May 17 2013
Atul Nerkar Entrepreneurship Speaker
Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship Speaker
Atul Nerkar is a Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, and Associate Dean of the Executive MBA Evening and Weekend Programs. His current research examines the drivers of R&D success in the pharmaceutical, chemical and optical disc industries. In particular, he focuses on firms’ patent portfolios and the evolutionary process underlying their development.
“A truly dynamic strategist”
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Arved Fuchs is a high profile Polar explorer who has led a number of expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic regions. In 1989, together with the famous mountain climber Reinhold Messner he became the first to reach the South Pole without animal or motorized help, just on skis using kites. He is the first and – to date – only person to have reached both poles on foot within a single year. He set up ICE CLIMATE EDUCATION (I.C.E.), to focus on educating the next generation of scientists and on the related transfer of knowledge from polar research to schools and the general public
Prof. Dr. Ottmar Edenhofer is professor of the Economics of Climate Change at the Technical University Berlin and Co-Chair of the Working Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC which won the Nobel Peace Price in 2007. He is deputy-director and chief economist at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and is currently leading Research Domain III – Sustainable Solutions at PIK, which focuses on the research on the Economics of Atmospheric Stabilisation.
Benjamin Barber is an internationally-renowned political theorist, consulting regularly with political and civic leaders in the U.S. (President Clinton, Howard Dean) and around the world. He is the current President and founder of the Interdependence Movement and the NGO “CivWorld”. His current work focuses on global democratic governance and the relationship between the arts and democracy. In 2012, he became a Senior Research Scholar at the Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society at the CUNY Graduate Center
Dr Peter Littmann is Chairman and CEO of Brandinsider GmbH, a strategic brand-consulting firm in Germany. From 1997 until 1999, he was Chairman and CEO of Wünsche AG, which at that time were holding brands like Joop! and Cinque. From 1993 to 1997, he was Chairman and CEO of Hugo Boss AG, a global men’s fashion design company. He is also currently Professor of Marketing at the University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany.
Rumelt has been described as the “strategist’s strategist.” He has authored or co-authored numerous business publications. Best known for his work on corporate strategy, his research has covered corporate diversification strategy and sustainable competitive advantage, and more recently industry transitions and the evolution of complex industries. Richard Rumelt is currently the Harry and Elsa Kunin Chair in Business and Society at the University of California-Los Angeles.
Rona Cant is an adventurer, author and inspirational communicator and her very diverse adventures enable her to work with organisations across the world empowering their staff to have the right attitude to achieve their goals. She has worked with very diverse organisations from SME’s, CEO Groups to FTSE 100 Companies and she has inspired audiences at many Conferences to get out of their comfort zone to achieve their goals in the UK, Middle East and Australasia.
Michael Acton-Smith is the CEO, Creative Director and founder of online games studio Mind Candy. The company created the online hit Moshi Monsters which has over 65m players online and is now expanding offline into books, toys, music, trading cards, TV and film. Mind Candy’s first project was a global treasure hunt called Perplex City that played out across different media including websites, text messages, magazines, live events, skywriting and multiple helicopters. 
David Rowan is editor of the UK edition of WIRED magazine, which won 2009 Launch of the Year at the British Society of Magazine Editors Awards. He writes a monthly technology column for GQ Magazine, and has written tech and trend-watching columns for The Times. David has edited The Guardian’s websites, made TV films for Channel 4 News and produced long features for The Telegraph Magazine, Sunday Times Magazine and The Observer.
John Howkins is the Chairman of BOP Consulting and has advised global corporations, international organisations, governments, and individuals. One of his major interests is the use of intellectual property laws to support the creative economy. He is Deputy Chairman of the British Screen Advisory Council (BSAC). He is a Member of the United Nations UNDP Advisory Committee on the Creative Economy and a Council Member of the UK Arts and Humanties research Council (AHRC). 
