2024 Featured Speakers

Brian Comiskey
Senior Director of Innovation and Trends, Consumer Technology Association (CTA)®

Brian Comiskey is the Senior Director of Innovation and Trends, and resident Futurist at CTA, charting how the latest technology trends will shape tomorrow.

Brian is responsible for the thematic stock indexes developed and maintained by CTA and Nasdaq as a part of a more than decade-long partnership. Covering a variety of sectors including artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, gaming, and robotics, Brian and his team manage a portfolio of 18 thematic indexes with more than 20 products and $13B in assets under management tracking these indexes across listings in more than a dozen countries.
 
Prior to joining CTA, Brian worked in the media strategy and tech policy consulting space in the private and public sector. Brian holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations from the College of William & Mary.

Kinsey Fabrizio
President, Consumer Technology Association (CTA)®️

Kinsey Fabrizio is president of the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)®️, which represents more than 1300 consumer technology companies and owns and produces CES®️ — the most powerful tech event in the world. In this role, Fabrizio sits on the CTA Executive Board and drives strategy and growth for CES and CTA, leading the CES, Membership, Conferences and Marketing and Communications departments.

Gary Shapiro
CEO, Consumer Technology Association (CTA)®

Gary Shapiro is an acclaimed author, lobbyist, and CEO of the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)®️ which represents over 1300 consumer technology companies and owns and produces CES®️, the world’s most powerful tech event. He has authored more than 1200 opinion pieces highlighting the importance of innovation in the U.S. economy. Gary Shapiro holds a JD from the Georgetown University Law Center and a BA in economics and psychology from Binghamton University. He is happily married and lives with his family in Michigan.

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Maya Noël
CEO, France Digitale

Maya Noël is the Managing Director of France Digitale, the leading European startup and investor association with nearly 2000 members. The organisation's mission is to create European digital champions and to animate and federate the startup ecosystem in France.

Maya Noël started her career in digital in 2012 and immediately focused her energy on finding the best talent for fast-growing startups. In 2015, she founded her startup YBorder, specialized in international recruitment and financed by ISAI.

In 2016, she joined the StartHer association (now Sista), alongside leading female entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, and campaigned for more parity and diversity in business & tech.