Arvind Krishna

Chief Executive Officer
IBM

Arvind Krishna is chief executive officer of IBM. As a business leader and technologist, he has led the building and expansion of new markets for IBM in artificial intelligence, cloud, quantum computing, and blockchain. He has also played a significant role in the development of innovative IBM products and solutions based on these emerging technologies.

Over his 30-year career at IBM, Arvind led a series of bold transformations and delivered proven business results. He most recently led the successful $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat, the largest software acquisition in history and one that has defined the hybrid cloud market.

Arvind previously was senior vice president of Cloud and Cognitive Software. He also headed IBM Research, was general manager of development and manufacturing for IBM Systems and Technology Group, and led IBM Information Management.

Ginni Rometty

Executive Chairman
IBM

Ginni Rometty is Executive Chairman of IBM. She was previously Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer.

During her tenure she made bold changes to reposition IBM for the future, investing in high value segments of the IT market and optimizing the company's portfolio. Under Ginni’s leadership, IBM built out key capabilities in hybrid cloud, security, quantum computing, industry expertise, and data and AI.

Ginni also established IBM as the model of responsible stewardship in the digital age. She was the industry's leading voice on technology ethics and data stewardship, working to safely usher new technologies into society. She enabled people of diverse backgrounds and education levels to participate in the digital economy by building talent, skills and opportunity for disadvantaged populations. IBM also achieved record results in diversity and inclusion under Ginni’s leadership.

Ginni held a series of leadership positions across IBM and led the successful integration of PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, creating a global team of more than 100,000 business consultants and services experts.

Jim Whitehurst

President
IBM

Jim Whitehurst is the President of IBM. He is responsible for the IBM Cloud and Cognitive Software organization, and Corporate Strategy. He is an advocate for open principles as a catalyst for business innovation. With a background in business development, finance and global operations, he has proven expertise helping companies flourish — even in the most challenging environments.

Prior to IBM, Whitehurst served as the President and CEO of Red Hat, the world’s leading provider of open source enterprise software solutions. At Red Hat, Whitehurst grew its influence with key milestones — including becoming the first $1 billion revenue open source software company in 2012 and, most notably, the landmark acquisition of Red Hat by IBM for $34 billion in 2019. He has grown revenue from more than $500 million for its 2008 fiscal year to $3.4 billion for its 2019 fiscal year.

At Delta Air Lines, Whitehurst drove significant global expansion and, as chief operating officer, oversaw all aspects of airline operations, from sales to strategy. He began his career at The Boston Consulting Group in 1989.

Amal Clooney

Barrister, Doughty Street Chambers

Amal Clooney is a barrister who specializes in international law and human rights. Through international courts, she frequently represents political prisoners, journalists and victims of mass atrocities.

Ms Clooney served as a Sr. Advisor to Kofi Annan. She was appointed to the UK’s panel of experts on combatting sexual violence and to a panel on public international law. She was also appointed as the UK’s Special Envoy for Media Freedom by the UK Foreign Secretary and she serves as vice-chair of a High-Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom.

Ms Clooney is a Visiting Professor at Columbia Law School, where she co-teaches the Human Rights course, and she is co-author of a forthcoming book titled ‘The Right to a Fair Trial in International Law’ to be published in 2020.

In 2016 she and her husband, George, established the Clooney Foundation for Justice to advance justice in courtrooms, classrooms and communities around the world.

Mayim Bialik

Writer, Actress, Neuroscientist

Mayim Bialik is known for her role on the hit CBS comedy, The Big Bang Theory as Amy Farrah Fowler, for which she has received two Critics Choice Awards, four Emmy Award nominations and a SAG Award nomination. Bialik has appeared in numerous beloved roles throughout her dynamic acting career.

An acclaimed author, Bialik has written two #1 New York Times bestsellers, Girling Up: How to Be Strong, Smart and Spectacular, and the recently released Boying Up: How to Be Brave, Bold and Brilliant. She has also written a parenting book, Beyond the Sling, and a cookbook, Mayim’s Vegan Table. Bialik has recently dedicated her skills as a writer, actress, neuroscientist and mother to driving the lifestyle website GrokNation.com, which she started.

Following the end of Blossom, Bialik left acting for twelve years to earn a BS in Neuroscience from UCLA in 2000 with a minor in Hebrew & Jewish Studies. She went on to complete her Ph.D. in Neuroscience, also at UCLA, and then completed her doctorate in the fall of 2007.

Imogen Heap

Musician, Producer, Founder, Mycelia For Music

Self-produced British composer and recording artist, Imogen Heap has released five solo albums, another as one half of Frou Frou and collaborated with countless artists. Her compositions and songs pop up in films and tv, are featured in various music genres and covered by the likes of Ariana Grande. As composer and arranger for Harry Potter and The Cursed Child, she won the Drama Desk Outstanding Music in a Play award. Heap hosted 2020’s Grammys Premiere Ceremony and attracts companies for commissioned works, leading to songs such as Tiny Human, and The Happy Song. An artists’ artist, Heap has won two Grammys and an Ivor Novello award. A pioneering of work at the intersection of music and tech, Heap has honorary doctorates for the gestural music-ware 'MI.MU gloves' system and recently for ’The Creative Passport’, an integrated digital ID solution, empowering music makers to be the change toward a fair and flourishing music ecosystem.

will.i.am

Creative Innovator & Tech Entrepreneur

will.i.am is a creative innovator and tech investor/entrepreneur who has been recognized by seven Grammys Awards, an Emmy Award, a CLIO Award, theWorld Economic Forum’s Crystal Award, and an honorary Fellowship by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).

As Founder and CEO of I.AM+, he leads a team focused on artificial intelligence(AI) for enterprise, including Omega for Enterprise, an AI voice computing platform built to be conversational, contextual and cross-domainablefor B2B and B2C settings.

He serves on the World Economic Forum’s Fourth Industrial Revolution Advisory Committee and the organization's Global AI Council. will.i.am and his brands/companies have collaborated with a diverse array of brands including: Accenture, Apple, Atom Bank, Chase, China Everbright New Economy Fund, Coca-Cola, Dr. Pepper, Epic Records, Horizon Ventures, IBM, Intel, Lexus, Marvel, Nestle and Pepsi.

Caterina Fake

Investor
Yes VC

Caterina Fake is an investor at Yes VC, a pre-seed and seed stage venture capital fund focused on scalable social systems, brands that embody cultural movements, and founders who recognize the opportunity in the rising power and affluence of women. As an early creator of online communities and the host of the #1 Tech Podcast “Should This Exist?”, Caterina addresses the question of our times: how is technology impacting our humanity?

Previously, she worked at Founder Collective as a Founder Partner, served as Chairman of Etsy and was the co-founder of Flickr. Caterina sits on the boards of Public Goods, the Sundance Institute and McSweeneys.

Ms. Fake has received Honorary Doctorates from the Rhode Island School of Design and The New School. Time Magazine named her one of the Most Influential People in the world, and she was given the Silicon Valley Visionaries award in 2018.

Muriel Médard

Cecil H. Green Professor of EECS
MIT

Muriel Médard is the Cecil H. Green Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) Department at MIT and leads the Network Coding and Reliable Communications Group at the Research Laboratory for Electronics at MIT.  She has served as editor for many publications of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), of which she was elected Fellow and she has served as Editor in Chief of the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. She was President of the IEEE Information Theory Society in 2012, and served on its board of governors for eleven years. Among the most highly cited researchers in her field, Médard has received numerous distinguished awards; most recently the 2019 Best Paper for IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, She serves on the Global Future Council on New Network Technologies for the World Economic Forum and is a member of the US National Academy of Inventors.