The Leading Speakers Bureau

Futurologist

Ulrich Reinhardt is a renowned Futurologist and currently he is Scientific Head at the Foundation for Future Studies. The objective of the Foundation, based in Germany, is to work on a contribution to the future viability of society and to develop approaches to sustainably resolve future challenges facing our society. Under Prof. Reinhard leadership the Foundation is now also looking beyond German borders and expanding its research work into Europe. He is also Professor at the University of Applied Science in Salzburg.

“Maybe we should not just think about what the future will look like, but rather how we want the future to be like.”

[expand title=”In detail”] Prof. Reinhardt completed his studies in educational science and psychology at the University of Hamburg and joined The BAT Leisure Research Institute as a PhD student. In 2007 he became an Executive Board Member of the BAT Foundation. He succeeded Professor Dr. Horst Opaschowski as Scientific Head at the beginning of 2011. Prof. Reinhard is a member of the World Future Society and the Zukunftsforum in Bayreuth, sits on the Advisory board of the EFCL and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Stifteverband der Deutschen Wissenschaft.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Prof. Reinhardt offers fascinating insights into social changes in society as well as the changes in consumer, leisure and tourism behaviour throughout Europe. His research results provide solid information on future trends and help companies prepare themselves for tomorrow’s world. [/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]In his well-researched presentations, Prof. Reinhardt’s uses humour to make even the most complex issues easy to understand and highly informative.[/expand]

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Director, Filmmaker & YouTube Star

Casey Neistat is a film director, producer and creator of popular YouTube videos.With ten years of experience in creating TV commercials, Casey took his story-telling ability and married it with his commercial experience to re-define branded content on the internet with companies such as Mercedes and Nike.

“A true renegade in today’s digital world”

[expand title=”In detail”] Casey, who got his start working as a dish washer, is a self-taught filmmaker and discovered his passion for making movies with a friend. Casey attained commercial success with the HBO series The Neistat Brothers and indie film Daddy Longlegs. Casey founded the social media app Beme, which was purchased by CNN for $25M in 2016.Beyond YouTube, Casey’s audience has followed him to Instagram, Twitter, and SnapChat to hear his honest narrative and get a glimpse into the creator lifestyle. Casey has set a new standard for the way brands interact with digital creators and carved out a niche for himself as a well-respected filmmaker and digital native talent.Casey continues to make viral documentary films and adds daily vlogs to his YouTube channel commenting on a variety of different issues.

[expand title=”What he offers you”]It’s clear that Casey’s passion and persistence played a large role in his success, from traditional filmmaker to YouTube creator.He was vlogging before YouTube – inspiring millions of Content Creators aka YouTubers around the world.

[expand title=”How he presents”]Casey is constantly pushing the envelope forward and setting a new standard of innovation as a leading digital creator and influencer.

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Fintech Innovation Expert

Paolo Sironi is a recognised expert about portfolio management and FinTech innovation. In his current role as IBM thought leader for Wealth Management and FinTech Analytics, Paolo links FINance and TECHnology globally, demonstrating sound expertise over a number of areas including Wealth and Risk Management and Financial Technology.

“An expert on the link between FINance and TECHnology”

[expand title=”In detail”] Prior to IBM, Paolo founded a FinTech to provide Goal Based Investingsolutions to wealth managers. The FinTech became a part of IBM (2012) following the acquisition offunding partner Algorithmics, world leader of risk management solutions.Paolo has a decade-long risk management expertise; he was previouslyhead of market and counterparty risk modeling at Banca Intesa Sanpaolo. He is the author of ‘FinTech Innovation: from Robo-Advisors to Goal Based Investing and Gamification’‘Modern Portfolio Management: From Markowitz to Probabilistic Scenario Optimisation’ and co-author of ‘The FinTech Book’.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Paolo links Finance and Technology through strategic innovation, demonstrating international expertise in wealth and asset management, risk management and corporate banking. [/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]A dynamic and engaging speaker his tailored keynotes are supported with strong and dynamic content.[/expand]

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Renowned Neurobiologist and Psychiatrist

Manfred Spitzer is one of the most prestigious German neuroscientists. Since 1997 he is Professor for Psychiatry at the University of Ulm and has headed the Psychiatric Hospital at Ulm University since 1998. In 2004 he founded the Transfer Center for Neuroscience and Learning (ZNL), Ulm. Prof. Spitzer is editor of the most important German professional journal Zeitschrift für Nervenheilkunde and has presented more than 170 TV programs of ‘Geist und Gehirn’.

“Prof. Spitzer is one of the leading neurobiologists”

[expand title=”In detail”] The doctor, psychologist and philosopher was Senior Consultant at the Psychiatric University Hospital of Heidelberg and a Guest Professor at the University of Harvard and at the Institute for Cognitive and Decision Sciences in Ulm. His remarks to the use of new technologies and the consequences are subject of technical and political discussions.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]In his presentations Prof. Spitzer gives exciting insights into the world of modern brain science and his remarks are of great importance when it comes to learning and teaching. Prof. Spitzer introduces the difficult content to a general audience in an easily understandable way.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Charismatic and thought provoking – Prof. Manfred Spitzer is a sought after speaker at prestigious conferences worldwide.[/expand]

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World’s Youngest IBM Watson programmer, Prodigy&Tech Author

Tanmay Bakshi at 14 years old is a Software Developer, Author, Keynote Speaker, Algorithm-ist, Honorary IBM Cloud Advisor, IBM Champion for Cloud and YouTuber.Programming since the age of 5, he had his first iOS app, tTables, accepted when he was 9 years old.

“Highly talented Software/Cognitive Developer, Honarary IBM Cloud Advisor”

[expand title=”In detail”] Tanmay Bakshi has already spoken to over 150,000 people live worldwide about programming and its value for society. His passion for programming began when he started coding at the age of five, where he fixed his schools computers. Today he builds applications engineered to augment human capabilities. He is an algorithm-ist specialising in neural-network architecture, a published author, AI keynoter and TED speaker, Visiting Faculty Member at Grad Valley Data Science, IBM Honorary Cloud Advisor and the host of IBM’s most popular Facebook Live Series called ‘Watson Made Simple with Tanmay’ where he explains today’s most cutting edge technology in a way that people can understand and build themselves.

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[expand title=”What he offers you”]Tanmay has become a global force in programming and having spoken at a number of international conferences and events, he loves to talk about and work with Cognitive Computing, AI, and Machine Learning.One of the youngest app developers in the world with over 2,700,000 views and 250,000 subscribers on YouTube, Tanmay is currently working to achieve his goal of inspiring and training 100,000 kids and novice developers to help them create their own solutions.

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[expand title=”How he presents”]Fluent in most, if not all, of the major codes in use today, Tanmay advocates and enjoys talking about Open Source development. His passion for sharing his knowledge comes through his motivational and inspirational talks.[/expand]

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Inspirational Speaker & Advocate

Jessica Cox has eliminated the words “I can’t” from her vocabulary. Born without arms as the result of a birth defect, she has never allowed that to be a limiting factor. Jessica has a Taekwondo black belt, learnt to drive a car with her feet, type with her toes and fly an airplane.

“Think Outside the Shoe™”

[expand title=”In detail”] Jessica earned her Light Sport Pilot Certificate and entered the Guinness World Record for the “First Armless Person in the World Ever to Have Obtained a Pilot’s Licence”. This led to an audience with the Pope, meetings with heads of state, and a great deal of media attention. In the present, she has turned the tables on her so-called “disability”, allowing it to enable her as a motivational speaker and advocate in the USA and beyond. Putting an emphasis on the way we think versus our physical limitations, Jessica has shared her positive message in her travels to more than 20 countries.In the future there is no telling where her feet will take her.[/expand]

[expand title=”What she offers you”]Jessica is recognised internationally as an inspirational keynote speaker. She has shown people in countries around the world how to overcome insurmountable challenges with fearless innovation[/expand]

[expand title=”How she presents”]Jessica demonstrates to the audience the physical challenges she had to overcome to get her pilot certification. By “thinking outside of the shoe”, Jessica taught herself different ways to succeed by focusing on her ultimate goal.[/expand]

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Sailor, Winner of the America’s Cup

Dominik Neidhart is a top-class Swiss sportsman and a three-time competitor in the America‘s Cup. He was a member of the winning Alinghi crew in New Zealand. He has taken part in three separate America’s Cup Challenges, a less successful start project, a triumphant victory and a bitter defeat, and gathered a wealth of experience in the complex organisation, demanding management and successful teamwork behind the implementation of this unique vision. He remains an active sailor, works for a consulting company and also makes international appearances as a successful speaker and seminar leader.

“Leadership is not about personal success, but the success of your team”

[expand title=”In detail”] On the sea, Dominik has learnt plenty: a little mistake of one person can bring the whole team into danger. Sense of responsibility and fun in teamwork and the awareness of being an important part of the whole, appreciation for the other team members and their function as well as an assignment of tasks and the overwhelming will for winning were the factors that made the team so successful. On board you have to have the ability to work in a team, to get along with people from different cultures in a very tight space and to lean on each other.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]In his presentations, Dominik analyses the crucial success factors of Alinghi and demonstrates how to achieve high performance not only in sport teams but in the business arena as well. His lecture “go hard or go home!“ shows lively Neidhart`s five step concept from the challenger to the winning type, illustrates the most important factors for an outstanding team and the cornerstones for an effective cooperation. [/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]His style of lecturing is affected by ease and charm and illustrates, besides impressive pictures, common success and unlimited exultation as well as lived values, leader personality, knowledge management and communication culture. [/expand]

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Nomadic Dreamer, World Travel Inspirational Figure, Motivational Speaker & Writer

Sarah Dodd grew up in a small town in the USA. She has had to overcome many obstacles in her life. Living to overcome her fears she got involved in public speaking and her story and Nomadic Dreamer gained its momentum. Sarah started public speaking and now has followers in over 100 countries from around the world.

“I had the ability to choose my path and create the life I have always imagined…”

[expand title=”In detail”] Sarah comes from a family with a long line of drug and alcohol abuse, as well as depression and countless unmet dreams. Eager to leave the only place she had ever known, she focused on a goal to graduate high school one year early and at the age of 17 she left home. Sarah has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Arkansas in Speech and Communication, with years of intercultural experience, as well as a nursing background.At the age of 23, Sarah found herself stuck in the normal routine of life, doing what she felt like she “should” be doing, instead of going after her truest dreams. Sarah moved to Spain without knowing a word of Spanish. With hard work and dedication, she learned the language from scratch, with the dream anddesire to be a public speaker.[/expand]

[expand title=”What she offers you”]Sarah is on a current mission to travel sustainably as possibly to all of the countries of the world and spread a inspirational message everywhere she goes. Sarah recently spoke at TEDx León in Spanish, having mastered the language only three years previously.[/expand]

[expand title=”How she presents”]Sarah is a captivating,passionate and inspirational speaker. Through her own life experiences and challenges Sarah can engage with any audience with her enthusiastic and exuberant style. [/expand]

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Science Writer, Geneticist and Broadcaster

Adam Rutherford is a science writer and broadcaster. A former geneticist at University College London, where he studied the development of the eye, he now presents the weekly BBC Radio 4 science programme, Inside Science, as well as many award-winning television and radio series, also for the BBC.

“Renowned expert on the origin of life, genetic engineering and synthetic biology”

[expand title=”In detail”] Adam lectures extensively at UCL, where he has an Honorary Fellowship, and in public all around the world, including prestigious events such as the Douglas Adam’s Memorial Lecture, the British Humanist Association’s Darwin Day Lecture, The BFI, the Hay Festival, and the Cheltenham Literary and Science Festivals. He co-authored a study on the effects of video games on adolescents and violence in 2016.Adam’s background is in genetics and evolution. He did a PhD at the Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond St Hospital, studying the role of genes involved in the development of the eye. He worked at the science journal Nature, during which time he launched and presented the award-winning Nature Podcast.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Adam’s latest book, ‘A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived’ is the story of the whole of human history, retold with DNA as a text, everyone and everything from Neanderthals to serial killers, from redheads to race, dead kings to plague, evolution to epigenetics. Richard Dawkins described it as ‘well-written, stimulating and entertaining. What’s more important, he consistently gets it right.’[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Adam is an engaging speaker who always tailors his talks to ensure client’s needs.[/expand]

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Branding Expert and Marketing Mastermind from Starbucks and Whole Foods

John Moore’s business side was shaped as a long-time Marketing Manager with Starbucks, and later as Director of National Marketing at Whole Foods. For many years, John operated his own consultancy, the Brand Autopsy Marketing Practice.

“John Moore takes his job seriously, himself lightly”

[expand title=”In detail”] John is the Chief of Wahoo for the Brains on Fire tribe, a group of passionate humans and creative rebels who believe human connection is the most powerful force on earth.He is responsible for helping clients achieve their desired growth and developing learners and leaders within the tribe. Along the way of work life, John has authored three business books: ‘Tribal Knowledge’, ‘Tough Love,’and ‘The PassionConversation: Understanding, Sparking and Sustaining Word of Mouth Marketing’.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]A talented storyteller, on stage John paints a memorable picture of the do’s and don’ts of effective branding and provides a blueprint for how to thoughtfully—and exceptionally—position your product, service or experience into an increasingly competitive marketplace.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]John Moore shares actionable business advice from his experience propelling two of the world’s most recognized brands into the stratosphere.[/expand]

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