David Rowan explains compellingly how emerging technologies will impact business — and how leaders should prepare now. As founding Editor-in-Chief of WIRED magazine’s UK edition, David came to know the founders of WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Google, Didi, Spotify, Xiaomi, Nest, Twitter and countless other ambitious startups from Tel Aviv to Shenzhen. He has since invested in more than 60 early-stage tech companies, including two that became billion-dollar “unicorns”, and is an adviser to Lakestar, one of Europe’s largest venture-capital funds.

His best-selling book “Non-Bullshit Innovation: Radical Ideas from the World’s Smartest Minds” (Penguin, 2019) has been published in Japan, Korea, Russia and beyond. The book, a 20-country quest for bold corporate innovation in the face of technology-led disruption, sets out sixteen proven strategies for future-proofing a successful business — from “Turn products into services” to “Empower your team” and “Become a platform”.

David has been a technology columnist for The Times, GQ, Condé Nast Traveller and The Sunday Times, and hosts a new podcast series about tech founders called Walks With Founders. He has received repeat requests to keynote for clients such as Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Google, KPMG, McKinsey, Chanel and Unilever, and has moderated events for the World Economic Forum and the UK and French governments. And he is still searching for the future.

Inma Martinez is a recognized scientist in A.I. and a technological pioneer in the innovation and digitalization sectors for more than 20 years, with Fortune and TIME magazines defining her as one of the greatest talents in the digital human behavior.

She is a Venture Partner at Deep Science Ventures, the UK’s first deep-tech accelerator for science-driven companies and a technology advisor to European Union, the British Government, and global corporations in matters of digitalization, A.I. and Automation.

Inma’s most requested keynotes focus on the digital acceleration affecting Life, Work and Play, and how businesses should reorganize within to leverage from these transformational forces and be more innovative. She explains in simple ways the intricacy of A.I. bringing forth historical data, statistics, and a plethora of concrete case studies.

Trendwatcher, futurist and international keynote speaker Richard van Hooijdonk takes you to an inspiring future that will dramatically change the way we live, work and do business.

His inspiration sessions have been attended by over 550,000 people. Richard is a regular guest at radio and television programs. 

With his international research team of 15 specialists, he investigates tech trends like robotics, drone technology, autonomous transport systems, Internet of Things, virtual reality, biotech, nanotech, neurotech, blockchain, 3D and 4D printing and of course augmented and virtual reality and their impact on various industries.

Kurt leads the Financial Services Industry for Germany and Deloitte DCE, comprising Banks/Capital Markets, Insurance, Asset Management, Private Equity and Real Estate sectors. He also leads the insurance sector across all businesses in Germany.

A banker and lawyer by education Kurt has worked more than 10 years for insurance companies (local and international) in various management roles. H has also spent almost 10 years working in banks, 6 of them as an investment banker at a large global bank where he was Co-Head of the Financial Institutions Group. 

Before joining Deloitte Kurt was a partner at a big4 audit company in Germany and held the position of insurance markets leader. Since June 2020 Kurt is a member of Deloitte´s Global Financial Services Council.

Fabian joined Munich Re in 2009 and since then, he has built up several analytics team in primary- and reinsurance for Munich Re and its clients. From 2016 to 2019, he acted as Global Head of Data Analytics and since January 2020, Fabian is the Chief Data Officer of Munich Re. As CDO, he is responsible for Data Engineering and the Munich Re Data Lake, for Artificial Intelligence and for Advanced Analytics. 

Based on more than 10 years of data analytics for insurers and nearly 20 years’ experience in the insurance industry in total including several activities in actuarial societies all around the world, Fabian has an outstanding track record of implementing data analytics solutions in the insurance industry. 

Prior to his work with Munich Re, Fabian worked as management strategy consultant with a focus on primary and reinsurance topics. He holds a Diploma in Statistics from the University of Munich and a PhD from the University of Heidelberg.