Prof. Donald Sadoway
When it comes to alternate power sources and batteries, Donald R. Sadoway is the man to turn to. Voted one of “Times” magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world in 2012, he is widely recognized as a leading battery and energy storage expert. As a professor at MIT...
Sharon Gai
Sharon Gai is a China-born Canadian who has had 10+ years in ecommerce, digital marketing and branding. Immigrating at a young age to a new country where she did not speak the local language has trained her skills of adaptability and resilience as well as sparking her inner creativity...
Ed Gillespie
Ed Gillespie is a writer, communications specialist, serial entrepreneur and futurist. He is the author of ‘Only Planet – a flight-free adventure around the world’ a book about his circumnavigation of the globe without getting on a plane, which the Independent said “Allow the world’s flaws and beauty to...
Dr. Maha Hosain Aziz
Dr Maha Hosain Aziz is a professor, author and cartoonist in the MA International Relations Program at New York University’s Graduate School of Arts & Sciences specialising in global risk and prediction, which she also teaches at various e-learning startups; she is a risk expert in the 2021 Global...
Thomas Hurd
As Head of the UK’s Office of Security and Counter-Terrorism for the last five years, Thomas Hurd was the most senior official in the UK government responsible for Homeland Security, leading cross-government work countering state threats, cyber crime and security, disinformation, money laundering, online harms, child sexual exploitation and...
Sebastian Thrun
Sebastian Thrun is an innovator, entrepreneur, educator, and a computer scientist. He is the CEO of the Kitty Hawk Corporation, chairman and co-founder of Udacity. Before that, he was a Google VP and Fellow, a Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, and before that at Carnegie Mellon University....
Edith Yeung
Recognized by Inc Magazine as one of the Silicon Valley investors you must know, Edith Yeung is a venture capitalist, technology executive, and China Internet expert. As a partner at 500 Startups, the world’s most active early seed investor, Edith has invested in more than 40 mobile, AI and...
Matteo Rizzi
Matteo Rizzi is one of the most recognized and respected faces in the FinTech industry globally with plenty of accolades. He has over 20 years of expertise and deep connections amongst global banks executives, startups and investors. He is an unconventional entrepreneur and a book author with two decades...
Kate O’Neill
Companies like Google, Etsy, Cisco, and more look to Kate O’Neill, the “Tech Humanist”, for optimism about the role of technology in the world along with a firm reality check. She is founder and CEO of KO Insights, a strategic advisory firm committed to improving human experience at scale....
Sohail Inayatullah
Professor Sohail Inayatullah, a political scientist and futurist, is the inaugural UNESCO Chair in Futures Studies. He is also Professor at Tamkang University, Taiwan and Associate, Melbourne Business School, the University of Melbourne and teaches from metafutureschool.teachable.com. Before this, he was Adjunct Professor at the Center for Policing, CounterTerrorism,...
