PANEL – THE TRAVEL TECH PANEL
The Travel Tech Panel at the Extraordinary Travel Festival explores the tools, platforms, and innovations shaping the future of global exploration. Bringing together founders, builders, and power users, the discussion highlights how technology is transforming the way people discover, plan, and document travel. From apps and data to mapping, content distribution, and community building, panelists share how they leverage tech to go further and travel smarter. The conversation also examines how technology enables extreme travelers to reach remote destinations and connect with global audiences. This panel offers insight into the intersection of innovation and exploration in the modern travel landscape. Feel free to join in on the Q&A.
BIO
Matt is the Founder of Pangea, the leading social app for frequent travelers, digital nomads, and extreme travelers to share their travel plans & recommendations with friends. He’s been to 110+ UN countries, lives and travels full-time as a digital nomad, and is on a personal mission to visit every country in the world with as many friends as possible.
Matt has more than 10 years of experience in product strategy and M&A leadership in both Fin Tech and Travel Technology spaces. He’s been involved in dozens of acquisitions and their subsequent integrations into the platforms that he built, most recently by consolidating two other social travel apps, Overlap and Nomadago into Pangea’s core platform.
Matt believes that fragmentation in travel technology is a key pain point for end users and is committed to using his extensive knowledge of travel, M&A and product leadership to build the social platform of the future for travelers.