Speakers

For more than twenty years, Richard Hammond has been one of the most entertaining presenters in Britain. While the award-winning journalist is perhaps best recognized for his time on ‘Top Gear’ and ‘The Grand Tour’, Hammond is also known for his science and physics programming, including ‘Brainiac: Science Abuse’, ‘Blast Lab’ and ‘Richard Hammond’s Crazy Contraptions’. He can also be seen on the YouTube channel ‘Drive Tribe’, which has more than 2.3 million subscribers at the time of writing.

In 2018, the presenter founded Chimp, a production company which has created shows for Amazon, Channel 4, Comedy Channel, Discovery Plus, and Quest. One of its notable productions, 'Richard Hammond’s Workshop,' has been recommissioned for series 3 and 4. This show is produced by Chimp and marketed by DriveTribe. DriveTribe is operated by DT Digital, a digital marketing and video production/distribution agency owned by Hammond. DT Digital's clients include BMW, Amazon Prime, Ford, Audi, Bridgestone, Shell, Euro Tunnel, and Myenergi.

Marco Casalaina is VP Products of Core AI and AI Futurist at Microsoft. He leads the AI Futures team, which finds trends and develops products that will lead to the next generation of AI. He has previously led a number of teams across Azure AI, including Azure OpenAI, Vision, Speech, Decision, Language, Responsible AI, and AI Studio. Prior to coming to Microsoft, Marco led the Einstein AI team at Salesforce. He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Cornell University.