Bernard Kouchner
Bernard Kouchner, French Minister of Foreign and European Affairs until November 2010, has played an important role in European politics for many decades. Having been a Minister in different French governments for a total of eighteen years, he is an outspoken advocate for humanitarian causes. His experience as Foreign...
Nell Watson
Nell Watson is an engineer, entrepreneur, and futurist thinker who grew up in Northern Ireland. She has a longstanding interest in the philosophy of technology, and how extensions of human capacity drive emerging social trends. Nell has had an unusual career, including teaching post-grad Computer Science at the age...
Magnus Lindkvist
Magnus Lindkvist is a renowned futurist and an expert on present and future trends. Magnus has made a career out of fusing the measurability and tangibility of the business world with the imaginative storytelling of Hollywood. He founded his company in 2005 to help companies make sense (and money)...
Jason Drew
Jason is a serial entrepreneur, passionate environmentalist and visionary who argues that industrial revolution is over and the sustainability revolution has begun. Based on this he has developed a clear vision and blueprint for business in the 21st century. He is an inspirational business leader of this nascent revolution....
Rumman Chowdhury
Dr. Rumman Chowdhury is the Chief Scientist of Parity Consulting, Founder and General Partner of Parity Responsible Innovation Fund, and a Responsible AI Fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. Previously, Dr. Chowdhury was the Director of META (ML Ethics, Transparency, and Accountability)...
Daniel Bobroff
Daniel Bobroff is the founder and CEO of FashionTechinc and formerly the founder and Investment Director of ASOS Ventures, the online fashion company’s venture capital division. In over two decades of being an innovator, entrepreneur and investor he has pioneered advertising in video games, developed best-selling games, and become...
Mark Stevenson
Mark Stevenson is a writer, ideas generator and futurist. He is author of the best selling book An Optimist’s Tour of the Future, which was described by The Wall Street Journal as “sharp and fascinating”. He is probably best described as an inspirational futurist. His skill is an ability...
Felix Baumgartner
On October 14, 2012, Austrian jumper Felix Baumgartner broke three World Records: the first human to break the sound barrier without the assistance of a vehicle, the highest manned balloon flight, and the highest skydive. Standing on the step of the capsule, Baumgartner made a short address, saying, “I...
Lars Thomsen
Lars Thomsen is an influential futurist and trends researcher. He is the founder and CEO of Swiss based think tank, Future Matters. Thomsen has worked on future issues for the past 25 years, consulting with corporations, institutions and government bodies on the development of future strategies and business models. ...
John Gapper
John Gapper writes an award-winning column on business, with a focus on finance, media and technology, and also contributes editorials and features, including regular Lunch with the FT interviews. He is one of the FT’s most senior and influential writers, having covered the financial and media industries, as well...
