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Dr. Rainer Janßen is one of the most interesting personalities of the CIO scene and one of the most important IT personalities in Germany. He studied mathematics and computer science in Kiel and Kaiserslautern. In 1984 he joined the IBM Science Centre in Heidelberg, where he built up the research areas on scientific computing and super-computing. From 1993 he was Director of the IBM European Networking Centre in Heidelberg, focussing on research, development and customer pilot projects around the information highway. From...
Pellegrino Riccardi is an award-winning keynote speaker, communication expert, and cultural consultant with over 30 years of experience working with senior leaders across global organisations. Born in the UK to Italian immigrants and now based in Norway, Pellegrino has spent his life translating cultures — both national and corporate. Pellegrino’s work sits at the intersection of culture, leadership, inter-human relationships and performance, helping organisations align the way people behave with the results they want to achieve. In 2020, he was named Norwegian...
Andy Stumpf is a former Navy SEAL. He enlisted for military service in 1996, after completing the necessary military training, Stumpf began his SEAL career assigned to SEAL Team Five, in Coronado California. Throughout his 17-year career, he served on both East and West coast SEAL Teams. In 2006 he returned to the Naval Special Warfare Center as a BUD/s (Basic, Underwater, Demolition, SEAL) Instructor, considered to be the most difficult military training in the world. In 2008 he submitted a...
Nora Berra served as the Minister of Seniors and then as the Minister of Health in France from 2009-12. She was appointed by President Sarkozy to the head of one of the most successful healthcare systems in the world. She started her professional career as a medical doctor in Lyon public hospitals, where she dedicated almost 20 years to the fight against AIDS. She then entered public service, first, as an elected representative in Lyon in 2008, and then as an...
Priya became a motivational speaker at 24 years of age, making her the youngest motivational speaker in India in 1998.She conducts workshops with multi national corporate houses across the world. Her areas of expertise are corporate training, leadership, motivation, team-building, and personal breakthrough. She engages people in activities like fire walking, glass walking, steel bar bending and board break for strengthening their body and mind, all for attaining peak performance in life. All her sessions are based on experiential learning...
Jack Lang is a French politician and a former French minister, and currently President of the Institut du Monde Arabe. Lang is the only politician to have served in all governments under the presidency of François Mitterrand from 1981 to 1986 and from 1988 to 1993. A graduate of Sciences Po, he quickly earned a doctorate in law, specialising particularly in public law. He became a Professor of International Law (1976) and dean of the U.E.R. for legal and economic science...
Christiana Figueres is a Costa Rican citizen and was the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 2010 - 2016. During her tenure, Ms. Figueres brought together national and sub-national governments, corporations and activists, women’s groups, scientists and spiritual communities, financial institutions and NGOs to jointly deliver the historic 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change. Under this Agreement, 195 sovereign governments decided on a collaborative path to limit future global warming to well below 2°C and strive...
Jeremy White is the global senior innovation editor for Wired, the influential trends magazine and website that covers the technologies and businesses building the future. In charge of analysing and identifying emerging trends and technological shifts that will affect both consumers and businesses, Jeremy is an expert speaker in a multitude of subjects from AI, ethics and digital transformation, to blockchain, ESG, fintech, cybersecurity, healthcare, automation, and the future of work. Jeremy has delivered keynote briefings identifying key challenges and opportunities...
Justin Packshaw is an entrepreneur, philanthropist and world-renowned explorer. He is Chairman of the travel company Joro Experiences and the co-founder of the award-winning British luxury jewellery brand, De Roemer. Packshaw served as an officer in the British Army with tours including the first Gulf war and was Equerry to one of the British Royal Family. Packshaw’s determination, go-getter attitude and optimism has seen him achieve some incredible feats such as, sailing for Britain and being voted the outstanding crewman during...
Gareth Thomas is one of the most iconic and respected figures in world rugby. He was the first Welsh player to reach 100 caps and captained Wales in 2005 to the first grand slam in 27 years. Since retiring in 2011, Gareth has become a regular analyst for ITV Sport and has worked on Rugby World Cups as well as numerous RBS 6 Nations coverage. Thomas has also become a household name, entertaining audiences on national TV and raising awareness...
Nicolas Bouzou is a French economist and essayist, and a professor of economics at the MBA Law & Management program, University of Paris II Assas. In 2006, Nicolas founded the leading economic consultancy firm Asterès which publishes economic studies for public actors and companies. He is also the creator of the Belém Circle, a think-tank that gathers together European progressive and liberal intellectuals. Its areas of work are related to growth, economic policy, territorial organisation and health. In 2018, he becomes President of...
Misha Glenny is an award-winning journalist who made a name for himself as the BBC’s Central Europe Correspondent covering the 1989 revolutions and the wars in the former Yugoslavia. He has a Sony Gold Award for Outstanding Contribution to Broadcasting and is also a winner of BT’s Information Security Journalist of The Year. His book McMafia: Seriously Organised Crime and DarkMarket: How Hackers Became the New Mafia were shortlisted for several prizes, and McMafia has been adapted in a joint production between AMC (in the...
Marc Stickdorn is one of the world's leading service design thinkers and is the co-author of the award-winning book This is Service Design Thinking. Stickdorn helps both private and public organisations to build knowledge in the field of service design. He supports them to apply service design within their organisational structures and processes; aiming to break down silos, reduce development costs of new products and services, and to improve customer experience. Stickdorn is an associate of DesignThinkers Academy in Amsterdam and WorkPlayExperience...
FC is a renowned ethical hacker and social engineer, as well as global keynote speaker and author. He has been working in the cyber security field for over 25 years and has helped thousands of banks, governments and other organisations advance their security. FC is Co-Founder of the cyber security company Cygenta, where he tests weaknesses in physical, personnel and digital controls to help organisations be more secure. FC is the author of the bestselling book "How I rob banks", and...
In March 2016, Zukie Siyotula joined the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders under the age of 40. As former CEO of Thebe Capital responsible looking after a portfolio of strategic investments across various sectors, she holds a CA (SA); ACMA; MBA and Executive Programmes from Harvard, Insead and Oxford. Her diverse professional experience ranges from general management, finance, corporate governance, strategy, restructuring, business development, through to sales and distribution. Zukie has served on a number of non profit, public and listed...
As the first grandson of Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Fabien Cousteau spent his early years aboard his famous grandfather’s ships, Calypso and Alcyone; and learnt how to scuba dive on his fourth birthday. Cousteau is well known for his study of sharks and was an Explorer-at-Large for National Geographic changing public conceptions with a programme called Attack of the Mystery Shark. He later produced the documentary, Mind of a Demon for CBS in which he created a 14-foot, 1,200-pound, lifelike shark submarine that...