Charles Schwab
- Local: $35,001 - $55,000*
- US East: $35,001 - $55,000*
- US West: $35,001 - $55,000*
- Europe: $55,001 - $75,000*
- Asia: $55,001 - $75,000*
David Pottruck
Jane Chen
Founder and CEO, Embrace
- Local: $10,001 - $20,000*
- US East: $10,001 - $20,000*
- US West: $10,001 - $20,000*
- Europe: Please Inquire
- Asia: Please Inquire
Jane Chen
Jane Chen is the co-founder and CEO of Embrace, a social enterprise that aims to help the 15 million premature and low birth-weight babies born every year, through a low-cost infant warmer. The Embrace infant warmer costs about 1% of a traditional incubator and is estimated to have helped over 250,000 babies to date. Most recently, Embrace Innovations launched a new line of baby products for the US market called Little Lotus Baby, which uses NASA inspired technology to keep babies at the perfect temperature so they can sleep better. They are using buy-one, give-one model: for every product sold, a baby is helped in a developing country by the Embrace infant warmer.
Gurpreet Dhaliwal
Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and Expert on Decision-Making and How People Think
- Local: $10,001 - $20,000*
- US East: $10,001 - $20,000*
- US West: $10,001 - $20,000*
- Europe: Please Inquire
- Asia: Please Inquire
Gurpreet Dhaliwal
Gurpreet Dhaliwal, MD, is a clinician-educator and associate professor of clinical medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. He studies how doctors think – how they diagnose, how they make treatment decisions, and how they develop expertise. Considered one of the most skillful diagnosticians and clinician-educators in the U.S. today, he regularly mesmerizes audiences of hundreds of medical professionals as he correctly diagnoses cases meant to stump participants.
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