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Rutger Bregman
Rutger Bregman is a Dutch historian, bestselling author, and one of Europe’s most influential voices on progress, inequality, and the future of society. Through bold ideas and compelling storytelling, he is reshaping global conversations about human nature, power, and what it truly means to build a better world.
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Britt Wray
Dr Britt Wray is an award-winning researcher at Stanford and bestselling author whose work is dedicated to building resilience to the mental health impacts of living on a heating planet amidst climate change and ecological breakdown.
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Alexandra Palt
Alexandra Palt is best known as the current Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer of L’Oréal. Passionate about sustainability, Alexandra is widely regarded as an authority on the subject and is on a mission to reach L’Oréal’s sustainability agendas by 2030. Pushing to go beyond the business model of L’Oréal, Alexandra is now booked as a sustainability keynote speaker on a mission to build a more inclusive and sustainable world.
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Klisman Murati
How will the world be changed and challenged over the next 100 years? This is the very question which sits at the core of Klisman Murati’s work. In answering it, he has pioneered a new way of mapping the future of global development which challenges the status quo of short-term thinking that is so frequently found in corporations, investment houses and governments around the world.
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Thijs Launspach
Introducing Thijs Launspach, a renowned Dutch psychologist, TEDx speaker, and bestselling author. As a distinguished teacher at The School of Life in Amsterdam, his expertise on improving and preserving mental wellbeing in our increasingly complex world has captivated audiences.
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Thor Pedersen
No one in the world has accomplished what Thor Pedersen has. From 2013 to 2023, Thor Pedersen spent nearly a decade on one long, continuous journey to visit every country in the world—WITHOUT ever stepping on a plane. A feat never before achieved and unlikely to ever be repeated.
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Sarah Porter
Sarah Porter is CEO and founder of InspiredMinds!, a global tech strategy group across 72 countries with its base in London. Their team of tech strategists, researchers, scientists, and academics was brought together with a congruent goal of uniting emerging tech that improves and benefits the world that we live in. The group specializes in AI for good and AI for medicine, promoting fair, safe, and ethical AI.
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Thomas Terney
Thomas Terney has been part of the AI journey for more than 25 years. Driven by a deep fascination with how technology influences human interaction, communication, and the very fabric of organizations, Thomas recognized early on as an AI researcher that AI would transform the world.
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Anna Throne-Holst
Anna Throne-Holst is a Swedish-American politician. Her interest in social issues and politics led her to become involved in local matters in Southampton on Long Island, where she was elected mayor. Anna currently serves as the CEO of the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce in New York.
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Jennifer Vessels
Jennifer Vessels is a global transformation leader who architects change for Fortune 100 companies - not from theory, but from the front lines. As CEO of Next Step and trusted advisor to Adobe, Google, IKEA, Microsoft, and Novartis, Jennifer doesn't just talk about AI adoption, change management, and future-readiness - she delivers measurable results inside the world's most demanding organizations.
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Isabel Aguilera
Isabel Aguilera is one of the top executives in Europe according to the Financial Times and Fortune Magazine and a renowned specialist in success strategies for developing competitive leadership. She is the former CEO of Google Iberia and of General Electric Spain and Portugal.
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Ben Hammersley
Ben Hammersley is a thought-provoking futurist who has been lecturing to audiences around the globe for over 15 years. Ben brings a practical, proactive approach to the digital era inspiring audiences to be present now to be prepared for the future.
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Annastiina Hintsa
Annastiina Hintsa has closely observed during her career – and also personally experienced – the challenges relating to sustainable performance in an uncertain, high pressure, fast paced global context. Working in top management consulting and experiencing burnout, Annastiina was faced with profound questions of balance and meaning.
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Binette Seck
Step into the realm of innovation with speaker Binette Seck! Binette is an unstoppable force in the world of social entrepreneurship and a proud Obama Leader 2023!
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Nina Schick
Nina Schick is a world-leading authority on AI. She has been named at the top of world’s 20 best speakers on AI, alongside others including Sam Altman (Open AI), Demis Hassabis (Google Deepmind) and Geoffrey Hinton (The ‘Godfather of AI.’ She is also recognised as a LinkedIn ‘Top Voice’ on AI.
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Sina Kahen
Sina brings a wealth of experience from his extensive career in international sales and innovation management. Sina has advised both industry giants like Amazon, Google, and BBC and led innovative start-ups in the AI space. He is also qualified as a Biomedical Scientist and has an MBA from Imperial College Business School.
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Angela Oguntala
Named a Future Innovator by the United Nations, Angela Oguntala is a futurist and global authority on foresight and innovation. She is a founding partner at Greyspace, a foresight and innovation consultancy. Across the globe, she helps organizations understand and innovate for a world in transition with clients including Google, Microsoft, IKEA, Heineken, Hermès, Philips, ...
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Eirik Norman Hansen
Eirik Norman Hansen is an unshakeable technology optimist that gives energetic and engaging lectures about how technology affects organizations, society and people.
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Bjørn Lomborg
Bjørn Lomborg is President of the Copenhagen Consensus Center, a think-tank that researches the smartest ways to do good. For this work, he was named one of TIME magazine's 100 most influential people in the world. He is also a visiting Professor at Copenhagen Business School.
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Anders Hvid
Anders Hvid is an honest rebel looking to create disruptive change where it is needed. Anders is a co-founder and partner in DareDisrupt, a Copenhagen-based Think Tank, and advisor on how disruptive changes from emerging technologies will create new opportunities for business in all sectors. He is also the co-founder of Founders of Tomorrow, an ...
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Carl Bildt
Carl Bildt is the Chair of the Global Commission on Internet Governance (GCIG), an initiative that will produce a comprehensive stand on internet governance. Carl Bildt served as Sweden's Prime Minister from 1991 to 1994 and as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2006 to 2014.
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Thimon de Jong
What can leaders & organisations do today to prepare for the future? Thimon de Jong helps you understand what’s going on in the world and what people are going to do next. Thimon de Jong is a behavioural expert and the founder of Whetston / strategic foresight. He has helped clients like Ikea, Morgan Stanley, ...
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Christiana Figueres
Christiana Figueres was Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 2010-2016. She is currently the convener of Mission 2020, a global initiative that seeks to ensure the world bends the curve on greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 in order to protect the most vulnerable from the worst impacts of climate change and usher in an era of stability and prosperity.
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Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Anders Fogh Rasmussen has been at the centre of global and European politics; as the former Prime Minister of Denmark, Danish Minister of Economic Affairs and NATO Secretary General.
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Yuval Noah Harari
Prof. Yuval Noah Harari is one of the most widely-read and cited historical authors of today. His ideas have profoundly influenced the teaching and writing of anthropology around the world. Prof. Harari received his Ph.D. from the University of Oxford in 2002, and is now a lecturer at the Department of History, the Hebrew University ...
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Amy Webb
As one of the world's most sought-after futurists, Amy Webb advises CEOs of the world's most-admired companies, three-star admirals and generals, and the senior leadership of central banks and different intergovernmental organizations.
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Simon Sinek
Simon Sinek is described as “a visionary thinker with a rare intellect”. The author is best known for discovering and popularising his theory of the "Golden Circle," a naturally occurring pattern grounded in the biology of human decision making and motivation. He leads the movement to inspire people to do the things that inspire them.
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Stéphane Garelli
Professor Stephane Garelli is a world authority on competitiveness and has pioneered research and the theory in this field. He is Professor Emeritus at IMD Lausanne, where he has founded the World Competitiveness Center, he is also Professor Emeritus of World Competitiveness at the University of Lausanne. “Time to look at the World differently” -Stéphane ...
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Peter Cross
Peter Cross is one of the UK’s leading brand and consumer strategists. He is the business partner of Mary Portas and Managing Partner of Yellowdoor, a full service communications agency which manages a portfolio of some of the world’s greatest brands. He has made regular appearances on UK and international TV, writes regularly in the ...
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Perttu Pölönen
Perttu Pölönen has been given many titles, such as inventor, author, composer, keynote speaker, futurist and visionaire. He’s at the intersection of technology, art and science. Perttu is a classically trained composer by education, however, he has also won the biggest science fair in Europe, the European Union's Competition for Young Scientists.
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Roger Bootle
One of the City of London’s best-known economists, Roger Bootle specialises in macroeconomics and the economics of the property market. He is also Economic Adviser to Deloitte and a Specialist Adviser to the House of Commons Treasury Committee. “Some of the greatest blunders occur not through errors of fact, but errors of logic” Roger Bootle ...
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Nigel Barlow
Nigel Barlow is an internatioanlly acclaimed keynote speaker, author and coach on Innovative Thinking. Recently he has focused on how you can stay human in a digital world. In his keynotes, Nigel helps his audience to “Open their minds to creative re-thinking”.
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Nick Fry
Nick Fry is the Former CEO of the Mercedes AMG Formula One Team and Founder of advisory firm Stonehaven Partners. He currently is the Head of Commercial Strategy at FNATIC, where Nick will help the leading global esports brand into the next phase of its growth which will expand upon the esports giant's global footprint.
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Mikko Hyppönen
Mikko Hyppönen has worked in the field of security since 1991 and currently serves as Chief Research Officer at Sensofusion in Finland.
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Matthew Fraser
Dr. Matthew Fraser is a recognized Web 2.0 strategist and new media expert who speaks insightfully about the impact of Facebook, Twitter, Google, YouTube on business, politics and society. He has long experience as a business journalist / author, academic and technology policy adviser. He was Editor-in-Chief of Canada’s national daily newspaper, National Post, and ...
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Michio Kaku
Dr. Michio Kaku is one of the most widely recognised scientists in the world today. A theoretical physicist, futurist and Professor of theoretical physics, Michio is the co-founder of string field theory and continues Einstein’s search for a "Theory of Everything". ’You have to realise that most of science is not done by direct experiment ...
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Kathrine Aspaas
Kathrine Aspaas welcomes you to The Emotion Revolution! Why is emotional strength becoming crucial for growth and development in business? Because our jobs are changing. When powerful technology provides us with artificial intelligence, digitalization and robotics, we, humans can develop even further what is unique to us: – How do we nurture our guts? – ...
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José María Figueres
José María Figueres served as President of Costa Rica and created a comprehensive national development strategy combining sound macroeconomic policies, strategic investments in human development, and a strong alliance with nature. “Climate change is the ultimate challenge” After years of public service, José María joined the Management Board of the World Economic Forum and was ...
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Ray Hammond
Ray Hammond - as faster technological innovation, globalization and the environmental challenge continue to be priorities, Ray is one of a few commentators equipped to explain how these massive challenges will affect our futures, the way we do business and the far reaching implications socially, economically and politically.
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Hernando de Soto
Hernando de Soto is currently President of the Institute for Liberty and Democracy (ILD) based in Peru. The ILD has been described as one of the most important think-tanks in the World and Mr de Soto as the "World’s Greatest Living Economist". In 2004 he received Cato Institute’s the Milton Friedman Prize. "The World’s Greatest ...
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James Hewitt
James Hewitt is a performance scientist, speaker and author. His research focusses on high performance knowledge work, with a particular interest in the impact of technology and working patterns on stress, recovery, wellbeing and cognitive performance.
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Gary Hamel
Gary Hamel is one of the world's most influential and iconoclastic business thinkers. He has worked with leading companies across the globe. He has been on the faculty of the London Business School for more than 30 years and is the Director of the Management Innovation eXchange.
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Jukka-Pekka Heikkilä
Dr. Jukka-Pekka Heikkilä is Academy of Finland postdoc Fellow at Aalto University, a Newton Fellow at Royal Society (UK) and a visiting scholar at Stanford University who can visualize academic cutting-edge research for a non-scholarly audience.
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Reetta Heiskanen
With her roots in the Finnish startup scene and journalism, Reetta Heiskanen (M.Soc.Sc) writes and talks about the future of work, equality and digital solutions. She co-launched programming and robotics courses in Nordic highschools with the Mehackit team in 2015 and truly believes in democratizing technology skills for the future generations. Today, based in Brooklyn, ...
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Henri "Henkka" Hyppönen
Henri "Henkka" Hyppönen is a creative director, author, speaker, TV host, and serial entrepreneur. He is the founder of four companies including a problem-solving company that creates products and services using human intelligence and AI. Henri speaks regularly about the future, business, leadership and creativity, and about the intersection of human and machine intelligence. Henkka ...
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Helena Åhman
Helena Åhman is a passionate observer of the human mind and expert on leadership, pressured situations, situational awareness and conflict management. She describes these phenomena through captivating stories. Her stories may involve hostage negotiators, scientists or film stars, but they are all based on solid scientific background and knowledge. Her ability to combine science, stories ...
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Paavo Beckman
Mr. Paavo Beckman has been a CEO and Co-Founder at six companies and led teams in San Francisco, New York, London and Finland. He is an expert in startup & corporation collaborations and a visionary in an innovation field who knows what is happening on the market.
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Arman Alizad
Arman Alizad, the great fan of heroic tales, speaks about life through personal experiences and shares his thoughts on how he has decided to experience and see life. With his own story, he highlights a number of turning points where his own choices and attitudes have played a major role in future development. Arman has ...