Garrett Reisman
Dr. Garrett Reisman was selected by NASA as a mission specialist Astronaut in 1998. His first mission was aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour, in 2008, which dropped him off for a 95 day mission aboard the International Space Station after which he returned to Earth aboard the Space Shuttle...
Pritpal S Tamber
Dr Pritpal S Tamber is the Co-Founder and CEO of Bridging Health & Community, a Seattle-based nonprofit dedicated to transforming how we approach health so that it goes beyond health care and public health to include fostering the ‘agency’ of a community – its ability to make purposeful choices....
William Whitehorn
As Richard Branson’s right-hand man, William Whitehorn took the space tourism venture, Virgin Galactic, from a mere dream to a project with real spacecraft and its own spaceport. 2014 saw the first commercial flights one hundred miles above the Earth’s surface. Regulation dictated that he hand over to a...
Bruce Daisley
Bruce Daisley is a best selling author and technology leader from the UK. He spent 8 years as EMEA Vice President for Twitter having joined the company in 2012. Prior to this, Daisley ran YouTube UK at Google and he has also worked at Emap/Bauer and Capital Radio. Daisley...
Peter Davies
Peter Davies was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Air Malta in March 2011 and tasked with restructuring the business. He currently leads the Airline Management Group, a business he founded with his extensive network of professional contacts to diagnose and deliver solutions for the strategic needs of legacy airlines,...
Claire Chiang
Claire is a co-founder of Banyan Tree Hotels & Resorts and pioneered the Group’s retail business. Banyan Tree is a global hospitality business with a portfolio of 47 hotels in 23 countries on 4 continents. As Chairperson for China Business Development for Banyan Tree, she focuses on acquiring new...
Brian McBride
Brian McBride is one of Britain’s foremost digital business leaders. He has just been appointed President of the CBI, and is also Chairman, Trainline PLC, NED Standard Life Aberdeen (Abrdn), Senior NED UK Ministry of Defence, Senior Adviser to Scottish Equity Partners, former Chair of ASOS, 2012-2018 and Former...
Lizhou Ken Hong
Ken Hong is an expert Chinese / APAC business leader who has studied, lived and built successful careers in both the US and China. Ken is currently the CEO of China and Greater North APAC for Dentsu International Customer Experience Management (CXM) Line of Business, as well as the...
Jonathan Firth
Jonathan Firth has been directly involved in the development of the commercial space industry in the US since 2004, when ‘SpaceShipOne’ reached suborbital space and won the ‘Ansari X-Prize’. He was a member of the executive team that started up three space companies – Virgin Galactic, The Spaceship Company...
Dr. Mark van Rijmenam
Known as The Digital Speaker, Van Rijmenam is a strategic futurist who has significantly influenced the digital landscape. His pioneering efforts include the first TED talk in VR in 2020. In 2023, he further pushed boundaries when he delivered a TED talk in Athens with his digital twin, delving...
