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Thursday, November 8 • 10:00am - 11:00am
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We are surrounded by rising stars - you know them. The people who are doing amazing things all around us, but might not be featured on prime time news for the world to see. DCWEEK wants to shine a light on the amazing changemakers among us. So join us for short keynote talks by some of America's (and beyond!) most amazing minds and inspirational voices. 

Shane Green, CEO & Founder, Personal

Lauren Delisa Coleman, Author

Keya Dannenbaum, CEO, ElectNext

Ari Gesher, Palantir

Kalsoom Lakhani, CEO, Invest2Innovate

Katalin Gallyas, Open Innovation Lobbyist, Amsterdam

Speakers
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Lauren DeLisa Coleman

Socio-Economic Digitalist, LDC Enterprises
I'm a socio-economic digitalist. That means I'm passionate about tracking global social change as it converges with pop culture and the tech revolution. I'm the leading author, speaker, journalist, social entrepreneur and expert consultant in this brand new arena. My current digi-social... Read More →
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Keya Dannenbaum

Founder/CEO, ElectNext
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Katalin Gallyas

Open Innovation Lobbyist, City Governance Amsterdam
My passion is bottom up city planning/policy making through crowdsourcing and  crowdfunding. I am lobbying for a new age governance in cities where the cheapest and most effective solutions are shared with commons, via open source software’s and because of the use open data. I... Read More →
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Ari Gesher

Senior Engineer, Palantir Technologies
Ari Gesher is a Senior Engineer on the Palantir Government project at Palantir Technologies. An alumnus of the University of Illinois computer science department, Ari has worked in the software industry for the past ten years, including a stint as lead website and infrastructure... Read More →
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Shane Green

Co-Founder, President, & CEO, Personal
Shane Green is co-founder, President and CEO of Personal (www.personal.com), which gives individuals the ability to securely store, share and reuse all the important data, notes and files in their lives through a vault and personal network connecting them to trusted people, apps and companies. Shane has been building and leading startups throughout his care... Read More →
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Kalsoom Lakhani

Co-Founder/General Partner, i2i Ventures
Kalsoom is the Co-founder & General Partner at i2i Ventures, an early stage venture capital fund for Pakistan, and the country’s first female-founded VC fund, which opened its doors in 2019. Kalsoom is also the Founder of Invest2Innovate, i2i Ventures' sister entity, which she launched... Read More →

Thursday November 8, 2012 10:00am - 11:00am EST
Artisphere 1101 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22209
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