David Heymann is an American infectious disease epidemiologist and public health expert who is based out of London. Heymann has worked as the Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at LSHTM and has also been head of the centre of global health security for Chatham House in London. Heymann was born in Pennsylvania and has earned his B.A. from Pennsylvania State... read full bio
Dan Cobley is an entrepreneur and investor who works in innovative tech start-up companies and who has been the former managing director for Google UK and Ireland. Cobley has earned his BA in Physics from the University of Oxford and went on to earn his Masters in Management from the University of Cambridge. He began his career first working as... read full bio
Christopher Meyer is a former British diplomat who served as the British Ambassador to the United States. Meyer has previously earned his degree in history from the University of Cambridge and went on to also study at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Meyer began his career working for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in the West and... read full bio
Christian Busch is the Director of the CGA Global Economy Program at New York University and is also an author best-known for his book ‘The Serendipity Mindset.’ Busch has earned his BBA in International Management from Hochschule Furtwangen University and his BS in Politics and Organization from FernUniversitat in Hagen. He then went on to earn his MSc in Management,... read full bio
Christian Baudis is an entrepreneur, futurist and is the former Managing Director of Google Germany. Baudis is known for being an expert on Green-Tech and is an advisor for investors and corporate organizations on digital strategy. He is also a keynote speaker on these topics and has earned several digital awards of the course of his career. Baudis has earned... read full bio
Chris Roebuck is a British economist that has a focus on leadership and organizational performance. Through his work, Roebuck helps leaders, teams and organizations reach their full potential. He has previously been an honorary visiting professor of transformational leadership at Cass Business School in London. Roebuck has previously earned his degree from University College London before going on to earn... read full bio
Baudouin Prot is the former CEO and Chairman of BNP Paribas and is also a senior advisor at Boston Consulting Group. During his time working for BNP Paribas, Prot turned the bank into a French centered company, into a company that was used throughout all of Europe. Prot helped make this so by acquiring BNL in Italy and Fortis in... read full bio
Andy Green is a keynote speaker who is best known for being the holder of the World Land Speed Record of ‘The Fastest Man on Earth.’ Green was born in Atherstone, Warwickshire, England, and he has been a British Royal Air Force fighter pilot who has earned the World Land Speed Record. Green has previously studied at St Olave’s Grammar... read full bio
Andrew McMillan is a speaker, consultant, facilitator and non-executive director who is best known for his leadership at John Lewis Partnership. McMillan began his career working at John Lewis where he had various management roles running selling teams in branches in the Oxford Street Flagship. McMillan also went on to be manager of the Department Store Intelligence Team where he... read full bio
Ambarish Mitra is best known for being the CEO and co-founder of the augmented reality browser, Blippar, which uses AI and computer vision to allow people to see an augmented reality through their browser. Mitra is a leader in AI, AR, food tech, and genomics and he is also a serial entrepreneur and investor. Since leading Blippar, the company has... read full bio
Achim Steiner is a Brazilian-German environmentalist who currently serves as the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme after being nominated by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Through his career, Steiner has become an expert on political issues as well as environmental issues and he is a specialist on climate change, water, sustainable development, green economy, and the future of mobility. Steiner... read full bio
Daniel E. Dawes is an author, scholar, educator, and leader in health equity, reform and mental health movements. He has been the Executive Director of the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine and has also been a professor of health law, policy and management. Dawes has also been known for being the co-founder of the Health Equity... read full bio
Alexander Rahr is the Research Director of the German-Russian Forum and has also been director of the Russian-Eurasia Program and the coordinator for the institute’s EU-Russia Forum. Rahr has worked as a German management consultant, is a historian, political scientist and publicist. He has previously studied History at the Ludwig Maximillian University of Munich and earned his MA in History... read full bio
Jerry I. Porras is an American organizational theorist, author, and educator who has been the Lane Professor Emeritus of Organizational Behavior and Change at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Porras has previously earned his BSEE from Texas Western College and went on to earn his MBA from Cornell University and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Los... read full bio
William Poole is an American economist who has previously been the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Poole was born in Wilmington, Delaware, and he previously earned his A.B. from Swarthmore College, and his MBA and Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago. Poole went on to begin working on the Board of Governors for the... read full bio
Ian Plimer is an Australian geologist who has been the Professor Emeritus of Earth Sciences at the University of Melbourne and the former professor of mining geology at the University of Adelaide. Plimer has previously earned his BSc in mining engineering at the University of New South Wales and went on to earn his Ph.D. in geology from Macquarie University.... read full bio
Christopher A. Pissarides is a British-Cypriot economist who has been the Professor of Economics and Political Science and the Regius Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics, and Professor of European Studies at the University of Cyprus. Through his work in economics, Pissarides has done research on topics which include macroeconomics, labour, economic growth, and economic policy. Pissarides... read full bio
Matthew Pinsent is an English rower and broadcaster who has won 10 world championship gold medals and four Olympic gold medals over the course of his career as a rower. Pinsent was born In Holt, Norfolk, England, and he began his career rowing while studying at Eton College. He then began to row internationally at the World Rowing Junior Championships... read full bio
Joseph Stiglitz is an American economist, professor, and public policy analyst who has previously earned a Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Stiglitz was born in Gary, Indiana, and he has previously earned B.A. from Amherst College and his MD and Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He began working as a research fellow for the University of Cambridge and... read full bio
Ricardo Lagos is a Chilean lawyer, economist, and politician who has previously served as the 32nd President of Chile. Lagos was born in Santiago, Chile, and he has earned his law degree from the University of Chile and his Ph.D. in Economis from Duke University. After finishing his degree, Lagos went on to begin working as a visiting professor at... read full bio
