10 Top Women Speakers in Innovation and Business

Are you seeking a different perspective for your upcoming event, but need to be sure you’ll only be bringing in the best of the best? Our curated selection of female keynote speakers has experts in every area, and none are in higher demand than the business leaders and innovators featured below. These thought leaders and experienced entrepreneurs have centuries of hard-won experience between them and insights into tech, healthcare, work culture and social change.

Award-winning author and Harvard Business school professor Tsedal Neeley is a top innovation keynote speaker specializing in the future of remote work and organizational change. She is recognized as one of the 100 people transforming business who are innovating, sparking trends, and tackling global challenges by Business Insider.

Humorist and artificial intelligence keynote speaker Janelle Shane is interested in the weird side of science, examining both the promise of AI when it comes to accessibility and advancement and how it’s going to be a while longer before it gets there, diving deep into the stumbling points around machine learning algorithms.

The founder of Robogal,s Aipoly and Aubot, Marita Cheng is a technology thought leader and top-rated innovation keynote speaker. A Forbes 30 Under 30 roboticist and engineer, her AI projects have included tech that helps the visually impaired navigate the world and robotic arms for people with limited upper mobility. 

Award-winning inventor, entrepreneur and technology influencer Tan Le is a top keynote speaker at the forefront of the emerging field of brain-computer interface. She has received numerous honors from the World Economic Forum, Forbes, and National Geographic for her work in brain augmentation.

Business strategist, best-selling author, podcast host and seasoned business growth speaker Tiffani Bova is  Salesforce executive and top Twitter influencer. With a long list of accolades and frequent contributions to Forbes, Harvard Business Review and Huffington Post, she has reached over half a million people across the globe.

Rebeca Hwang is a business speaker, Stanford Graduate School of Engineering lecturer, and acclaimed innovator. The co-founder of multiple startups, she has experience as a social entrepreneur, inventor, educator and ecosystem builder.

Innovation strategist Simone Ahuja is a bestselling author and business growth speaker. The founder of the strategic advisory firm Blood Orange, she guides companies in developing and executing innovative ideas quickly and economically.

NYT bestselling author Sophia Amoruso is a  business keynote speaker, investor, and the epitome of a modern entrepreneur. As the founder of fashion empire Nasty Gal and the original #girlboss, she focuses her efforts on uplifting other ambitious women in their journeys towards business success.

Alicia Asin is a Big Data expert and the entrepreneur behind IT company Libelium. With insights into security and privacy, data mining, and using the Internet of Things to promote democracy and sustainability, she has been recognized several times over for her contributions to tech innovation. 

Shivvy Jervis is an award-winning futurist, broadcaster and innovation speaker. Named one of Britain’s 10 most influential South Asian women, she’s a trailblazing, deeply persuasive presenter with her finger on the pulse of the hot-button issues in the tech industry.


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