Meet the 2026 Speakers

Abdul Salam Abdul Karim

Abdul Salam Abdul Karim

Hardware Design Engineer Lead

Marelli North America

Omar Abed

Omar Abed

CTO of InvenSense, a TDK Group company

TDK
Gleb Akselrod

Gleb Akselrod

CTO and Founder

Lumotive
Damon Barnes

Damon Barnes

Director of Technical Marketing

Bluetooth SIG Inc.
Pete Bernard

Pete Bernard

CEO

EDGE AI FOUNDATION
Peter Bontorno

Peter Bontorno

Head of Applications Development

Ten-Nine Technologies
Ernesto Manuel Cantone

Ernesto Manuel Cantone

Product Marketing Manager

STMicroelectronics
Calvin Cheng

Calvin Cheng

Director of Applications & Customer Success

Lumotive
Rob Devlin

Rob Devlin

CEO

Metalenz
David Drain

David Drain

Event Director

Digital Signage Experience
Joe Fleming

Joe Fleming

Associate Professor

Coventry University

Taylor Gage

Taylor Gage

Automotive ADAS Systems Engineer

Texas Instruments
Chuck Gershman

Chuck Gershman

CEO

Owl AI
Roger Grace

Roger Grace

President

Roger Grace Associates
Swapna Gurumani

Swapna Gurumani

Applications Engineer, Edge AI

Microchip Technology
Dan Harper

Dan Harper

Senior Vice President of Global Sales

e-peas
Jonas Horn

Jonas Horn

Senior Product Manager

Sensirion
Cristian Ionescu-Catrina

Cristian Ionescu-Catrina

Senior Business Development Manager

Bosch Sensortec
Martin Jefferson

Martin Jefferson

Global Solutions Architect

Globalstar
Dave Jones

Dave Jones

President

DE Design Works
Pankaj Kedia

Pankaj Kedia

Founder and Managing Partner

2468 Ventures
Derek Kerton

Derek Kerton

Chairman

Autotech Council
Ganesh Kondapuram

Ganesh Kondapuram

Edge AI Architect

Intel
Rodrigo Lima

Rodrigo Lima

Product Engineering Manager

Lightera
Klajdi Lumani

Klajdi Lumani

Global Product Manager, Sensors

Molex
Giampaolo Marino

Giampaolo Marino

Chief Strategy and Growth Officer

Energous
Ian McEachern

Ian McEachern

Owner

Nerdian
Larry Miller

Larry Miller

Founding Partner

219 Design
Kianoush Nazarpour

Kianoush Nazarpour

Chief Strategy Officer at Neuranics | Chair of Digital Health at The University of Edinburgh 

Neuranics Limited
Amit Nene

Amit Nene

Senior Electrical Architect

Collaborative Robotics
Neeraj Pramodkumar

Neeraj Pramodkumar

Senior Product Manager

Qualcomm
Nilam Ruparelia

Nilam Ruparelia

Director of Applications, Associate Director of Edge AI

Microchip
David Schie

David Schie

CEO and Founder

AIStorm
Joe Schneider

Joe Schneider

CEO

Dojo Five
David Smith

David Smith

Senior Product Manager

ams Osram
Ed Spence

Ed Spence

Managing Director

The Machine Instrumentation Group
S. Gokhun Tanyer

S. Gokhun Tanyer

Co-director

MulticoreWare Inc.
Madhura Tapse

Madhura Tapse

Product Marketing Manager

NXP Semiconductors
Cory Todd

Cory Todd

Senior Embedded Systems Engineer

219 Design
Ashok Vaseashta

Ashok Vaseashta

CEO/CTO/Researcher

International Clean Water Institute
Mark Vena

Mark Vena

CEO and Principal Analyst

SmartTech Research
Kris Vossough

Kris Vossough

Principal

Nano and Micro-Technology Consultants
Brian Walker

Brian Walker

Sr. RF Engineer, SME

Copper Mountain Technologies
Peter Walther

Peter Walther

President

WCA
Joe Weiss

Joe Weiss

Managing Partner

Applied Control Solutions, LLC
Barry M Wise

Barry M Wise

President and CEO

Eigenvector Research, Inc.
Prasanthi Yerra

Prasanthi Yerra

Systems Applications Engineer

Analog Devices