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NYC Speakers

Here is a selection of confirmed speakers for SMWNYC. New speakers will continuously be added so check back soon for updates.
Global HQ

Neil BlumenthalCo-Founder / Warby Parker
Esther DysonChairman / EDventure Holdings
Brian StelterMedia Reporter / The New York Times
David CarrBusiness Columnist & Culture Reporter / The New York Times
Deb LavoyDirector of Product Marketing for Social Media / OpenText
Gabe ZichermannFounder & CEO / Gamification.co
Jennifer PahlkaFounder and Executive Director / Code for America
Julie BursteinAuthor, Reporter, Host, and Producer / WNYC
Oonie ChaseCo-founder & User Experience Goddess / MakeLoveNotPorn.tv
Adam WerbachCo-Founder / yerdle
Nick BarhamDirector / Wieden+Kennedy Tomorrow
Andrew RasiejFounder / Personal Democracy Media
Esther DysonChairman / EDventure Holdings
Eli PariserCEO / Upworthy
Susan CrawfordProfessor / Cardozo Law School
Alexis OhanianEntrepreneur, Investor, Speaker, & Author / Reddit, Breadpig & Hipmunk
Faris YakobChief Innovation Officer / MDC Partners
Jessica JackleyCofounder & CEO / ProFounder
Philip AuerswaldAuthor / The Coming Prosperity
Tonya SurmanCEO & Founder / Centre for Social Innovation
Ben KaufmanFounder & CEO / Quirky
Ross LaJeunesseGlobal Head of Free Expression and International Relations / Google
Katie OrensteinFounder & CEO / The OpEd Project
Josette MelchorExecutive Director & Founder / Gray Area Foundation For The Arts (GAFFTA)
Beth NoveckProfessor / New York University and MIT (GAFFTA)
David EavesOpen Innovation Expert / Recollect, Keeping the Door Open, Masters of Digital Media, GNWC
Rahaf HarfoushAuthor & Strategist / ArchiTechs: How to Work, Govern & Learn in a Hyper-Connected World
Cristin DorgeloAssistant Director for Grand Challenges / White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Thom KozikCEO / Fix Challenges, Inc.
David BursteinAuthor / Fast Future: How the Millennial Generation is Shaping Our World
Anil DashCEO / ThinkUp
Lisa GanskyAuthor / The Mesh: Why the Future of Business Is Sharing
Chance BarnettCEO & Co-Founder / crowdfunder
Shaun AbrahamsonCEO & Founder / Mutopo & Eigenvalue Fund
Anya KamenetzSenior Writer / Fast Company
Dale DoughertyPresident & CEO / Maker Media, Inc.
John BielenbergFounder / Project M
Jack HughesFounder & CEO / TopCoder

Content Hubs

Roy SekoffFounder Editor / Huffington Post
danah boydSenior Researcher / Microsoft Research
Scott MontyGlobal Digital & Multimedia Communications Manager / Ford
Craig HepburnGlobal Head of Digital & Social / Nokia
Rick WebbWriter, Entrepreneur and Investor / Tumblr, Secret Clubhouse
Jonah PerettiFounder and CEO / BuzzFeed
Jon SteinbergPresident & COO / BuzzFeed
John C. HavensFounder / Transitional Media, The H(app)athon Project
Jeff DachisCEO, Chairman, and Founder / Dachis Group
Lee HirschDirector / The Bully Project
Liz EsweinCo-Founder / The Mobile Media Lab
Ian SchaferFounder & CEO / Deep Focus
Emily SteelMedia and Marketing Correspondent / Financial Times
Piers FawkesFounder & Editor-in-Chief / PSFK
Richard JonesFounder & CEO / EngageSciences
Cindy GallopFounder & CEO / IfWeRanTheWorld & MakeLoveNotPorn
Bonin BoughVP of Global Media / Mondelēz International

Independently Organized Events

Rachel HaotChief Digital Officer / City of New York
David KarpFounder & CEO / Tumblr
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