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Former Starbucks Chairman and CEO Howard Schultz is recognised as one of the most influential, successful, and visionary business leaders in the world today. Howard took Starbucks from a mere 11 retail stores to in excess of 1,300 stores. He is renowned for his successful leadership, business ethics and sense of public responsibility. He was ...

Katja Toropainen on Inklusiiv-organisaation perustaja ja entinen Slushin pääkuraattori. Hän on myös aktiivinen puhuja, kolumnisti ja kirjoittaja. Ennen Inklusiivin perustamista, Katja johti kaksi vuotta Slushin sisältöjä, ohjelmaa ja puhujaoperaatioita, minkä aikana hän seurasi tiiviisti kansainvälistä kasvuyrittäjyys- ja teknologia-alaa. Näiden vuosien aikana Katja rakensi laajan tuntemuksen Euroopan ja Yhdysvaltojen teknologia-alasta ja vietti merkittävästi aikaa Piilaaksossa. Vuonna ...

Daniel Sieberg is VP, Technology & Innovation Thought Leadership for Huawei and as a founder and strategic advisor Daniel has focused on developing technologies like AI, AR, blockchain, news aggregation and social media. He continues to serve as an advisor to Good Trust, building the future of how to manage your digital afterlife. Daniel was ...

Henny Admoni is an Assistant Professor in the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. She leads the Human And Robot Partners (HARP) Lab, where they study how assistive robots can help improve people’s lives. She is mostly interested in human-robot interaction, assistive robotics, and modeling human behavior. Dr Henny Admoni’s research focuses on developing intelligent, ...

If you want to successfully compete in today’s rapidly changing digital marketplace, organizations must have a deep understanding of business analytics, which is why companies like Microsoft and Facebook tap the expertise of award-winning researcher, data scientist and MIT professor Sinan Aral. Since he is also a successful entrepreneur and venture capitalist, Professor Aral offers ...

David Hanson develops robots that are widely regarded as the world’s most human-like in appearance, in a lifelong quest to create true living, caring machines. To accomplish these goals, Hanson integrates figurative arts with cognitive science and robotics engineering, inventions novel skin materials, facial expression mechanisms, and collaborative developments in AI, within humanoid artworks like ...

We are no longer limited by the confines of our own world. Virtual reality (VR) is now mainstream, and its potential ­– as well as that of augmented reality (AR) technology, which allows us to integrate simulations with the “real” world – is vast. Jeremy Bailenson is a pioneering expert in the field and one ...

Matt Beane is an Assistant Professor in the Technology Management Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Matt studies deviance in work involving machine intelligence – and specifically robotics. He asks when, where and how workers, organizations and even AI defy norms and rules in the 21st century. Matt has done extensive field research ...

Alain Robert is the world’s leading free climber and is known all over the as the ‘French Spiderman’ and the ‘Urban Climber’. He is internationally renowned for having ascended over 100 skyscrapers without ropes. Sector, (a sponsor specialising in extreme sports, adventure), offered to make a documentary of his climbing and suggested that he climb ...

John Thackara is a writer, advisor and event producer. He curated the celebrated Doors of Perception conference for 20 years, first in Amsterdam, later across India, and was commissioner of the UK social innovation biennial Dott 07 and the French design biennial City Eco Lab. With a focus on social, ecological and relational design, John ...

Serena Williams sits at the top of the tennis world; she’s won 23 career Grand Slams, which is the most Grand Slam singles titles in history. Her remarkable tennis achievements combined with her off-court success in film, television, fashion and philanthropy makes her one of the most recognisable global icons in the world. In the ...

Chris Hughes is a highly successful entrepreneur best known for co-founding Facebook. Having been involved in a number of different startups, entrepreneurial ventures, and directorial positions, Chris is a fantastic speaker for corporate audiences wanting to gain a greater insight into risk and reward, breaking the business mold and innovation in technology. As a young ...

Ted Souder is the Head of Industry, Retail at Google, where he has worked for more than a decade. He oversees a team that is tasked with helping some of the world’s largest retailers leverage digital platforms in order to meet the demands of today’s consumer. Prior to his current role, Ted had other sales ...

Andreas S. Weigend is one of the world’s leading innovators, an expert in social and mobile technologies, consumer behaviour and digital marketing. He directs the Social Data Lab, teaches at Stanford University and UC Berkeley and his research centres on how ongoing social data revolution impacts consumers, companies, and society. Andreas is an engaging and ...

Nick Earle is a sales operation and change management leader with over 30 years of experience spanning large corporations and start-ups in the global IT and transportation sectors. He has co-authored two books; Mesh Collaboration: Creating New Business Value in the Network of Everything and From Dot.com to Dot.profit. Nick is currently Chairman and CEO ...

Adam Greenfield is a world-renowned urbanist, leading “smart cities” sceptic, and passionate advocate for the human-centred design of technological systems. He is one of the world’s foremost thinkers on urban environments.  Adam has spoken about his ideas on how big technological shifts affect us psychologically and societally. As a keynote speaker, Adam provides discussion provoking ...

Nadja Swarovski is an Executive Board member of Swarovski Crystal Business and Chairperson of the Swarovski Foundation. Nadja studied Art History and Foriegn Languages at Southern Methodist University in Texas before going to study at Sotheby’s Institute of Art and the Gemological Institute of America in New York. She then started her career at the ...

Alex Edmans is Professor of Finance at London Business School and Academic Director of the Centre for Corporate Governance. He is an expert in corporate governance, responsible business, investment strategies, behavioural economics, time management, and the use and misuse of data and evidence. Alex has a unique combination of deep academic rigour and practical business ...

Human-machine interaction specialist, Luc Julia, is credited as one of the masterminds behind Apple’s SIRI, a virtual assistant that revolutionised mobile innovation. As an innovation speaker, Luc has the industry experience and technological insight to captivate audiences all over the world. With over two decades of industry experience, Luc comprised a novel titled Artificial Intelligence ...

Johan Eriksson is a leader with broad experience from different industries and organizations. Today he is part of Google’s management team for Northern Europe, and is engaged in multiple start-ups and talks about leadership, innovation and digitalization. Johan is a speaker that inspires and moves you with a humor fueled by brutal honesty in saying ...

Keynote speaker, consultant and author, Silvia is one of the world-leading experts on applying behavioral science and positive leadership to marketing, communication, employees’ wellbeing and company culture. Former Coca Cola’s global director of happiness, marketing and communication, Silvia Garcia is a positive force of change at any event. Throughout her career, she has studied the ...

Dr Chris Brauer is Director of IMS at Goldsmiths, University of London and a world leading researcher and public academic in the intersections of human behaviour and emerging technologies. His projects have been featured in over 400 media outlets worldwide including the Financial Times, BBC, CNN and Wall Street Journal. Chris revels in the intersections ...

A former chief economic advisor to the UK government and chief economist of the World Bank, Lord Nicholas Stern made headlines around the world following the publication of the ’Stern Review’. As a keynote speaker, Nicholas discusses the economic impact of climate change, economic development, growth and empowerment, public policy and the role of the ...

Usain Bolt is the most naturally gifted athlete the world has ever seen. The Jamaican sprinter created history at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio when he achieved the ’Triple Triple’, three gold medals at three consecutive Olympic Games. Usain’s ability to tell his story in a very grounded, simple and authentic way enables him ...

Tim Mason is renowned for launching Tesco’s Clubcard scheme, Tesco Express, Tesco.com, Tesco Personal Finance and Fresh & Easy. He is experienced director who has ton of experience with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in Business Planning, E-commerce, Retail, Entrepreneurship, and Sales Management. He is the former ...

Adrian Gilpin is the founder and driving force behind the Institute of Human Development. Adrian’s work in the field of leadership development and peak performance coaching is rapidly becoming recognised by business leaders as cutting-edge. Adrian Gilpin is a highly-regarded speaker and human behaviour specialist, he has positively impacted a number of businesses. With an ...

Baroness Brady is also a Senior Non-Executive Director of Syco and Arcadia Boards and Small Business Ambassador for the Conservative Party. Additionally she is Chairman of Mentore, a business to help accelerate development of female talent in their organisations to increase diversity at board levels in companies across the UK. Karren was the youngest Managing ...

Dr. Anil K. Gupta is widely recognised as one of the world’s leading experts on strategy, globalisation and emerging markets. He is the Michael Dingman Chair in Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland. He is also a Visiting Professor of Strategy at INSEAD and chief advisor to the China India Institute. He was ...

Erik Brynjolfsson is the Schussel Family Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, Director of the MIT Center for Digital Business, Chair of the MIT Sloan Management Review, and the Editor of the Information Systems Network. Erik Brynjolfsson earned his A.B., Magna cum laude, and S.M. in Applied Mathematics and Decision Sciences at Harvard ...

Magda has a strong experience in cyber security as well as international and business co-operations. Throughout her career, she has been working with governments and corporations to advise on how they react to the increasing international cyber threats. Magda also chairs the British Chamber ICT committee and was interacting with the British Trade commission and ...

Tim Cole is an experienced publicist, author and TV moderator in the field of eBusiness and IT security. As editor of the business magazine Net Investor he has a proven track record for journalistic objectivity, as well as the ability to critically evaluate the impact of technology on business processes and markets. He is also ...

Annie Lennox OBE is one of the world’s most renowned singer songwriters, formerly with the Eurythmics. She is celebrated as an innovator, an icon and a symbol of enduring excellence. Annie’s music career is peerless with over 80 million record sales to date.In 2007 Annie released her album, Songs of Mass Destruction to critical acclaim. ...

Baroness Susan Greenfield CBE, is a British scientist specialising in the physiology of the brain, Susan researches the impact of 21st century technologies on the mind, how the brain generates consciousness and novel approaches to neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Baroness Greenfield took a DPhil in the Oxford University Department of Pharmacology and ...

Colin MacLachlan is a former SAS soldier. He has more than 25 years of security and risk related experience. Colin is best known for appearing in Channel 4’s SAS: Who Dares Wins and Channel 5’s Secrets of the SAS. Colin left the SAS shortly after doing an exchange programme with both Delta Force and Seal ...

Steve Howard is a leading sustainable business professional and is a recognised authority on sustainability and climate change. Steve was Chief Sustainability Officer at IKEA Group and served on IKEA’s Executive Group Management from 2011-2017. In 2015, Steve co-founded We Mean Business, a leading climate change coalition of organisations which helped support the Paris Agreement ...

Dr. John Kao, dubbed ”Mr. Creativity” and ”a serial innovator” by The Economist, is a leading authority on innovation, business creativity, organizational transformation and emerging technologies. John is passionate about how leaders learn to innovate, and he has taught extensively in both public and private sectors. As a professor at Harvard Business School from 1982-96, ...

Guy Kawasaki was the chief evangelist of Apple and a trustee of the Wikimedia Foundation. Guy is the chief evangelist of Canva, an online graphic design tool. He is a brand ambassador for Mercedes-Benz and an executive fellow of the Haas School of Business (UC Berkeley). Guy has a B.A. from Stanford University and an ...

Joshua Klein is a fervent hacker who will hack anything that moves. His latest project, though charmingly low-tech, has amazing implications for the human-animal interface. Right now, he is working at Frog Design as a Principal Technologist, while developing mobile/social applications, health care-related systems and other tools that improve people’s lives. Joshua Klein has practised, ...

Joanna Lumley OBE is an English actress, best known for her role as the eternally-inebriated, fashion-obsessed Patsy in the award-winning Absolutely Fabulous which brought her renewed fame, with the series going on to prove itself one of the classic British sitcoms. She is a passionate campaigner for the Gurkhas. Born in Kashmir, India, Joanna Lumley’s ...

Bertrand Piccard is a well-known explorer and holder of two world records: flying round-the-world in a balloon and piloting the first ever solar plane, capable of flying perpetually without fuel. He was also the visionary and driving force behind the Solar Impulse Project which created this solar plane. It is in Bertrand’s DNA to go ...

Helena Åhman on ihmismielen ja tilannetajun – ja sikäli myös paineisten tilanteiden hallinnan – ammattilainen. Tämä tekee hänestä joustavan, energisen ja oivaltavan juontajan, joka ei jää sanattomaksi. Työpsykologian tohtorina, tietokirjailijana, dekkaristina, valokuvaajana, johtamisen sparraajana ja Vuoden puhujana Helena Åhman pystyy hahmottamaan tilanteita laajasti ja täydentämään monenlaisia juontoja osuvilla tarinoilla. Havaintojen tekeminen ja kysymysten kysyminen ovat ...

Etsitkö ainutlaatuista ja inspiroivaa ohjelmanumeroa tapahtumaasi? Helena Åhmanin ja Tommi Läntisen yhteiset luennot tarjoavat juuri sitä! Tämä esitys yhdistää älykkään ja asiantuntevan sisällön musiikilliseen elämykseen, joka jättää taatusti unohtumattoman vaikutuksen kuulijoihinsa. Helena Åhman on tunnettu johtajuuden ja työelämän asiantuntija, jonka luennot käsittelevät ajankohtaisia ja kiehtovia teemoja, kuten tunnerohkeutta, keskusteluälykkyyttä, oman mielen johtamista ja tilannetajua vaativissa ...

Pranav Mistry is the inventor of SixthSense, a wearable device that enables new interactions between the real world and the world of data. He is passionate about integrating the digital informational experience with our real-world interactions. The genius behind the Sixth Sense technology, Pranav Mistry is a recognised inventor. The success he has achieved by ...

Michele Myauo, Ph.D. is a cybersecurity and IT executive, author, speaker and professor. She holds a doctorate in system engineering and is a director of cybersecurity & secure infrastructure services delivery for the global secure infrastructure practice at Microsoft. Michele has over 17 years’ experience leading cybersecurity, systems engineering, and IT services business execution across ...

Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned security technologist, called a ”security guru” by The Economist. His influential newsletter ”Crypto-Gram” and his blog ”Schneier on Security” are read by over 250,000 people. He is a frequent guest on television and radio and has served on several government committees. Bruce explains, debunks, and draws lessons from security ...

Nathalie Nahai is one of the foremost experts in web psychology. With a background in psychology, web design and digital strategy, she coined the term ’web psychology’, defining it as ’the empirical study of how our online environments influence our attitudes and behaviours’. Nathalie is the founder of the Institute of Web Psychology, which helps ...

Prof. Oullier’s research focuses on decision neuroscience applied to consumer and patient engagement and behaviour change. Olivier currently writes a column on neurotechnologies ”This is your brain on business” in Fortune Magazine. Olivier designs, implements and evaluates evidence-informed multi-scale behavior and system change strategies for public and private organizations. He has developed a proprietary methodology ...

Dr. Dambisa Moyo is a pre-eminent thinker, who influences key decision-makers in strategic investment and public policy. She is respected for her unique perspectives, her balance of contrarian thinking with measured judgment, and her ability to turn economic insight into investible ideas.   Dambisa’s top themes & topics: • How Boards work – and how ...