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Interpersonal Skills

Lynda Gratton

Dr. Lynda Gratton is a Professor of Management Practice at London Business School where she directs ‘Human Resource Strategy in Transforming Companies’ – considered the world’s leading programme on human resources. She is also the founder of Hot Spots Movement and since 2008 she has led the Future of Work Research Consortium. Lynda’s most sought-after ...

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Lucy Adams

Lucy Adams, an esteemed figure in the field of HR, stands out as an innovative and motivational speaker. With her vast experience as an HR leader in prominent organizations like the BBC, she comprehends the imperative need for HR to adapt in the face of a dynamic world. Through her insightful keynotes, workshops, and consultancy ...

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Creativity & Innovation

Entrepreneurship

Future & Society

Lisa Bodell

Lisa Bodell is a globally recognized futurist and innovation expert. She sparks new and creative thinking at every turn. She is the CEO of futurethink, a firm that trains businesses in how to become world-class innovators. She is an award-winning author and has helped ignite innovation at the NYSE, Pfizer, Google and Lockheed Martin, to ...

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Interpersonal Skills

Kirsten Weiss

Kirsten Weiss is an entertaining Danish speaker and the author of several books about cross-cultural teamwork and Scandinavian leadership and management style. She addresses the differences between the Nordic countries and delivers balanced wake-up calls about Nordic leadership and international teamwork. Kirsten Weiss is the author of the books ’Living with Vikings – How to ...

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Creativity & Innovation

Interpersonal Skills

Kirk Vallis

Kirk Vallis is Google’s Head of Creativity Development. He helps Googlers across the world to understand what it is about the approach, but vitally, the behaviours, that teams and individuals exhibit that time and again result in an awesome piece of innovation, a fresh way to solve a problem, or simply positive change. Kirk also ...

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Creativity & Innovation

Interpersonal Skills

Sales & Marketing

Kevin Gaskell

Kevin Gaskell always planned to be a Civil Engineer. After graduating in Structural Engineering and winning the ‘Institution of Civil Engineers Prize’ at the University of Bradford he accepted a scholarship to study for an MBA. Following his MBA he enjoyed some years as a construction engineer working on projects including the Birmingham NEC, M54 ...

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Kenton Cool

Kenton Cool is a world-renowned high-altitude climber, professional mountain leader, performance coach, and captivating speaker. With an impressive 17 summits of Everest, he holds the non-Sherpa record as the most successful high-altitude mountaineer and elite IFMGA mountain guide. Kenton’s climbing expeditions have taken him to various corners of the world, where he has pioneered new ...

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Future & Society

Health & Wellbeing

Kathrine Aspaas

Kathrine Aspaas welcomes you to The Emotion Revolution! Why is emotional strength becoming crucial for growth and development in business? Because our jobs are changing. Kathrine’s most sought-after theme: When powerful technology provides us with artificial intelligence, digitalization and robotics, we, humans can develop even further what is unique to us: – How do we ...

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Customer Experience

Entrepreneurship

Sales & Marketing

Karl Lillrud

Karl Lillrud is known as one of the world’s TOP 30 Global gurus, Ecommerce and Online Business experts, generating 300% increased sales. Enabling companies to transform into the world of Digital Commerce. The world’s top speaker on future innovation and leadership for business growth online, Karl Lillrud educates your audience on subjects related to business ...

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Creativity & Innovation

Interpersonal Skills

Karen Nyberg

Dr. Karen Nyberg is an engineer, astronaut, and artist who, through nearly thirty years of experience in human spaceflight, has gained an appreciation for the value of working within and across diverse political ideologies, cultural values, and world views to advance critical missions. Get ready to be inspired by Karen Nyberg and her story of ...

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Creativity & Innovation

Entrepreneurship

Julian Birkinshaw

Julian Birkinshaw holds the positions of Vice Dean and Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the London Business School. He is a distinguished member of the British Academy, the Strategic Management Society, and the (American) Academy of Management. Julian’s most sought-after topics: Reinventing Management The Five Myths of Innovation Strategic Agility How will AI shape ...

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Entrepreneurship

Internationalization

Julia Langkraehr

Julia Langkraehr built three multi-million pound retail businesses in three European countries and is now a strategic coach. In 2014 she founded Bold Clarity which provides facilitation, coaching and training to entrepreneurs, CEOs, their leadership teams and peer groups. “A respected business and retail entrepreneur” Julia Langkraehr moved to London in 1999 to develop new ...

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Creativity & Innovation

Jonas Ridderstråle

Dr. Jonas Ridderstråle is one of the world’s most influential and respected business thinkers and speakers. Since bursting onto the international scene with the bestselling book ‘Funky Business’ in 2000, Jonas has remained at the forefront of the new generation of management thinkers. “He is a presenter with a difference who makes a difference” ...

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Future & Society

Internationalization

John Sawers

Sir John Sawers has 36 years’ experience in diplomacy and intelligence, culminating in five years as chief of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) from 2009 to 2014. During his tenure, he modernised the Service and led it through major changes in operations, technology, and public accountability.In that role, he took part in the UK ...

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Creativity & Innovation

Entrepreneurship

Future & Society

John Sanei

Futures Strategist John Sanei makes sense of future trends and merges them so individuals and organisations can forge forward with confidence, elevating their leadership vision to exponential heights. At the intersection of human science, neuroscience, quantumtechnology, futurism and business strategy, John has a knack for sharing his knowledge and creating meaningful connections. He ignites platforms, ...

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Creativity & Innovation

Entrepreneurship

Internationalization

John Kao

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 ahow 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, he ...

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Entrepreneurship

Future & Society

Health & Wellbeing

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Sales & Marketing

Johan Ronnestam

Johan Ronnestam is an esteemed authority in the dynamic business landscape, boasting a rich reservoir of experience and expertise. With a remarkable career spanning over 25 years, he has adeptly navigated the complexities of modern business, mastering the latest trends and technologies that drive success in an ever-changing world. His forward-thinking approach, coupled with an ...

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Creativity & Innovation

Entrepreneurship

Interpersonal Skills

Joel Cohen

Joel Cohen is the award-winning writer and producer for The Simpsons. Joel’s keynotes are dynamic and humorous as he delves into the secrets behind one of the most successful TV shows in the world. Joel is a popular speaker and his vibrant stories are fascinating and entertaining. As a speaker Joel Cohen is engaging, dynamic ...

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Creativity & Innovation

Jochen Zeitz

Jochen Zeitz believes that if each of us were to find new ways to translate our passions into meaningful connections and make a contribution, whether small or large, towards achieving not only personal but larger social and environmental goals, then the world can undoubtedly change for the better. He strives to help his audiences listen ...

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Creativity & Innovation

Environmental, Social & Governance ESG

Future & Society

Jessica Sansom

Jessica is a sustainability professional who spends her time agitating, motivating, and convincing companies to move to sustainable business models. Jessica is a leading professional specialising in sustainability and has spearheaded the continual push for a more sustainable future. Having worked for top consumer goods companies, such as Innocent Drinks and McDonald’s, Jessica has developed ...

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Creativity & Innovation

Entrepreneurship

Internationalization

Sales & Marketing

Jeremy Schwartz

With a distinguished career spanning several iconic global companies such as Coca-Cola, L’Oréal, The Body Shop, and Pandora, Jeremy Schwartz has established himself as an authority of informed leadership and empirical wisdom in the business world. The breadth of his experience provides a unique vantage point, offering a panoramic view of business dynamics across different ...

Keynote Speakers

Inspiration & Motivation

Jamil Qureshi

Jamil is one of today’s foremost practitioners of performance enhancing psychology and is an expert in high performing teams. Jamil has enjoyed working with a rich diversity of the most talented business and sports people and teams in the world, helping six individuals get to World Number 1. Jamil’s most sought-after topics Turning Ambition into ...

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Jacob Morgan

Jacob is a professionally trained futurist, keynote speaker, and the international best-selling author of 5 books which focus on leadership, the future of work, and employee experience. His passion and mission is to create great leaders, engaged employees, and future-ready organizations. Jacob’s most sought-after keynote topics: Leading With Vulnerability (to Lead Through Change) The Future ...

Keynote Speakers

Future & Society

Ilenia Vidili

"There's never been a more critical time to be customer-centric"

Keynote Speakers

Environmental, Social & Governance ESG

Interpersonal Skills

Hjörtur Smárason

Ignite Success Through Strategic Brilliance Prepare to be captivated by the ingenious mind of Hjörtur Smárason, the driving force behind Saltworks ehf. As a distinguished strategist specializing in place branding and communications, Hjörtur leverages his expertise to shape the destinies of companies, destinations, and governments. Discover how his strategic brilliance helps companies and people to ...

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Creativity & Innovation

Entrepreneurship

Henrik Tötterman

Henrik Tötterman is an international business leader, professor and speaker with more than 20 years of experience in building organizations and managing change, both as an entrepreneur and as a business leader. He is extremely experienced in creating, implementing and adapting global strategies in a highly competitive and demanding environment. Henrik also has a lot ...

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Creativity & Innovation

Future & Society

Henri Hyppönen

As a creative director, global innovator, serial entrepreneur who has worked closely with Artificial Intelligence for ten years, Henri Hyppönen delves into what it means to be human in the era of artificial intelligence & the Metaverse. He takes a broad-spectrum view on how this shifting landscape affects our future that has already begun.For years, ...

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Entrepreneurship

Future & Society

Host & Moderator

Interpersonal Skills

Helena Åhman

Helena Åhman is a passionate observer of the human mind and expert on leadership, pressured situations, situational awareness and conflict management. She describes these phenomena through captivating stories. Her stories may involve hostage negotiators, scientists or film stars, but they are all based on solid scientific background and knowledge. Her ability to combine science, stories ...

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Creativity & Innovation

Future & Society

Heather E. McGowan

Heather E. McGowan is a forward-thinking strategist shaping the future of work. She guides leaders in preparing individuals and organizations for the post-pandemic world of work. Recent years have seen fundamental shifts in where, who, how, and why we work, transforming the very essence of work itself. McGowan excels in connecting the dots, offering deep ...

Keynote Speakers

Entrepreneurship

Hayley Barnard

Hayley Barnard is a prominent keynote speaker, entrepreneur and consultant to top-level executives throughout the UK and Europe. She is a subject matter expert on Diversity and Inclusion, Unconscious Bias and Inclusive Leadership. Hayley is the Co-Founder of Shoal Projects Ltd and Co-Founder and Managing Director of Mix Diversity Developers. When she is not speaking ...

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Creativity & Innovation

Future & Society

Hal Gregersen

Hal Gregersen is a leading authority on creating innovation cultures in companies.Hal Gregersen is committed to creating insight with impact. He challenges organisations and individuals to question the way they think and act to build a better, more creative world. Hal is Executive Director of the MIT Leadership Center and a Senior Lecturer in Leadership ...

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Entrepreneurship

Future & Society

Host & Moderator

Internationalization

Greg Williams

Greg Williams is a globally renowned technologist, futurist and public speaker with a wealth of experience in delivering engaging, impactful and actionable presentations. Acknowledged as a leading expert in the way that technology is shaping organizations and society, this transformative trends strategist knows what’s next first and introduces organisations to the trends and technologies that ...

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Creativity & Innovation

Entrepreneurship

Interpersonal Skills

Gordon Ramsay

Gordon Ramsay is a highly renowned British celebrity chef who owns several Michel star awarded restaurants. He is probably best known from the Channel 4 TV series Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares which proved hugely successful and was awarded a BAFTA. “I’ve had a lot of success; I’ve had failures, so I learn from the failure.” In ...

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Environmental, Social & Governance ESG

Future & Society

Göran Persson

Göran Persson is the former Prime Minister of Sweden. He was leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party, stepping down after the 2006 General Election. Since leaving the political realm, Persson holds the position of Chairman of Sveaskog, a leading Swedish forestry business. “Leading Expert on the Swedish Financial Model” Göran Persson is more widely ...

Keynote Speakers

Interpersonal Skills

George Kohlrieser

George Kohlrieser is an internationally recognised expert on leadership, bestselling author, consultant and motivational speaker. He is Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior at one of the world’s leading business schools, the Institute of Management Development (IMD) in Switzerland. He specialises in conflict management, leadership, high performance teamwork, change management and professional development. “‘Care ...

Keynote Speakers

Sales & Marketing

Gavin Ingham

Gavin Ingham is a leading global business speaker. His passion is to help people to “Be More”, “Do More” & “Have More” in their businesses and their lives. He is an expert in knowing what makes high performance teams and individuals tick. Gavin has reached a worldwide audience through his online blogs, videos and articles. ...

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Creativity & Innovation

Future & Society

Gary Hamel

Gary Hamel is one of the world’s most influential and iconoclastic business thinkers. He has worked with leading companies across the globe. He has been on the faculty of the London Business School for more than 30 years and is the Director of the Management Innovation eXchange. “A management innovator without peer” -Financial Times Over ...

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Creativity & Innovation

Host & Moderator

Internationalization

Interpersonal Skills

Gabriela Mueller Mendoza

Gabriela Mueller Mendoza is an energetic and engaging coach trainer and professional speaker. Gabriela helps people like you, get more of what you want as a professional, more often and with less hassle. I’m committed to making a difference toward a better world. As an executive communications coach, speaker, mother, entrepreneur and v-blogger, I work ...

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Creativity & Innovation

Host & Moderator

Interpersonal Skills

Frida Boisen

Frida Boisen stands as a highly regarded and extensively booked moderator in Sweden, renowned for her exceptional ability to elevate events. With a wealth of experience spanning over two decades in journalism, TV hosting, and executive roles, Frida brings a unique blend of expertise to the stage. Her captivating energy, coupled with deep insights and ...

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Creativity & Innovation

Future & Society

Global Affairs and Politics

Fredrik Reinfeldt

Fredrik Reinfeldt has been active in Swedish and International politics for over 25 years. As Party leader and Swedish Prime Minister, Mr Reinfeldt reinvented the Moderate Party (centre-right) and formed a four-party alliance that won two successive elections. Today Mr Reinfeldt holds Kansainväliset speeches on geopolitical situation, leadership and the need for jobreforms in Europe. ...

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Interpersonal Skills

Frank Garten

Frank Garten is an expert on intercultural communication and management. As the author of several books on intercultural communication and a popular speaker and trainer, he knows that great workplaces are built on high-quality conversations. Frank’s most sought-after topics: Inclusion and Diversity Helping companies understand how to work better across cultures International negotiation, the tips, ...

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Entrepreneurship

Environmental, Social & Governance ESG

Interpersonal Skills

Fons Trompenaars

Fons Trompenaars founded Trompenaars Hampden-Turner Culture for Business, a prestigious consultancy and training organization focused on international management. With a Ph.D. from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, he conducted pioneering research on cross-cultural differences in organizational structures. Fons is a renowned Dutch organizational theorist, excelling as a consultant, trainer, speaker, and prolific author in ...

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Creativity & Innovation

Entrepreneurship

Internationalization

Sales & Marketing

Erin Meyer

Erin Meyer is a professor at INSEAD, one of the leading international business schools. Her work focuses on how the world’s most successful managers navigate the complexities of cultural differences in a global environment. She helps companies to develop organizational cultures that breed both flexibility and innovation and offers cutting-edge strategies to improve the effectiveness ...

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Entrepreneurship

Health & Wellbeing

High performance

Human Performance

Sleep in Leadership

Els Van der Helm

Dr. Els van der Helm is a sleep neuroscientist, adjunct professor at IE Business School, and globally recognized expert on sleep, performance, and wellbeing. Named one of the top five sleep experts in the world by Thrive Global, she advises CEOs, leadership teams, and organizations worldwide on how to use sleep as a strategic tool ...

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Environmental, Social & Governance ESG

Future & Society

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Ellen MacArthur

Dame Ellen MacArthur first hit the headlines in 2001 when she raced single-handedly non-stop around the world in the Vendée Globe when only 24 years old. After 94 days at sea, Ellen returned to a different life: she had come second in one of the hardest races in offshore sailing and the response was massive. ...

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Environmental, Social & Governance ESG

Future & Society

Host & Moderator

Elin Hauge

Elin Hauge is a futurist and artificial intelligence expert. With her extensive background from physics, mathematics, and business, she brings new and thought-provoking perspectives on the role and development of artificial intelligence. She connects the dots between the pragmatic here-and-now and the bigger picture of the future. Her talks span from demystification and explanation of ...

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Creativity & Innovation

Inspiration & Motivation

Ed Catmull

Ed Catmull, most notably the co-founder of Pixar, has earned immense respect in both the business and creative realms. By completely transforming the world of animation and creating one of the most original and admired companies globally, Ed Catmull’s insights are steeped in experience when it comes to leading creative organizations. Ed’s most sought-after topics: ...

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Creativity & Innovation

Sales & Marketing

Duncan Wardle

With an infectious energy and playful collaboration, Duncan pushes executives and their teams to overcome pre-conceived ideas, act more audaciously and dare to dream up the exciting new things consumers are looking for. Duncan shares a series of case studies from his time at Disney and immerses the audience in a unique set of tools ...