Toomas Ilves
Toomas Hendrik Ilves served as president of Estonia from 2006-16. Ilves is notable for making Estonia one of the most digitally advanced nations through progressive policies that invested heavily in the future. Estonia is an enviable model of digital governance, offering government e-services in voting, banking, healthcare, transportation, and...
Rohit Talwar
Rohit is an award winning futurist speaker, entrepreneur, specialist advisor and strategic change agent. He was nominated as one the top ten global future thinkers by the UK’s Independent newspaper. He is the founder of the consultancy Fast Future and the think tank – Global Futures and Foresight. He...
Andre Schneider
André Schneider is CEO and Chairman of André Schneider Global Advisory. André first launched his career as a classical musician and played for major classical orchestras, such as the Philharmonic Orchestra of Berlin, the Staatstheater Kassel, the Symphony Orchestra of Radio Saarland and the Lucerne International Festival Orchestra. Andre...
Chris Hughes
When Chris Hughes helped hatch Facebook in his dorm room at Harvard, practically the only people sharing personal information on the Web were on dating sites. Morphing into a powerhouse networking site, Facebook now has over 600 million users. Eager to connect like-minded communities to a greater good, Hughes...
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...
Simon Moores
Dr. Simon Moores is a disruptive technologist and security futurist as well as Vice President of the Conservative Technology Forum and Director of the open market policy think tank, Aediles. A former UK ‘Technology Ambassador’ during the Government of Tony Blair, he co-authored the Conservative ‘Digital Plan for Britain’...
Erik Heinelt
Erik Heinelt is one of the leading startup entrepreneurs. He has started and run internet startups on three continents and “Wirtschaftswoche” rated him one of the leaders of the startup-scene. Heinelt (born 1987) studied at European Business School in Reutlingen and started his career at Rocket Internet AG, where...
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...
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,...
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...
