About
Contributors
Location
Program
FAQ
The World’s Most Beautiful
Business Festival
June 2–5, 2023
Sintra, Portugal
Contributors
David Chalmers
Philosopher, cognitive scientist, author
Martina Larkin
CEO, Project Liberty
Micaela Mantegna
Abogamer, activist, affiliate
Simone Berry and Akbar Hamid
Co-founders, People of Crypto
Maliha Abidi
Artist, founder, author
Dr. Bayo Akomolafe
Post-humanist philosopher and activist
Tomas Björkman
Investment banker, author, and co-founder, Inner Development Goals (IDG)
Sharon Dolev
Executive director, Middle East Treaty Organization
Emad Kiyaei
Policy advisor, researcher, author
Bruno Giussani
Global curator, TED and co-founder, TED Countdown
Olivia Lazard
Environmental peacemaker
Claudia Passos-Ferreira
Philosopher, psychologist, and bioethicist
Hannah Critchlow
Neuroscientist, speaker, author
Robin Rombach
Research scientist, Stability AI
Colin Averill
Microbiologist and co-founder, SPUN
Renée Lertzman
Climate psychologist
Marjorie Hernandez
Co-founder, The Dematerialised and LUKSO
Jeroen van der Most
Artist
Joel Fariss
Strategy director, design research and strategic futures, Gensler
Andri Snær Magnason
Author, documentary film director, activist
Amánda Efthimiou
Mental health and psychedelic wellness advocate
Lucian Tarnowski
Founding curator, United Planet
Tony Bond
EVP and chief diversity and innovation officer, Great Place to Work
Shannon Minifie
CEO. Box of Crayons
Hannah Joy Graves
Tarot reader
Johanna Sepúlveda
Quantum-secure technologies, Airbus
Florian Neukart
Chief product officer, Terra Quantum
Claudia Chwalisz
Founder and CEO, DemocracyNext
Michael Bungay Stanier
Founder, Box of Crayons, and author of The Coaching Habit and How to Begin
Bethany Koby Hirschmann
Chief vision officer, fam studio
Barbara Veiga
Sea woman
Shani Lehrer
Business mystic
Helen and Dave Edwards
Co-founders, Sonder Studio
Gabriella Braun
Psychoanalytic consultant, work futurist, author
Sonja Kresojevic
Artist, entrepreneur, and system thinker
Alexander Hiller
Managing director and partner, Russell Reynolds
Parneet Pal
Educator and physician
Oceana Sawyer
Author, transition guide, grief and liberation explorer
Adrian Lahoud
Dean, School of Architecture, Royal College of Art
Massimo Portincaso
Co-founder, Officinae Bio, and chairman of the board, ATLANT 3D
John Michael Schert
Dancer, choreographer, and coach
Christy Knutson
Co-founder and COO, ELDR End of Life Design
Markos Grohmann
Strategy and UX research lead, Google
Claus Sendlinger
Co-founder, Slow, and former CEO, Design Hotels
Katy Mogal
UX strategist and leader
João Sevilhano
Co-founder, Way Beyond
Matthew Santone
Global principal designer, argodesign
Jacob Simons
Strategy leader, studio director, senior associate, Gensler
Katharina Moser
Director summit and events, Inner Development Goals (IDG)
John Ellison
Source, ReFi DAO
Bridgette R. McCullough
Lawyer, bioethicist, founder, and CEO, ACIRAH
Nicole Büttner
Founder and CEO, Merantix Momentum
Miriam Meckel
Co-founder and CEO, ada
Maurizio Montalti
Chief mycelium officer, chairman, co-founder, SQIM
Andrada Dara
Astrologer
Léa Steinacker
Co-founder and COO, ada
Minna Salami
Feminist writer and social critic
Antonio Zadra
Sleep scientist
Elaine Kasket
Counseling psychologist, coach, and author
Katharina Wilzek-Kumar
Market and trend researcher, Porsche AG
Stephanie Helou
Studio lead Munich, Accenture Song
Julie Fedele
Corporate mystic
Laura François
Socio-environmental impact strategist, and founder of the Activism Studio
Paul Bargetto
Theater director and dramaturg
Kevin J. Delaney
Co-founder and CEO, Charter
Christina Nesheva
Co-founder and CEO, Officinae Bio
Rio Oyota
Founder, School of Prana
Rupert Hofmann
Founder, Foresight Academy, Audi Business Innovation
Alana Julia Corbett
Experience designer
Mark Curtis
Head of sustainability and thought leadership, Accenture Song
David Johnston
Founder, ECD, Accept & Proceed
Khrystyna Slobodyaniuk
Performer and choreographer
Christina Volk
Head of cloud core marketing Germany, SAP
Erin Patten
Metaphysical Master and founder of The MetaBusiness World
Jan Artem Henriksson
Executive director, Inner Development Goals Initiative
Marichka Shtyrbulova
Performer
Tomasz Hartman
Founder, Food Think Tank
Leen Sadder
Director of community, ATÖLYE
Alvin Collantes
Dance artist, Jungian life coach
Jun Suzuki
Cross-disciplinary artist, vocalist, and developer
Andres Roberts
Founding partner, Bio-Leadership Project
Kateryna Markush
Designer
Piotr Armianovski
Playwright
Marco Gonçalves
President, Yang's Martial Arts Association (YMAA)
Ryan Murphy
Creative director, kyu collective
Ute Hildebrandt
Managing director, continental Europe and Germany, Hotwire
Auronda Scalera
Co-director, Infinite Art Museum; co-founder of XXNFT
Mark Aanderud
Musical director, House of Beautiful Business
Julia Gonchar
Playwright
Corinna Wolf
Vice president marketing, Infineon Technologies AG
Tatiana Kazakova
Co-founder and chief strategy officer, Leaders on Purpose
Surma
Musician, producer, vocalist
Felix Rundel
Co-founder, futurehain
Mátyás Kovács
Co-founder, futurehain
Ricardo Passos
Multi-instrumentalist and Dhrupad singer
Polina Bulat
Performing Arts promoter and producer
Vicky Arndt
Partner, gravity
Anna Setton
Singer and songwriter
Arturo Poire
Partner, global head of talent development, human capital
Djâmen
Arranger, composer, and multi-instrumentalist
Katja Sottmeier
Head of digital, CRM, media, and analytics, Hornbach
Kerem Alper
Co-founder and chair, ATÖLYE; CEO, Neol
Carolina Coimbra
Harpist
Sofia Vaz Pires
Chief marketing and operating officer, Microsoft Portugal
KT Wilhoit
Alternative business, partner, Maybe Ventures
Nuno Moura
Chief marketing and revenue officer, FPF
Anita Nemet
Artist, curator, researcher
Kristian Gründling
Film director and producer
João Blümel
Metaverse mentalist
Pedro Melo Alves
Drummer and composer
Solomiia Kyrylova
Actress, singer, musician
Robert Avila
Dramaturg and documentarian
Moulsari Jain
Social innovation artist and creative entrepreneur
Maria Rodriguez Juez
CMO, ellu app
Shuya Gong
Regenerative design, partner, Maybe Ventures; innovation fellow and lecturer, Harvard Engineering
Laboratório
Aerial performers’ collective
Zarqa
Co-founder, Shamballa retreats, meditation instructor, and therapist
Alyssa
Singer, composer, performer
Catarina Pratas
Artist
Benjamin Schlez
Composer, guitarist, producer
Gabriella White
Head of development and experience, House of Beautiful Business
Shannon Mullen O’Keefe
Senior curator and strategist, House of Beautiful Business
Monika Jiang
Loneliness expert
Till Grusche
Co-founder and co-CEO, House of Beautiful Business
Tim Leberecht
Co-founder and co-CEO, House of Beautiful Business
The Dream Chairs
Minna Salami
Feminist writer and social critic
Miriam Meckel
Co-founder and CEO, ada
Paulo Pisano
Chief human resources officer, Booking Holdings
Martin Reeves
Chairman, BCG Henderson Institute
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