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I can help you figure out the future of your business by harnessing the current pace of change, identifying the opportunities it presents, stimulating innovation and transformation, disrupting, agitating, leading and inspiring groups and individuals through keynotes, ideation sessions, workshops, events and briefings through to board level. As the former Vice President of Technology Research for Visa Europe, I am experienced in building Global Innovation and Scanning & Scouting capabilities, frequently working with organisations developing their own idea incubation labs or in-house foresight and trends tracking services, in teams across Europe including UK & Ireland, the Nordics, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Poland, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia and further afield including Turkey, UAE, Russia, Ukraine, South Africa and the USA. I spend the bulk of my time curating volumes of news, research and information across a diverse range of sources in order to stimulate ideas and fuel innovation through actionable insight. I am focussed on driving technological transformation of the bottom line, leveraging the impact of current and emerging technology trends on society, industry and individuals. I am heavily involved in the startup community (currently mentoring at Startupbootcamp) where my focus is business model and product proposition development. In addition to engaging and energetic keynotes on "The Future of Technology and Virtually Everything", I run half or full day innovation stimulation workshops using storytelling as a metaphor for future scenario planning and product ideation. I firmly believe that if you don't write your own story of how you would like to see the future unfold, you will be reading about it as history made by someone else, so let's work together to create the next bestseller!
$5,001 - $10,000
Mats Lewan is an international speaker, futurist, moderator, author and journalist based in Stockholm, Sweden, focusing on digitalisation and technology as a powerful driving force for change that will transform our lives and our society forever in the next few decades—far more than most people realizes. As a SPEAKER, Mats makes you see and understand how the pace of change is accelerating, how all industries will be hit by digital revolution like the music industry was, how every business will have to adapt to survive, how most of us will see our jobs being completely transformed or eliminated, and that machines might become super intelligent. People listening often say they’re shaken-up but also inspired by the tools Mats provides to prepare for, and take part in this powerful and fundamental change. Mats' talks are in English, Swedish or Italian, and they have been appreciated by renowned institutions and organizations such as Karolinska Institutet, Telia Sonera, Toyota and MoneySuperMarket.com. Mats regularly also work as a MODERATOR at technology focused events such as SAP Innovation Forum and Open Text Innovation Day. With deep knowledge from many tech industries, and WITH a long experience of being on stage, Mats can help making your conference or your inspiration day a successful event, asking the right questions that make speakers open up new perspectives, while also engaging with your audience, making the atmosphere relaxed and hearty. As an AUTHOR, Mats elaborates the technology theme further, weaving it into what his readers say are captivating stories. His latest book 'An Impossible Invention' covers the amazing and ongoing story of the Italian inventor Andrea Rossi and his energy device the E-Cat, possibly based on cold fusion—an energy source that could provide clean water to Planet Earth, zero-emission vehicles with unlimited mileage, a solution to the climate crisis and much more. The catch is that it has been considered physically impossible since an infamous and erroneously rejected scientific claim in 1989. As a science and technology JOURNALIST since 20 years, Mats focuses on making complicated stuff easy to grasp, and also on putting it into context, showing what it might mean—to our society, to businesses and to our lives. Mats has been working as a senior staff writer at Ny Teknik, Stockholm, Sweden—the major technology weekly in Scandinavia, and at CBS Cnet News in San Francisco. Mats' favorite quote: Like all revolutionary new ideas, the subject has had to pass through three stages, which may be summed up by these reactions: (1) ‘It’s crazy – don’t waste my time.’ (2) ‘It’s possible, but it’s not worth doing.’ (3) ‘I always said it was a good idea.’ (Arthur C. Clarke)
$5,001 - $10,000
Bart Becks is the co-founder of angel, a funding ecosystem for creatives and startups. He is also the Chairman of the board of iMinds, the Flanders research institute for technology and media, and a partner at VentureWise. Additionally, Bart advises startups and scale-ups such as Showpad, Netlog, Storify, Mobile Vikings, Eventpulse, InThePocket and others. He also consults larger organisations on growth, innovation and venturing activities. Previously, Bart was the CEO of Belgacom Skynet, and Senior Vice-President for New Media and Innovation of the pan-European mediagroup SBS/ProsiebenSat1.
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Bart Van Loon is a computer science engineer turned entrepreneur. In 2006 he got involved in his first business refurbishing 1960 Italian Vespa Scooters in Pakistan. Eventually Villa Vespa shipped containers to the US, Germany, Spain and Belgium. In 2007, he founded Zeropoint, an organization dedicated to building and supported teams staffing the best talent from Pakistan and Sri Lanka for European businesses. Next to his business affairs, he is passionate about music and improv theatre, which landed him the unique position of associate artistic director at the Courtyard Playhouse, the largest improv theatre in the Middle East.
$251 - $1,500
Louis-Philippe Loncke is an explorer, adventurer, project consultant, speaking coach and entrepreneur. He has degrees in engineering and management. In 2002 he was sent to Singapore for work and started scuba diving. Two year later he went to travel, dive and hike for an entire year in Australia and New Zealand. He walked totally 2000km and dived 100 times. After meeting a few explorers back in Europe, he returned to Australia to accomplish his first 3 expeditions. All world firsts. He has done 20+ expeditions from solo extreme treks across deserts, long distance sea-kayaking on rivers or lakes, scientific or expeditions to raise awareness for an ecological cause. Most of his expeditions were prepared while still having a full time job as IT project consultant. He received recognition as torchbearer for the 2012 London Olympics, Fellow of the Explorers Club, elected Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society and Ambassador for the Jane Goodall Institute in Belgium. In 2014, he was knighted by Dr. Goodall herself “Sir Iguana”, knight for the Youth, the Animals and the plants at the European parliament. He is currently creating a start-up to build an online Encyclopaedia of expeditions, source of inspiration for young explorers, adventurers and scientists. The aim is to engage going in the outdoors and help to protect the environment while providing a connection platform for all stakeholders of the expedition business. In parallel he gives motivational speeches and speaking coach. He has been speaking twice for TEDx. He applies the lessons learnt in his corporate jobs to his expeditions and uses his team management experience during expeditions back into his job. He is building a side company called MeetExplorers with services like guiding, Digital Detoxing (strangely he was a victim) experiences and film production. He is the founder of KayaClean.org the paddlers clean-up community.
$1,501 - $5,000
I help leaders of large organizations deliver on their commitments to high performance. Before, during and after an Agile adoption or any kind of Lean transformation, large organizations often find that they need to de-scale and simplify organizational structures and processes. I function as an Executive-level guide for companies approaching their second growth phase. Industry leaders in banking, insurance, telecommunications, healthcare, utilities and media hire me to help remove obstacles in their path to innovation. We address specific pain points in the system so upper-management can learn to enable emergent solutions. For example: ➸ Horizontal complexity- consolidating functions across the enterprise, growing highly effective cross functional teams ➸ Vertical complexity - shedding obsolete roles, layers and reporting structures in order for fast decision making and increased flexibility ➸ Spatial complexity - preparing distributed and remote teams for success, digital is in my genes ➸ Technical complexity - removing technical debt by decoupling, XP and DevOps practices, growing products instead of building them My engagements with clients achieve greater organizational alignment with fewer dependencies left to manage. Transparency with access to good data ensures empirically-sound decision making. As a result, the system becomes leaner, more customer-centric and ready with each successive change wave to build its greatest products yet. Do you want to unlock strengths inside your organization’s culture to navigate new markets and technologies so you come out ahead of competition? Commitment to high performance means removing whatever stands in the way. Reach out to me - I bring intense curiosity to learn about your context and circumstances. For companies that endure, simplicity brings its own rewards. ☕ Specialties: Large-Scale Agile/Scrum Adoptions, Lean Product Development, Agile (Product) Management, Design for Collaboration and Engagement, Lean Startup and Design Thinking
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General management experience. Combining market and technology insights to discover new business opportunities. Converting ideas into winning projects by bringing people and partners together. 18 years of managing innovative projects, 13 years of telecom experience, 8 years in digital marketing and 2 years in the energy sector. Specialties: start-up of new business (corporate entrepreneurship and spin-off opportunities) exploration, creation and valorisation of new markets innovation management digital marketing changing organisations
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Engineer in computer science and Entrepreneur. Cofounder of Storify.com, the largest social media curation platform used by top publishers, brands and organizations around the world (CNN, New York Times, Washington Post, BBC, BILD, The White House, The United Nations, Ford, IBM, TED, ...). Acquired by Livefyre in 2013 (acquired by Adobe in 2016). Now cofounder/CEO of OpenCollective.com. A new form of association to enable the Internet generation to fund communities in full transparency. I believe that we are living a new renaissance. Technology empowers people to become producers and creators instead of passive consumers. Internet is a collaboration platform where everyone has a role to play. So go excite some electrons and empower people around you to contribute to this new world.
$1,501 - $5,000
Mike Robertson is a professional member of the National Speakers Association whose greatest joy is in helping people find and develop their creative abilities. He practices what he preaches: Mike is a musician, author of four books, gifted storyteller, and has more than 20 years of graphic design experience. He views his presentations as works of art, designed to entertain, inspire and dazzle audiences through his humor, insight and artistic approach to the visuals which accompany his words. Equally at home speaking to 2000 or 20, Mike is a personable, natural raconteur who will hold the attention of any group, while giving them much to think about in the weeks to come.
$1,501 - $5,000
I reduce Risk. Period! I’ve done my part to make the universe a less risky place in almost a dozen countries across four continents. I have audacity of purpose. I have tolerance but not acceptance of mediocrity. I work hard, live hard, move people and make them think. My views are controversial... and usually right. And, I've only cheated Death twice! Extensive track record of high-impact conference presentations in North America, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. See the ARSC Fact Sheet for details. References and testimonials upon request. Specialties: Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Crisis Management, Emergency Response, Organizational/Personal Preparedness, Safety, Security Specialist in Exercises both simulated and real Executive Communication and Presentation Program Management Process Analysis and Improvement Platform presentation, speaking, work group facilitation
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I am a Software Engineering Manager in Huntsville, Alabama who spent most of his career as a Software Developer. I have a B.S. in Electrical & Computer Engineering from UAH. Recently I began pursuing a second degree in Communication Studies. I have excellent communication skills and I enjoy using them. It lets me blend my technical and non-technical skills and give back by sharing what I have learned in my career and studies. Manager: As a manager, I manage projects and developers. I like managing projects, but on the technical side, not just the “update task list progress” side. As part of my job as a project manager, I improved my projects process by including version control, bug tracking, continuous integration, coding standards and other software engineering techniques. Software Developer: I have 35 years of development experience in a variety of languages, development platforms and technical areas. I have experience in object-oriented analysis, design, and programming in C++, C♯ and about a dozen other languages. My experience includes embedded software, algorithm development, hardware interfaces, motion control, TCP/IP, desktop & web applications and databases Speaker: I also have training and experience in communication and leadership. In 2009, I joined SAIC Toastmasters as a charter member. Through Toastmasters I have learned and practiced public speaking. I have competed in many speech contests including the semifinals of the 2013 Toastmasters World Championship of Public Speaking. I also learned and practiced leadership in Toastmasters as a club officer and as the District Public Relations Manager for 2015-2016. I have combined my technical knowledge, experiences as a manager and skills as a public speaker to create and give presentations to various groups. I have spoken on Software Engineering, Communication, Leadership and Career topics. Because of my diverse background, I particularly enjoy teaching “soft skills” such as communication and leadership to technical people.
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David A. Cruz is an information security and assurance expert with 10 years of experience helping organizations enhance their security programs. David has implemented enterprise-wide security awareness and education programs and has launched several user-awareness initiatives. He successfully conducted hundreds of assessments associated with various industry standards for some of the largest financial institutions. David has a bachelor’s degree in information security and a master’s degree in information assurance. He is a certified information security professional (CISSP), and he holds the Global Information Assurance Certification: Security Essentials (GSEC). He serves as a board member for the Florida Chapter of International Systems Security Association (ISSA) and is a member of the steering committee council for ISSA International. David is also a member of the executive forum of ISSA. He is an International Consortium (ISC)2 Safe and Secure online instructor, teaching primarily elementary school children how to protect themselves online and become responsible cyber citizens.
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