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With over 10 years of experience in marketing and innovation, Lisa Armstrong is a passionate and visionary leader who helps organisations achieve change through inclusive innovation and female empowerment. She is the Founder and Principal Director of ChewingRice, a strategy and innovation agency that specializes in Ethical Transformation, a framework that guides organizations to improve their gender diversity and sustainability practices and outcomes through innovation. She is a recipient of the prestigious WACL Future Leaders Award and the Publicis 90...
Michael Brooks is an expert on the science of innovation. He writes a weekly column for the New Statesman and is a consultant editor at New Scientist magazine. He is the author of At The Edge of Uncertainty, The Secret Anarchy of Science and the bestselling non-fiction title 13 Things That Don't Make Sense. Brooks has wide-ranging experience in stimulating innovation and plays advisory roles in a variety of contexts, including at New Scientist magazine, the Waterloo Global Science Initiative in Ontario,...
Jonah Reider is a renowned chef who helps leaders turn hospitality into a business advantage, transforming service into loyalty, culture into performance, and experiences into brand. Known for his A-list clientele and high-touch private events in New York City, Jonah translates what great hosts do instinctively into repeatable strategies teams can actually use: setting standards, creating emotional resonance, and designing moments that people remember and talk about. His comments about dining and social experiences have been publicized across the globe in...
Shivvy Jervis is Europe’s most booked female business forecaster. Having championed the use of tech-for-good for two decades, she runs a forecasting lab dedicated to helping us discover the latest breakthroughs from digital, science and also neuroscience. She is one of the world’s most trusted voices on forecasting, and underpinning it all is her desire to make this information accessible for everyone with her human touch. Shivvy’s topics include Adaptive AI, Cyber Security, AR Commerce, the Metaverse and the internet of...
Dr Rand Hindi is an entrepreneur and data scientist. He is the founder and CEO of Snips, the first GDPR-compliant Voice platform. Rand Hindi started coding at the age of 10, founded a Social Network at 14 and a web agency at 15 before getting into Machine Learning at 18 and starting a PhD at 21. He has been elected as a TR35 by the MIT Technology Review, as a "30 under 30" by Forbes, and is a lecturer at Sciences Po in...
Graham Allcott is an author, keynote speaker and the original “Productivity Ninja.” He is best known for his international bestsellers How to Be a Productivity Ninja and KIND: The quiet power of kindness at work, which was awarded Best People, Culture & Management Book at the 2024 Business Book Awards. Graham’s mission is to help people and organisations work with more clarity, focus and kindness. His ideas have reached millions via The Financial Times, The Times, Forbes, The Guardian, Stylist and...
Amlan Roy is an experienced Global Macro-Finance Researcher & Thought Leader specialising in Global Macroeconomics & Demographics. His book “Demographics Unravelled” published by Wiley in Jan 2022 mentioned by FT as one of the best new books in Economics. He presents to institutional clients in the private and public sector across 30+ countries He is a Senior Research Associate at LSE and Guest Finance Professor at LBS. He is also Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries. He founded Global Macro...
Gérard Araud is a distinguished senior diplomat who is known for his in-depth knowledge of international affairs, for his clear and forthright views and insights on the political economy, and for his reflections on working with world leaders in recent years. He is present on social media and is a lively and engaging individual and speaker. His views are informed by his long career in International Affairs at the most senior levels. In addition to his recent experience in Washington, D.C....
Marc Goodman is a global strategist, author and consultant focused on the disruptive impact of advancing technologies on security, business and international affairs. Over the past twenty years, he has built his expertise in next generation security threats such as cyber crime, cyber terrorism and information warfare; working with organisations such as Interpol, the United Nations, NATO, the Los Angeles Police Department and the U.S. Government. Marc Goodman frequently advises industry leaders, security executives and global policy makers on transnational cyber...
Dr Alvy Ray Smith is the co-founder of two successful startups: Pixar, an animation studio which was sold to Disney, and Altamira, a software company which was sold to Microsoft. Smith also co-founded the Lucas film Computer Division which developed computer graphics software including early renderer technology. As director of the Computer Graphics Project, he created and directed the "Genesis Demo" in The Wrath of Khan, and conceived and directed the short animated film The Adventures of Andre and Wally B.,...
Over the years, Stephan has been inspired by those who distinguish themselves and who master the art of excellence. His drive and his ‘zero-excuse’ attitude have helped him lead some of North America’s most successful sales teams. A true entrepreneur, Stephan is the founder of a Canadian distribution company that sells products and apparel in over 400 retail outlets nationwide. He is the author of a French book on taking charge of your life, which is a hit with readers...
Lars Sudmann is an advisor, keynote speaker and executive trainer on leadership, strategy, innovation and communication for global corporations and their leaders. He is the owner of Sudmann & Company, a consulting and management training network. Lars is drawing on his business experience (e.g. as CFO Belgium of Procter & Gamble) as well as consulting expertise with Fortune500 companies to help companies achieve better business and organizational results. Lars Sudmann supports executive teams in times of change, strategic redirection, performance improvement, and...
John Van Reenen has held a tenured professorship at the Massachusetts Institute for Technology (jointly in the Sloan Management School and MIT Economics Department) since 2016. Prior to this he was Professor of economics at the London School of Economics and Director of the Centre of Economic Performance since 2003. He is the winner of the 2009 Yrjö Jahnsson Award which is given to best economist under the age of 45 “who has made a contribution that is significant to economics...
Ambarish Mitra is the CEO and co-founder of Blippar, the leading augmented reality browser using artificial intelligence and computer vision to give people more from the world they see. Under Mitra’s direction, Blippar has grown from a ground breaking idea to an industry leader with offices in the UK, US, India and Singapore and was listed 3 years in a row in CNBC’s list of most disruptive companies in the world as well as named one of the 'Most Innovative AR/VR...
Jean-Louis Servan-Schreiber is a journalist of contemporary human, economic and social issues in both the print and broadcast media. He is presently the editor and publisher of the French bi-monthly magazine CLES. Previously, he was publisher and editor-in-chief of Psychologies magazine which appeared in ten countries. Before that he was CEO of Groupe Expansion which publishes several economic papers and magazines, among them the bi-monthly L'Expansion, a leading business magazine in France, launched by him in 1967. Jean-Louis Servan-Schreiber was born in...
Lt Gen Sanjeev Madhok, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, is the former General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Army Training Command in the Indian Army. In his capacity as the Commander-in-Chief, he addressed a wide spectrum of core issues, spanning from concepts and doctrines to training for combat readiness and infrastructure development. Widely known in the Army as someone with a transformational outlook, he promoted Human Resource Development through innovative concepts like ‘Scholar Warrior’- someone with unrestricted thinking and the ability to look...