Speakers
Kate O’Neill
Keynote SpeakerKate O’Neill is a digital innovator, chief executive, business writer, and globally recognized speaker known worldwide as the “Tech Humanist.” She is the founder and CEO of KO Insights, a strategic advisory firm that enhances human experiences at scale through data-driven and AI-led interactions. Kate has worked with prestigious clients like Google, IBM, Microsoft, and the United Nations, and she was one of the first 100 employees at Netflix.
Her groundbreaking insights have been featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and WIRED, and she has shared her expertise on NPR and the BBC.
Kate has been named to the Thinkers50—the definitive global ranking of top management thinkers—and honored as “Technology Entrepreneur of the Year.” Her podcast, The Tech Humanist Show, won a Web Excellence Award for Best Tech Podcast. And her latest book, What Matters Next, was named to the Thinkers50 Best New Management Booklist.
With six influential books and over 25 years shaping the future of technology and humanity, she enlightens business leaders around the world about how to solve human problems at scale.
Eric Leiden
SpeakerErik Leiden is Managing Director of Workforce Strategy at the Burning Glass Institute, where he leads the Institute’s portfolio of research and programs around private and public sector workforce strategy and talent mobility.
Erik has worked with Fortune 100 companies, major universities, state and local governments, and workforce organizations to develop data-driven approaches that expand worker opportunity, mobility, and career pathways. He has led workforce innovation projects that help employers better understand how hiring, upskilling, and talent development practices can simultaneously drive long-term economic mobility for workers and high returns-on-investment for their employers. His work has been featured in major media outlets, informing national discussions on the future of work and employer-driven workforce transformation.
Prior to the Burning Glass Institute, Erik worked at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Erik earned his bachelor’s degree from The Ohio State University and his MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.