Jon Clifton serves as the CEO of Gallup, the global analytics and advice firm. His mission is to connect 1 billion individuals with their unique strengths, assist organizations in fostering thriving workplaces, and help 8 billion of the world's citizens be heard on their most pressing issues through the Gallup World Poll, a century-long project spanning over 150 countries. Clifton's 2022 book, 'Blind Spot: The Global Rise of Unhappiness', is a Wall Street Journal bestseller. He's a contributor to The Economist, BBC, and Harvard Business Review. Clifton holds degrees from the University of Michigan and the University of Nebraska, with honorary doctorates from Midland and Western New England Universities.

Anthony D. Paul manages the applied foresight practice at Amtrak, scaling futuring and innovation initiatives across the organization. The recent half of his 20-year career in leading creative, technical, and leadership teams has been in the transportation segment, defining novel business models, new technology solutions, and IP for solutions including autonomous robots, camera analytics platforms for large facilities like marine ports and rail switching yards, and other automation, logistics, and perception systems. Prior to transportation, he architected decision-maker tools for US defense, healthcare, higher education, and more. His role at Amtrak operationalizes qualitative insights at scale, to inform organizational strategy, put real-time insights into the hands of field crews, and manage detailed roadmaps for new technology and process introductions.

As Head of Strategic Insights for Bel North America, Amy drives strategy and innovation by championing the consumer voice at the executive level. With 25+ years of global experience across cosmetics, home and personal care, alcohol & food, Amy has partnered with top brands like Colgate-Palmolive, 1440Foods, Heineken, L’Oreal and Unilever.  Amy thrives on applying her expertise in design thinking, behavioral science, semiotics, and innovation sprints to deliver actionable research and analytics for growth. As a motivating leader and mentor, Amy is dedicated to ensuring the consumer’s voice is always heard, and delivering impactful, insight-driven change to organizations.

Sai Pisipati is an Insights & Analytics leader passionate about pushing the boundaries of qualitative research to keep business decisions rooted in real human stories. As the Insights & Analytics Lead for North America for Reckitt Essential Home Business Unit, Sai partners with marketers and researchers to design bold, empathetic approaches that blend traditional qual with AI-driven storytelling and in-the-moment consumer engagement. With a strong track record in uncovering cultural nuances and shopper behaviours, Sai champions methods that elevate qual’s impact on strategy and innovation. Based in Parsippany, NJ, Sai brings a vision for making insights more human, actionable, and transformative for brands and consumers alike.