Kate Stern is the Head of Design Operations at Meta and Instagram, where she’s been instrumental in growing and shaping the DesignOps discipline, focusing on areas such as culture, tools, career development and recruiting. During her nearly 16 years at the company, Kate has played a pivotal role in driving the evolution of design operations and fostering a culture of innovation.

Jim is a seasoned leader at the intersection of innovation, design, and business. With over 25 years of experience spanning product management, business strategy, and design operations, Jim brings a unique, cross-disciplinary perspective to shaping impactful, human-centered products and services.

Starting at the BBC in 2009, Steph has spent her career to date at the UKs biggest broadcasters moving onto C4 and then ITV where she has been since 2013. Her 15 years’ experience has spanned many disciplines including Media Planning, Rebrands, Project Management, Change Management & now Marketing Technology Capability.

Christine Royston is a visionary global marketing executive with a proven track record of scaling iconic technology brands, architecting go-to-market transformation, and driving category leadership in the enterprise SaaS space. As Chief Marketing Officer at Wrike, Christine leads the company’s worldwide marketing strategy, fueling enterprise growth, brand acceleration, and customer-centric innovation at scale.

Eric has been at The Pokémon Company International for 15 years, overseeing EMEA and LATAM content localisation, content fulfilment, brand management and media operations.

Chuck is a distance learning leader with over 30 years of experience developing and leading undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education distance learning programs. He is an expert in online course design, educational technology, faculty development, and program marketing and management. 

Jaron Ghani is a founder and the Innovation Director of Numiko, an award-winning digital agency with a long and rich history working within the GLAM sector. He’s delivered websites and interactive projects for the Science Museum Group, the British Museum, the Wallace Collection, the National Archives and the Royal Armouries.