Michael Brooks
Michael Brooks is an expert on the science of innovation. He writes a weekly column for the New Statesman and is a consultant editor at New Scientist magazine. He is the author of At The Edge of Uncertainty, The Secret Anarchy of Scienceand the bestselling non-fiction title 13 Things...
Misha Glenny
Misha Glenny is an award-winning writer and broadcaster whose specialist areas include Cyber Security, Global Organised Crime, the Balkans, Russia, Brazil as well as big picture international relations. Along with the Sony Gold Award for outstanding contribution to broadcasting, he was named UK Cyber Security Journalist of the Year...
Rainer Jansen
Dr. Rainer Janßen is one of the most interesting personalities of the CIO scene and one of the most important IT personalities in Germany. He studied mathematics and computer science in Kiel and Kaiserslautern. In 1984 he joined the IBM Science Centre in Heidelberg, where he built up the...
Ambarish Mitra
Ambarish Mitra is the CEO and co-founder of Blippar, the leading augmented reality browser using artificial intelligence and computer vision to give people more from the world they see. Under Mitra’s direction, Blippar has grown from a ground breaking idea to an industry leader with offices in the UK,...
Michal Kosinski
Michal is a psychologist and data scientist. His research focuses on studying humans through the lenses of digital footprints left behind while using digital platforms and devices. He is an Assistant Professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Michal holds a PhD in Psychology from University of Cambridge, an...
Mohammed Johmani
Mohammed Johmani is the founder of the award winning O2 Network. Mohammed is multi-talented, ambitious and passionate about business. He has managed four different agencies in the O2 Network that has billed over US$40 million in less than 6 years, while planning for regional expansion and global reach initiatives....
Lara Setrakian
Lara Setrakian is the Co-Founder and Executive Editor of News Deeply. She has spent more than five years as a foreign correspondent, covering the Middle East for television, radio, and digital platforms, reporting for ABC News, Bloomberg Television, the International Herald Tribune, the Business Insider, and Monocle Magazine. Lara’s...
Patrick Baudry
Patrick Baudry is the most renowned French astronaut, and a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the French Air Force. In 1985 he became the second French citizen in space, after Jean-Loup Chretien, when he flew aboard NASA’s Space Shuttle mission STS-51-G Discovery. Baudry became a CNES astronaut in 1980. For...
Bruce Dickinson
Bruce Dickinson is lead singer of Iron Maiden. Iron Maiden is an institution embodying fearless creative independence with a following that spans every culture and generation. Their latest album “The Book Of Souls” (2015) went straight to No 1 across the world in 24 countries, becoming their fastest ever...
Catherine Barba
Catherine Barba is a pioneer of the digital revolution and an expert in omni-channel retail and digital retail. She has received numerous awards including “Femme en Or” in 2011, “Alumni of the Year ESCP Europe” in 2012 and “Knight of the National Order of Meritin” in 2012 for her...
