Keynote Speakers
Salim Ismail
Friday Keynote
As the Chairman of OpenExO and a global best-selling author of Exponential Organizations and ExO 2.0, Salim is one of the world's most sought-after business strategists. He co-hosts the Moonshots podcast with Peter Diamandis, reaching over 1 million entrepreneurs weekly with insights on emerging technologies and exponential innovation. He has shown that organizations adopting his ExO attributes deliver 40x shareholder returns. Formerly a Founding Executive Director of Singularity University and VP at Yahoo, Salim provides a unique, macro vision of how to implement 10X improvements for both massive business success and large-scale social impact.
Sekou Andrews
Sunday Keynote
Sekou Andrews is a critically acclaimed human resonance expert, artist, entrepreneur, and one of the most successful spoken word poets in the world. Creator of a new speaking category called “Poetic Voice”, Sekou’s numerous awards include two National Poetry Slam championships, six CLIO awards in advertising, a Grammy-nomination for “Best Spoken Word Album”, and the highly coveted win for “Best Advice Giver” in his middle school yearbook. A schoolteacher turned thought leader, his work has been seen on almost every major TV network, trusted by hundreds of iconic brands, featured on thousands of global stages, and rocks talent shows in his mom’s living room…every time. Known as “the cure for the common keynote”, Sekou’s blend of cutting-edge insight and human-edge impact takes strategic goals and gives them goosebumps. Because he does more than inspire us with his story… he inspires us with our story.