Keynote Speakers
Leading innovators from across the country will be sharing their expertise on the big stage at Collaborate. View Details.
Tom Chi
Chief Product Officer, Factory
Co-Founder, Google X
Katie Harbath
Global Politics and Outreach
Facebook
Helen Seidel
Public Affairs Counselor
Australian Embassy
David Barrett
CEO
Expensify
Ken Nguyen
General Counsel & Venture Hacker
AngelList
Dr. Robert Griffin
Deputy Under Secretary of Science and Technology, U. S. Department of Homeland Security
Forum Speakers
Not talking heads or pundits, but accomplished leaders with proven track records of innovation.View Forum Topics.
Lisa Conn
National Organizing Director
FWD.us
Daniel Hoffman
Chief Innovation Officer, Montgomery County, MD
Jenn Gustetic
Assistant Director of Open Innovation
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Adrian Uribarri
Esquire Mentoring Initiative
Hearst Magazines
Xavier Hughes
Chief Innovation Officer, U.S. Department of Labor
Aneesh Chopra
Co-Founder & EVP Hunch Analytics
Former CTO of the United States
Jeanne Holm
Evangelist, Data.gov
Chief Knowledge Architect, NASA-Jet Propulsion Labratory
Shawn DuBravac
Chief Economist and Sr. Director of Research
Consumer Electronics Association
David Drake
Chairman
Victoria Global
Muhammed Chaudhry
CEO
Silicon Valley Education Foundation
Jack Bienko
Deputy for Entrepreneurship Education
US Small Business Administration
Lane Becker
Director of Product and Startups
Code for America
Art Chang
Founder & CEO
Tipping Point Partners, LLC
Joshua Wexler
CEO
Occom
Elatia Abate
Entrepreneur and Coach
Gregory Godbout
Executive Director, 18F
U.S. General Services Administration
David Bray
Chief Innovation Officer
Federal Communications Commission
Read Holman
Senior Advisor on Internal Entrepreneurship
US Department of Health and Human Services
Chris Wegrzyn
Co-Founder
BlueLabs
Jonathan Aberman
Managing Director, Amplifier Ventures and TandemNSI
Sonny Hashmi
Chief Information Officer
US General Services Administratio
Lynn Overmann
Deputy Chief Data Officer
US Department of Commerce
Jordan DeVries
Director, User Experience
Brave UX
Julie Kirk
Director, Office of Innovation & Entrepreneurship
U.S. Department of Commerce
Rebecca Cooper
Lead Anchor, Washington Business Report
ABC7 / WJLA-TV
Adrian Fenty
Special Advisor, Andreessen Horowitz
Former Mayor of Washington, DC
Renata Maziarz
Senior Policy Analyst, Bureau of the Fiscal Service
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Aaron Sherinian
Chief Communications and Marketing Officer
United Nations Foundation
Tom Cochran
Deputy Coordinator for Platforms
US Department of State
Tien Wong
Chief Executive Officer
Tech 200 and appnetic
Ann Mei Chang
Executive Director
USAID, US Global Development Lab
Robert Scoble
Startup Liaison Officer
Rackspace
Workshop Instructors
Subject matter experts from both sectors teaching actionable strategies and tactics. View Workshops.
Eli Murphy
Senior Vice President
Oratium
Manjit Singh
President
Agilious, LLC
Ben Balter
Government Evangelist
Github
Allie Armitage
Founder & CEO
Mind Into Matter
Eric Adolphe
CEO
Government Proposal Solutions
Victoria Taylor
Director of Communications
Reddit
Joshua Touyz
Advisor
Data Society
Nareg Sagherian
Presidential Fellow
US Small Business Administration
Uri Neren
Chairman
Innovators International
Dmitri Adler
Founder
Data Society
Melanie Spring
Founder
Sisarina
Jeb Ory
Chief Executive Officer
Phone2Action
Jason Nellis
CEO
Overachiever Media
Round Table Leaders
Leading entrepreneurs and accomplished innovators engaging in open discussion with small groups. View topics.
Lauren Worley
Press Secretary and Senior Advisor
NASA
Matt Craywood
CEO
TransitScreen
Heather Blanchard
Director, Wireless Internet Development at CTIA
Adam Sharp
Head of News, Government, and Elections, Twitter
Shana Glenzer
VP, Social Marketing
SocialRadar
David Mandell
Co-Founder & CEO
PivotDesk
Son Tran
Scrum Master, Office of Digital & Design Innovation
Broadcasting Board of Governors
Heather Utzig
Founder
iMi Interactive
Zvi Band
CEO, Co-Founder
Contactually
Jordan Fischler
SVP, Technology + Digital Media
Allison + Partner
Scott Nolan Smith
Head of Digital Diplomacy
Associate Director, Portland Communications
Co-founder & Board Member, Digital Diplomacy Coalition
Patrick FitzGerald
Managing Director
DreamIt Ventures
Dharmishta Rood
Company Program Manager
Code For America
Steve Ressler
Founder
GovLoop.com
Tony Cappaert
COO, Co-Founder
Contactually
Aileen Gemma Smith
CEO
Vizalytics Technology
Charles Allen
CEO
Bitcoin Shop, Inc.
Tim Abdella
GIO
DC OCTO
Julie Verratti
Adviser
US Small Business Administration
James Quigley
CEO and Co-Founder
Canvas, Inc.
Romeo Durscher
Director of Education
DJI, Inc.
Patrick Sheridan
CEO
Modus Create, Inc.
Gabrielle Jackson
President, Founder
The Millennial Solution
Todd Marks
President & CEO
MindGrub
Geoff Orazem
Chief Executive Officer
Eastern Foundry
Dolphin Tank Judges
Experienced investors sharing feedback and best practices with startups preparing to raise funds. Learn more.
Amy Millman
President
Springboard Enterprises
John Backus
Managing Partner
NAV
Media Match Journalists
Journalists from leading publications in tech and business are participating. Learn more.
Melanie Spring
Entrepreneur.com
John Biggs
Editor, TechCrunch
Walt Mossberg
Co-Executive Editor, re/code
Rob Pegoraro
Tech Columnist, Yahoo Tech
Sean Gallagher
IT Editor, Ars Technica
S. Lynn Cooper
Black Enterprise Magazine
Christopher Wink
Editorial Director, Technica.ly
Tania Anderson
Business Reporter, Bisnow
Stephen Overly
Reporter, Washington Post
Ricky Riberio
Reporter, BizTech Magazine
Reid Snyder
Publisher, InTheCapital
Bill Flook
Reporter, Washington Business Journal
Allyson Jacob
Content Editor, ElevationDC
Marissa Levin
Contributor, SmartCEO Magazine
Billy Mitchell
Editor, FedScoop
Erik Hyrkas
Editor and Founder, TechVoid
Julia Mayes
WTTG Fox News
Lalita Clozel
Lead Reporter, Technical.ly
Kasra Kangarloo
Staff Reporter, Washington Business Journal
J.D. Harrison
Reporter/ Editor
The Washington Post
Curious about who else is attending? See a list of our Distinguished Attendees.