Innovation/Futurists

Dr Acaroglu has become a major thought leader in sustainability and design. Her talks and workshops are often described as "mind blowing" as she weaves fascinating examples that equip people with the thinking tools to create their own change in the world, as witnessed by over 1.4m who have watched her TED talk.

Leyla Acaroglu

Michael Acton Smith OBE is a highly successful technology entrepreneur and leader. He is the co-founder and Co CEO of Calm, whose mission is to make the world a happier and less stressed place by bringing meditation and mindfulness to the mainstream.He is also the creator of Moshi Monsters and CEO and Founder of entertainment company, Mind Candy and Co-founder of Firebox.

Michael Acton Smith OBE

Lucy Adams is CEO of ‘Disruptive HR’ and a former BBC HR Director during a turbulent period of change. Gives a fresh perspective on business leadership in times of change in major organisations.

Lucy Adams

Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock is a scientist and broadcaster who people refer to as the BBC’s ‘face of space’. She is the presenter of the astronomical institution The Sky at Night, has fronted a number of space documentaries, and regularly appears on science and non-science programmes.

Maggie Aderin-Pocock

Co-founder and Head of Design at Kickstarter, the groundbreaking crowdfunding website which has raised over $752m for over 50k projects from computer games and music to technology and feature films. An innovator passionate about the internet.

Charles Adler

Ash is an entrepreneur who found his way into digital entrepreneurship when he sold his first award-winning internet business at the age of just 19. Serial tech master known for his high-speed innovative growth hacking.

Ash Ali

Global thought-leader in business futurism. Renowned for making complex societal shifts and emerging technologies relatable for any audience.

Kate Ancketill

Azeem Azhar is the Founder and author of Exponential View which concentrates primarily on technology, business models, the political economy and society. Azeem is also on the board of the Ada Lovelace Foundation, the leading independent research institute focussed on the ethics of AI. He is a venture partner at Kindred Capital, a generalist early stage VC fund, and an advisor to Fabric Ventures, a blockchain-focused VC fund. He is a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Future's Council on the Digital Economy and Society.

Azeem Azhar

Georgie is a technology and consumer presenter, broadcaster and journalist, best known for Channel 5's The Gadget Show and Shop Smart Save Money, specialising in sustainability and echo-tech content.

Georgie Barrat

Author of The Dark Net and Radicals and Director of the Centre for the analysis of social media ,Jamie speaks expertly on important topics such as cyber security, internet cultures and surveillance technology.

Jamie Bartlett

Chris Barton is the Founder and Creator of Shazam, Entrepreneur, Inventor, and Tech Investor; a dynamic tech speaker on creativity

Chris Barton

Dave is a much sought - after motivational speaker with an original take on transformation of businesses and mindsets using creativity as the prime driver of change

Dave Birss

Award-winning speaker specialising in the future human, Artificial Intelligence and body responsive technologies. She is the studio expert for BBC World Service Digital Planet (formerly BBC Click) and is a Reader in Digital Immersion at the University of Greenwich.

Ghislaine Boddington

Jason is the former host of The Gadget Show, a charismatic and inventive technology expert whose acclaimed public speaking has been turned into '30 Days of AI'; a machine learning revolution with profound implications for how we live and work

Jason Bradbury

Gavin Brown is a Senior Lecturer at Liverpool University. He is also a Co-founder and Director of Blockchain Capital Limited – a London based cryptocurrency & blockchain hedge fund.

Gavin Brown

Graeme Codrington is an expert on the future of work and the disruptive forces that are shaping it. As an author and researcher, his insights and analysis are sought after by business schools and CEOs around the world, with five degrees, four best selling books and a full-time research team at his company, TomorrowToday.

Graeme Codrington

President and CEO of PayByPhone, one of the fastest growing mobile payment companies in the world.

Jonny Combe

Dave helps organisations and individuals to see the full potential that technology offers of a modern, digital society. He focuses not on the technology itself, but on the humans who use it. Inspiring corporate choice!

Dave Coplin

Nicole Crentsil is a Ghanaian-British entrepreneur, angel investor and cultural curator.

Nicole Crentsil

Emma is an Irish-Nigerian broadcaster, social historian and best-selling author. Her debut book, Don't Touch My Hair, was first published in 2019. Emma is a frequent contributor to print and online media, including The Guardian, Irish Times, Dublin Inquirer, Vice, and in academic journals.

Emma Dabiri

Bruce ran Twitter in Europe for twelve years before becoming a best selling author and technology leader, having launched the successful “East, Sleep, Work Repeat” podcast. One the most respected thought leaders on the subject of workplace culture and the future of work, Bruce is a highly sought after keynote speaker at conferences around the world.

Bruce Daisley

Alex is a leading female tech entrepreneur with a successful track record in start-ups; a shining example of what is achievable with imagination and energy, her views are sought by all spectrums of the current political establishment

Alex Depledge

Lisa founded Red Goat Cyber Security in 2017 to teach companies about the methodologies used by cyber criminals. Her areas of expertise include social engineering, the psychology of persuasion, insider threats and rehearsing for a cyber attack. She has conducted ground-breaking research into the psychology behind insider threats and created the first ever GCHQ certified social engineering course.

Lisa Forte

Danny is a World-renowned Tech Journalist who writes for the Sunday Times from the USA

Danny Fortson

Professor in the Mathematics of Cities at the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at UCL where she studies patterns in human behaviour using her knowledge of AI techniques amongst other scientific tools to predict the future

Hannah Fry

Real estate futurist and industry trends presenter - topics include innovation, disruption, IoT, sustainability, design thinking, future workplace, robots, cities, architecture and the built environment.

Nikki Greenberg

Founder of The Next Big Thing consultancy who has worked with diverse blue chip clients across a wide range of sectors - from Finance to FMCG, Media to Music, Publishing to Personal Technology. A trend expert, futurist and marketeer.

William Higham

An award-winning business author and futurist of work. Her latest book , "The Nowhere Office" ,has been praised by FT

Julia Hobsbawm

Kitty Horlick is Founding Partner of web3 consultancy, Blackwood; a highly sought after speaker on the Metaverse, Blockchain, NFTs, Cryptocurrencies and associated technologies.

Kitty Horlick

A speaker and magician who specializes in creative thinking and communication. His entertaining talks and workshops teach valuable skills to help delegates innovate, solve problems, think more creatively ‘like magicians’ and clearly communicate with their audiences.

Christopher Howell

Christian is a data scientist who uses it to create stories. He has worked on some of the biggest platforms on TV, turning social media data and statistics into engaging content, and is particularly good at detecting trends well ahead of traditional reporting processes

Christian Howes

Anders Indset is a Norwegian academic with a rock-star look and presentation; a unique approach to the multiple business challenges arising from the digital revolution; a philosophy on life which offers leaders an alternative way to a brighter future.

Anders Indset

Nick is an internationally-recognized thought leader on how leadership, innovation, and sustainability can transform the future of business in an increasingly complex, digital, and disrupted world.

Nick Jankel

Named one of the most creative entrepreneurs for 2020, Shivvy Jervis is an award-winning Trends Forecaster, Broadcaster and the Founder of forecasting lab FutureScape 248.

Shivvy Jervis

Sam is the founder of Gener8, a browser enabling people to take back control and monetise their own data; a sought after speaker on tech related issues including artificial intelligence and business ethics.

Sam Jones

A leading expert in AI, analytics, digital strategy and big data.

Adrian Joseph OBE

Irra Ariella Khi is an award-winning entrepreneur and author of multiple data security patents in USA and Europe. She is the only female CEO to successfully commercialise blockchain technology for international border management and identity.

Irra Ariella Khi

Turi uses genetics in the fields of forensics, history, genealogy, and archaeology, and is best known for ‘cracking one of the biggest forensic DNA cases in history’ – the identification of the remains of King Richard III.

Turi King

Louise is the founder of PhygitalTwin, a technology entrepreneur with a positive take on the innovative possibilities of AI to revolutionise businesses, especially in the competitive world of fashion retailing.

Louise Laing

Toby is a former member of the British Intelligence Services, now leading an international team of Cyber Security Analysts for the British AI & Cyber Security firm, Darktrace; a speaker with real life experience of AI

Toby Lewis

Award-winning AI Content and Prompt Engineering Strategist, worked for Microsoft and Google. Presenter for Apple Music, Channel 4, Virgin and the BBC

Georgia Lewis Anderson

Creative genius and senior director at LEGO was responsible for the global brand, product and campaign development of its core business (toys) as well as their theme park, media and brand licensing divisions. Christian left LEGO to help international companies develop and implement strategies for customer focused growth (brand strategy, innovation and corporate vision/identity).

Christian Majgaard

Dr Pippa Malmgren is a world renowned economist with an impressive track record as an adviser to US & UK Governments stretching over many years as an interpreter of hi tech trends.

Pippa Malmgren

Digital Pioneer and A.I. Scientist, Member of the Expert Group at The Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI), an OECD and G7 initiative for A.I.

Inma Martinez

Benita is a world-leading speaker, changemaker and climate change consultant to some of the world’s most forward-thinking businesses as well as an entrepreneur in her own right.

Benita Matofska

Charlie spent more than 30 years in the Metropolitan Police where she set up and led the Police Central e-crime Unit, with the national remit to undertake cybercrime investigations that impact the UK. She is now Senior Cyber Crime Advisor to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

Charlie McMurdie

Dhiraj is a Co-Founder of Shazam, the mobile music recognition company (acquired by Apple in 2018). He was named one of Europe’s Top 50 technology entrepreneurs by the Financial Times in 2015. In the course of his career, Dhiraj has served in senior roles in media & entertainment, digital business consulting and the charity sector with Save the Children.

Dhiraj Mukherjee

Ed Newton-Rex is one of the world’s leading experts and speakers on Generative AI.

Ed Newton-Rex

Property Expert and Mortgage Broker, Tayo Demystifies confusing property focused topics for the everyday person. Host of The Great House Giveaway on Channel 4.

Tayo Oguntonade

Founder & CEO of Playmob, connecting gamers with brands to raise funds for good causes

Jude Ower MBE

Co-CEO of Decoded, a technology education company and expert on digital transformation, artificial intelligence and blockchain

Kathryn Parsons

Samantha is Co-Founder of Open Bionics; an award-winning start-up developing low-cost bionic hands that look and feel good, for amputees or those born without a hand. She is an entrepreneur, a journalist and a digital marketer.

Samantha Payne

- Caroline is a best-selling and award-winning writer, broadcaster, feminist campaigner, and speaker. Her talks focus on the data gender bias and how it affects organisations and prevents a world that is inclusive for everyone.

Caroline Criado Perez OBE

Theo Priestley is one of the most recognised independent technology industry influencers and evangelists, ranking in the Top 100 thought leaders across Metaverse, Virtual/ Augmented Reality, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Internet of Things and future trends

Theo Priestley

Paul Redmond is one of the UK’s leading experts on generational change and the future of work. As a leading expert in generational theory and employability, Dr Paul Redmond’s research and keynote talks are at the forefront of what this means for managers, recruiters, HR specialists and individuals.

Paul Redmond

Chartered psychologist, Sarah specialises in guiding organisations through the process of change and demonstrating how effecting transformation can be achieved. She has over 15 years experience coaching senior business leaders and their teams, and her work with major organisations has taken her all over the world.

Sarah Rozenthuler

Dino is CEO at Persephonic, a Podcast Pioneer and the architect behind the hugely successful "News Agents" podcast presented by John Sopel and Emily Maitlis.

Dino Sofos

Ayo Sokale is a Civil engineer, BBC Presenter, Former Deputy Mayor of Reading and a highly regarded speaker on STEM, sustainability and Neurodiversity

Ayo Sokale

Since taking over Cosmopolitan Magazine in 2015 she has led the magazine through a dramatic new look leading it becoming the best-selling young women’s title in the UK and increasing circulation by an unprecedented 59%. In 2017 Farrah was named as one of only 36 BAME leaders in the UK. Of the 1,049 most powerful people in Britain, just 36 are from ethnic minorities – and Farrah is one of only seven women.

Farrah Storr

Business woman, entrepreneur and writer who regularly hosts corporate events. Julia’s team have always worked remotely, something she introduced as she saw it was a way of avoiding the loss of female talent due to family commitments, and so is experienced in leading and inspiring a remote team.

Julia Streets

Katherine is a neuro scientist who talks about the interplay of the body and the brain, the role of emotions of leadership and decision making and the impact of AI

Katherine Templar Lewis

Trendwatcher, futurist and international keynote speaker Richard van Hooijdonk takes you to an inspiring future that will dramatically change the way we live, work and do business.His inspiring sessions and lectures on world trends, technology and marketing have been attended by over 420,000 people.

Richard van Hooijdonk

Renowned as The Digital Speaker, Mark is a trailblazing strategic futurist and highly sought-after international keynote speaker; with particular emphasis on AI, blockchain and the metaverse.

Dr Mark van Rijmenam CSP

Richard Watson successfully predicted the '08/09 crash in his book What's Next and the Global Pandemic in 2019 to the Sunday Times. Richard focuses particularly on scenario planning and the impact of trends on long-term strategy. His book, Digital vs Human looks at how the internet, and data driven world we live in, has changed the way we think and work. His latest talks tackle the growing epidemic of debilitating busyness. Richard can also do a light hearted after dinner on some of the less plausible, and frankly risible predictions of the future.

Richard Watson

Dr Iya Whiteley is a leading space psychologist who conducts applied research, designing and developing techniques to explore the interaction of people, technology and the environment to improve quality of life in space.

Dr Iya Whiteley

Professor of Science and Society and Emeritus Professor of Fertility Studies at Imperial College London. Regular broadcaster who also contributes to Education, Science, Medicine and the Arts.

Robert Winston

James Woudhuysen is Visiting Professor at London South Bank University. He is a Futurist, a journalist and broadcaster with a reputation for registering trends well before others.

James Woudhuysen

Kit is an author, broadcaster and academic specialising in the role of mathematics in everyday life; a speaker who can explain scientific material in layman's language with wit as well as wisdom

Kit Yates