Your sneak peek at BRIDGE Summit’s 400 speakers: Gary Vaynerchuk, Alexis Ohanian, Idris Elba, Michelle Khare

Next month, over 60,000 attendees will gather at the ADNEC Centre in Abu Dhabi for the first ever BRIDGE Summit–a three-day conference it says will have “the future of media, entertainment, culture, and technology meet[ing] power, policy, and capital on one bridge.”

In partnership with major platforms and brands like Meta, X, LinkedIn, Sony, Canva, Time, and Forbes, BRIDGE Summit will offer panels, roundtables, and masterclasses from over 400 speakers across multiple industries, including the creator economy, technology, marketing, media, gaming, picture/film, and music.

Each of the gathering’s three days will have one core theme. Day 1 is Landscape, asking What is the state of media and entertainment?, Day 2 is Vision, asking How is the ecosystem being reimagined?, and Day 3 is Blueprint, asking What strategies and steps will take us into media’s next era?

While all of BRIDGE Summit’s hundreds of speakers are accomplished professionals, creatives, and/or policymakers, many with multiple areas of expertise, we wanted to highlight a few that could be particularly interesting for potential attendees (who, by the way, can apply for registration right here).

Those speakers include…

• Princess Lamia bint Majid Al Saud, Secretary General of Alwaleed Philanthropies
• entrepreneur and tech/digital marketing veteran Gary Vaynerchuk
• Reddit co-founder turned investor Alexis Ohanian
• actor, entrepreneur, & philanthropist Idris Elba
• YouTuber Michelle Khare
• Max Reisinger, co-founder and CEO of Creator Camp
• Anthony Nakache, Managing Director of Google MENA
• Moira Forbes, EVP of Forbes
• Mo Abudu, CEO of EbonyLife Group
• Justin Smith, co-founder/CEO of Semafor
• Richard Teng, CEO of Binance
• Fidias Panayiotou, a YouTuber who was elected to the European Parliament in 2024
• David Freeman, Global Head of Digital Media at CAA
• Ziad Ahmed, Head of Next Gen at UTA
• Darnell Strom, Head of Europe at UTA
• Dave Page, CEO of Viewture
• IBM’s Chief of Corporate Affairs & Brand Officer Sarah Meron
• United Airlines’ Chief Advertising Officer Maggie Schmerin
• Katie Carroll, Director & Global Head of Community Programs at LinkedIn
• Zaria Parvez, Head of Social at DoorDash
• Dr. Ling Ge, Tencent’s Chief European Officer & Managing Director of Investments & Strategy
• Casey Craig, Crypto Communications Lead at Robinhood
• and our own Drew Baldwin, founder and CEO of Tubefilter

Again, those interested in attending BRIDGE Summit 2025 can apply here, and those interested in exhibiting can apply here.

We’ll see you there!

BRIDGE Summit is a Tubefilter partner.