Innovation Speakers

Gianni Giacomelli
Founder of Supermind.Design, Head of Design Innovation At MIT & Senior Advisor of Innovation for Genpact
Elliot Leavy Official Speaker Profile Picture
Founder of Europe’s first Generative AI consultancy, ACQUAINTED, UCL AI Mentor & Former Managing Editor at AI, Data & Analytics Network
Marcell Vollmer
CEO & Start-Up Advisor for MV Procu GMBH, Former Partner & Director of Boston Consulting Group, Former CDO of SAP & Former Chief Innovation Officer of Celonis
Jim Harris
World-leading keynote speaker on disruptive innovation, bestselling author & Former National Advisory for Fair Vote Canada
Amrit Chandan
Co-founder & CEO of Aceleron & awarded Hawley Award for Engineering Innovation
Simon Greenman
Co-Founder of MapQuest, Head of AI & Chief Technology Officer for Best Practice AI, Former Global Innovator & Global AI Council Member for the World Economic Forum
Michael Hastings
Professor of Leadership at Huntsman Business School, Vice President of UNICEF UK, Former Head of Corporate Social Responsibility for the BBC, Former Global Head of Citizenship for KPMG & Life Peer of the House of Lords
Tim Reid
Co-creator & co-writer of the BAFTA-winning BBC One sitcom Peter Kay’s Car Share
Jaap Haartsen
Inventor of Bluetooth
Karlheinz Brandenburg
Co-inventor of the MP3, Chief Executive Officer at Brandenburg Labs & Fellow of the Audio Engineering Society
Kate Hardcastle
Joint Founding Partner of Insight with Passion, Broadcaster for Rock 'n' Roll Business, Contributor to Forbes, Retail Expert for ITV, Trustee of the Diana Awards & Expert on Consumer Insight
Jay Vijayan
Founder & CEO of Tekion Corp & Former Chief Information Officer at Tesla