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Gerd’s passions are the future of humanity, culture, society, and business in the face of
exponential technological progress.
In a world dominated by technology, data and algorithms, robots and intelligent machines,
what will it mean to be human? Are humans and machines really destined to ‘converge’?
What do we need to do, today, to make sure that human happiness and collective flourishing
remain the most important objectives? Is our current economic system suitable for a future
were technology is virtually unlimited?
In his keynotes, talks, presentations, and seminars, Gerd addresses topics such as digital
ethics (the ethics of technology), artificial intelligence (AI), the future of work and jobs,
rebooting education, the digital transformation of business and society, the future of politics,
and many more, focusing on the next 5-10 years. Gerd’s latest, best-selling book is
“Technology vs. Humanity”, now available in 10+ languages. https://www.techvshuman.com
Gerd is also a film-maker, you can view his videos on Vimeo https://vimeo.com/
thefuturesagency and on Youtube https://www.gerdtube.com.

Plogga, Pick and jogg. The world is talking about PLOGGA as “The Swedish eco-fitness craze” that saves the world in only 2 years. Just when we “Googlade” we got 1 million hits on Plogga and international Plogging groups started up all the time. At present, we have Plogged in almost all countries and in thousands of places. In Sweden, we have started up about 200 events to date.

Privalia cofounder interested in learning, sharing experiences and looking for new ventures

Paul is currently the Vice President of Community Development at SendGrid, one of Techstars most successful companies. He is also a serial entrepreneur, technology evangelist, innovator, strategist, VC whisperer, accelerator/startup advisor and mentor with nearly two decades of experience in IaaS and SaaS organizations.Prior to SendGrid, Paul was at SoftLayer Technologies in Dallas TX in various roles including VP of Marketing and VP of Ecosystem Development & Startup/Developer Strategy. His time at SoftLayer was capped off with a $2.3 Billion USD acquisition by IBM, putting him squarely in the “Billion Dollar Club”. Paul continues to give back to the global startup community via long-standing mentorships at TechStars, 500 Startups, Menorca Millennials, Global Accelerator Network, SeedCamp, Wayra and many more.

Martin Varsavsky is an Argentine/Spanish entrepreneur, and has founded several extremely successful companies over the course of his career. Martin manages the Varsavsky Foundation and is a board member of Instituto de Empresa, Spain’s leading business school, where he taught entrepreneurship for eight years.

Martin started his first business while still in college, Urban Capital Corporation, one of the early leaders of the loft movement in downtown Manhattan. His third business, Viatel Ltd., Varsavsky’s first venture into the world of telecom, is best known for inventing call back and building the first pan European fiber optic network ahead of liberalization. In 1998, he started Jazz Telecomunicaciones (Jazztel), Spain’s second largest publicly traded telecom operator, and founded Ya.com the following year (Spain’s third largest internet web site/DSL provider.) Martin is currently the larger shareholder and Chairman of Fon – the largest WiFi network in the world (headquartered in Madrid.)

Martin Varsavsky is an Argentine/Spanish entrepreneur, and has founded several extremely successful companies over the course of his career. Martin manages the Varsavsky Foundation and is a board member of Instituto de Empresa, Spain’s leading business school, where he taught entrepreneurship for eight years.

Martin started his first business while still in college, Urban Capital Corporation, one of the early leaders of the loft movement in downtown Manhattan. His third business, Viatel Ltd., Varsavsky’s first venture into the world of telecom, is best known for inventing call back and building the first pan European fiber optic network ahead of liberalization. In 1998, he started Jazz Telecomunicaciones (Jazztel), Spain’s second largest publicly traded telecom operator, and founded Ya.com the following year (Spain’s third largest internet web site/DSL provider.) Martin is currently the larger shareholder and Chairman of Fon – the largest WiFi network in the world (headquartered in Madrid.)

Coss Marte was sent to jail as the ringleader of a multi-million dollar cocaine operation. He was also grossly overweight and warned by his physician that his current lifestyle, if left unchecked, would likely kill him.

Faced with this grim prognosis, Coss started to get in shape using the tools he had — his prison cell and his own body weight. Within six months he lost 70 pounds and replicated his successful formula of body weight exercises with 20 other inmates. Then he launched ConBody a prison style bootcamp that has gained over 20,000+ clients and hires formerly incarcerated individuals to teach fitness classes. Since the launch of his company he’s been featured in over 200 major media outlets such as NBC, CNN, The New York Times, TED Talks, and Men’s Fitness. He’s also won major pitch competitions such as Defy Ventures, Pitch for Good by TOM’s shoes and the YPO shark tank competition, which combined raised $200,000.

Coss Marte was sent to jail as the ringleader of a multi-million dollar cocaine operation. He was also grossly overweight and warned by his physician that his current lifestyle, if left unchecked, would likely kill him.

Faced with this grim prognosis, Coss started to get in shape using the tools he had — his prison cell and his own body weight. Within six months he lost 70 pounds and replicated his successful formula of body weight exercises with 20 other inmates. Then he launched ConBody a prison style bootcamp that has gained over 20,000+ clients and hires formerly incarcerated individuals to teach fitness classes. Since the launch of his company he’s been featured in over 200 major media outlets such as NBC, CNN, The New York Times, TED Talks, and Men’s Fitness. He’s also won major pitch competitions such as Defy Ventures, Pitch for Good by TOM’s shoes and the YPO shark tank competition, which combined raised $200,000.

Camille Hearst is the cofounder and CEO of Kit, a community to discover, discuss, and get interesting useful products. In addition to 10x-ing all core business metrics twice over in the space of 18 months, Camille took Kit through the notable Stanford StartX accelerator, and has raised over $2.5M from VCs.

Prior to Kit, Camille worked for 10 years as a Product Manager and Product Marketer at various tech companies including Apple iTunes, where she was the second PM to work on iTunes; Google, where she lead marketing for the Google Cultural Institute from London and Paris; YouTube; and London-based startup Hailo.

Camille holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from Stanford University’s programs in Science, Technology, & Society/Product Design and Management, Science, and Engineering. A San Francisco native, Camille is currently based in Soho, New York.

Camille Hearst is the cofounder and CEO of Kit, a community to discover, discuss, and get interesting useful products. In addition to 10x-ing all core business metrics twice over in the space of 18 months, Camille took Kit through the notable Stanford StartX accelerator, and has raised over $2.5M from VCs.

Prior to Kit, Camille worked for 10 years as a Product Manager and Product Marketer at various tech companies including Apple iTunes, where she was the second PM to work on iTunes; Google, where she lead marketing for the Google Cultural Institute from London and Paris; YouTube; and London-based startup Hailo.

Camille holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from Stanford University’s programs in Science, Technology, & Society/Product Design and Management, Science, and Engineering. A San Francisco native, Camille is currently based in Soho, New York.

I am passionate about purpose-driven, core-value led businesses. I believe businesses can create success because of their culture, not despite it. I bootstrapped my first company, ShipCompliant over a 16yr time frame to 75 employees and $12M ARR.

Customers chose ShipCompliant, not for our features, functionality or price, but ultimately because they liked “how” we did business (i.e.: the values that drove our decisions). It’s the greatest competitive differentiation.

I believe in the power and possibility of self-funded companies and work to educate and empower entrepreneurs tackling the exciting challenge of building a customer-funded business.

I am currently on sabbatical in Barcelona with my family. When not catching up on life, I work with self-funded, independent, and profitable companies to define and scale their cultures and product growth strategies, and guide them toward a path to sovereignty.

I am passionate about purpose-driven, core-value led businesses. I believe businesses can create success because of their culture, not despite it. I bootstrapped my first company, ShipCompliant over a 16yr time frame to 75 employees and $12M ARR.

Customers chose ShipCompliant, not for our features, functionality or price, but ultimately because they liked “how” we did business (i.e.: the values that drove our decisions). It’s the greatest competitive differentiation.

I believe in the power and possibility of self-funded companies and work to educate and empower entrepreneurs tackling the exciting challenge of building a customer-funded business.

I am currently on sabbatical in Barcelona with my family. When not catching up on life, I work with self-funded, independent, and profitable companies to define and scale their cultures and product growth strategies, and guide them toward a path to sovereignty.

Kelcey is the Founder of Trellis, building the world’s largest community of blockchain professionals and providing end-to-end strategy and support to companies and startups participating in token generating events. She is also the creator and organizer of the inaugural ICOnference.

With a career spanning more than 10 years in tech and innovation, Kelcey has worked with and advised startups of various stages as well as multinational companies. She is preparing the launch of Women plus Blockchain, a news and media platform promoting diversity in blockchain as well as elevating the dialogue. Kelcey is an active board member for a number of enterprise startups in NYC.

Mario Alonso Puig is a physician, surgeon, and lecturer. One of the most globally in-demand in all three areas of expertise. He has practiced surgery for 26 years, is a fellow of surgery at the faculty of medicine at Harvard University in Boston and member of the Academy of Sciences of New York among others.

Mario has dedicated a large part of his life to exploring the impact that mental processes have on making the most of our talent and state of health, energy and well-being. He’s a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on New Models of Leadership, and was awarded “Best Communicator in Health” by Spain’s ASEDEF. He has published several books and spoken at dozens of summits and forums globally on Leadership, Communication, Creativity and Stress Management.

Mario Alonso Puig is a physician, surgeon, and lecturer. One of the most globally in-demand in all three areas of expertise. He has practiced surgery for 26 years, is a fellow of surgery at the faculty of medicine at Harvard University in Boston and member of the Academy of Sciences of New York among others.

Mario has dedicated a large part of his life to exploring the impact that mental processes have on making the most of our talent and state of health, energy and well-being. He’s a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on New Models of Leadership, and was awarded “Best Communicator in Health” by Spain’s ASEDEF. He has published several books and spoken at dozens of summits and forums globally on Leadership, Communication, Creativity and Stress Management.

Philippe is considered a true pioneer in the world of Fintech. Co-founding Kantox in 2011, Philippe and his team transformed the foreign exchange industry by bringing light and fresh air to an obscure, static market. Kantox gives customers the ability to manage their currency exposure, build hedging strategies, automate foreign exchange transactions and process international payments easily and efficiently. In the past 5 years, Philippe has grown the company to support over 1500 corporate clients spanning 18 industries and grossing over 2 billion dollars in 20 countries. Before co-founding Kantox, he was a strategy and management consultant at Deloitte, specializing in corporate finance and business strategy. As a world traveler and wine connoisseur, we look forward to tapping in to Philippe’s vast knowledge of “the fruit of the vine” in addition to his expertise in Fintech.

Philippe leads Kantox’s strategic vision.

Philippe is considered a true pioneer in the world of Fintech. Co-founding Kantox in 2011, Philippe and his team transformed the foreign exchange industry by bringing light and fresh air to an obscure, static market. Kantox gives customers the ability to manage their currency exposure, build hedging strategies, automate foreign exchange transactions and process international payments easily and efficiently. In the past 5 years, Philippe has grown the company to support over 1500 corporate clients spanning 18 industries and grossing over 2 billion dollars in 20 countries. Before co-founding Kantox, he was a strategy and management consultant at Deloitte, specializing in corporate finance and business strategy. As a world traveler and wine connoisseur, we look forward to tapping in to Philippe’s vast knowledge of “the fruit of the vine” in addition to his expertise in Fintech.

Philippe leads Kantox’s strategic vision.