Von Wong
Benjamin Von Wong is a multidisciplinary visual artist and activist who uses recycled and reclaimed materials to create striking work around the intersection of humanity’s biggest issues – from climate change to social justice. Leading from the principle that the world’s largest issues are intertwined, Von Wong endeavors to...
James Levelle
James Levelle is an adventurer and filmmaker. His award-winning films have not only taken him to some of the most extreme environments on the planet, they demonstrate the power of film and its potential to change people’s perspectives. ‘Free Ride’, Levelle’s most daring and ambitious adventure yet was an...
Bertrand Piccard
Bertrand Piccard is the Initiator and President of the Solar Impulse Project, which aims to fly a solar-powered aircraft non-stop around the world. Solar Impulse 2 took off on 9 March 2015 from Abu Dhabi, heading east in it’s record-breaking attempt. After the first ever oceanic crossing by a...
Sir John Armitt
Sir John Armitt is currently Chairman of the National Express Group and City & Guilds, and is Deputy Chairman of the Berkeley Group. Sir John is also a member of the Board of Transport for London and the Airports Commission; he is Senior Vice President of the Institution of...
Vuyo Mahlati
Dr Vuyo Mahlati is an entrepreneur as well as public policy and development planning specialist. Having served two terms as International Women”s Forum (IWF) SA Vuyo has now joined the global board as a director. She is serving her second term as member of South Africa’s National Planning Commission...
Larry Downes
Larry Downes is an internet industry analyst and author on developing business strategies in an age of constant technological disruption. Downes is author of the New York Times and Business Week business blockbuster, Unleashing the Killer App: Digital Strategies for Market Dominance, which sold over 200,000 copies and was...
Jon Duschinsky
Jon Duschinsky is one of the world’s leading thinkers and speakers on engagement, leadership and the future of business. As the CEO of The Conversation Farm, Duschinsky leads a global team of creative talent that brings fresh ideas designed to change the way people talk about issues, causes and...
Fredrik Haren
Fredrik Härén is an author and expert on creativity, change and global business. Härén’s speciality is to be the “Global Conference Speaker”. He has delivered 2,000 presentations in over 60 countries on 6 continents. Härén knows how to craft a speech so that, let’s say, an American, a Brazilian,...
Rem Koolhaas
Rem Koolhaas founded the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) in 1975 together with Elia and Zoe Zenghelis and Madelon Vriesendorp. Having worked as a journalist and script writer before becoming an architect, Koolhaas graduated from the Architectural Association in London, and in 1978 published Delirious New York, a Retroactive...
Jonah Reider
Jonah Reider is a student, researcher, entrepreneur, musician, and chef. He studies business organization with respect to macroeconomic phenomena, explaining aspects of national and global inequality by examining the structure and behavior of firms. He has worked for Nobel economist Joseph Stiglitz, exploring the mixed consequences of globalization and...
