Region & Country

Valued speakers who focus on the geopolitical and cultural aspects of different regions and countries, exploring topics like regional development, international relations, and cultural identity

Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer

Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer

From Mauritius

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Berthold Kuhn

Berthold Kuhn

Dr. habil. Berthold M. Kuhn is a political scientist and international cooperation expert, focusing on climate policies, sustainability transformations. megatrends and future research. He regularly speaks at international conferences and advises international and nonprofit organizations as well as global think tanks. He was a professor at Leiden University, Tsinghua University, and Xiamen University and is now involved in research, teaching, and international conference activities at Freie Universität Berlin. He also works as an evaluator for the European Commission and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).

Dr. habil. Berthold M. Kuhn is a political scientist and international cooperation expert, focusing on climate policies, sustainability transformations. megatrends and future research. He regularly speaks at international conferences and advises inte... Show more

Nadeem Akhtar Mohmand

Nadeem Akhtar Mohmand

Officialy Selected as Microsoft Student Ambassador, Google Developer Student Club's Lead, Google Developer Group's Organizer and Global Azure Team's Member.
Almost at the end of my Bachelor's journey in Computer Science.

Officialy Selected as Microsoft Student Ambassador, Google Developer Student Club's Lead, Google Developer Group's Organizer and Global Azure Team's Member. Almost at the end of my Bachelor's journey in Computer Science. Show more

Anthea Armar

Anthea Armar

Anthea Armar is a London-based change management expert with over 20 years of experience in the field. She has a proven track record in facilitating lasting organisational change through innovative solutions, using best practice in change management, business process improvement, leadership, training and wellbeing. Her strategies focus on people, processes and technology to drive change and achieve success.

Anthea coaches and mentors senior leaders, entrepreneurs and professionals all over the world to unlock their full potential by boosting their self-awareness, clarity and confidence to bridge the gap between where they are and where they desire to be. Anthea is a highly persuasive, thought provoking, quirky, calmly energetic speaker who is able to inspire others to action, making her an invaluable partner to any individual looking to get to the next level.

Anthea attracts attention, leaving you feeling encouraged, awakened and eager to take action. Your mind shapes the world you live in. Change your mind and you can change your life.

Anthea Armar is a London-based change management expert with over 20 years of experience in the field. She has a proven track record in facilitating lasting organisational change through innovative solutions, using best practice in change management,... Show more

Andrei Ionescu

Andrei Ionescu

Andrei Ionescu is a Senior Software Engineer with Adobe and part of Adobe Experience Platform's Data Lake team, specialised in Big Data and Distributed Systems with Scala, Java, Spark, Kafka.

At Adobe he is mainly contributing to Ingestion and Data Lake projects while on open source he's contributing to Delta Lake, Hyperspace, Apache Iceberg and more recently to Polars.

Andrei Ionescu is a Senior Software Engineer with Adobe and part of Adobe Experience Platform's Data Lake team, specialised in Big Data and Distributed Systems with Scala, Java, Spark, Kafka. At Adobe he is mainly contributing to Ingestion and Da... Show more

Jorge Téllez

Jorge Téllez

Jorge Téllez is a tech leader with more than 15 years of experience in product development, innovation, business development and education.

Jorge has also developed the digital transformation capabilities of hundreds of organizations, from startups to Fortune 500 companies in the United States and Latin America, including Accenture, McKinsey, CEMEX, Neoris, Banregio, Autlan, and Banregio, among others. Jorge has founded several profitable companies and has been a founding member of three bootcamps in the United States and Mexico. His latest company, CeroUno, was acquired by Revelo, the largest technology talent platform in Latin America where he now serves as Chief Community Officer.

Jorge has studies at Tec de Monterrey, UNC Chapel Hill, Harvard and Turing School, and is a Techstars alum.

Jorge Téllez is a tech leader with more than 15 years of experience in product development, innovation, business development and education. Jorge has also developed the digital transformation capabilities of hundreds of organizations, from startu... Show more

Gideon Mariochukwu

Gideon Mariochukwu

Gideon Mariochukwu is a Digital Marketing Consultant, Frontend Developer, Personal Development Advocate, and Digital Skill Trainer.

He is a Google Certified Digital Marketer and mobile web developer with over 4 years of working with brands to help them become more visible and accessible online.

He is also a member of the International Association of Professional Writers and Editors, New York.

He is also the CEO, Smart Access Technologies and Creative Director of TinYard Inc. Lead Volunteer of Positive Minds Initiative, Program Director, of E-literate Network, and Delta State coordinator of Education With Purpose and SDGs, Delta.

He is a Global Youth Ambassador for TheirWorld, London. An Alumni of Commonwealth 100 Open-Source Leaders and a YALI RLC Fellow and John C. Maxwell Certified.

Gideon Mariochukwu also helps young people develop a positive attitude towards their life, work, and business.

Gideon Mariochukwu is a Digital Marketing Consultant, Frontend Developer, Personal Development Advocate, and Digital Skill Trainer. He is a Google Certified Digital Marketer and mobile web developer with over 4 years of working with brands to help... Show more

David Rich

David Rich

Dave is responsible for aligning go-to-market strategy and innovation across lines of business. He brings expertise in voice AI, voice biometrics, telecommunications, and multiple industries. Dave has held senior planning and operational roles at American Airlines and Nuance Communications, CEO at LumenVox, and CPO for Flowroute and n2uitive, and has created products that are used by millions of people. He is a frequent advisor to hedge funds and investors. Dave is a Fulbright Scholar and has an MBA from the University of Michigan.

Dave is responsible for aligning go-to-market strategy and innovation across lines of business. He brings expertise in voice AI, voice biometrics, telecommunications, and multiple industries. Dave has held senior planning and operational roles at A... Show more

Sai Kiran Alagundula

Sai Kiran Alagundula

Hello !!
I'm Sai Kiran from India . I have got 10 years of Product Management / Entrepreneurial Experience in B2C, B2B.

Hello !! I'm Sai Kiran from India . I have got 10 years of Product Management / Entrepreneurial Experience in B2C, B2B. Show more

Shiraz Baboo

Shiraz Baboo

Coaches and Healers hire me to rewrite their business stories, and with them, their reality because most people are unknowingly addicted to stories of adversity and struggle and left with a lack of success, confidence, and freedom. I help you to eliminate, terminate, and annihilate your unconscious addiction to these stories in order to ignite a stream of high paying clients along with an abundance of free time, money, and energy.

Coaches and Healers hire me to rewrite their business stories, and with them, their reality because most people are unknowingly addicted to stories of adversity and struggle and left with a lack of success, confidence, and freedom. I help you to elim... Show more

Hobivola A. Rabearivelo

Hobivola A. Rabearivelo

Hobivola A. Rabearivelo is Chief Strategy & Partnerships Officer at BI Expertise, a company specialised in artificial intelligence technologies based in Quebec City, Canada.

Hobivola joined BI Expertise in 2018, where he has set up the company’s research and innovation lab. He works on developing the company’s partnerships and managing several innovation projects. Prior to joining BI Expertise, he has worked as analyst and project manager for organisations of all sizes in a variety of industries, ranging from communication to international security to community organisations.
Hobivola has an education in International Studies (Université Laval, Canada) and in Geoeconomics and Strategic Intelligence (IRIS Sup, France). He also sits on the board of directors of several organisations, including CÉGEP de Matane’s college centre for technology transfer, Centre de développement et de recherche en intelligence numérique (CDRIN); as well as on the Advisory board on digital twins of Canada’s Next Generation Manufacturing Supercluster (NGen).

Hobivola A. Rabearivelo is Chief Strategy & Partnerships Officer at BI Expertise, a company specialised in artificial intelligence technologies based in Quebec City, Canada. Hobivola joined BI Expertise in 2018, where he has set up the company’s r... Show more

Ana Sofía Colautti

Ana Sofía Colautti

I'm a Project manager/Drupal developer/Site builder/Accessibility enthusiast from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

I'm a Project manager/Drupal developer/Site builder/Accessibility enthusiast from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Show more

Verena Kunz-Gehrmann

Verena Kunz-Gehrmann

Verena is the Chief Marketing Officer at Ouriginal. Before joining Ouriginal in 2018, she worked for various well-known technology companies in Asia and Europe. She believes that every student should be given the chance to develop their full potential, and should be supported to find their unique and original voice.

Verena is the Chief Marketing Officer at Ouriginal. Before joining Ouriginal in 2018, she worked for various well-known technology companies in Asia and Europe. She believes that every student should be given the chance to develop their full potentia... Show more

Simon Jackson

Simon Jackson

Crazy wild eyed engineer / architect & developer, always breaking stuff apart to see how it works and teaching everyone how to put them back together the right way.
Dual Microsoft MVP for Windows (Mixed Reality) and Xbox aiming to energise developers everywhere to build great games.
Member of the Microsoft Mixed Reality Toolkit team and key contributor to the new Cross Platform Mixed Reality solution (V2)
Happy to talk, love to help and can't stop talking about great stuff.

https://darkgenesis.zenithmoon.com/aboutme/

Crazy wild eyed engineer / architect & developer, always breaking stuff apart to see how it works and teaching everyone how to put them back together the right way. Dual Microsoft MVP for Windows (Mixed Reality) and Xbox aiming to energise developer... Show more

Miroslav Šedivý

Miroslav Šedivý

Born in Czechoslovakia, studied in France, living in Germany. Using Python to make the sun shine and the wind blow. hjkl juggler and languages enthusiast. PyCon.DE and Polyglot Gathering organizer.

Born in Czechoslovakia, studied in France, living in Germany. Using Python to make the sun shine and the wind blow. hjkl juggler and languages enthusiast. PyCon.DE and Polyglot Gathering organizer. Show more

Daniela Field

Daniela Field

Daniela has 10+ years of experience as a technology professional. She enjoys working with clients, understanding their business needs and offering solutions that move clients towards efficiency, productivity and profitability. She has worked with various Fortune 500 companies as well as privately held organizations. Her previous work was focused on enterprise data search, eDiscovery, document assembly and contract management. As a faculty technology advisor, she has given guest lectures in 30+ universities, collaborated and presented research papers in various conferences.

Daniela has 10+ years of experience as a technology professional. She enjoys working with clients, understanding their business needs and offering solutions that move clients towards efficiency, productivity and profitability. She has worked with var... Show more

Grace Doherty

Grace Doherty

As a consultant for the Open Data for Resilience Initiative, I work to make development research data understood and accessible to decision-makers – focusing on the use of geospatial information to understand and communicate poverty and disaster risk. I also work with the GW Milken Institute School of Public Health as a geospatial analyst and teach geography & GIS in classroom and workshop settings.

www.opendri.org
www.opencitiesproject.org

As a consultant for the Open Data for Resilience Initiative, I work to make development research data understood and accessible to decision-makers – focusing on the use of geospatial information to understand and communicate poverty and disaster risk... Show more

Pete Crocker

Pete Crocker

https://www.linkedin.com/in/petercrocker/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/petercrocker/ Show more

Korube San

Korube San

A water dragon from a Mexican Oasis, Founder of the House of the Jockstrap.

A water dragon from a Mexican Oasis, Founder of the House of the Jockstrap. Show more

Nicola Schoonderwoerd

Nicola Schoonderwoerd

As a dynamic servant-leader, Nicola is passionate about inspiring greatness in others.

Her mission is to positively disrupt the status quo, cultivate a culture of innovation and unlock better ways of working. She breaks down communication barriers, challenges old norms and mobilises communities of changemakers.

She is an exceptional facilitator, transforming mundane meetings into extraordinary experiences. By sparking creativity, harnessing thought diversity and democratising decision-making, She enables teams to solve big business problems – together!

With Nicola’s previous experience driving improvements in the education sector, along with her agile mindset and fearless facilitation, she brings a unique blend of expertise poised to leave a positive impact in any business context.

As a dynamic servant-leader, Nicola is passionate about inspiring greatness in others. Her mission is to positively disrupt the status quo, cultivate a culture of innovation and unlock better ways of working. She breaks down communication barriers... Show more

Ann Thuy-Ling Tran

Ann Thuy-Ling Tran

Ann Tran is an Assistant Professor of Asian & Asian American Studies at California State University, Long Beach. Tran's research brings together digital studies, food studies, religious studies, and sociolinguistics to explore how Vietnamese community cultural identity, hauntology, and familial stories of intergenerational trauma and healing are digitally archived to foster a global Viet Nam.

Ann Tran is an Assistant Professor of Asian & Asian American Studies at California State University, Long Beach. Tran's research brings together digital studies, food studies, religious studies, and sociolinguistics to explore how Vietnamese communit... Show more

Randy Justin Garcia Jr

Randy Justin Garcia Jr

Meet Randy, a dynamic Director of Sales and Realtor with a passion for empowering his team and clients alike. With over a decade of experience and a track record of serving 300+ families, Randy leads a team of 20+ agents in creating amazing careers to be proud of. His journey began in the Bay Area, where his upbringing instilled in him integrity, honesty, and an unwavering work ethic. From starting multiple thriving businesses in his early twenties to facilitating over 100 real estate transactions, Randy's entrepreneurial spirit and dedication to excellence shine through. With a commitment to continuous growth and providing the best for his family of three, Randy is driven by the desire to make every day 1% better.

Meet Randy, a dynamic Director of Sales and Realtor with a passion for empowering his team and clients alike. With over a decade of experience and a track record of serving 300+ families, Randy leads a team of 20+ agents in creating amazing careers t... Show more

Rebecca Jo Kinney

Rebecca Jo Kinney

Rebecca Jo Kinney is an interdisciplinary teacher and scholar of Critical Ethnic Studies, American Studies, and qualitative research methods, and an associate professor at Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA. Dr. Kinney's second book, Mapping AsiaTown Cleveland: Race and Redevelopment in the Rust Belt (Temple University Press, 2025) examines the complexities of regional racial formation at work in the urban midwest by analyzing the work of Asian American stakeholders spearheading the redevelopment of Cleveland’s AsiaTown. https://tupress.temple.edu/books/mapping-asiatown-cleveland

Dr. Kinney’s first book, Beautiful Wasteland: The Rise of Detroit as America’s Postindustrial Frontier (University of Minnesota Press, 2016) argues that contemporary stories told about Detroit’s potential for rise enables the erasure of white supremacist systems. Her research has appeared in American Quarterly, Radical History Review, Race&Class, and Verge, among other journals. In 2021-2022 she was an Ewha University affiliated Fulbright Korea Scholar undertaking ethnographic research for the project “Adult Korean Adoptees Making Home and Building Community in South Korea.”

Rebecca Jo Kinney is an interdisciplinary teacher and scholar of Critical Ethnic Studies, American Studies, and qualitative research methods, and an associate professor at Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA. Dr. Kinney's second book, Mapping A... Show more

Saim Safder

Saim Safder

I'm a DevOps & Cloud Native engineer who is passionate about learning and sharing knowledge on Cloud Native Technologies. Spent 4 years 🌟 developing the skills to increase velocity, reliability, and quality with a high focus on security to help startups and enterprise businesses to become successful. Deep experience with EKS, AKS, GKE, Docker, Kubernetes, Service Meshes, Git-Ops and Open-stack, helping organizations instill DevOps for the modern age. I’m passionate about making open-source more accessible, creating technology to elevate people, and building communities. I’m also a Community Ambassador at Layer5/Cloud Native Islamabad & Cloud Native Expert at Ortelius Open Source Community.

I'm a DevOps & Cloud Native engineer who is passionate about learning and sharing knowledge on Cloud Native Technologies. Spent 4 years 🌟 developing the skills to increase velocity, reliability, and quality with a high focus on security to help star... Show more

Feliana Citradewi

Feliana Citradewi

Born in Jakarta, Indonesia, Feliana Citradewi is a passionate entrepreneur with a multitude of achievements in numerous domains. Founder of the start-up LiVert, which is disrupting the e-commerce sector, as well as its predecessor ShopMate, in parallel she promotes international business relationships through FC IMD consulting. Co-founder of Women Circle Club and Vice-President of Asian Female Founder Foundation as well as President of honour of FemmEntreprendre.

She was a former consultant and business manager at Randstad consulting subsidiary Uno&Company, a corporate communication manager for the CEO of L'Oreal group, a project manager for an open government program at the OECD, a project manager at Préfecture and mayor office at Ardennes department, as well as a consultant at Fitch ratings.

She started her journey in France by studying Public law, then pursued double degrees twice: firstly a Master of International law & Master of Political sciences at SciencesPo;
secondly, she graduated from Sorbonne and the École Nationale d'Administration (ENA), where she was the first Indonesian woman who had ever entered this prestigious school where most French presidents and ministers were educated. Finally, she also did online courses in Philosophy from MIT, in Negotiation from HEC, Business Creation Engineering from VentureLab and English classes at Oxford colleges.



Besides serving as an immense pride for herself and her family, the multiple courses allowed her to deepen her understanding related to government decision-making and the impact of private/public policies, and allowed her to become an expert on public affairs and international matters.


While working on difficult challenges, her driver is the Indonesian proverb "Diligence is the beginning of brilliance."
In a perpetual quest for meaning, Feliana would be keen to pass on the ecological values ​​instilled by a mother from the Borneo forest, as well as contribute to creating wealth and its more fair distribution in the world. Thus, she is open to any opportunities that would be a stepping stone for that purpose through her professional and personal projects.

Born in Jakarta, Indonesia, Feliana Citradewi is a passionate entrepreneur with a multitude of achievements in numerous domains. Founder of the start-up LiVert, which is disrupting the e-commerce sector, as well as its predecessor ShopMate, in parall... Show more

Cameron McKay

Cameron McKay

Cameron McKay is a Microsoft Azure Integration MVP with a strong background in web, integration, and business analysis. Cameron is a thought leader in Azure integration services and has spoken at numerous conferences on topics related to Microsoft Azure. Cameron has blended his expertise in software development and business analysis to deliver a variety of enterprise web, integrations and cloud applications using the Microsoft technology stack.

Cameron spends his off-hours as a tabletop board game enthusiast, cooking up delicious meals, watching anime and training his husky dogs. Cameron is always up for any tabletop game, but he especially enjoys strategy games such as Settlers of Catan and Go (Baduk).

Cameron McKay is a Microsoft Azure Integration MVP with a strong background in web, integration, and business analysis. Cameron is a thought leader in Azure integration services and has spoken at numerous conferences on topics related to Microsoft Az... Show more

Scott Harris

Scott Harris

Since 2003, Scott Harris has been involved in the marketing and sales of over $2 Billion of New York City residential property.

Scott, the founder of boutique brokerage and Side partner Magnetic, was recently recognized as the number 20 broker in New York City and among the top 200 in broker teams in the nation, in sales volume, by the WSJ Real Trends Top 1000 list. He is regularly among the top 0.02% of real estate agents nationwide.

Through a proven system they call The Magnetic Method, Scott and his agents have empowered thousands of clients to bring their dreams to life through real estate and uncover what is next for them in their lives, identifying and securing opportunities in cooperative apartments, landmarked townhouses and condominiums.

For home sellers, each property goes through a proprietary process to create a unique branding campaign and marketing strategy. Deep listening and targeted campaigns have resulted in matches with delighted homebuyers that exceed expectations. Features on social media, television, and international publications each contribute to a business based largely on referrals. Scott represents both buyers and sellers in top buildings across Manhattan and Brooklyn.

Concurrently, Scott developed more than two decades of experience in New Development, closely collaborating with top developers in the planning, marketing, and sales of premier new residential developments, and creating brand identities for extraordinary properties featuring world-class architecture and design.

Mr. Harris has established a sterling reputation with his clients as a creative, strategic thinker and listener, able to provide value that extends well beyond his Real Estate expertise. Solving problems proactively, with patience and professionalism, has made him a valuable asset to his clients and has helped him develop a broad network of expert bankers, designers, architects, and other seasoned professionals.

Scott advises buyers with an approach rooted in extensive market knowledge and research. In addition, he advises investors on purchases and management of well-suited properties, including sourcing qualified rental tenants for these units.

Prior to Real Estate, Scott gained valuable experience in the fast-moving, real-time nature of the entertainment industry, as an artist manager and exclusive booking agent. These years uniquely prepared him to be a top Real Estate professional in New York City, exposing him to a diverse, international client base which he continues to cultivate.

Scott was born and raised in New Orleans, where he attended The Isidore Newman School. He holds a BA from the University of Pennsylvania and resides with his wife and three children on the Upper West Side. He is a dedicated marathon runner and crossword enthusiast.

Since 2003, Scott Harris has been involved in the marketing and sales of over $2 Billion of New York City residential property. Scott, the founder of boutique brokerage and Side partner Magnetic, was recently recognized as the number 20 broker in ... Show more

Zhou Sun

Zhou Sun

Co-founder and CEO of Mooncake Labs.
Simplify modern data stack with postgres, python and data lakes.

Previously I lead the query team at SingleStore (cloud-native distributed HTAP database), encompassing the query engine, storage engine, code generation framework, and various database extensions.

Co-founder and CEO of Mooncake Labs. Simplify modern data stack with postgres, python and data lakes. Previously I lead the query team at SingleStore (cloud-native distributed HTAP database), encompassing the query engine, storage engine, code g... Show more

Scott Grzybowski

Scott Grzybowski

Scott Grzybowski (aka Scott Griz) is a Senior Specialist Solutions Architect based in San Diego, CA. Scott has a deep background in technical solutions project management, sales and implementation experience in the big data ecosystem with companies like Databricks, Okera, Confluent, AtScale and Cloudera. He specializes in Azure networking, security and data governance. A man of many talents, he is a Certified Professional Logistician (CPL), Professional Project Manager (PMP), Arizona Licensed Realtor, Azure Certified Associate in Network Design and a retired US Navy Chief Warrant Officer (CWO4)

Scott Grzybowski (aka Scott Griz) is a Senior Specialist Solutions Architect based in San Diego, CA. Scott has a deep background in technical solutions project management, sales and implementation experience in the big data ecosystem with companies l... Show more

Vishek Pratap

Vishek Pratap

Vishek Pratap is a dedicated entrepreneur and avid learner with a strong passion for community building. With a vision to empower the youth in tier-3 cities, he strives to provide them with a platform to showcase their talents and unlock their full potential. As a professional, Vishek is highly engaged in the tech industry and actively participates in discussions on topics such as blockchain, cybersecurity, marketing, sales, and product development. His commitment to collaboration over competition sets him apart, as he believes that by working together, we can achieve greater success and innovation. With a deep understanding of the importance of community, Vishek leverages his expertise in community building to foster meaningful connections and create a supportive environment for growth. His strong communication skills and leadership abilities enable him to effectively engage with diverse audiences and inspire others to achieve their goals. In addition to his entrepreneurial pursuits, Vishek enjoys sharing his knowledge and insights through tweeting and participating in discussions. His enthusiasm for continuous learning drives him to stay updated on the latest industry trends and share valuable insights with others. Vishek Pratap is excited to be a part of conferences and events where he can connect with like-minded professionals, exchange ideas, and contribute to the overall success of the community.

Vishek Pratap is a dedicated entrepreneur and avid learner with a strong passion for community building. With a vision to empower the youth in tier-3 cities, he strives to provide them with a platform to showcase their talents and unlock their full p... Show more

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