We’re thrilled to announce the next group of speakers who will inspire you to innovate at the 2015 Internet Week HQ.

New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, Al Roker and YouTube superstar Franchesca Ramsey are among the leaders who just joined the official lineup for the Internet Week HQ, May 18–21.

Exploring how today’s tech-based economy is reshaping business, entertainment, and culture, Internet Week is expected to draw more than 25,000 people to over 250 panels, meetups, exhibits, screenings, parties and more taking place across the city. Internet Week HQ, the nerve center of the festival, will stage the week’s premier speakers at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea including previously announced speakers like Nate Silver, Coco Rocha, Mark Ecko, and Vine celebrity Jerome Jarre.

New featured speakers announced today for the Internet Week HQ include:

• Bratton, current police commissioner of the City of New York (a position he also held earlier in his career in the mid-1990's) and the former police commission of Los Angeles, will discuss crime and policing in the digital age
• Roker, who has been a pioneer in the use of computer graphics for weathercasting and recently set the World Record for Longest Uninterrupted Live Weather Report with the livestreaming event #Rokerthon on TODAY.com.
• Franchesca Ramsey, the actress, comedian and video blogger whose 2012 viral video “Sh*t White Girls Say…to Black Girls” was viewed over 5 million times in just 5 days
• Jennifer Lawton, Executive Vice President of Stratasys, parent company of MakerBot industries
• Ayah Bdeir, founder and CEO of LittleBits, the open source modular electronics kits
• Amy Webb, futurist, and author of “Data, A Love Story,” a bestselling book about the world of online dating, consumer behavior and finding love via algorithm
• Joseph Bradley, Cisco’s Internet of Everything Evangelist

Early Bird prices end this Friday, March 27, so be sure to purchase your pass before then.

New this year, developer and startup scholarships have been added to the pass options. Get ‘em while they’re hot!