New Speakers

Regarded as the fastest person ever timed; First Man in Olympic History to win both the 100m and 200m races in world record times

Acclaimed speaker, media commentator, educator and author of The Power of Pressure

Associate Fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs at Chatham House, with deep knowledge on Ukraine, Russia, NATO, and the EU

Professor of computer science at the University of Michigan, author of the bestselling “Breaking Bots" and successful entrepreneur

British-Australian academic and writer, and former Iran hostage

Futurist; Tech Innovator & Policy Advisor; Managing Director of Founders at the University of Cambridge; Founder of Tech Nation

Founder & CEO of Influencer, Specialist in Influencer Marketing and Social Media

World-leading expert on the Upside of Disruption, AI, and Leadership; MIT Entrepreneur Mentor-in-Residence; Founder, Hack Future Lab; bestselling author and Thinkers50 winner.

Former Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Unilever; Independent Director on Boards at WPP and Sainsbury’s; President Royal Horticultural Society

Financial Market Futurist

Anchor, Senior Editor and Producer at Astro AWANI

Magician, Entrepreneur & Master Communicator

Vice President of Indonesia (2004–2009; 2014–2019)

Founder – Google Empathy Lab, an interdisciplinary group that guides emerging technologies with an empathy-driven approach

Recent President, International for Sony Pictures Entertainment

Team Principal of Venturi Formula-E Team, Founder of Dare To Be Different, Former F1 Test Driver

International Figurehead on Sustainable Business and Capital; Author of Award-Winning Bestseller Book: The Trillion Dollar Shift (Gold Medal Sustainability, Business Book Awards, 2019)

Leading Battery and Storage Expert Professor of Materials Chemistry at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Chairman of the Board of Telit Communications Plc and E.V.A – Energie Valsabbia, a company developing hydropower and solar generation plants

Chief Executive Officer, Thai Wah Public Company (TWPC) – a leading pioneer in the tapioca starch and food industry; Awarded the “Outstanding Leader in Asia” award at the 4th Asia Corporate Excellence and Sustainability Awards; Board Director, Banyan Tree Holdings Ltd; WEF Young Global Leader

World Record Setting Adventurer, Explorer, a Fellow at the Royal Geographic Society, Producer, Author & TV Presenter

Chief Design Officer, PepsiCo

Founder and CEO of DLO Energy Resources Group (Pty) Ltd

Director of Global Key Accounts in the Tmall Overseas team, enabling global brands to leverage Alibaba’s overseas e-commerce platforms

Expedition leader, doctor and elite warrior