Eli Pariser is the co-founder and chief executive of Upworthy – a website for viral, social good content with over 50 million engagements each month.

Pariser's left-wing political views became known in the internet world, while he was still a student, when he launched a controversial online petition calling for a non-military response to the attacks of September 11, Within the space of a month, half a million people had signed the petition.

Despite his burgeoning business career, Eli Pariser still remains very politically active, acting as board president for the MoveOn.org website, which he joined in November 2001. During the 2004 U.S. presidential campaign, Pariser was partially responsible for the creation of the Bush in 30 Seconds ad contest, which succeeded in raising more than $30 million from small private donors which helped to finance the Democratic Party campaign as well as number of other progressive candidates.

Nick Law,
Global Chief Creative Officer R/GA

As Global Chief Creative officer, Nick guides R/GA’s strategic and creative vision; a vision that is continuously evolving but stays true to R/GA’s legacy of combining world-class creativity and breakthrough technology.

Nick leads an increasingly diverse group of creatives that include designers, copywriters, interaction designers, and creative technologists. From these disciplines, he curates and choreographs teams that collaborate on a variety of work, from mobile applications, to TV spots and everything in-between.

For over a decade Nick has lead the development of many of R/GA’s most innovative projects; including Nike+ running, Nike+ FuelBand and Beats Music for Beats by Dre. He has also sponsored the creation of cutting edge R/GA capabilities such as a prototyping studio and the hugely successful R/GA Accelerator.
Nick has been on every major award show jury (including being named the jury president for the Cannes Innovations Lions) and has twice been named in the Creativity 50, a list of the world’s most influential creative people. He is recognized as an industry thought leader and has been published globally.