Paulo Soeiro de Carvalho
Program Director and Professor
Scientific Coordinator and Professor of the Post Graduation “Foresight, Strategy and Innovation” at ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and Management. General Director for Economy and Innovation in the Lisbon City Council.
Manuel Mira Godinho
Chair, Lisbon Futures Network
President of Lisbon School of Economics and Management (ISEG ). Professor of the Department of Economics at ISEG.
Rui Quinta
Professor
Official Design Thinking Coach at the HPI Academy - School of Design Thinking in Berlin and member of the innovation international network WWHDO. Co-Founder of the fish shop “Peixaria Centenária”, the space experience design studio “Toyno” and “With Company”, a strategic design consultancy.
Gerd Leonhard
Keynote Speaker
Gerd is a top-rated futurist, with over 1500 engagements in the past 15 years and a combined audience of over 1 million people. He focusses on near- future, ‘nowist’ observations and actionable foresights in the sectors of humanity, society, business, media, technology and communications. His latest publication is 'Technology vs Humanity' www.techvshuman.com.
José Avillez
Keynote Speaker
Portuguese and a chef, José Avillez' main focus is to promote Portuguese gastronomy. He has two Michelin stars in the Belcanto restaurant in Lisbon, and received in 2018 the "maximum" prize awarded by the International Academy of Gastronomy - "Grand prix de l'Art de la Cuisine".
Greg Sherwin
Future of Technologies Talk
Vice President of Engineering and IT at Singularity University. He has just moved recently to Lisbon to begin a senior principal engineering role at Farfetch.
Stephan Mergenthaler
Keynote Speaker
Member of the Executive Committee and Head of Knowledge Networks and Analysis at the World Economic Forum. Stephan oversees the Forum’s global expert networks as well as its strategic analysis capacity on global trends.
Andrew Tuck
Keynote Speaker
Andrew Tuck is the founding editor of the global magazine Monocle and is the host of The Urbanist, Monocle 24's radio show dedicated to making better cities.
Amit Kumar Pandey
Future of Technologies Talk
Chief Scientist (Robotics & AI) - Scientific Coordinator R&D Projects, SoftBank Robotics Europe
Tiago Nunes
Professor
Official Design Thinking Coach at HPI Academy - School of Design Thinking in Berlin. Co-founder of With Company - Strategic Design Consultancy. Founding member of the international innovation network D.eople.
Jose-Miguel Leonardo
Keynote Speaker
CEO at Randstad Portugal
Carlos Silva
Future of Technologies Talk
Co-founder of Seedrs, the leading equity crowdfunding platform in Europe. Carlos is also a mentor at several acceleration programmes and serves as an advisor to multiple innovative start-ups. He has been distinguished with a Young Gun award in the UK, for the most promising individuals under 35.
Sofia Tenreiro
Future of Technologies Talk
General Manager, Cisco Portugal. President of American Chamber of Commerce in Portugal.
Alessandro Ghetti
Keynote Speaker
Business Design Lead at Fjord. Fjord, part of Accenture Interactive, is one of the most important design and innovation consultancy in the World. Founded in 2001, Fjord has a diverse team of 800+ design and innovation experts in 24 studios around the world
Ana Teresa Freitas
Future of Technologies Talk
Ana Teresa Freitas (PhD) is co-founder of Heart Genetics. Her main expertise is on the areas of Computational Biology, Human genetics, Algorithms and Data Mining. For the last 15 years she has coauthored about 90 papers in journals and international conferences in those areas.
Ralph kerle
Keynote Speaker
Named by IBM as one of the world's 100 Global Creative Leaders, Ralph Kerle is an internationally respected strategist and thought leader in management innovation.
Ulises Arranz Cuéllar
Keynote Speaker
Digital EALA Innovation Lead at Accenture Managing Director of Digital Delivery and Technology at Accenture. Ulises oversees the development of projects, the capability creation, the support to sales and innovation activities.
David Braga Malta
Future of Technologies Talk
David founded NeurIMM, Cell2B and BoostPharma and currently is Venture Partner at Vesalius Biocapital. He is involved in the inception of new bio-ventures actively scouting for disruptive technologies to build transformative companies around.