2026 Speakers
The Leaders Defining What's Next in Hospitality
A huge thank you to our extraordinary 2026 speakers: visionaries, innovators, and industry leaders taking the stage in Washington, D.C.
Kate Adamson
Folio
CEO & Co-Founder
Leslie Adler
Hilton
Vice President, Business Development & Innovation
Anil Aggarwal
Milestone Inc.
Founder & CEO
Chris Anderson
Cornell University
Professor
Andrew Arthurs
Actabl
President & Chief Operating Officer
Nazpari Aydin
Destination AI
CEO & Co-Founder
Mike Baldinger
Evention
Co-Founder & CSO
Andrew Beckmann
Stripe
AMER Head of Hospitality & Travel GTM
Andrew Boch
Mobi.AI
CEO
Raphaël Bourillet
Accor
Regional E-Commerce Director, Americas
Jessica Brady
AHLA
Vice President Policy and Regulatory Affairs
Deanne Brand
Host Hotels & Resorts
SVP, Strategy, Analytics, Risk & Treasurer
Ana Brant
Cain International
Senior Managing Director & Global Head of Customer Experience
Sarah Burnick
Hall Booth Smith, P.C.
Associate Attorney
Jeff Bzdawka
Hapi
CEO
Alex Cabañas
Pyramid Global Hospitality
Executive Chairman
Laura Calin
Oracle
Senior Vice President, Consumer Industries
Carlos Cardozo
OpenAI
GTM
Steve Carran
The Modern Hotelier
Co-Host
Peter Chambers
Montage International
EVP & CIO
Alexandra Charters Zubko
AZAI Advisory
AI Advisor
Kishan Dahya
AI Hospitality Group
Co-Founder & CTO
Zach Demuth
Eight Form
Head of Strategic Growth & Asset Management
Greg Duff
Foster Garvey
Principal and Chair of Hospitality, Travel and Tourism Practice
Brittany Dunn
Safe House Project
Co-Founder & COO
Diane E Estner
D A N N I Enterprises
President
Josh Ellis
Abra
Co-Founder
Cindy Estis Green
Kalibri Labs
Co-Founder & CEO
Michael Frenkel
Travel Conversations LLC
President & Brand Hotel Advisor
Jeremiah Galvin
HHM Hotels
EVP & Chief Financial Officer
Will Gilbert
Bodhi
Co-Founder
Andrew Gorovoy
Ella
Co- Founder
Stuart W. Greif
Forbes Travel Guide
Chief Strategy, Innovation & Operating Officer
Pamela Hansen
Commonwealth Hotels
Talent & Culture Leader
Jim Harding
Otonoma
CEO
Adam Harris
Cloudbeds
CEO
Anh Hatzopolous
PepperMill
Co-Founder & CEO
Daniel Hersey
Caleta
CEO & Founder
Esther Hertzfeld
Questex
Hospitality Executive Editor
Jennifer Hill
Kalibri
Senior Vice President, Commercial Strategy
Mergim Kacija
StayFull.ai
Founder & CEO
Ronen Kadosh
Eleven Labs
GTM - Travel & Hospitality
Ethan Kim
Hopper Technology Solutions
Head of AI Solutions
Klaus Kohlmayr
IDeaS
Chief Evangelist & Development Officer
Dan Kornick
Loews Hotels
Chief Information Officer
Jessica Kramer
Lexaria
Founder & CEO
Andrea Laderman
Goldi
CEO
Greg Land
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Global Industry Leader – Hospitality
Andre Lattibeaudiere
DiamondRock Hospitality
Vice President, Asset Management & Business Analytics
Michael Leidinger
Hilton
Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer
Lindsay Liszewski
Choice Hotels
Vice President, Applied AI, Advanced Analytics, and Data Strategy
Narda Malakzad
Goldi
Founder
Armen Martirosyan
BLUIP
Co-Founder & CEO
Raymond Martz
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust
Co-President & CFO
Kelly McGuire
Kasa
Chief Commercial Officer
Josiah McKenzie
Hospitality Daily
Host & Producer
Keryn McNamara
Aimbridge Hospitality
Chief Information Officer
Jacob Messina
Stayntouch
CEO
David Millili
The Modern Hotelier
Co-Host
Branigan Mulcahy
Virdee
CEO & co-founder
Monika Nerger
Independent
Technology Advisor | Global Luxury & Brands
Pat Nestor
Hyatt
SVP, Head of Data and AI
Shane O'Flaherty
Microsoft
Global Director, Travel, Transportation and Hospitality
Jaeyanthi Padmanab
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
Digital Architecture and Delivery
David Peller
If Not You
Founder & CEO
Page Petry
PD Petry Consulting
Principal
Frank Pitsikalis
Agilysys
SVP & Chief Marketing Officer
Cleo Pontone
Ella
Founder
Vikram Pradhan
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
SVP, Revenue Management & Distribution
Carlos Rodriguez
Driftwood Capital
Chief Executive Officer
Joff Romoff
Google
Global Head - Travel & Hospitality
Eric Sanchez
FlowStay AI
CEO & Co-Founder
Evan Saunders
Azira
SVP, Revenue & Strategic Partnerships
Matt Schwartz
Sage Hospitality
Chief Technology Officer
Chinmai Sharma
Sabre Corporation
SVP & Global Head
Gaurav Sharma
Mosaic Hospitality
Founder & CEO
Michael Shiwdin
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
GVP, Integrated Brand Marketing, Loyalty & Digital
Amy Shuart
Business Roundtable
Vice President, Technology and Innovation
Harman Singh Narula
Canary Technologies
CEO & Co-Founder
Nick Slavin
Curacity
Co-Founder & CEO
Kim Smith
IHG Hotels & Resorts
SVP, Direct & Digital Channels
Nitin Sood
Marriott International
VP Digital Innovation & HVMB
Tyler Stephens
Sightline Advocacy
Founder
Motti Tadmor
IBS Software
SVP & Head of Hospitality
Noel Thomas
Darkwatch
Founder & CEO
Sanjay Vakil
DirectBooker
Co-Founder & CEO
Richard Valtr
Mews
Founder
Katie Van Meter
IHG Hotels & Resorts
Director of Field Marketing Content Services
Lorenza Velez
Ponte Labor
Co-Founder
Nancy Wolff
Columbia Hospitality
SVP, Technology
Todd Wood
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
VP, Global Applications & Transformation
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