diff --git a/public/inference-day/speakers/karan.jpg b/public/inference-day/speakers/karan.jpg
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/public/inference-day/speakers/nina.jpg b/public/inference-day/speakers/nina.jpg
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/src/components/inference-day/Speakers.tsx b/src/components/inference-day/Speakers.tsx
index 53dc88b..f67850a 100644
--- a/src/components/inference-day/Speakers.tsx
+++ b/src/components/inference-day/Speakers.tsx
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ export default function Speakers() {
                 className="id-photo"
                 loading="lazy"
               />
+              {p.tag && <p className="id-panel-tag">{p.tag}</p>}
               <h3 className="id-panel-name">{p.name}</h3>
               <p className="id-panel-role">{p.role}</p>
               <p className="id-panel-project">{p.project}</p>
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ export default function Speakers() {
           ))}
         </div>
 
-        <p className="id-panel-footnote">{speakers.footnote}</p>
+        {speakers.footnote && <p className="id-panel-footnote">{speakers.footnote}</p>}
       </div>
     </section>
   )
diff --git a/src/data/inference-day/speakers.json b/src/data/inference-day/speakers.json
index b9319a8..06825e8 100644
--- a/src/data/inference-day/speakers.json
+++ b/src/data/inference-day/speakers.json
@@ -23,10 +23,12 @@
     { "id": "kashif-nizam-khan", "name": "Kashif Nizam Khan", "role": "Principal Open Source Architect, Ericsson", "project": "Metal3 Maintainer and CNCF TAG Infrastructure Co-Chair", "photo": "/inference-day/speakers/kashif.jpg" },
     { "id": "shivay-lamba", "name": "Shivay Lamba", "role": "Senior ML Engineer, Qualcomm", "project": "TensorFlow.js SIG member, Kubeflow and cloud native AI contributor", "photo": "/inference-day/speakers/shivay.jpg" },
     { "id": "filippe-spolti", "name": "Filippe Spolti", "role": "Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat", "project": "KServe Maintainer", "photo": "/inference-day/speakers/filippe.jpg" },
-    { "id": "julia-furst-morgado", "name": "Julia Furst Morgado", "role": "Principal Developer Relations Engineer, Dash0", "project": "OpenTelemetry project Community Manager", "photo": "/inference-day/speakers/julia.jpg" },
-    { "id": "dennis-ramdass", "name": "Dennis Ramdass", "role": "Principal AI Engineer, Upbound", "project": "Modelplane Maintainer", "photo": "/inference-day/speakers/dennis.jpg" },
+    { "id": "julia-furst-morgado", "name": "Julia Furst Morgado", "role": "Principal Developer Relations Engineer, Dash0", "project": "OpenTelemetry project Community Manager, Google Women Techmakers Ambassador", "photo": "/inference-day/speakers/julia.jpg" },
+    { "id": "karan-nisar", "name": "Karan Nisar", "role": "Staff Account Solutions Architect, CoreWeave", "project": "Enterprise AI", "photo": "/inference-day/speakers/karan.jpg" },
+    { "id": "nina-polshakova", "name": "Nina Polshakova", "role": "Member of Technical Staff, Stealth", "project": "Cloud Native AI Working Group & Kubernetes v1.33 Release Lead", "photo": "/inference-day/speakers/nina.jpg" },
     { "id": "nic-cope", "name": "Nic Cope", "role": "Senior Principal Engineer, Upbound", "project": "Modelplane & Crossplane Maintainer", "photo": "/inference-day/speakers/nic.jpg" },
-    { "id": "annie-talvasto", "name": "Annie Talvasto", "role": "Sr. Manager, Upbound", "project": "CNCF Ambassador", "photo": "/inference-day/speakers/annie.jpg" }
+    { "id": "dennis-ramdass", "name": "Dennis Ramdass", "role": "Principal AI Engineer, Upbound", "project": "Modelplane Maintainer", "photo": "/inference-day/speakers/dennis.jpg" },
+    { "id": "annie-talvasto", "name": "Annie Talvasto", "tag": "Event Host", "role": "Senior Manager, Upbound", "project": "CNCF Ambassador", "photo": "/inference-day/speakers/annie.jpg" }
   ],
-  "footnote": "More speakers to be announced."
+  "footnote": ""
 }
diff --git a/src/styles/inference-day.css b/src/styles/inference-day.css
index 5c041cc..bf0aa3c 100644
--- a/src/styles/inference-day.css
+++ b/src/styles/inference-day.css
@@ -439,6 +439,16 @@ body:has(.id-page) { background: #001C2E; }
   aspect-ratio: 1;
   border-radius: var(--id-radius-card);
 }
+/* Optional role tag (e.g. "Event Host") above a panelist's name. Kept small and
+   understated so it reads as a quiet marker, not a callout. */
+.id-panel-tag {
+  font: 400 11px/1.3 var(--font-body);
+  letter-spacing: .10em;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  color: var(--id-cyan);
+  margin: 16px 0 0;
+}
+.id-panel-tag + .id-panel-name { margin-top: 4px; }
 .id-panel-name {
   font-family: var(--font-display);
   font-weight: 500;