Dave Birch
David G.W. Birch is Director of Innovation at Consult Hyperion, the IT management consultancy that specialises in electronic transactions. Here he provides specialist consultancy support to clients around the world, including all of the leading payment brands, major telecommunications providers, governments bodies and international organisations including the OECD. Before...
Marsha Ivins
In 2010 Marsha Ivins retired from NASA after a 37 year career as an engineer and astronaut. After graduating from the University of Colorado with a BS in Aerospace Engineering, Marsha began her employment with the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX in 1974, working in human...
Toomas Ilves
Toomas Hendrik Ilves served as president of Estonia from 2006-16. Ilves is renowned for making Estonia one of the most digitally advanced nations through innovative policies that invested heavily in the future. Ilves was born to Estonian refugees and raised in the United States. He holds a BA from...
Chad Hurley
In an era when “game-changer,” “status quo disrupter,” and “new standard,” are tossed around regularly, there are only a small handful of brands and technologies that serve as the indisputable, iconic personifications of those monikers. YouTube is one such entity. Serving as a website, a brand, and a verb,...
Jerry Kaplan
Jerry Kaplan is a Silicon Valley veteran best known for his key role in defining the tablet computer industry. Kaplan founded several technology companies, two of which became public companies. Kaplan was founder and CEO of GO Corporation, and prior to GO, Kaplan co-founded Teknowledge, one of the first...
Christian Rangen
Christian Rangen is a strategist, author, entrepreneur and business school lecturer. He consults companies around the world on innovation, business models, leadership and change. He helps companies on strategic transformation and corporate entrepreneurship. Most recently, he has been developing and running corporate accelerator programmes on smart cities, energy, digital...
Farland Chang
Farland Chang is an Emmy Award winning international journalist, Executive Producer & Founder of WorldBizWatch — a media strategy & global video production company. In a journalism career spanning more than 20 years, Farland has covered top stories across Asia and North America. And he has reported on and...
Andy McNab
From the day he was found in a carrier bag on the steps of Guy’s Hospital, Andy McNab has lived an extraordinary life. As a teenage delinquent, he kicked against society. As a young soldier he waged war against the IRA in the streets and fields of South Armagh....
Steve Blank
Steve Blank is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, having worked in 8 start-ups in two decades (with four IPOs). He currently works as an academic, teaching at Stanford, Berkeley, Columbia and NYU. Blank has changed how start-ups are built; how entrepreneurship is taught world-wide; how science is commercialised in the...
Shivvy Jervis
What is the science behind why we give up, or why logic is more about feeling than we might think? What are the most unusual jobs of the future or the skills you’ll need to stay future ready? Why should you know about ‘augmented commerce’, emotionally aware apps or the connectivity...
