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What matters in tech? What’s going on, what might it mean, and what will happen next? Benedict Evans has spent 20 years analyzing mobile, media, and technology, with experience in equity research, strategy, consulting, and venture capital. Now an independent analyst, his work focuses on identifying the right questions to ask about the future of tech. He writes essays to explore emerging ideas, publishes a weekly newsletter with 175,000 subscribers, and delivers presentations that bring these insights together. In recent years, Benedict has...
The first French athlete to have won three Olympic titles across three different Olympiads, Tony Estanguet has been the President of the Organizing Committee for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Guided by boldness, adaptability, and teamwork—values drawn from his sports career—Tony Estanguet has ushered the Games into a new era. Behind these record-breaking Games, it is his constant pursuit of performance that shines through and explains the success of the greatest project ever undertaken in France. A driving force: boldness "Let’s...
Clare Richardson is a leading International News Anchor with more than a decade of experience covering the world’s biggest stories for major news organisations. Clare is also a highly regarded MC and Moderator, working at major conferences and other events requiring specialisms in international affairs, business and technology. As a News Anchor for Germany’s international public broadcaster Deutsche Welle in Berlin, Clare has presented breaking news coverage of stories including pivotal elections in the United States and Germany, the Middle East...
Herbert Diess is one of the most renowned German-speaking top managers. He is the former CEO of Volkswagen AG and former Chairman of the Supervisory Boards of Škoda Auto, Seat and Audi. He has been Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Infineon since February 2023. Herbert Diess (*1958) studied automotive engineering at the Munich University of Applied Sciences and general mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Munich. From 1984 to 1989, he worked as a research assistant at the Institute...
Andreas Welsch is an internationally recognized AI leader, educator, and speaker, known for transforming AI hype into tangible business impact. With 23 years of experience—including AI leadership roles at SAP—he has helped Fortune 500 executives unlock AI’s potential, accelerated enterprise AI adoption, and positioned SAP as a global leader in Business AI. As the Founder & Chief AI Strategist at Intelligence Briefing, the author of the best-selling AI Leadership Handbook, and creator of several popular LinkedIn Learning courses on AI for...
Graham Fink is one of the world’s most awarded international Creative Directors. He is also a Multimedia Artist. Working in Photography, Film, Painting, Sculpture, Drawing, Music, and Technology. He is an agent to Sophia, the Social Humanoid Robot. He has developed software that allows him to draw using just his eyes. He has exhibited in the US, UK, China, France, Germany, and the UAE. He is in the Guinness book of records for creating the shortest ad ever made. He founded...
Iskandar Gadirzade is an entrepreneur, business designer, and educator with a no-fluff, real-world approach to business, problem-solving, and leadership. He has built, scaled, and exited four transportation businesses, led business design projects for major telecom companies, and consulted startups in space, quantum, HR, transportation, youth sports, and healthcare—helping them craft sustainable growth strategies, improve customer and employee experience, and successfully go public. As a former Business Designer in Residence at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, he has taught...
Christoph Heusgen is a diplomat and was the Chairman of the Munich Security Conference until February 2025. For more than a decade, he was the foreign and security policy advisor to Angela Merkel, whom he accompanied on all trips abroad. His close ties with America and his comprehensive concept of security have shaped his career over the past decades. Christoph Heusgen is considered to be very well networked internationally, right up to the highest levels. Heusgen (*1955) joined the Foreign Service...
Rob Currie has over 35 years of experience working in public and private sector security, with extensive international experience in federal policing operations, domestic counter-terrorism response, intelligence management & operations, crisis management, cyber investigations, and tactical command. Rob currently designs and delivers corporate security & crisis management programs across a variety of industries in the private sector. Rob is a retired Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer who served in various roles (Incident Commander (ICS400), drug enforcement, technological crime, national security...
Africa Brooke is a globally recognised consultant, mentor, and speaker. She specialises in helping people in and out of the public eye navigate personal and professional challenges relating to self-sabotage and self-censorship. Having first gained recognition in 2016 when she began documenting her arduous journey to sobriety, Africa’s personal story became the motivation she needed to get trained and start a career in personal development. She’s been a featured guest on ITV, BBC Radio One, BBC Radio 4, BBC Sounds, has...
Heather Melville OBE CMgr CCMI
Heather’s career spans over 40 years across Financial, Professional & Technology Services, with a specific focus on international trade, entrepreneurship and corporate banking. Heather is a business thought leader and an innovator with a notable track record of building high performing diverse teams. She has acted in an advisory capacity to FTSE CEOs across a multitude of industries and sectors. She is a highly respected and sought after public speaker, having addressed C-Suite leaders, senates, royalty, and global business audiences worldwide. Heather...
Ho Kwon Ping is Executive Chairman of Banyan Tree Holdings, which owns both listed and private companies engaged in the development, ownership and operation of hotels, resorts, spas, residential homes, retail galleries and other lifestyle activities around the world. Born in 1952, Ho Kwon Ping was educated in Tunghai University, Taiwan; Stanford University, California and the University of Singapore. He worked as a broadcast and financial journalist and was the Economics Editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review. He joined the...
Lord Andrew Roberts is a professor, author and historian who has written extensively about British history, especially its role in the second world war. As a leading historian, Andrew is a man of many talents and accomplishments, holding several prestigious positions at renowned institutions. He is a visiting professor at King’s College London’s Department of War Studies, the Bonnie and Tom McCloskey Distinguished Visiting Fellow, and a Lehrman Institute Distinguished Lecturer at the New York Historical Society. Additionally, he served as...
Geoff Cutmore is an internationally recognised face of Business and Finance news. He Anchored CNBC’s flagship Squawk Box program in Asia and Europe for nearly 30 years and made regular appearances on NBC, MSNBC and Sky News. Geoff regularly anchored and moderated at the IMF/World Bank Autumn meetings in Washington DC, also hosting fireside interviews with the Head of the IMF and World Bank. He has moderated the prestigious WEF Global Economic Outlook panel whilst anchoring in Davos for more than...
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer was born in Amsterdam on 3 April 1948. After completing his secondary education, he studied law at Leiden University, graduating in 1974. From 1974 to 1976 he performed his military service in the Royal Netherlands Air Force and was discharged as a reserve officer. From 1976 to 1986, he was employed in the Foreign Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, serving in Ghana, at the Netherlands Delegation to NATO and as Private Secretary to the...
Kristen Holmes is the Vice President of Performance Science at WHOOP, a leading human performance company. A three-time All-American athlete and two-time Big Ten Athlete of the Year in field hockey and basketball at the University of Iowa, Kristen was also a seven-year member of the U.S. National Field Hockey Team. As a coach, she led Princeton University to 12 league titles in 13 seasons and a National Championship, making her one of the most successful coaches in Ivy League...