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Rising Technology Digital Speakers

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24 rising technology digital speakers on Mezzo - including Maggie Appleton, Ray Kurzweil, and Sougwen Chung. Each with the talks, gig history, and co-appearances to back it up.

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Maggie Appleton

Design lead at Elicit | Visual essayist making complex ideas accessible, digital gardens pioneer

5 recent talks · through 2024
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Ray Kurzweil

Google Director of Engineering | Pioneering the Future of AI & Human Potential

4 recent talks · through 2024
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Sougwen Chung

Multidisciplinary Artist | Human-Machine Collaboration

4 recent talks · through 2026
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Stephan Janssen

Devoxx founder | AI-augmented programming and Java innovation expert

4 recent talks · through 2025
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Sander Hoogendoorn

Developer and programming speaker | Navigating software craft in the AI age

4 recent talks · through 2025
Daniel Hulme

Daniel Hulme

AI Expert & CEO of Satalia | WPP Chief AI Officer Transforming Organizations

4 recent talks · through 2026
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K Allado-McDowell

Writer Who Co-Authors with AI | Founded Google Artists + Machine Intelligence

3 recent talks · through 2025
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Manoush Zomorodi

NPR TED Radio Hour host | Author of Bored and Brilliant, digital wellness pioneer

3 recent talks · through 2026
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Ana Maria Mihalceanu

Java and Kubernetes speaker | JDK security and performance optimization

3 recent talks · through 2024
Tiffany Rolfe

Tiffany Rolfe

Global Chief Creative Officer & Chair | Transforming Digital Experience Design

3 recent talks · through 2026
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Matthias Haeussle

Kubernetes and observability expert | Java containerization specialist

3 recent talks · through 2025
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Oliver Burkeman

British author | 'Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals'

3 recent talks · through 2026
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Simon Brown

Software architecture and design speaker | Creator of the C4 model

3 recent talks · through 2024
Priya Lakhani

Priya Lakhani

Founder of CENTURY Tech | OBE | World Economic Forum Tech Pioneer

3 recent talks · through 2026
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Ben Jacobs

Sports Business | Media Rights | Sports Technology

3 recent talks · through 2025
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Tom Capper

SEO speaker | Expert in local search, keyword research, and Core Web Vitals

3 recent talks · through 2025
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Alexander Glätzle

Quantum Computing Entrepreneur | Deep Tech Innovation

3 recent talks · through 2026
Amy Webb

Amy Webb

Founder of Future Today Institute | Professor at NYU Stern School of Business

2 recent talks · through 2026
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Stuart Russell

UC Berkeley Professor | Pioneering AI Alignment

2 recent talks · through 2026
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Olena Kutsenko

Real-time data architecture speaker | ClickHouse and Apache Kafka expert

2 recent talks · through 2025
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Amber Case

Cyborg Anthropologist | The Future of Humans and Technology

2 recent talks · through 2025
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Markus Kett

Java cloud-native architecture specialist | In-memory computing and microservices expert

2 recent talks · through 2025
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SIMON RITTER

Java language expert | Specializing in pattern matching and JVM performance optimization

2 recent talks · through 2024
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Werner Vogels

Amazon CTO | Pioneering cloud infrastructure and digital transformation strategy

2 recent talks · through 2026
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