Research Professor and Author

Dr. Brené Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston, where she holds the Huffington Foundation Endowed Chair at the Graduate College of Social Work. She also holds the position of visiting professor in management at the University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business. Brown has spent the past two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy. She is the author of six #1 New York Times bestsellers and is the host of two award-winning podcasts, Unlocking Us . Dare to Lead. Brown spends most of her time working in organizations around the world, helping develop braver leaders and more courageous cultures.

The Courage to Lead

• Building the Strength and Grounded Confidence to Lead
• Armored leadership vs. Daring leadership
• The Role of Curiosity and Humility in Mental Toughness

An international authority in classical music, Inma Shara is one of the world’s finest orchestra conductors. At age 27, she debuted as a conductor and has since led world-renowned orchestras such as the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic, the Czech National Symphony, and the Russian National Orchestra. Her professional career has been honored with the European Excellence Award, and she has been named an Honorary Ambassador of Spain’s Brand by Foro de Marcas Renombradas Españolas.

Beyond music, Shara collaborates with non-profit organizations and is strongly committed to child protection and scientific research in health. She has conducted concerts presided over by H.M. Queen Sofía, with proceeds dedicated to Fundación Reina Sofía’s Alzheimer’s Project, as well as by Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Additionally, she is the author of La Batuta Invisible: El liderazgo que genera armonía.

Leadership that Creates Harmony

• The symphony of success: Inspiring creativity and high performance within teams
• How to align talented, diverse team members with organizational objectives
• Balancing purpose and teamwork to achieve extraordinary results

World renowned business thinker and management innovator

Gary Hamel is one of the world’s most influential and iconoclastic business thinkers who has led transformational efforts in some of the world’s most notable companies helping to create billions of dollars in shareholder value. For over four decades, Hamel has served on the faculty of the London Business School and he is the director of the Management Lab. Hamel is an author of landmark books such as Competing for the Future, The Future of Management . Humanocracy: Creating Organizations as Amazing as the People Inside Them. The Wall Street Journal has ranked Hamel as the world’s most influential business thinker, and Fortune magazine has called him “the world’s leading expert on business strategy.”

Building a Strategy for Evolutionary Advantage

• How to build an organization that can change as fast as change itself
• Why organizations must embrace new principles of experimentation, openness, meritocracy, freedom and audacity
• Adopting open strategy: The challenge of unleashing the collective intelligence in your organization
• How to make innovation a core competence: Revealing a systematic approach to increasing capacity for continuous, breakthrough innovation

Groundbreaking organizational psychologist and top-rated professor at Wharton

Adam Grant is an organizational psychologist and bestselling author who explores the science of motivation, generosity, rethinking, and potential.  Wharton’s top-rated professor for seven straight years, he is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of six books that have sold millions of copies and been translated into 45 languages: Hidden Potential, Think Again, Give and Take, Originals, Option B, and Power Moves. ​Grant earned tenure at Wharton while still in his twenties and he is a leading expert on how we can find motivation and meaning, rethink assumptions, and live more generous and creative lives.

Unlocking Hidden Potential for Exceptional Leadership

• A new framework for raising aspirations, exceeding expectations, and leveraging strengths for success
• How to build the character skills and motivational structures to develop your leadership potential
• Designing systems to create opportunities for those who have been underrated and overlooked
• Developing the competencies needed to respond to and find strength in adversity
  

Founder and Executive Chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation

Named by Fortune as one of the World’s 50 Greatest Leaders, Peter Diamandis is the Founder and Executive Chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation, which leads the world in designing and operating large-scale incentive competitions. He is also the Executive Founder of Singularity University. As an entrepreneur, Diamandis has started over 25 companies in the areas of longevity, space, venture capital and education.

He is co-Founder and Vice-Chairman of two public companies, Celularity and Vaxxinity, and co-Founder and Chairman of Fountain Life, a fully-integrated platform delivering predictive, preventative, personalized and data-driven health. He is also co-Founder of BOLD Capital Partners, a venture fund with a half-billion dollars under management investing in exponential technologies and longevity companies. Diamandis is also the bestselling author of Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think, BOLD: How to go Big, Create Wealth . Impact the World . The Future is Faster Than You Think. Most recently Diamandis co-Authored the #1 best seller LIFE FORCE with Tony Robbins.

A Roadmap to Our Near Future

• The effects of the crash between AI, robotics, and virtual reality with 3D printing, blockchain and global gigabit networks
  
• How these convergences will impact today’s biggest industries
• How it will change the way we raise our kids, govern our nations, and care for our planet
• The meta-trends that will transform business and beyond

One of the world’s foremost experts on the global economy, Nouriel Roubini is CEO of Roubini Macro Associates, LLC, a global macroeconomic consultancy firm in New York and Professor Emeritus at the Stern School of Business at NYU. He famously predicted the 2008 financial crisis two years before it happened at a 2006 address to the International Monetary Fund.‍ Dr. Roubini has extensive policy experience as well as broad academic credentials, consulting for the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and numerous other prominent public and private institutions. A widely published author, Roubini’s most recent bestselling publication is Megathreats: Ten Dangerous Trends That Imperil Our Future, And How to Survive Them.  

Navigating Globalization, Technology, and Economic Challenges

• Disruptive technologies and the global economy: AI threats and opportunities
• Globalization and economic challenges: Shaping the future landscape
• Business and government strategies to navigate complex geopolitical and economic landscapes
• Identifying and tackling the megathreats of the future

With a remarkable career spanning more than 30 years, Anne Chow is a pioneering figure in the enterprise world. She was the first woman of color CEO in AT&T’s 140+ year history, overseeing AT&T Business, a global operating unit with a workforce of 35,000 and a value of $35 billion.  She has been widely recognized as a role model for inclusive leadership, driving success at the intersection of people, culture, and technology. Twice named to Fortune’s Most Powerful Women in Business, Chow is currently Lead Director on the Board of Directors of FranklinCovey, and also serves on the Board of Directors of 3M and CSX. Additionally, she is a Senior Fellow and Adjunct Professor of Executive Education at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, and the author of LEAD BIGGER: The Transformative Power of Inclusion . The Leader’s Guide to Unconscious Bias: How to Reframe Bias, Cultivate Connection and Create High-Performing Teams.

The Challenge of Realizing the Full Potential of Our Organizations

• Why high performance is anchored around culture: Recognizing the foundational importance of trust and transparency in relationships
• How our paradigms set us up for success – personally, professionally, and as a society
• Unlocking potential by recognizing bias, and emphasizing empathy and curiosity
• Tools to help you overcome unconscious bias and reframe unconscious thoughts