Business Insider's flagship annual conference in NYC
Back for its seventh year IGNITION: Future Of Digital will be in NYC. We'll have two plus days of jam-packed sessions December 2016. The event explores the future of media as it intersects with technology and changes everything from how we consume information to how we market, invest, socialize, work, live, and play.
Check out the incredible lineup of speakers below.
Arianna Huffington, founder and CEO, Thrive Global
Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO, WPP
SY Lau, Sr. EVP; President, Tencent; Online Media Group
James Murdoch, CEO, 21st Century Fox
Mathias Döpfner, chairman and CEO, Axel Springer SE
Maverick Carter, CEO, SpringHill Entertainment and UNINTERRUPTED
David Levy, president, Turner Broadcasting
Geoff Ramsey, chairman and cofounder, eMarketer
Brian Lesser, CEO, GroupM
Peter Moore, Chief Competition Officer, EA
Mickey Capoferri, senior director online content & programming, Lucasfilm
Michelle D. Wilson, chief revenue & marketing officer, WWE
Kevin Lin, COO, Twitch
Randall L. Stephenson, chairman and CEO, AT&T
Tim Armstrong, CEO, AOL
Jeff Bewkes, chairman and CEO, Time Warner Inc.
Julia Boorstin, senior media and entertainment correspondent, CNBC
Gene Munster, managing director and senior research analyst, Piper Jaffray
Nathan Blecharczyk, cofounder and CTO, Airbnb
Barry Diller, chairman and senior executive, IAC and Expedia Inc.
David Kenny, general manager, IBM Watson
Mark Mahaney, managing director internet, RBC Capital Markets
Joey Levin, CEO, IAC
Miguel McKelvey, cofounder and CCO, WeWork
Adam Neumann, cofounder and CEO, WeWork
Raja Rajamannar, Global CMO, MasterCard
Chuck Robbins, CEO, Cisco
George Kliavkoff, CEO, Jaunt Inc.
Brad Allen, executive chairman, NextVR
Dennis Mortensen, CEO and founder, x.ai
Ken Auletta, The New Yorker
Ted Schilowitz, Futurist, 20th Century Fox
John Battelle, editor-in-chief and CEO, NewCo Platform
Danny Sullivan, founding editor, Marketing Land
Henry Blodget, global editor-in-chief and CEO, Business Insider
Alyson Shontell, editor-in-chief, US, Business Insider
Erik Huggers, CEO and president, Vevo
Susan L. Jurevics, CEO, Pottermore
Patrick Keane, president, Sharethrough
Nicholas Carlson, editor-in-chief, INSIDER
Dan Levi, CMO, Clear Channel Outdoor Americas
Stephanie Retblatt, chief brainiac, Smarty Pants
Adam Singolda, founder and CEO, Taboola
Dave Finocchio, founder and CEO, Bleacher Report
Andrew Bosworth, VP of engineering, Facebook
Mike Dyer, President & Publisher, The Daily Beast
Eric Porres, CMO, Sailthru
Mihael Mikek, founder and CEO, Celtra
Pete Spande, CRO, Business Insider
Matthew Garrahan, global media editor, Financial Times
Maureen Fan, CEO and co-founder, Baobab Studios
Neal Mohan, Chief Product Officer; SVP, YouTube; Google
Mike Dyer, President and Publisher, The Daily Beast
August Bradley Cenname, COO and CMO, Kite & Lightning
Alex Wellen, Senior Vice President and Chief Product Officer, CNN
Dave Morgan, CEO and founder, Simulmedia
Barry Frey, President and CEO, Digital Place Based Advertising Association (DPAA)
Steve Kovach, senior correspondent, Business Insider
Matt Rosoff, executive editor and west coast bureau chief, Business Insider
IGNITION brings together the brightest minds in technology and media to share what they see on the horizon. It packs unscripted interviews, cool demos, insights from industry pioneers, and big picture thought leadership into a fast-paced agenda. You'll learn about the key trends in the post-PC era, from social to mobile to e-commerce, digital payments, cord-cutting, big data, internet of things, wearables, and more that are all defining the emerging web economy. At the same time you'll pick up insights that can transform your work or even your company.
At IGNITION you'll get a new understanding of the transformations taking place in the digital world. We'll discuss the innovation that matters and help you understand what you can do to keep ahead. You'll have the chance to network with 750 senior executives from the worlds of technology, media, entertainment, investing, finance, and the Internet.
The conference is produced by Business Insider, one of the fastest-growing digital-media companies in the world, and hosted by Henry Blodget, Business Insider's Editor-in-Chief and CEO.
