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TECHNOLOGY FESTIVAL 2026
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Together they lead a conversation about what it actually takes to reinvent and reclaim themselves at pivotal moments — in careers, in identity, in life. In an era when technology is reshaping every profession, the most important transformation isn't digital. It's personal.
Permission to Pivot: Reinventing your Path
Governing Intelligence: The Chancellor, The Chef and The CEO
BROOKE Baldwin
Former CNN anchor, TEDx Speaker, Journalist & Author
Brooke Baldwin is an award-winning journalist, bestselling author, and storyteller devoted to truth and transformation. She spent more than two decades in news, including anchoring her own live daily show on CNN, where she became known for her authenticity and humanity at the desk.
Today, Brooke writes the top-rated Substack Unraveling, and is developing a podcast about giving ourselves permission to live bravely and on our own terms—alongside a TV series exploring courageous conversation and our shared humanity, one meal at a time.
Permission to Pivot: Reinventing your Path
RACHEL Brill
Founder + CCO, CHAPT3R
Festival Director, Durst Next
Transformational Entertainment & Marketing leader with 20+ years architecting billion-dollar tv/film/digital series, product marketing campaigns, high-margin studio ventures, and IP strategies for world-class tech titans, Fortune 50, streamers, leagues and cultural icons including MGM/Amazon, Warner Brothers, TNT/TBS, Disney, Qiddiya, NFL, NBA, Apple, and Bleacher Report. Mentoring the next generation of voices to lead with passion.
Permission to Pivot: Reinventing your Path
SANDRA Cetin
Rabensteiner GmbH, Marketing Manager
Sandra Cetin is a marketing leader who has spent over 20 years building and transforming international brands across consumer goods, health, and industrial technology.
At Alpro she drove a brand repositioning that delivered 15 % +yearly growth and six points of market share; at Amway she launched products across 32 markets, including a probiotic that generated over $7 million in sales. Now in Brixen, she's rejuvenating the Rabensteiner brand and launching ventures like Enyroof's solar canopies, turning complex technical stories into compelling brand narratives.