Keep reading to learn more about each of these fabulous\u00a0female technology speakers\u00a0and click on the links below to browse through each of their individual speaker profile pages and find out more about their speaking topics and expertise.<\/p>\n\n
SCIENTIST AND DOCTOR TECHNOLOGY SPEAKERS<\/h2>\n\n
These women in tech use their personal brand and insights on advisory boards and are great virtual keynote speaker options.<\/p>\n\n
Dr. Poppy Crum<\/a>\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\n\nChief Scientist at Dolby Laboratories, Neuroscientist, Technologist, &\u00a0Stanford University Adjunct Professor\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\nDr. Poppy Crum<\/a>\u00a0is a visionary futurist and neuroscientist whose work sits at the intersection of technology advancement and human evolution. Highly regarded in both the technology sector and academic circles, she is an Adjunct Professor in Computer Research at Stanford University and the Chief Scientist at Dolby Laboratories, a leading global innovator and developer of audio, imaging, and voice technologies. An advocate for the kind of technology that learns more about us as we use it, Dr. Crum works to bridge the gap between rapidly evolving technology and insightful, more effective human interaction. At Dolby, she builds technologies that best leverage human physiology to enhance our experiences and the ways we interact with our world, using a deep understanding of human behavior, personalized data, and technologies including wearable technology, immersive technology, AI and machine-learning, and AR and VR to power industry innovation. Dr. Crum\u2019s presentations focus on how personalized technology will continue to shape us as humans, what a future world where we use technology to make ourselves\u00a0more\u00a0<\/i>human, and not less, might look like, and the ways industries and organizations should be thinking about using technology to make human life better.\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0See more on Dr. Crum here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\nWatch below as Dr. Crum explains how humans will evolve with technology.<\/p>\n\n
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Dr. Kate Darling<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<\/a>Leading Expert in Social Robotics & MIT Media Lab Research Specialist<\/b><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\nDr. Kate Darling<\/a>, one of the world’s leading experts in robotics and human-robot interactions, is a research specialist at MIT, a former Harvard business professor, and a former Yale fellow. She studies emerging artificial intelligence (AI) and automation technology and the ways these breakthroughs will impact human beings, industries, and societies in the near-term future. |\u00a0See more on Dr. Darling here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\nTECHNOLOGY CEO SPEAKERS<\/h2>\n\n
These corporate executives have been responsible for chief strategy and acted as a CEO and founder within their organization. As executive coach or executive director, they have used their leadership role to improve opportunities for women, as well as worked in social business or nonprofit organizations.<\/p>\n\n
Charlotte Pearce<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<\/a>CEO & Founder of Inkpact<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\nMulti-award winning tech entrepreneur,\u00a0Charlotte Pearce<\/a>, 26, is the founder and CEO of Inkpact, an innovative technology platform that allows brands to embed thoughtfulness and care into their marketing strategies at scale. Inspired by entrepreneurship from a young age, Charlotte is now on a mission to bring the heart and head of business together.\u00a0With a passion for technology, social impact, and doing things differently, Charlotte has built a multi-million-pound company from the ground up at the young age of 23. She is considered “one to watch” by Richard Branson and has been named in the\u00a0Forbes’<\/em>\u00a0“30 under 30” list, the Maserati 100, and in the Young Entrepreneurs lists. Charlotte is considered amongst the 15 most influential women in technology in the world, alongside Sheryl Sandberg. She has been featured in\u00a0Stylist<\/em>,\u00a0The Sunday Times<\/em>,\u00a0Forbes<\/em>,\u00a0The Guardian<\/em>, and many more. As a\u00a0Forbes<\/em>\u00a0contributor with a regular column on humans and technology, she is passionate about the future of business communication. |\u00a0See more on Charlotte here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n![\"Charlotte](\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/Pearce-Charlotte-Tech-CEO-Speaker.png\")
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Kimberly Bryant<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<\/a>Founder & CEO of Black Girls CODE and Aspen Institute Fellow<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\nKimberly Bryant<\/a>\u00a0is an African American electrical engineer who worked in the biotechnology field at Genentech, Novartis Vaccines, Diagnostics, and Merck across the last 25+ years. This nationally-recognized social innovator founded Black Girls CODE, a non-profit organization and\u00a0training course that teaches basic programming concepts to black girls who are underrepresented in technology careers to increase the number of girls in tech. Through Black Girls CODE, described by Oprah as \u201cthe first organization of its kind,\u201d Kimberly works to develop our leaders of the future and increase opportunities for women and girls in the tech industry. With firsthand insights into the challenges women of color in the STEM field face, her mission is to provide young girls from underrepresented communities opportunities to learn in-demand skills while providing guidance and encouragement. She inspires others to become change agents by pushing through traditional boundaries and perceived limitations to help drive change in our world. |\u00a0See more on Kimberly here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\nClara Shih<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<\/a>CEO & Founder of Hearsay Labs<\/b><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\nNamed one of\u00a0Fortune<\/i>\u2019s \u201cMost Powerful Women Entrepreneurs\u201d and\u00a0Fast Company\u2019s\u00a0<\/i>\u201cMost Influential People in Technology,\u201d\u00a0Clara Shih<\/a>\u00a0is credited with launching the first business app on Facebook and \u201ckickstarting the social business applications movement.\u201d The founder and CEO of a leading software company which develops social CRM applications, she talks about using technology to enhance relationships, sales, marketing, and more.\u00a0|\u00a0See more on Clara here.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\nKate Ancketill<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<\/a>Innovation Expert and Founder & CEO of GDR Creative Intelligence<\/b><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\nKate Ancketill<\/a>\u00a0is the brains and driving force behind GDR Creative Intelligence, a globally-recognised consultancy focused on innovation and emerging trends in retail, leisure, and hospitality around the world. She has worked with an impressive roster of major global brands, including Microsoft, P&G, InterContinental Hotels, Hilton, LVMH, McDonald\u2019s, Capital One, Macy\u2019s, Chanel, Estee Lauder, and Sephora. In eye-opening, informative, and inspirational multi-media presentations, Ancketill shares insights on the technological, human, and spatial innovations that will change the face of retail and hospitality over the next two to five years. She uses carefully selected case studies to illustrate how new technologies and consumer behaviors will impact physical and digital commerce globally.\u00a0|\u00a0See more on Kate here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\nTECHNOLOGY PRODUCT MANAGEMENT SPEAKERS<\/h2>\n\n
These senior product managers, managing partners, and managing directors are crucial to senior management within their organizations, executing software engineering, software development, and business development.<\/p>\n\n
Sheryl Connelly<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<\/a>Manager of Global Trends & Futuring at Ford Motor Company<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\nSheryl Connelly<\/a>\u00a0has served as the in-house futurist for Ford Motor Company for over a decade. In this role, she identifies and analyzes global consumer trends to aide in the discussion of long-term planning and strategy across the entire company, including design, product development, and corporate strategy and help anticipate and predict the needs and desires of consumers.\u00a0|\u00a0See more on Sheryl here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\nElena Corchero<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<\/a>Founder & CEO of Room One<\/b><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\nAn award-winning designer, tech innovator, and TED Talk speaker,\u00a0Elena Corchero<\/a>\u00a0works on product development for major companies such as the London Olympics, BBC, and Hugo Boss. She helps companies rethink client experiences with a bend towards emerging technology and walks audiences through the future of everything from wearable technology to VR and the Internet of Things (IoT). |\u00a0See more on Elena here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\nFUTURE TRENDS AND DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY SPEAKERS<\/h2>\n\n
These futurist speakers are project managers and knowledgeable in economic forums to develop the best tech in Silicon Valley and around the world.<\/p>\n\n
Crystal Washington<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<\/a>Social Media Marketing Strategist & Tech Trends Expert<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\nCrystal Washington<\/a>\u00a0is a social media marketing strategist and tech trends expert. She uses her insights in social media and trends to explain how your company can use the current technology to remain innovative. In her talk, among other things, she explains what the current internet landscape means for recruitment, client engagement, and brand differentiation. |\u00a0See more on Crystal here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n![\"Crystal](\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/Washington-Crystal-Future-Trends-Tech-speaker_0.png\")
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Sophie Hackford<\/a><\/h2>\n\n
Dr. Poppy Crum<\/a>\u00a0is a visionary futurist and neuroscientist whose work sits at the intersection of technology advancement and human evolution. Highly regarded in both the technology sector and academic circles, she is an Adjunct Professor in Computer Research at Stanford University and the Chief Scientist at Dolby Laboratories, a leading global innovator and developer of audio, imaging, and voice technologies. An advocate for the kind of technology that learns more about us as we use it, Dr. Crum works to bridge the gap between rapidly evolving technology and insightful, more effective human interaction. At Dolby, she builds technologies that best leverage human physiology to enhance our experiences and the ways we interact with our world, using a deep understanding of human behavior, personalized data, and technologies including wearable technology, immersive technology, AI and machine-learning, and AR and VR to power industry innovation. Dr. Crum\u2019s presentations focus on how personalized technology will continue to shape us as humans, what a future world where we use technology to make ourselves\u00a0more\u00a0<\/i>human, and not less, might look like, and the ways industries and organizations should be thinking about using technology to make human life better.\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0See more on Dr. Crum here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n Watch below as Dr. Crum explains how humans will evolve with technology.<\/p>\n\n <\/a>Leading Expert in Social Robotics & MIT Media Lab Research Specialist<\/b><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n Dr. Kate Darling<\/a>, one of the world’s leading experts in robotics and human-robot interactions, is a research specialist at MIT, a former Harvard business professor, and a former Yale fellow. She studies emerging artificial intelligence (AI) and automation technology and the ways these breakthroughs will impact human beings, industries, and societies in the near-term future. |\u00a0See more on Dr. Darling here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n These corporate executives have been responsible for chief strategy and acted as a CEO and founder within their organization. As executive coach or executive director, they have used their leadership role to improve opportunities for women, as well as worked in social business or nonprofit organizations.<\/p>\n\n <\/a>CEO & Founder of Inkpact<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n Multi-award winning tech entrepreneur,\u00a0Charlotte Pearce<\/a>, 26, is the founder and CEO of Inkpact, an innovative technology platform that allows brands to embed thoughtfulness and care into their marketing strategies at scale. Inspired by entrepreneurship from a young age, Charlotte is now on a mission to bring the heart and head of business together.\u00a0With a passion for technology, social impact, and doing things differently, Charlotte has built a multi-million-pound company from the ground up at the young age of 23. She is considered “one to watch” by Richard Branson and has been named in the\u00a0Forbes’<\/em>\u00a0“30 under 30” list, the Maserati 100, and in the Young Entrepreneurs lists. Charlotte is considered amongst the 15 most influential women in technology in the world, alongside Sheryl Sandberg. She has been featured in\u00a0Stylist<\/em>,\u00a0The Sunday Times<\/em>,\u00a0Forbes<\/em>,\u00a0The Guardian<\/em>, and many more. As a\u00a0Forbes<\/em>\u00a0contributor with a regular column on humans and technology, she is passionate about the future of business communication. |\u00a0See more on Charlotte here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n <\/a>Founder & CEO of Black Girls CODE and Aspen Institute Fellow<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n Kimberly Bryant<\/a>\u00a0is an African American electrical engineer who worked in the biotechnology field at Genentech, Novartis Vaccines, Diagnostics, and Merck across the last 25+ years. This nationally-recognized social innovator founded Black Girls CODE, a non-profit organization and\u00a0training course that teaches basic programming concepts to black girls who are underrepresented in technology careers to increase the number of girls in tech. Through Black Girls CODE, described by Oprah as \u201cthe first organization of its kind,\u201d Kimberly works to develop our leaders of the future and increase opportunities for women and girls in the tech industry. With firsthand insights into the challenges women of color in the STEM field face, her mission is to provide young girls from underrepresented communities opportunities to learn in-demand skills while providing guidance and encouragement. She inspires others to become change agents by pushing through traditional boundaries and perceived limitations to help drive change in our world. |\u00a0See more on Kimberly here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n <\/a>CEO & Founder of Hearsay Labs<\/b><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n Named one of\u00a0Fortune<\/i>\u2019s \u201cMost Powerful Women Entrepreneurs\u201d and\u00a0Fast Company\u2019s\u00a0<\/i>\u201cMost Influential People in Technology,\u201d\u00a0Clara Shih<\/a>\u00a0is credited with launching the first business app on Facebook and \u201ckickstarting the social business applications movement.\u201d The founder and CEO of a leading software company which develops social CRM applications, she talks about using technology to enhance relationships, sales, marketing, and more.\u00a0|\u00a0See more on Clara here.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n <\/a>Innovation Expert and Founder & CEO of GDR Creative Intelligence<\/b><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n Kate Ancketill<\/a>\u00a0is the brains and driving force behind GDR Creative Intelligence, a globally-recognised consultancy focused on innovation and emerging trends in retail, leisure, and hospitality around the world. She has worked with an impressive roster of major global brands, including Microsoft, P&G, InterContinental Hotels, Hilton, LVMH, McDonald\u2019s, Capital One, Macy\u2019s, Chanel, Estee Lauder, and Sephora. In eye-opening, informative, and inspirational multi-media presentations, Ancketill shares insights on the technological, human, and spatial innovations that will change the face of retail and hospitality over the next two to five years. She uses carefully selected case studies to illustrate how new technologies and consumer behaviors will impact physical and digital commerce globally.\u00a0|\u00a0See more on Kate here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n These senior product managers, managing partners, and managing directors are crucial to senior management within their organizations, executing software engineering, software development, and business development.<\/p>\n\n <\/a>Manager of Global Trends & Futuring at Ford Motor Company<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n Sheryl Connelly<\/a>\u00a0has served as the in-house futurist for Ford Motor Company for over a decade. In this role, she identifies and analyzes global consumer trends to aide in the discussion of long-term planning and strategy across the entire company, including design, product development, and corporate strategy and help anticipate and predict the needs and desires of consumers.\u00a0|\u00a0See more on Sheryl here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n <\/a>Founder & CEO of Room One<\/b><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n An award-winning designer, tech innovator, and TED Talk speaker,\u00a0Elena Corchero<\/a>\u00a0works on product development for major companies such as the London Olympics, BBC, and Hugo Boss. She helps companies rethink client experiences with a bend towards emerging technology and walks audiences through the future of everything from wearable technology to VR and the Internet of Things (IoT). |\u00a0See more on Elena here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n These futurist speakers are project managers and knowledgeable in economic forums to develop the best tech in Silicon Valley and around the world.<\/p>\n\n <\/a>Social Media Marketing Strategist & Tech Trends Expert<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n Crystal Washington<\/a>\u00a0is a social media marketing strategist and tech trends expert. She uses her insights in social media and trends to explain how your company can use the current technology to remain innovative. In her talk, among other things, she explains what the current internet landscape means for recruitment, client engagement, and brand differentiation. |\u00a0See more on Crystal here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<\/p>\n\nDr. Kate Darling<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n
TECHNOLOGY CEO SPEAKERS<\/h2>\n\n
Charlotte Pearce<\/a><\/h2>\n\n
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Clara Shih<\/a><\/h2>\n\n
Kate Ancketill<\/a><\/h2>\n\n
TECHNOLOGY PRODUCT MANAGEMENT SPEAKERS<\/h2>\n\n
Sheryl Connelly<\/a><\/h2>\n\n
Elena Corchero<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n
FUTURE TRENDS AND DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY SPEAKERS<\/h2>\n\n
Crystal Washington<\/a><\/h2>\n\n
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