If you’re planning an event or conference and you want to bring in the best of the best keynote speakers, here are our current top 5 picks for you. With rave reviews and a large volume of bookings in 2024, we’re confident these keynote speakers will deliver. They bring a blend of charisma, expertise, and unparalleled knowledge that can transform your event from ordinary to extraordinary. Whether it’s about pushing the boundaries of technology, exploring the depths of effective leadership, or discovering strategies for change management, these speakers know how to engage, inspire, and leave a lasting impact on their audience. 

Top 5 Speakers to Watch

1. April Rinne
April Rinne is a change navigator: she helps individuals and organizations rethink and reshape their relationships with change, uncertainty, and a world in flux. She’s a trusted advisor, speaker, investor, lawyer, global development executive, adventurer (100+ countries) and insatiable handstander. She is ranked one of the 50 leading female futurists in the world and is a Harvard Law School graduate, a Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum, a member of the Silicon Guild and Thinkers50 Radar, and author of the international bestseller Flux: 8 Superpowers for Thriving in Constant Change.

2. Dan Buettner 
Dan Buettner is an explorer, National Geographic Fellow, award-winning journalist and producer, and New York Times bestselling author. He discovered the five places in the world – dubbed blue zones – where people live the longest, healthiest lives. Buettner now works in partnership with municipal governments, large employers, and health insurance companies to implement Blue Zones Projects in communities, workplaces, and universities. Blue Zones Projects are well-being initiatives that apply lessons from the Blue Zones to entire communities by focusing on changes to the local environment, public policy, and social networks. The program has dramatically improved the health of more than 5 million Americans to date. Buettner also holds three Guinness World Records in distance cycling.

3. Chaunte Lowe
Chaunté Lowe is the story of determination, perseverance, and strength.  Not only is Lowe a mother of 3, a wife, and a business owner; she is also a professional athlete, an American Record Holder, a 4-time Olympian, a 3-Time World Championship medalist, and 12 times US National Champion. She has been in high demand since she decided to train for the Tokyo 2021 Olympics while undergoing chemotherapy and a double mastectomy for breast cancer. Chaunté Lowe’s resilience is impactful in her own life, and to those who hear her speak.

4. Ben Nemtin
BEN NEMTIN and his three childhood friends started THE BURIED LIFE in Victoria, British Columbia in 2006. They made a list of 100 things to do before you die. For every bucket list item they accomplished, they helped a stranger cross something off their bucket list. Since then, they have crossed off “Write a #1 New York Times Bestseller”, “Make a TV Show (on MTV)”, “Be Interviewed by Oprah” and have helped reunite a father and son after seventeen years and surprised a young girl with a much-needed bionic arm. Ben has crossed off 96 of 100 dreams and has helped countless people achieve their dreams. Ben Nemtin is ranked as the #2 Motivational Speaker in the World by Global Gurus and is listed as a Top Organizational Culture Thought Leader.

5. Robyn Benincasa
Robyn Benincasa is a top leadership and teamwork keynote speaker, author, and Adventure Racing World Champion. One of the highest-rated, female motivational speakers in the world, she regularly shares the stage with world leaders and business icons, her customers include many Fortune companies like Starbucks, Deloitte, Aflac, Boeing, and more.

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