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

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

Ratnadeep Simhadri

Ratnadeep Simhadri

Ratnadeep Simhadri is a distinguished Staff Software Engineer with over 12 years of progressive experience architecting and scaling mission-critical payment and financial technology systems that power more than $1.68 trillion in annual transaction volume across 200+ global markets. Currently at PayPal, he plays a pivotal role in driving next-generation innovation at the intersection of artificial intelligence and financial services. He is leading the development of advanced multi-agent AI platforms and LLM-powered systems that transform raw financial and transactional data into actionable business intelligence for millions of merchants, enabling smarter decision-making, demand forecasting, and real-time insights.
Throughout his career, Ratnadeep has demonstrated deep expertise in payments orchestration, open banking ecosystems, checkout platforms, and large-scale distributed systems. He has been instrumental in designing and launching highly scalable platforms that support hundreds of millions of users, including real-time payment infrastructures, open banking aggregation layers integrating thousands of global financial institutions, and extensible checkout systems that support diverse payment methods across multiple regions. His ability to build robust, high-availability systems with sub-second latency has significantly enhanced user experience, platform reliability, and business growth.
Beyond technical execution, Ratnadeep is widely recognized for his leadership and strategic vision. He has led cross-functional initiatives spanning engineering, data science, product, and compliance teams, aligning complex technical solutions with business objectives and regulatory requirements. As a mentor and technical leader, he has guided engineers across all levels, fostering a culture of innovation, engineering excellence, and continuous learning. His contributions have been recognized through multiple prestigious awards, including enterprise-wide innovation honors and consistent performance accolades, underscoring his impact on both technology and business outcomes.
With a strong foundation in both engineering and product thinking, Ratnadeep continues to push the boundaries of fintech innovation by integrating AI-driven intelligence into financial platforms, shaping the future of payments, merchant ecosystems, and digital financial services.

Ratnadeep Simhadri is a distinguished Staff Software Engineer with over 12 years of progressive experience architecting and scaling mission-critical payment and financial technology systems that power more than $1.68 trillion in annual transaction vo... Show more

Monica Amable

Monica Amable

I am a youth advocate passionate about leadership, financial empowerment, and youth development in Africa.

I serve as the Regional Administrator of the maiden West Africa Women Speakers’ Forum (WAWS) and the Bourse Jackie Scholarship, providing leadership and educational opportunities for young Africans.

I am a youth advocate passionate about leadership, financial empowerment, and youth development in Africa. I serve as the Regional Administrator of the maiden West Africa Women Speakers’ Forum (WAWS) and the Bourse Jackie Scholarship, providing le... Show more

Amit Sheen

Amit Sheen

Hey guys, nice to meet you. :)

I'm an experienced web developer, specializing in CSS, design systems, animations, and creative coding. I have a pathological curiosity and a constant desire to learn new things, and I love sharing my experience and explorations with the community.

I've been a speaker at a large number of local and international conferences, and countless meetups, talking about CSS and JavaScript, or doing some live-coding, and I'm a frequent guest at professional podcasts and various streams. I've also published a few professional articles, and my work is frequently featured on some of the most respectable websites and newsletters.

Hey guys, nice to meet you. :) I'm an experienced web developer, specializing in CSS, design systems, animations, and creative coding. I have a pathological curiosity and a constant desire to learn new things, and I love sharing my experience and ... Show more

Mohamed Laghdaf

Mohamed Laghdaf

Mohamed Laghdaf is a 22-years old certified software engineer from BlueCrest College, where he obtained a diploma in software engineering. He also holds a diploma with distinction in Peace and Conflict Studies and a BSc (Hons) in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Sierra Leone. Currently, he is in the final stage of pursuing an LL.B alongside an LL.M (Master of Laws) simultaneously, with a particular interest in technology law.

Professionally, Mohamed Laghdaf is an academia, aspiring to become a global expert in AI accountability and liability frameworks. In 2024, he serves as the director of the FALAS Human Rights Student Wing at the Republic of Sierra Leone. In October 2025, he serves as a keynote speaker in Liberia and has also been invited to Kigali for a subsequent session in October 2026. Additionally, he is the president of the Njala Association of Law Mooters. He is fluent in English and Arabic and a beginner in Spanish.

Mohamed's professional memberships include being a Rotarian at the Rotary Club of Freetown Peninsula, a young student member at the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (England), and an honorary member of the Honours Society (USA).

His currently trying to obtain a license from the Chartered Institute of Professional Security Studies in AI governance and risk management. He is also a PhD applicant at the University of Canberra, Australia, focusing his research on "Assessing the Concept of Legal Personhood in the Age of Artificial Intelligence."

In summary, Mohamed Laghdaf is an emerging international legal scholar dedicated to integrate law, technology, and conflict resolution, with the aim of promoting a better global policy framework.

Mohamed Laghdaf is a 22-years old certified software engineer from BlueCrest College, where he obtained a diploma in software engineering. He also holds a diploma with distinction in Peace and Conflict Studies and a BSc (Hons) in Peace and Conflict S... Show more

William Taylor

William Taylor

Security consultant with a background in embedded engineering and DevOps, which has lead to an interest in mobile, Cloud, and Kubernetes security. I used to make things work; now I break things, professionally and ethically.

Security consultant with a background in embedded engineering and DevOps, which has lead to an interest in mobile, Cloud, and Kubernetes security. I used to make things work; now I break things, professionally and ethically. Show more

Agnieszka Cent

Agnieszka Cent

Agnieszka has over 10 years engineering experience and specialises in Cloud Computing with Azure.
As a lead engineer she has spent the last 5 years designing and developing distributed systems in Azure.
Agnieszka is an experienced speaker and active community member - Follow Agnieszka on LinkedIn for more: https://www.linkedin.com/in/agnieszka-cent/

Agnieszka has over 10 years engineering experience and specialises in Cloud Computing with Azure. As a lead engineer she has spent the last 5 years designing and developing distributed systems in Azure. Agnieszka is an experienced speaker and activ... Show more

Jeevarajan Kumar

Jeevarajan Kumar

Jeevarajan Kumar (Jeeva) is a Solution Architect at Velrada and a Microsoft Business Applications MVP.

Based in Auckland, he is a tech enthusiast, active speaker and community leader with a strong passion for technology. Jeeva is the co-organizer of the Auckland Power Platform User Group, as well as user groups in Singapore and Tamil Nadu, India. He also serves on the global organizing committee for the Global Power Platform Bootcamp.

Jeevarajan Kumar (Jeeva) is a Solution Architect at Velrada and a Microsoft Business Applications MVP. Based in Auckland, he is a tech enthusiast, active speaker and community leader with a strong passion for technology. Jeeva is the co-organizer... Show more

Brittany Leonard

Brittany Leonard

Brittany is a yoga and mindfulness instructor, committed to providing wellness strategies to people of all ages. Brittany has a passion for mindfulness and nature, which are embodied during her alignment-based Hatha Vinyasa style yoga, meditation, and mindfulness workshops. She’s also a high school teacher in the Cowichan Valley, and has published several fiction and wellness books to accompany her other wellness practices.

Brittany is a yoga and mindfulness instructor, committed to providing wellness strategies to people of all ages. Brittany has a passion for mindfulness and nature, which are embodied during her alignment-based Hatha Vinyasa style yoga, meditation, an... 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

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

Jaime Omar Montero Aguilar

Jaime Omar Montero Aguilar

I am a cloud technology expert and DevOps advocate with extensive experience in IT and platform engineering. My mission is to drive innovation through automation, reliability, and scalable architectures. I am passionate about sharing knowledge and building open, collaborative communities that empower engineers to create resilient and efficient systems. Technology should be accessible, transparent, and a force for progress—where everyone has the tools to contribute and grow.

I am a cloud technology expert and DevOps advocate with extensive experience in IT and platform engineering. My mission is to drive innovation through automation, reliability, and scalable architectures. I am passionate about sharing knowledge and bu... 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

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

Elvis Moreland

Elvis Moreland

A driven and strategic security leader with proven experience in delivering assurance for business systems and operations. Insightful and innovative in reducing enterprise risk, operational risk, and cyber risk using proven people, process, and technical methods. Expertise in implementing security and privacy policy, plans, processes, tools, procedures, and governance for both on-premise and the cloud. Expert in solid statutory and regulatory policy and governance programs to meet or exceed mandates such as CISA, FISMA, FFIEC, HIPAA, CMS, DFARS, DHS TSA, GDPR, and CCPA. Currently retooling and pursuing an MBA in Cyber Security Management.

A driven and strategic security leader with proven experience in delivering assurance for business systems and operations. Insightful and innovative in reducing enterprise risk, operational risk, and cyber risk using proven people, process, and techn... Show more

Shouvik Sarkar

Shouvik Sarkar

Former Owner of The SARK Tech.
Professional Programmer.
Researcher. Author. Cricketer. Traveller.

Former Owner of The SARK Tech. Professional Programmer. Researcher. Author. Cricketer. Traveller. Show more

Louis Jourdain

Louis Jourdain

NLP addict

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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

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

Vicki Swan

Vicki Swan

Vicki Swan works with PreparedBC, the public education team at the BC Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness. After joining the Ministry, she asked to coordinate the Master of Disaster program. Vicki is inspired by the positive impact MOD has on students, their households and communities and appreciates that students will have this emergency preparedness knowledge for life. Vicki has 25 years’ experience delivering experiential workshops and has worked in public school and adult education settings.

Vicki Swan works with PreparedBC, the public education team at the BC Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness. After joining the Ministry, she asked to coordinate the Master of Disaster program. Vicki is inspired by the positive impact... Show more

Giuliano Gaub

Giuliano Gaub

I'm a consultant focused on business intelligence, data engineering, and cloud architecture, mainly using Microsoft Azure. I’ve worked across industries like manufacturing, pharma, and media, building modern data platforms and automating infrastructure with Terraform. My experience spans the full data lifecycle—from ingestion to visualization. I hold several Azure certifications and enjoy turning complex data problems into practical, cloud-based solutions.

I'm a consultant focused on business intelligence, data engineering, and cloud architecture, mainly using Microsoft Azure. I’ve worked across industries like manufacturing, pharma, and media, building modern data platforms and automating infrastructu... Show more

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