New Speakers

Bestselling Author and Professor of Global History at Oxford University

Peter Frankopan is Professor of Global History at Oxford University, where he is Senior Research Fellow of Worcester College and Director of the Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research. He works on the history of the Eastern Mediterranean, Russia, the Middle East, Central Asia and China. His work on the history...

Professor of Political Science at the University of São Paulo

Fernando Limongi is a political science professor at the University of Sao Paulo and he has recently joined the prestigious São Paulo School of Economics at Fundação Getúlio Vargas. He was a visiting professor at Yale in 2009-2010. He holds a PhD from the University of Chicago. He is also...

Founder and CEO, Not Just A Label

Stefan Siegel, a native South Tyrolean — the German speaking part of the Triveneto region in Northern Italy, grew up in in an area responsible for over 40% of all high-end and luxury manufacturing; a surrounding where the ‘Made In Italy’ label is really being defined. Following his high school...

Global CEO, Havas Creative Network

Chris Hirst was appointed Global CEO of Havas Creative Network in January 2019. He is widely recognized as an innovative and inspirational leader. After a decade in CEO positions he has a proven track record of leading transformation – guiding his businesses to deliver reputational change, growth and a culture...

Double Amputee Racing Driver

A successful young British driver with race-winning success in Ginetta Junior and British F4, Billy Monger’s life changed forever on 16th April 2017. Billy was left with amputations to both legs and life-changing injuries after crashing with an unsighted, stationary car at 120mph during a British F4 race. However, this...

Senior lecturer in the Mathematics of Cities at UCL

Dr Hannah Fry is a senior lecturer in the Mathematics of Cities at the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at UCL. She works alongside a unique mix of physicists, mathematicians, computer scientists, architects and geographers to study the patterns in human behaviour – particularly in an urban setting. Her research...

Founding Executive Director, Singularity University and Co-founder and Chairman, OpenExO

Salim Ismail is the best-selling author of Exponential Organizations, a sought-after business strategist, and a serial entrepreneur, having founded technology companies including Confabb, PubSub Concepts, and Ångströ, which was acquired by Google in 2010. Salim Ismail led Brickhouse, Yahoo!’s internal incubator, and was recently named an XPRIZE Foundation Board member....

British Conservative politician; Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2016 to 2019

Philip Hammond has been a UK Cabinet Minister and key member of the British Government for almost a decade. Leading four departments over nine years and rising to the second most powerful job in government, he is one of only three people to serve continuously in the UK cabinet from...

Rapper, songwriter, actor & producer

Will Smith, a rapper, songwriter, actor and producer was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1968. Smith began rapping at age 12, emulating heroes like Grandmaster Flash but tingeing his rhymes with a comedic element that would later become his trademark. At 16, Smith met a DJ at a party by...

Expert in A.I, Race and Policy and Founder, AI For the People

Mutale Nkonde is the Founder/Executive Director of AI For the People, a non profit that seeks to educate Black communities about AI and social justice through popular culture, and a 2019/2020 fellow at the Berkman Klein Center of Internet and Society at Harvard University. Prior to this Mutale Nkonde acted...

Inc. Magazine Writer and Entrepreneur Mentor in Residence at London Business School

Terence Mauri is a future trends and disruption expert who challenges leaders to innovate, adapt and thrive in the age of disruption. He is an Inc. Magazine Writer, Entrepreneur Mentor in Residence (London Business School), Inc. Top 30 Future Trends expert and author of the global bestseller, the Leader’s Mindset:...

Futurist, Techno-Philosopher, Speaker and Writer

Gray Scott is a Futurist, Techno-Philosopher and the world’s leading expert in the field of emerging technology. He is the founder and CEO of SeriousWonder, a professional member of The World Future Society, and the co-organizer for the NY Futurists Meetup. Scott has been featured in and interviewed by the...