Keynote Sessions

Sheela Subramanian
Entrepreneur, Investor, Author

Sheela Subramanian is an entrepreneur, investor, and bestselling author of “How the Future Works.” She is the co-founder of Future Forum, a research consortium studying the changing nature of leadership and work. As a champion for gender equity in the workplace, Sheela’s perspective is cited in publications such as The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, and Fast Company. She holds over 20 years of experience building and leading global teams at Google, Slack, and Salesforce. Sheela earned her BA from Stanford University and MBA from Harvard Business School. A mother to two magical daughters, she is a vocal advocate for girls in STEM and sports.

How the Future Works: Leading Flexible Teams to Do The Best Work of Their Lives offers a blueprint for using flexible work to unlock the potential of your people. The book offers the steps necessary to building the new principles and guardrails to empower flexible, high-performing teams. And it teaches readers to lead with purpose, to manage and measure differently, and to believe that by letting go, they’ll get more back than they thought possible.

Using original research from Future Forum, a consortium by Slack, and global case studies from leading companies such as Levi Strauss & Co., Genentech, Royal Bank of Canada, and IBM, How the Future Works offers concrete solutions and practical steps for building high functioning teams of talented, engaged people by providing them with the flexibility and choice they need to do their best work.

Talk Story and Performance by the Miss Aloha Hula honorees from 2021-2024

• Kaʻōnohikaumakaakeawe Kananiokeakua Holokai Lopes, Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai O Haʻehaʻe (2024)
• Agnes Renee Leihiwahiwaikapolionāmakua Thronas Brown, Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai O Haʻehaʻe (2023)
• Piʻikea Kekīhenelehuawewehiikekauʻōnohi Lopes, Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai O Haʻehaʻe (2022)
• Rosemary Kaʻimilei Keamoai-Strickland, Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai O Haʻehaʻe (2021)