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

Melissa Medina
CEO + President, eMerge Americas

Felice Gorordo
CEO, eMerge Americas

Eric Schmidt
Co-Founder, Schmidt Futures + Former CEO & Chairman, Google

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

Alexis Ohanian
Cofounder of Reddit, Initialized Capital, and bestselling author

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

Serena Williams
Iconic Tennis Champion, Entrepreneur and Philanthropist, 23-Time Grand Slam Winner + Founder of Serena Ventures

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