2023 Speakers
From founders and CEOs to government officials to Academy Award winners, eMerge Americas hosts a diverse array of tech innovators, entrepreneurs, investors and changemakers.
Stay tuned - we’ll be announcing more speakers in the coming weeks.
Tom Brady
Seven-Time Football World Champion, New York Times Bestselling Author + Entrepreneur
Daniella Levine Cava
Mayor of Miami-Dade County
Francis Suarez
Mayor of the City of Miami
Angle Bush
Founder, Black Women In Artificial Intelligence
Dr. Paul Judge
Managing Partner, Panoramic Ventures
Katica Roy
CEO + Founder, Pipeline
Phil Lord
Academy Award-winning Filmmaker
Eric Schmidt
Co-Founder, Schmidt Futures + Former CEO & Chairman, Google
Melissa Medina
President, eMerge Americas
Felice Gorordo
CEO, eMerge Americas
Manny Medina
Founder + Chairman, eMerge Americas
Frost Li
Founder & CEO, Social Chat
Michelle Abbs
Founder + CEO, Web3 Equity
Chris Adamo
Co-founder + Investor, Flamingo Capital
Susan Amat
Director for Entrepreneurial Initiatives, University of Miami Herbert School of Business + VP for Education, Global Entrepreneurship Network
Janosch Amstutz
CEO + Founder, Beem
Dr. Randy Avent
President, Florida Polytechnic University
Michelle Bakels
Program Director of Developer Health, G2i
Saxon Baum
Partner, Florida Funders
Jon Belgrad
Officer, Knight Foundation
Celina Belizan
Investor, Entrepreneur, Personal + Professional Development Consultant, LatinTalks
Gabriela Berrospi
CEO + Founder, Latino Wall Street
Kiel Berry
Founder + Managing Partner, Mission One Capital
Pratim Biswas
Dean + Professor, College of Engineering, University of Miami
Sean Borman
CEO, Aeroauto
Mary Beth Brosnihan
Investment Professional, McCarthy Capital
Leigh-Ann Buchanan
President, Miami-Dade Innovation Authority
Auston Bunsen
Co-founder, QuickNode
Eduardo Cabrera
Chief Cybersecurity Officer, Trend Micro
Daniel Callaghan
CEO, Veremark
Angela Maria Camacho
President of the Board, Colombian American Chamber of Commerce
Rosa Jimenez Cano
Journalist + Contributor to WIRED en Español & Jeeves
Carol Carpenter
Chief Marketing Officer, Unity
Harry Carpenter
Partner and Co-Leader of Cannabis Advisory Services, Citrin Cooperman
Claudia Chez-Abreu
CEO, AdVentures Digital Agency
Venita Cooper
Founder + CEO, Arbit
Cooper Copetas
Chief Innovation Officer, Magma
Jorge Cortes
Co-Creator, ETHMobile Miami
Francesca de Quesada Covey
Chief, Innovation and Economic Development Officer
Joe Curcio
Founding Partner + COO, Daxos Capital
Dami Osunsanya Dada
Director + Co-Head, Softbank Opportunity Fund
Jai Das
Co-Founder, President, + Partner, Sapphire Ventures
Jaret Davis
Co-Managing Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig Miami
Dr. Lupe Diaz
Executive Director, Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Laura DiBella
Secretary of Commerce and President + CEO, Enterprise Florida
Fran Dillard
Vice President and CDIO, Micron Technology
Mark DiMichael
Partner and Leader of Digital Assets, Citrin Cooperman
Jeffrey Duerk
Executive Vice President + Provost, University of Miami
Jason Dumas
Founder, CEO, & RF Engineer, Wireless Guardian
Karina DuQuesne
Chief People Officer and General Counsel, IronHack
Claudia Duran
Managing Director, Endeavor Miami
Allison Ellsworth
Co-Founder + Chief Brand Officer, Poppi
Bobak Emanian
Co-Founder + Managing Partner, Debut Capital
René Espinoza
CEO + Co-founder, Lazarillo
Peter O. Estévez
Entrepreneur + Author, LatinTalks
Marell Evans
Founder and Managing Director, Exceptional Capital
Amy Firestone
Independent Consultant, Apprenticeship and Workforce Leader
Dr. Julio Frenk
President, University of Miami
Irene Gao
North American Business Development Manager, Bitmain
Mayor Dan Gelber
Mayor of the City of Miami Beach
Ilya Gogin
Director of Product Management, Pearson
Alejandro D. González
Executive Director, The Idea Center at Miami Dade College
Dr. Kenneth Goodman
Professor + Director, University of Miami Ethics Programs
Steve Grubbs
CEO, VictoryXR
Joe Guagliardo
Partner, Dentons
Nicolas Guerrero
Investment Analyst , PS27 Ventures
Mo Hamzian
CEO, VEL
Felecia Hatcher
CEO, Black Ambition Opportunity Inc.
Dr. B. Sarah Haynes
CEO + Founder, CoachEra Technologies, Inc.
Samara Hernandez
CEO + Founder, Chingona Ventures
Enrique Infanzon
Dean, Miami Dade College
Saif Ishoof
Founder, Lab22c
Sallie Jian
Head of SAP.iO NY
Tony Jimenez
Managing Director, Medina Capital
Jalak Jobanputra
Managing Partner, Future Perfect Ventures
Tyler Johnson
Founder + CEO, Laowai Enterprises, LLC
Dr. Felicia Knaul
Director, University of Miami Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas
Sarah Kopit
Editor-in-Chief, The Block
Jackie Kossmann
Partner, Congruent Ventures
Kristi Kung
Partner, Chair Healthcare Regulatory Practice, DLA Piper
Jason Kuperman
Chief Product Experience Officer, OUTFRONT Media
Matthew Land
Government Relations + Public Policy, Eve Air Mobility
Evan Leaphart
Founder + CEO, Kiddie Kredit
Howard Lerman
Founder + CEO, Roam
Leon Lyu
CEO, ANTPOOL
Luciano Macagno
Managing Director Latin America, Caribbean + South Florida, Delta AIr Lines
Sidney Majalya
Chief Risk Officer, Binance.US
Yinka Majekodunmi
CPA, County Commission Auditor + Founder YM Worldwide.
Jack Makhlouf
Global Head of Partnerships, Talespin
William Malamud
American Chamber of Commerce of the Dominican Republic - AMCHAMDR
Abi Mandelbaum
Visionary. Innovator. Investor. Advisor. Endeavor Entrepreneur
Leo Martellotto
President, Junior Achievement Americas
Utsav Mathur
Founder + CEO, GMetri
Laura Maydon
Co-founder and Partner, Ascendo Venture Capital
Harry McCracken
Global Technology Editor, Fast Company
Tami McQueen
Vice President of Marketing, Panoramic Ventures
Justis Mendez
Managing Partner, OneSixOne Ventures
Matthieu Merchadou
CEO, Magma
Johanna Mikkola
Vice-President & General Manager, BrainStation Miami
Rodrick T. Miller
President + CEO, Miami-Dade Beacon Council
Olga Naumovich
Head of Technology, Miami, Millennium
Danny Navarro
Marketing, Google for Startups
Lisa Nuessle
Account Executive, Ironhack
Caroline O'Connor
President of Business Operations, Miami Marlins
Willy Orozco
Regional Manager + President, Microsoft TEALS / CSTA Miami
John Owens
Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig
Kenasha Paul
Director + Founder of Venture Miami Opportunity and Black Professionals Network
Kaio Philipe
Co-Founder & COO, Bloomberg Linea
Shannon Phillips
Vice President, Abshire Public Relations
Polina Pompliano
Founder + Author, The Profile
Dr. Wizdom Powell
Chief Diversity + Inclusion Officer, Headspace Health
Kate Prouty
Chief Information Officer, Akamai
Madeline Pumariega
President, Miami Dade College
Ariel Quiñones
Co-Founder + Co-CEO, Ironhack
David Ramos
EVP & GM Miami-Dade, Hotwire Communications
Anna Raptis
Founder + CEO, Amplifica Capital
Carolina Rendeiro
CEO, Connect2Global + Honorary Consul of Portugal
Max Ringelheim
Founder + CEO, When Going Viral
Andrew Ritch
Founder, GlanceHouse
Lillian Roberts
Founder + CEO, Xendoo
Julián Rodriguez
Rector of Universidad Austral
David S. Rose
Founder + CEO, U.S. Real Estate Market
José María Blasco Ruiz
Director of the Infrastructure, Health and Digital Entrepreneurship Division, ICEX Spain Trade & Investment
Minerva Salles
Founder + CEO, OMG Creative Solutions
Josh Samek
Partner + Chair, Florida Corporate Practice, DLA Piper
Ramiro Sanchez
Latin America CMO, Google
Abhishek Saxena
Principal, Polygon Ventures
Jennifer Schorsch
ETHMobile Co-Creator, ETHMobile Miami
Renata Serban
Manager of Cannabis Advisory Services, Citrin Cooperman
Claudia Serrer
Trade Commissioner of Chile, ProChile Miami
D Sharma
Co-Founder & CEO, Wellness Coach
Eyal Shats
Chief Strategy Officer, Simpliroute
Keo Shaw
Of Counsel, FDA Regulatory Group, DLA Piper
Imran Siddiqui
Executive Director, Tech Equity Miami
MacKenzie Sigalos
Technology Reporter, CNBC
Mandell Smith
Banker + Vice President , J.P. Morgan Private Bank
Stephanie Sylvestre
Co-founder, Avatar Buddy, LLC
Kwamara Thompson
Founder, I'm a Black Woman, Yes I Matter
Camila Torrente
LaTam Program Partner, ERA Global (Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator)
Gustavo Trindade
Director, Babson College Miami
Nicole Valentine
FinTech Director, Milken Institute
Adam Vargas
Artist aka Atomik
Carlos Vazquez
Founder/Executive Director, Miami EdTech
TJ Villamil
SVP, International Trade & Development, Enterprise Florida
Fred Voccola
CEO, Kaseya
Casber Wang
Partner, Sapphire Ventures
John Wensveen
Chief Innovation Officer, NSU & Executive Director, Alan B. Levan | NSU Broward Center of Innovation
Timoni West
Vice President of Industry, Unity
Ryan Whittemore
Partner + Chief Investment Officer, Florida Funders
Jane Wooldridge
Senior Director, Miami Herald
Ashlee Wright
CEO, WOT, Inc.
Liang Wu
Co-founding Managing Partner, Eleven26 Capital and Web3 Research Fellow at Harvard Business School
Qingda Yang
Professor, University of Miami
Nathaniel Yu
International Marketing + Business Development Manager, Bitmain
Gecheng Zha
Professor, University of Miami
Past Keynote Speakers
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Serena Williams
23-time Grand Slam Champion and Entrepreneur
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Alexis Ohanian
Cofounder and Former Executive Chairman, Reddit & Founder of Seven Seven Six
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Bill McDermott
Former CEO of SAP
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Jean Case
Chair, National Geographic Society & CEO, Case Foundation
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Marcelo Claure
Executive Chairman, Sprint & COO, Softbank
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Martine Rothblatt
CEO, United Therapeutics & Cofounder, Sirius Satellite Radio
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Kara Swisher
Cofounder, Recode
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Steve Wozniak
Cofounder, Apple Computer Inc., Silicon Valley Icon
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Sue Siegel
Chief Innovation Officer of GE & CEO of GE Ventures
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Steve Case
Chairman and CEO of Revolution