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Dr. Mona Sloane is a sociologist and internationally recognized expert on the social implications of design and technology. Her work focuses on the intersection of inequality and artificial intelligence (AI) and she frequently publishes and speaks about AI, ethics, risk, equity and policy, particularly in the US-EU context. In 2020, Dr. Sloane was named to the Women in AI Ethics™ Hall of Fame for her exceptional contributions to the space of AI ethics and diversity. She was also named one of...
John Rossman is renowned as an early Amazon executive who led the launch and scaling of the Amazon Marketplace. He has served as a Senior Technology Advisor at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and a Senior Innovation Advisor at T-Mobile. He has a unique and powerful range of expertise in leadership for innovation, strategy for Artificial Intelligence and disruptive technologies, high-performance teams, and culture. John has authored four best-selling books on leadership, strategy, and disruptive technologies, including The Amazon Way...
Luke Tyburski captivates, entertains, and leaves his audiences challenging their own mental health beliefs & personal limitations. His stories are mind-blowing & the actionable knowledge he delivers is truly insightful - Luke Tyburski is an open & honest Keynote Speaker any company or event needs to have in front of their employees or guests. A Keynote Speaker & Author who inspires, motivates, and educates audiences through his contagious energy, positivity, and most of all - his powerful personal...
Samantha Johnson is an award-winning international sports broadcaster, with a track record hosting at some of the biggest sports events on the planet. Part of the FIFA family, Samantha Johnson had the prestigious role of co-hosting the 2022 World Cup Draw, watched by tens of millions of television viewers across the globe. She’s also hosted the Best FIFA Football Awards 2022, FIFA 2022 World Cup, European and Intercontinental Play-Off draws, the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Football draw, 2022 Club World Cup draw...
Baroness Dido Harding spent seven years as Chief Executive of TalkTalk PLC, Britain’s challenger telecoms company. She oversaw the transformation of the company’s customer service following the demerger from Carphone Warehouse, turning Britain’s most complained about telecoms operator into an award winning provider. She led the regulatory, political and media campaign for greater competition in the sector, leading to the eventual break-up of BT in 2017. She also led TalkTalk through one Britain’s most high-profile cyber attacks, being praised by...
Gabrielle Rifkind is a political entrepreneur, author and broadcaster. As founder and director of the Oxford Process which specialises in preventive diplomacy and behind the scenes mediation in areas of conflict she has worked in Europe, the Middle East and Asia to bring parties in conflict together to ripen the conditions for mediation. Having spent the last two decades exploring the relationship between geopolitics and the human mind and what motivates people both to get into and out of conflict, she has...
Verity Smith is a blind International dressage rider, singer, songwriter and author. She believes in advocating the ability in disability and relishes the challenge of defying convention and breaking down boundaries. Having already represented Great Britain as a member of Team GB, Verity Smith now rides for France. She is now training to be the first rider to represent her country in both the Olympics and Paralympics at Paris 2024. - the first rider to ever do so. It is a...
Keil Hubert is a leadership, cybersecurity, and organisational culture writer in Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A. Keil is currently the head of Security Training and Awareness for the Options Clearing Corporation, the world’s largest equity derivatives clearing organization, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Prior to joining OCC, Keil was a U.S. Army combat medic in high school and a medical IT officer following university graduation. He later served as a U.S. Air Force Public Affairs Officer during 9/11 and later as a Cyberspace...
Previously, Roula Khalaf was Foreign Editor and Assistant Editor, Financial Times (2013-present) was the Middle East Editor (2000-13) where she had responsibility for Middle East coverage across the region and in the FT’s Middle East edition. Roula Khalaf joined the FT in 1995 as North Africa correspondent and before that she was a staff writer for Forbes magazine in New York. Her specialist areas are Iraq, where she has travelled extensively, the Gulf, North Africa and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. In November 2013,...
As a futurist, keynotespeaker and trendwatcher, Richard van Hooijdonk is an authority on new technology. He has several Chip-implants, because he wants to physically experience the future. His inspiration sessions have been attended by over 550,000 people. Richard is a regular guest at radio and television programs. With his international research team, he researches many trends in the field of robotics, drones, self-driving systems, 3D & 4D printing, sensors, blockchain, quantum computing, neurotech, biotech, platforms and augmented & virtual reality. Combined...
Derek Brower is the New York-based US Political News Editor of the Financial Times, and is responsible for the paper’s 2024 campaign coverage, its reporting on the US economy, including the Federal Reserve, and all other political coverage from the FT’s Washington bureau and network across the country. He is also responsible for the FT’s national security, defence, and foreign policy coverage in the US. Brower has reported extensively from around the world, including from conflict zones. He reported for the...
The Reverend Richard Coles is an English musician, writer, Church of England priest, and co-presenter of Saturday Live on BBC Radio 4. He read Theology at King’s College London, and after ordination worked as a curate in Lincolnshire, then in central London, before coming to Finedon in Northamptonshire, where he was a Vicar for eleven years. He was the multi-instrumentalist who partnered Jimmy Somerville in the 1980s band the Communards, which achieved three Top Ten hits, including the Number 1...
Shawnee Delaney is the founder and CEO of Vaillance Group. Shawnee spent nearly a decade with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) as a decorated Clandestine Services Officer conducting Human Intelligence (HUMINT) operations all over the world. She served four combat zone tours in Iraq and Afghanistan as a Case Officer and Detachment Chief and served as a Supervisory Branch Chief in Europe. After leaving DIA, Shawnee supported the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the protection of U.S. critical infrastructure...
Born with Cerebral Palsy, which affects the movement of his leg muscles, Nicolas was initially a wheelchair user. Nic Hamilton endured years of gruelling, painful training so that by the age of 17 he could walk completely unaided. A huge achievement in itself, but this was just the first part of his unwavering determination to become a professional racing driver. Nic Hamilton was told as a child that he would never walk due to his cerebral palsy and would spend his...
Graham Jolley is one of the UK’s most talented and versatile magical performers, entertaining audiences with his unique style and amazing mind reading capabilities. Having performed at a huge number of corporate events, private dinners, conferences and on national television, his most recent being The One Show, Graham’s act adapts perfectly to any environment. A psychological entertainer, Graham Jolley is able to perform any number of astonishing feats, baffling and thrilling his audience in equal measure. His work has seen him...
Dietmar Dahmen is a top business expert on innovation, disruption, trends and technologies of the future. Dietmar Dahmen is an energetic speaker on the upcoming demands and the business opportunities created by new trends and technologies. He explains the complex in simple ways, and gets his audience - from expert to novice - to feel the need to change now. Dietmar’s keynotes cover a broad range of topics, including: disruptive trends and upcoming technologies; transformation; the future of success; fear and opportunities...