Former Director of Marketing for London 2012 As Director of Marketing for London 2012 (the organisation which successfully bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games) David worked with Sebastian Coe to build UK public support for the bid, and sell London’s proposals to the International Olympic Committee around the world. He devised and directed the crucial [...]

Technology Pioneer and Inventor Ray Kurzweil is one of the leading inventors of our time. He was the principal developer of the first CCD flat-bed scanner, the first omni-font optical character recognition, the first print-to-speech reading machine for the blind and the first text-to-speech synthesizer. He also designed the first music synthesizer capable of recreating [...]

Expert on IT Security and eBusiness Tim Cole is an experienced publicist, author and TV moderator in the field of eBusiness and IT security. As editor of the business magazine Net Investor he has a proven track record for journalistic objectivity, as well as the ability to critically evaluate the impact of technology on business processes [...]

World Authority on Brand Development and Identity Wally Olins is a co-founder of Wolff Olins and was Chairman of the company until 1997 and he is Chairman of Saffron Brand Consultants. He has advised many of the world’s leading organisations on identity, branding, communication and related matters. He has also worked with a number of [...]

Leading World Authority on Communications and Electronic Media and Commerce Patrick Vittet-Philippe is an expert advisor on e-business; information and communication technologies; B2B and B2C; and m-commerce for the European Commission (EC). He has been responsible in the elaboration and implementation of the main European Union (EU) policy initiatives on e-business and for drafting a number [...]

Former Nokia Enterprise Solutions EMEA Channel Marketing Manager Until recently Erik Jan Koedijk was Country Manager (Netherlands) and EMEA Channel Marketing Manager at Nokia Enterprise Solutions. An expert on Web 2.0 and networking, Erik has developed strategic channel sales and marketing plans to open new channels to deliver sales growth and above all transform strategy into [...]

Authority on the Future of Management/IT, Professor of Forecasting and Innovation James Woudhuysen is one of Europe’s best-known independent speakers and writers on the future. In the 1980s he co-directed Britain’s first major study into the future of e-commerce (’teleshopping’ in those days). He then moved to the Henley Centre, Britain’s best-known think-tank on EU [...]

Former CEO of Burger King Barry Gibbons earned the title of ‘Turnaround Champ’ from Fortune Magazine thanks to his phenomenal success in boosting Burger King’s fortunes. Within a year of taking on the role, Burger King was opening two new restaurants a day around the world. Having retired from big business, he is now a successful [...]

Expert in Virtual Reality and Computer Engineering Michael Zyda is Director of the USC GamePipe Laboratory, and a Professor of Engineering Practice in the USC Department of Computer Science. At USC, he created the ‘Batchelor of Science’ (BA) in Computer Science (Games) and ‘Master of Science’ (MS) in Computer Science (Game Development) cross-disciplinary degree programs and [...]

Professor of Strategic and International Management at LBS Costas Markides is Professor of Strategic and International Management at London Business School. A native of Cyprus, he received his BA (Distinction) and MA in Economics from Boston University and his MBA and DBA from the Harvard Business School. Prior to joining London Business School he has [...]