The Leading Speakers Bureau

Senior Global Director – Social Media & Video LEGO

Lars Silberbauer Andersen is Global Director of Social Media & Search Marketing at the LEGO Group and is driving the well-known and innovative toy company’s social media & search strategy and execution.

“One of the 25 most innovative and influential marketers in Europe”

[expand title=”In detail”] Lars has been building Lego’s social media engagement from scratch and now leads a global team of social media & search marketers that drives real time engagement with consumers worldwide.In 2014 he also launched LEGO® TV in 40 markets. LEGO® TV is a native mobile experience for kids, where they can experience high quality animated LEGO content. Lars also headsup the LEGO YouTube channels, which have reached more than 1 billion views. Previously, Lars worked for 10 years in the digital and broadcast media industry as digital strategist and later creative manager leading digital strategy and project development for Danish Broadcasting Corporation. He has also worked in the US, managing web development and user research.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]With his dynamic, interactive and informative sessions, Lars not only motivates his audiences, he provides them with a wealth of practical approaches, real-life examples and stories as well as hands-on techniques, all of which can be immediately applied to the audiences own personal and professional development.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Lars is an insightful, inspirational and thought-provoking speaker. His presentations are lively and quick-paced and he is in great demand by clients the world over.[/expand]

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Actor, Filmmaker and Founder of Peace One Day

Jeremy Gilley had a successful career as an actor and documentary film maker. He went on to found the non-profit project Peace One Day. His big idea was to establish one day every year where every single warring nation would lay down its arms. An annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence.

“Settling an old rivalry is one way to make #peace”

[expand title=”In detail”] Following Jeremy’s campaign to establish this annual day of non-violence and global ceasefire, a General Assembly resolution was unanimously adopted by UN member states in September 2001, and it formally established 21st September as the UN International Day of Peace. The main objective is to make Peace Day self-sustaining.Peace One Day campaigns in education, music, film, sport, dance and over the internet. Since it was established, millions of people globally have been able to carry out important work in areas of conflict. As an example, Jeremy and Peace One Day ambassador actor Jude Law spearheaded a campaign in Afghanistan that resulted in providing polio vaccination to 4.5 million children who otherwise would have been unreachable because of the war raging there.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Jeremy takes an audience on the journey with him and they leave not only inspired but actively wanting to participate. He shows how a single person can make a difference in the world.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Jeremy is passionate, inspirational, funny and honest. He shares the story behind Peace One Day and all that he has done to make a simple idea an international movement. [/expand]

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Co-Founder of lastminute.com & Chairman at made.com

In 1998 Brent Hoberman co-founded lastminute.com, UK’s most successful ecommerce travel company. He was CEO until 2006 and then became the chairman and chief strategic officer. He admits to being bitten by the entrepreneurial bug and has founded or backed a number of other companies since lastminute.com.

“One of the most accomplished leaders in the rapidly changing E-commerce sector”

[expand title=”In detail”] Brent was educated at Eton and holds a MA in French and German literature from Oxford. After building revenues more successfully than his peers, he was hailed as a survivor of the dot-com crash, and remained as CEO of Lastminute.com Ltd. through 2005, when the company was sold to Sabre for £577m. Brent was also Head of Business Development and founding member of QXL. He is also an angel investor in several internet companies including Viagogo, erepublik, Wayn.com and academia.edu. In 2009, he joined The Business Council for Britain and co-founded PROfounders Capital.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Co-host of the European Founders Forum and non Executive Director at Guardian Media Group, TalkTalk plc and Time Out Group, Brent’s initial vision remains unchanged – to delight customers with great value, inspiration and solutions when they are going away, going out or staying in. He will lead the way for countless E-businesses due to his first-hand knowledge on what gives a company the competitive edge to survive, especially in daily changing sectors such as E-commerce. His entrepreneurial vision ensures the customer experience is continually enhanced by the latest innovations in technology.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Strategy consultant and Internet entrepreneur, Brent is a dynamic speaker and a “Dot com icon”. He illustrates points from his own experiences and always seeks to be provocative and inspirational whilst using humour to add some fun to the occasion.[/expand]

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Futurist and Keynote Speaker

Gihan Perera is an outstanding futurist, thought-leader, author, insightful conference speaker and consultant who gives business leaders a glimpse into what’s ahead and how they can become fit for the future.

“An experienced futurist”

[expand title=”In detail”] Gihan has a formal background in science and technology, with a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Western Australia. He has always been interested in people and the way they communicate – and how to leverage technology to deliver messages, extend reach, and live happier lives.Forbes magazine rated him the #5 social media influencer in the world in his area of expertise. Since 1997, Gihan has helped clients throughout Australia, as well as in New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom, Singapore, the USA and Canada.He is a Gold Level author for the International Institute of Managers and Directors.Gihan has also been at the leading edge of presentation technology and onlinelearning. He writes and presents for Citrix Global, a leading provider of online collaboration technology. [/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Gihanhelps companies to develop and facilitate strategies for positive change management, growth and sustainable success.Based on his experience on digital disruption and global reach, he shares his vision of the future trends to help audiences navigate the hyper-competitive world.
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[expand title=”How he presents”]Gihanis a thought provoking, and energetic speaker who projects dynamism and, using plain language he cuts through complex technical issues, new innovations and business concepts. Giahn steps into his many audiences around the world to motivate and personally inspire them.[/expand]

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Authority on Refugees & Human Migration

Alexander Betts is Leopold Muller Professor of Forced Migration and International Affairs and a Fellow of Green-Templeton College at the University of Oxford, where he was previously the Hedley Bull Research Fellow in International Relations. Alexander has been listed on the 2017 Thinkers50 Radar list.

“Top emerging business influencer.”
Thinkers 50

[expand title=”In detail”] Alexander has worked for UNHCR and as a consultant to the Council of Europe, UNDP, UNICEF, IOM, and the Commonwealth Secretariat, and his work has been funded by, amongst others, the MacArthur Foundation, the Leverhulme Trust, and the Economic and Social Research Council. He has also served on the Executive Committee of the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM) and has held teaching and research positions at UniversiteLibre de Bruxelles, the University of Texas at Austin, and Stanford University.He received his MPhil (in Development Studies, with Distinction) and DPhil (in International Relations) from the University of Oxford.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Alexander’s research focuses on the international politics of asylum, migration and humanitarianism with a geographical focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. Refugees are routinely portrayed as a burden. Alexander Betts explores ways societies might empower refugees rather than pushing them to the margins and provides actionable solutions proven to benefit refugees as well as host countries and businesses.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Alexander Betts informs and advises audiences at prestigious conferences around the globe with his well-researched and detailed presentations.[/expand]

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Gary Neville is a former Manchester United and England footballer who has recently become one of the most incisive TV football pundits. He has spent his entire playing career at Old Trafford, making him a rare one-club man. Since retiring from football at the end of the 2010-11 season, he has gone into punditry and is a commentator for Sky Sports. He is now chief motivational speaker for the England rugby team.

“I try to be different by thinking on my own and not filling my head with what other people have said”

[expand title=”In detail”] In 2009, he was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Bolton for his outstanding contributions to football. In 2010 it was reported that Neville has applied for planning permission to build an eco-friendly home, which would be the first zero-carbon house in northwest England. His testimonial game was reported to be the most eco-friendly game in English football history.
He made his international debut in 1995 and was first-choice right-back for club and country for more than ten years. At the time of his retirement he was United’s second longest serving player in the squad.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]What really makes him a breath of fresh air is his availability to provide expert insight into what a player might be thinking. He uses his expertise and insight to motivate, stimulate and inspire his audiences.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]He is a relaxed, thoughtful and engaging speaker. He captivates his audiences with his energy and enthusiasm.[/expand]

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Performance Coach

Alex MacPhail is a highly successful corporate coach who has presented to audiences of up to 5,000 all over the world. A former broker in the City of London, Alex now works exclusively as a coach to major corporations around the globe.

Attitudinal, behavioural training

[expand title=”In detail”] Alex specialises in providing clients with the necessary tools for personal and corporate development, his deep and valuable insights empowering audiences world-wide.For Alex, financial success came early in his career first as a city broker and then through his own direct sales business which yielded an annual turnover in excess of £10 million. Although the financial rewards were high, Alex soon felt that the personal rewards were not as satisfying as he had anticipated.In search of something more fulfilling, Alex discovered the need for quality attitudinal coaching within the commercial sector. Working closely with many of the world’s leading business authorities, he helped to establish his own corporate coaching company.
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[expand title=”What he offers you”]Alex MacPhail is a passionate and compelling motivational speaker. His great expertise is empowering large audiences to master their motivation – allowing them to achieve their full potential, both on the day of the conference and long into the future.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Alex truly ‘walks his talk’, presenting in an engaging, enthusiastic and charismatic manner, Alex has gained a reputation as a phenomenal presenter. He is a highly interactive speaker, keen to encourage and indeed, empower his audiences to break through to peak performance. [/expand]

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Entrepreneur and investor for Artificial Intelligence

Fabian Westerheide delivers inspiring and passionate key-note speeches on the world of Artificial Intelligence. As an en-trepreneur of the digital industry, author and investor, Fabian Westerheide is involved in over 40 companies. Furthermore, he is the organizer of the biggest Conference of Artificial Intelli-gence “Rise of AI”, coordinator for Artificial Intelligence at the Federal Association of German Start-Ups (Bundesverband deutscher Start-Ups) and Ex-pert for Artificial Intelligence for the Bundestag.

“AI may be the ultimate invention of humanity”

[expand title=”In detail”] In addition to several TEDx lec-tures and presentations at in-ternational technology confe-rences, Fabian Westerheide regularly talks about the status, the development and the future with Artificial Intelligence for companies like Daimler, Micro-soft, Audi, Commerzbank, Tele-kom; Parties and foundations. Artificial Intelligence offers op-portunities and challenges for companies, education, politics and society. It affects us all and needs to be understood and discussed in time.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Fabian understands why Artificial Intelligence becomes (again) re-levant today. He defines AI and gives a comprehensive overview of the current state of technology. Afterwards, Fabian Westerheide discusses further questions, be-fore he finally gives an outlook on trends and developments of artifi-cial intelligence.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Fabian speaks thrilling and em-bodies the seriousness of a per-son whose daily work consists of artificial intelligence at the same time. He sets a high pace, ex-plains also complex contexts in a comprehensive way and encou-rages his listeners to reflect and think about AI as it is about to be-come more and more an element of our daily (work) life.[/expand]

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Award-Winning Journalist

John Pomfret is an award-winning journalist and writer who has divided his time between the US, China, Europe, Africa and the Middle East since the 1980s. He has been a foreign correspondent for fifteen years. He currently is the editor of the Post’s Outlook section and is the newspaper’s expert on immigration.

“Renowned expert on China and immigration”

[expand title=”In detail”] John was one of the first American students to study in China following the Sino-American rapprochement and he has been a correspondent in China for the Associated Press and The Washington Post, from the late 1980s until the early 2000s.He has won numerous journalism awards for his work in China and in Washington. For the past five years, John has devoted himself to the first narrative history of America’s relationship with China from the 18th century until the present day. He is the author of the 2006 best-seller, ‘Chinese Lessons: Five Classmates and the Story of the New China’. Selected as one of the best books of the year 2006 by The Washington Post, ‘Chinese Lessons’ won the prestigious Shorenstein Prize for Coverage of Asia in 2007 and was a finalist for the 2007 Kiriyama Prize.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]John puts vivid human faces on the complex changes overtaking China. He offers audiences unrivalled familiarity with all aspects of the new China, from its social life and politics to the meteoric emergence of its business community and market economy.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]John is a relaxed, engaging and articulate speaker. He tailors each presentation to the needs of his audience. [/expand]

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Chief Operations Officerat 42 USA

Brittany Bir runs a coding college which operates without teachers or lectures. New coding colleges have ditched the lecture in favour of peer-to-peer learning and project-based learning, in which students work together on real-world projects like building a website or a computer game.

“42 – The Tuition Free University”

[expand title=”In detail”] Brittany grew up in Temecula, California. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Spanish with a minor in Global Studies from California State University, Monterey Bay before completing a Master’s degree in European Studies at Université Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris, France. Simultaneously working as an English conversational professor and administrative assistant in The Paris Graduate School of Digital Innovation, she discovered a passion for coding.Immediately intrigued by 42’s innovative pedagogy, she completed the program along with the first, incoming, graduating class in Paris, France.42’s name is a reference to the science fiction book ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ written by British author Douglas Adams: in the book 42 is the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything.[/expand]

[expand title=”What she offers you”]Brittany says 42’s graduates will be better able to work with others and discuss and defend their ideas – an important skill in the “real world'” of work.This is particularly important in computer programming, where individuals are notorious for lacking certain human skills.[/expand]

[expand title=”How she presents”]Brittany has participated in numerous speaking opportunities, through different conferences, events and press relations such as the Reimagine Education Conference and recently the 10 Aniversario de Plan Ceibal in Uruguayon 42’s role in the Maker Culture, with regards to hands on learning curriculums.
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