Hans-Werner Sinn
Hans-Werner Sinn is the most frequently quoted economic expert in Germany. During his time as President of the ifo Institute, it became one of the leading German economic research institutes. He has been a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Federal Ministry of Economics since 1989. Over the course of his career, Hans-Werner Sinn has been honored with numerous awards. His awards include the Financial Times Deutschland Business Book Prize, the Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and the European Prize of Maastricht University. He was named University Teacher of the Year in 2015. He holds honorary doctorates from the University of Magdeburg, the University of Helsinki and the HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management. © ifo Institute Romy Bonitz
Donald R. Sadoway
Donald R. Sadoway is an expert in alternative energies and energy storage. In 2012, Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. As part of his research, Donald R. Sadoway is concentrating on finding more efficient ways of storing energy, among other things. Its aim is to reduce the carbon footprint of various industries.
Mariana Mazzucato
Mariana Mazzucato (PhD) is Director of the Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose at University College London (UCL) and holds the Chair of Economics of Innovation and Public Value. The Italian-American economist is the author of the highly acclaimed book “The Capital of the State: A Different History of Innovation and Growth”, which was on the Financial Times “Book of the Year” list in 2013. In the same year, New Republic named her one of the 3 most important “Thinkers about Innovation” and the following year Mazzucato received the New Statesman SPERI Prize for Political Economy and a year later the Hans-Matthöfer-Prize.
Andrew Keen
Andrew Keen is an entrepreneur and author. He is one of the most renowned analysts of digitalization and one of the most influential critics of the Internet. Andrew Keen is the host of the “Keen on” show at Techcrunch, in which he interviews well-known entrepreneurs. He is an active blogger and publishes a podcast on AfterTV. He writes regularly for international magazines and newspapers such as The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Wired, The Daily Telegraph and The Guardian.
Alon Hillel Tuch
Alon Hillel-Tuch is co-founder of RocketHub, one of the world’s largest crowdfunding platforms, which has helped numerous artists, scientists and company founders to raise millions in financial support. RocketHub’s mission is also to show the public the power of crowdfunding. As CFO and CTO of RocketHub, Alon Hillel-Tuch was responsible for partnerships with the White House, the US State Department, Cisco, Microsoft and Chrysler, among others. He has been Managing Partner of Stacked Venture Builder and Dreamit Ventures since 2016. © epmedia advertising agency
Neil Harbisson
Neil Harbisson is a British artist and cyborg activist. He is the first person in the world with an implanted antenna in his head and the first cyborg officially recognized by a government. In 2010, Harbisson founded the Cyborg Foundation, which he says defends cyborg rights, promotes cyborgism as an art movement and supports people who want to become cyborgs. © Lars Norgaard
Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage is a British politician, founder of the EU-critical UKIP party and the face of the Brexit campaign. This led to the UK voting to leave the European Union. Farage has been a Member of the European Parliament since 1999, currently as Chairman of the “Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy” Group.
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José Luis Cordeiro
José Luis Cordeiro is chairman of the Venezuelan node of the global think tank Millenium Project, a visiting scholar at the Institute of Developing Economies in Tokyo, Japan, and a lecturer at Singularity University in Silicon Valley, USA. He is also an independent consultant, author, researcher, professor and insatiable traveler. He has been a visiting professor at numerous renowned universities.
Nicklas Bergman
Nicklas Bergman has been a serial entrepreneur and investor for more than 20 years, focusing on growth markets and technologies. He is a passionate entrepreneur and technology fan who impresses with his broad knowledge of trends, market research, big data and the various aspects of entrepreneurship. Nicklas Bergman is the perfect navigator when it comes to understanding what the future will bring.
