DURST next

TECHNOLOGY FESTIVAL 2026

panels > panel content

friday JUNE 26, 2026
KRAFTWERK STAGE
ENTREPRENEUR
track
15:25 - 16:10
Permission to Pivot: Reinventing your life
Brooke Baldwin anchored CNN for over a decade, wrote the bestseller Huddle, published a bombshell essay in Vanity Fair, hosted Netflix's The Trust, and delivered a TEDx talk on America's "chrysalis moment." Rachel Brill architected 1,700+ hours of content for MGM, Turner, Bleacher Report, and Disney — working with talent from Dwayne Johnson to Ryan Coogler — then launched CHAPT3R, the creative agency now leading the Durst 90th campaign. Both reinvented themselves when the ground shifted.
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.
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MODERATOR Brooke Baldwin
Rachel Brill

Governing Intelligence

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.

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Permission to Pivot: Reinventing your life

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.

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