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Renowned Brazilian Footballer Brazil
Renowned Brazilian FootballerBrazil
Co-FounderNP Digital USA
Co-FounderNP DigitalUSA
Co-Founder and CEOPerplexity AI US
Co-Founder and CEOPerplexity AIUS
FounderSOSV USA
FounderSOSVUSA
Founding Editor-in-ChiefWIRED UK
Founding Editor-in-ChiefWIREDUK
Sports Journalist, & Co-FounderSports 1 Marketing USA
Sports Journalist, & Co-FounderSports 1 MarketingUSA
Google's First & former Chief Innovation EvangelistAdjunct Professor, Stanford University USA
Google's First & former Chief Innovation EvangelistAdjunct Professor, Stanford UniversityUSA
CEO & PartnerAnimoca Brands UK
CEO & PartnerAnimoca BrandsUK
ColumnistTechCrunch; Author; & Pitch Coach US
ColumnistTechCrunch; Author; & Pitch CoachUS
Founder & Chief WizardBuilder.ai UK
Founder & Chief WizardBuilder.aiUK
Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications, UAE GovernmentMinister of State For Artificial Intelligence UAE
Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications, UAE GovernmentMinister of State For Artificial IntelligenceUAE
His Excellency Omar Sultan Al Olama has been appointed as Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence in October 2017, and then was appointed as Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications in July 2020.
His responsibilities include enhancing the government performance levels by investing in the latest technologies and tools of artificial intelligence and applying them in various sectors.
His Excellency Omar Sultan Al Olama is Spearheading UAE efforts to be positioned as a global leader in Digital economy, With the focus to enhance UAEs digital economy contribution to the GDP.
His Excellency is also focused on strengthening the UAE’s position as a global reference in remote work applications.
His Excellency Omar Sultan Al Olama is currently the Managing Director of the World Government Summit. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Dubai Future Foundation and Deputy Managing Director of the Foundation. He is also Chairman of Dubai Chamber of Digital economy.
In November 2017, the UAE government announced selecting HE. Omar Al Olama as a member of the Future of Digital Economy and Society Council at the World Economic Forum.
During his work in the Future Department at the Ministry of Cabinet Affairs and the Future, His Excellency participated in developing the UAE Centennial 2071 strategy that aims to position the UAE as the best country in the world. He also participated in developing the UAE 4th Industrial Revolution Strategy that aims to promote the UAE’s status as a global hub for the 4th Industrial Revolution and develop a national economy based on knowledge, innovation and future technologies. Prior to his appointment, His Excellency worked on developing the UAE’s Artificial Intelligence Strategy, making it the first such strategy of its kind globally.
His Excellency Omar Sultan Al Olama worked in several sectors including the banking sector, telecommunications, private enterprises and government. H.E. also worked on developing and executing strategies, risk analysis, change management and scenario planning.
His Excellency Omar Sultan Al Olama holds a Diploma in Project Management and Excellence from the American University of Sharjah and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the American University of Dubai.
InvestorAward Winning Singer & Song Writer US
InvestorAward Winning Singer & Song WriterUS
FounderWhite Desert Antarctica South Africa
An intrepid spirit, it’s no surprise that Patrick Woodhead’s first trip to the Seventh Continent was record-setting. Having been part of the youngest and fastest team to ever reach the South Pole in 2002, Patrick went on to lead the first ever East to West traverse of Antarctica, covering 1,850km in a total of 75 days and earning a second world-record. He is a lifetime explorer and outside of the polar world he has been on many successful expeditions, summiting unclimbed mountains in Kyrgyzstan, kayaking down uncharted rivers in the Amazon and in 2015 he broke the record for the fastest traverse of Greenland.
In 2005 Patrick co-Founded White Desert, the idea of which was born in 2004 during a brutal storm in the remote depths of Antarctica. “Here we are, sitting in a tent, having spent almost 80 days starving to death, dreaming of luxurious food and a beautiful bed! Why couldn’t we create a camp where normal people could come experience the interior, but do it in a luxurious way? Why is it that polar explorers and the odd scientists are the only ones who get to experience the interior of this Continent?”
For the last 18 years, Patrick and White Desert have been pioneering luxury tourism in the interior of Antarctica, allowing travellers to immerse themselves in the awe-inspiring remoteness and isolation without enduring a series of gruelling treks. The company has also been Caron Neutral since 2007. ”To see this wilderness with a small group of people gives you that sense of discovery and serendipity. It’s magical to see a penguin when you’re virtually standing alone.”
White Desert’s flagship camp, Whichaway, was so named as when Patrick was at the site, he and his team didn’t know ‘whichaway’ to go to get back to their base. In 2022 the company opened its second client camp, Echo which is the third camp overall for the business, the other, Wolf’s Fang servicing mainly scientists and expeditioners. A multi-award winning luxury adventure business, White Desert employs over 130 staff from 18 different nationalities.
Author of 4 bestselling books published in 11 different languages, Patrick is also a Prince’s Trust ambassador and a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He holds a private plane licence and when not working, enjoys testing himself through a variety of martial arts activities and discovering the lesser-trodden areas of South Africa with his family.
CreatorWorld Wide Web UK
CreatorWorld Wide WebUK
Managing DirectorThiel Capital US
Managing DirectorThiel CapitalUS
CEOXanadu Canada
CEOXanaduCanada
BBC's Dragons Den; and CEOVitabiotics UK
BBC's Dragons Den; and CEOVitabioticsUK
Chief Scientific Officer at Renault Group; and Co-creator of the Apple Voice Assistant SIRI100 most influential French developers France
Chief Scientific Officer at Renault Group; and Co-creator of the Apple Voice Assistant SIRI100 most influential French developersFrance
Dr. Luc JULIA, Chief Scientific Officer for Renault, was CTO and Senior Vice President of Innovation for Samsung Electronics, directed Siri at Apple, was Chief Technologist at HewlettPackard and cofounded a number of start-ups in the Silicon Valley. While conducting research at SRI International, he was involved in the creation of Nuance Communications, now the world leader in speech recognition.
Recipient of Légion d’Honneur, the highest order of France, and member of its National Academy of Technologies, he holds degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris and earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications de Paris.
He is the bestselling author of the book “There is no such thing as Artificial Intelligence”, holds dozens of patents and is recognized as one of the top 100 most influential French developers in the digital world.
Dr. Luc JULIA est Directeur Scientifique de Renault. Il a été Directeur Technique et VicePrésident pour l'innovation chez Samsung Electronics, a dirigé Siri chez Apple, été Directeur Technique chez Hewlett-Packard et a cofondé plusieurs start-ups dans la Silicon Valley. Lorsqu’il poursuivait ses recherches à SRI International, il a participé à la création de Nuance Communications, aujourd'hui leader mondial dans le domaine de la reconnaissance vocale.
Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur et membre de l'Académie nationale des technologies, il est diplômé en mathématiques et en informatique de l’Université Pierre et Marie Curie à Paris et a obtenu un doctorat en informatique à l'Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications de Paris
Il est l'auteur du best-seller « L'intelligence artificielle n'existe pas », détient des dizaines de brevets et est reconnu comme l'un des 100 développeurs français les plus influents dans le monde numérique.
Co-Founder and ChairmanTechstars USA
Co-Founder and ChairmanTechstarsUSA
Producer & ScreenwriterHeroes; Best known for creating the drama series Heroes US
Producer & ScreenwriterHeroes; Best known for creating the drama series HeroesUS
FootballerFreestyle Football World Champion France
FootballerFreestyle Football World ChampionFrance
Expert Beat-Boxer Australia
Expert Beat-BoxerAustralia
Former CTO Novartis and ranked no. 1 Woman CTO as per Technology magazine for 2022EHT Consulting GmbH Switzerland
Former CTO Novartis and ranked no. 1 Woman CTO as per Technology magazine for 2022EHT Consulting GmbHSwitzerland
VISIONARY TECHNOLOGY C-SUITE LEADER AND BOARD MEMBER, RECOGNIZED AS THE WINNER OF THE TOP 100 WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY 2022
Elizabeth is the CEO of EHT Consulting GmbH, a company which partners with senior leaders of organizations on strategy, business transformation and technology innovation as a competitive advantage and enabler.
Elizabeth is a visionary and transformational leader with international experience across seven industries, leading technology and digital transformation, operational excellence and delivery.
Elizabeth believes in servant leadership and drives value-creation through innovation and effective business partnering, building trusted relationships with leaders at all levels by leveraging her highly collaborative and results-oriented style. Her strong business and deep technology skills make her very effective in delivering results in large-scale complex environments.
She has a proven track record in driving productivity to enable business growth as well as impact to the bottom line, while proactively managing risks.
She is an inspiring leader with high energy and strong communications skills who takes pride in learning from others, but also developing the next generation of technology leaders.
Elizabeth is an independent director on the Board of 8x8 Inc, California, US and SoftwareOne, Stans, Switzerland.
DJ and Music Producer; Grammy Award Winning Producer for the album Born This Way and Executive Producer of The Fame Monster by Lady GagaPolymath US
DJ and Music Producer; Grammy Award Winning Producer for the album Born This Way and Executive Producer of The Fame Monster by Lady GagaPolymathUS
Grammy Award Winning Producer of Lady Gaga’s albums Born This Way and Fame Monster. Guest lecturer at Harvard University, Harvard Business School, Harvard Medical School and at M.I.T., as well as Stanford University. Helped write and produce countless records with five US number ones and several top 10 dance records on Billboard for among others, U2,Sia, Whitney Houston, Britney Spears, Shakira, Bruno Mars, Kylie Minogue, Enrique Iglesias, Sting, and Lizzo.
CFO & Founding team memberPony.ai China
CFO & Founding team memberPony.aiChina
As a founding member of Pony.ai, Dr. Haojun (Leo) Wang served as Technical Leader of Map and Localization, Head of US Site, and Head of Shanghai Site, in different phases, bringing the latest AI breakthroughs and business expansion to achieve Pony.ai's goal of enabling autonomous mobility everywhere.
After serving as Head of Human Resources concurrently to bring in best tech talents to the company for more than 4 years, his most recent role is Chief Financial Officer to practice the best go-to-market strategy with the company's technologies and products.
Dr. Wang previously worked at IBM Silicon Valley Lab and Baidu's US R&D center, where he focused on database engine and big data system development, and was an early member to lead the development of Baidu's Map and Localization system for its self-driving car program.
He holds a B.S. degree from Shanghai Jiaotong University, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of Southern California specializing in multidimensional data and mobile location services research.
Founding member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group N.W.A. US
Founding member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group N.W.A.US
Co-FounderDjaayz Spain
Co-FounderDjaayzSpain
Co-Founder & Investment PartnerKhosla Ventures
CEOCoursera US
CEOCourseraUS
Most popular edtech unicorn with a community of over 100 million registered students, worth $1.69 Billion valuation, serving Coursera for Universities, Business, Government.
Professional Rally and Off-Road driverExtreme E, Formula E Spain
Professional Rally and Off-Road driverExtreme E, Formula ESpain
Italian-Spanish rally and off-road race driver, one of the world's fastest drivers.
Professor, Director of RoMeLa (Robotics & Mechanisms Laboratory)UCLA US
Professor, Director of RoMeLa (Robotics & Mechanisms Laboratory)UCLAUS
Dr. Dennis Hong, a TED alumnus, is a Professor and the Founding Director of RoMeLa (Robotics & Mechanisms Laboratory) at UCLA. His research focuses on robot locomotion and manipulation, autonomous vehicles and humanoid robots. He is the inventor of a number of novel robots and mechanisms, including the ‘whole skin locomotion’ for mobile robots inspired by how amoeba move, a unique three-legged waking robot STriDER, an air-powered robotic hand RAPHaEL, and the world’s first car that can be driven by the blind. His work has been featured on numerous national and international media. Washington Post magazine called Dr. Hong “the Leonardo da Vinci of robots.” Dr. Hong has been named to Popular Science’s 8th annual “Brilliant 10”, honoring top scientists younger than 40 years of age from across the United States, “Forward Under 40” by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Alumni Association, and also honored as “Top 40 Under 40” alumni by Purdue University. Hong’s other past awards include the National Science Foundation’s CAREER award, the SAE International’s Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award, and the ASME Freudenstein / GM Young Investigator Award to name a few. Dr. Hong also actively leads student teams for various international robotics and design competitions winning numerous top prizes including the DARPA Urban Challenge where they won third place and the $500,000 prize, and the RoboCup, the international autonomous robot soccer competition where his team won First Place in both the Kid-Size and Adult-Size Humanoid divisions and brought the Louis Vuitton Cup Best Humanoid Award to the United States for the very first time. Dr. Hong received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1994), his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University (1999, 2002). He has published 4 books including 3 best sellers. He has a large public following and is very active on social media (more than 50,000 followers on Facebook and a video with more than 1.5M views on YouTube) He is also a serious gourmet chef (MasterChef USA, Season 4) and a magician performing annual charity magic shows and lectures on the science of magic (Netflix “Magic for Humans”, Summer 2018).
CPOGoogle.org US
CPOGoogle.orgUS
As Head of technology for over 14 years, Jen founded Google.org that works to harness the power of technology to accelerate the impact of nonprofits and civic entities around the world.
Chief Strategy OfficerIGAWorks Republic of Korea
Chief Strategy OfficerIGAWorksRepublic of Korea
Ray Son, CSO at IGAWorks, the first unicorn company in the data sector of South Korea. He has since developed the company into Korea's leading data-tech firm, which boasts an unrivaled data business based on actionable data & SaaS platforms. IGAWorks offers a comprehensive marketing cloud ecosystem.
Co-Founder & COOThe Sandbox France
Co-Founder & COOThe SandboxFrance
Most influencial gaming unicorns. Named #4 in the Top #100 2022 most influential people in crypto by CoinTelegraph. The Sandbox has been featured in TIME100 Top 100 most influential companies of 2022 by Times magazine.
Futurist & Former Head of Design, Google XThe Moonshot Factory US
Futurist & Former Head of Design, Google XThe Moonshot FactoryUS
Futurist and awarded the highest accolade for a British designer, 'RDI - Royal Designer for Industry'.
EVP, Chief Creative Officer, MRMMcCann Worldgroup US
EVP, Chief Creative Officer, MRMMcCann WorldgroupUS
Winner of 16 Cannes Lions, 20 Clios, best known for his work on “Drink Up Ashanti project.
R/GA is a global creative agency best known for combining expertise in design, technology and culture. We help deliver innovation with impact across a full spectrum of brand and marketing needs for clients throughout the GCC, Europe and the US. From creating the first digital bank for the next generation with the National Bank of Kuwait to designing comms & experiences for Nike, we push the boundaries of creativity, transforming both our clients’ businesses and entire industries.
The Marketing Society is a leading global membership community, founded in 1959 as a not-for-profit organisation. Since then, we have grown to become a highly influential community of marketing leaders around the world, with hubs in England (HQ), Scotland, Hong Kong, Singapore, United Arab Emirates and New York. We inspire, accelerate and unite the world’s smartest marketers, helping them to do well in their careers, and to do good in their organisations, the economy and society. We work together to grow marketing’s positive impact