Paul Papadimitriou
Paul Papadimitriou is the founder of Intelligencr, the global innovation scouting firm. He flies around the planet witnessing what technological disruption actually means for the future of business, culture and society. He architects innovation and marketing strategies shaped around a new augmented, nomadic and tribal consumer—most recently launching a...
Christian Majgaard
Formerly a top executive at LEGO, Christian Majgaard was responsible for branding, marketing and business innovation. His innovative ideas bought robotics, technology, and Harry Potter to the LEGO brand! Christian now helps businesses to build their brands through innovative practices and sound branding, making Christian an excellent key note...
Nadja Swarovski
Nadja Swarovski is a Member of the Swarovski Executive Board, the world’s leading crystal manufacturer founded by her great-great-grandfather Daniel Swarovski in 1895 in Austria. As a global patron of design for the company, Nadja is committed to building ongoing relationships in the fashion, jewellery, architecture, design, film and...
Shivvy Jervis
What is the science behind why we give up, or why logic is more about feeling than we might think? What are the most unusual jobs of the future or the skills you’ll need to stay future ready? Why should you know about ‘augmented commerce’, emotionally aware apps or the connectivity...
Erik Heinelt
Erik Heinelt is one of the leading startup entrepreneurs. He has started and run internet startups on three continents and “Wirtschaftswoche” rated him one of the leaders of the startup-scene. Heinelt (born 1987) studied at European Business School in Reutlingen and started his career at Rocket Internet AG, where...
Farland Chang
Farland Chang is an Emmy Award winning international journalist, Executive Producer & Founder of WorldBizWatch — a media strategy & global video production company. In a journalism career spanning more than 20 years, Farland has covered top stories across Asia and North America. And he has reported on and...
Christian Rangen
Christian Rangen is a strategist, author, entrepreneur and business school lecturer. He consults companies around the world on innovation, business models, leadership and change. He helps companies on strategic transformation and corporate entrepreneurship. Most recently, he has been developing and running corporate accelerator programmes on smart cities, energy, digital...
Steve Blank
Steve Blank is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, having worked in 8 start-ups in two decades (with four IPOs). He currently works as an academic, teaching at Stanford, Berkeley, Columbia and NYU. Blank has changed how start-ups are built; how entrepreneurship is taught world-wide; how science is commercialised in the...
Mick Cornett
Mick Cornett was the mayor of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, having served in that position since 2004. He was the first mayor in Oklahoma City history to be elected to four terms and was the longest-serving mayor among the 50 largest cities in America. One of Cornett’s most...
Sophie Bialaszewski
Sophie Bialaszewski isn’t your usual digital leader, neither is how she got there. With a background in public policy and communications her differentiator is her ability to combine culture change, innovation and communications to deliver campaigns and programmes that inspire and excite people. Sophie is passionate about helping people...
