The Leading Speakers Bureau

Expert on the Information in a Networked Economy, and on the European Union

Prof. Dr. Viktor Mayer-Schönberger is Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation at Oxford University’s Internet Institute and a faculty affiliate of the Belfer Center of Science and International Affairs at Harvard University. Acclaimed for his ground-breaking research into the role of information in the networked economy, Mayer-Schönberger is a visionary thinker about information innovation and governance, data privacy, memory and forgetting in a digital age, electronic government, and – of course – big data.

“What I’m certain about is that Big Data will be the defining text in the discussion for some time to come”
Forbes.com

[expand title=”In detail”] A native Austrian, Professor Mayer-Schönberger holds a number of law degrees, including one from Harvard and an MS(Econ) from the London School of Economics. He founded Ikarus Software in 1986, a company focusing on data security, and developed Virus Utilities, which became the best-selling Austrian software product. He is also on the boards of numerous foundations, think tanks and organizations, focused on studying the foundations of the new economy, and he advises governments, businesses and NGOs on new economy and information society issues. He previously served on the ABA/AALS National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]With his thought-provoking new twist, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger traces the important role that forgetting has played throughout human history, from the ability to make sound decisions unencumbered by the past to the possibility of second chances. In his insightful presentations, he examines the technology that’s facilitating the end of forgetting – digitization, cheap storage and easy retrieval, global access, and increasingly powerful software – and describes the dangers of everlasting digital memory. [/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]In his high content presentations, Viktor draws on a rich body of contemporary psychological theory to convincingly argue that both individuals and societies are obliged to rewrite or eliminate elements of the past that would render action in the present impossible.[/expand]
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Futurist

Mike Walsh is the best- selling author of ‘Futuretainment’ and CEO of innovation research lab Tomorrow. He is a leading authority on 21st century business. Rather than focusing on the distant future, Mike takes an anthropological approach – scanning the near horizon for emerging technologies and disruptive shifts in human behaviour, and then translating these into pragmatic plans for business transformation.

”Rather than a technologist, I see myself as an anthropologist looking at the disruptive impact of innovation on consumer behaviour.” Mike Walsh

[expand title=”In detail”] Mike is currently CEO of Tomorrow, a global innovation lab whose clients have included Fujifilm, Merck Pharmaceutical, BBC Worldwide, Bentley Motors and HSBC. Mike previously founded Jupiter Research in Australia, and has also held senior strategy roles at News Corporation in the Asia Pacific Region.

Mike’s views have appeared in Business Week, Fortune, Wallpaper Magazine, and has been profiled on CNN, Management TV, the ABC, and the BBC.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Mike combines insights into emerging technology with a pragmatic ‘how-to’ approach to change that provides global business leaders with a roadmap for the future.

With an engaging blend of first hand stories, global case studies and cutting edge research into consumer and technology trends, including Big Data – Mike can bring the future to life for you and your audience.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Mike is a dynamic and high energy presenter, provoking new thinking and strong responses from his audience.
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Renowned Trend Forecaster, Strategy and Insight Director at The Future Laboratory

Martin Raymond is the co-founder of The Future Laboratory, a London-based consumer-insight, trend-forecasting and brand-strategy agency. He has written several books on the consumers of the future and which trends will determine our future. Martin is editor-in-chief of Viewpoint magazine and LS:N Global, the online lifestyle news and consumer insight portal.

Martin Raymond’s presentations are game-changing, inspiring and directional

[expand title=”In detail”] Martin is a regular media commentator and worked as a journalist in the design, fashion and film sectors. He founded VideoGraphic and became an associate editor at Screen International. He edited Fashion Weekly, the UK’s fashion business bible and presented RTE fashion magazine programme Head To Toe. Following that he became a lecturer in fashion journalism at London College of Fashion and still lectures at universities throughout the UK and Ireland. Martin is a contributing editor for Wired UK and a fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Science.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Martin’s presentations are highly innovative and inspiring. He helps people and organisations to make their future happen and his approach to brand strategy, trend forecasting, consumer, market research and innovation projects is of great interest for business leaders from all fields.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]His inspiring presentations make Martin Raymond a highly sought-after speaker at national and international events.[/expand]
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UK Director for Twitter

Bruce Daisley is the UK Director for Twitter, establishing Twitter as an enduring, successful business in the UK, by helping UK and global organisations understand how to use digital media. What should brands do, and what shouldn’t they do? In February 2013 in a survey of CEOs and MDs, Bruce was named the “Fantasy Hire” that most leaders would like to make. Bruce spent 4 years leading YouTube (for owners Google) in the UK, helping to evangelise how people were using online video to British-based businesses. He regularly writes for the Huffington Post.

“One of the most talented people in advertising”
Campaign Magazine

[expand title=”In detail”] Until 2011 Bruce ran sales for Google’s UK display business – across YouTube and the Google Display Network, winning 3 Media Week awards and 1 IPA award for their outstanding work. In June 2010 Bruce was awarded for making the ‘Greatest Individual Contribution to New Media’ by New Media Age magazine after a poll of their readers. Bruce was formerly Digital Sales Director at Bauer Advertising (EMAP), Chairman of Association of Online Publishers Commercial Group and UK Representative – Cannes Lions Festival. Bruce is regularly voted the top-rated speaker at conferences including Media 360 and IAB Engage UK.[/expand]

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Bruce works to make the complex seem simple. Anyone daunted by the bewildering pace of change of contemporary society can be assured that Bruce helps make these things easy to understand. Using straightforward language, “free from jargon”, Bruce illustrates his vision using real world examples, talking about things that are real and now rather than fanciful ideas that are unlikely to come to fruition.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Bruce presents in an energetic, engaging style. He uses humour and video to help maintain an enjoyable narrative to often complex ideas.[/expand]
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Highly Renowned Entrepreneur

Martin Varsavsky is an Argentine/Spanish entrepreneur, who has founded seven successful companies in the past 20 years. Martin’s current venture is FON, founded in 2005, a community-empowered company dedicated to building the world’s largest global WiFi network, spreading the power of WiFi around the world, with one million hot spots by 2010. FON attracted Skype, eBay and Google as partners and quickly became the largest WiFi community in the world.

“One of the brightest lights on Europe’s rapidly developing entrepreneurial scene.”
Forbes Global

[expand title=”In detail”] In 1984 he started his first business, Urban Capital Corporation, one of the early leaders of the loft movement in downtown Manhattan. This was soon followed in 1986 by Medicorp Services, a Canadian biotechnology company, a pioneer in AIDS and PSA testing. His third business, Viatel Ltd., his first venture into the world of telecom, was founded in 1990. Then in 1998 he started Jazztel Telecomunicaciones (Jazztel), Spain’s second largest publicly traded telecom operator and in 1999 he founded Ya.com, Spain’s third largest internet web site/DSL provider. He has written numerous articles on business and international relations that have been published in several international publications and he is the recipient of various honours.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]A sought-after speaker at conferences around the world Martin draws upon his experiences as a highly successful businessman to show audiences how to use new technologies, innovation and creativity to develop business potential.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]An accomplished speaker, Martin is in great demand by decision makers from all fields eager to maximise their performance levels. [/expand]
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CEO of econsultants

Martin Herlov is the CEO of econsultants based in Barcelona, Spain, and takes care of BSI’s activities on the Iberian Peninsula. Martin has an educational background as an Architect and Engineer and has gained professional experience over the last 22 years in Spain, Germany & Norway

“An expert in Wind Energy Technich & Offshore Wind Development”

[expand title=”In detail”] Martin is an experienced Key Account Manager and Project Manager in the Rail, Automotive and the Wind Supplier Industry as well as the Offshore Wind Development segment. His research focuses on how to make the Wind Turbine production as organized and economically feasible as the Automotive Industry, by introducing lean solutions, advanced technical added value and dedicated design.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Martin offers great insights into the current state of the world’s on- and offshore wind development and its effects on business. With a wealth of experience and an unparalleled depth of research into the world’s energy markets, he is highly sought-after by organizations eager to benefit from his considerable expertise.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Compelling and informative, his presentations capture the issues, while grounding them in his audiences’ context.[/expand]
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Start Up Entrepreneur and Expert in Point of Sale Software

Jørgen Christian Juul is the Chairman of the Board at Wallmob, a Danish-based software company with global reach that primarily focuses on POS systems, but with very few similarities to the conventional global POS Suppliers. His real expertise is in business development in the fields of Internet, Marketing and Communication. Jørgen has started 13 businesses and helped numerous start ups. By analyzing current market needs and defining a strong global position he was able to actively contribute to the start up of Wallmob and in so doing created a highly successful and extremely fast growing company.

“A leading expert in Sofware Solutions for today’s hyper competitive business environment ”

[expand title=”In detail”] Jørgen realised that increased multichannel competition and changes in buying behavior has created a need for rethinking the Point of Sale. At Wallmob he has developed a new POS platform that can meet business demands as mobile selling, cross and omni-channel integrations – designed to optimize sales and earnings, and at the same time improve the shopping experience as well as customer loyalty[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Jørgen Christian Juul is a passionate entrepreneur and business start up expert. In his presentations he shows audiences how to re-invent existing products and market positions by using a disruptive approach and a personal built in desire to challenge “Sleeping Market Leaders”. His research is based on detailed market analytics, historical product development and real life examples of changes in human behavior.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Jørgen’s passionate and high-energy presentations motivate, inspire and challenge audiences around the globe[/expand]
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CEO at Mahou India

Erik d’Auchamp has worked in several countries, cultures, and companies over the past decade in sales, marketing, start-ups, and managerial roles. At present he is the CEO at Mahou India (Mahou San Miguel). He brings an extensive marketing and innovation background to the table having worked with global brands across 5 continents. Erik is a true citizen of the world and is able to connect with many different cultures.

“20th century ideas and ideals applied to the 21st century –
business anything but usual!”

[expand title=”In detail”] An alumni from Harvard Business School and Copenhagen Business School, Erik is still on a quest to keep learning and challenge conventional thinking[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Erik takes audiences through unconventional ways of helping solve traditional problems, finding inspiration in unimaginable places and applying them to business. Erik d’Auchamp gives managers a framework which can help them get themselves, their employees, and ultimately, their company back on track through personal growth by giving alternative solutions to traditional problems using 20th century ideas for 21st century business solutions.

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[expand title=”How he presents”]Erik engages his audiences using quotes from Gandhi, giving a fresh and unique approach to business challenges.[/expand]
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Experimental Economist and “Market Designer”

Prof. Dr. Axel Ockenfels is a highly respected name in economics. He analyses the human behaviour when making economic decisions and the question of which strategic and rational factors influence those decisions. Using the game theory, he has developed a behavioural model to explain and to predict what seems to be a contradictory economic decision making pattern. He also focuses on internet and auction markets.

“One of the most renowned German economists”

[expand title=”In detail”] He is currently professor of political economics at the University of Cologne. Ockenfels received his Diploma in economics from the University of Bonn and earned his doctoral degree in economics from the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg. Renowned for his research on game theory and experimental economics, he is considered one of most influential German economists and has published in prestigious journals worldwide. His “Theory of Equity, Reciprocity, and Competition” (co-authored with Gary E. Bolton) is one of the most cited papers in economics.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Prof. Ockenfels clarifies the most complex issues affecting today’s global economy. His remarks enlighten audiences about the challenges currently faced and are of great interest for decision makers from all fields of businesses. [/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]His innovative presentations make Prof. Ockenfels a highly sought after speaker at prestigious conferences worldwide. [/expand]
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Brand and Consumer Strategist, Managing Partner – Yellowdoor, Business Partner to Mary Portas

Peter Cross is one of the UK’s leading brand and consumer strategists. He is the business partner of Mary Portas and Managing Partner of Yellowdoor, a full service communications agency which manages a portfolio of some of the world’s greatest brands. He has made regular appearances on UK and international TV, writes regularly in the national press and lectures across the world on the subjects of retail, branding and consumer trends.

“My start point is always the consumer. Understand them and you’re half way home”

[expand title=”In detail”] Peter has worked in marketing communications for 25 years, starting his career at Burberry in the European buying team then moving to L’Oreal where he spent 12 years in international marketing. After a four year stint with the Richemont luxury group, Peter joined forces with Mary Portas. Their agency Yellowdoor works with clients as far afield as Westfield, Louis Vuitton and Clarks. They have also launched a fashion collection for women with House of Fraser, overhauled a chain of charity shops for Save the Children and are now advising the UK Government on how to save our high streets. [/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Peter has unparalleled expertise in “how we shop” built though his unique experience working with both the largest fashion luxury and lifestyle brands, the biggest shopping centres and the remotest of high streets. He’ll challenge retailers, marketers, salespeople and customer service professionals to think again about the new expectations of today’s consumers and how best to engage with them in an increasingly complex and challenging world. [/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Peter’s style is informal and relaxed yet dynamic and challenging. He’ll guide his audience through the forces at work and stimulate discussion on brands and customer experience. His presentations are inspirational and highly motivating.[/expand]
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