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

Ella Saltmarshe
Long Time Project

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

Lina Valencia
National Planning Department, Colombia

Dr. Aminah Zawedde
Ministry of ICT & National Guidance, Uganda

Tiina Neuvonen
UN Global Pulse

Dr. Thomas Marks
Director, Marks|Calil

Dr. Kristin Alford
Director, Museum of Discovery, University of South Australia

Prof. Richard Sandford
UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage