{"id":36744,"date":"2017-06-27T14:57:42","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T18:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/blog\/new-speakers-on-trending-topics"},"modified":"2017-06-27T14:57:42","modified_gmt":"2017-06-27T18:57:42","slug":"new-speakers-on-trending-topics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/blog\/new-speakers-on-trending-topics","title":{"rendered":"New Speakers On Trending Topics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span><span>Leading Authorities recently started working with some great new speakers. We wanted to make sure they are on your radar:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<h1>C<b>yber Security &amp; Geopolitics Speakers<\/b><\/h1>\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/speakers\/james-clapper\" title=\"James Clapper\"><b>Director James Clapper<\/b><\/a>: The former Director of National Intelligence, Clapper oversaw all 17 intelligence agencies including the FBI, CIA, and NSA and served as the principal intelligence advisor to President Obama. With a career of over 50 years in intelligence and national security, he talks about how today\u2019s threat environment compares historically and sheds light on where we\u2019re going as a country.<\/li>\n<\/ul><h1><b>Automation<\/b><\/h1>\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/speakers\/anthony-foxx\" title=\"Anthony Foxx\"><b>Sec. Anthony Foxx<\/b><\/a>: Sec. Foxx is a digital cities and Internet of Things visionary. While he was Secretary of Transportation Foxx launched the Smart City Challenge, a national competition to embrace data-driven ideas in transportation. He also worked with companies like Tesla and Uber on developing guidelines for autonomous cars. He speaks to the ways our cities and businesses will change as a result of AI and robotics.<\/li>\n<\/ul><h1><b>Female Leadership &amp; \u201cIntrapreneurship\u201d Speakers<\/b><\/h1>\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/speakers\/elizabeth-gore\" title=\"Elizabeth Gore\"><b>Elizabeth Gore<\/b><\/a>: Gore is an executive at Dell where she focuses on breeding a culture of internal innovation. Named to <i style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">People<\/i> magazine\u2019s list of \u201c100 Extraordinary Women,\u201d and named one of <i style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Fast Company\u2019s<\/i> \u201cMost Creative People in Business,\u201d she boldly talks about being the first woman in her family to go to college. Her speeches include insights from the intersection of entrepreneurship, government, technology, and business.<\/li>\n<\/ul><p>To learn more about any of these speakers, or to check their availability and fees for an upcoming event or meeting,<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/contact-us\" title=\"contact our team today\">contact our team today<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>You can also fill out the form below,\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Contact@lauthorities.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"email us\">email us<\/a>, call 1-800-SPEAKER, or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/secure.livechatinc.com\/licence\/7454471\/open_chat.cgi?groups=6\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Live chat\">live chat<\/a>\u00a0with a member of our team right now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leading Authorities recently started working with some great new speakers. 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