The Leading Speakers Bureau

Lecturer & Researcher Carlos III University, Madrid

Irene Tinagli’s work focuses on policies for innovation, creativity and regional development. She has worked as a consultant for the Department of Social and Economic Affairs of the United Nations, for the European Commission, and for regional governments and development agencies in various European countries.

Irene Tinagli works on two levels: macro and micro”

[expand title=”In detail”] Irene Tinagli holds a Master of Science in Innovation Management and Policies and a PhD in Public Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University. She has authored and co-authored international publications including ‘Europe in the Creative Age’ (with R. Florida) and ‘Understanding Knowledge Societies’ (with J. Szeremeta) and is an editorialist for the Italian newspaper La Stampa… Her research focuses on the social and economic conditions that lead to creativity and innovation. At the macro level she explores the geographic distribution of human capital and innovative activities and investigates the sources of regional growth, innovation and competitiveness. At the micro level, she explores the psychological mechanisms that attract and retain people in one place and that stimulate them to undertake more creative / innovative activities.[/expand]

[expand title=”What she offers you”]Irene Tinagli’s research is focused on the concept of innovation in social contexts, cities and regions, comparing global trends and local systems. Her invaluable presentations examine how countries and cities are adapting to the 21st century global economy, probing the opportunities and challenges that Europe faces in the global competition for creative and talented people. Her professional activities range from consulting, research projects, to training, executive education and speaking engagements, as well as participation to advisory boards and scientific committees.[/expand]

[expand title=”How she presents”]Irene Tinagli’s expertly delivered presentations are high in content, clear and informative.[/expand]
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American Novelist, Author of New York Times Bestsellers Committed & Eat, Pray, Love and Spiritual speaker

Elizabeth Gilbert is most famous for her book ‘Eat, Pray, Love’, the story of the year she spent travelling around the world in search of personal restoration after a difficult divorce. The result is a book which has exploded in popularity with women across the planet. She was a staff writer for five years at GQ, where her stories earned her three National Magazine Award nominations. She has also written for such varied publications as The New York Times Magazine (Yoga Y’all!), Allure, Real Simple and Travel and Leisure. She has been a contributor to the public radio show This American Life. Her editor calls her the “Queen of Quirk”.

One of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World, 2008

[expand title=”In detail”] After graduating from New York University, Elizabeth Gilbert used money earned at a Philadelphia diner to travel. Coming from an educated, ascetic rural Connecticut upbringing, she came to her writing career with fearless reporting skills, an abiding appreciation for working-class values with an attendant scepticism of politically correct liberalism. Much of her writing has been optioned by Hollywood for potential films; one GQ story, a memoir about Gilbert’s career as a bartender in a lowdown East Village dive (“The Muse of the Coyote Ugly Saloon”) became the basis for the Disney movie Coyote Ugly.[/expand]

[expand title=”What she offers you”]Brilliant and personal, rich in spiritual insight, filled with sorrow and a great sense of humour, Elizabeth Gilbert is everything you would love in a tour guide, of magical places she has travelled to both deep inside and across the oceans: she’s wise, jaunty, human, ethereal, hilarious, heartbreaking, and pays great attention to the things that really matter. She muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses – and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person “being” a genius, all of us “have” a genius.[/expand]

[expand title=”How she presents”]Expansive, exploratory, playful, bright and armed with a comic’s sense of timing, Elizabeth Gilbert has an awful lot of humour and charm. She also talks the way she writes – with intelligence, wit and not just a shade of the performer behind her expressive and insightful presentations. She delivers funny, personal and surprisingly moving talks.[/expand]
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One of the Leading Web Futurists

Jeff Jarvis is the creator of the popular weblog BuzzMachine, which tracks developments in new media, and is now co-host on This Week in Google, a TWiT.tv show about cloud computing and social networking. He gained national notoriety when he wrote about his negative experiences in dealing with Dell Computer’s customer support system on his website.

Named one of 100 worldwide media leaders by the World Economic Forum at Davos in 2007 & 2008

[expand title=”In detail”] Jeff Jarvis was one of the first to report on the aftermath at the World Trade Center attacks, having just arrived on the last train from New Jersey as the first plane struck. The experience was what spurred him on to his new “career” as a blogger. He is the former television critic for TV Guide and People magazine, creator of Entertainment Weekly, Sunday editor and associate publisher of the New York Daily News, and a columnist on the San Francisco Examiner. He has appeared frequently on TV and radio, including ABC’s 20/20 and World News Tonight, CNN’s Reliable Sources, MSNBC (where he was a regular blog contributor), Fox News, Oprah, PBS’ News Hour, CNBC’s Kudlow & Company and The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, the BBC, Sky News (where he is a regular contributor), and public radio’s Marketwatch and Morning Edition.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]One of the few new-media consultant types who came over from old media, highly respected blogger, media commentator and thought leader, Jeff Jarvis has been a consultant and guru to companies that range from The New York Times Company to General Motors, and is a frequent keynote speaker and business leadership speaker for companies and at conferences around the globe, most notably at the World Economic Forum at Davos. In talks, he provides an indispensable manual for survival and success and asks the most important question today’s leaders, in any industry, can ask themselves: What would Google do?[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Jeff Jarvis’ style is personal and immediate. He’s has a natural charisma, with an ability to entwine his life and those of the rest of us in his musings. He expertly presents his ideas for surviving and prospering in the Internet age, with its new set of rules for emerging technologies as well as industries such as retail, manufacturing, and service.[/expand]
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Expert on Privacy & Data Protection in the Global Information Age

Prof. Charles Raab is Professor of Government in the School of Social and Political Studies at the University of Edinburgh. He is currently engaged in further writing for publication in the fields of privacy theory and regulatory practice, surveillance, personal identity, and related topics. He is a member of the editorial or advisory boards of nine journals in the fields of information policy and public policy, and on the advisory boards of several research projects.

“His talks should be obligatory for anyone concerned about the privacy of personal information in our globally networked society”

[expand title=”In detail”] Charles Raab was Professor of Government (1999-2007) and served as a member of staff at the University of Edinburgh since 1964. He has engaged in advisory and consultancy work for UK and Scottish government departments, the Office of the Information Commissioner, the European Commission, the New Zealand Law Commission, Liberty, and the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Resarch (NWO). He was the Specialist Adviser to the House of Lords Select Committee on the Constitution for their inquiry, Surveillance: Citizens and the State, 2nd Report, Session 2008-09, HL 18. He participates in several international research projects in the field of privacy protection and surveillance.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Charles Raab offers a unique perspective to audiences seriously concerned about the politics of privacy and data protection in the global information age. He also provides an extremely insightful analysis of different dimensions of information privacy laws in different countries. His main general research interests are in public policy, governance and regulation, and more specifically in information policy (privacy protection and public access to information), privacy and surveillance, and information technology in democratic politics, government and commerce. He is able to offer supervision on the above topics and on related ones in the broader field of public policy and governance.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Charles Raab’s fresh and direct approach in unravelling data privacy issues is clear, concise and informative and highly sought-after at worldwide events.[/expand]
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Telecommunications Visionary, Former CTO & CIO of AT&T

Dr. Hossein Eslambolchi is recognized within the scientific community as one of the foremost thought leaders and technological scientists of the high tech age. He is currently Chairman & CEO of 2020 Venture Partners and Chief Technical Advisor of Ericsson Inc., helping them build a worldwide eco-system converging wireline and wireless, using IP based technologies. He advises several companies and the Government on their IT strategies.

“A bold, yet pragmatic visionary” BusinessWeek

[expand title=”In detail”] During his 19 years with AT&T’s he was CTO from 2000 to 2005, then President of the AT&T Global Networking Technology Services, President and CEO of AT&T Labs and Chief Information Officer. Dr. Eslambolchi holds more than 1000 patents, has won numerous awards and was recently nominated and is currently one of the finalists for the U.S. President’s Science and Technology Medal for his contributions to the development of IP and wireless technologies. Furthermore his work on IP technologies includes a number of innovations in various fields. He is currently on the board of Directors of Packet Design and Telemanagement Forum.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]At the cutting edge of the telecommunications industry, Dr. Eslambolchi offers audiences state-of-the-art transformational business strategies. His research defines a compelling vision of the future and he explains in detail how the power of mobile and broadband technology will transform the way we do business and all aspects of our daily lives.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Dr. Eslambolchi has that rare combination of intelligence and approachability, making him a highly sought-after speaker. He has a reputation for delivering high content, compelling speeches that are both insightful and thought-provoking.[/expand]
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Spanish Celebrity Chef

Adrià joined the kitchen staff of El Bulli in 1984. The restaurant’s manager, Juli Soler, urged Adrià to travel in order to acquire new and fresh culinary ideas. Adrià soon began touring some of France’s top kitchens, learning various techniques from many distinguished culinary masters. During the second half of the 1980’s, Adrià began performing culinary experiments which were based on the use of fresh materials and adapting classic Mediterranean preparations to give El Bulli’s cuisine new twists with creative flair.

“To have a future, you have to have a past”

Ferràn Adrià

[expand title=”In detail”] Adrià has branched out into books, recipe manuals for 10-minute cooking, TV programmes and an upmarket private catering division. He jets off to cook for Euro-ministers and royalty, and is reinvigorating the tired restaurants in some of Spain’s leading hotels.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Drawing upon his considerable business expertise and unparalleled success in Spain, Ferràn shows audiences exactly how his innovative ideas helped him to become so successful.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Ferràn Adrià is enormously charismatic and his presentations are energetic and creative and reveal his true genius.[/expand]
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Authority on Developments & Trends in the Automotive Industry

Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Dudenhöffer is a recognised expert in marketing and business management and specifically development in the automotive industry. The former automotive executive has a professorship in Marketing & Management Science and is founder and director of C.A.R. – the Centre for Automotive Research – at the University of Applied Sciences in Gelsenkirchen.

One of Europe’s most experienced marketing experts in the Auto Industry

[expand title=”In detail”] After studying economics Prof. Dudenhöffen held senior executive positions at Porsche, Opel, Peugeot and Citroen. He also held a professorship at Mannheim University. Since 1996 he has a professorship for Marketing & Management Science, Department Automotive Economics & Engineering, University Of Applied Sciences, Gelsenkirchen.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]With a wealth of hands-on experience in the automotive industry and many years of research Prof Dudenhöffer demonstrates the many challenges for the automotive industry. More so he develops creative and successful marketing strategies for placing products advantageously into the market place. Additionally he shares his profound views on global trends on the future of the industry.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]A well respected speaker on national as well as international platforms his presentations are thought provoking and inspiring. [/expand]
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Media Mogul and Broadcaster

Andrew Neil is a publisher, broadcaster and company chairman working out of London, New York, Dubai and the South of France. He is currently Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Press Holdings Media Group, publishers of The Spectator, Spectator Business, Spectator Australia, Spectator India and Apollo, the world-renowned art magazine. He currently presents four editions of the Daily Politics on BBC2 every week, the award-winning This Week on BBC1 and Straight Talk with Andrew Neil on BBC News 24.

“An acknowledged expert on British, European & US politics & business”

[expand title=”In detail”] During his career, Andrew has been lobby correspondent in the British Parliament, White House correspondent then British Editor of The Economist, Editor of The Sunday Times of London and Executive Chairman of Sky Television, which he launched in 1989 as Britain’s first multi-channel satellite TV platform. Until recently he was a member of the International Advisory Board of Al Jazeera, the international news channel based in Doha, Qatar; and Publisher of The Scotsman Group of newspapers in Edinburgh. [/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]In addition to his business responsibilities, Andrew is a well-known anchorman on BBC TV. At the forefront of world news and digital television developments he is well placed to comment on the information revolution. A widely respected opinion leader and a businessman with real and current knowledge, he will help you plan your future communications strategy. As well as being a versatile commentator on British and US politics and business, Andrew enjoys a ringside seat on all major developments in media and technology.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Informal but professional, humorous but thought-provoking, Andrew will add pace and energy to your event.[/expand]
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