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Learn from marketing leaders and brand innovators

At Content Marketing World, you’ll learn from marketing leaders and brand innovators, hear the stories behind the success of their content programs, and return home with expert secrets and new ideas to inspire your own content marketing. Meet some of our 2023 speakers below.

 

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2023 Keynote Speakers

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ANDREW

DAVIS
Keynote & Author

ANN
HANDLEY

MarketingProfs

AVINASH
KAUSHIK

Croud

BEVERLY

JACKSON
Zillow

CASSIE

KOZYRKOV
Google

BENNIE

JOHNSON
American Marketing Association

ROBERT

ROSE
Content Marketing Institute

DEREK

THOMPSON
The Atlantic

2023 Session Speakers

CMW 2023 Speaker: Jay Acunzo Bio Picture

JAY

ACUNZO
Podcaster

CMW 2023 Speaker: Jan Ahrens Bio Picture

JAN

AHRENS
Statista

CMW 2023 Speaker: Randy Apuzzo Bio Picture

RANDY

APUZZO
Zesty.io

CMW 2023 Speaker: Emily Baker Bio Picture

EMILY

BAKER
General Motors Financial

CMW 2023 Speaker: Caila Ball-Dionne Bio Picture

CAILA

BALL-DIONNE
Masthead Media Company

CMW 2023 Speaker: Amy Balliett Bio Picture

AMY

BALLIETT
Material

CMW 2023 Speaker: Jeneanne Ballos Bio Picture

JENEANNE

BALLOS
Digital River Media

CMW 2023 Speaker: Angela Bandlow Bio Picture

ANGELA

BANDLOW
Bridge Partners

CMW 2023 Speaker: Michael Barber Bio Picture

MICHAEL

BARBER
Charter School Capital

CMW 2023 Speaker: Deane Barker Bio Picture

DEANE

BARKER
Optimizely

CMW 2023 Speaker: Laura Barnes Bio Picture

LAURA

BARNES
Red Hat

CMW 2023 Speaker: Brandon Bednar Bio Picture

BRANDON

BEDNAR
dotData

CMW 2023 Speaker: Alli Berry Bio Picture

ALLI

BERRY
The Arena Group/ TheStreet

CMW 2023 Speaker: Dale Bertrand Bio Picture

DALE

BERTRAND
Fire&Spark

CMW 2023 Speaker: Divya Bisht Bio Picture

DIVYA

BISHT
Spinutech

CMW 2023 Speaker: Sally Bock Bio Picture

SALLY

BOCK
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

CMW 2023 Speaker: Sherry Bonelli Bio Picture

SHERRY

BONELLI
early bird digital marketing

CMW 2023 Speaker: Emily Bonilla-Pieton Bio Picture

EMILY

BONILLA-PIETON
Transportation Security Administration

CMW 2023 Speaker: Bernie Borges Bio Picture

BERNIE

BORGES
iQor

CMW 2023 Speaker: Mark Bornstein Bio Picture

MARK

BORNSTEIN
ON24

CMW 2023 Speaker: Melissa Breker Bio Picture

MELISSA

BREKER
Breker Group

CMW 2023 Speaker: Michael Brenner Bio Picture

MICHAEL

BRENNER
Marketing Insider Group

CMW 2023 Speaker: Mike Brinker Bio Picture

MIKE

BRINKER
Deloitte

CMW 2023 Speaker: Ryan Brock Bio Picture

RYAN

BROCK
DemandJump

CMW 2023 Speaker: Jamie Brooks Bio Picture

JAMIE

BROOKS
Pace

CMW 2023 Speaker: Todd Brownrout Bio Picture

TODD

BROWNROUT
Deloitte

CMW 2023 Speaker: Erick Brownstein Bio Picture

ERICK

BROWNSTEIN
Shareability

CMW 2023 Speaker: Dayana Cadet Bio Picture

DAYANA

CADET
Dayana Cadet Consulting

CMW 2023 Speaker: Christine Michel Carter Bio Picture

CHRISTINE MICHEL

CARTER
Lexia Learning

CMW 2023 Speaker: Ruth Carter Bio Picture

RUTH

CARTER
Geek Law Firm

CMW 2023 Speaker: Pearl Chen Bio Picture

PEARL

CHEN
Shutterstock

CMW 2023 Speaker: Lauren Chomiuk Bio Picture

LAUREN

CHOMIUK
Fortune Media

CMW 2023 Speaker: Wayne Cichanski Bio Picture

WAYNE

CICHANSKI
iQuanti

CMW 2023 Speaker: Letese' Clark Bio Picture

LETESE'

CLARK
Manifest

CMW 2023 Speaker: Craig Coffey Bio Picture

CRAIG

COFFEY
Eaton

CMW 2023 Speaker: Carmen Collins Bio Picture

CARMEN

COLLINS
Intuit QuickBooks

CMW 2023 Speaker: Marcus Collins Bio Picture

MARCUS

COLLINS
Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

CMW 2023 Speaker: Taylor Corrado Bio Picture

TAYLOR

CORRADO
Wistia

CMW 2023 Speaker: Wendy Covey Bio Picture

WENDY

COVEY
TREW Marketing

CMW 2023 Speaker: Jeff Coyle Bio Picture

JEFF

COYLE
MarketMuse

CMW 2023 Speaker: Sydni Craig-Hart Bio Picture

SYDNI

CRAIG-HART
Smart Simple Marketing

CMW 2023 Speaker: Andy Crestodina Bio Picture

ANDY

CRESTODINA
Orbit Media

CMW 2023 Speaker: Phyllis Davidson Bio Picture

PHYLLIS

DAVIDSON
Forrester

CMW 2023 Speaker: Kina De Cordoba Bio Picture

KINA

DE CORDOBA
PlayPlay

CMW 2023 Speaker: Jonathan DeAngelis Bio Picture

JONATHAN

DEANGELIS
Cell Signaling Technology

CMW 2023 Speaker: Pierre DeBois Bio Picture

PIERRE

DEBOIS
Zimana

CMW 2023 Speaker: Koen Denolf Bio Picture

KOEN

DENOLF
The Fat Lady

CMW 2023 Speaker: Melanie Deziel Bio Picture

MELANIE

DEZIEL
StoryFuel

CMW 2023 Speaker: Pam Didner Bio Picture

PAM

DIDNER
Consultant

CMW 2023 Speaker: Kate DiLeo Bio Picture

KATE

DILEO
The Brand Trifecta

CMW 2023 Speaker: Dusty DiMercurio Bio Picture

DUSTY

DIMERCURIO
Autodesk

CMW 2023 Speaker: Geoff Director Bio Picture

GEOFF

DIRECTOR
Manifest

CMW 2023 Speaker: Rebecca  Dolan Bio Picture

REBECCA

DOLAN
SAP Concur

CMW 2023 Speaker: Arianna Etemadieh Bio Picture

ARIANNA

ETEMADIEH
Uber for Business

CMW 2023 Speaker: Amy Fair Bio Picture

AMY

FAIR
Consultant

CMW 2023 Speaker: Tim Fletcher Bio Picture

TIM

FLETCHER
Heatcraft Refrigeration Products

CMW 2023 Speaker: David Fortino Bio Picture

DAVID

FORTINO
NetLine Corporation

CMW 2023 Speaker: Courtney Fowler Bio Picture

COURTNEY

FOWLER
Revmade

CMW 2023 Speaker: Randy Frisch Bio Picture

RANDY

FRISCH
Uberflip

CMW 2023 Speaker: Tim Frost Bio Picture

TIM

FROST
Whereoware

CMW 2023 Speaker: Michelle Garrett Bio Picture

MICHELLE

GARRETT
Garrett Public Relations

CMW 2023 Speaker: Susan Gates Bio Picture

SUSAN

GATES
Redbird

CMW 2023 Speaker: Megan Gilbert Bio Picture

MEGAN

GILBERT
Fortune Media

CMW 2023 Speaker: Tony Gnau Bio Picture

TONY

GNAU
T60 Productions

CMW 2023 Speaker: Hayden Goethe Bio Picture

HAYDEN

GOETHE
WEX

CMW 2023 Speaker: Laura Goldstein Bio Picture

LAURA

GOLDSTEIN
Saatva

CMW 2023 Speaker: John Gonzalez Bio Picture

JOHN

GONZALEZ
Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District | NEORSD

CMW 2023 Speaker: Analisa Goodin Bio Picture

ANALISA

GOODIN
Catch+Release

CMW 2023 Speaker: Penny Gralewski Bio Picture

PENNY

GRALEWSKI
STORIES of Space

CMW 2023 Speaker: Pete Grasso Bio Picture

PETE

GRASSO
Heatcraft Refrigeration Products

CMW 2023 Speaker: Jennifer Griffin-Smith Bio Picture

JENNIFER

GRIFFIN-SMITH
Acquia

CMW 2023 Speaker: Tiffany Grinstead Bio Picture

TIFFANY

GRINSTEAD
Nationwide

CMW 2023 Speaker: Jill Grozalsky Roberson Bio Picture

JILL

GROZALSKY ROBERSON
Velir

CMW 2023 Speaker: Ashley Guttuso Bio Picture

ASHLEY

GUTTUSO
Ashley Guttuso Consulting

CMW 2023 Speaker: Ann Gynn Bio Picture

ANN

GYNN
G Force Communication

CMW 2023 Speaker: Brian Hale Bio Picture

BRIAN

HALE
General Motors Financial

CMW 2023 Speaker: Andrew Hall Bio Picture

ANDREW

HALL
Canto

CMW 2023 Speaker: Gladys Han Bio Picture

GLADYS

HAN
Siteimprove

CMW 2023 Speaker: Andrew Hanelly Bio Picture

ANDREW

HANELLY
Revmade

CMW 2023 Speaker: Matt Hansink Bio Picture

MATT

HANSINK
Bridge Partners

CMW 2023 Speaker: Erin Hanson Bio Picture

ERIN

HANSON
Autodesk

CMW 2023 Speaker: Nancy Harhut Bio Picture

NANCY

HARHUT
HBT Marketing

CMW 2023 Speaker: Jennifer Harmon Bio Picture

JENNIFER

HARMON
Convince & Convert

CMW 2023 Speaker: Jesse Harris Bio Picture

JESSE

HARRIS
ACD/Labs

CMW 2023 Speaker: Wil Hart Bio Picture

WIL

HART
Smart Simple Marketing

CMW 2023 Speaker: Uzair Hasan Bio Picture

UZAIR

HASAN
Whereoware

CMW 2023 Speaker: Amy Hatch Bio Picture

AMY

HATCH
SAP

CMW 2023 Speaker: Ulrike Heidler Bio Picture

ULRIKE

HEIDLER
CoreMedia

CMW 2023 Speaker: Scooter Hendon Bio Picture

SCOOTER

HENDON
GM Financial

CMW 2023 Speaker: Amy Higgins Bio Picture

AMY

HIGGINS
Lyra Health

CMW 2023 Speaker: Carmen Hill Bio Picture

CARMEN

HILL
Chill Content, LLC

CMW 2023 Speaker: Melissa Hodai Bio Picture

MELISSA

HODAI
Grainger

CMW 2023 Speaker: Karen Hopper Bio Picture

KAREN

HOPPER
Bully Pulpit Interactive

CMW 2023 Speaker: Zontee Hou Bio Picture

ZONTEE

HOU
Convince & Convert

CMW 2023 Speaker: Jessica Hreha Bio Picture

JESSICA

HREHA
VMWare

CMW 2023 Speaker: AJ Huisman Bio Picture

AJ

HUISMAN
Necron Group AG

CMW 2023 Speaker: Michael Italia Bio Picture

MICHAEL

ITALIA
Mars Wrigley

CMW 2023 Speaker: Maureen Jann Bio Picture

MAUREEN

JANN
NeoLuxe Marketing

CMW 2023 Speaker: A. Lee Judge Bio Picture

A. LEE

JUDGE
Content Monsta

CMW 2023 Speaker: Trinadha Kandi Bio Picture

TRINADHA

KANDI
Deloitte

CMW 2023 Speaker: Allison Kapson Bio Picture

ALLISON

KAPSON
MedStar Health

CMW 2023 Speaker: Mark Kats Bio Picture

MARK

KATS
Manifest

CMW 2023 Speaker: Meghan Keaney Anderson Bio Picture

MEGHAN

KEANEY ANDERSON
Jasper

CMW 2023 Speaker: Mike King Bio Picture

MIKE

KING
iPullRank

CMW 2023 Speaker: Sarah Kneisler Bio Picture

SARAH

KNEISLER
Hyatt

CMW 2023 Speaker: Krystle Kopacz Bio Picture

KRYSTLE

KOPACZ
Revmade

CMW 2023 Speaker: Jonathan Kranz Bio Picture

JONATHAN

KRANZ
Kranz Communications

CMW 2023 Speaker: Agnieszka Kwiecien-Janiec Bio Picture

AGNIESZKA

KWIECIEN-JANIEC
NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises

CMW 2023 Speaker: Tyler Lederer-Plaskett Bio Picture

TYLER

LEDERER-PLASKETT
PlayPlay

CMW 2023 Speaker: Ahava Leibtag Bio Picture

AHAVA

LEIBTAG
Aha Media Group

CMW 2023 Speaker: Daniel Lemin Bio Picture

DANIEL

LEMIN
Convince & Convert

CMW 2023 Speaker: Justin Levy Bio Picture

JUSTIN

LEVY
Demandbase

CMW 2023 Speaker: Ellen Lichtenstein Bio Picture

ELLEN

LICHTENSTEIN
AgentSync

CMW 2023 Speaker: Jacqueline Loch Bio Picture

JACQUELINE

LOCH
SJC Communications

CMW 2023 Speaker: Gordon Locke Bio Picture

GORDON

LOCKE
Pace

CMW 2023 Speaker: Stephanie Losee Bio Picture

STEPHANIE

LOSEE
Autodesk

CMW 2023 Speaker: Jenny Magic Bio Picture

JENNY

MAGIC
Better Way to Say It

CMW 2023 Speaker: Nicole Martin Bio Picture

NICOLE

MARTIN
Pace

CMW 2023 Speaker: Michael Mathias Bio Picture

MICHAEL

MATHIAS
Whereoware

CMW 2023 Speaker: Karen McFarlane Bio Picture

KAREN

MCFARLANE
LetterShop x Kaye Media Collective

CMW 2023 Speaker: Cathy McKnight Bio Picture

CATHY

MCKNIGHT
The Content Advisory

CMW 2023 Speaker: Paul McNeil Bio Picture

PAUL

MCNEIL
MB Usable Security, LLC

CMW 2023 Speaker: Cathy McPhillips Bio Picture

CATHY

MCPHILLIPS
Marketing Artificial Intelligence Institute

CMW 2023 Speaker: Jane Qin Medeiros Bio Picture

JANE

QIN MEDEIROS
studioID, Industry Dive

CMW 2023 Speaker: Kayla Mehojah Bio Picture

KAYLA

MEHOJAH
WordPress VIP

CMW 2023 Speaker: Natalie Mendes Bio Picture

NATALIE

MENDES
Atlassian

CMW 2023 Speaker: Mike Merchant Bio Picture

MIKE

MERCHANT
Perception

CMW 2023 Speaker: Carlos Meza Bio Picture

CARLOS

MEZA
Crowd Content Media

CMW 2023 Speaker: Duncan Milne Bio Picture

DUNCAN

MILNE
IMPRINT

CMW 2023 Speaker: Hajar Mitchell Bio Picture

HAJAR

MITCHELL
Whereoware

CMW 2023 Speaker: Mike Monroe Bio Picture

MIKE

MONROE
Deloitte

CMW 2023 Speaker: Emma Moorman Bio Picture

EMMA

MOORMAN
Informa Tech

CMW 2023 Speaker: Annie Murmann Bio Picture

ANNIE

MURMANN
Digital River Media

CMW 2023 Speaker: Richard Murphy Bio Picture

RICHARD

MURPHY
ServiceNow

CMW 2023 Speaker: Amber Naslund Bio Picture

AMBER

NASLUND
LinkedIn

CMW 2023 Speaker: Sharifah Niles-Lane Bio Picture

SHARIFAH

NILES-LANE
Citizens

CMW 2023 Speaker: Morgan Norris Bio Picture

MORGAN

NORRIS
TREW Marketing

CMW 2023 Speaker: Monica Norton Bio Picture

MONICA

NORTON
Yelp

CMW 2023 Speaker: Mariah Obiedzinski Bio Picture

MARIAH

OBIEDZINSKI
Stamats

CMW 2023 Speaker: Lee Odden Bio Picture

LEE

ODDEN
TopRank Marketing

CMW 2023 Speaker: Ali Orlando Wert Bio Picture

ALI

ORLANDO WERT
Appfire

CMW 2023 Speaker: Walter Paliska Bio Picture

WALTER

PALISKA
dotData

CMW 2023 Speaker: Lomit Patel Bio Picture

LOMIT

PATEL
Tynker

CMW 2023 Speaker: Christopher Penn Bio Picture

CHRISTOPHER

PENN
Trust Insights

CMW 2023 Speaker: Leanna Pham Bio Picture

LEANNA

PHAM
Convince & Convert

CMW 2023 Speaker: Tammy Pienknagura Bio Picture

TAMMY

PIENKNAGURA
Adobe

CMW 2023 Speaker: Adam Pierno Bio Picture

ADAM

PIERNO
Arizona State University

CMW 2023 Speaker: Brian Piper Bio Picture

BRIAN

PIPER
University of Rochester

CMW 2023 Speaker: Katie Pocklington Bio Picture

KATIE

POCKLINGTON
Opal

CMW 2023 Speaker: Bean Porter Bio Picture

BEAN

PORTER
Grainger

CMW 2023 Speaker: Carlijn Postma Bio Picture

CARLIJN

POSTMA
NewDegree

CMW 2023 Speaker: Regina Lynn Preciado Bio Picture

REGINA LYNN

PRECIADO
Content Rules, Inc.

CMW 2023 Speaker: Joe Pulizzi Bio Picture

JOE

PULIZZI
The Tilt

CMW 2023 Speaker: Prashant Puri Bio Picture

PRASHANT

PURI
AdLift, Inc

CMW 2023 Speaker: Patty Radford Henderson Bio Picture

PATTY

RADFORD HENDERSON
Annum

CMW 2023 Speaker: Tania Rahman Bio Picture

TANIA

RAHMAN
Fast Company

CMW 2023 Speaker: Deanna Ransom Bio Picture

DEANNA

RANSOM
A.R.I.A. Partners

CMW 2023 Speaker: Emily Reaman Bio Picture

EMILY

REAMAN
California Closets

CMW 2023 Speaker: Sacha Reeb Bio Picture

SACHA

REEB
Manifest

CMW 2023 Speaker: Ricky Ribeiro Bio Picture

RICKY

RIBEIRO
Manifest

CMW 2023 Speaker: Stu Richards Bio Picture

STU

RICHARDS
Bredin

CMW 2023 Speaker: Andi Robinson Bio Picture

ANDI

ROBINSON
Hijinx Marketing

CMW 2023 Speaker: Krysti Roush Bio Picture

KRYSTI

ROUSH
Manifest

CMW 2023 Speaker: Tom Rowe Bio Picture

TOM

ROWE
McCormick & Company

CMW 2023 Speaker: Kathryn Schmieding Bio Picture

KATHRYN

SCHMIEDING
NYS Digital & Media Services Center

CMW 2023 Speaker: Michiel Schoonhoven Bio Picture

MICHIEL

SCHOONHOVEN
NXTLI

CMW 2023 Speaker: Adrienne Sheares Bio Picture

ADRIENNE

SHEARES
ViviMae Labs

CMW 2023 Speaker: Marcus Sheridan Bio Picture

MARCUS

SHERIDAN
IMPACT

CMW 2023 Speaker: Dennis Shiao Bio Picture

DENNIS

SHIAO
Attention Retention

CMW 2023 Speaker: Brittani Sievers Bio Picture

BRITTANI

SIEVERS
Southland Industries

CMW 2023 Speaker: Anirudh Singla Bio Picture

ANIRUDH

SINGLA
Pepper Content

CMW 2023 Speaker: Connie Smart Bio Picture

CONNIE

SMART
Canadian Western Bank

CMW 2023 Speaker: Colleen Smith Bio Picture

COLLEEN

SMITH
Avid Technology

CMW 2023 Speaker: Kelsy Spaeth Bio Picture

KELSY

SPAETH
Studio Science

CMW 2023 Speaker: Hanorah Srihari Bio Picture

HANORAH

SRIHARI
Manifest

CMW 2023 Speaker: Stephanie Stahl Bio Picture

STEPHANIE

STAHL
Content Marketing Institute

CMW 2023 Speaker: Sharon Stenger Bio Picture

SHARON

STENGER
Prudential

CMW 2023 Speaker: Regina Stephenson Bio Picture

REGINA

STEPHENSON
AgentSync

CMW 2023 Speaker: Melissae Stuart Bio Picture

MELISSAE

STUART
American Chemical Society

CMW 2023 Speaker: Joanne Sweeney Bio Picture

JOANNE

SWEENEY
Public Sector Marketing Institute

CMW 2023 Speaker: Cat Sweetland Bio Picture

CAT

SWEETLAND
Perception

CMW 2023 Speaker: Chloe Thompson Bio Picture

CHLOE

THOMPSON
Reward Gateway

CMW 2023 Speaker: Amanda Todorovich Bio Picture

AMANDA

TODOROVICH
Cleveland Clinic

CMW 2023 Speaker: Nick Tomassetti Bio Picture

NICK

TOMASSETTI
Aprimo

CMW 2023 Speaker: Noz Urbina Bio Picture

NOZ

URBINA
Urbina Consulting

CMW 2023 Speaker: Bert van Loon Bio Picture

BERT

VAN LOON
Content Marketing Fast Forward

CMW 2023 Speaker: Jenn Vande Zande Bio Picture

JENN

VANDE ZANDE
SAP

CMW 2023 Speaker: Purna Virji Bio Picture

PURNA

VIRJI
LinkedIn

CMW 2023 Speaker: Will Walker Bio Picture

WILL

WALKER
Roadie

CMW 2023 Speaker: Tim Washer Bio Picture

TIM

WASHER
Ridiculous Media

CMW 2023 Speaker: Alaura Weaver Bio Picture

ALAURA

WEAVER
Writer

CMW 2023 Speaker: Rachel Whitt Bio Picture

RACHEL

WHITT
Deloitte Digital

CMW 2023 Speaker: AJ Wilcox Bio Picture

AJ

WILCOX
B2Linked.com

CMW 2023 Speaker: Liz Willits Bio Picture

LIZ

WILLITS
Content Phenom

CMW 2023 Speaker: Kristyn Wilson Bio Picture

KRISTYN

WILSON
Adept

CMW 2023 Speaker: Dennis Wright Bio Picture

DENNIS

WRIGHT
Bynder

CMW 2023 Speaker: Inbar Yagur Bio Picture

INBAR

YAGUR
Radical B2B

CMW 2023 Speaker: Kristen Youngman Bio Picture

KRISTEN

YOUNGMAN
Manifest

CMW 2023 Speaker: Ron Zwerin Bio Picture

RON

ZWERIN
National Multiple Sclerosis Society

CMW 2023 Speaker: Norberto Zylberberg Bio Picture

NORBERTO

ZYLBERBERG
Socialisssima