2024 Fast Company Grill

Head of Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging, and Access
Upwork

Cofounder, Formulator, and CEO
Olipop

Head of Global Television
Wattpad Webtoon Studios

Cofounder
Studs

Cofounder
Whalar

Chief Development Officer
Mycotoo

Founder and CEO
Gamefam

Christina Zwicky

Head of Innovation Ecosystem
Revl Fruits and Ocean Spray

Head of the Work Innovation Lab
Asana

Dara Khosrowshahi

CEO
Uber

Pedro Gonçalves

VP, Marketing
Tetra Pak U.S. and Canada

Managing Director
Gumband

Chief Security Officer
Coinbase

Calvin Crosslin

President of the Lenovo Foundation; Chief Diversity Officer
Lenovo

Global Policy Director
Credo AI

Cofounder and Chief Product Officer
Canva

Keely Cat-Wells

CEO
Making Space

SVP Content, Discovery and Print, GM; US Country Lead
Canva

EVP of Acquisitions and Co-Productions, Motion Picture Group
Lionsgate

Lead UX Designer

Sowmyanarayan Sampath

CEO
Verizon Consumer

Jamal Henderson

Chief Content Officer
The SpringHill Company

Executive Director
DesignSingapore Council

Founder and CEO
SuperSpecial

Senior Partner, Experience, Innovation, and Engineering
Lippincott

Facebook Whistleblower and ED
Beyond the Screen

Chief Human Resources Officer
SHRM

Global Head of Team Anywhere
Atlassian

CEO
Future Today Institute

EVP, Corporate Social Responsibility
NBCUniversal

President, Executive Director
Project InnerSpace

VP and Workforce Expert
LinkedIn

President and Chief Product Officer
Kajabi

Angelique Temple

Chief Marketing Officer
WeTransfer

Chris M. Williams

Founder and CEO
Pocket.watch

Global Head of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
eBay

Jessica Robertson

Cofounder and Chief Content Officer
Togethxr

Dominique Broadway

Founder and CEO
Finances Demystified

Mohan Ramaswamy

Founding Partner
Work & Co, Part of Accenture Song

SVP, Chief Marketing Officer
Nascar

Blaise Agüera y Arcas

Author, AI Researcher, VP and Fellow
Google Research

Cofounder and Head of Development
Culture House Media

Director, Executive Producer
Fallout (Amazon Prime Video)

Cofounder
Brands&People

Chief Development Officer
Mycotoo

Executive Producer
"Fallout" (Amazon Prime Video)

Managing Partner
BFY Capital

Moderator
FastCo Works

Moderator
FastCo Works

Abigail Bassett

Moderator
FastCo Works

Camille Richard

Chief Sustainability Officer
Back Market

Director
"3 Body Problem"

Katie McCormick Lelyveld

Founder
MELD

Jennifer Stucko

Founder and CEO
PROTA FIORI

Founder and CEO
José Andrés Group

Founder and CEO
Beyond Meat

Chief Futurist
Deloitte

Saturday, March 9, 2024
10:00 AM	Fast Company Grill Opens
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM	Break
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Hollywood’s New Script		<p>Featuring <strong>Charlotte Koh</strong>, EVP of Acquisitions and Coproductions, Motion Picture Group, Lionsgate; <strong>Amy Aniobi</strong>, Founder and CEO, SuperSpecial; and <strong>Carri Twigg</strong>, Cofounder and Head of Development, Culture House Media</p>
10:50 AM - 11:25 AM	Comedy in Translation: The Cast and Directors of I Don't Understand You		<p>Featuring Actors <strong>Nick Kroll</strong> (Big Mouth, History of the World: Part II), <strong>Andrew Rannells</strong> (Big Mouth, Girls5eva), <strong>Morgan Spector</strong> (The Gilded Age, Suits), and Writers and Directors <strong>David Joseph Craig</strong> and<strong> Brian Crano</strong> <br /> </p>
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Disrupt Your Workday: The Future of Collaboration Starts Now	Presented by Atlassian	<p>Featuring<strong> Annie Dean</strong>, Global Head of Team Anywhere, Atlassian<br /> Interviewed by <strong>Abigail Bassett</strong>, Moderator, FastCo Works</p>
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM	Break
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM	Inside Prime Video's Adaptation of Fallout		<p>Featuring Executive Producers<strong> Jonathan Nolan</strong> and <strong>Todd Howard</strong></p>
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Break
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM	The Power of Civility: Prioritizing Openness and Understanding at Work and Beyond	Presented by SHRM	<p>Featuring <strong>Beric Alleyne</strong>, Global Head of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, eBay; <strong>Jim Link</strong>, Chief Human Resources Officer, SHRM; <strong>Jenn Saavedra</strong>, Chief Human Resources Officer, Dell Technologies<br /> Moderated by <strong>Nicole Sawyer</strong>, FastCo Works</p>
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM	Break
2:15 PM - 2:45 PM	Futurist Amy Webb’s Vision for What’s Next in AI and Beyond		<p>Featuring <strong>Amy Webb</strong>, Founder and CEO, Future Today Institute</p>
2:50 PM - 3:20 PM	Inside Netflix's Next Big Bet: 3 Body Problem		<p>Featuring <strong>David Benioff</strong>, <strong>D.B. Weiss</strong>, and <strong>Alexander Woo</strong>, Co-Creators, Executive Producers, Writers, <em>3 Body Problem</em>; and <strong>Derek Tsang</strong>, Director, <em>3 Body Problem</em></p>
3:20 PM - 3:45 PM	Break
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM	Regulating Tech in Real Time		<p>Featuring <strong>Frances Haugen</strong>, Founder, Beyond the Screen; <strong>Philip Martin</strong>, Chief Security Officer, Coinbase; and <strong>Evi Fuelle</strong>, Global Policy Director, Credo AI</p>
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM	Break
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Designing for Impact		<p>Featuring <strong>Dawn Lim</strong>, Executive Director, DesignSingapore Council; <strong>Eli Robinson</strong>, Lead UX Designer; <strong>Tom Ajello</strong>, Senior Partner, Experience, Innovation, and Engineering, Lippincott; and <strong>Gerardo Ortiz</strong>, Cofounder, Brands&People</p>
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM	Happy Hour	Sponsored by NeoCon
6:30 PM	Fast Company Grill Closes

Sunday, March 10, 2024
10:00 AM	Fast Company Grill Opens
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM	Break
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Innovating Through the Climate Crisis		<p>Featuring<strong> Ben Christensen</strong>, Cofounder and CEO, Cambium;<strong> Camille Richard</strong>, Head of Sustainability, Back Market; <strong>Jennifer Stucko</strong>, Founder, CEO, and Creative Director, Prota Fiori;<strong> Eddie Ingle</strong>, CEO, Unifi</p>
10:50 AM - 11:20 AM	The New Playbook for Innovation		<p>Featuring <strong>Rebekah Jefferis</strong>, Founding Partner and Co-CEO, FNDR; <strong>Katie McCormick Lelyveld</strong>, Founder, Meld; and <strong>Alex Swartsel</strong>, Managing Director, Jobs for the Future </p>
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM	Break
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Winning Bigger: The Next Steps for Women's Sports		<p>Featuring <strong>Jessica Robertson</strong>, Cofounder and Chief Content Officer, Togethxr; <strong>Sue Bird</strong>, WNBA All-Star and Cofounder, Togethxr; and <strong>Stef Strack</strong>, Founder and CEO, VoiceinSport</p>
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM	Break
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM	Reframing the Biggest Issues		<p>Featuring <strong>Raffi Krikorian</strong>, Chief Technology Officer and Managing Director, Emerson Collective; and <strong>Blaise Agüera y Arcas</strong>, AI Researcher and Author; <strong>Jamie Beard</strong>, Founder and Executive Director, Project InnerSpace; and <strong>Wawa Gatheru</strong>, Founder and Executive Director, Black Girl Environmentalist</p>
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Break
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM	The Future of Sustainable Food Innovation	Presented by Tetra Pak	<p>Featuring <strong>Gigi Lee Chang</strong>, Managing Partner, BFY Capital; <strong>Pedro Gonçalves</strong>, VP, Marketing for U.S. and Canada, Tetra Pak®;<strong> Christina</strong> <strong>Zwicky</strong>, Head of Revl Fruits™ & Ocean Spray® Innovation Ecosystem<br /> Moderated by<strong> Greg Lindsa</strong>y, FastCo Works</p>
2:05 PM - 2:25 PM	Exploring the Impact of Food with José Andrés		<p>Featuring <strong>José Andrés</strong>, Chef and Founder, World Central Kitchen</p>
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM	When Entertainment Meets Marketing		<p>Featuring <strong>Raja Rajamannar</strong>, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Mastercard; <strong>Hilary Smith</strong>, EVP, Corporate Social Responsibility, NBCUniversal; and <strong>Angelique Temple</strong>, Chief Marketing Officer, WeTransfer</p>
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM	Break
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM	Staying Connected to the Hyperconnected Consumer		<p>Featuring <strong>Sowmyanarayan Sampath</strong>, CEO, Verizon Consumer </p>
3:50 PM - 4:20 PM	Fanning the Flames of Fandom	Featuring Fri Forjindam, Chief Development Officer, Mycotoo; Joe Ferencz, CEO, Gamefam; and Sera Tabb, Head of Global Television, Wattpad Webtoon Studios
4:20 PM - 4:30 PM	Break
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Visualizing the Future of Communication with Cameron Adams of Canva		<p>Featuring <strong>Cameron Adams</strong>, Cofounder and Chief Product Officer, Canva</p>
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM	Happy Hour	Powered by Canva Enterprise	<p>Live Musical Performance from <strong>Asha Imuno</strong></p>
6:30 PM	Fast Company Grill Closes

Monday, March 11, 2024
10:00 AM	Fast Company Grill Opens
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	How New Challengers Are Revamping Industries		<p>Featuring <strong>James Chester</strong>, Managing Director, Gumband; <strong>Ben Goodwin</strong>, CEO, Olipop; and <strong>Lisa Bubbers</strong>, Cofounder and Chief Brand Officer, Studs</p>
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Disrupt, Then What?		<p>Featuring <strong>Ethan Brown</strong>, Founder and CEO, Beyond Meat, and <strong>Jason Wersland</strong>, Founder and Chief Wellness Officer, Therabody</p>
12:00 PM - 12:10 PM	One-on-One with Beyond Meat Founder and CEO Ethan Brown		<p>Featuring <strong>Ethan Brown</strong>, Founder and CEO, Beyond Meat</p>
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM	One-on-One with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi		<p>Featuring <strong>Dara Khosrowshahi</strong>, CEO, Uber</p>
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM	Work Smarter, Not Harder: Scalable Content That Stands Out	Powered by Canva	<p>Featuring <strong>Pete Jung</strong>, SVP, Chief Marketing Officer, Nascar; <strong>Silvia Oviedo</strong>, SVP Content, Discovery and Print, GM; US Country Lead, Canva; and <strong>Mohan Ramaswamy</strong>, Founding Partner, Work & Co, Part of Accenture Song<br /> Moderated by <strong>Damian Slattery</strong>, SVP of Marketing, Fast Company </p>
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM	What’s Really at Stake with AI in the Workplace?		<p>Featuring <strong>Rebecca Hinds</strong>, Head of the Work Innovation Lab, Asana; <strong>Mike Bechtel</strong>, Chief Futurist, Deloitte; and <strong>Aneesh Raman</strong>, VP and Head of the Opportunity Project, LinkedIn</p>
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	How the Creator Economy Is Forging Its New Era		<p>Featuring <strong>Neil Waller</strong>, Cofounder, Whalar; <strong>Chris M. Williams</strong>, Founder and CEO, Pocket.watch; <strong>Sean Kim</strong>, President and Chief Product Officer, Kajabi; and <strong>Dominique Broadway</strong>, Creator, Founder and CEO, Finances Demystified</p>
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM	The Fight for DEI		<p>Featuring <strong>Erin L. Thomas</strong>, Head of Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging, and Access, Upwork; <strong>Keely Cat-Wells</strong>, Founder and CEO, Making Space; and <strong>Calvin Crosslin</strong>, Chief Diversity Officer, Lenovo</p>
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM	Happy Hour	Sponsored by Trane Technologies	<p>Live Musical Performance from <strong>Sinkane </strong></p>
6:30 PM	Fast Company Grill Closes