Marina Mahathir
Marina Mahathir was for 12 years the President of the Malaysian AIDS Council and Chair of the Malaysian AIDS Foundation. She has worked on many issues relating to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support in Malaysia and in the Asia Pacific region. Currently she is helping to organise the...
Robert Swan
Robert Swan, is one of the world’s preeminent polar explorers and environmental leaders. By the age of 33, Robert became the first person to walk to both the North and South Poles, earning his place in history alongside the great explorers and adventurers. His 900 mile journey to the...
Jon Duschinsky
Jon Duschinsky is one of the world’s leading thinkers and speakers on engagement, leadership and the future of business. As the CEO of The Conversation Farm, Duschinsky leads a global team of creative talent that brings fresh ideas designed to change the way people talk about issues, causes and...
Mohamed El Baradei
Mohamed El Baradei was the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), an intergovernmental organisation under the auspices of the United Nations, from 1997 to 2009. In 2005, Mr El Baradei and the IAEA were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize “for their efforts to prevent nuclear...
Michael Bergdahl
Michael Bergdahl is an international business speaker and coach, bestselling author, and business turnaround specialist. He is a global authority on the best practices of Walmart, the biggest private employer and largest retailer in the world. Bergdahl draws on a lifetime of hands-on experience in the business world, and...
Sugata Mitra
TED Prize winner Sugata Mitra is at the forefront of a new approach to education which challenges how we teach today’s children in a technological age. He is Professor of Educational Technology at Newcastle University, UK and previously a Visiting Professor at MIT in the US. Sugata is currently working...
John-Dylan Haynes
John-Dylan Haynes is a leading neuroscientist. He has been Professor for Theory and Analysis of Large-Scale Brain signals at the Bernstein Centre for Computational Neuroscience, Berlin since 2006, and Group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig since 2005. His research focuses on...
Daniel Domscheit-Berg
Daniel Domscheit-Berg, previously known under the pseudonym Daniel Schmitt, is a German technology and cyber specialist. He is best known for his role until 2010 as a spokesperson for whistleblower organisation WikiLeaks in Germany. A network security expert by trade, Domscheit-Berg is a passionate advocate for transparency and freedom...
Roger Steare
Professor Roger Steare is internationally recognized as one of the leading experts advising the Boards and executive teams on building high performing, ethical organizations. His work with BP after the Gulf of Mexico disaster has been crucial to the company’s recovery plan, with Roger’s decision-making framework and leadership training...
Gerd Leipold
Gerd Leipold was International Executive Director of Greenpeace until 2009, a position he has held since 2001. In this role he lead the global organisation, overseeing all its activities. He has had a long association with Greenpeace, having worked for the organisation in various capacities for over 20 years....
