Our 2026 Speakers

FWD50 2026 Speakers

Christopher DiBona

Vice President, Open Ecosystems, Microsoft

Marina Nitze

Crisis Engineer, Layer Aleph

Brenton Caffin

Co-founder, States of Change

Tania Vakhrycheva

CX Product Manager, State of Utah, Division of Technology Services
Project Excellence Lead, Diia Team, Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine

Greg Lindsay

Urban Tech Fellow, Cornell Tech

Lucie Bergeron

Director, Boating Safety, Marine Safety and Security Service Modernization, Data and Systems Management, Transport Canada

Iain Montgomery

Founder, Challenger Cities

Abigail Haddad

Data Engineer, Data Research Partners, LLC

Ana Monroe

CEO, Ishmael Interactive

Iuliia Pyskun

Product Manager, Government Special Delivery - ex Product Owner at Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, Government of Alberta

Michael Gifford

Open Standards and Practices Lead, CivicActions

Derek Alton

Host & Chief Explorer, Civic Punks

Hillary Hartley

FWD50 Co-Chair / Founder, OpenPublic

Alistair Croll

Co-founder & Chair, FWD50