SEPTEMBER 14-17, 2026 | NYC

Festival Speakers | Fast Company Innovation Festival

SPEAKERS

More speakers to be announced

Founder
MHL Partners
President and CEO
Qualcomm
Managing Director
Obvious
Chef and Partner
Kabawa and Bar Kabawa
Head of Global Design Innovation
Levi Strauss & Co.
Cofounder and CEO; Cofounder
NoomaLooma; Refinery29, 29Rooms
CEO
CoreWeave
CEO
Béis
Cofounder and CEO
Tin Can
Chief Brand Officer
Union Square Hospitality Group
Chairman of Film
Netflix
Founder and CEO
Best Dressed Plate
Chairman
ESPN
Founder and CEO
Grace Farms Foundation
"Monday Night Football" Reporter, NFL/College Football Host
ESPN
Founder and CEO
Fetch
President
Fashion Institute of Technology
Psychiatrist, Adviser, Author
Global Collective Institute
Executive Chef
Ci Siamo
Author, "Human Raised"; Codirector of the TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health
University of Chicago
Entrepreneur and Creator
Anima Iris
CEO
Kickstarter
VP of Digital Innovation
Union Square Hospitality Group

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Actress, Entrepreneur, and Executive Producer and Host of "The Drew Barrymore Show"
Actor, Filmmaker, Musician, Activist, Cohost of "Coupledom"
Chairman and CEO
Microsoft
Co-CEO
Netflix
Anchor, "Good Morning America"
ABC News
Cofounder
Angel Margarita
Chairman and CEO
Starbucks Coffee Company
Host of "Solo Traveling With Tracee Ellis Ross"; founder and CEO
Pattern Beauty
Research Professor and Author
Cofounder and CEO
Duolingo
Author; Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership
"The Anxious Generation"; New York University Stern School of Business
Journalist, Political Analyst, and Bestselling Author
CEO
Surf Club
Chief Marketing Officer and Mentor
On Brand with Jimmy Fallon
President and CEO
Sephora North America
Founder and CEO
Hinge
Founder and CEO
Danessa Myricks Beauty
Founder and CEO
Glean
Founder and CEO
Olive & June
CEO
Aurelia Institute
Cofounder and CEO
Convene
Founder and CEO
Farmer's Fridge
Cofounder and Co-CEO
Burlap & Barrel
Co-owner; Founder
100 Thieves; HiHi Studios
President and CEO
Norma Kamali
CEO and Cofounder
Good Inside
Academic Director in Executive Education
Columbia Business School
Founder and Chief Creative Officer
Béis Travel
Cofounder and President
Schmidt Family Foundation, Schmidt Ocean Institute
CEO
Angel Studios
Founder and President
Jigsaw Productions
Musician and lead singer/guitarist, OK Go
CEO
X Games
Founder; Author, “Playful”
Rigamajig
General Partner
Deep Future
Cofounder and CEO
Gamma
Cofounder and CEO
JetZero
Cofounder and CTO
Poolside
Cofounder and CEO
Reality Defender
CEO
H Company
VP for AI Models; IBM Director
IBM Research; MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab
Chief Technology Officer
Wayfair
SVP, Managing Director U.S. and Global Head of Research and Innovation
SAP Labs
Executive Director
Zero Foodprint
Chief Sustainability Officer
Delta Air Lines
Founder
Fair Trade USA
Vice President of Digital Experiences
Chipotle
Senior VP and Chief Marketing Officer
The Home Depot
SVP of Transformation and Innovation
Walmart
Brand President and CEO
Gap
CEO
José Andrés Group
CEO
Unapologetic Foods
Cofounder and Chief Brand Officer
Poppi
Chief Growth Officer
SharkNinja
CEO; Author, "Move. Think. Rest." and "The Creativity Leap"
Figure 8 Thinking
Head of Wealth Management
Ellevest
Co-CEO and Managing Partner
Golden Seeds
CEO
Black Girls Code
Founder and CEO
Harlem's Fashion Row
Chief People Officer
Warby Parker
Chief Marketing Officer
Esri
Executive Director
Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC)
Global Chief Customer Officer
Eli Lilly
Senior Vice President and General Manager
U.S. LillyDirect and Consumer Hub
Corporate Vice President of Workforce Transformation
Microsoft
Senior Vice President of Global Marketing Transformation
PepsiCo
Incoming Chief Science Officer
PepsiCo
SVP, Beverage Portfolio Marketing
PepsiCo
SVP and General Manager of Marketing and Commercial
EA Sports
Vice President of Digital Innovation
Universal Destinations and Experiences
Executive VP and Chief Product Officer
Hyland
CEO
The Weather Company
CEO
Budderfly
Cofounder and CEO
CIV
Cofounder and CEO
WVN
CEO
Autonomic
CEO
Auger-Domínguez Ventures
Founder and CEO
The Confetti Project
Author, “Responsible Marketing"; CMO Adviser and Inclusive Marketing Strategist
Be/co
Digital Marketer and Video Expert
Founder
Reed Art Dep’t and STAPLE
Creative Director
Phlur
Founder
Briogeo and Makers Mindset
Co-Director, LGBTQ and HIV Rights Project
ACLU
Deputy Legal Director and Director of the Trone Center for Justice and Equality
ACLU
Deputy Legal Director and Director for Center for Democracy
ACLU
Senior Staff Technologist
ACLU
Managing Director of Health Innovation ; Senior Medical Analyst
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips; NBC News
Founding Director of the Optimal Aging Institute, Terry and Mel Karmazin Professor of Population Health, Departments of Population Health and Medicine
NYU Langone Health
Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education; Director, Institute for Innovations in Medical Education; Professor, Department of Medicine
NYU Langone Health
Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, NYU Langone Medical Center; Director of Quality and Patient Safety
NYU Spine Center
Cardiac Electrophysiologist; Associate Professor of Medicine, Director of the Inherited Arrhythmia Program at NYU Langone Heart Lead, Cardiology—Artificial Intelligence, NYU Langone Health
General Manager
Moment Factory Sports and Entertainment
Cofounder and CEO
Braindate
TV Writer and Executive Producer
Filmmaker and Cofounder
Religion of Sports
Actress and Comedian
Chief Content Officer
Pinterest
Chief Administrative Officer
Union Square Hospitality Group
Chef-Owner
Sofreh
SVP of Customer Success
GS1 US
Managing Director
Anxious Generation Movement
Creative Director
Fast Company
Cofounder, Artist, and Design Principal
A Gang of Three
VP of Creative Strategy
De-Yan
Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Global Webtoon
Webtoon Entertainment
VP of Supply Chain Strategy and Systems
Ulta Beauty
EVP of Strategy and Marketing
Penske Transportation Solutions
SVP of External Communications, Experiential and Marketing Partnerships
Sephora
Founder and CEO
Made Music Studio
Founder
The Good Advice Company
Founder
Rich Talent Group
Chief of Global Brand and Communications
Tony’s Chocolonely
Founder
Reidiant
Founder, President, and Executive Producer
7 Crow Stories
Founder
Styburski Coaching
Cofounder
Angel Margarita
SVP of Strategic Events and Brand Experiences
Salesforce
Partner
Wing Venture Capital
CEO
Angel Margarita
CEO
Geezer Creative
Sonic Artist and Sound Care Designer
President and CEO
Project Management Institute
VP of Ops, North America
Too Good to Go
Global Clinical Lead
Pfizer
Global Chief Creative Officer
Wieden+Kennedy
Head of Originals
Roku Media
President
HP Digital Services
EVP, Strategy and Business Development
Synchrony
Cofounder
Sungai Design
Global Chief Product Officer
Huge
Vice President of New Energy Ventures
Williams
Chief Scientist; CEO
Redwire; SpaceMD
Vice President of Global Research and Planning
MillerKnoll
President
Sunday
Cofounder and Chair
Nutrafol
Senior Advisor
Mozilla Foundation
General Manager
Firefox
Cofounder
Loop Earplugs
CEO
Fulmer Instruments
Lead Clinical Enterprise Team
Google
Deputy Chief Legal Officer and Global Head of Public Policy
Cloudflare
CEO
Oberland
Global Head of Marketing and Brands
Potential Energy Coalition
Research Professor, Fletcher School; Director
Tufts University; New York University School of Professional Studies
Head of Brand Engagement and External Communications
L.L.Bean
Vice President of Customer Success
Copia
CEO
Teton Ridge
General Manager
Arizona Ridge Riders
Board Member, Chief Development Officer, and Chair of Advisory Board
Pagaya
Senior Associate
Trellis Climate
Chief Information Officer
City of Boston
EVP, Chief Technology Officer
Equinox
CEO
OffBall
Senior VP of Strategy, Business Development, and Communications
MHIRJ
Founder; Associate Professor
Cellenkos; Texas A&M University College of Medicine