Our Society & Education Keynote speakers

Roberto Burioni

Physician and Professor of Microbiology & Virology

Michael Osterholm

Epidemiologist and COVID-19 Expert

Chris Smith

Consultant Virologist and BBC radio presenter, "the Naked Scientists"

David Heymann

Infectious Disease Epidemiologist and Public Health Expert

Stephen Heppell

Education Specialist

Farah Pandith

First ever Special Representative to Muslim Communities for the United States Department of State

Diane Wei Liang

International best-selling author, business professor and expert on China

Jamie Woodruff

Europe’s No 1 Ethical Hacker

Sayeeda Warsi

Britain's First Muslim Government Minister

Nora Berra

French Government Minister 2009-12

Christiana Figueres

Executive Secretary UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 2010-16

Fleur Pellerin

French politician, founder of Korelya Capital and former magistrate at the French Court of Auditors

Yasmin Al Bulushi

Gulf region’s best known female management trainer

Bronislaw Komorowski

President of Poland 2010-15

Yanis Varoufakis

Former Minister of Finance in Greece

Claire Nouvian

Goldman Prize Winner in 2018

Abdullah Gul

President of the Republic of Turkey

Lynda Gratton

Global authority on HR, author of 'Hot Spots'

Katty Kay

Anchor of BBC World News America

JB Straubel

Former Chief Technical Officer and Co-founder, Tesla Motors

Malene Rydahl

Expert in Well-Being and Performance in Companies

Nick Bostrom

Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Oxford University and founding Director of Oxford's Future of Humanity Institute

Fredrik Reinfeldt

Former Swedish Prime Minister

Christian Busch

Co-Founder, Leaders on Purpose

Graham Brown-Martin

Education & Future of Work Expert; Strategic Insight and Leadership Coaching

Molly Crockett

American neuroscientist noted for her work on human morality, altruism and decision making

Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino

Internet of Things Thought Leader, Entrepreneur and Product Designer

Monica Lewinsky

Social activist and writer

James Kerr

Bestselling Author and High Performance Expert

Red Hong Yi

The artist who likes to paint, but not with paint brushes

Erin Meyer

Specialising in the field of cross-cultural management, intercultural negotiations, and multi-cultural leadership

Jon Duschinsky

World leading social innovator and entrepreneur

Adam Greenfield

Expert in smart cities, urban design and emergent technologies

Paul Mason

Award Winning British Journalist, Broadcaster and Author

Maryam Nemazee

Broadcaster/Journalist

Basmah Bint Saud

Granddaughter of King Abdulaziz, founder of the Saudi state and youngest daughter of his son King Saud

John Coates

Derivatives Trader turned Behavioural Neuroscientist

Claudia Olsson

Digital Transformation Strategist

Zanny Minton Beddoes

Editor-in-Chief of The Economist

Mark Stevenson

Europe’s No 1 Futurist

Rolf Dobelli

Author The Art of Thinking Clearly (2013 Europe's best-selling business book)

Xavier Sala i Martin

Professor of Economics, Columbia University

Tomas Sedlacek

Author of Economics of Good and Evil, philosopher of economics

Beau Lotto

Neuro-Scientist and Founder and CEO of Lab of Misfits Studio

Dominique Moisi

French Political Scientist, founder of the IFRI, the French Institute for International Relations

Charles Leadbeater

Globally Renowned Innovation and Education Guru

Nontombi Tutu

Third child of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, speaker on Human Rights Issues

Ayesha Khanna

Expert in Artificial Intelligence, Smart Cities and Fintech

Kiran Bedi

Social Activist and India's first and highest ranking woman officer in the Indian Police Service

Miriam Meckel

Editor-in-Chief Wirtschaftswoche

David Miliband

Inspirational Statesman

Kate Darling

Expert in Robot Ethics

Sugata Mitra

Professor of Educational Technology

Jens Weidner

Professor of Education and Criminology and Author of Pepperoni-Strategy

Miles Hilton-Barber

Blind Adventurer and International Motivational Speaker

Hans-Dieter Hermann

Sports psychologist to the German national football team

Bianca Jagger

Human rights advocate and campaigner

Andrew Keen

Renowned commentator on the digital revolution