Wednesday Keynotes On the Main Stage

Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Main Stage
FormatKeynote

The main stage at ITC Vegas spotlights global conversations that will revolutionize the future of insurance and innovation — this is where the future happens! See below for Wednesday’s lineup. More speakers and session descriptions to be announced soon.

Building through disruption: A fireside chat with Daymond John and William V. Powers

Daymond John — Founder and CEO of FUBU, Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship, and star of ABC's Shark Tank — joins CMT Co-Founder and CEO William V. Powers for a fireside chat on building and backing companies through disruption. The conversation will cover business trends, the impact of AI, and how new technologies are reshaping industries like fashion, mobility, and insurance. Daymond will share what it takes to build mission-driven companies, lessons from scaling FUBU, insights from Shark Tank, and recommendations from working with entrepreneurs. Moderated by ITC with audience Q&A.

Fireside Chat: Who’s liable when no one is driving? Changing the frontier of autonomous vehicles

Skyward Group and ibott are transforming how the insurance industry approaches emerging economies. As a leader in autonomy and digital economy solutions, ibott creates bespoke solutions to capture the opportunities in this fast-growing economy, culminating in the world's first insurance facility purpose-built for Uber's global autonomous vehicle platform. We’ll highlight the autonomy economy's emerging risk landscape, from AV to drones to delivery robotics, and explore how underwriting must evolve when liability is distributed across an entire technology ecosystem and the dominant loss driver is no longer human.

From Risk to Reward: Scaling New Heights of Success

While insurance focuses on identifying and managing risks, Honnold shows us what happens when preparation, practice, and skill turn what was once impossible into an achievement.

Speakers
Contessa Brewer
Contessa Brewer, Correspondent - CNBC
Alex Honnold
Alex Honnold, Free solo climber
Daymond John
Daymond John, Founder and CEO of FUBU; Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship; star of ABC's Shark Tank; CEO of The Shark Group; The People's Shark
William V. Powers
William V. Powers, Co-Founder & CEO - Cambridge Mobile Telematics
Andrew Robinson
Andrew Robinson, CEO - Skyward Specialty Insurance Group
Chris Moore
Chris Moore, President - iBott at Apollo