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Stephen Heppell
Professor Stephen Heppell has been a professor since the 1980s, he has an unrivalled track record of success and a string of huge projects in both learning and technology. He is one of the most influential academics in the field of technology and education globally. Stephen Heppell is credited with being the person who put the ...
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Terence Mauri
Terence Mauri has been described as ‘an outspoken and influential expert on the future of leadership’ by Thinkers50 the global authority of top business thinkers in the world.
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David Hanson
David Hanson develops robots that are widely regarded as the world's most human-like in appearance, in a lifelong quest to create true living, caring machines.
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Ted Souder
Ted Souder is the Head of Industry, Retail at Google, where he has worked for more than a decade. He oversees a team that is tasked with helping some of the world’s largest retailers leverage digital platforms in order to meet the demands of today’s consumer. Prior to his current role, Ted had other sales ...
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Shivvy Jervis
What are the seven most unusual jobs of the future? What’s in store for workplace and educational learning, and why is ’augmented commerce’ the next wave for online retail? Which discoveries about our brains could help us ward off toxic stress or even guide how we earn and learn? These are merely few of scores ...
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Andreas Weigend
Andreas S. Weigend is one of the world’s leading innovators, an expert in social and mobile technologies, consumer behaviour and digital marketing. He directs the Social Data Lab, teaches at Stanford University and UC Berkeley and his research centres on how ongoing social data revolution impacts consumers, companies, and society. Andreas is an engaging and ...
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Adam Greenfield
Adam Greenfield is a world-renowned urbanist, leading “smart cities” sceptic, and passionate advocate for the human-centred design of technological systems. He is one of the world’s foremost thinkers on urban environments. Adam has spoken about his ideas on how big technological shifts affect us psychologically and societally. As a keynote speaker, Adam provides discussion provoking ...
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Nicholas Stern
A former chief economic advisor to the UK government and chief economist of the World Bank, Lord Nicholas Stern made headlines around the world following the publication of the ’Stern Review’. As a keynote speaker, Nicholas discusses the economic impact of climate change, economic development, growth and empowerment, public policy and the role of the ...
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Lars-Johan Jarnheimer
Former CEO of Tele2 AB, Chairman of IKEA group and Chairman of Telia Company since 2019, Lars-Johan Jarnheimer, is a European business leader and popular business management speaker. An incredibly inspiring and influential business figure, Lars-Johan is also an expert in delivering dynamic motivational speeches. Lars is able to cover topics from finance and futurism ...
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Jean-Claude Juncker
Jean-Claude Juncker is one of the founding fathers of the euro and a pioneer of European unification. As Prime Minister of Luxembourg he was the longest-serving head of government in the European Union – with 18 years in office – as well as the longest-serving democratically elected head of government worldwide. Jean-Claude Juncker studied law ...
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Ian Goldin
Professor Ian Goldin is the world’s leading expert on the systemic risks created by globalisation. He currently holds the position of Professor of Globalisation and Development at Oxford University, the Director of the Oxford Martin Programme on Technological and Economic Change and the founding Director of the Oxford Martin School. He is also well known ...
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Chad Hurley
Best known for being the co-founder and former CEO of the leading video-sharing website YouTube, Chad Hurley truly is one of the biggest media moguls of the 21st century. He has worked with and advised some of the biggest and most well known online companies in the world.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
Speaker, bodybuilder, actor, businessman, investor and former governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger truly is a man of many talents. A hugely inspiring and charismatic speaker. Arnold envisages the goals he wants to achieve then does what ever it takes to make it reality. Arnold is available for speaking engagements, fundraisers and product promotion. He does ...
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Henny Admoni
Henny Admoni is an Assistant Professor in the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. She leads the Human And Robot Partners (HARP) Lab, where they study how assistive robots can help improve people’s lives. She is mostly interested in human-robot interaction, assistive robotics, and modeling human behavior. Dr Henny Admoni’s research focuses on developing intelligent, ...
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Sinan Aral
If you want to successfully compete in today’s rapidly changing digital marketplace, organizations must have a deep understanding of business analytics, which is why companies like Microsoft and Facebook tap the expertise of award-winning researcher, data scientist and MIT professor Sinan Aral. Since he is also a successful entrepreneur and venture capitalist, Professor Aral offers ...
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Jeremy Bailenson
We are no longer limited by the confines of our own world. Virtual reality (VR) is now mainstream, and its potential – as well as that of augmented reality (AR) technology, which allows us to integrate simulations with the “real” world – is vast. Jeremy Bailenson is a pioneering expert in the field and one ...
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Matt Beane
Matt Beane is an Assistant Professor in the Technology Management Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Matt studies deviance in work involving machine intelligence – and specifically robotics. He asks when, where and how workers, organizations and even AI defy norms and rules in the 21st century. Matt has done extensive field research ...
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Ariel Ekblaw
Ariel Ekblaw is the founder and Director of the MIT Space Exploration Initiative, a team of over 50 graduate students, staff, and faculty actively prototyping the artifacts of our sci-fi space future. Founded in 2016, the Initiative now includes a portfolio of 40+ research projects focused on life in space (from astrobiology to space habitats), ...
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Tammy Erickson
Harvard MBA Tammy Erickson has been honored three times by the Thinkers50’s list as one the most influential living management thinkers in the world. Her in-depth research and analysis on generations in the workplace is employed to provide essential presentations on preparing for the changing demographics of the workforce. Her career has revolved around building ...
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Brittany Kaiser
Brittany Kaiser is the Cambridge Analytica whistleblower, after serving as the Director of Business Development and being trained directly under Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix. Kaiser’s experience following her time at Cambridge Analytica is shown in the Netflix Documentary The Great Hack. Brittany Kaiser is the author of Targeted: The Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower’s Inside Story of How ...
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Eliot Higgins
Eliot Higgins is the founder of Bellingcat and pioneer of online open source investigation, a new investigative methodology that has significantly impacted a range of fields and specialisations, from journalism to justice and accountability.
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Maayke-Aimée Damen
Maayke-Aimée Damen is a pioneer in sustainable development, innovation and circular economies. She has led global workshops and keynote speeches, including TEDx, exploring new ways to make sustainability more accessible and understandable for everyone. She believes that small changes can add up to make a significant impact.
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Richard Cope
Richard Cope is a Senior Trends Consultant who's goal is to open up audiences to the opportunities presented by future trends and in particular how to help businesses successfully transition towards greater responsibility and sustainability.
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Ellen MacArthur
Dame Ellen MacArthur first hit the headlines in 2001 when she raced single-handedly non-stop around the world in the Vendée Globe when only 24 years old. After 94 days at sea, Ellen returned to a different life: she had come second in one of the hardest races in offshore sailing and the response was massive.
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Mark Esposito
Mark Esposito consults in the area of Corporate Sustainability and Competitiveness worldwide, including Board of Directors, Communities and National Governments. He brings futurized uncertainty into the life of his audiences and he helps them navigate through complexity with foresight. As Chairman of The Strategic Foresight Board of the Circular Economy Alliance, Mark Esposito provides insights ...
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Ilenia Vidili
Ilenia Vidili is a customer centricity advisor, author and keynote speaker. Ilenia’s mission is to help businesses achieve a competitive advantage by becoming more customer-centric — helping them to think differently, streamline processes, turn product mentalities into people mentalities, and create more value for their customers. For over a decade she conducted corporate marketing for ...
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Scott Steinberg
Regarded as one of the World's Leading Business Strategists, Scott Steinberg is an award-winning strategic consultant, trends expert and professional speaker. In addition to being hailed as The Master of Innovation by Fortune magazine, Scott is a bestselling author and expert on strategy, change, innovation and leadership.
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Anders Indset
Anders Indset is the author of three “Der Spiegel” bestsellers, ’The Quantum Economy,’ ’Infected Thinking,’ and ’Wild Knowledge.’ His books have been translated into more than ten languages. Anders brings practical background from a decade as a leadership and strategy consultant to Fortune 500 companies. Anders has invested in and founded several companies and is ...
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Neil Harbisson
Neil Harbisson is a top innovation keynote speaker, artist, and the first person in the world with an antenna implanted in his skull and for being officially recognized as a cyborg by a government. Born with the inability to see color, artist Neil Harbisson has an antenna implanted in his head that allows him to ...
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Pierre Quintard
Pierre Quintard is the President of the Jane Goodall France Institute since 2017. Launched by Dr Jane Goodall, United Nations Messenger of Peace, the Institute conducts field actions in twelve African countries for the preservation of biodiversity and for the well-being of local populations in a holistic approach.
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Shada Islam
Shada Islam is an influential Brussels-based specialist on European Union affairs. After having worked as a journalist and think tanker, she now works independently as a commentator, advisor, analyst and strategist on questions which she is passionate about including Europe, Asia, Africa, Geopolitics, Trade, Migration, Inclusion, Diversity and Women’s Empowerment. Shada runs her own Brussels-based global ...
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Tom van Arman
Tom van Arman is a smart city architect helping local governments create blueprints for future living environments. In 2010 he founded Tapp, an award winning agency enabling local governments and industries to bridge the gap between the built environment and new digital landscape.
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Nikolas Badminton
Nikolas Badminton is a world-renowned futurist that mentors leaders to create more connected, curious and creative teams that embrace futures design to imagine desirable futures, anticipate unforeseen risks, and strengthen strategic planning. “Nik is not just an incredible presenter. He grabs the audience’s attention and doesn’t let go. So many of our partners told us ...
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Scott McArthur
Please welcome to the stage Scott McArthur, an accomplished keynote speaker and executive coach whose expertise stems from working with over 200 organisations worldwide in delivering transformative change programs across various sectors. However, what sets Scott apart is his unique ability to weave together his knowledge and experiences into compelling narratives that transcend business and ...
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David Rowan
David Rowan explains compellingly how emerging technologies will impact business — and how leaders should prepare now. As founding Editor-in-Chief of WIRED magazine’s UK edition, David came to know the founders of WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Google, Didi, Spotify, Xiaomi, Nest, Twitter and countless other ambitious startups from Tel Aviv to Shenzhen. He has since invested in ...
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Heather E. McGowan
Future-of-work strategist Heather E. McGowan helps leaders prepare their people and organizations for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The Third Industrial Revolution was marked by computerization and automation of physical labor, laying the foundation for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which will be notable for the rapid advancement of technology tools into the domain of human knowledge ...
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Belinda Parmar
Belinda Parmar OBE is a diversity campaigner and the CEO of The Empathy Business and a Non-Executive Director for the Ministry of Defence. Belinda uses the science of empathy to change the way companies transform their organisations focusing on leadership, communications and operations.
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Steve Nouri
Introducing Steve Nouri, an acclaimed technical leader and revered data scientist at the forefront of his field. As the Founder of AI4Diversity, a global non-profit initiative with over 4000 volunteers, Steve is dedicated to educating and advising communities on the societal benefits of AI. His expertise in Advanced Analysis and Data Science positions him as a pioneer in the development of ethical AI solutions.
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Suzy Welch
Suzy Welch is a distinguished business school professor, an accomplished author with best-selling credentials, and a valued contributor to the Wall Street Journal. She has emerged as a prominent voice in the realm of authentic leadership, organizational change, and career development—a voice that resonates powerfully in today’s world.