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Winner of the 2016 Formula 1 World Championships, Nico Rosberg is one of the most successful racing drivers of the modern era. Winner of more than 23 Grand Prix, he initially raced for the Williams team before joining Mercedes, initially as teammate to Michael Schumacher and later partnering Lewis Hamilton.
In 2019, Nicoe founded the Greentech Festival, a global platform for sustainable innovation, attracting 40,000 visitors to its premiere event in Berlin. He also founded Rosberg X Racing, competing in the electric off-road racing series Extreme E.
Having invested in more than 30 start-ups across sustainable mobility, technology, health, agroforestry, nutrition, and carbon reduction, Nico is known for his charitable and philanthropic work. This includes support for Viva Con Agua, a non-profit organisation working to ensure clean drinking water is made available worldwide.
Nico is one of the sport’s most articulate ambassadors. He speaks five languages fluently, and is well versed in speaking to large audiences around the world.
“The people who’ll thrive in the age of AI are those who understand themselves the most. The clearer you are on your own mind, the more precise you can be at directing a machine.”
Georgia Lewis Anderson is an award-winning AI implementation expert with a track record encompassing groundbreaking work for Google, Meta, and Microsoft.
Working in AI since 2016, George now speaks, consults, and builds at the intersection of human intelligence and machine behaviour, teaching us how to use this technology whilst exploring what I can teach us about ourselves.
Georgia is a sought-after keynote speaker, workshop creator and consultant, as well as podcast host and highly accomplished event host and moderator.
Yasin Kasirga is a decarbonisation leader and keynote speaker – one of the few energy-transition voices who speaks from inside the work rather than from the sidelines.
For more than 20 years he has helped build real energy infrastructure, becoming a recognised authority in the field. With his teams he brought over five GW of gas-fired power plants and six GW of renewable energy assets to life, including hydro, solar, geothermal, and more than 25 wind power plants across EMEA. His career is defined by a mastery of the “big picture”, having commanded diverse leadership roles across sales, strategy, market development, and the execution of complex hybrid and renewable energy projects.
His book Megawatts, Not Tokens: AI, Energy and Sustainability was published in September 2026 and is available in Kindle, paperback and hardcover. It sets out how AI actually works, what it costs to power, and why responsible AI starts with responsible build, written from the side that has built the power rather than used the prompt. His next book, 20 Years, 20 Stories: Real Life Lessons in Leadership, Business, Networking, and Influence, follows.
Donato Masi is a Professor of Supply Chain Management at the UK Supply Chain and Logistics Excellence (SCALE) Centre. SCALE is a research institute established in 2024 by Loughborough University in partnership with the MIT Center for Transportations and Logistics.
His work sits at the intersection of supply chain management and technology, with a strong emphasis on turning advanced research into practical solutions for organisations operating in complex, high-pressure environments.
Simon Morris is arguably one of the most successful creative entrepreneurs in the UK. For over a decade, Simon has worked at Amazon, first as a Director of Advertising, then Global Creative Director, and now Chief Creative Officer, with his leadership elevating the brand to new heights.
He is the current Chairman of the award-winning producers Object Studios, the AI-driven creative optimization business DiO, and for Novel, the UK’s leading podcast-to-streaming creator. In 2023 he was named as a Governor of the Museum of London. He is the mastermind behind several projects, including the iconic Alexa Super Bowl campaign which captured global acclaim.
Simon’s experience includes launching Sega in his territory, making Sonic the Hedgehog a household name, managing the largest software sales for Sonic 2, and generating over £1 billion in revenue thanks to his campaigns – an achievement which saw him inducted into the UK Marketing Hall of Fame.
“Stick to your beliefs, ensure everything is consistent with the brand and create an environment of trust.” – Tamara
Tamara Lohan is a co-founder and CEO of Mr & Mrs Smith, the boutique hotel booking specialists.
An entrepreneur with a background in marketing and technology, Tamara and her husband founded the company in 2002, and have been responsible for evolving the company’s digital infrastructure ever since.
From working in sales to marketing to business consultancy, Tamara has worked as the CTO, COO, and CEO of Mr & Mrs Smith. As CTO, she oversaw the development of their in-house booking engine and proprietary availability-management systems, apps, and Alexa voice skill.
The brand was acquired by Hyatt in 2023, and it now has offers all over the world and represents over 1,000 of the world’s best boutique hotels.
Tamara and her husband were both awarded MBEs in 2014 for their services to the British travel industry.
“AI is not just a technological leap; it’s a catalyst for reshaping humanity’s story, blurring the lines between the possible and the unimaginable.” – Nina Schick
Nina Schick is a globally recognised expert on AI, geopolitics, and power. She has been at the forefront of how AI is reshaping global dominance, not just in business, but in military strategy, economic infrastructure, and state power.
She was among the first to predict the societal impact of AI-generated content (Deepfakes, 2020) and now leads the conversation on Industrial Intelligence – the idea that AI is not just software revolution, but a physical, geopolitical, and industrial transformation.
She has advised and worked with global leaders including NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and President Joe Biden. Nina helped shape EU policy for nearly a decade. Now she is a trusted advisor to frontier AI firms and tech firms, including Synthesia, Qlik and Truepic.
Nina is a sought-after speaker at Davos, CES, WebSummit, CogX, TEDx, and regularly appears in MIT Tech Review, WIRED, TIME, and Bloomberg.
Bernie Collins is a renowned Formula 1 strategy analyst and former Head of Race Strategy at Aston Martin. During her career, she has held senior strategy and performance engineering roles, playing a central role in the teams she has worked for.
With a career that has taken her from elite motorsport to broadcasting, Bernie is a testament to what one can achieve with resilience and dedication.
She was one selected as one of Forbes 30 Under 30 Young Rising Stars of Manufacturing for the Make It In Great Britain campaign, and was also named in The Manufacturer’s Top 100 UK Role Models list.
Nikki Greenberg is a world-leading futurist and multi-award-winning keynote speaker, focused on preparing organisations and leaders for a tech-enabled future. Nikki helps leaders to reimagine their businesses to bring them into alignment with the increasingly digitised way that people live, work, and communicate today.
She has held leadership positions with Fortune 500s, most recently serving as Head of Technology Strategy for Real Estate at Australian investment manager QIC. She is the founder of Women in PropTech and co-chair of the Technology and Innovation Council for ULI in NYC.
Nikki Greenberg is a highly respected and highly sought-after thought leader, speaker and commentator. She is the recipient of a vast number of awards, including being recognised as one of the Top 15 Most Popular Future Trends Keynote Speakers, CIO View’s Five Most Influential Women in Real Estate to Watch, and as a finalist at MIPIM Global PropTech Awards.
Steph McGovern is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster, best known for presenting economic programmes and her own lunchtime programme, Steph’s Packed Lunch (2020-23).
Working in financial journalism for over 15 years – with eight years at BBC Breakfast – Steph has reported from all over the UK covering economic news, as well as broadcasting live from over 500 businesses.
Steph is openly gay and has used her platform – which includes over 500,000 social media followers – to increase diversity and acceptance in high-profile industries such as hers.
Charlie Whyman knows that facing redundancy, navigating career changes, and starting new ventures can be daunting, but she also knows they can be opportunities for growth. As the Manging Director of TGIS Aviation, Charlies specialises in solving complex, time-critical challenges. She is passionate about helping others to take control of their careers and to build the courage to take action, no matter the obstacles.
With a background in engineering, marketing, and business, Charlie has built her career across male-dominated industries, including automotive, aviation, mining, and shipping. In 2006, Charlie founded and award-winning Sardinian Olive Oil business Palmavera, and after facing redundancy twice, she launched her own consultancy business in 2017.
As a university dropout with no formal qualifications, Charlie is open and honest about the twists and turns in her career, and uses her story to show that fear doesn’t need to hold you back. Through her experiences as a speaker, business leader, entrepreneur, and parent, she demonstrates that with the right support and courage, it’s possible to take control and create your own path to success.
Brand specialist Sarah Brason invites audiences to do the one thing most people avoid: turn and face it. Whether it’s challenge, change, fear, or truth, her keynote of the same name is a rallying cry for courage over comfort.
Known for her quiet strength and piercing clarity, Sarah doesn’t offer hype or surface-level motivation. She offers something deeper – a moment of shift. With emotional precision, warmth, and wit, she helps audiences see what’s really holding them back and what’s possible when they stop running and start facing forward.
She brings a fresh voice to the stage, unafraid to sit with discomfort, and skills at guiding others through it. Her talks stay with you long after the applause, sparking reflection, realignment, and bold new steps.
Paddy Lowe is one of the most accomplished engineers and technical directors in Formula 1 history. He has a remarkable record of 158 Grand Prix victories and 12 World Championship titles. His career, spanning influential roles at Williams, McLaren, and Mercedes, has solidified his reputation as a leading force in engineering and team leadership within the sport.
Paddy’s illustrious career has seen him collaborate with some of Formula1’smost iconic drivers, including Niki Lauda, Ayrton Senna, Mika Häkkinen, and Fernando Alonso.
As the Technical Director of Mercedes, Paddy was instrumental in guiding the team to 53 Grand Prix wins, working closely with seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton and 2016 World Champion Nico Rosberg.
His strategic leadership was pivotal in Mercedes’ dominance, particularly between 2013 and 2015, where his focus on quality and reliability transformed the team into a powerhouse.
Luiz Barroso is an energy expert, mathematician and inspiring keynote speaker.
He has 24 years of experience in the energy industry, including in energy planning, economics, pricing, operation, risk management, energy transition and market design in over 30 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia.
Currently, Luiz is CEO of PSR Energy Consulting and Analytics and was formerly the head of the Brazilian Energy Planning Agency. Recently, he has been appointed as Clean Energy Advisor to President Lula of Brazil.
Luiz has provided consulting services for private and public investors, lenders governments and regulators on a wide variety of topics in the electricity and gas markets.
He has been voted one of 100 the most influential people in the Brazilian energy industry three times.
Rob Law is an inventor, entrepreneur, writer, and founder of the Trunki suitcase.
Despite the suitcase being rejected on Dragons’ Dens, he went on to sell over 5 million, before leaving the business in 2023.
He is also the co-founder of science-based sleep company Zeepy, and data-lead business Aphelion Agency, who help brands reach their full potential on Amazon.
In 2020, he published 65 Roses and A Trunki: Defying the Odds in Life and Business, where he tells his story of a life-long battle with Cystic Fibrosis, losing his sister to the same illness, and defying the limits put on him at birth to build a globally successful brand.
In 2011, he was awarded an MBE from the late Queen for services to business, an Honorary DEng from Bath University in 2015, and an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Business Administration from UWE in 2018.
Now an inspirational keynote speaker, Rob often talks about innovation, leadership, and resilience in a personal and professional capacity.
Sophie Robinson is one of the industry’s top interior stylists and designers, regularly employed by Britain’s best-selling magazines to produce inspirational yet achievable room designs.
With over 25 years of experience, the undisputed queen of colour is regarded as an expert with a keen eye for the latest looks and high-street trends.
Lynne Lambourne is an award-winning eco-designer, sustainability advocate, and dynamic speaker, passionate about using creativity to drive environmental change. With a background in interior and garden design, Lynne is best known for her vibrant and energetic approach to sustainable living and her ability to communicate serious issues in an accessible, engaging way.
Lynne’s work has appeared in several magazines, newspapers and TV shows including George Clarke’s Amazing Floating Homes (2015) and Gok Wan’s Fill Your House for Free (2016), and her own home is regularly featured on film and TV projects thanks to her keen styling eye.
A sought-after speaker and media personality, Lynne has spoken at high-profile events such as Grand Designs Live, Decorex, and Ideal Home Show. She has been featured in publications including The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Elle Decoration, Country Living, and Country Life magazines. Her appearances on ITV’s This Morning and other lifestyle programmes have made her a recognisable and trusted voice in the world of eco-conscious design.
With a penchant for the quirky, extravagant and avant-garde, Shaun Clarkson has shaped the face of the British hospitality scene since first introducing Absolut Vodka to the UK more than 25 years ago.
Today, he is recognised as one of the world’s leading authorities on interiors, furniture, brand and experiential design. He’s a dealer and a collector with a passion for vintage and re-invented furniture, curiosities and antiques, and recently featured as one of the dealers on the hit Channel 4 antique show Four Rooms.
Roma Agrawal is a diversity campaigner, author and award-winning structural engineer best known for working on the foundations and spire of The Shard in London, one of the tallest buildings in Western Europe. Roma attributes her enthusiasm for engineering to her love of making, and breaking, things with Lego as a child.
She was once described by The Telegraph as “the new voice of women talking about science and engineering and making it cool.” She has won international awards for her technical prowess including the prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering’s Rooke Award, and an MBE in 2018.
Her first book Built (2018) won her an AAAS Science Book Award and has been translated into nine languages. This was then adapted in 2021 into How Was That Built, a more child-friendly version. Her latest book, Nuts and Bolts: Seven Small Inventions that Changed the World (in a Big Way) was released in March 2023.
Roma Agrawal is also a very popular and much sought-after speaker, and has given thousands of talks to organisations, universities and schools around the world, as well as appearing on numerous TV and radio shows for the BBC, Channel 4 and Discovery. She is passionate about promoting technical careers to young people, especially those from minoritized groups.
Rob Moore lives and loves entrepreneurship and property investing and is the host of the successful UK podcasts, The Disruptive Entrepreneur, and Money. He is on a mission to change the way people think about business and aims to support people around the globe through the Rob Moore foundation.
Rob Moore co-founded Progressive Property – the UK’s leading property training company – and Unlimited Success with his business partner, before becoming the host of the wildly successful podcast The “Disruptive Entrepreneur” and now The “Money” Podcast, listened to in 192 countries worldwide. This has grown into a complete digital agency: Progressive Media.
A self-made multi-millionaire by the age of 30, having risen to riches from being heavily in debt in his 20s, Rob has retired and un-retired countless times, each time creating a new innovation, vision, book or entire company.
Paul Cowland is a man with a lifelong passion for all things automotive. His small talk includes anything to do with the internal combustion process and the Wankel rotary engine which means he is rarely invited to parties.
Thankfully, his boundless enthusiasm for the industry has given him a career spanning over three decades, writing, selling, tuning, restoring, photographing, and creating almost every kind of car known to man – as well as being the go-to guy for many of the UK’s leading automotive publishers when they need an authority on such matters.
Paul Cowland is widely in demand for presenting, speaking, and hosting a wide range of international automotive events.
Oliver Heath is a qualified Domestic Energy and Green Deal Assessor and is passionate about sustainable design and how this can affect people’s wellbeing. His human-centred biophilic design approach seeks to reduce stress by strengthening human connection with nature to improve physical and mental wellbeing in our home and workspaces.
He studied architecture at Oxford Brookes University and then completed a postgraduate in architectural studies with a distinction at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London. He went on to work in the exhibition and set design industry before winning the BBC’s Young Designer of the Year award in 1998. Following this, he set up the interior and architecture practice, Blustin Heath Design, with business partner Nikki Blustin.
With over 30 years of industry experience, as well as a wealth of media and research experience, Oliver Heath has firmly secured his spot as a leading expert within the industry.
Nick Fry is the Former CEO and co-owner of Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 and was responsible for building the teams that won the 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 F1 Drivers and Constructors Championships.
Nick Fry played a key role in one the most remarkable success stories in world motorsport when, together with Ross Brawn, he bought the Honda Formula One team for £1.00 in a management buyout.
Against all odds, they then won the 2009 drivers’ and constructors’ world championships under the Brawn GP banner with Jenson Button at the wheel.
Claire Williams OBE is a British former motorsport executive who led the Williams Formula 1 racing team. She is one of only two women to have ever lead a Formula 1 team.
Under her leadership Williams finished 3rd in the World Championship for Constructors in 2014 and 2015, representing the team’s best performance since 2003.
After taking over the running of the team, Claire replaced drivers, switched to a Mercedes engine and increased the team’s racing budget by securing profitable corporate sponsorships, factors that helped the team’s renaissance between 2014 and 2017.
Today Claire is a global Brand Ambassador for WAE Technologies, formerly known as Williams Advanced Engineering, which is involved in the decarbonisation of heavy transport through the development of advanced, green and sustainable technologies.
Her late father, Sir Frank Williams, was the founder of the Williams Grand Prix Engineering F1 team, winning nine Constructors’ Championships and seven Drivers’ Championship.
