Alberto Alessi is President of Alessi Spa and Head of marketing strategy, communication and design management. His design and technology expertise have seen the company become globally recognised for producing products which combine functionality and aesthetic appeal.
As the third generation of Alessi to run the business, Alberto was responsible for transforming the household-trade supplier of steel kitchen and dining ware into a brand known for style and substance. Combining quality and traditional functionality with modern materials and the latest in technology and style have seen the company grow to work with leading designers and have enabled it to become highly regarded on an international level. Products made by Alessi have a seemingly magic formula they draw consumers, enchanting them into accepting new design and to welcome technological advancement. He received the MBA Design Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Brooklyn Museum, New York and holds a number of honorary titles.
Experience, enthusiasm and vision help Alberto Alessi to “intellectually and spiritually nourish” his clients, helping them to examine creativity and innovation in their approach to marketing and branding. Exploring the often fine line between opposing forces, like success and failure, he tempts you into a new world of possibilities.
Alberto Alessi combines his creative ability with a shrewd business mind. This ability has made him a sought after speaker; stylish by name, nature and professional, this distinct personality will lift your spirit.
Topics
Innovation
Strategic Marketing and Design
Emotional Design
Internet Branding
Languages
Publications
Singular & Plural (2011)
Italy Now?: Country Positions in Architecture (2007)
Tea and Coffee Towers (2003)
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Benedikt Böhm is an extreme mountaineer and international managing director of ski touring brand Dynafit. Both in sports and in his business life, he meticulously plans ambitious goals and works rigorously and passionately on implementation.
Benedikt Böhm studied in both the United States and England; however, what proved to be most valuable to his management career was his zeal for pushing the limits in the mountains, to be an adventurer on the edge.
How do you handle yourself in exceptional situations? What role do fear and courage play? How do you conquer fear along the path to a large goal? Benedikt Böhm’s presentations are filled with breath-taking images and short video clips with rare footage of the highest summits of the world. He describes the unique nature of working with a team in the “death zone,” as well as leading a team that is a part of management.
In his presentations he gives answers to questions like :
How do I prepare myself to reach such an utopian goal to climb an 8000 meter high mountain in such a short time without artificial oxygen ?
How do I build up an inner ‘momentum’ to overcome the seemingly impossibility and how am I able to calculate the risks the best way ?
What part plays speed by minimizing the risk but also patience and flexibility with large projects ?
How do we behave under absolute exceptional circumstances? Which part plays fear and courage ?
How do I overcome fear on my way to higher goals?
What is essential and what is only important respectively what can be cut out?
Why means innovation for Böhm primarily ‘easiness’ not only as a mountaineer but also in business matters and maybe even in his private life ?
What does it take to find new paths and lead a change successfully and how do we get back to our original attitude after a harsh battering?
In his thrilling talks, Benedikt Böhm manages with finesse to develop ties between the world of extreme mountaineering with its so-called “death zone” and the business world.
Topics
Extreme Sport
Motivation
Success
Teamwork
Strategy
Risk
Languages
Publications
From the Death Zone to the Boardroom (2019)
Im Angesicht des Manaslu (2012)
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Rodney Brooks came to fame when he successfully founded iRobot. He is the former director of MIT’s Computer Science and AI LAB and has cofounded Robust.AI, a robotics start-up which aims to build the world’s first industrial-grade cognitive platform for robots.
Rodney Brooks received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford. He joined MIT in 1984 and completed his service as a Professor of Robotics. Brooks co-founded iRobot in 1990 and served as CTO, Chairman and board member until 2011. He was also the founding Director of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory from 1997 to 2007. In 2008 he left MIT to found a new company, Rethink Robotics, whose mission was to apply advanced robotic intelligence to manufacturing and physical labour. He was the company’s Chairman and Chief Technical Officer until 2018. He has received several awards for his work in robotics and AI, including the IEEE Robotics and Automation Award in 2015.
Rodney Brooks shares his interesting insights on innovative robotics projects as well as how artificial intelligence can probably change the world. His compelling data and facts are essential for businesses trying to succeed in this extraordinary tech world of today.
Rodney Brook knows exactly how to captivate his audiences with his humorous and down-to-earth style in his highly impactful presentations.
Topics
Artificial Intelligence & Robotics and the Future – How Will They Change the World?
Creativity, Innovation and Advanced Technology
Smart, Collaborative Robots (Cobots)
Languages
Publications
Flesh and Machines: How Robots Will Change Us (2003)
Cambrian Intelligence: The Early History of the New AI (1999)
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Thomas Bubendorfer is one of the world’s foremost solo climber – the most elite group of athletes in the world. To succeed this requires mental and physical conditioning, detailed planning and preparation and the ability to take calculated risks.
In 1983, at 21 years of age, Thomas Bubendorfer joined the elite inner circle of solo climbers with a record climb of the highest and hardest face of the Alps – The Eiger North Face in Switzerland. Since that time he has been one of the dominating personalities of alpine solo climbing. Thomas Bubendorfer is a celebrity in Europe and has appeared on countless television shows. His life and his achievements as a climber have been portrayed in more than a dozen documentaries.
Bubendorfer offers audiences an in-depth look at the skills required to become the greatest free climber in the world. He explains how to apply these skills in a business environment and to achieve great results. He shares his extensive experience and insights with the largest companies world-wide.
Not only an accomplished climber, Thomas is also an accomplished speaker in four languages. His breathtaking presentations are filled with examples of his incredible adventures and entertain and inspire audiences from around the globe.
Topics
Motivation, Achievement, Excellence
Team Playing
Emotion versus Ratio
Quality
Crisis
Risk – Safety
Fear – Courage
Beyond each Goal you Reach
Vision and Passion
Change and Stability
Strategy and Planning
Creativity
The Attainable Threshold Management
Responsibility
Languages
Publications
Life is like climbing mountains (2014, only published in China)
Startingpoint Now (2007)
Magic Words from the Mountains(2002)
The Conquest of the Invisible (1996)
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Tim Cole is one of the most leading experts in the field of economy and technology. His articles and columns are published in leading business – and computer journals. He became well known as host of the TV show „eTalk” (N24).
Tim Cole was the editor and founder of Internet Report, the first German language newsletter for the online industry. Later he became editor in chief of „Net Investor”, the first internet business journal. In 2004, Tim founded “Kuppinger Cole + Partner”, Europe’s leading analyst group on the topic digital identity and identity management. Tim Cole has published several books; his current publication “Erfolgsfaktor Künstliche Intelligenz” was published in August 2020.
Tim Cole has a wealth of knowledge and expertise in the field of innovation and offers great insights on the future of digital transformation and digital technologies. He is an experienced moderator and excellent event host as well.
Tim Cole is an inspiring and down-to-earth speaker and is in great demand at conferences and customer events worldwide.
Topics
Artificial Intelligence
Digital Transformation
Digital Ethics
Digital Identity Management
IT security
Social, Mobile, Big Data: a perfect storm
Languages
Publications
Erfolgsfaktor Künstliche Intelligenz – KI in der Unternehmenspraxis. Potenziale erkennen – Entscheidungen treffen (2020)
Wild Wild Web: What the history of the Wild West teaches us about the future of the Digital Society (2018)
Digital Enlightenment Now! How the Internet is making us better and smarter human and in the process changing just about everything around us! (2016)
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Pierluigi Collina is one of the most recognised celebrities on the planet. He has refereed at the highest level across the globe including the 2002 World Cup Final, the 1999 Champions League Final and the 1996 Olympic Games Final, plus countless World Cup and international matches, as well as in Serie A in his native Italy.
Collina was voted the Best Referee in the World by IFFHS, International Football Federation of History and Statistics in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 & 2003. He was also named Commendatore dell’Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana in Italy in 2003 and Doctorate “honoris causa” in Science by The University of Hull in 2004. He was uniquely respected by the players, managers and fans where his calm authority and sense of fair play under great pressure made him the best in the world’s most popular sport. After his retirement in 2005, Pierluigi Collina has continued to work in Italy as head of the Italian Serie A referees. He was appointed as UEFA Chief Refereeing Officer in 2010.
Regarded as the best referee of all time and an iconic figure in the sporting world, Pierluigi Collina offers audiences a glimpse of how he has reached the top of his trade and his dedication to the role which has brought him fame and celebrity, as well as being a former Ambassador for the International Red Cross and FIFA Ambassador. He explains in detail how he became an official and what it takes to be the best and stay the best.
Topics
Insights into What it takes to be the Best in the World
The Importance of Preparation
How to Manage Conflict
Decision Making Under Pressure
Communication across Cultures
Languages
Publications
The Rules of the Game (2003)
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Hernando de Soto is currently President of the Institute for Liberty and Democracy (ILD), based in Lima, Peru. The ILD has been described by The Economist as one of the two most important think tanks in the world and Time magazine included Hernando de Soto among the 100 most influential people in the world in 2004.
Hernando de Soto was born in Arequipa, Peru, in 1941 and did his post-graduate work at the ‘Institut Universitaire des Hautes Etudes Internationales’ in Geneva. He has served as an economist for the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, as President of the Executive Committee of the Copper Exporting Countries Organisation (CIPEC), as Managing Director of Universal Engineering Corporation, as a principal of the Swiss Bank Corporation Consultant Group, and as a governor of Peru’s Central Reserve Bank.
As his principal activity he designs and implements capital formation programmes aimed at strengthening the economy in developing countries in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Hernando de Soto is widely regarded as one of the most influential development theoreticians of the last millennium and offers corporations the benefit of his wealth of experience.
Topics
The Global Economic Landscape
Another Path for Capitalism
A Revolutionary Analysis of Capital
Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else
Languages
Publications
The Mystery of Capital (2001)
The Other Path (1989)
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Daniel Domscheit-Berg, born in 1978, is a German change maker and IT security expert. From 2007 to 2010 he helped set up WikiLeaks under the pseudonym Daniel Schmitt. Domscheit-Berg’s book about his time, “Inside WikiLeaks”, published in 2011, was translated into 23 languages, and provided input for the Hollywood film of the same name. In 2011 Foreign Policy Magazine named him one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers.
In recent years, Domscheit-Berg in Brandenburg has developed an award-winning ecosystem of public-interest education and production locations, including a data center as a networked real-world laboratory with democratized access to technology and know-how. The resilience of this digital-social infrastructure was proven in times of crisis: during the pandemic, thousands of protective visors were produced and taught in the digital classroom, a Ukrainian artist group found a creative home, and a co-learning space promotes educational equity and integration. With unconditional Internet access for people and machines, the place becomes a real laboratory for sensor technology. Domscheit-Berg shows how positive visions of a digital society can be implemented and what can be changed on a small and large scale. He has spoken on his topics at international and national events, from universities to commercial engagements to the World Economic Forum.
As a generalist and specialist and with a CV that combines theory and practice in an unusual way, Domscheit-Berg offers both an overview and in-depth knowledge, from the importance of basic digital education to cybersecurity, and can provide a well-founded assessment of the effects of digital transformation.
Domscheit-Berg is an inspiring and passionate speaker who inspires his audience with innovative ideas and practical references.
Topics
The big picture of the digital revolution
Artificial intelligence – effects on the economy, democracy and climate
Cybersecurity: Information and computer security
Twin Transition – global transformation through digitalization and the climate crisis
Manufacturing of the future – dark factories and decentralized, digital manufacturing
Transparency and privacy in a digitalized world
Democratized digital production in rural areas – An innovative ecosystem in Brandenburg
Languages
Publications
Inside WikiLeaks: Meine Zeit bei der gefährlichsten Website der Welt (2011)
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Aric Dromi is the Chief Futurologist for one of the world’s most well-known and respected vehicle manufacturers and a leading developer of premium, autonomous and electric vehicles. He looks into new ways of thinking about how things work.
Outside of this he splits his time between a number of different projects. His consultancy TEMPUS.MOTU is a social and technology strategic think-tank helping Governments, NGO and Corporations explore coming opportunities. He is the founder of The Dead Rabbit Co. producing a wide range of cross-media content with a focus on documentary films, events and publications with the purpose of highlighting the key questions of our time and exploring potential futures. Aric is also the founder of the Black Swan Theatre presenting visions of tomorrow with the help of the most brilliant minds of today. He is also a published author and artist.
Aric helps change the way we experience the world and transforms the way we understand change. He explains the future, makes it tangible and most importantly, makes it relevant. He delivers captivating speeches that frame questions and help people identify and abandon old paradigms and rethink thinking.
Aric Dromi is a very passionate and engaging speaker. In his presentations he offers a wealth of new ideas delivered in a unique and highly creative way.
Topics
Awakening Technologies
The Future of Work, Society and the Misfit Cultures of Innovation
The Future – Business not as Usual
Wellbeing and Lifestyle
Languages
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Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Dudenhöffer is a recognised expert in marketing and business management and specifically development in the automotive industry. The former automotive executive had a professorship in Marketing & Management Science and was founder and director of C.A.R. – the Centre for Automotive Research – at the University of Applied Sciences in Duisburg-Essen.
After studying economics Prof. Dudenhöffer held senior executive positions at Porsche, Opel, Peugeot and Citroen. He also held a professorship at Mannheim University. Since 1996 he has a professorship for Marketing & Management Science, Department Automotive Economics & Engineering, University Of Applied Sciences, Gelsenkirchen.
With a wealth of hands-on experience in the automotive industry and many years of research Prof Dudenhöffer demonstrates the many challenges for the automotive industry. More so he develops creative and successful marketing strategies for placing products advantageously into the market place. Additionally he shares his profound views on global trends on the future of the industry.
A well respected speaker on national as well as international platforms his presentations are thought provoking and inspiring.
Topics
Developments and Trends in the Automotive and Supplier Industry
Marketing
Business Management
New Marketing Strategies
Branding
Challenges for the Automotive Sector
Languages
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Anja Förster is a bestselling author, entrepreneur and founder of Rebels at Work. She has given keynote speeches in more than 30 countries and is the author of several bestselling books which were translated in many languages.
The German-born economist is an influential voice on the European speaking circuit, who inspires her audience with thought-provoking perspectives and insights on what it takes to succeed in today’s rapidly changing world. The acclaimed corporate advisor is the author of ten books. Her bestseller Anything But Ordinary won the Business Book of the Year Award. Her academic background includes a Masters Degree in Economics along with an MBA. After completing her studies in the U.S. she joined Accenture, where she served as a manager and headed consulting projects in the field of human performance and change management. In 2002, she founded her own company in Heidelberg, Germany.
Anja Förster delivers messages that are power packed with unconventional business best practices. She is a highly acclaimed innovation expert. She shares her unique insights into what it takes to succeed in today’s rapidly changing business world and highlights growth opportunities.
In her presentations Anja shows how leaders and their teams can successfully navigate an environment of digitization, complexity and disruption and make themselves fit for the future.
Topics
Fit for the future – Creating organizations as inspiring as the people inside them
Rebels at Work – why it pays to break the rules at work and in life
Languages
Publications
Vergeude keine Krise! (2020)
Zündstoff für Andersdenker (2017)
NEIN: Was vier mutige Buchstaben im Leben bewirken können (2016)
Hört auf zu arbeiten! Eine Anstiftung, das zu tun, was wirklich zählt (2013)
Nur Tote bleiben liegen. Entfesseln Sie das lebendige Potenzial in Ihrem Unternehmen (2010)
Spuren statt Staub. Wie Wirtschaft Sinn macht (2008)
Alles, außer gewöhnlich (2007)
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Mark Gallagher has held senior roles in the high performance environment of Formula 1 motor racing for over 30 years, and today is an author, broadcaster and industry analyst who continues to work with drivers and teams at the forefront of this global sport. Mark’s management career in Formula 1 included more than a decade on the management board of the highly successful Jordan Grand Prix team, running the world famous Cosworth engine business and helping establish the commercial arm of Red Bull Racing which went on to become 4-times World Champions.
His expertise covers the commercial and operational management of Formula 1 teams, and includes the sport’s regulatory, business and technology landscape. Since 1994 he has introduced some of the world’s leading technology companies to the sport, playing a key role in the digital transformation of Formula 1. During his career he has worked with World Champions including Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher and Jenson Button.
Mark’s career in Formula One commenced in 1983, working in media and communications before joining Eddie Jordan’s new Formula 1 team in 1990. The giant killing Jordan team became race winners in Formula 1 during their first decade, Mark overseeing marketing operations and joining the management board in 1998. In 2004 he was invited to join the Jaguar Racing organisation as it transitioned into becoming Red Bull Racing, and during this time Mark reconnected with David Coulthard who became the team’s lead driver and remains a close business associate today.
Mark later founded Status Grand Prix which successfully competed in lower formulae, winning a World Championship in 2009 and tackling the daunting Le Mans 24 Hours sports car race on new fewer than four occasions. In 2010 Mark was invited to run the world-famous Cosworth Formula 1 engine company, supplying up to one-third of the teams in the sport with power units and associated technologies.
During his career Mark has been a member of the technical working groups established by the sport’s governing body, the FIA. Spending two years helping in the development of the hybrid engine regulations used in Formula 1 today, Mark also took a close professional interest in the safety revolution which has transformed the sport. Since 2012 Mark has focused on his Formula 1 consulting business, Performance Insights, working closely with drivers and teams. He is the business columnist for Grand Prix Racing Magazine, presents the Inside Formula 1 podcast with 2-times World Champion Mika Hakkinen and co-presents the At The Controls podcast with the BBC’s Jonathan Legard.
Mark has written two books, The Business of Winning (Kogan Page, 2014) and Grand Prix – The Last 25 Years (WH Smith, 1999), and collaborated with Coulthard on his Sunday Times Best Seller The Winning Formula (Blink Publishing, 2018). Between 2004-2010 Mark worked as a consultant for Pixar on CARS and CARS 2, coordinating the European launch of the successful franchise at the Spanish Grand Prix in 2006.
With a relaxed, anecdotal and humorous style, Mark gives businesses and organisations a rare insight into what it takes to build winning teams and compete for success at world level.
Topics
Leadership
High Performance Team Work
Innovation
Digital Transformation
Managing Change
Safety & Risk Management
Languages
Publications
The Business of Winning (2014)
Grand Prix – The Last 25 Years (1999)
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Scott Galloway teaches brand strategy and digital marketing at the NYU Stern School of Business. He was named “One of the World’s 50 Best Business School Professors” by Poets & Quants in 2012. A serial entrepreneur, he founded 9 companies, including Red Envelope, Prophet, and L2 Inc., acquired by Gartner (NYSE: IT) in 2017.
Scott’s book The Four (Portfolio Penguin, 2017) debuted on the New York Times hardcover non-fiction list. His second book, The Algebra of Happiness: Notes on the Pursuit of Success, Love, and Meaning was published in 2019. Scott was elected to the World Economic Forum’s Global Leaders of Tomorrow and has served on the boards of directors of Eddie Bauer (Nasdaq: EBHI), The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT), Urban Outfitters (Nasdaq: URBN), and UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. He writes a weekly newsletter, No Mercy / No Malice, and hosts the podcasts The Prof G Show and Pivot (with Kara Swisher).
Professor Galloway is an innovative leader and has an inspiring agenda on next-level growth strategies and thought leadership.
Scott Galloway’s substantial presentations are always well received. He is a branding mastermind and a renowned keynote speaker around the world.
Topics
The Four Horsemen
Post-Corona
Twenty
The Algebra of Happiness
Streaming Wars
WeWTF
Languages
Publications
The Algebra of Happiness: Notes on the Pursuit of Success, Love, and Meaning (2019)
The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google (2017)
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Prof. Dr. Marco Gercke is an entrepreneur, scientist and consultant. His first focus area is Cybersecurity. With more than 700 speeches in over 100 countries and over 100 scientific publications, Prof. Gercke is one of the world’s leading experts in the field of cybersecurity and cybercrime. He is the founder and director of the Cybercrime Research Institute, an independent research institute and think tank based in Cologne. He advises governments, organizations and large enterprises around the world and advises them on strategic, political and legal issues in the field of cybersecurity. The main focus of his work is the development of innovative approaches to tackling a problem that has developed into a central problem for governments and businesses in recent years – Cybercrime. Over the past 15 years, he has worked in over 100 countries across Europe, Asia, Africa, the Pacific and Latin America. As a respected and experienced speaker, Prof. Gercke offers excellent and useful insider knowledge on the subject of cybersecurity due to his many years of activity and internal view. His lectures are clearly structured, very informative and include practical examples.
In addition to speeches, Prof. Gercke is conducting “Cyber Incident Simulations” with governments and board members of large enterprises. These are not technical simulations, but a “war gaming” / “serious gaming” approach, which allows the participants to check their capabilities in dealing with sophisticated attacks. The basis can be a real or a fictitious company (with different branches of industry available). Depending on the decision of the participants the plot of the simulation develops dynamically. It is also highly interactive and allows an interaction with the audience. In the last years Prof. Gercke has carried out such simulations worldwide with numerous governments and board members of large enterprises. The simulation was also run for World Bank, the European Central Bank and the United Nations, and has been part of the Munich Security Conference program for the last three years. CSA customers can book such simulation for events of up to 100 participants, giving them an exclusive insight into how ministers and directors of large companies are preparing for cyber attacks.
The second focus of his lecture and advising activities are the digitization and its effects – especially with regard to “Machine Learning” and Artificial Intelligence. In the 90th he founded a company that utillized “Machine Learning” to develop software solutions for medical diagnostics. He was responsible for the development of the underlying technology. The next company he founded, a media agency, used “machine learning” and artificial intelligence for user interaction. Today, he focuses on advising international organizations and executive boards of major companies on issues related to the opportunities and risks of digitalization and the use of artificial intelligence. As an entrepreneur, scientist and consultant, his speeches are visionary and provide an insight into the significant development in this area.
Topics
Current Developments in Cybersecurity and Cybercrime
Relevance for Board Members and Managing Directors
Implications for Companies and Decision-Makers
Cyber Incident Simulations
Digitization, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
Impact on Economy, Society and Politics
Languages
Publications
Dark Web Investigation (Security Informatics and Law Enforcement, 2021 – Mit-Hrsg.)
Understanding Cybercrime, 3rd Edition 2013
Cybersecurity Strategy (2013)
Hard and Soft Law Options in the Response to Cybercrime (2012)
Internet Crime in Germany – Status and Trends (2011)
Praxishandbuch Internetstrafrecht (2009)
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Claudio Guarnieri is a digital security researcher who investigates computer attacks and tracks state-sponsored hacking campaigns. Currently a Senior Technologist at Amnesty International and Researcher at the Citizen Lab, he also co-founded ‘Security Without Borders’ which provides cybersecurity help to NGOs and other at-risk groups.
Previously Claudio created the open source malware analysis software Cuckoo Sandbox and Viper and runs the Malwr free service. Claudio is also a core member of the Honeynet Project. He has published abundant research on botnets and targeted attacks. Recently, Claudio has devoted his attention to issues of privacy and surveillance and has published numerous articles on surveillance vendors such as FinFisher and HackingTeam with the Citizen Lab as well as on NSA/GCHQ. He is a regular opinion writer and columnist and some of his work has been published by Die Zeit, Slate and Motherboard.
With his highly specialised background in digital security and technology, Claudio is ideally positioned to advise organisations on how to deal with the complex aspects of cybersecurity and privacy in today’s digital world.
Claudio’s highly informative and candid presentations are tailored to suit each audience.
Topics
Cybersecurity
Digitization
Information and computer security
Privacy in a digital world
Digital Ethic
Languages
Publications
Claudio published numerous articles and columns in trade journals and print media
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Ray is one of a few commentators equipped to explain how massive challenges of faster technological innovation, globalization and the environmental challenge will affect our futures, the way we do business and the far reaching implications socially, economically and politically.
Ray Hammond started his career as a successful serial entrepreneur. He was the Co-founder of the company that today owns and operates the British television outlet Channel 5 and publications including The Daily Express, The Daily Star and OK! After selling his shareholding advantageously in that company he founded and led International Magazines plc which he later sold to EMAP International in a multi-million pound deal. In 2010 President Mikhail Gorbachev presented Ray with the Medal of the Italian Chamber of Deputies for his services to futurology. Ray Hammond has researched, written and spoken about how future trends will affect society and business for over 30 years. He is a member of the Science Fiction Advisory Council (SFAC) of XPRIZE.
Ray creates an inspirational and breath-taking vision of the future to help the audiences navigate the hyper-competitive virtual economy. He interpretes the vision from a business, social, climate, economic and political perspective providing a rounded view of how best to prepare an organisation for what the future holds.
Ray requires no effects to enthral an audience! He projects real warmth and dynamism and, using plain language he cuts through complex technical issues, new innovations and business concepts. Ray Hammond is an inspirational orator and steps into his many audiences around the world to personally inspire and motivate them.
Topics
The Eight Key Drivers for the Future
Digital Health
The Future of Travel and Transport
Beyond Digital Disruption
The Future of Education
Customer Experience in the Digital Age
Languages
Publications
The Black Hole (2017)
Emergence (2017, republished – previously released in 2000)
Scary:Wonderful – The Next 50 years (2014)
The World in 2030 (2012)
The Cloud (2006)
EXtinction (2005)
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Neil Harbisson is a Catalan-raised, British-born contemporary artist and cyborg activist best known for having an antenna implanted in his skull and for being officially recognised as a cyborg by a government. The antenna allows him to perceive visible and invisible colours via audible vibrations in his skull including infrareds and ultraviolets as well as receive colours from space, images, videos, music or phone calls directly into his head via internet connection. Harbisson identifies himself both as a cyborg; he feels he is technology, and as a transpecies; he no longer feels 100% human.
Neil Harbisson studied art and music at various schools in Spain. At the age of 11, he began to compose his first piano pieces and with 16 years, he studied fine art at the Institut Alexandre Satorras. In 2001, Harbisson moved to Ireland to finish his piano studies at Dublin’s Waltons New School of Music. In 2002, he moved to England to study music composition at Dartington College of Arts. The antenna is a result of the co-operation between Adam Montandon, a cybernetics graduates, and Neil Harbisson himself. For this work, they earned the award for Innovation and Submerge in Bristol and the European Award for multimedia interface Design EURO-PRIX Top Talent Award in Vienna.
His artwork explores identity, human perception, the connection between sight and sound and the use of artistic expression via new sensory inputs. In 2010 he co-founded the Cyborg Foundation with Moon Ribas, an international organisation that aims to help humans become cyborgs, defend cyborg rights and promote cyborg art. In 2017 he co-founded the Transpecies Society, an association that gives voice to people with non-human identities, defends the freedom of self-design and offers the creation of new senses and new organs in community.
Harbisson identifies himself as a cyborg, he feels both his mind and body are united to cybernetics. In his presentations Neil Harbisson kidnaps his audience in his world and illustrates in a brilliant way how his antenna really works. Furthermore, he underlines how important new technologies really are and tells funny anecdotes he already has experienced because of the antenna.
His special and unconventional presentations, as well as his great mixture of a good sense of humour and simple explanations about technology, making him a highly appreciated guest for every kind of event.
Topics
What’s a cyborg?
Cyborg Art
Artificial Senses
The Future of the Human
The use of the internet as a sense
Cyborg Activism
Cyborg Law
Languages
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Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Dudenhöffer is a recognised expert in marketing and business management and specifically development in the automotive industry. Read more
Stefan Hyttfors is an acclaimed futurist and speaker focused on disruptive technologies, behavioural change and next generation leadership. His work Read more
Dr. Mario Herger leads the Boutique consulting company Enterprise Garage Consultancy and has been living in the Silicon Valley since 2001. There he deals with current technology trends and social changes and has a consultative role on topics such as innovation and Foresight Thinking. In his book “The Silicon Valley Mindset”, Herger discusses how to benefit and learn from the worlds of innovation. In his latest book “Der letzte Führerscheinneuling”, he comments on the massive disruptions in the automobile industry.
Mario Herger worked for SAP for many years, among other positions he operated as Leader of Development and Innovation Strategy Leader. Today, Mario is looking for technology trends at the Silicon Valley and advises companies on how to transfer the innovative and entrepreneurial spirit from Silicon Valley to their companies. Together with his co-founder Niki Ernst, Herger organizes inspirational trips to the Silicon Valley and visits many people and companies he has introduced in his book.
In his presentations, Mario Herger gives exciting insights into the topics of innovation and creativity – especially for companies and managers who want to make changes and bring the spirit of the Silicon Valley into their company, Marios implementations are essential.
Mario Herger is a brilliant speaker who offers his audience interesting and deep insights into the fu-ture. His high professional competences and his humorous nature, making him a popular speaker worldwide.
Topics
Silicon Valley Mindset
Autonomous / electrical / Shared driving
Foresight Thinking | Recognizing trends
Innovation
Digitization | Industry 4.0
Languages
Publications
Der letzte Führerscheinneuling (Frühjahr 2017)
Das Silicon Valley Mindset. (2016)
Enterprise Gamification (2014)
Gamification at Work (2013)
SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer (2007)
Darüber lacht Wien: Witze, Anekdoten und Kurioses (2006)
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Marga Hoek is a true visionary on sustainable business and capital and one of the most influential thought leaders. The award-winning author is an innovative and successful business leader who applies and understands the commercial realities of business. She is a member of Thinkers50, where she was ranked as one of the top 30 new management thinkers in the world.
Marga Hoek is a non-executive director for international companies and a sought-after boardroom advisor. She is author of the award-winning bestseller book ‘New Economy Business’ and launched her book ‘The Trillion Dollar Shift’ during the World Economic Forum in Davos. Marga Hoek is a regular contributor to The Huffington Post, Forbes Magazine and Fortune and has published several articles in magazines such as Executive Finance. She is a global voice for G7 Climate Change, G20 and Cop23 and operates at the highest level with presidents and ministers. Marga Hoek is a unique speaker able to demonstrate concrete path to business’ and capital’s success.
Hoek is an inspirational and authoritative speaker with a close look on reality. She combines sharing her vision with many concrete examples of exciting business cases throughout the world. Marga can engage and relate with many different audiences around the globe.
Marga Hoek provides the right mix of inspiration, humour and information. She is able to relate her vision to the concrete company or situation, her presentations are always well prepared
Topics
Change the world by business
Future business incorporates disruptive sustainability
Leadership of sustainable transformation
Macro-economic sustainable development
Sustainability around the globe
The new entrepreneur will save the world
Sustainable innovation
Sustainable investment and banking
The sustainability challenge for the boardroom
The power of ICT and advanced technologies for a better world
Reconnect business’ growth and impact
Board and CEO challenges in a changing world
Global outlook on business’ challenges
Languages
Publications
The Trillion Dollar Shift – Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (2018)
New Economy Business (2014)
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Dambisa Moyo is a trusted advisor on Macroeconomics, Geopolitics, Technology and Millennial themes and has earned a strong reputation as Read more
Stefan Hyttfors is an acclaimed futurist and speaker focused on disruptive technologies, behavioural change and next generation leadership. His work always tackles global opportunities and global challenges. Stefan believes that the future is not to be predicted, it is to be created. He studies change and his vision is to help, as many companies and executives as possible, embrace disruptive change on a global scale to create a better future.
Stefan started his career as a photo journalist for Expressen, travelling around the world. He then founded his own consultancy Wenderfalck and studied economics. In 2006 he saw the coming power of social media and focused 100% on digital PR, a very successful strategy which led to several prestigious awards. In 2012, looking to share his learnt insights, he became a sought after business advisor and speaker and has been speaking since on Big Data, cloud computing, regenerative medicine, 3D-printing, crowdsourcing to managers, employees, experts, and executives in CSR, HR, IT, sales, and finance. Stefan’s mission is to make you ready for change. The world is changing. The Internet is the biggest game changer of all and it affects all markets. And when markets change, you change or you die.
In his presentations, Stefan shows that with disruptive technologies and the power of networks we can find new business solutions and business models and create wealth. He also discusses how to be more agile and competitive in the digital age.
Highly energetic and provocative and with a good sense of humour, Stefan’s presentations are individually tailored to be as relevant as possible. He happily promotes clients’ events using video messages and Twitter and he likes using multimedia during his presentation to illustrate his Messages.
Topics
Digitalization – More with less
Trust – The currency of interaction
Decentralization – The Blockchain revolution
Future of work – Why do you work?
Innovation – Disruption is the new norm
Leadership – From control to a culture of learning
Sustainability – The strategy of the future
Publications
Yoga for leaders. How to manage self-disruption in a world of self-distruction (2016)
Languages
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Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Dudenhöffer is a recognised expert in marketing and business management and specifically development in the automotive industry. Read more
Neil Harbisson is a Catalan-raised, British-born contemporary artist and cyborg activist best known for having an antenna implanted in his Read more
Anders Indset is the world’s leading business philosopher with seven international bestsellers. Having delivered over 1,500 speeches in 60 countries, he inspires executives, politicians, and decision-makers worldwide at the intersection of humanity and technology. His ability to anticipate future scenarios makes him a sought-after speaker at the most relevant conferences around the globe, such as the World Economic Forum, the Global HR Summit, and the Mobile World Congress.
He combines Norwegian values and charisma with German clarity of thought and an engaging, American-influenced presentation style. Thanks to this unique combination, he is known as the “Rock’n’Roll Plato.”
The Norwegian-born polymath is also Chairman of the Njordis Group and an active deep-tech investor, linking his practical philosophy directly with the corporate and societal arenas. With his visionary thinking, he not only serves as an advisor to leading international institutions but also plays a pivotal role in shaping the debate on the economic and cultural challenges of our time.
Topics
SINGULARITY PARADOX – The Bridge Between Human and Machine
QUANTUM ECONOMY – The Operating System of Our Society
ANTICIPATED FUTURE – Leadership in the Exponential Age
TRIANGULAR ALCHEMY – Future and Entrepreneurship
POSSIBILISM – The Art of the Possible
RE-ENLIGHTENMENT – Society of Understanding
“A STATE OF BEING UNDEAD” – A New Existentialism
EX MACHINA – THE GOD EXPERIEMENT – Are We Living In A Simulation?
THE VIKING CODE – High-Performance Culture and Values
Languages
Publications
Singularity Paradox: Bridging the Gap Between Humanity and Al, Wiley 2025
Ex Machina: The God Experiment, Værøy 2025
The Viking Code: The Art & Science of Norwegian Success, Wiley 2024
Philosophy@Work, Unbound 2022
Infected Thinking, Econ 2021
The Quantum Economy: Saving the Mensch with Humane Capitalism, Econ 2019
Wild Knowledge: Klarer denken als die Revolution erlaubt, Campus 2019
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Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Dudenhöffer is a recognised expert in marketing and business management and specifically development in the automotive industry. Read more
Wolfgang Ischinger is President of the Board of Trustees of the Munich Security Conference Foundation, was Chairman of the Munich Security Conference until 2022 and is one of the Republic’s top diplomats. He is Senior Professor for Security Policy and Diplomatic Practice at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin and works as an honorary professor at the University of Tübingen. Ischinger advises governments, international organizations and companies on political-strategic issues.
The studied lawyer and international law expert joined the Foreign Service in 1975. From 1998 to 2001 he was State Secretary of the Foreign Office. He worked as ambassador in Washington until 2006 and then in London until 2008. The recipient of numerous awards, including the Federal Cross of Merit and the Leo Baeck Medal, is a member of numerous supervisory and advisory boards, including the Atlantic Bridge, the American Academy and the Atlantic Council.
Prof. Wolfgang Ischinger stands for negotiation skills, creative solutions and offers a deep insight into modern diplomacy. Prof. Ischinger’s lectures are characterized by his concise and pointed analyses. He has an exceptional wealth of experience in international negotiations.
Topics
The Central Security Issues of our Time
International Negotiating Processes
Shifting Powers – Security Policy in the 21st Century
Challenges in Foreign Policy
European & Transatlantic Issues
Emerging Powers and Threats
Europe and the global challenges
Languages
Publications
Welt in Gefahr – Deutschland und Europa in unsicheren Zeiten (2018)
Several articles
Awards
Federal Cross of Merit (2009)
Leo-Baeck-Medaille (2008)
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Dambisa Moyo is a trusted advisor on Macroeconomics, Geopolitics, Technology and Millennial themes and has earned a strong reputation as Read more
Hasso Kaempfe is the ex-CEO of Jägermeister and adviser to entrepreneurs. He started as a speaker for Jägermeister and was then a member of the Board of Directors responsible for marketing, PR, production, human resources and law issues. He currently advises family companies, and is a senior adviser to the Swedish financial investors EQT. He also helps young entrepreneurs to be successful in the brand industry.
Dr. Kaempfe started in 1982 as the in-house lawyer and later the chief legal adviser of Tchibo Holding AG. At the same time he was a lawyer for the court of Hamburg. In 1989 he was appointed member of the Board of Directors of Tchibo Frisch Röst Kaffee GmbH in Hamburg. Since 2004 Kaempfe has been also member of the Board of Directors of Markenverband and until 2007 he was also a member of the Board of Directors of Nord/LB.
Dr. Kaempfe’s extensive experience of managing in the most challenging circumstances and his experience in branding and strategies at the highest level make him ideally positioned to inspire today’s business leaders about strategic planning, effective leadership and branding.
A distinguished speaker, Dr. Kaempfe is an excellent communicator, captivating audiences with his experiences and sharing his insight on effective branding and entrepreneurship. His presentations are always peppered with his characteristic humour.
Topics
Branding
Leadership
Entrepreneurship
Company’s Ethic
Change Management
Motivation
Strategic Planning
Languages
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Dambisa Moyo is a trusted advisor on Macroeconomics, Geopolitics, Technology and Millennial themes and has earned a strong reputation as Read more
Garry Kasparov is widely considered the greatest chess player that ever lived, and today he shares his insights into decision‐making and strategic planning. He is also an author and advocate of artificial intelligence, cyber‐security, and politics. He writes regularly for CNN, The Washington Post, and the NY Daily News.
Garry became the youngest ever World Chess Champion at age 22. He retired from professional chess in 2005 after 20 years rated #1. Always on the forefront of innovation, his battles with IBM’s “Deep Blue” supercomputer put chess and artificial intelligence on front pages around the world. He continued his investigations into the human‐machine relationship with the invention of “Advanced Chess,” and many collaborations with leading AI experts, culminating in his acclaimed 2017 book, Deep Thinking. Kasparov is also the chairman of the Human Rights Foundation and of the Renew Democracy Initiative. His Kasparov Chess Foundation promotes chess in schools around the globe.
As a master of strategy, Garry applies the insights and perspective from his unrivalled chess career to the subjects of leadership, planning, and success in business. He also brings broad experience in AI and how to get the most from the next generation of intelligent machines instead of being afraid of them.
Garry’s presentations are always grounded in his remarkable life and unique experiences. With analysis, anecdotes, and humour, he takes his listeners into the worlds of peak performance and competition, strategic thinking, and how to work with AI instead of against it. Due to his deep preparation, no two Kasparov lectures are the same.
Topics
Artificial Intelligence
Strategic Thinking / Business Strategy and Decision‐Making
Creativity and Innovation
Information Acceleration
Peak Performance
Human & Machine
Anticipating the Future
“Simul” Play Chess with a Legend
Languages
Publications
Deep Thinking: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins (2017)
Winter is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must be Stopped (2015)
Kasparov on Kasparov (chess), Vol. 1‐3 (2011-2014)
How Life Imitates Chess: Making the Right Moves, from the Board to the Boardroom (2007)
Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors (chess), Vol. 1‐5 (2003-2005)
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Viviane Reding completed 3 terms as member of the European Government and became Vice President and EU Commissioner responsible for Read more
Jonas Kjellberg, one of the creators of SKYPE, is a much appreciated lecturer at Stanford University and Stockholm School of Economics where he lectures on entrepreneurship and how to create a winning sales culture. He is also one of the authors of two book, “Gear up” and “Business creation”, written together with Harvard and Stanford professors. During an inspiring hour he will highlight the key question in sales.
Jonas has a MBA from Uppsala University and an engineering degree from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. Jonas is specialized in developing a fundamental understanding for how product, sales and profitability must interact in order to create successful business. He supports management teams in developing their overall sales strategy and a winning sales culture. Organizations today face new demands as customer satisfaction is becoming more and more transparent with users increasingly sharing their experiences.
His focus is on how to delight the user. What needs to be done to secure the innovation intent, but even more fundamental: How can sales be built into the product, so that your customers will be part of your sales force by sharing their stories of delight. How can you as organization increase the frequency of that message, to create that friction free story?
The combination of academic knowledge and real-life experience make Jonas Kjellberg a sought after commentator at conferences around the globe.
Topics
Entrepreneurship
Innovation
Digital Disruption
How to Transfer Ideas into a Successful Venture
How to Create a Winning Sales Culture
Languages
Publications
Gear Up: Test Your Business Model Potential and Plan Your Path to Success (with Lena Ramfelt and Tom Kosnik) (2014)
Gear Up, Your Best Business Idea Ever (with Lena Ramfelt and Tom Kosnik) (2011)
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Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Dudenhöffer is a recognised expert in marketing and business management and specifically development in the automotive industry. Read more
Peter Kreuz has given keynote speeches in more than 30 countries over the past two decades – at management conferences, client events, innovation days, and business congresses. Peter shows how managers and their teams can successfully navigate an environment of digitization, disruption, and complexity and make themselves fit for the future.
Peter is the founder of REBELS AT WORK, a community of courageous change-makers, who fight bureaucracy, shake up rigid and outdated organizational structures and rethink work. Peter published several bestselling books that have won countless awards, and earned a passionate following among executives and entrepreneurs around the world. His book “Anything but ordinary” was named “Business Book of the Year”.
Peter holds an MBA and a Ph.D. in business strategy. Formerly, he was a senior consultant at Andersen Consulting and served as Assistant Professor of international marketing and management at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration.
Topics
Fit for the future – Creating organizations as inspiring as the people inside them
Rebels at Work – why it pays to break the rules at work and in life
Languages
Publications
Vergeude keine Krise! (2020)
Zündstoff für Andersdenker (2017)
Nein: Was vier mutige Buchstaben im Leben bewirken können (2016)
Hört auf zu arbeiten! Eine Anstiftung, das zu tun, was wirklich zählt (2013)
Nur Tote bleiben liegen. Entfesseln Sie das lebendige Potenzial in Ihrem Unternehmen (2010)
Spuren statt Staub. Wie Wirtschaft Sinn macht (2008)
Alles, außer gewöhnlich (2007)
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Dambisa Moyo is a trusted advisor on Macroeconomics, Geopolitics, Technology and Millennial themes and has earned a strong reputation as Read more
Listed by Wired Magazine as one of the top 100 most influential persons in Europe (2015), Gerd Leonhard’s work focusses on the future of humanity and technology, digital ethics, artificial intelligence, future-leadership and communications. In his keynotes, presentations, workshops and advisory sessions Gerd addresses topics such as what it means to be human in a world of machines and algorithms, the coming redefinition of human-machine relationships, the future of work and jobs and many more.
“The future is no longer a time-frame; it’s a MINDSET”
Gerd is a much sought-after speaker – live as well as virtual – having presented at more than 1700 events in 60+ countries since 2004. His list of clients includes Google, Sony, UBS, Mastercard, Unilever, Lloyds Bank, WWF, Nokia, The Guardian, Telkom Indonesia, Siemens and many others. Gerd Leonhard is a member of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA, London), and an advisory board member of the Indian and Canadian Research Institutes. He resides in Zurich, Switzerland.
Gerd Leonhard helps enterprises and government organizations to deal with the ‘future shock’ and to embrace change. He reminds his audiences to consider what moral values are we prepared to stand up for before “being human” alters its meaning forever.
Gerd’s keynote speeches and presentations are renowned for their hard-hitting and provocative yet inspiring, often humorous and always personal motivational style.
Topics
#1 2020-21: Post Corona Future
The 10 Megashifts: Transforming Your Organisation
Artificial Intelligence [AI] – The next 10 Years
Technology and Humanity – Defining our Future, Today
Sustainable Business, Society & Capitalism
From Transformation to Humanisation
Happiness in the Digital Age
Digital Ethics / Ethics of Technology
The Future of Work and Jobs
Languages
Publications
Technology vs. Humanity: The coming clash between man and machine (2017)
The Future of Business: Critical Insights into a Rapidly Changing World from 60 Future Thinkers (2015)
Friction is Fiction: The Future of Content, Media & Business (2010)
Music 2.0 – Essays by Gerd Leonhard (2008)
The Future of Music: Manifesto for the Digital Music Revolution (2005)
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Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Dudenhöffer is a recognised expert in marketing and business management and specifically development in the automotive industry. Read more
Neil Harbisson is a Catalan-raised, British-born contemporary artist and cyborg activist best known for having an antenna implanted in his Read more
Lital Marom is an internationally recognized serial entrepreneur and thought leader on innovation and the future of work. She led Fortune 100 teams around the world and brings her experience to executive teams today.
Lital Marom studied investment banking at NYU’s Stern School of Business, Transformative Strategies and Artificial Intelligence at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and holds a computer science and business degree. Lital founded the innovation consulting firm UNFOLD, where she works closely with leaders and their organisations to design their digital transformation and strategic direction. Furthermore she founded three other enterprises: the Global Business Development Network (GBD), Beyond and the leadership and development organization Academy of Tomorrow.
Lital provides well researched strategies to business leaders to help them transform and future-proof their business. She shows organisations how to embrace new ways to grow their business and to position themselves for exponential growth, exponential technologies and leveraging data strategies.
Lital Marom is a highly sought-after keynote speaker on innovation, digital transformation, new economies of scale, agile and the future of work.
Topics
Reimagine your FUTURE Post COVID-19: How to foster innovation & agility
Platform Business Model Innovation
Think big and act fast: How to Self-Disrupt during a Crisis
Digital Transformation: Exponential Technologies and Scale
The Future of Work is Here: Remote everything
Disruption in the Digital Age
Attention: The New Creative Currency
Leadership
Languages
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Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Dudenhöffer is a recognised expert in marketing and business management and specifically development in the automotive industry. Read more
Dambisa Moyo is a trusted advisor on Macroeconomics, Geopolitics, Technology and Millennial themes and has earned a strong reputation as a top-tier opinion former. Dambisa is recognized for fresh and innovative ideas as the Author of four New York Times bestselling books and holds a Doctorate in Economics from Oxford and a Masters from Harvard. She is a member of the Bretton Woods Committee and a honorary fellow of the Foreign Policy Association. Dambisa has published in the Financial Times, WSJ, Barrons and Harvard Business Review and was named to the list of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World.
Dambisa Moyo’s work examines the interplay between rapidly developing countries, international business, and the global economy, while highlighting investment opportunities and convergence themes. She leverages her comprehensive economic understanding to inform a practical investment strategy, realise opportunities and manage risks across emerging economies.
Dambisa Moyo is in frequent demand at keynote summits and conferences around the globe and is a powerful and effective speaker.
Topics
An Unconventional Path to the Corporate Boardroom
Global Macroeconomics
Geopolitics
Global Markets
Our Future Defined
What Will the World Look Like in 2030
What We Get Wrong About Global Growth
Languages
Publications
Edge of Chaos: Why Democracy is Failing to Deliver Economic Growth – and How to Fix It (2018)
Winner Take All – China’s Race for Resource and What it Means for the World (2012)
How the West Was Lost: Fifty Years of Economic Folly – And the Stark Choices that Lie Ahead (2011)
Dead Aid: Why Aid is Not Working and How There is a Better Way For Africa (2009)
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Bolko von Oetinger is Germany’s out-of-the-box advisor and strategist. He is the founding member of the first Boston Consulting Group Read more
Dhiraj Mukherjee is an experienced digital business executive and entrepreneur, with a proven track record in both corporate and start-up environments. The co-founder of the billion-dollar company Shazam is currently Entrepreneur in Residence at PWC as well as an active angel investor, mentor to emerging technology startups and advisor to venture capital firms.
In 2000, Dhiraj co-founded Shazam, the world’s first mobile phone-based music recognition service. He raised £600,000 in seed funding and over £10m in venture capital investment. Dhiraj has been on the Board of Shazam since 2004, and is actively engaged in shaping overall product and corporate strategy. Dhiraj was previously Head of Banking Innovation at Virgin Money, where he was responsible for developing and implementing disruptive new digital banking products. He also worked in strategy and innovation roles within several other disruptive and high growth companies including Bauer Media, Infosys Limited, ?What If!, Reuters and Save the Children. Dhiraj has a degree in Mathematical Economics and an MBA in Business.
Dhiraj shares with audiences the fascinating story of Shazam, one of pure innovation, foresight, and friendship. Business leaders can tap into his insights about the latest developments in technology. Dhiraj also speaks about leadership in a fast changing digital world and how to connect with the younger generations, in particular with Generation Z.
Dhiraj’s presentations, filled with his infectious entrepreneurial spirit are fascinating and highly inspirational. A charming, witty and genuine speaker, Dhiraj knows exactly how to captivate his audience.
Topics
Digital DNA: How to Build a Digital Business
Blockchain and Cryptocurrency
Generation Z and the Future of Employment
AI, VR and Augmented Reality
Ethical Leadership
EdTech and the Future of Education
The Shazam Story
Languages
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Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Dudenhöffer is a recognised expert in marketing and business management and specifically development in the automotive industry. Read more
Neil Harbisson is a Catalan-raised, British-born contemporary artist and cyborg activist best known for having an antenna implanted in his Read more
Sandra Navidi is the CEO of BeyondGlobal, an advisory firm based in New York. She is a licensed attorney in both New York and Germany. Previously, she worked closely with prominent economist Professor Nouriel Roubini at Roubini Global Economics. Prior to that, she held positions as an investment banker, general counsel, and management consultant.
Known for her insightful commentary on geopolitical and economic issues, Sandra has been a featured expert on major networks such as CNN, CNBC, Fox Business, and C-SPAN, among other notable outlets, as well as in numerous international documentaries. For over 15 years, she has served as an economic and political analyst for n-tv (RTL), Germany’s premier news outlet, and co-hosts the network’s business podcast Biz & Beyond. She is a veteran of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, a recognized LinkedIn Top Voice, and a TEDx Speaker.
Sandra is the best-selling author of several books, including award-winning $uperHubs: How the Financial Elite and their Networks Rule Our World, one of Bloomberg’s Best Books of the Year. Her subsequent works, Future IQ: Your Success Strategies in the Age of Artificial Intelligence and Die DNA der USA: Wie tickt Amerika, have also received significant acclaim, with the latter being shortlisted for the German Business Book Award at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2023.
Through her highly regarded Meet your Master class, Sandra offers invaluable career advice. She is also an accomplished keynote speaker, fluent in both English and German.
Topics
USA: Economy, economy, politics, society, democracy/autocracy, Pax Americana (Russia/Ukraine/China), economic consequences for Europe and Germany in particular
Global economic, political and social upheaval
Oligarchy of the tech titans (plus, my personal experience of 17 years WEF Davos)
Innovation
Germany
Wokeness, political correctness, thought police, moral patronization, ideologization of politics
Networking, career, success
Women
Sustainability
Languages
Publications
Die DNA der USA: Wie tickt Amerika? (2022)
Das Future-Proof-Mindset: Die vier essenziellen Regeln für Ihren Erfolg im Zeitalter der Künstlichen Intelligenz (2021)
Super-hubs: Wie die Finanzelite und ihre Netzwerke die Welt regieren (2016)
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Dambisa Moyo is a trusted advisor on Macroeconomics, Geopolitics, Technology and Millennial themes and has earned a strong reputation as Read more
Dr. Kjell Nordström is a guru of the new world of business. The global ranking of management gurus, Thinkers 50, placed Nordström and his partner Jonas Ridderstrale among the list of most influential thinkers in 2009. Nordström was Associate Professor at the Institute of International Business (IIB) at the Stockholm School of Economics. Due to research and consulting, his focus is on the areas of corporate strategy, multinational corporations and globalization.
Kjell holds an Economic Licentiate degree and a doctoral degree from the Stockholm School of Economics. At the Stockholm School of Economics, Kjell has been responsible for the International Business course. Moreover, he is one of the founders of the schools most prestigious management programs, “The Advanced Management Program – AMP” – a five-week top-management program that attracts the elite of Scandinavian executives. He is also on the board of directors of several companies.
Presenting a manifesto of what is required from organisations and their leaders, he delivers powerful and sharp messages to test your views of business. He challenges the validity of conventional approaches in today’s world, yet submits real and alternative strategies for sustainability.
His style mirrors his message, unconventional yet valid, dynamic yet noteworthy. He is not your typical business guru; his revolutionary message is delivered in a revolutionary way.
Topics
The Economic Landscape – Beyond the Crisis
Talent Makes Capital Dance
Innovation
Multinational Corporations, Recipes and Global Tribes
Creating and Defending Competitive Advantages
The Ultramodern Multinational: Strategies, Structures and Leadership
Languages
Publications
Re-energizing the Corporation: How leaders make change happen ( with Mark Wilcox, 2009)
Funky Business Forever: How to Enjoy Capitalism (with Jonas Ridderstråle, 2007)
Karaoke Capitalism (with Jonas Ridderstrale) (2004)
Funky Business (with Jonas Ridderstrale) (1999)
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Professor Eddie Obeng is Founder Director of Pentacle the world’s first virtual business school and the first organisation to offer an integrated management approach specifically designed to meet the challenges of our fast changing, complex 21st Century.
In addition to founding Pentacle, Eddie established QUBE, the world’s best 3D learning environment. He was previously an Executive Director at Ashridge Management College, having begun his career with Shell. Prof. Obeng pioneered the concept of the ‘New World’ throughout the 1990’s. He and his team have spent the best part of a decade re-writing the fundamentals of business management to create their own coherent, joined up New World approach. They have challenged all the established thinking from strategy as environmental fit to ‘hero’ leaders and re-interpreted the needs for the 21st century of complexity and fast change.
Using his extensive experience and insights Eddie will challenge your perceptions and help you to see the new reality. But more than just ‘talking concepts’ he will use examples from real life client assignments to illustrate and explain, proving, in his words that “The future is now because most of us are already late!”.
Eddie is an exciting, energising, thought-provoking, humorous and highly inspirational speaker who is never afraid to be controversial. He is also a great presenter.
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Eddie’s work and presentations have not been disrupted, quite the reverse, as he has been able to continue to deliver top quality, high-end, energising keynotes and teaching sessions for the world’s leading and most demanding executives.
If you want to discover QUBE you can join a public event – ‘Inspiration on QUBE’ – with Eddie at 14:00h UK time every Thursday from 30th April. Please just contact us and we will get you registered and setup for an unimaginable (and free of charge!) experience. ”
Topics
Human-Machine and AI: People-Centred Future of Work
Digitally Transform Successfully
Use Virtual Reality for Flexibility and Scalability
How Navigate Global Uncertainty
How to Increase Productivity and Get Aligned
Speed of Delivery in Turbulence
My Unedited Life Story in a Digital Business
Languages
Publications
Innovation: It’s a Project Jim, but not as we know it! (2010)
The Complete Leader (with Christophe Gillet) (2008)
THE NEW WORLD series Who Killed the Spark? (2007)
Cybersense (2006)
Money Making Machine (2002)
Perfect Projects (2002)
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Dambisa Moyo is a trusted advisor on Macroeconomics, Geopolitics, Technology and Millennial themes and has earned a strong reputation as Read more
Miha Pogačnik is an exceptional virtuoso, in the corporate and political world, as well as the musical stage. He is the creative force for intercul-tural and diplomatic missions, using his music as the media to channel his thought. Miha Pogačnik is a visionary in every sense. 1981 Miha founded IDRIART, the Institute of the Development of Intercultural Relations Through the Arts, based in Germany.
As cultural ambassador of Slovenia, Miha follows the dynamic principle that artists and their audiences purposefully travel throughout the world and gather in places that really need them. He has inspired over 100 multi-discipline festivals and confer-ences during 16 years, at times in crisis areas of the world: He has played in schoolyards, the Chartres Cathedral and concert halls, at the foot of the pyramids and before military tanks.
Through music and art Miha demonstrates the principles of renewal and change, transform-ing thinking patterns and remov-ing barriers which limit creativity and vision. He creates an inspi-rational platform for tackling team work and effective com-munications. He teaches execu-tives how music compositions are organised and ways to apply those principles to business. He can also demonstrate how members of an orchestra play to helps delegates experience how leaders relate to teams. Miha says “such exposure builds up almost new organs of percep-tion”. He can also arrange for a CEO to wield the baton.
Through his consummate violin artistry and his deep appreciation of the human journey, Miha is able to take his audiences through change and transformation. From corporate executive teams to schoolteachers, he creates his unique spell to extract individuals’ true awareness and capacity, implementing the powerful chemistry between creativity and business.
Topics
World 4.0: The power of Emo-tional Innovation for IT Leaders
The Titanic Syndrome
Creativity & Inspiration in Business
Teamwork & Motivation
Management
Organisational Change & Development
The Integration Process -Music and Business
Languages
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Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Dudenhöffer is a recognised expert in marketing and business management and specifically development in the automotive industry. Read more
Neil Harbisson is a Catalan-raised, British-born contemporary artist and cyborg activist best known for having an antenna implanted in his Read more
Professor Franz Josef Radermacher is the Scientific Director of the FAW – Research Institute for Applied Knowledge Processing, Germany. He is Professor emeritus for Data Bases/Artificial Intelligence at the University of Ulm.
Prof. Radermacher is one of the initiators of the Global Marshall Plan Initiative and prize winner 2004 of the Planetary Consciousness Award of the Club of Budapest and the future award of the city Salzburg. He has been a Steering Committee member in various committees on national and international level, e.g. since 1997 Information Society Forum of the European Commission (ISF) and Forum 2000 of the German Government. He is the Honory President of the Eco-Social Forum Europe, President of the Senat of the Economy e. V. and is a member of the Club of Rome. Also, he is a major consultant for the German Minister Dr. Gerd Müller, BMZ.
Prof. Radermacher offers insights into FAW’s research into information and knowledge processing. He explains the interplay between population explosion, resource overuse, generation of wealth, the role of the energy system and challenges for climate change. This is integrated into the analysis of geopolitical issues and present global conflicts into an overall picture. The role of the financial system, of innovation and corresponding rebound effects is discussed.
Highly informative and eye-opening, Prof. Radermacher backs up his engaging presentations with a wealth of examples from his detailed studies and research.
Topics
The World in 2050
Energy, Climate, Future
The World after Corona
The Future of Global Economy
Innovation and New Technologies
How Innovation is Shaping Globalization
Databases and Artificial Intelligence
Languages
Publications
Der Milliarden-Joker. Wie Deutschland und Europa den globalen Klimaschutz revolutionieren können (2018)
Klimaneutralität – Hessen geht voran (2012)
Ökosoziale Marktwirtschaft. Mit einem Vorwort von Klaus Töpfer (2011)
Welt mit Zukunft: Die ökosoziale Perspektive (2010)
Balance der Zerstörung (2007)
and more
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Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Dudenhöffer is a recognised expert in marketing and business management and specifically development in the automotive industry. Read more
The qualified physicist Prof. Dr. h.c. mult. Ranga Yogeshwar is one of the best-known science journalists in Germany and is Read more
Antonia Rados is one of Germany’s most renowned reporters on international crisis regions. A journalist from Austria with several years experience, she gained recognition for her reporting from Baghdad during the Iraq war in 2003. She has received numerous awards for her courageous work in documentaries on crisis-torn regions.
Antonia Rados studied political science in Paris and Salzburg attaining a Ph.D and studied international relations at Johns Hopkins University in Bologna, Italy. Her journalistic career had begun in the Austrian ORF. In 1991 she started at German WDR, from there she moved on to RTL in 1995. After a brief spin-off to join ZDF in 2008 she returned to RTL. She won the German TV Prize and the Hanns-Joachim Friedrichs Award for her wartime coverage from Iraq. She also received the Robert Geisendörfer Prize, the German Camera Award and a nomination for the Grimme Prize and the German Television Prize.
With a wealth of experience reporting from the world’s hot spots, Antonia Rados offers audiences invaluable insights into the current social and political changes affecting the world.
With vast media experience, she is a courageous and charismatic speaker.
Topics
The Middle East
The World’s Major Crisis Regions
Media and Communications
Women in Fear
Current Political and Social Issues
A Female Viewpoint
Languages
Publications
Die Bauchtänzerin und die Salafistin (2014)
Die Fronten sind überall: Aus dem Alltag der Kriegsreportage (2009)
Im Land der Mullahs: Wie eine Reporterin den Iran erlebt (2009)
Zwei Atombomben dankend erhalten (2007)
Live aus Bagdad (2007)
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Ulrich Reinhardt is a renowned Futurologist and currently he is Scientific Head at the Foundation for Future Studies. The objective Read more
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Anders Fogh Rasmussen has been at the centre of global and European politics; as the former Prime Minister of Denmark, Danish Minister of Economic Affairs and NATO Secretary General. Anders now runs, Rasmussen Global, and is non-staff adviser to Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko.
Since 2019 Anders is Strategic Advisor at Concordium, the world’s first identity-validating, regulatory compliant blockchain network. In 2017 Anders founded The Alliance of Democracies, which is dedicated to the advancement of democracy and free markets across the globe. In his earlier career, Anders has played a key role throughout his various tenures; when Denmark held the Presidency of the European Union he concluded 10 candidate negotiations for accession to EU membership. As part of NATO he helped create a fundamental transformation of the Alliance, developing a new Strategic Concept, setting core priorities for the future. In the midst of the most serious economic crisis of modern times he launched a new initiative calling on nations for more multinational cooperation.
It is Anders’ experience and achievements along with his outstanding abilities which makes him recognised as a hugely respected voice in global politics. Anders gives unique insights into geopolitical trends and international hotspots. He also shares solutions to the current international security challenges and discusses blockchain technology with great clarity.
Drawing on his skills as an effective communicator, Anders Fogh Rasmussen’s presentations engage worldwide audiences keen to hear his unique perspective on a variety of current issues.
Topics
Geopolitical Trends and International Hot Spots
International Security Challenges
Geopolitical Changes – Europe’s Role
Leadership in a Troubled World
Technology: New Frontiers in the Battle for Global Leadership
Influence of Technology on Geopolitics
Languages
Publications
The Will to Lead – America’s Indispensable Role in the Global Fight for Freedom (2016)
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Bolko von Oetinger is Germany’s out-of-the-box advisor and strategist. He is the founding member of the first Boston Consulting Group Read more
Viviane Reding completed 3 terms as member of the European Government and became Vice President and EU Commissioner responsible for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship in 2010. Following her victory in the European elections in May 2014 she has taken up her seat in the European Parliament.
In 1999, having served 10 years in the Luxembourg Parliament and 10 years in the European Parliament, she became the EU Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport. In 2004 she became the EU Commissioner for Information Society and Media where she was instrumental in the reform of the European telecom sector, opening the internal market to competition. In that period she also reformed the European research area. Viviane Reding also created the basis for a “fundamental rights culture” across the European institutions. She was awarded numerous prestigious awards and a number of “Honoris Causa” degrees by Universities.
Viviane Reding offers audiences tremendous insights into social, economic and political issues that affect Europe. As a former Commissioner for the Information Society and her continued involvement with the European Digital Agenda she is an outstanding commentator on the strategic impact of new technologies in a digital world.
Her leadership skills and extensive experience in politics and European decision making make Viviane Reding a highly sought-after speaker at prestigious conferences around the globe.
Topics
The Future of Europe
Information Society and Media
Economic and Financial Governance
Justice, Human Rights and Citizenship
Leadership
Languages
Publications
She published many articles, mainly on the reform of European Institutions, on the development of the EU into a Federal Political Union as wess as on economic and financial governance.
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Joseph E. Stiglitz is an American economist and a professor at Columbia University. He is also the co-chair of the Read more
Ulrich Reinhardt is a renowned Futurologist and currently he is Scientific Head at the Foundation for Future Studies. The objective of the Foundation, based in Germany, is to work on a contribution to the future viability of society and to develop approaches to sustainably resolve future challenges facing our society. Under Prof. Reinhard leadership the Foundation is now also looking beyond German borders and expanding its research work into Europe. He is also Professor at the University of Applied Science in Salzburg.
Prof. Dr. Reinhardt completed his studies in educational science and psychology at the University of Hamburg and joined The BAT Leisure Research Institute as a PhD student. In 2007 he became an Executive Board Member of the BAT Foundation. He succeeded Professor Dr. Horst Opaschowski as Scientific Head at the beginning of 2011. Prof. Reinhard is a member of the World Future Society and the Zukunftsforum in Bayreuth, sits on the Advisory board of the EFCL and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Stifteverband der Deutschen Wissen-schaft.
Prof. Reinhardt offers fascinating insights into social changes in society as well as the changes in consumer, leisure and tourism behaviour throughout Europe. His research results provide solid information on future trends and help companies prepare themselves for tomorrow’s world.
In his well-researched presentations, Prof. Reinhardt uses humour to make even the most complex issues easy to understand and highly informative.
Topics
Deutschlands Zukunft: Was geht? Was bleibt? Was kommt?
Wirtschaftsfaktor Freizeit – die Leitökonomie der Zukunft
Arbeitswelt 3.0 – zwischen Karriere, Selbstverwirklichung und Familie
Konsumwelt 2020 – zwischen Schnäppchenmentalität und Serviceoffensive
Bunt oder grau – Wie wollen wir in 20 Jahren leben?
Wie die Europäer ihre Zukunft sehen
Languages
Publications
So tickt Deutschland (2024)
German Mut statt German Angst: 44 Ideen für eine bessere Zukunft (2023)
Zukunft des Konsums (2019)
40 Visionen für Europa (2019)
Freizeit- und Tourismusanalyse (2018)
Schöne neue Arbeitswelt – Was kommt? Was bleibt? Was geht? (2017)
So tickt Hamburg (2017)
Schleswig-Holstein – gestern und morgen (2016)
Zukunft – die Welt im Wandel, der Mensch im Mittelpunkt (2015)
and others
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Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Dudenhöffer is a recognised expert in marketing and business management and specifically development in the automotive industry. Read more
Oscar van Weerdenburg is a senior coach and global consultant working with a wide range of blue-chip companies who operate Read more
Dr. Jonas Ridderstråle belongs to a new generation of European-based business gurus. The “2009 Thinkers 50”, the world’s first ranking of management thinkers, ranked Ridderstråle at number 23 and he belongs to the top 5 Thinkers in Europe. Currently he is a visiting professor at Ashridge Business School in the UK as well as an advisor, lecturer and consultant to a number of international corporations. He is also on the editorial board of The Capstone Business Encyclopedia.
Jonas holds an MBA and a PhD in international business and is a former Assistant Professor at the Stockholm School of Economics. Ridderstrale’s research focuses on new organisational models and leadership styles in the information age and has been published in leading academic journals. His diverse client list includes organizations ranging from Fortune 500 companies and major government bodies to sports teams and trade unions. His book ‘Karaoke Capitalism: Management for Mankind’is a globally celebrated manifesto for how to make it in the new world of commerce.
His uncompromising, imaginative and decidedly funky take on contemporary business life has made Jonas one of todays most sought after speakers. With his extensive experience Dr. Ridderstråle is widely admired for his integrity and insight and is considered to be one of the most prominent business professionals. He assists corporations to prosper in the global marketplace and cuts through the madness and hyperbole surrounding the global economy making his appeal truly global.
Jonas practices what he so persuasively preaches. With his unorthodox combination of academic rigor, forceful logic and funky free-thinking he hits home hard with a powerful message for businesses worldwide. Jonas is a presenter with a difference who makes a difference.
Topics
The Future Firm
Talent makes Capital Dance – How to Thrive in a New World
Life in a Global Village
Strategic Management and International Business
Formulating Strategies and Organisational Solutions
Global Innovation
Languages
Publications
Re-energizing The Corporation: How Leaders Make Change Happen (co-authored with Mark Wilcox) (2008)
Karaoke-Kapitalismus. Fitness und Sexappeal für das Business von morgen (mit Kjell A. Nordstrom, 2003)
Funky Business. Wie kluge Köpfe das Kapital zum Tanzen bringen (mit Kjell A. Nordstrom, 1999)
Global Innovation: Managing International Innovation (1997)
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Dambisa Moyo is a trusted advisor on Macroeconomics, Geopolitics, Technology and Millennial themes and has earned a strong reputation as Read more
Kent Ruhnke was born in Toronto, Canada and has played and coached hockey for over 50 years. A former high school teacher and graduate of the MBA program at the University of Toronto, Kent and his family are now Swiss citizens. Often referred to as “the Motivator” in the Swiss press, he is a proven winner at all levels of the game. For the last 20 years, Kent has travelled the world speaking to business groups about how to use principles of high level sport in creating a more dynamic, and productive business environment. Kent now works as a Swiss TV analyst for the NHL, the Swiss league and the hockey WM.
A former NHL player with the Boston Bruins and the Winnipeg Jets, Kent has won 6 Swiss championships – as player-coach with the Zurich Hockey Club in 1981, with Biel in 1983, with Olten in 1987, with the Zurich Lions in 2000 (their first title in 39 years), with Bern in 2004, and in 2005 with Basel. In 2005 at the All-star Weekend Awards dinner, Kent was voted the Swiss National League Coach of the Year. He is also a regular writer with his popular columns in the National newspaper the Tages Anzeiger.
Kent’s insights into what makes people and teams perform at their best make him a popular speaker for businesses, clubs and organisations.
With his entertaining and open style, Kent shows how being successful in sport can carry over to success in other walks of life as well.
Topics
Motivation
Teamwork
Leadership
Overcoming failures
Mental Toughness
Languages
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Dambisa Moyo is a trusted advisor on Macroeconomics, Geopolitics, Technology and Millennial themes and has earned a strong reputation as Read more
As Managing Director of Space Sector of the Saudi Space Commission (Space Agency) Frank supports the build-up and operations of the Space proprammes of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, becoming one of the top 10 Space Agenies by 2030.
Frank spent 19 years in the European Space Agency (ESA) as Head of Innovation and Ventures Office and he builted the largest space entrepreneurship network in the world (ESA BICs). His ESA team initiated over 370 industry transfers and aided over 1,300 start-ups. Additionally his office supported over 1,000 downstream business cases. During his ESA care he also headed the Technology Transfer office as well as the Commercial Expoloration unit for Human Spaceflight and Exploration. His ESA team supports Industry to work with ESA, venture capitalists to connect to start-ups and helps new space companies into orbit and to the Moon.
Before joining ESA, Frank held the position of Founder and CFO / COO for an IT start-up, headquartered in Munich, Germany. Frank also spent seven years at Apple Computer, now Apple Inc., as an account and sales manager, responsible for Central Europe.
With an extensive international experience gained from many years of working with leading research organisations and hundreds of start ups Frank communicates the importance and fascination of curiosity to a wide audience. He shows decision makers from all industries the importance to foster innovation, crazy ides and to stimulate entrepreneurship and disruption.
An inspiring and charismatic speaker, Frank delivers a powerful message on how innovation and technology will shape our future. Frank believes: “We all need more Space”.
Topics
Innovation & Trends & Future
Change & Innovation Management
Technologies In 2030
What Does Open Innovation Really Mean
Entrepreneurship / Start-Ups
Innovation in the Day-To-Day Business, Open innovation
Digital leadership
Languages
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Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Dudenhöffer is a recognised expert in marketing and business management and specifically development in the automotive industry. Read more
Neil Harbisson is a Catalan-raised, British-born contemporary artist and cyborg activist best known for having an antenna implanted in his Read more
Thomas Schulz knows the Silicon Valley better than hardly anyone else. As SPIEGEL correspondent, he was based in San Francisco and has been reporting from the center of the digital revolution, providing deep analysis of culture, function and strategies of the technology industry since 2012. Thanks to exclusive access to global companies such as Google, Apple, Facebook and Co, Thomas got unique insights in how the usually secretive organizations are thinking and working, how the digital transformation affects different industries and what the implications of this development are meaning for business, labor market and society.
Schulz has been writing for the SPIEGEL since 2001. Since 2008, he has been reporting as a correspondent from the US, initially with the focus on Wall Street based in New York, from where he accompanied the financial crisis. At the end of 2012 he took over the construction of the Silicon Valley office of Nachrichtenmagazin. He studied political science in Frankfurt as well as communication science in Miami as a Fulbright scholarship holder. He later became Visiting Scholar at Harvard University with a focus on globalization. He was awarded the Henri Nannen Prize, the Georg von Holtzbrinck Prize for Economic Studies, and the Reporter of the Year (medium magazine).
In his bestseller “Was Google wirklich will”, Schulz provides a one-of-a-kind view of the world’s most powerful corporation. He shows what Google is working on, how the group is organized, which strategies are persuaded by the management and what kind of political and ethical ideas influence the decision-making process. The Group’s leadership firmly believes in the ability to change the world through technology to a better one.
Schulz is certainly in the eye of the storm: By now the Silicon Valley is more than the location of a booming industry: it is the epicenter of the digital revolution and all the countless engineers and programmers, founders and group leaders aim for more than being entrepreneurs. Schulz’s knowledge is an urgently needed contribution to a highly emotional, often emotional debate about our data and the digital future.
Topics
Silicon Valley
Google
Digitization
Start Ups
Digital Revolution
IT
Biotech
Journalism
Wall Street
Media
USA
Future
Publications
Zukunfsmedizin. Wie das Silicon Valley Krankheiten besiegen und unser Leben verlängern will (2018)
Was Google wirklich will (2015)
Languages
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Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Dudenhöffer is a recognised expert in marketing and business management and specifically development in the automotive industry. Read more
Oscar van Weerdenburg is a senior coach and global consultant working with a wide range of blue-chip companies who operate Read more
Prof. Dr. Klaus Schweinsberg is an acknowledged expert on economy and strategic leadership and a high profile German media commentator. The director of the Centre for Strategy and Higher Leadership and member of the Governance Commission for family-owned businesses was nominated by the World Economic Forum in Davos as Young Global Leader. After several years as Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of Capital, Germany’s leading Economics Magazine, he now teaches strategy and economic policy at the University of Applied Sciences in Cologne and at the General Staff College of the German Armed Forces.
Klaus studied Political Economics in Switzerland, Italy and Scotland and obtained his doctorate and PhD in Economic Policy at the University of Fribourg. For ten years he held various managerial positions with Bertelsmann AG, including Business Editor of TheFinancial Times Deutschland, Editor in Chief and Publisher of Impulse. Frequently published in the press, he is also a respected adviser to senior managers in leading corporations. He is a member of the American Economic Association and the Royal Over-Seas League as well member of several supervisory boards and advisory committees.
Drawing from his extensive experiences as personal advisor and member of various supervisory boards, Klaus offers audiences an inside view of current economic trends. With a wealth of research at his disposal, he also offers audiences essential the essential tools and proven strategies designed to help organisations gain a competitive advantage in the current economic climate.
Regularly invited to appear on TV, Klaus is a dynamic and engaging speaker and has a reputation for delivering even the most complex economic issues in an easily digestible format. He is also a highly versatile and accomplished conference host.
Topics
Post-War, Post-Wall, Post-West: Boom or doom for Europe?
Europe prepares for War – Why and how responsible business leaders should do so as well
(Wie) Müssen wir uns auf Krieg vorbereiten? Warum und wie CEO und Unternehmen nun handeln müssen
Angry minds in Business and Politics: how to counter toxic leadership?
„What ever it takes“ – Ein geo- und wirtschaftspolitischer Ausblick auf 2025/2026
Eine Welt der Unsicherheit – ein Blick hinter die Kulissen des World Economic Forum und der Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz und ein Ausblick auf 2025/26
ABC der Führung – In Zeiten der Ungewissheit
Aufmerksamkeit, Agilität, Aufrichtigkeit – die 3 Alpha guter Führung
Die Welt von morgen – digitaler, nationaler, radikaler
Brennpunkte 2025/2026: geopolitisch, technologisch und wirtschaftspolitisch
War in Europe – How far? How much further?
Languages
Publications
Stresstest 2020: Welches Management funktioniert. Und warum. (2020)
Anständig führen. Acht Erfolgstugenden in Zeiten der Ungewissheit (2014)
Sind wir noch zu retten ? Warum Staat, Markt und Gesellschaft auf einen Systemkollaps zusteuern (2010)
Eigentumsverfassung und Finanzkrise (mit Otto Depenheuer, Paul Kirchhof, Friedrich Merz, Michael Hüther etc., 2009)
Praxishandbuch des Mittelstandes (mit Wolfgang Krüger, Gunter Kayser, Hermann Simon, Arnold Weissman etc., 2006)
Demokratiereform (2003)
Ökonomie im Lichte der politischen Ethik (mit Christoph Binswanger und Gerhard Schwarz, 2001)
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Bolko von Oetinger is Germany’s out-of-the-box advisor and strategist. He is the founding member of the first Boston Consulting Group Read more
Julia Shaw (born 1987) is a renowned psychological scientist at University College London. She is a bestselling author and Co-founder of the start-up Spot that empowers organisations to build a more inclusive and respectful work environment and helps employees report workplace harassment and discrimination.
Julia Shaw earned a master’s degree in Psychology and Law at Maastricht University and received a doctoral degree at the University of British Columbia, Canada, in 2009. Julia’s expertise is in false memories and how prosecution can use “tactics that may lead people to recall crimes that never happened”. She is an expert in the areas of criminal psychology, memory, diversity and AI, her work often appears on TV, radio, online and in print. Julia’s book ‘The Memory Illusion’, published in 2016, was an international bestseller that appeared in 20 languages. In 2018 Julia published her second book ‘Making Evil: The Science Behind Humanity’s Dark Side’, which also became an international bestseller.
Julia’s keynote speeches on memory hacking and AI captivate her audiences worldwide. Her fascinating and inspiring presentations will change the perception on memories and humanity’s dark side.
Julia Shaw is a knowledgeable and passionate communicator. Her expertise and deep knowledge will enthuse the audience.
Topics
Tackling Workplace Harassment
Ethical Blindness
Memory Hacking
Artificial Intelligence
Upgrade your Workplace Culture
Future of Memory / Digital
Identity
Memory Illusion
Making Evil
Languages
Publications
Making Evil: The Science Behind Humanity’s Dark Side (2018)
The Memory Illusion (2016)
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Dambisa Moyo is a trusted advisor on Macroeconomics, Geopolitics, Technology and Millennial themes and has earned a strong reputation as Read more
Dirk Soltau is an astrophysicist and worked at the renowned Kiepenheuer Institute for Solar Physics since 1977. Dr. Soltau led the construction and commissioning of the largest German solar telescope on the Canary Island of Tenerife. Meanwhile, he has worked on the development of even more powerful optical systems, which enable observations to be carried out from the ground, for which, until a few years ago, only space telescopes were used.
In 2010, in the year of energy, Soltau is dedicated to the topic of energy: which forms of energy can be harnessed in the future and can be exploited. Dr. Soltau has already published various papers in trade journals. His scientific work takes him to the places of astronomical research all over the world.
In his lectures, he deals with the magic word “Energy” and presents all the different facets of it. As a solar physicist, he has a personal opinion about where the energy of the future should come from. One of its focuses is the development of new telescopes. He is considered as a specialist in one of the latest optical technologies, the Adaptive Optics.
In his amusing lectures that cover the entire field of astrophysics and space research, Dirk Soltau also conveys complicated connections in an entertaining manner. Dr. Soltau abducts the audience into unknown dimensions that inspire new perspectives and ways of thinking. In any case, best edutainment is offered at a high level.
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Joseph E. Stiglitz is an American economist and a professor at Columbia University. He is also the co-chair of the High-Level Expert Group on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress at the OECD, and the Chief Economist of the Roosevelt Institute. A recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2001) and the John Bates Clark Medal (1979), he is a former senior vice president and chief economist of the World Bank and a former member and chairman of the (US president’s) Council of Economic Advisers.
In 2000, Stiglitz founded the Initiative for Policy Dialogue, a think tank on international development based at Columbia University. He has been a member of the Columbia faculty since 2001 and received that university’s highest academic rank (university professor) in 2003. In 2011 Stiglitz was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Known for his pioneering work on asymmetric information, Stiglitz’s work focuses on income distribution, risk, corporate governance, public policy, macroeconomics and globalization. He is the author of numerous books, and several bestsellers. His most recent titles are People, Power, and Profits, Rewriting the Rules of the European Economy, Globalization and Its Discontents Revisited, The Euro and Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy.
With humour he delivers the most informative of messages that convey the global economic context with ease.
Topics
The Economics of Information
Dealing with the Current Financial Crisis
The Economics of the Public Sector
The Role of the Government in the Economy
Market Failures
Impact of Low Rate Savings on Long Term Growth Prospects
Globalisation
Languages
Publications
Rewriting the Rules of the European Economy (2020)
People, Power, and Profits (2019/paperback 2020)
Globalization and Its Discontents Revisited (2017)
The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict (with Linda J. Bilmes) (2008)
Making Globalization Work (2006)
Fair Trade for All: How Trade Can Promote Development (2005)
and many more
Awards
Open Society Prize, Central European University, June 2019
Anthony Atkinson Equality Prize, Observatoire Québécois des Inégalités, Blue Metropolis, April 2019
The Euro listed on 8 Best Books on European Politics, The Independent, June 27, 2018
Sydney Peace Prize 2018, Sydney Peace Foundation, University of Sydney, November 2017
Estoril Global Issues Distinguished Book Prize, for The Euro, May 2017
National Association of Business Economics (NABE) Paul A. Volcker Lifetime Achievement Award for Economic and Monetary Policy, March 2017
Bloomberg 50 Most Influential People in the World of Finance, September 2016
2015 POLITICO 50 List, POLITICO Magazine, September 10, 2015
Nobel Prize for Economics (2001)
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb spent 21 years as a risk taker (quantitative trader) before becoming a researcher in philosophical, mathematical and (mostly) practical problems with probability.
Taleb is the author of a multivolume essay, the Incerto (The Black Swan, Fooled by Randomness, Antifragile, and Skin in the Game) covering broad facets of uncertainty. It has been published into 41 languages. In addition to his trader life, Taleb has also written, as a backup of the Incerto, more than 50 scholarly papers in mathematical statistics, genetics, quantitative finance, statistical physics, philosophy, ethics, economics, & international affairs, around the notion of risk and probability (grouped in the Technical Incerto).
Taleb is currently Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering at NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering (only a quarter time position) and scientific advisor for Universa Investments. His current focus is on the properties of systems that can handle disorder (“antifragile”). Taleb refuses all honors and anything that “turns knowledge into a spectator sport”.
Taleb traveled the conventional route of education to real-life and theory to practice in inverse sequence from the common one, moving from the practical to the philosophical to the mathematical. He started as a trader, then got a doctorate in mid-trading career; he wrote literary books before writing technical papers, and his work became progressively more technical and formal with time.
Topics
Probability
Risk
Fragility
Languages
Publications
Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life (2018)
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (2012)
The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010)
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (2007)
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (2001)
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Hernando de Soto is currently President of the Institute for Liberty and Democracy (ILD), based in Lima, Peru. The ILD Read more
John Thackara is a philosopher and curator. He curated the celebrated Doors of Perception conference for 20 years, first in Amsterdam, later across India, and was commissioner of the UK social innovation biennial Dott 07 and the French design biennial City Eco Lab. He currently working with China on urban-rural reconnection.
With a focus on social, ecological and relational design, John studied philosophy before working for ten years as a book publisher and magazine editor. He was the first Director (1993-99) of the Netherlands Design Institute. He is a senior fellow at the Royal College of Art, a visiting professor at Tonhji University in Shanghai, and Visiting Professor at School of Visual Arts in New York. His most recent book ‘How To Thrive In the Next Economy: Designing Tomorrow’s World Today’ has just been published in China. He is “one of the most influential people in the world on ecodesign” (Vice), “a global expert on innovation and the green economy” (McKinsey Quarterly) and “one of the great voices on sustainability” (Business Week)
In his presentations John tells how AI can enable relationships that reconnect man and nature and help us accelerate the transition to ecological agriculture. He shows how AI can be a relocalisation engine, and also function as a convivial technology that enables diverse actors to work together on the many challenges, we all face. His talk is filled with compelling real-world stories.
Encounters with John Thackara can occur in a variety of formats adapted to suit your unique requirements – from a one-hour keynote lecture to more interactive workshops, design clinics and Explorers Clubs.
Topics
From Oil Age to Soil Age: Growing the Bio City
Rewilding A.I.: Machine Learning, Convivial Tech and Sustainability
The New Geographies of Innovation: Pathways to a Living Economy
Languages
Publications
Bioregions: Parhways to Urban-Rural Reconnection (2019)
How to Thrive in the Next Economy (2015)
Clean Growth: The Things We Need More Of (2009)
In the Bubble: Designing in a Complex World (2005)
The Edge Effect: Designing the Contexts for Innovation (2002)
Winners – How Europe’s Most Successful Companies Use Design to Innovate (1999)
Web Publishing Strategy (1996)
Lost in Space (1994)
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Pep Torres is an inventor and creative innovator. He works as the Creative Marketing Innovator for the technology management consultants everis, Innovation Manager at Happy Punt (Spanish fast fashion sector) and the Creative Director for the opening of the Johan Cruyff Football stadium for FC Barcelona.
In 2006, Pep founded Stereonoise, a one-of-a-kind creativity and innovation agency that provides guerilla marketing services to some of the biggest companies in the country. In 2009, he was nominated by TIME Magazine as one of the 50 best inventors in the world. In 2011, he founded the Museum of Ideas and Inventions of Barcelona, a private initiative. He’s been awarded the prestigious City Award of Barcelona. He’s the author of 8 books and an expert in communication. He is a professor for the Master in Communication Management at the Barcelona School of Management (UPF), specialising in media buzz.
Pep’s background in radio and television led him to become an international speaker over 15 years ago Pep is a creative who shares his ideas and creative experiences, whether they’re for his own initiatives or to increase awareness of a client brand. With numerous conferences and workshops under his belt, Pep’s always looking to reinvent any concept that calls his attention.
Pep gives talks and presentations at conferences and delivers workshops with a straightforward, entertaining and incredibly fun style His style always stands out for its large dose of humour and irony that captivates the audience during speeches that are as profound as they are eye-opening.
Topics
To be, or not to be in the future
If you can dream it, you can do it
Make it a Trending Topic. It’s all about storytelling
Change
Innovation
Management
Transformation
Languages
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Fons Trompenaars is the Founder and Director of the intercultural management firm Trompenaars Hampden-Turner. He is known world-wide for his work on the subject of culture and business transformation and helps Fortune 500 companies solve their business and cultural dilemmas and increase global effectiveness and performance.
Fons Trompenaars studied Economics at the Free University of Amsterdam and earned a Ph.D. from Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He is listed regularly as one of the world’s most influential, living, management thinkers and has been awarded the International Professional Practice Area Research Award by the American Society for Training and Development. In 2011 he was voted one of the top 20 HR Most Influential International Thinkers by HR Magazine. He is also ranked in the Thinkers50 2011, 2013 and 2015 as being one of the most influential management thinkers alive. Fons was inducted in the Thinkers50 Hall of Fame in 2017 which salutes distinguished Management Thinkers and their contributions.
Trompenaars has developed a model to analyse cultural differences, the so-called “Seven Dimensions of Culture Model”, showing how managing complexity in a heterogeneous environment is a major challenge for today’s international managers and corporate leaders as well as a critical component of long term success. He explains how reconciling cultural differences will lead to competitive advantage.
Fons Trompenaars gives interactive introductions into a topic with the aid of examples and best practices that relate to the audience’s daily work situation and its implications globally and presents in an entertaining, thought-provoking way.
Topics
Digital Transformation: Managing Dilemmas in a Digital World
Cultural Transformation – Leveraging Diversity
Test Your Covid-19 Agility: Are you Ready?
Cultural Values, National Responses, and the Coronavirus
Recovery Through Reconciling COVID-19 Dilemmas
How to Resolve the Dilemmas Created by Covid-19
Languages
Publications
e-bookThe Covid-19 Survival Guide (2020)
Rewarding Performance Globally: Reconciling the Global-Local Dilemma (with Robert J. Greene) (2016)
The Global M and A Tango: Cross-cultural Dimensions of Mergers and Acquisitions (2010)
Riding the Waves of Innovation (with Charles Hampden-Turner) (2010)
Innovating in a Global Crisis: Riding the Whirlwind of Recession (with Charles Hampden-Turner) (2009)
Riding the Whirlwind: Connecting People and Organisations in a Culture of Innovation (2007)
Managing Change Across Corporate Cultures (Culture for Business Series) (2005)
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Dambisa Moyo is a trusted advisor on Macroeconomics, Geopolitics, Technology and Millennial themes and has earned a strong reputation as Read more
The New York born journalist Jay Tuck is an internationally acclaimed speaker on artificial intelligence. He served as combat correspondent on the battlefields of Kuwait, Iraq and the Ukraine. He has military clearances in eight countries. His investigative books have been published in fourteen countries. He speaks regularly by private banks and financial institutions, media and medical events, law enforcement and armed forces. As well as the World Bank. His TED-Talk on artificial intelligence reached more than five million views in the internet.
Jay Tuck launched his career with the US Department of the Treasury in Washington DC and CBS News in New York. He later moved on to a distinguished career in international news. In Germany, he produced over 500 investigative segments for network television, including NDR-Panorama and WDR-Monitor. He served as combat correspondent on the battlefields of Kuwait, Iraq and Ukraine, as well as on aircraft carrier USS Truman in wartime. He has military clearances in eight countries. Jay Tuck writes for Focus, Le Point, Stern, Welt, Time Magazine and Die Zeit. He was employed for many years as Executive News Director at ARD and has significant expertise in defense, espionage and weapons technology.
He is author of acclaimed books on defense. His investigative book on Russian espionage, High-Tech Espionage (St. Martin’s Press, New York) was published in fourteen countries. His book on artificial intelligence, Evolution Without Us (Plassen Publishing) is a best-seller in Germany, also published in China. The German Ministry of Defense purchased 10,000 copies for distribution to their armed forces. His current work, “AI and Modern Warfare,” (Econ Publishing) examines battlefield experience with AI in the Ukraine War.
In his recreational time, Tuck is a runner. He was the first American ever to complete the Siberian Ice Marathon in Omsk.
Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Dudenhöffer is a recognised expert in marketing and business management and specifically development in the automotive industry. Read more
Wolfgang Ischinger is President of the Board of Trustees of the Munich Security Conference Foundation, was Chairman of the Munich Read more
Patrick van Veen’s mission is to make managers and entrepreneurs aware of our biological behaviour. He advises companies, delivers speeches and organises corporate workshops on social behaviour and organises training sessions for managers, in co-operation with the Apenheul Zoo.
Patrick van Veen studied Biology at the biology faculty of the University of Utrecht, graduating in 1993 in Social Biology. He then worked freelance for social organisations, the government and the University of Utrecht. In 1996, he made a radical turn. He decided to pursue a real career this time and joined an insurance company, where he held various positions, studied and specialised as a project manager. He took part in a management development program. In 2002, he became an independent biologist again and started his own company.
In his pioneering presentations, Patrick van Veen shows how an important part of our behaviour is determined by the same impulses that determine the social behaviour of apes. In his fascinating speeches full of actionable messages, Patrick addresses questions like ‘Why do we show certain behaviour?’, and ‘Why do problems arise?’.
Using humorous examples, Patrick van Veen draws parallels with ape social structures, helping decision makers create better communication within their organisations, in addition to helping them recognise and solve problems.
Topics
Leadership
Ape Tricks in the Workplace
A Mission from a Different Perspective
Biology in the Boardroom
Change Management
Human Resource Management
Languages
Publications
Den Kunden verführt. Was kann ein Biologe über Verkauf und Kundendienst lehren? (2017)
Urinstinkte der Liebe (bisher nur auf Holländisch, 2014)
Hilfe, mein Chef ist ein Affe (2011) (Help Mijn Baas is een Aap – 2007)
Tierische Kollegen (Dierbare Collega’s – 2007) Über Affeneigenschaften am Arbeitsplatz
Monkey see Monkey do (2007)
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Dambisa Moyo is a trusted advisor on Macroeconomics, Geopolitics, Technology and Millennial themes and has earned a strong reputation as Read more
Oscar van Weerdenburg is a senior coach and global consultant working with a wide range of blue-chip companies who operate in a complex multicultural environment. His aim is to make people curious about cultural differences, to allow them to see that it can be energising to explore different perspectives on the same situation.
Oscar van Weerdenburg has worked with international companies such as Royal Dutch Shell, HSBC, Qantas, BASF, DaimlerChrysler, ABN AMRO, PepsiCo and Goldman Sachs. In particular, he has been involved in various leadership development programs using a range of instruments for assessing cultural differences and analysing dilemmas. He is also a visiting professor on the Executive Education Programs of INSEAD and has lectured at the Michigan Business School and the Rotterdam School of Management.
Oscar van Weerdenburg’s presentations are invaluable for managers’ awareness that they are operating in a complex multicultural environment. Drawing on many years of global business experience, he builds his presentations around real-life examples of businesspeople facing tough cross-cultural issues and choices.
Oscar never fails to engage his audience with his dry humour, enabling them to see him as an entertaining and engaging speaker.
Topics
Diversity and Team Development
International Negotiations
Managing Cultural Differences
Global Leadership Development
Languages
Publications
Intercultural Readiness: Four competences for working across cultures (2014)
Risikomanagement bei der interkulturellen Zusammenarbeit (2002)
Business across Borders – No More Stumbling About. IHRIM Publications, Workforce Solutions Review (2011)
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Dambisa Moyo is a trusted advisor on Macroeconomics, Geopolitics, Technology and Millennial themes and has earned a strong reputation as Read more
Christoph von Marschall is the Chief Diplomatic Correspondent of “Der Tagesspiegel”, the leading daily in Berlin, and an internationally recognised expert on the US and its President Donald Trump. From 2005 to 2013 and in 2017/ 2018 he was based in Washington and a member of the White House Press Corps. Besides his work for “Der Tagesspiegel” von Marschall is a regular guest in TV shows.
“An expert on the intricacies of the US election system and on the changing mood of the electorate”
Christoph von Marschall holds a Ph.D. in Eastern European History from the University in Freiburg. His journalistic career began at Süddeutsche Zeitung in 1989. Christoph von Marschall has won several awards including the German-American Commentary Prize for an editorial on the attacks of 9/11 and its consequences for US Foreign Policy, furthermore he won the German-Polish journalism award. He was also awarded the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland for his contribution to German-Polish reconciliation. In 2010 he received the Steuben Media Prize for his books about the US, 2019 the Lucius D. Clay Medal and 2020 the Duchesse Hedwig of Silesia Award of the University of Wroclaw (Breslau).
A frequent guest and observer in the White House under Barack Obama and Donald Trump, the award winning journalist talks about his unique experiences behind closed doors in Washington D.C. Christoph von Marschall analyzes how questions of race and religion and the Corona recession dominate US politics. He offers valuable insights into the political landscape of the United States and the consequences for the world.
Christoph von Marschall provides his audiences with a vivid and insightful analysis of power relations and the political climate in the US.
Topics
American Global Power and its Implications for the Rest of the World
Green America? Opportunities and Limits of Energy and Climate Policy in the US
World Power Europe? How the EU can benefit from the political decline of the US
Stress Test for Germany as Role Model. How Shifts in the International Order undermine Europe’s Power House
Languages
Publications
Wir verstehen die Welt nicht mehr. Deutschlands Entfremdung von seinen Freunden (2018)
Was ist mit den Amis los? Über unser zwiespältiges Verhältnis zu den USA (2016)
Der neue Obama. Was von der zweiten Amtszeit zu erwarten ist (2012)
Michelle Obama: Ein Amerikanischer Traum (2009)
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Ulrich Reinhardt is a renowned Futurologist and currently he is Scientific Head at the Foundation for Future Studies. The objective Read more
Bolko von Oetinger is Germany’s out-of-the-box advisor and strategist. He is the founding member of the first Boston Consulting Group (BCG) office in Germany. In 2008 he retired from BCG and serves the firm as a Senior Advisor. Von Oetinger has written several articles and published books on strategy, strategic thinking, and innovation.
Dr. Bolko von Oetinger holds a master’s degree in Political Science and received his doctorate from the Faculty of Economics and Social Affairs at the FU Berlin. He headed BCG’s worldwide marketing operations from 1994 to 1997 and in 1998 founded the firm’s Strategy Institute, in which BCG has concentrated its research with academic and scientific institutions about the nature of strategy. In 2004, he was appointed honorary Professor at the WHU Koblenz, lecturing there since 1998, and is Honorary Professor of Strategic Management at WHU Vallendar.
The major focus of Dr. Bolko von Oetinger’s work has been the question of renewal, innovation, corporate vision and organization which he provides in his invaluable presentations. Since 1981, Dr. von Oetinger has been directing the Kronberg Conferences, BCG’s renowned strategy conferences for senior executives in Germany.
Dr. von Oetinger’s exceptional presentations show how he is able to take the sometimes unconventional routes to find unique strategies.
Topics
Strategy and Strategic Thinking
Innovation
Corporate Social Responsibility
Organisational Renewal
Knowledge Management’s Next Generation
Strategic Management
Languages
Publications
How Organizations Get Smart–and Stay Smart (Harvard Business Review Collection) (2008)
Hänsel und Gretel und die Kuba-Krise (2006)
Die Renaissance des Raumes (Harvard Businessmanager) (2004)
A Passion for Ideas: How Innovators Create the New and Shape Our World (2002)
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Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Dudenhöffer is a recognised expert in marketing and business management and specifically development in the automotive industry. Read more
Catalin Voss is an engineer and entrepreneur who graduated from Stanford University with a MS and BSH in Computer Science. He founded the Stanford Autism Glass Project, an emotional learning aid for children with autism based on smart glasses like Google Glass, and the computer vision company Sension, which was acquired by GAIA Systems (owned by Toyota) in 2015. He has been recognized with several awards for his work, including, the Lemelson-MIT prize, Stanford’s Kennedy Medal, Forbes’ 30 under 30, Business Insider’s 40 under 40, and several profiles He is also a Venture Part-ner at Axel Springer, Europe’s largest publishing company.
At the age of 12, Catalin taught himself the basics of mobile soft-ware development when iPhone apps first became popular, and a year later, he started a German podcast about iOS development. His tutorials quickly gained > 200,000 views and became the #1 podcast on the German iTunes store. In 2009, he began working on iPhone apps for the U.S. Army and launched 5 applications. PayNearMe hired him as a soft-ware engineer to work on its Sili-con Valley startup’s mobile prod-uct working on the company’s iPhone, Android and web plat-forms and helped launch a mobile cash payments platform together with Macintosh-inventor Steve Capps while still in high school.
Catalin is a dynamic entrepreneur who advises decision makers from a wide range of businesses how technology and innovation change the way we do business around the world.
His highly informative and enlight-ening presentations make Catalin Voss a sought after commentator at conferences around the globe.
Topics
Internet
IT Entrepreneurship
Technology
Innovation
Software Development
Digital Business
The Digital Future
Future
Languages
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Duncan Wardle was Head of Innovation and Creativity at Disney. Together with his team he helped Imagineering, Lucasfilm, Marvel, Pixar and Disney Parks to innovate, creating magical new storylines and experiences for consumers around the globe.
As founder of iD8 & innov8 Duncan Wardle now brings his extensive Disney experience to audiences around the world using a very unique approach to Design Thinking, that not only places the end user at the core of the creative thinking process, but also looks in new and usual places to uncover insights for innovation, helping people capture unlikely connections, leading to fresh thinking and disruptive ideas
Duncan Wardle is a multiple Ted X speaker and contributor to Fast Company Magazine. He teaches Master Classes at Yale, the University of North Carolina, Duke University and the University of Florida. In 2008 he received the American Citizen of Choice Award at the White House. In 2014 he was awarded an Hons. Doctorate from Edinburgh University in Scotland. He also holds the Duke of Edinburgh Award presented by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth.
Delivering a series of keynotes, workshops and ideation forums, Duncan’s unique Design Thinking process helps companies embed a culture of innovation into everyone’s DNA. He inspires companies to be more innovative and creative and teaches hands-on workshops, marrying strategic thinking with creative ideation to deliver game-changing, measurable results.
Topics
Human vs Artificial Intelligence
Embedding Innovation into Everyone’s DNA
Harry Potter Themed Presentation
Innovating @ Disney
Leading for Creativity
Demystifying Design Thinking
Insights for Innovation
Creating Cultural Change
Languages
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Markus Weise is one of the most successful German coaches. At the London Olympics in 2012 and in 2008 in Peking he won the Gold Medal with the German Men’s National Team. In 2004 in Athens he also won the Gold Medal with the German Women’s National Field Hockey Team thus becoming the first coach in history of field hockey to win an Olympic Gold medal in both the Men’s and Women’s competitions.
Since 2006 he was the Head of the German National Field Hockey Team. Previously he was the coach of the German Women’s National Field Hockey Team. As a club coach in the German Bundesliga (1st Division) he was the head coach for many years with the TSV. He was awarded coach of the Year in 2011 by the German Olympic Sports Association. In 2011 and 2013 he became European Champion with the Men’s Field Hockey Team and 2 x World and European Champion with the Men’s Indoor Hockey Team.
Markus Weise believes in treating all his players with respect. In return he expects a high degree of self-discipline and performance. Highly motivated people and good teamwork will ultimately lead to success in sport as well as in business. Markus uses parallels between his work as a coach and the successful leadership of an organisation to illustrate how to achieve one’s goals..
His inspirational presentations make him a highly sought after speaker at events throughout the world.
Topics
Motivation and Goals
Teamwork and Teamdynamics
Values and People Oriented Leadership
Performance and Success
Olympic Games
Languages
Auszeichnungen
Trainer of the Year (2011)
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Fabian Westerheide delivers inspiring and passionate keynote speeches on the world of Artificial Intelligence.
As an entrepreneur of the digital industry, author and investor, Fabian Westerheide is involved in over 40 companies. Furthermore, he is the organizer of the biggest Conference of Artificial Intelligence “Rise of AI”, coordinator for Artificial Intelligence at the Federal Association of German Start-Ups (Bundesverband deutscher Start-Ups) and Expert for Artificial Intelligence for the Bundestag.
In addition to several TEDx speeches and presentations at international technology conferences, Fabian Westerheide regularly talks about the status, the development and the future with Artificial Intelligence for companies like Daimler, Microsoft, Audi, Commerzbank, Telekom; Parties and foundations.
Artificial Intelligence offers opportunities and challenges for companies, education, politics and society. It affects us all and needs to be understood and discussed in time.
Fabian understands why Artificial Intelligence is (again) relevant today. He defines AI and gives a comprehensive overview of the current state of technology. Afterwards, Fabian Westerheide discusses further questions, before he finally gives an outlook on trends and developments of Artificial Intelligence.
Fabian speaks thrilling and embodies the seriousness of a person whose daily work consists of Artificial Intelligence at the same time. He sets a high pace, explains also complex contexts in a comprehensive way and encourages his listeners to reflect and think about AI as it is about to become an important element of our daily (work) life.
Topics
Is Germany ready for the rise of AI?
Strategic implications of AI for companies
AI as a chance for companies and foundations
Software is eating the world and AI is eating Software
The second cognitive (r)evolution
Artificial swarm intelligence
How AI is administrating our world
Languages
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Martin Wezowski is the Chief Futurist at SAP. He is responsible for SAP’s long term innovation vision as a fundament for SAP’s corporate foresight and innovation strategy. He’s mission is to “know and show what is next for SAP and the future of work”, more specifically, he crafts future software and platform concepts, narratives and outlooks, defines and runs innovation frameworks to prepare SAP’s and it’s vast ecosystem for the future.
“I want to innovate what we call WORK out of our lives. The vision is that humans and machines work in a symbiosis, human ingenuity and machine intelligence in optimal balance, where learning and discovery is bi-directional, where technology learns HUMAN, understands, augments and respects each one of us in a hyper-personal way”
He is active outside SAP, WEF Strategic Foresight Forum, a faculty member of Futur/IO, a European future institute and other education programs, he advises on several boards, and heads up his own “The Wezowski” as lecturer and advisor in transformative innovation, methods to “lead from the future”, and future-ready change-leadership.
2017 he was named 1 of 100 most innovative minds in Germany as the “Software visionary” in the prestigious German business publication Handelsblatt.
Martin explores the mechanics and practical methods for transformative change. What it means to be an innovator and strategist is changing fast, from classic product definition to systemic interplay of “everything”, including social and political systems, deeply rooted in the challenges and promises between cutting edge tech, and human potential.
This means that when the future is faster than our organizations and ecosystems, we need to practice foresight and design a relationship with our partners and customers, when we do that the product will naturally follow. The rapid change is an asset, our most important innovation brief and the stakes to get the “right thing right” are high.
Technology is human evolution, it creates a playground that Martin calls the “Humachine”, a symbiosis between human ingenuity and machine intelligence, this opens new horizons for our imagination in a time when “now” has never been so temporary. He asks “what is human, and what is work in a superhuman future?”
Prior to joining SAP he moved across a range of disciplines from strategic leadership, systems design to human experience crafting. He worked for Sony/Ericsson in Sweden/Japan, as Creative Director, later, in Shenzhen China, as Director of the Strategic UX Board for Huawei.
He builds on his international adventures stretching from Poland, Sweden, Japan and China to Germany, and carves out time from the vision and strategy work to frequently share his passion for leading from the future, with a clear vision for humans and technology around the world.
Topics
Strategic Foresight & Corporate Vision
Innovation Strategy
Long-term innovation Leadership & methodologies
Artificial Intelligenz (AI)
Human-Machine/AI relationship
Emerging Tech & Science
Innovation and Creativity Culture in business and arts
Future of Work
Future Ready Organizations
Languages
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A Silicon Valley icon, technology entrepreneur and philanthropist for more than forty years, Steve Wozniak has helped shape the computing industry with his design of Apple’s first line of products the Apple I and II. He also influenced the popular Macintosh. In 1976, Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Computer Inc. with Wozniak’s Apple I personal computer. The following year, he introduced his Apple II personal computer, featuring a central processing unit, a keyboard, color graphics, and a floppy disk drive. The Apple II was integral in launching the personal computer industry. He is listed as the sole inventor on four Apple patents.
In 1981, he went back to UC Berkeley and finished his degree in electrical engineering/computer science. To date, Wozniak has received ten Honorary Doctor of Engineering degrees. In May 1982 and 1983, Wozniak, founded the company Unuson, an abbreviation of “unite us in song”, which sponsored two US Festivals. Initially intended to celebrate evolving technologies, the festivals ended up as a technology exposition and a rock festival as a combination of music, computers, television, and people.
For his achievements at Apple, Wozniak was awarded the National Medal of Technology by President Ronald Reagan in 1985, the highest honor bestowed on America’s leading innovators. In 2000, he was inducted into the Inventors Hall of Fame and was awarded the prestigious Heinz Award for Technology, The Economy and Employment for single-handedly designing the first personal computer and for then redirecting his lifelong passion for mathematics and electronics toward lighting the fires of excitement for education in grade school students and their teachers.
Through the years, Wozniak has been involved in various business and philanthropic ventures, focusing primarily on computer capabilities in schools and stressing hands-on, experiential learning that encouraged creativity and innovation by students. Making significant investments of both his time and resources in education, he adopted the Los Gatos School District, providing students and teachers with hands-on teaching and donations of state-of-the-art technology equipment.
He also founded the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and was the founding sponsor of the Tech Museum, Silicon Valley Ballet and Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose. In 2014, he was awarded the Hoover Medal, a prestigious honor given for “outstanding extra-career services by engineers to humanity,” and was inducted into the IndustryWeek Manufacturing Hall of Fame. In 2015, Wozniak received the Legacy for Children Award from the Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose. The Legacy for Children Award honors individuals whose legacy has significantly benefited the learning and lives of children. The Cal Alumni Association (UC Berkeley’s Alumni Association) presented Wozniak with the 2015 Alumnus of the Year Award.
Wozniak is the author of iWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon (Norton Publishing), his New York Times best-selling autobiography. His television appearances include: ABC’s Dancing with the Stars, The Big Bang Theory, My Life on the D List, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Conan, TheTonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Celebrity Watch Party.
Wozniak continues to pursue his entrepreneurial and philanthropic interests to this day. In October 2017, Steve co-founded Woz U — a postsecondary education and training platform focused on software engineering and technology development. He has also recently co-founded Efforce — which leverages disparate applications of blockchain technology.
During it all Wozniak has delivered thousands of talks and fireside chats, thrilling audiences and inspiring the next generation of entrepreneurs and engineers. He is traveling the world trying to inspire the next generation or building sustainable businesses.
Topics
The founding of Apple
Entrepreneurship or thinking like an entrepreneur within a larger company
iWoz, his autobiography
His personal vision for the future of technology
Wearables
Bitcoin
Electric Vehicles
Self-Driving Cars
Innovation and creativity
Robotics and automation
Education
The Internet of Things
Artificial Intelligence
Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
Languages
Publications
iWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It. (his autobiography with Gina Smith) (2006)
Awards
2019 and 2020 List as Top 50 Keynote Speakers in the World by Real Leaders
2015 awarded Alumnus of the Year from UC Berkeley Alumni Association
2014 awarded Lifetime Achievement Award from Young Presidents Organization
2000 Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame
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Ingolf Wunder is an exceptional Austrian classical pianist, composer, conductor and entrepreneur. In 2018, he founded “APPASSIO” with his wife and in 2020 “APPASSIMO” – a music and arts education start-up used by universities in the DACH region (appassimo.com). He performs in the most prestigious halls and has recorded several CDs for “Deutsche Grammophon” & Universal Music. He is also an expert at “SDG”: Sustainable Development Goals platforms.
He conquered the world with the works by Frédéric Chopin as well as Mozart, Liszt, Beethoven and his own compostitions. Naturalness is the most meaningful musical aspect for him, along with musicality and of course perfection. He showed the first signs of musicality as a two-year-old: as soon as he heard orchestral music, he conducted it passionately.
His work is described as subtle, poetic play, personal and authentic, without inappropriate mannerisms. The improvisatory character that characterizes his music and Wunder’s strict conception of form and tempo enter into a fascinating combination. A special subtle magic is created. Add to this his charming charisma and his connection to the audience, whom he loves to take along on his musical journey.
Wunder has performed in the most prestigious halls in Europe, Asia and America: Carnegie Hall in New York, Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, Musikverein in Vienna, Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, Berlin Philharmonic, Teatre de Champs Elysees in Paris, Sala Verdi in Milan, Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Moscow Conservatory Hall, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Lotte Concert Hall in Seoul and many others. He has worked with outstanding conductors such as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Jerzy Semkow, Emanuele Krivine and Fabio Luisi as well as with renowned orchestras.
Musically he started with the violin, switched to the piano at the age of 14, at the same time developing his sporting talent and his interest in technology and computer science. His debut at the Vienna Konzerthaus followed in 1999, and at the age of 18 he performed at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris. A middle-class musical education turned into a fantastic professional career. “I never had any technical problems. I won competitions, everyone told me how talented I was, and that’s when, perhaps in childish exuberance, I said I wanted to be a pianist. And I stuck to that.” He was allowed to experiment in order to nourish his individuality and thus find his true musical identity. This identity also made it possible to overcome a brief but difficult phase of doubt, during which he considered giving up his pianistic career and studying computer science instead.
Wunder studied at the Carinthian State Conservatory in Klagenfurt, the Bruckner University Linz, as well as at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and the Cracow Academy of Music.
He is a multiple prize-winner at the 2010 International Chopin Competition (Warsaw, Poland), the most important piano competition in the world. In 2001 he received the Liszt Prize at the 36th International Franz Liszt Competition in Budapest, Hungary.
In 2019 Wunder made his public conducting debut with the Rubinstein Philharmonic in Lodz (Poland). In 2020 he conducted Górecki’s 3rd Symphony in the famous opera Leśna.
He draws attention to how important creativity and arts are in our society. Passion is one of his key concepts.
Topics
Arts & Culture
Music
Education
Preparation and training for excellence and peak performances
Entrepreneurship
Importance of quality music in a singularity, high-tech future
Music and the brain
The human role in an AI future – why music is key or why music matters in a technological future.
What is quality music and why should I care?
Why Music is important in a tech future?
Creativity, inspiration, vision
Leadership
Languages
Publications
100 piano masterworks. (2017)
Chopin & Liszt in Warschau (2015)
Wunder/Ashkenazy: Tschaikowski: Klavierkonzerte Nr. 1, 1 A (2014)
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The qualified physicist Prof. Dr. h.c. mult. Ranga Yogeshwar is one of the best-known science journalists in Germany and is an internationally sought-after speaker and author.
Ranga Yogeshwar was born in Luxembourg in 1959 and spent part of his childhood in India. After studying physics at the Aachen University of Technology, research work took him to Villingen (Swiss Institute for Nuclear Research (SIN)), Geneva (CERN) and the KFA in Jülich.
In 1985, Ranga Yogeshwar spent a year giving seminars and conferences in India (including: Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; University of Mysore; Doon School). In 1987 he came to Westdeutscher Rundfunk Cologne, where he most recently headed the science program group. Yogeshwar has developed, significantly designed and moderated numerous TV shows. He has been working as a freelance journalist and author since 2008. Since 2019, Ranga Yogeshwar has held an honorary professorship at the Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences and he was awarded another honorary doctorate by the University of Koblenz-Landau.
Yogeshwar is a brilliant communicator who inspires his audience with his sensitive manner and high level of professional expertise. He is one of the best-known science mediators and is now also an internationally sought-after speaker as a thought leader.
Topics
How we deal with innovation – a society in transition
Learning for the future – new ways of imparting knowledge
The sense information society
Reporting a catastrophe – catastrophe of a reporting?
Man & Machine – who programs whom?
Digitalization
Communication
Education
Journalism
Ethics and values
Languages
Publications
Nächste Ausfahrt Zukunft, Geschichten aus einer Welt im Wandel (2017)
Rangas Welt.Doppelband von Ach so! & Sonst noch Fragen? (2012)
Unsere Zukunft: Ein Gespräch über die Welt nach Fukushima (2011)
Ach so!: Warum der Apfel vom Baum fällt und weitere Rätsel des Alltags (2010)
Sonst noch Fragen? Warum Frauen kalte Füße haben und andere Rätsel des Alltags (2009)
Wer war das? Forscher und Erfinder (Audio CD – 2008)
Aids: was ist Aids? , Fragen u. Antworten. (1987)
diverse Fachpublikationen (Wissenschaft, Informationstechnik und Medien)
„Verantwortung für den Frieden“
Awards
„Journalist des Jahres“, Kategorie Wissenschaft 1.Platz“ (2007)
Deutscher IQ-Preis 2007 von Mensa in Deutschland (2007)
Grimme Preis (2003)
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Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Dudenhöffer is a recognised expert in marketing and business management and specifically development in the automotive industry. Read more
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Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg is the Chairman and a Founder of Spitzberg Partners LLC, a New York-based advisory firm that provides strategic counsel and investment insights on European and international political, economic, diplomatic, technology, and security issues. Spitzberg Partners also invest venture capital in innovative start-up companies.
Mr. zu Guttenberg served as Minister of Economics and Technology and then as Minister of Defense in the cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel. As youngest Defense Minister in German history, he led the most significant structural reform of the German armed forces since the Bundeswehr’s founding. He was a CSU Member of the German Bundestag during 2002-2011.
He is a Distinguished Statesman at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC and served as Senior Advisor to the European Commission leadership on global Internet freedom during 2011-2014. He sits on a variety of international corporate and not-for-profit boards.
Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg is a dynamic speaker with powerful messages, presented in the highest of professional styles.
Topics
Current Political, Economic and Financial Issues
Global Transatlanticism: Where the Allies Are
Iran and the Middle East
Rebuilding Transatlantic Relations
Foreign Affairs and Defence Policy
Technology and Internet Security
Publications
Vorerst gescheitert: Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg im Gespräch mit Giovanni di Lorenzo (2011)
Language
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