New Speakers

Political Reformist

Former presenter and foreign correspondent, CNN; Journalist with three decades of experience covering news and business in the Asia-Pacific region

French physicist, former student of Stephen Hawking

Senior Economic Adviser at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP; Author of Rediscovering Growth: After the Crisis; Former external member of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of England

Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Fetchr, an Uber-like GPS-tracked parcel delivery app, which now has raised over $72 million, operates in five countries with 4500-person staff, and was dubbed the number one startup in the Middle East by Forbes (2014-2019)

Founder of Plant-for-the-Planet Foundation that has already planted nearly 14 billion trees.

Influential populariser of science; Best-selling author, story-teller and passionate speaker on the value of diversity; Daughter of theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking

Three-time Paralympic champion in the high jump; Former ambassador for Beijing’s bid for the Winter Olympics

Ranked as China’s 3rd most influential fashion blogger

Expert in AI and Robotics, Professor of Engineering and Data Science Robotics at Columbia University NY

CEO of Satalia, a London-based company that provides Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Expert in Shopper Marketing and Customer Development; Author, consultant, and business leader.

Recognized leader in business creativity and innovation

Chairman of IKEA Group, Former President and CEO of Tele2 AB

Former Director of GCHQ, the UK's largest intelligence and security agency.

Independent advisor and consultant in Digital Transformation, Blockchain and the Future of Work areas

Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union from July 2016 to July 2018

Former First President of the European Council and Former Prime Minister of Belgium

Recent Secretary General of NATO and former Prime Minister of Denmark

Second Lady of the United States (2009 – 2017) and Prominent Educator

World’s First Humanoid Celebrity

Former Director of Marketing for BMW Asia

Former White House Communications Director

Former Senior Vice President Research & Insights at Go-Jek, a motorbike on-demand company worth USD 1.2billion

Founder of Slingshot Sponsorship