We are proud to present you our new Keynote Speakers
We are proud to present you our new Keynote Speakers
Mark Little is an entrepreneur and journalist working to understand the impact of technology on media and democracy. Mark is the co-founder of Kinzen, which used AI and human analysis to detect online harms, and the founder of Storyful, the world's first social news agency. Mark has worked on trust and safety issues at Spotify, and developed media partnerships for Twitter. He is a former TV presenter and foreign correspondent for RTE, and was a member of the Future of...
Terry Szuplat is a sought-after speaker and trainer and the author of the national bestseller Say It Well: Find Your Voice, Speak Your Mind, Inspire Any Audience in which he shares the public speaking lessons he learned as one of President Barack Obama's longest-serving White House speechwriters. From 2009 to 2017, Terry served as a special assistant to the president and as a member of the National Security Council staff, and from 2013 to 2017 he was the deputy director...
A serial entrepreneur who entered the United States as a refugee from Ukraine at the age of 8, Diana Kander had launched and sold millions of dollars worth of products and services by her early thirties. Today, she is an innovation consultant, keynote speaker, and New York Times bestselling author whose books have been taught in over 100 universities. As a consultant, Diana has helped create multi-billion dollar products, coached boards and executive committees on innovation best-practices, and implemented culture transformations....
Sara Davison is an author and podcaster whose expertise on the issues surrounding divorce, breakup and domestic abuse has made her a global name. Known as The Divorce Coach, Sara empowers people to take back control of their lives post-breakup, while providing a framework for business to support employees suffering personal turmoil. Her training school, The International Divorce Coach Centre of Excellence, has trained over 700 coaches around the world, in five continents. She is a founding member of Tatler...
Russell Beck is a leading expert on the world of work and how businesses and individuals can make themselves future-ready. Drawing on a rich tapestry of experience spanning continents and industries he has worked as an engineering project leader in 25 countries, as European Head of Talent, as Managing Director of a £120 million turnover outsourcing business, and global head of consulting for a £4 billion turnover recruitment and people strategy business. An author, consultant and regular international speaker, Russell...
Dr. Ruth Gotian studies success–extreme success–and teaches people how to achieve it on their own. For her research, she has interviewed some of the most successful people in the world, including Nobel Prize winners, astronauts, Olympians, and NBA champions, uncovering the strategies behind their achievements and sharing actionable insights with audiences worldwide. Hailed by Nature, Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and NBC News, she was named a top 20 mentor worldwide. Thinkers50 ranked her as the #1 emerging...
Weslynne Ashton is a Professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology, where she holds a joint appointment at the Stuart School of Business and the Institute of Design, and co-directs the Food Systems Action Lab. A sustainable systems scientist, she has spent more than 25 years exploring how industries, communities, and ecosystems can thrive together through principles of industrial ecology, circular economy, and design-led innovation. Her research and practice focus on helping organisations transition from a circular economy to a circular...
Attika Choudhary is an award-winning journalist, presenter and documentary filmmaker whose career spans nearly two decades of reporting from some of the world’s most challenging environments. With frontline experience in conflict zones such as Afghanistan and Iraq, she is known for her incisive storytelling, empathetic approach and ability to bring global attention to underreported and overlooked issues. She began her broadcasting career as a news presenter at Sunrise Radio, before going on to work with both B4U Music and the BBC,...
Neil Laybourn is a renowned and highly sought-after health and wellbeing expert and public speaker, having been invited to deliver talks and seminars to hundreds of well-known brands and organisations worldwide. Now the Founder of Neil Laybourn Consultancy, a leading consultancy that empowers mental wellbeing in the workplace, Neil’s passion for understanding mental health stems from his own profound experience of instigating a suicide intervention on London Waterloo Bridge having witnessed a stranger attempting to take their life in 2008....
Jonny Benjamin MBE is an award-winning media influencer and mental health campaigner, best known for his campaign Find Mike which searched for the stranger who stopped him from committing suicide in 2008. Since such a dark period of his life, Jonny has invested his time into improving the mental health of others. As a mental health speaker, he is dedicated to spreading a message of awareness, understanding and acceptance for not just sufferers, but those around them too. He travels...
Dr Neri Karra Sillaman is an immigrant entrepreneur, Oxford academic, sought-after speaker, prominent business consultant and award-winning author, who was recently nominated for the Thinkers50 Radar Award for the best new management thinker of 2025. She is the founder of the Neri Karra leather goods firm that works in partnership with several major Italian fashion brands, and is recognised as a leading voice on business sustainability and longevity. Born into a persecuted Turkish ethnic minority in communist Bulgaria, Neri was forced...
How can your organisation harness AI to unlock confidence, creativity, and purposeful innovation? Instead of letting uncertainty slow progress, Stephanie Antonian helps leaders reframe AI as a catalyst for flourishing cultures. With experience spanning Google [x], DeepMind, and her independent AI lab Aestora, she shows how organisations can move beyond fear and design human-first strategies that inspire clarity, collaboration, and action. Stephanie’s journey is a powerful story of unexpected connections. Starting with a Master’s in Biblical Studies, she later discovered a passion...
Sophia Herod is a nature and science presenter, best known for her work with BBC Weather and BBC News. With experience across live television, radio, podcasts, and digital media, Sophia brings a versatile and engaging approach to storytelling that makes science accessible and enjoyable for all audiences. Combining her degree in Natural Hazards, encompassing Meteorology, Climate, Geology, and Astronomy, with her natural curiosity and warmth, Sophia has developed a strong following online - her content on the planetary parade has reached...
Matt Abrahams is a leading expert in the field of communication. As a Lecturer in Organizational Behavior at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, he teaches popular classes in strategic communication and effective virtual presenting and has received the school’s Alumni Teaching Award. Matt also teaches public speaking and co-teaches Improvisationally Speaking in the Stanford Continuing Studies Program. When he isn't teaching, Matt is a highly sought-after keynote speaker and communications consultant and coach. He has helped numerous presenters prepare...
Carl Frampton is a former two-weight World Boxing Champion, widely regarded as one of the finest fighters of his generation. From humble beginnings in Tigers Bay, North Belfast, to headlining fights on the Vegas Strip, Carl’s journey has been defined not just by titles, but by resilience, integrity, and an unshakable commitment to growth, inside and outside the ring. Turning professional in 2009, Carl quickly rose through the ranks, claiming both the IBF and WBA Super-Bantamweight titles before making history by...
The Indian Blade Runner. Kargil war survivor. First amputee marathon runner of India. Limca record holder. Inspirational speaker. Was "Declared Dead" in an Army Hospital in July 1999 during the Kargil war. 14 years hence he returned as India's first Blade runner. He showed the world how the spirit in a true warrior can make a handicap into a Handy- capable person. In 1999, during the Kargil war, a shell exploded next to Major D P Singh, and he was almost shredded...