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David A. Smith

Chief Executive of Global Futures and Foresight

David Aaronovitch

Challenging political commentator

Nima Abu-Wardeh

Bilingual English Arabic broadcast journalist specialising in Arab issues

Martti Ahtisaari

President of Finland 1994-2000; winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008

Kriss Akabusi

Former World Champion, Olympic silver medalist and motivational speaker

Nabil Al Busaidi

Voted one of "Top 100 Influential Arabs"

James Alexander

Co-founder of Egg and Zopa - Customer Service, Technology and Innovation

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Authority on the relationship between the West and Islam

Simon Anholt

Independent policy advisor to over forty governments, their Presidents, Prime Ministers and Monarchs

Patrick Artus

One of the leading economists in France; speaker on the French economy

Felicity Aston

Leader of the Commonwealth Women's Antarctic Expedition

Jacques Attali

President of PlaNet Finance Group

Stephen Attenborough

Leads the commercial team at Virgin Galactic

Shaukat Aziz

Former Prime Minister of Pakistan

Mehrdad Baghai

Business Leader; Managing Director of Alchemy Growth Partners

Pradip Baijal

Former Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

Kanti Bajpai

International Relations Scholar; Professor in the Politics and International Relations of South Asia at Oxford University

GN Bajpal

Former Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board India

Adjiedj Bakas

Inspiring and visionary speaker on future trends

Katharina Balazs

Business professor and international authority on leadership

Kinvara Balfour

Trends consultant and editor of Daily Candy

Roger Ballentine

Served President Bill Clinton as Chairman of the White House Climate Change Task Force

Poonam Barua

Director PAMASIA and Founder of the WILL Forum

Camila Batmanghelidjh

Founder and CEO of Kids Company

Patrick Baudry

Celebrated French Astronaut, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador

Scott Bayman

Former Head of GE India; Business Leader

Peter Bazalgette

Leading UK TV producer, responsible for programmes such as "Big Brother" and "Deal of No Deal"

Mark Beaumont

Broke the World Record for cycling around the world

Jasper Becker

Author Writer Publisher & Speaker on China Economy & International Affairs.

David Beckham

One of the most famous footballers in the world

Sinclair Beecham

Co-founder of Pret A Manger

James Bellini

First British member of US futurology think-tank The Hudson Institute

Michael Benoliel

Expert on Negotiation

Sir Tim Berners-Lee

Inventor of the World Wide Web. The future of the internet.

Carl Bernstein

One of the Watergate investigative journalists

Luc Besson

French filmmaker, screenwriter and producer

Shantanu Bhagwat

Entrepreneur and businessman

Jagdish Bhagwati

Professor of Economics

Rama Bijapurkar

Authority on marketing in India

Harish Bijoor

Brand and Marketing specialist

Nkosinathi Biko

CEO of the Steve Biko Foundation

Carl Bildt

Foreign Secretary of Sweden

Basmah Bint Saud

Princess of Saudi Arabia, entrepreneur and journalist

Ken Blanchard

Author of The One Minute Manager

Sir Richard Branson

Founder of the Virgin Group

Leonard Brody

Digital Media Entrepreneur

John Bruton

Former Prime Minister of Ireland, EU ambassador to the US

Zbigniew Brzenzinski

Former national security advisor to the President of the United States

Mary Buffett

Author of The Buffettology Workbook, daughter-in-law of Warren Buffett

Tony Buzan

The inventor of Mind-Mapping

Frances Cairncross

President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science

Naomi Campbell

International supermodel

Caroline Casey

Founder of The Aisling Foundation and O2 Ability Awards

Stephen Chan

General Manager of TVB

Young Rok Cheong

Global Economist and Speaker on China

Jagdeep Chhokar

Retired Professor and Dean at IIM-A

Henning Christophersen

As Vice-President of the European Commission started the strategic planning for the Single Currency

Kenneth Clarke

Former Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer

Augusto Lopez Claros

Former Director of the Global Competitveness Report at the World Economic Forum

Peter Cochrane

One of the world's most respected speakers on future technology and trends

Jared Cohen

Director of Google Ideas, an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and a nonfiction author

Ed Coode

Olympic Gold medal winner with Matthew Pinsent in Athens

Gavin Cowley

Marketing Director of adidas South Africa

Gurcharan Das

Management guru, Author, and former CEO of P&G India

Ged Davis

Head of the Centre for Strategic Insight at the World Economic Forum

Jacques Delors

Former President of the European Commission

Vito Di Bari

Acclaimed futurologist, author, and an authority on innovation

Michael Douglas

Hollywood actor and producer, UN Messenger of Peace

Jason Drew

International businessman and serial entrepreneur

Mohamed El Baradei

Winner of the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize

Marianne Faithful

One of the most original female singersongwriters

Joschka Fischer

Former Foreign Minister of Germany

Pearce Flannery

Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Pragmatica

Richard Gardner

Former US Ambassador to Italy

Stephane Garelli

World authority on the international competitiveness of enterprises

Bob Geldof

Founder of Live Aid and Live8

Barry Gibbsons

Co-founder of the UK publishing business Infinite Ideas & former US-based Chairman/CEO of Burger King

Rowan Gibson

Expert on innovation, strategy and change

John Gieve

Former Deputy Governor of the Bank of England

Bruno Giussani

Author of Roam : Making Sense of the Wireless Internet

Seth Godin

Most popular marketing blogger & bestselling author

Ian Goldin

Director of the 21st Century School at the University of Oxford

Arthur Goldstuck

Expert speaker on Technology

Scott Goodstein

Developed the social networking platforms for the Obama presidential campaign

Al Gore

US Vice President & political, business and environmental visionary

Alain Goudsmet

Belgian Sports and business coach

Nik Gowing

BBC World News main presenter

David Grier

Extreme athlete who ran along The Great Wall of China

Bear Grylls

The youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest. An outstanding motivational speaker

Anil Gupta

Author of Getting China and India Right

Ben Hammersley

Trends and digital guru, author and futurist

Jenny Handley

Brand specialist, writer and speaker and owner of Jenny Handley Performance Management

Molly Harvey

Inspirational business thinker, author and speaker.

Sahar Hashemi

Co-Founder of Coffee Republic, author of Switched On

Achmat Hassiem

Footgear brand ambassador and motivational speaker

Adrian Hayes

Dubai-based record-breaking adventurer, corporate coach and speaker

Roman Herzog

Former President of Germany

Jurgen Heyman

Corporate Vice President of Sales Performance International (SPI)

Mark Holthousen

One of the leading Executive Coaches in South Africa

Roger Horrocks

Environmental photographer specialising in travel and marine imagery for advertising, editorial and stock

Anne Marie Huby

Former Executive Director of Medecins Sans Frontieres

Stephen J Dubner

Bestselling Author, FREAKONOMICS and SUPERFREAKONOMICS

Martin Jacques

Author of "When China Rules the World"

Farhang Jahapour

Authority on Middle East politics

Thomas Jankovich

Associate of FutureWorld, leader of the Innovation Practice at Deloitte Consulting South Africa

Ayo Johnson

Expert on African affairs, human rights and justice

Michio Kaku

Physicist and authority on the environment

Mishal Kanoo

Deputy Chairman of The Kanoo Group, one of the largest independent, family owned, group of companies in the Gulf region

Paul Keating

Former Prime Minister of Australia

Andrew Keen

Author of The Cult of the Amateur

Manfred Kets de Vries

INSEAD Business Professor, Psycho-analyst, Management Author

Parag Khanna

Author of The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order

Ayesha Khanna

Technology & innovation strategy expert & founder of Hybrid Reality Institute

Anne Lise Kjaer

Future Trends Speaker "Creator of Inspirational Futures" - The Times"

Vaclav Klaus

Second President of the Czech Republic

Wim Kok

Former Prime Minister of the Netherlands

Bernard Kouchner

Former French Minister of Foreign & European Affairs

Corne Krige

Former Springbok rugby captain

Remi Krug

Former President of Krug champagne.

John Kufuor

Former President of Ghana from 2001 to 2009

Martha Lane Fox

Internet Entrepreneur, Co-founder of lastminute.com

Graeme Leach

Chief Economist at the Institute of Directors

Ben Legg

Former COO of Google Europe

Gerd Leipold

Former Executive Director of Greenpeace International

Gerd Leonhard

Digital Content, Media and the Future

Norman Lewis

Former Director of Technolgy Research at Orange

Magnus Lindkvist

Futurologist and lecturer within business intelligence and trends

Greg Lindsay

Author of Aerotropolis: The Way We’ll Live Next

John D. Liu

Environmental documentary film maker and presenter

Ken Livingstone

Former Mayor of London; speaker on London in the global economy

Guy Lundy

Managing Director of Centric Consulting and the CEO of Accelerate Cape Town

Elle MacPherson

Supermodel turned fashion entrepreneur

Braam Malherbe

Extreme adventurer and conservationist

Thierry Malleret

World Economic Forum. Former Chief Economist, Alpha Bank, Moscow

Siya Mapoko

Author, Entrepreneur and motivational speaker

Jonathan Margolis

FT columnist, humorous speaker on technnolgy and predicting future trends

Inma Martinez

One of the worlds leading digital media strategists

Hamish McRae

Europe's foremost future speaker, author of What Works

Tendai Mhizha

Board level Leader and expert on branding and marketing in Africa

David Miliband

Former UK Foreign Secretary

George Mitchell

Chaired the peace negotiations in Northern Ireland; Listed by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world

Michael Mol

Medical Doctor and Top Business Speaker

Mike Moore

Former New Zealand Prime Minister and Director General of the World Trade Organisation

Nicholas Negroponte

World-renowned technology visionary

Irit Noble

Comedienne, inspirational communicator and motivator

Kjell Nordstrom

Co-author of Karaoke Capitalism and Funky Business

Azran Osman-Rani

Chief Executive Officer of AirAsia X

Chris Parry

Former head of future scenario planning and forecasting at the Royal Navy

Chris Patten

Chairman of BBC

Alex Phillips

Skippered the yacht Quadstone in the 2000 BT Global Challenge, known as The Worlds Toughest Yacht Race.

Jonathon Poritt

Writer, broadcaster and commentator on sustainable development

Michael Portillo

Former Conservative Minister

Paddy Power

Director of Communications at Paddy Power bookmakers

Ruairi Quinn

Former Leader of the Labour Party

Mamphela Ramphele

Former Managing Director of the World Bank and Vice-Chancellor of Cape Town University

Doug Richard

One of the "Dragons" from BBC TV's "Dragon's Den"

Frank-Jürgen Richter

Former World Economic Forum director of Asian affairs

Jonas Ridderstrale

Co-author of Karaoke Capitalism and Funky Business

Jeremy Rifkin

Author of the international best-seller, "The End of Work"

Mary Robinson

Former President of Ireland, United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights

Nouriel Roubini

Professor of Economics who predicted the global "credit crunch"

James Rubin

Executive Editor of the Bloomberg View

Johnny Ryan

Digital thought leader

Jeffrey Sachs

Special Adviser to Kofi Annan

Eisuke Sakakibara

Former Japanese Vice Minister of Finance

Richard Samans

Former Special Assistant to President Clinton for International Economic Policy

Ben Saunders

"The new Sir Ranulph Fiennes" Inspirational young polar explorer

Frank Schirrmacher

Author of The Methuselah Plot. Future demographic trends

Roland Schoeman

South Africa's most successful swimmer, a ten- times world record holder and Olympic Games triple medallist

Thabang Skwambane

Co-founder and executive director of Kaelo Consulting

Juergen Stark

Renowned German Economist

Peer Steinbrueck

Former Finance Minister of Germany

Mark Stevenson

Author, speaker, ideas generator and futurist

Rohit Talwar

Award winning futurist speaker, entrepreneur, specialist advisor and strategic change agent

Ufuk Tarhan

Futurist, one of the most successful businesswomen in IT

Michael Tchong

Technology, Trends, Futurist and Forward Thinker

Peter Thomson

Director of The Future Work Forum at Henley Management College

Donald Trump

Famous American entrepreneur

Nontombi Tutu

Third child of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, speaker on Human Rights Issues

Georges Ugeux

Former Vice President of the New York Stock Exchange

Theo Waigel

Former German Finance Minister

Jimmy Wales

Founder of Wikipedia

Haiyan Wang

Authority on developing business in China

Sundeep Waslekar

Strategic thinker on geopolitical futures

Derek Watts

Venus Williams

Legendary tennis champion and UNESCO Promoter of Gender Equality

Kathy Wolstenholme

Instructor in Nia Technique and Founder of Nia South Africa

Steve Wozniak

Co-founder of Apple Computers

Michela Wrong

Author and expert on contemporary African politics

Wan Zaleha Radzi

Presenter

Marvin Zonis

World authority on the intersection of e-commerce, globalisation and leadership

Estienne de Beer

Leadership and motivational coach

FW de Klerk

As President of South Africa led the peaceful handover of power to Nelson Mandela

Mixael de Kock

Chairman of The MAVERICK Group

Rodrigo de Rato

Former Managing Director of the Internatinol Monetary Fund

Paul du Toit

The Winning Attitude, Mindset Change, Customer Service Exellence

Joff van Reenen

Benefit and high impact auctioneer

Rex van Schalkwyk

Former judge of the Supreme Court of South Africa