Aug
21
2008
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The World Renowned Interviewer
Sir David Frost is probably the world’s most prominent television interviewer.
In addition to hosting and creating television programmes, he is a publisher, lecturer, impresario and chief executive officer to numerous companies.
Landmark interviews have always featured in his remarkable career. Perhaps the most infamous being the Nixon Interviews, broadcast in virtually every television nation around the world.
“One-man conglomerate.”
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Aug
16
2008
Brand Management Expert
Martin Lindstrom is a world leading expert on branding.
Since defining ten revolutionary branding rules he has provided brand-building advice to a host of international organisations.
His clients include Mars, Pepsi, American Express, Mercedes-Benz, Ericsson and Yellow Pages.
He is also a member of several international boards including Wotch, Hitwise and eKit.com.
A master
on the
power of brands
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Aug
14
2008
Strategy and Innovation Specialist
Renée Mauborgne is a key authority on value innovation and wealth creation.
She is Distinguished Fellow and Affiliate Professor of Strategy and Management at INSEAD.
Using her latest work on tipping point leadership she advises organisations, from Europe, the US and Asia Pacific, on how to create a climate of leap performance even in difficult times
She stimulates creative thinking at an intellectual level with great ease.
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Aug
09
2008
Global Energy Economist
Philip K. Verleger Jr. is the President of PKVerleger LLC and senior advisor to The Brattle Group. He has been associated with the Fred Bergsten Institute since 1986 and is a senior fellow. He has held positions at the President’s Council of Economic Advisers, the U.S. Treasury, the Institute for International Economics, Yale University, the University of California, and various firms in the private sector. He is a member of the National Petroleum Council and the Council of Foreign Relations.
“The leading specialist in the study of energy commodity markets.”
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Aug
07
2008
Director at Cambridge Energy Research Associates in Paris
Jean-Marie Chevalier is currently professor of Economics at the University of Paris-Dauphine, Director of the ‘Centre de Géopolitique de l’Energie et des Matières Premières’. He is also a Director at CERA. He has worked, as an economist for Elf Aquitaine and the energy department of the World Bank. For several years, he was a member of the board of directors of the Banque Nationale de Paris.
The world’s leading expert on current global energy trends
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Jul
28
2008
Leading Global Futurist and Trend Forecaster
Anne Lise Kjaer is a leading global futurist who has pioneered the concept of Multidimensional Thinking - developing future concepts by analysing scientific research in conjunction with social, cultural, emotional and spiritual shifts in society. Anne Lise has an exceptional eye for ‘the next big thing’ and an original and inspiring way of translating fledgling concepts into viable commercial propositions, working with some of the world’s leading brands.
“The future is not some place we go, but one we create”
In detail
Her experience across markets from food, fashion and furniture to electronics, automotive and retail gives her unique insights and a ‘bigger picture’ approach. Anne contributes to a range of European trends and lifestyles publications and has been featured in the Financial Times, The Sunday Times, The Observer, Times Magazine and on BBC R4 and Question Time and several international television programmes. She is a Copenhagen Goodwill Ambassador and an MD of the Danish / UK Chamber of Commerce.
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Jul
21
2008
World Authority on Brand Development and Identity
Wally Olins is a co-founder of Wolff Olins and was Chairman of the company until 1997 and he is Chairman of Saffron Brand Consultants. He has advised many of the world’s leading organisations on identity, branding, communication and related matters. He has also worked with a number of countries on branding issues. He has acted as advisor to major strategic consultancies. He is currently Visiting Fellow at Said Business School in Oxford, and Visiting Professor at Lancaster University and Copenhagen Business School.
“Identity Guru”
In detail
He was responsible for the branding programme of Øresund, the first region between the nations Denmark, Copenhagen and Sweden’s Malmö. One of his main areas of interest is the big ideas behind organisations, mergers and acquisitions, and he has a particular interest in and experience of the branding of regions and nations.
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Jun
19
2008
Principal Marketer
Al Ries is a leading PR and marketing authority.
Chairman of Ries & Ries, he counts numerous global organisations among his clients.
PR Week named him as one of the 100 most influential public relations people of the 20th Century.
A learned and current authority, he shares his vision through his impressive collection of authoritative publications.
‘Start narrow then expand.’
Al Ries
In detail
Since co-authoring a notorious series of articles on positioning, with Jack Trout, he has published various industry classics.
Following service in the US Army his marketing career began at General Electric. He progressed to Needham, Louis & Brorby and Martseller before starting his own advertising agency, Ries Cappiello Colwell
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Jun
12
2008
Design Expert
John Thackara is a former design journalist and publisher, tireless educator and event producer. He is in the business of driving social change with design. A self-described “symposiarch” - someone who designs collaborative events, projects and organizations, John founded the international conference and design futures network Doors of Perception, which now has offices in Amsterdam and Bangalore. He is also program director of Dott 07, an ambitious, year-long genuine collaboration and invention initiative to establish a sustainable region in cities throughout the northeast of England.
“John is clearly a key player in the international dialogue on the future of the planet”
In detail
Formerly the director of the Netherlands Design Institute, John is at the forefront of business, technology, sustainability, and design, where he meshes innovations that drive social change with design. John regularly consults with companies, cities, and governmental organizations to re-imagine services and structures
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May
13
2008
International Leading Authority on Corporate Stress
Carole Spiers is a motivational speaker, BBC broadcaster and author. With 20 years as a top industry guru on stress management and wellbeing, Carole’s energy and dynamism extends to providing professional comment to the media, print and countless radio interviews and is a weekly columnist for Gulf News. She has a unique credibility as a leader of personal empowerment.
“She mesmerises her audience through the brilliant use of theatre and anecdotal stories that invariably enthral them.” Alan Bentley, Harrow Business
In detail
Carole is a vice president of the International Stress Management Association (UK) for whom she created and established the UK’s highly successful media campaign – National Stress Awareness Day. She is also PR consultant to the London management team of the Professional Speakers Association. She regularly speaks for leading corporations from Unilever to Walt Disney, and Panasonic to the Bank of England.
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