Paul Adams

Vice President, Product, Intercom;

Author, “Grouped”

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Pierre-Loic Assayag

Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Traackr

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Adam Aston

Editorial Director, T Brand Studios, New York Times

Paul Berry

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, RebelMouse

Ryan Detert

Chief Executive Officer, The Influential Network

Kieran Donahue

Vice President of Marketing Americas, Hilton Worldwide

Maggie FitzPatrick

Chief Communications Officer, Vice President, Global Communications & Public Affairs, Johnson & Johnson

Kris Hammond

Chief Scientist, Narrative Science

Bob Liodice

President and Chief Executive Officer,

Association of National Advertisers

Matt Bean

Senior Vice President of Editorial Innovation,

Time Inc

Yaniv Makover

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Keywee

Chris Monteiro

Chief Communications Officer, MasterCard

Richard Pattinson

Senior Vice President, Content Marketing, BBC Worldwide

Promise Phelon

Chief Executive Officer, TapInfluence

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Philip Sheldrake

Author, “The Business of Influence –

Transforming Marketing and PR for the Digital Age” ;

Managing Partner, Euler Partners

Justin Smith

Chief Executive Officer, Bloomberg Media Group

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Chris Graves

Chairman, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide;

2015 Chair, PR Council

Meet Chris

In his own words: “For the past several years, the PR Council has had the courage to create an annual event, the Critical Issues Forum, that hits the public relations industry head on with big challenges to examine and rethink our business and how we do it.

We chose ‘The PR Genome Project’ as our challenge last year to seek out some of the world’s greatest thinkers in areas related to our own needs to evolve and adapt. Our quest continues on October 22^nd with PR Genome: Recoding Now.”

From and about Chris:

• Research: Brain. Behavior. Story. – Why Public Relations has to Return to it’s Scientific Roots
• Harvard Business Review:  Why Debunking Myths About Vaccines Hasn’t Convinced Dubious Parents
• PRWeek: PR man on a science mission

Elise Mitchell

Chief Executive Officer, Mitchell Communications

Meet Elise

Elise Mitchell has worked on both the agency and corporate sides of the public relations industry. Her firm, Mitchell Communications has grown from sole ownership in 1995 to a top- 50 national strategic communications firm and in  2013 to merge with Japan’s Dentsu Network.

Elise is a frequent writer and guest speaker on topics such as: the expanding impact of strategic communications on the bottom line, leadership in complex times, igniting workplace culture, and the entrepreneurial experience.