Michael Peter Edson is a director, founder, and strategist working at the intersection of tech, culture, and democracy.

Michael was the Director and Chief Museum Officer of the Museum of Solutions (MuSo), a new, state-of-the-art facility in Mumbai, India, dedicated to inspiring and empowering young people to solve the world’s most pressing problems.

In its inaugural year MuSo was named to TIME Magazine’s World’s 100 Greatest Places list and won the prestigious Hands On! Children In Museums Award bestowed by the European Museum Academy and the International Association of Children in Museums.

Previously, Michael was the co-founder of the Museum of the United Nations – UN Live in Copenhagen, and the Director of Web and New Media Strategy for the Smithsonian Institution, the world’s largest museum and research complex in Washington, D.C.

Michael is a Salzburg Global Fellow; a Fellow at the Getty Leadership Institute; a Presidential Distinguished Fellow emeritus at the Council for Libraries and Information Resources (USA); and a juror for the MacArthur Foundation's $100 million grant initiative, $100 & Change, and Cumulus Green, a global design competition for solutions to the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. Michael is chair of the Europeana Foundation Advisory Board; he is an O'Reilly Foo Camp alumni; and he was named a "Tech Titan: person to watch" by Washingtonian magazine.

More about Michael’s work can be found at https://usingdata.com/about.

Z works at the intersection of operations, design, and AI, helping organizations scale through better systems, stronger alignment, and more effective teams. She currently leads Experience Operations at Deel, a global leader in people technology, focusing on end-to-end AI enablement across products, teams, and operations. Most recently, she led a five-month AI transformation initiative at Cloudflare, advancing AI literacy and practical adoption across teams.

An entrepreneur and educator, Z is passionate about operational excellence and creating environments where teams can do their best work. Throughout her career, she has led design organizations in-house and in consulting, taught leadership and interaction design, and mentored the next generation of designers.

Outside of work, Z co-creates a sci-fi series and paints large-scale floral artworks, reflecting her passion for creativity both at work and beyond.

Andrew Sniderman spent 30 years in big tech, including 20 at Microsoft, before going independent. He now teaches high schoolers to build and ship software with AI, and runs Wirepine Digital, doing web work for Sonoma County nonprofits and small businesses. He writes TechTales, a newsletter on technology's past, its future, and the people caught in the middle.

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Nick is an SRJC alum with associate degrees in environmental science and computer studies. He transferred to UC Berkeley to earn degrees from the College of Environmental Design and the College of Engineering, and recently graduated with a Master of Analytics focused on machine learning and optimization. During his graduate studies he interned at Geopogo, a startup at the intersection of artificial intelligence and architecture, building AI design and code-compliance tools that automate workflows for architecture firms.

Reg serves as subject matter expert evaluating the quality and accuracy of AI-generated legal content. Before focusing on AI, he spent 25 years as an attorney editor for legal treatises on a wide variety of topics including civil litigation, medical damages, toxic torts, and drone law. He has also: trained and mentored editorial professionals; written documentation for editorial tools and workflows; and served as a teaching assistant for web development courses. Reg has built his career around making complex legal and technical subjects clear, accessible, and easy to understand. He holds a law degree from UC Law San Francisco, a B.A. in Biology from Pomona College, and certificates in drone studies and web development from Santa Rosa Junior College.

Neha Saigal is a founder building AI for the physical world.

She is the founder of an early literacy platform that creates personalized learning experiences to get kids reading real books, and runs a rapid metal parts manufacturing and fabrication business. At the heart of both is a conviction that the best technology gives people real capability and points them back to the physical world.

She also advises mission-driven organizations and nonprofits across education, well-being, and impact. Earlier in her career, she spent 13 years in product design and strategy, including several years at Optimizely and later running her own San Francisco studio, N5, where she worked with startup accelerators and large organizations like Google and Cisco. She holds a master's in psychology from Harvard, focusing on developmental psychology and learning science.

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As a proven growth driver in high performing industries, Zack Darling collaborates within creative and strategic teams as a leader, marketing executive, and experiential designer to enhance brand value and drive sales. Specializing in purpose driven ventures, regulated industries, lifestyle brands, consumer packaged goods, sustainable enterprises, and live events, Zack supports growth through omni channel brand strategy, public relations, campaign planning, retail marketing, experiential design and fabrication, digital solutions, and tactical execution for B2B and B2C brands.

Zack is an award winning brand builder with decades of experience in strategy, development, experiential design, and fabrication for industries such as lifestyle products, hospitality, apparel, wellness, luxury goods, solar energy, beer and wine, beverage, food products, restaurants, hydroponics, music festivals, venues, artists, architects, nonprofits, and cannabis.

Zack has served in executive leadership positions for sixteen years, working directly with founders, board members, and investors. He is an awarded designer and board member of trade, civic, industry, and nonprofit organizations.