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The World’s Largest Gathering of Futurists
Speakers and Moderators
Transforming Humanity
Dr. Mary Lou Jepsen
Openwater
Prof. Alex Ezeh
Drexel University
Narue Shiki
UNDP
Joshua Polchar
OECD
Kenechi Okeleke
GSMA Intelligence
Dr. Stefan Kohn
Deutsche Telekom
Lotfi Elati
Meta
James Pomeroy
HSBC
Michael Clark
Mastercard
Prof. Dario Floreano
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Martin Calnan
Ecole des Ponts Business School
Daniel Blume
OECD
Crystal Simeoni
Nawi – Afrifem Macroeconomics Collective
Christina Pak
Asian Development Bank
Arthur Muliro Wapakala
Society for International Development
Sarah Bird
Timebanking UK
Stefan Rust
Truflation
Khalifa Al Qama
Dubai Future Labs
Cody Combs
The National
Prof. Matthew Agarwala
Bennett Institute for Public Policy, University of Cambridge
Prof. Dieter Egli
Columbia University Stem Cell Initiative
Dr. Matthew Prior
Newcastle Fertility Centre
Dr. Mohammed Uddin
Mohammed bin Rashid University of Medicine & Health Sciences
Trish Hansen
Urban Mind Studio
Dr. Brian Czech
Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
Laurel Patterson
UNDP
Dr. Marwan AlZarouni
Dubai Blockchain Center
Dr. Belisa Marochi
Hult International Business School
Yaser AbuShaban
Silver Peak Capital Advisors
Fanette Brandalac
WHO Western Pacific Regional Office
Abdul Rahman Al Marzouqi
Telecommunications And Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA)
Matt Hervey
Gowling WLG
Regenerating Nature
Dr. Angela Wilkinson
World Energy Council
Dr. Ismahane Elouafi
CGIAR
H.E. Ambassador Majid Al-Suwaidi
Director General & Special Representative of the UAE COP28 Presidency
Bruce Friedrich
The Good Food Institute
Jolene Lum
Nurasa
Alice Ruhweza
WWF International
Dr. Eruera Tarena
Tokona te Raki: Maori Future Makers
Sabrin Rahman
Director of Partnerships at UAE COP28
Sarah Mecartney
The Pacific Community
David Bucca
Change Foods
Julius Lindsay
David Suzuki Foundation
Asya Alshehhi
Negotiator, Technology, Science and Innovation at UAE COP28
Prof. John Mankins
Artemis Innovation Management Solutions
Prof. Naoki Shinohara
Kyoto University
Melissa Ingaruca Moreno
Mycohackers
Johanna Hoffman
Design for Adaptation
Josef Hargrave
Arup
Christine Gould
Thought For Food
Nithiya Laila
SG Seedxchange
Kristin Ohlson
Author
Dr. Aaesha AlNuaimi
Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA)
Dr. Marius Oosthuizen
World Energy Council
Geraldine Wessing
Shell
Sarah DaVanzo
Pierre Fabre Foundation
Prof. Marc Buckley
ALOHAS Regenerative Foundation
Ella Saltmarshe
Long Time Project
Dr. Sanjay Vijendran
European Space Agency
Saeed Al Falasi
Dubai Centre for Artificial Intelligence
Dr. Andrew Merrie
Planethon
Samantha Matters
Future Ancestors Services
Ahmed Alshaibani
Food Tech Valley
Adib Dada
theOtherDada Regenerative Consultancy & Architecture Practice
Dionysia Angeliki Lyra
International Center for Biosaline Agriculture
Khulood Khaldoon Al Atiyat
Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation
Andrew Zolli
Planet
Victoria Mulligan
Speculative Futures Tamaki Makaurau Auckland
Sahba El-Shawa
Jordan Space Research Initiative
David Livingston
Senior Adviser & Managing Director for Energy to US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate
Deepak Krishnan
World Resources Institute
Empowering Generations
Dr. Sultan Al Neyadi
Astronaut, MBRSC
Hazzaa Al Mansoori
Astronaut, MBRSC
Stephen Bowen
Astronaut, NASA
Warren Hoburg
Astronaut, NASA
Francisco Rubio
Astronaut, NASA
Sergey Prokopyev
Cosmonaut, ROSCOSMOS
Dmitry Petelin
Cosmonaut, ROSCOSMOS
Andrey Fedyaev
Cosmonaut, ROSCOSMOS
Ari Melenciano
Artist & Researcher
Dr. Karthick Ramakrishnan
California 100 Initiative
David Alabo
Visual artist
Taylor Dee Hawkins
Managing Director of Foundations for Tomorrow
Finn Strivens
Futurall
Dr. Sophie Howe
The First Future Generations Commissioner for Wales
Nourhan Badr El-Din
UNICEF Youth Foresight Fellow
Prateeksha Singh
UNDP
Catarina Tully
School of International Futures
Geci Karuri-Sebina
University of Witwatersrand
Prof. Richard Sandford
UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage
Macy Siu
From Later
Rashid Bin Shabib
Urbanist & Researcher
Joana Lenkova
The LEGO Group
Ana Tiquia
All Tomorrow's Futures
Radha Mistry
Arup
Prof. Cornelius Holtorf
UNESCO Chair on Heritage Futures
Shakil Ahmed
Ridiculous Futures
Jane Witherspoon
Euronews
Ingrid LaFleur
The Afrofuture Strategies Institute
Alisha Bhagat
Forum for the Future
TRANSCENDING COLLABORATION
Dr. Epaminondas Christophilopoulos
UNESCO Chair on Futures Research
Cheryl Chung
Foresight for Public Policy Practitioner
Dimitri Lorenzani
Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Maroš Šefcovic, European Commission
Melanie Subin
Future Today Institute
Pawel Swieboda
NeuroCentury
Prof. Paolo Dario
Dubai Future Labs
Akash Das
MeWeStudioX
Emma Thwaites
Open Data Institute
Dr. Martin Müller
Geneva Science & Diplomacy Anticipator
Dr. Aaron Maniam
University of Oxford
Olivier Desbiey
AXA Group
Dr. June Brawner
The Royal Society
Dr. Jamie Metzl
OneShared.World
Ricardo Nunes
Airline Pilot
George Weinmann
Blue Origin
Jenny Southan
Globetrender
Prof. Pascale Fung
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
*whurley
Strangeworks
Prof. Hoda Alkhzaimi
Emaratsec
Sinead Bovell
WAYE
Ken Chua
(these)abilities
Jason Allen
Art Incarnate
Irene Mwendwa
Pollicy
Jessica Smith
Disability Inclusion Consultant
Dr. Roger Highfield
Science Museum Group
Dr. Oskar Mencer
Maxeler Technologies
Faisal Kazim
UAE C4IR
Aarathi Krishnan
Risk Anticipation & Strategic Foresight Expert
Jayesh Ranjan
Government of Telangana, India
Dr. Grzegorz Ombach
Airbus
Dr. Abdulkareem Alolama
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives
Dr. Jose Berengueres
United Arab Emirates University
Foresight Insights
Adam Kahane
Reos Partners
Paul Saffo
Stanford University
Dr. Kristin Alford
Museum of Discovery, University of South Australia
Dr. Jerome Glenn
The Millennium Project
Dr. Maree Conway
Foresight Futures
Dr. Aminah Zawedde
Ministry of ICT & National Guidance, Uganda
Dr. Saeed Al Dhaheri
University of Dubai
Dr. Florence Gaub
NATO Defense College
Dr. John Sweeney
Westminster International University in Tashkent
Dr. Paul Salem
Middle East Institute
Kwamou Eva Feukeu
Max Planck Institute for Comparative & International Private Law
Joanna Lepore
McDonald's Corporation
Tiina Neuvonen
UN Global Pulse
Dr. Kais Hammami
The Islamic World, Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization
Majed Al Mansoori
Museum of the Future
Dr. Thomas Marks
Marks|Calil
Prof. Alex Fergnani
Rabat Business School
Benjamin Moncrieffe
Jaguar Land Rover
Admire Mamie Iye Ashley Moiwo
University of Makeni
Ibrahim Joseph Conteh
University of Makeni
Dr. Annette Gardner
ALGardner Consulting
Prof. Shermon Cruz
Center for Engaged Foresight
Prof. Sohail Inayatullah
Tamkang University
Dr. Gabriele Rizzo
Foresight Executive Advisor
Ibon Zugasti
Prospektiker
Dr. Karen Milbourne
Smithsonian National Museum of African Art
Dr. Patrick Noack
Dubai Future Foundation
Lina Valencia
National Planning Department, Colombia
Brendan McGetrick
Museum of the Future
Jacob Ellis
UNICEF Youth Foresight Fellow
