As Head of Innovation & Creativity at Disney, Duncan helped teams at Disney Parks, Marvel, Lucasfilm, Pixar, Imagineering and Animation to innovate, creating magical new storylines and amazing experiences for consumers around the globe.

He now brings his Disney experience to audiences around the world, delivering a series of keynotes, masterclasses and ideation forums, that help people capture unlikely connections, leading to both disruptive thinking and revolutionary ideas. He is a multiple TEDx speaker and frequent contributor to Fast Company, Harvard Business Review, and Forbes, and he teaches Innovation and Creativity Masterclasses at Yale and Harvard Universities.

Duncan holds the American Citizen Award presented at the White House, an Honorary Doctorate from Edinburgh University, and the Duke of Edinburgh Award, presented by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth.

Wendy Bergh is a dynamic and results-driven executive with a track record of scaling startups and Fortune 500 companies. She specializes in driving transformative growth through exceptional customer experience, strategic product expansion, and data-driven marketing that accelerates acquisition, conversion, and retention. Known for building high-performing teams and exceeding financial targets, Wendy blends strategic vision with hands-on operational leadership.

Most recently, Wendy was General Manager of Zoom’s multi-billion-dollar Online business. Her earlier leadership roles span high-impact positions at ServiceNow, Minted, and Walmart, where she played a pivotal role in digital transformation and business growth. Wendy holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a B.A. from Colby College.

Lisa Bodell is a globally recognized expert on simplification and the bestselling author of Why Simple Wins and Kill the Company. As founder and CEO of FutureThink, she helps organizations eliminate unnecessary complexity, restore clarity, and create the capacity leaders and teams need to innovate and thrive. Her clients include Google, Netflix, Pfizer, SAP, AT&T, Citigroup, and the U.S. Department of National Intelligence.

Known as a trusted, non-threatening disruptor, Lisa challenges outdated ways of working and equips leaders with practical tools—like “Kill a Stupid Rule”—to reduce friction and drive meaningful change. A Top 50 keynote speaker worldwide, she inspires audiences to replace burnout with focus and momentum. Lisa’s work centers on a simple belief: instead of fixing people to do more work, fix the work to better fit people.

Stephanie Buscemi is a seasoned business leader with 25+ years of experience building and scaling global marketing organizations across enterprise software, cloud, analytics, data and AI platforms.

As CMO at Confluent, she leads Global Marketing, Developer Relations, Field CTOs, Technology Strategy, and SDR teams, and plays a central role in defining and commercializing the data streaming platform category. She is known for turning category vision into commercial motion—where story meets system and inspiration meets impact. Stephanie believes every AI challenge is a data challenge and champions real-time data streaming as essential to unlocking AI’s full potential. Her team focuses on customer success, demand creation, brand leadership, and community engagement to drive growth.

Previously, Stephanie served as CMO and EVP of Product Marketing at Salesforce, leading a global team of 1,800+ marketers and overseeing go-to-market strategy across the portfolio. She also held senior marketing leadership roles at IHS, SAP, Business Objects, Oracle, and Hyperion.

She previously served on the board of Clari and currently serves as an independent director on the board of Iterable. Stephanie has been recognized by Forbes, Business Insider, Adweek, and Hot Topics among the most influential and innovative CMOs. She is a UCLA graduate, co-author of Driven to Perform, a Wharton guest lecturer, and a passionate advocate for women in leadership and technology.

Benoit Vatere is the chief media officer of Liquid Death, one of the fastest growing non-alcoholic beverage brands. Liquid Death uses comedy and entertainment to make health and sustainability 50 times more fun. It takes low-calorie beverages and packages them into infinitely recyclable cans that compete with the fun marketing of unhealthy brands across energy drinks, beer, and junk food. Its product lines include mountain water, soda-flavored sparkling water, iced tea, and more. A portion of Liquid Death’s proceeds helps kill plastic pollution.

Prior to Liquid Death, Benoit founded Mammoth Media, a digital-to-retail technology company where he built and executed strategic digital media campaigns with focus on incrementality for leading CPG brands such as Pepsi, Lemon Perfect, 7 Eleven, and Siete. Before Mammoth Media, Benoit served as the CEO of mobile gaming monetization platform Playhaven and co-founded conversion optimization company magnify360.

Angelique Jurgill is SVP of Audience Development at People Inc., where she leads enterprise strategy and operations for lifecycle marketing, newsletters and email, and social media for the company’s portfolio of iconic brands. Her work centers on helping brands build durable, direct relationships with audiences.

Angelique brings more than 20 years of experience across digital media, marketing, business operations, and brand partnerships. Earlier in her career, she held leadership roles at Meredith/Dotdash Meredith, Accenture Song, Condé Nast, and News America Marketing. She holds a B.S. in Communication Studies from New York University.

Shar helps C-level executives lead customer-obsessed strategies to help their firms grow. Her specific research focuses on enterprise strategy, operations, and organization, as well as marketing planning, budgets, staffing, structure, and email marketing best practices.

Shar has spent many years helping chief marketing officers create optimal marketing teams and programs, leveraging research on email marketing, consumer psychology, storytelling, and digital maturity. During her 25 years with Forrester, Shar has been instrumental in the development of many of the company’s strategy frameworks, program evaluations, training courses, and marketing planning tools and has also been part of Forrester’s sales and consulting organizations.

Shar returned to Forrester in 2004 after several years away working in marketing consulting. Shar served as research director for marketing research boutique, TideWatch, where she led internal strategy efforts and client strategy projects. Shar was also a consultant with Carlson Marketing Group’s Business Strategy Consulting team, developing CRM and email programs for clients including British Airways, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, and Home Depot. Shar began her career at Forrester in 1997 during the early days of the internet and has written research on customer loyalty, display media, search marketing, and marketing measurement and planning.

A popular speaker, Shar has been seen on stage at ad:tech, ShopTalk, DMA, Shop.org, and the Email Service Provider Coalition events, among others. She is widely quoted in the press, including such media outlets as BusinessWeek, Fortune, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. Shar is a frequent guest on CNBC and National Public Radio.

At Google’s Creative Works, Abigail led a multidisciplinary team developing data-driven, AI-powered advertising and branded content strategies for YouTube’s top global advertisers. She pioneered Humanizing Digital, an anthropology-based thought leadership series exploring our emotional relationship with technology. She also helped guide a cultural transformation initiative for Google’s 4,000+ sales professionals, building unity and renewed purpose across regions; and earlier, created and scaled a global culture of insights program that deepened customer understanding both within Google and across client organizations.

Before joining Google, Abigail served as executive vice president of Brand Strategy at Publicis New York and Strategy Team Director at DDB New York, where she led major global client initiatives and new business efforts that shaped brand identities across industries.

Her work has been recognized with the United Nations Media Impact Award, and her insights have been featured in outlets including The New York Times, Forbes, Fast Company, CNBC, and elsewhere. She regularly shares perspectives on innovation, creativity, and the human-technology relationship at conferences and business gatherings all over the world.

Through the Human Code newsletter and her writing in outlets such as The Drum, Abigail shapes global dialogue around culture, technology, and human behavior. She also hosts the Human Code podcast, bringing these conversations to life with industry leaders and cultural figures.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard University in social anthropology, Abigail lives in New York City, where she raised her three adult children.