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September 26, 2016
Fear-less: Inspiring Travel in a Time of Uncertainty
9:20 am - 10:00 am Maryland C
Joe Diaz is the Chief Product Officer and co-founder of AFAR Media. Founded by Diaz and co-founder Greg Sullivan in 2009, AFAR is the leading media company exclusively dedicated to experiential travel. AFAR inspires, enables, and guides discerning travelers through its flagship magazine, AFAR, it’s digital platform, AFAR.com, as well as its other platforms: Learning AFAR, AFAR Experiences, AFAR Journeys and AFAR Conversations.
As co-founder of AFAR, Joe passionately believes that experiential travel is the best form of education and the more people embrace travel with an open-mind, the better our world will be.
Joe is an accomplished speaker and frequently lends his expertise on a variety of topics, including the power of experiential travel, travel trends, startups, growing a company, innovation through digital media, and more. In addition, he regularly appears on shows, such as TODAY, CNN International, Good Morning America, CBS News “Up to the Minute,” as well as Wake Up With Al to comment on trends and breaking news within the travel and tourism industry. Joe is also a moderator for AFAR Conversations, a unique series of conversations that brings leaders in various fields together for discussions on ideas and topics that can have a positive impact on our world.
He hosted AFAR Matters at PURE Life Experiences and has spoken at a variety of prestigious conferences and events, including: the Travel Leaders National Sales Summit, the Moleskine Salon, Young Travel Professionals, Leading Hotels of the World Global Summit, Tourism Australia National Summit, Charleston Area CVB Annual Meeting, and NYTravFest, Joe has also participated in numerous panel conversations, such as: the NYU Publishing Summit, and Social Media Week.
He is a graduate of Duke University and holds a BA in History, as well as a MA in Education from Arizona State.