2026 speaker preview

Holly Herndon is an artist renowned for her pioneering work in machine learning, software and music. She develops her own technology, and protocols for living with the technology of others, often with a focus on the ownership and augmentation of digital identity and voice. These technical systems not only facilitate expansive artworks across media, but are proposed as artworks unto themselves.

She co-runs an art studio in Berlin with her partner Mathew Dryhurst and co-founded Spawning, an organization building AI tools for artists. They were awarded the 2022 Ars Electronica STARTS prize for digital art for the Holly+ project. She has been on Art Review’s Power 100 list since 2021 and holds a Ph.D in Computer Music from Stanford. They publish their studio research openly through the Interdependence podcast, and their critically acclaimed musical works are released through 4AD and RVNG Intl.

Grant Sanderson is the creator of the YouTube channel 3Blue1Brown. The channel, watched by millions, offers a unique animated approach to visualizing mathematics and related topics in computer science and physics. He created the open source python library Manim to power the visuals for the videos.

After graduating from Stanford, Sanderson initially worked for Khan Academy before focusing full-time on 3Blue1Brown. He has also lectured for MIT, and contributed to many other popular math outlets, including visuals for a documentary which went on to win an Emmy for outstanding graphic design.

Danit Peleg created the world's first 3D-printed fashion collection using desktop printers. Over the past decade, her lab has pioneered techniques for printing soft, wearable textiles — integrating AI to design custom garments made on demand, with zero waste. She's currently leading R&D that transforms fashion production waste into 3D-printed fabrics, closing the loop on circular manufacturing. Her work has attracted collaborations with luxury and sportswear brands, two patents, and features in Vogue, NYT, Forbes and many more. Danit is a TED Speaker and was named to Forbes Europe's Top 50 Women in Tech.

Matt is a designer and strategist at mu.design, helping early-stage and high-growth companies in AI, fintech, and consumer software. He's also an editor for the W3C Design Tokens Community Group, where he contributes to emerging web standards. He's previously led teams at Copilot Money, Stripe, and a number of early-stage startups. Matt brings a strategic, systems-oriented approach to product design—whether building design systems from scratch, aligning product strategy, or translating complex technical domains into intuitive user experiences.

Vicki Tan is a Taiwanese-American designer, based in San Francisco. Her work explores the relationship between behavioral science and product design, with a special interest in how people engage with technology in their daily lives. She has worked at Pinterest, Spotify, Headspace, Lyft, and Google.