The 100 Speakers Who Should Be at Tech Conferences
A list of 100 speakers who we hope to see more often at tech conferences.
Last week we published a blog post showcasing the 100 Most Wanted Speakers at Tech Conferences. There was quite a lot of buzz surrounding this post, which raised the question of why there aren’t more women and diversity on this list of 100 top speakers. So we decided to ask the tech community, followers and supporters, which top tech individuals they would most like to see speaking at the upcoming conferences they are planning to attend. Based on their recommendations, we have compiled a new top 100 list, which is, not surprisingly, both gender balanced and representative of a wide number of communities!
The Tech Community has spoken! People want to see a more diverse lineup of speakers sharing their knowledge and success stories. Out of the hundreds of recommendations we received (thank you for the tweets, comments and emails), we narrowed it down to the top 100 speakers you thought SHOULD be seen more at tech conferences!
If you have more suggestions for great speakers not listed, please share them in the comments below. This list is not ranked in any specific order. Enjoy!
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Roxanne Varza @roxannevarza
Startup Evangelist, Microsoft |
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Ray Wang @rwang0
Principal Analyst, Founder & Chairman, Constellation Research, Inc. |
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Tristan Walker @tristanwalker
Founder & CEO, Walker & Company Brands |
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Chris Gourlay @chris_gourlay
Founder, Spacehive |
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James Park @parkjames
Co-founder & CEO, Fitbit |
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Rebecca Garcia @geekgirlweb
Co-founder, CoderDojo & Squarespace |
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Adria Richards @adriarichards
Developer solving problems in technology |
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Maria Teresa Kumar @MariaTeresa1
Founding Executive Director, Voto Latino |
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Daniel Ek @eldsjal
Founder & CEO, Spotify |
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Katie Rae @ktrae
Managing Director, Techstars Boston |
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Stacy-Marie Ishmael @s_m_i
Vice President of Communities, Financial Times |
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Lyndsey Scott @Lyndsey360
Model, Actress, App Developer |
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Nate Weiner @NateWeiner
Founder & CEO, Pocket |
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Darian Shirazi @darian314
Founder, Radius Intelligence |
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Josh Miller @joshm
Founder, Branch |
| Cecilia Abadie @cabadie
CTO & Founder, LynxFit |
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Julia Grace @jewelia
Head of Engineering, Tindie |
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B. Bonin Bough @boughb
VP Global Media & Consumer Engagement, Mondelez |
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Ana L. Flores @laflowers
Co-founder, SpanglishBaby |
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Majora Carter @majoracarter
Radio Broadcaster, Leader in Local Economic Revitalization Strategy |
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Alicia Navarro @AliciaNavarro
CEO and Co-founder, Skimlinks |
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Ben Huh @benhuh
Founder, Cheezburger |
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Wayne Sutton @waynesutton |
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Joyce Kim @joyce
Principal, Freestyle Capital |
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Laura Weidman Powers @laurawp
Co-Founder & Executive Director, CODE2040 |
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Andres Barreto @andresbarreto
Founder, Grooveshark |
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Leila Janah @leila_c
Founder & CEO, Samecource Inc . |
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Rahul Sood @rahulsood
GM & Partner, Microsoft Ventures |
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Corvida Raven @corvida
Founder, SheGeeks.net |
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Dr. Mae Jemison @maejemison
American physician & NASA Astronaut |
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Eric Frenkiel @ericfrenkiel
Co-Founder, MemSQL |
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Danilo Campos @_Danilo
iOS Developer, Hipmunk |
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Ana Roca-Castro @AnaRC
CEO, Plaza Familia |
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John Battelle @johnbattelle
Founder, Sovern, Federated Media, OpenCo, & Wired |
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Cathryn Posey @catpoetry
Founder, Tech By Superwomen |
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Linus Torvalds @Linus__Torvalds
Fellow, Linux Foundation |
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Laura Sydell @Sydell
Digital Culture Correspondent, NPR |
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Amer Mohammed @Hhero
CEO, Healthy Heros |
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Ana Diaz Hernandez @anadiazhernandz |
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Gwynne Shotwell @GwynneShotwell
President & COO, SpaceX |
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Nirav Tolia @niravtolia
Co-Founder & CEO, Nextdoor |
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David Rusenko @drusenko Founder, Weebly |
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Danae Ringelmann @gogoDanae
Co-founded, IndieGoGo |
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Khalid Smith @khalidrudo
Founder and Chief Product Officer, Lessoncast |
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Catherine Bracy @cbracy
Director of Community Organizing Code for America |
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Charley Moore @charleymooreesq
Founder & CEO, Rocket Lawyer |
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Mandela S-Hodge @MandelaSH
Director, Startup Weekend Education |
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Leah Busque @labusque
Founder, TaskRabbit |
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Danielle Morrill @DanielleMorrill
Founder & CEO, Mattermark |
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Alicia Morga @AliciaMorga
Founder and CEO, No. 8 Media, Inc |
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Christine Merritt @chrisjenmerritt
Head of Business Development & Partnership, Google |
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Poornima Vijayashanker @poornima
Founder, Femgineer & Bizzeebee |
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Kathryn Finney @KathrynFinney
Founder, Digitalundivided |
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Nate Blecharczyk @nathanblec
CTO, Airbnb |
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Raquel Velez @rockbot
Senior Software Developer, npm inc. |
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Ayelet Noff @AyeletNoff
Founder & CEO, Blonde 2.0 |
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AnnMaria De Mars @annmariastat
CEO, 7 Generation Games |
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Jinghua Zhang @jinghuaz
Head of UX, Mozilla |
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Hind Hobeika @hindhobeika
Founder & CEO, Instabeat |
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Jonathon Triest @jtriest
Managing Partner, Ludlow Venture |
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Rosario Robinson @rosariorobinson
Principal, Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology |
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Claudina Sarahe @itsmisscs
Co-founder, Autotax.me |
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Adewale Oshineye @ade_oshineye
Engineer, Google |
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Tania Zapata @taniazapata
Co-founder & Chief Talent Officer, Bunny Inc |
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Emilie Giles @me_backwards
Co-Director, Codasign |
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Alexander Torrenegra @torrenegra
Founder & CEO, Bunny Inc |
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Tina Sharkey @TinSharkey
CEO, SherpaFoundry |
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Bindi Karia @bindik
Vice President, Accelerator at Silicon Valley Bank |
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Maelle Gavet @MaelleGavet
CEO, OZON Holdings |
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Jennifer Argüello @engijen
Executive Director, Latino2 |
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Amanda Coolong @AmandaCoolong
COO/Chief Host, TechZulu |
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Ashley Jame Lewis @AshleyJaneLewis
Digital Media Producer , TVOntario |
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Kristy Tillman @KristyT
Designer, IDEO |
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Suhail Doshi @suhail
CEO, MixPanel |
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Hussein Fazal @Hussein_fazal
CEO, AdParlor |
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Taariq Lewis @taariqlewis
Founder, Bitcoin Business |
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Zuhairah Scott @Zuhairah
Founder, Kahnoodle |
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Pru Ashby @PruAshby
Head of Partnerships, Tech City UK |
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Neelan Choksi @neelan
President & COO, Tasktop Technologies |
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Blathnaid Healy @blathnaidhealy
Digital Strategy, Agility |
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Kanyi Maqubela @km
Partner,Collabfund |
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Alpesh Doshi @alpeshdoshi
Principal and co-Founder, Fintricity |
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Ines Sombra @randommood
Lead Data Engineer, Engine Yard |
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Leyla Seka @LeylaSeka
SVP & General Manager, Desk.com |
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Morgan Missen @mm
Founder, Main |
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Kimberly Bryant @6gems
Founder, |
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Kent Beck @KentbBeck
Programmer, Facebook |
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Kelly Goto @go2girl
Founder & Principal, Gotomedia |
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Ayori Selassie @iayori
Product Manager, Salesforce.com |
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Nnena Ukuku @nukuku
Founder, Ukuku Law Group & Black Founders |
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Anne Marie Forehand @continvvm
Co-Founder, Continuum Fashion |
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Tanya Salcido @tanyasalcido
Cofounder, Latina Geeks |
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Alline Watkins @allineo
Founder, LeanX.co |
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Alex Shirazi @alexshirazi
Founder, Phlint |
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Chris Gueits @ChrisGueits
Founder & CEO, LivFly |
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Liz Bacelar @DecodedLiz
Founder, Decoded Fashion |
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Addie Conner @SocialCodeInc
Co-Founder & CIO, Social Code |
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Charles Hudson @chudson
Partner, SoftTechVC |
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Deldelp Medina @deldelp
CEO, MyPioApp & Co-founder of Altimami |
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Felecia Hatcher @FeleciaHatcher
Founder, Black Tech Miami |
