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Top Business Speakers

Vineet Nayar

Harsha Bhogle

Julien Birkinshaw

Marshall Goldsmith

Ram Charan

Prakash Iyer

Raghu Raman

Ray Hammond

Gurcharan Das

Alok Kejriwal

Andrew McAfee

Anand Damani

Dr. R.A. Mashelkar

Lynda Gratton

Liz Wiseman

Adam Grant

Devdutt Pattanaik

Sonam Wangchuck

Tony Seba

Ravi Venkatesan

Dr. Raghuram Rajan

JB Straubel

Martin Ford

Nir Eyal

Jack Uldrich

Leadership

Thinkers50

Founders/CEO

Best Selling Author

Creativity / Innovation

Future / Trends

Economists

Marketing / Branding

Customer Service

Strategy

Environment/ Green Business

Diversity / Inclusion

Human Resource

Health & Wellness

News & Media

Leadership

Marshall GoldsmithRenowned Executive Coach, Business Author, Thought-Leader, Management and Leadership Expert

Ram CharanWorld-Renowned Business Advisor, Execution Expert and Best Selling Author

Jeffrey Pfeffer, Stanford Business Professor, World Renowned Management, Leadership and HR Scholar

Julian Birkinshaw is a Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at London Business School and the author of, among other titles, Reinventing Management (2010) and Becoming a Better Boss (2013). He is the co-founder of the Management Innovation Lab with Gary Hamel.

Vijay Govindarajan - widely regarded as one of the world's leading experts on strategy and innovation.

Robin Sharma The bestselling author is one of the world's premier thinkers on leadership, personal growth and life management.

Anil K. Gupta, Professor of Global Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Business Author and Thought-Leader on Strategy and Globalization

Lynda Gratton a British organizational theorist, consultant, and Professor of Management Practice at London Business School and the founder of the Hot Spots Movement, known for her work on organisational behaviour.

Richard D’Aveni, professor of strategic management at the Tuck Business School at Dartmouth University, created the concept of hyper-competition. Most recently his work has looked at commoditization and, in his 2012 book Strategic Capitalism, the competitive clash of nations. It secured his place on the Thinkers50 Strategy Award shortlist.

Subir Chowdhury is chairman and CEO of ASI Consulting Group. Tagged “The Quality Prophet,” by Business Week, Chowdhury is author of The Power of Six Sigma: An Inspiring Tale of How Six Sigma is Transforming the Way We Work (2001), and, most recently, of The Power of LEO: The Revolutionary Process for Achieving Extraordinary Business Results (2011).

Mark Thompson - coauthor of the international bestseller, Success Built to Last. Is a world-renowned authority and top speaker on Leadership, Driving Change and Innovation, Sales Growth, and Customer and Employee Engagement

DAVID BREASHEARS -Filmmaker, adventurer, author, mountaineer, professional speaker ​and Senior Lecturer at MIT’s Sloan School of Management.

SCOTT A. SNOOK - Senior Lecturer of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School.Professor Snook's research and consulting activities have been in the areas of leadership, leader development, change management, organizational systems and failure, and culture. ​

Rita McGrath - Columbia Business School, author & globally recognized expert on strategy in uncertain and volatile environments.

Bruce Avolio - Professor of Management and Center for Leadership & Strategic Thinking Executive Director

Gareth Jones - Former HR Director at the BBC and Author of 'Why Should Anyone Be Led by You?'

JEFF DYER : Innovation and Culture Expert; Co-Author, “The Innovator’s DNA” and “The Innovator’s Method”; Executive MBA Professor, Wharton School; Professor of Strategy, BYU

HAL GREGERSEN : Global Authority on Building Innovative Leaders and Companies; Executive Director of the MIT Leadership Center; Co-Author, “The Innovator’s DNA”

STEVEN KOTLER : International Pioneer in Tech, Innovation & Peak Performance. NYT Bestselling Author and Journalist

Amy C. Edmondson - Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School.

PETER DOCKER​ : Leadership & Workplace Culture Expert. ​passionate about enabling others to be extraordinary. Working with individuals and organizations inspired by Simon Sinek’s theory of “The Golden Circle,” as illustrated in Simon’s bestselling book, Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action, Peter helps to harness the power of “why” to create extraordinary cultures and sustainable high performance.

Richard Rumelt- 2013 Ranking: #23 2011 Ranking: #20 Shortlisted: 2011 Thinkers50 Strategy Award Shortlisted: 2011 Thinkers50 Book Award Shortlisted for the 2013 Thinkers50 Strategy Award, Richard Rumelt is the Harry and Elsa Kunin Chair in Business and Society at UCLA Anderson School of Management. Rumelt has been described as the “strategist’s strategist.” His most recent book is Good Strategy/Bad Strategy (2011).

Seth Mattison advises world-leading brands and organizations on the key shifts happening around talent management, change and innovation, leadership, and the future of work.

Costas Markides : professor of strategy and entrepreneurship and holds the Robert P. Bauman Chair of Strategic Leadership at London Business School

John Mattone is a widely acknowledged world talent in leadership coaching, training and well-sought after international keynote speaker.

Luke Williams - Executive Director, Innovation & Entrepreneurship and Prof. Marketing at NYU Stern School of Business; Author of DISRUPT

David Nour - CEO of The Nour Group, Inc., growth strategist, thought leader and global keynote speaker on Relationship Economics®, the concept of the quantifiable value of business relationships.

LIZ WISEMAN - ​Executive Strategy and Leadership Expert and Best-Selling Author of Multipliers.

MICHAEL GURIAN - An American author and social philosopher.Michael Gurian is an expert in gender differences and is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty eight books​ published in twenty two languages and co-founder of the GURIAN INSTITUTE.

Bernie Roth is a founder of Stanford's d.school and author of The Achievement Habit: how to stop wishing, start doing, and take command of life

Vineet Nayar - business executive, author and philanthropist. He is former CEO of HCL Technologies, author of a management book “Employees First, Customers Second

Capt. Raghu Raman - CEO, Columnist , author, civil servant, speaker, ex-soldier & UN Peacekeeper

Gurcharan Das- Author, Commentator, Thought Leader. Former CEO of P& G India

Ravi Venkatesan - author of the book "Conquering the Chaos: Win in India, Win everywhere", former Chairman of Microsoft India and Cummins India.

General V P Malik, formerly Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army Chairman.

Prakash Iyer - the bestselling author of The Habit of Winning & Secret of Leadership.

Dr. Prasad Kaipa is an Executive Coach, Mentor, Author and founder and executive director of the Centre for Leadership, Innovation and Change at the Indian School of Business.

Amitava Chattopadhyay - The GlaxoSmithKline Chaired Professor in Corporate Innovation — Professor of Marketing at INSEAD, Fellow of the Institute on Asian Consumer nsightsProfessor Chattopadhyay is an authority on Brand management and the author of the award winning book, The New Emerging Market Multinationals: Four Strategies for Disrupting Markets and Building Brands.

Suhas Gopinath - World's youngest CEO

ALOK KEJRIWAL : CEO & Co-founder Games2win, is an Indian entrepreneur and founder of the Contests2win Group of companies.

Rama Bijapurkar is one of India's most respected thought leaders on market strategy and India's consumer economy.

Devdutt Pattanaik - Indian physician turned leadership consultant, mythologist and author whose works focus largely on the areas of myth, mythology, and also management.

Dr. Ganesh Natarajan Former CEO Zensar Technologies,

Narayana Murthy Co-founder and Chairman of Infosys

Raj Biyani : Former Managing Director, Microsoft IT India Advisory Board Member, Mobilize.Net

Vinita Bali : Former Managing Director of Britannia Industries Limited.

Naina Lal Kidwai : Former Group General Manager and the Country Head of HSBC India.

Som Mittal : Former President, NASSCOM, Senior Advisor to World Bank, Mc Kinsey, Govt of New Zealand

Thinkers50

Marshall Goldsmith - #5: Corporate America’s leading executive coach and best-selling author of Triggers. Adjunct professor at Tuck Business School, Dartmouth College.

Vijay Govindarajan - 2013 Ranking: #5 2011 Ranking: #3 Shortlisted: 2013 Thinkers50 Innovation Award Winner: 2011 Breakthrough Idea Award

Ram Charan is a world-renowned business advisor, author and speaker who has spent the past 35 years working with many top companies, CEOs, and boards of our time.

Roger Martin - #7: Roger Martin World authority on competiveness and strategy. Former dean and now Institute Director at the Martin Prosperity Institute at Rotman School of Management.

Lynda Gratton - #31 2013 Ranking: #14 2011 Ranking: #12

Jeffrey Pfeffer #17 2015 ranking- 2013 Ranking: #24 2011 Ranking: #22 Shortlisted: 2011 Thinkers50 Leadership Award

Henry Chesbrough #24- 2013 Ranking: #37 2011 Ranking: #33 Shortlisted: 2011 Thinkers50 Innovation Award

Rita McGrath - #9. is a professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Business, and an expert on strategic business growth in uncertain environments.

Richard Rumelt- 2013 Ranking: #23 2011 Ranking: #20 Shortlisted: 2011 Thinkers50 Strategy Award Shortlisted: 2011 Thinkers50 Book Award Shortlisted for the 2013 Thinkers50 Strategy Award, Richard Rumelt is the Harry and Elsa Kunin Chair in Business and Society at UCLA Anderson School of Management. Rumelt has been described as the “strategist’s strategist.” His most recent book is Good Strategy/Bad Strategy (2011).

Amy C. Edmondson #16 - Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School.

Dr. Nirmalya Kumar is Professor of Marketing and Co-Director of Aditya Birla India Centre at London Business School

Costas Markides, ranked 31 on the Thinkers50 2011 and shortlisted for the Thinkers50 Strategy Award is professor of strategic and international management at the London Business School.

Subir Chowdhury, bestselling author and award-winning quality management consultant.

Julian Birkinshaw #42 Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at London Business School and the author of, among other titles, Reinventing Management (2010) and Becoming a Better Boss (2013). He is the co-founder of the Management Innovation Lab with Gary Hamel.

Richard D’Aveni #11- professor of strategic management at the Tuck Business School at Dartmouth University, created the concept of hyper-competition. Most recently his work has looked at commoditization and, in his 2012 book Strategic Capitalism, the competitive clash of nations.

Tamara J. Erickson #35 is a McKinsey Award-winning author, a leading expert on generations in the workplace, and a widely-respected expert on collaboration and innovation, the changing workforce, and the nature of work in intelligent organizations.

Anil K Gupta #47. Michael D. Dingman Chair in Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the Smith School of Business, the University of Maryland and a visiting professor at INSEAD.

Andrew McAfee #26 - principal research scientist at MIT, and studies how digital technologies are changing business, the economy and society.

Vineet Nayar - # 40 2011 Ranking. Shortlisted: 2011 Thinkers50 Book Award

Clay Christensen - Foremost Authority on Innovation and Father of Disruptive Innovation Theory; Author of Revolutionary Book “The Innovator’s Dilemma”

Sydney Finkelstein - Professor of Management, and Faculty Director of the Tuck Executive Program

Liz Wiseman - recognized as being one of the ten most significant leadership thinkers on the planet.

Gary Hamel - A leading expert on futurism, innovation and change management

Dave Ulrich - Speaker, Author, Professor, HR & Leadership Guru

#34. Scott D. Anthony

#30. Whitney Johnson

#16. Eric Ries

#8. Adam Grant

Founders/CEO

Jack Dorsey Co-founder and co-creator of Twitter, and as the founder and CEO of Square, a mobile payments company.

Brian Wong- The youngest person ever to have received VC funding, he founded and runs mobile rewards startup Kiip, a mobile app rewards platform that lets brands and companies give real-world rewards for in-game achievements

Richard Branson - Businessman and investor. The founder of Virgin Group, which comprises more than 400 companies.

Ravi Venkatesan - Former chairman of Microsoft India & Cummins India. He is also the board member at Infosys and Volvo.

Vineet Nayar - author and philanthropist. He is the former Chief executive officer of HCL Technologies, founder Sampark Foundation and author of a management book "Employees First Customers Second"

Praash Iyer - best-selling author, motivational speaker and leadership coach. He was until recently the Managing Director of Kimberly-Clark Lever and was earlier the Managing Director and CEO of Infomedia India Limited

Gurcharan Das - author, commentator and public intellectual. Former CEO of Procter & Gamble India.

Nandan Nilekani : Indian entrepreneur, bureaucrat and politician. He co-founded Infosys

Subroto Bagchi - entrepreneur and business leader. He is the co-founder of Mindtree and a business author.

Ronnie Screwvala - Entrepreneur, Author and philanthropist. He was the founder and CEO of UTV Group

Narayana Murthy : Co-founder of Infosys

Alok Kejriwal - CEO & Co-founder Games2win, is an Indian entrepreneur and founder of the Contests2win Group of companies.

DR. ANIL KHANDELWAL Author, speaker, corporate advisor and a board member.Former Chairman and MD, Bank of Baroda and Dena Bank

Dr. Ganesh Natarajan

Capt. Raghu Raman - led various companies, including First Choice, Mahindra SSG and finally DLSI, Former founding CEO of NATGRID

Anu Aga - businesswoman and social worker, who led Thermax Ltd., the ₹32.46 billion energy and environment engineering business, as its chairperson 1996–2004.

Dr. A Velumani - Founder, chairman and managing director of Thyrocare Technologies Ltd.

Harsh Mariwala - Indian entrepreneur, founder and Chairman of Marico, a Fortune India 500 company.

Best Selling Author

Marshall GoldsmithRenowned Executive Coach, Business Author, Thought-Leader, Management and Leadership Expert

Ram CharanWorld-Renowned Business Advisor, Execution Expert and Best Selling Author

Paulo Cohelo - Author The Alchemist

Jeffrey Pfeffer, Stanford Business Professor, World Renowned Management, Leadership and HR Scholar

Deepak Chopra

Brian Solis - an avid keynote speaker and award-winning author who is globally recognized as one of the most prominent thought leaders in digital transformation.

Robin Sharma The bestselling author is one of the world's premier thinkers on leadership, personal growth and life management.

Rita McGrath, Associate Professor of Management, Columbia Business School, Strategic Growth and Change Expert

Vijay Govindarajan - widely regarded as one of the world's leading experts on strategy and innovation.

Ron Kaufman is a book author, columnist, management consultant, keynote speaker, and founder of the customer service training company, UP! Your Service.

Jeremy Rifkin:is an economic and social theorist, writer, public speaker, political advisor and activist. President of the Foundation on Economic Trends and the bestselling author of nineteen books on the impact of scientific and technological changes on the economy, the workforce, society, and the environment.

Jim Carroll: a futurist and trends and innovation expert.

Fredrik Haren : Expert on business creativity and idea generation, and best-selling author of The Idea Book

Chris Skinner- Chairman of the Financial Services Club and well known as an independent commentator on financial markets through his blog the Finanser.

Erik Qualman - Often called the Digital Dale Carnegie, is the author of Socialnomics: How social media transforms the way we live and do business

Jack Uldrich- a renowned global futurist, independent scholar, sought-after business speaker, and best-selling author.

Luke Williams Professor of Innovation at NYU Stern School of Business, and Executive Director, Berkley Entrepreneurship Center at New York University; Fellow, Global Innovation at Frog Design; and International Bestselling Author, Disrupt: Think the Unthinkable to Spark Transformation in Your Business

Robin Speculand, founder and Chief Executive of Bridges Business Consultancy Int, a global pioneer and specialist in strategy implementation

Andreas Weigend is the former Chief Scientist at Amazon.com and the author of over 100 scientific papers on the application of machine learning techniques to finance and business problems.

Andrew Grant- Innovation, Creativity, Leadership and Team Development Expert. Co-author of the breakthrough new book 'Who Killed Creativity?

Yossi Ghinsberg is an Israeli adventurer, author and speaker based in Australia. He is most known for being lost and surviving alone in an uncharted part of the Bolivian Amazon for three weeks in 1981.

Erik Qualman - The Digital Dale Carnegie. Author of Socialnomics. Socialnomics made Amazon's #1 Best Selling List in 8 languages

Lynda Gratton a British organizational theorist, consultant, and Professor of Management Practice at London Business School and the Author of The Shift The Shift, Glow, Hot Spots, The Exceptional Manager, The Democratic Enterprise,

Scott McKain — Internationally Recognized Expert on Distinction, Bestselling Author, and Hall of Fame Speaker.

Joseph Baladi-Author/Brand strategist

Douglas Rushkoff has spent his prolific career thinking about how new media and technology are impacting culture, business, and the economy. Named one of the world’s 10 most influential thinkers by MIT, Rushkoff has written 15 bestselling books—including Present Shock and the upcoming Distributed—and coined such concepts as “viral media” and “digital natives.” His talks are a culmination of his pioneering work, and an infallible source of what’s to come.

Charles Duhigg is a Pulitzer prize-winning reporter at the New York Times and best-selling author of Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Businessand author of The Power of Habit.

Amy C. Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School Author of Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy

Creativity / Innovation

Vijay Govindarajan - widely regarded as one of the world's leading experts on strategy and innovation.

JEFF DYER : Innovation and Culture Expert; Co-Author, “The Innovator’s DNA” and “The Innovator’s Method”; Executive MBA Professor, Wharton School; Professor of Strategy, BYU

Scott D. Anthony is an author and managing partner of consulting firm Innosight.

HAL GREGERSEN : Global Authority on Building Innovative Leaders and Companies; Executive Director of the MIT Leadership Center; Co-Author, “The Innovator’s DNA”

PORUS MUNSHI - Best Selling Author of Making Breakthrough Innovation Happen : Making 11 Indians Pulled Off The"Impossible , Educator and Innovation Expert

Amitava Chattopadhyay is The GlaxoSmithKline Chaired Professor in Corporate Innovation — Professor of Marketing at INSEAD, Fellow of the Institute on Asian Consumer Insights,

Henry Chesbrough is an American organizational theorist, adjunct professor and the executive director of the Center for Open Innovation at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.

Luke Williams Professor of Innovation at NYU Stern School of Business, and Executive Director, Berkley Entrepreneurship Center at New York University; Fellow, Global Innovation at Frog Design; and International Bestselling Author, Disrupt: Think the Unthinkable to Spark Transformation in Your Business

Brian Solis - an avid keynote speaker and award-winning author who is globally recognized as one of the most prominent thought leaders in digital transformation.

Joel E Barker - Futurist, Author , was the first person to popularize the concept of paradigm shifts for the corporate world.

Tom Koulopoulos: Leading Expert on Innovation, Globalization and Information Technology. Author of The Innovation Zone.

Jim Carroll: a futurist and trends and innovation expert.

Fredrik Haren : Expert on business creativity and idea generation, and best-selling author of The Idea Book

Andreas Weigend is the former Chief Scientist at Amazon.com and the author of over 100 scientific papers on the application of machine learning techniques to finance and business problems.

Pranav Mistry is an Indian computer scientist and Inventor. At present, he is the head of Think Tank Team and Vice President of Research at Samsung. He is best known for his work on SixthSense and Samsung Galaxy Gear.

Roger Martin, the visionary Dean of the Rotman School of Management, is a champion of innovation, cross-disciplinary study and learning-by-doing. One of the most respected business minds in the world today

Peter Sims is an award-winning author and entrepreneur. His latest book is Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries.

Rita Gunther McGrath, a Professor at Columbia Business School, is a globally recognized expert on strategy in uncertain and volatile environments.

Steven Kotler : International Pioneer in Tech, Innovation & Peak Performance NYT Bestselling Author and Journalist

Brett King is an Australian technology futurist, public speaker, international best selling author and the co-founder and CEO of Moven, a New York-based mobile banking startup.

Andrew Grant- Innovation, Creativity, Leadership and Team Development Expert. Co-author of the breakthrough new book 'Who Killed Creativity?

Anil K. Gupta is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading experts on strategy and globalization. He is the Michael Dingman Chair in Global Strategy & Entrepreneurship at the Smith School of Business.

Daniel Burrus - considered one of the world’s leading futurists on global trends and innovation.

RANJAN MALIK ​ India's most popular Innovation Speaker. He has led and facilitated innovation initiatives in a large number of organizations across various countries, He has created methodologies, frameworks and tools for making Orbit-Shifting Innovation happen by design.

Michael Tchong - American entrepreneur best known for his startups MacWEEK, Atelier Systems, CyberAtlas and ICONOCAST. Whether as a startup entrepreneur or author, Tchong is always pushing the innovation envelope.

Morinosuke Kawaguchi is a Japanese futurist and innovation expert

Alexander Blass - CEO & International Keynote Speaker | Grand Prize Winner, Top Innovator of the Year Award. Wharton and Oxford-educated, Alexander Blass is an internationally acclaimed speaker on innovation, leadership, marketing, business development, & entrepreneurship.

Angad Daryni - 16 year old student, maker, researcher, artist, social entrepreneur, public speaker , environmentalist and philanthropist

Arsh Shah Dilbagi - 16, Arsh was the first ever teen and the only finalist from Asia to enter the 2014 Google’s Global Science Fair for developing a device that helps people with developmental disabilities.

SUSANT PATTNAIK - Serial inventor, serial entrepreneur, inspirational/ motivational speaker.

Future / Trends

Jim Carroll: a futurist and trends and innovation expert.

Andrew McAfee , a principal research scientist at MIT, studies how digital technologies are changing business, the economy, and society.

Joel Barker - Futurist, Author

Ray Hammond - Europe's most experienced, most successful and most widely published futurologist.

Daniel Burrus - World Renowned Futurist, Technology Expert and Author of Technotrends

Pranav Mistry - computer scientist and Inventor. At present, he is the head of Think Tank Team and Vice President of Research at Samsung. He is best known for his work on SixthSense and Samsung Galaxy Gear.

KEVIN KELLY : Digital Visionary; Writer on Business and “Cool Tools”; Co-Founder and Senior Maverick, WIRED; Author of Forthcoming Book, “The Inevitable”

Brett King is an Australian technology futurist, public speaker, international best selling author and the co-founder and CEO of Moven, a New York-based mobile banking startup

Tom Koulopoulos: Leading Expert on Innovation, Globalization and Information Technology. Author of The Innovation Zone.

Seth Mattison is an internationally renowned expert on workforce trends and generational dynamics

David Weinberge - Technology Expert & Marketing Guru, professional speaker, and commentator, probably best known as co-author of the Cluetrain Manifesto.

Chris Skinner- Chairman of the Financial Services Club and well known as an independent commentator on financial markets through his blog the Finanser.

Jack Uldrich - A renowned global futurist, independent scholar, sought-after business speaker, and best-selling author.

Michael Tchong - Inspirational speaker, analyst, futurist, innovator. World-Class Futurist, Trendcaster, and Speaker; Labeled “America’s Most Influential Trendspotter”

JEREMY RIFKIN - Leading Global Technologist, Futurist and Authority on World Economic and Environmental Trends

PABLOS HOLMAN - Futurist, Innovation Speaker, Inventor at the Intellectual Ventures Lab, Founder at Turing AI & Bombsheller

Scott Steinberg - Bestselling leadership and business keynote speaker Scott Steinberg is one of the world's most celebrated futurists, and strategic innovation consultants.

Ross Dawson is globally recognized as a leading futurist, entrepreneur, strategy advisor, and bestselling author.

ADAM CHEYER : Co-founder of Siri and formerly a director of engineering in the iPhone group at Apple. An inventor, entrepreneur, and engineering executive who explores how computers can augment individual and collective intelligence.

​NICK BOSTROM : Swedish philosopher at the University of Oxford known for his work on existential risk, the anthropic principle, human enhancement ethics, nanotechnology and machine intelligence, superintelligence risks, the reversal test, and consequentialism.

GUY HOFFMAN : Professor in the School of Communication at IDC Herzliya, and co-director of the IDC Media Innovation Lab. Guy Hoffman researches robots with soul. He explores the humanity of robots -- how they think, feel, act, and move, as they interact with humans.

KEVIN WARWICK : Professor of Cybernetics, and an accomplished speaker on technology and innovation. He carries out research in artificial intelligence, control, robotics and biomedical engineering.

DR. VIJAY KUMAR : Dean of the University of Pennsylvania's School of Engineering and Applied Science. In his lab at Penn, Vijay Kumar and his team build flying quadrotors, small, agile robots that swarm, sense each other, and form ad hoc teams — for construction, surveying disasters and far more.

MARTIN FORD : Author, Silicon Valley Entrepreneur and Speaker Leading expert on the Robot Revolution, Artificial Intelligence, Job Automation, and the Impact of Accelerating Technology on Workplaces, the Economy and Society.

SADHGURU JAGGI VASUDEV - Renowned Yogi, Visionary, Guru and Founder of the Isha Foundation

KATE DARLING : Leading Expert in Robot Ethics, Focusing on Intersection of Technology and Society

JEREMY BAILENSON : Virtual Reality Expert and Authority on Its Impact on Business and Society; Cognitive Psychologist; Founding Director, Virtual Human Interaction Lab, Stanford University

Chris Riddell : futurist and digital technology expert.

KEN GOLDBERG : Award-winning roboticist, filmmaker, and UC Berkeley Professor

JASON SILVA : A media artist, futurist, philosopher, keynote speaker & the Emmy-nominated host of National Geographic Channel’s #1 rated and Emmy-nominated series, Brain Games, seen in over 100 countries.

JEFFREY SCHNAPP : Cultural Historian & Expert on Future of Innovation and Technology; Autonomous Vehicles Authority & CEO, Piaggio Fast Forward; Catalyzing Force in Digital Humanities; Harvard Professor

PETER HIRSHBERG : Pioneering Entrepreneur and Marketing Innovator; Definitive Voice on Disruptive Technology and Culture; Silicon Valley Executive

JONATHAN ZITTRAIN - Technology Guru & Digital Futurist; Renowned Cybersecurity Expert; Harvard Professor of International Law, Policy & Computer Science; Master Moderator

CLAY SHIRKY - Expert on New Technology and Social Media, and How They Shape Culture; Professor and Distinguished Writer in Residence, NYU

Economists

Dean Baker is an American macroeconomist and co-founder of the Center for Economic and Policy Research.

Jeremy Rifkin:is an economic and social theorist, writer, public speaker, political advisor and activist. President of the Foundation on Economic Trends and the bestselling author of nineteen books on the impact of scientific and technological changes on the economy, the workforce, society, and the environment.

Raghuram Rajan Governor, Reserve Bank of India (2013–2016); Chief Economist and Director of Research, International Monetary Fund (2003–2006); Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, University of Chicago Booth School of Business; Author

Chris Skinner- Chairman of the Financial Services Club and well known as an independent commentator on financial markets through his blog the Finanser.

Vikram Mansharamani Author of Boombustology Vikram Mansharamani is an experienced global equity investor and lecturer at Yale University. He is the author of Boombustology: Spotting Financial Bubbles Before They Burst.

Niall Ferguson Leading Historian on the Global Economy Known for his analytical clarity and knack for controversy, Ferguson is an expert on everything from the strengths and limitations of American global power to the costs and benefits of economic globalization.

Dr. Frank-Jürgen Richter - Former Director of the World Economic Forum and currently the Chairman of Horasis : The Global Visions Community. Horasis is an independent international organization committed to enacting visions for a sustainable future.

Manu Bhaskaran

Paul Tiffany is a Senior Lecturer at the Haas School of the University of California, Berkeley. He teaches courses in competitive strategy, business and public policy, international management, and business and economic history.

Jeffrey Garten’s unique background bridges the gap between theory and practice that includes dean of the Yale School of Management intertwined with experience as an investment banker and senior-level policy work for four presidential administrations. He is the author of five books, a sought-after columnist

Kaushik Basu - Indian economist and academic who is Senior Vice-President and Chief Economist of the World Bank.

Arun Shourie : Renowned Indian journalist, author and politician.

Gurcharan Das Author, commentor and thought leader

Tamal Bandyopadhyay One of the most respected business journalists in India.

Monika Halan India's Foremost Expert on personal Finance. Consulting Editor Mint, Consultant at National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi.

Ruchir Sharma is head of Emerging Markets and Global Macro at Morgan Stanley Investment Management.

Dr. Ajit Ranade One of India's most respected Economist and Political analyst . Currently is the Chief Economist of the Aditya Birla Group.

TODD BUCHHOLZ Former White House Director of Economic Policy , Best Selling Author, Named one of the 21 Top Speakers for the 21st Century

JEFFREY ROSENSWEIG - Director of the Global Perspectives Program Global Guru

BERNARD BAUMOHL- Chief Global Economist, The Economic Outlook Group, LLC

ERIC GARLAND Futurist Economic Trends Expert Founder and Director of Competitive Futures

ROBERT GENETSKI Economist, Author and Keynote Speaker

Arvind Panagariya : Indian-American economist and a professor of economics at Columbia University, who served as vice-chairman of the government of India think-tank NITI Aayog between January 2015 and August 2017.

Bibek Debroy

Jagdish Bhagwati

Montek Singh Ahluwalia : Former Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of India

C. Rangarajan : Indian economist and a distinguished former Member of Parliament and Ex-Governor of the RBI

Dr. YV Reddy : 21st Governor of the Reserve bank of India from 2003-2008 and the Chairman of the Fourteenth Finance Commission of India.

Marketing / Branding

Dr. Nirmalya Kumar : Professor of Marketing at Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University and Distinguished Fellow at INSEAD Emerging Markets Institute

Nir Eyal - author of Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products

David Bell - Professor of Marketing at The Wharton School, consumer shopping behavior expert and seed investor.

Porter Erisman - Leading expert on e-commerce and the Internet in China and emerging markets. Former Vice-President at Alibaba Group

Eric Siegel, PhD, founder of Predictive Analytics World and Text Analytics World, author of 'Predictive Analytics: The Power to Predict Who Will Click, Buy, Lie, or Die

Rama Bijapurkar is an Indian management and market research consultant. She is considered one of the leading consultants on market strategy and consumer behaviour in India. She authored some popular business related books.

Harish Bijoor - Internationally known Brand Expert

Amitava Chattopadhyay is The GlaxoSmithKline Chaired Professor in Corporate Innovation — Professor of Marketing at INSEAD, Fellow of the Institute on Asian Consumer Insights,

Joseph Baladi - Asia's Leading Expert in fields of branding, marketing and business strategy

PHILIP GRAVES - one of the world's leading experts on consumer behaviour

Prahlad Kakar : ad man, director, scuba diver, restaurateur, and wine maker

Alyque Padamsee : Brand Father of modern Indian advertising

Chris Brogan : CEO of Owner Media Group. New York Times bestselling author

Avinash Kaushik : The author of two best selling books: Web Analytics 2.0, Web Analytics: An Hour A Day, Digital Marketing Evangelist - Google, Co-founder - Market Motive.

PETER FISK : global business thought leader on growth and innovation, customers and marketing.

JONAH BERGER : professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is an expert on word of mouth, viral marketing, social influence, and trends.

Rory Sutherland : current Executive Creative Director of OgilvyOne.

Suhel Seth : one of India's most admired marketing and management gurus and a highly-regarded columnist. He is the Managing Partner of Counselage India and founder of Equus.

Geoffrey Moore : organizational theorist, management consultant and author, known for his work Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers.

Santosh Desai : MD & CEO, Futurebrands India Ltd

Swapan Seth : CEO Equus, Advertising Guru & Dynamic Speaker

Lulu Raghavan : Managing Director, Landor Associates, Brand Consultant

Piyush Pandey : Award-winning co-executive chairman and national creative director of Ogilvy & Mather India and vice-chairman of O&M Asia-Pacific.

K.V. Sridhar : Author, Global advertising icon, ​Founder & Chief Creative Officer - ‎HyperCollective

Customer Service

Scott McKain is an author and keynote speaker on business, leadership, and customer experience.

Ron Kaufman - Customer Experience, Service Culture Expert, New York Times Bestselling Author, Keynote Speaker, Educator, Consultant

Robert Spector - international bestselling author, speaker and consultant who has worked with numerous Fortune 500 companies worldwide. A recognized authority worldwide on customer service excellence, he is best known for defining the core principles that define Nordstrom’s commitment to customer service, which he coined “The Nordstrom Way”.

Robert Richman is a culture architect and author of The Culture Blueprint. Previously he launched and built Zappos Insights, the Zappos Family company dedicated to helping businesses with their cultures. As an intrapreneur within Zappos.com, Robert built the business model from a proof of a concept web site, to a thriving multi-million dollar business

PHILIP GRAVES - one of the world's leading experts on consumer behaviour

Strategy

Ram Charan

Vijay Govindarajan

Rita Gunther McGrath, a Professor at Columbia Business School, is a globally recognized expert on strategy in uncertain and volatile environments.

Roger Martin, the visionary Dean of the Rotman School of Management, is a champion of innovation, cross-disciplinary study and learning-by-doing. One of the most respected business minds in the world today

Barry Nalebuff - is Milton Steinbach Professor of Management at Yale School of Management. He is an expert in business strategy and game theory, as well as many other topics

David B. Yoffie is the Max and Doris Starr Professor of International Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Author - Judo Strategy: Turning Your Competitors' Strength to Your Advantage.

Anil K. Gupta is widely recognised as one of the world leading experts on strategy, globalisation, and emerging markets.

RICHARD D'AVENI - One of his generation's foremost strategists, Richard D'Aveni is perhaps best known for his work on hypercompetition. A Professor of Strategic Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.

Costas Markides. - is an expert on creating breakthrough strategies with proven results.One of Europes most respected global business thinkers

Daniel Burrus - Keynote Speaker, Business Strategist and Global Futurist .

Robert S. Kaplan - Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School.co-creator of the balanced scorecard.

Tamara (Tammy) J. Erickson, ranked #29 on the 2013 Thinkers50 list, is a McKinsey Award-winning author a leading expert on generations in the workplace, and a widely-respected expert on collaboration and innovation, the changing workforce, and the nature of work in intelligent organizations.

Richard P. Rumelt is the Harry and Elsa Kunin Chair in Business and Society at UCLA Anderson. Author of Good Strategy /Bad Strategy.

Brett King - technology futurist, public speaker, international best selling author and the co-founder and CEO of Moven, a New York-based mobile banking startup.

Robin Speculand - A global Pioneer in Strategy Implementation

Environment/ Green Business

TONY SEBA : Keynote Speaker, Author, Thought Leader, Serial Entrepreneur, and Educator

Andrew Winston : Green Business Expert, Environmental Advocate and Best Selling Author

Amory Lovins : Leading Energy Consultant, Experimental Physicist, Chairman and Chief Scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute

Jeremy Rifkin : Author, Economic and Social Theorist, Advisor to the European Union and Head of State, and President of the Foundation on Economic Trends

Peter Senge : Pioneer in the Field of Learning Organizations and Author of The Fifth Discipline

Sir Jonathon Porritt : leading British environmentalist and writer, who has been described as "Britain’s most influential green thinker".

SONAM WANGCHUK : Noted Educationist and environmentalist.

Gil Friend : Systems Ecology, Sustainability and Business Strategy Expert

William McDonough : Renowned Architect and Sustainable Development Expert

Duane Elgin : Futurist, Sustainability Expert, and Author

Andrew Savitz : An internationally known expert on corporate social responsibility and sustainability, Savitz is the author of The Triple Bottom Line:

PAUL HAWKEN : ​Environmentalist, Entrepreneur, and Author who has dedicated his life to environmental sustainability and changing the relationship between business and the environment.

JOEL MAKOWER : An award-winning writer, speaker, and strategist on corporate sustainability practices and clean technology.

DR VANDANA SHIVA : World-renowned environmentalist and social justice advocate. Global authority on sustainable farming and agribusiness.

JOSEPH STIGLITZ : Nobel Prize-Winning Economist, Author, Globalization Expert, Professor, Columbia University Business School

BILL K. SHIREMAN : President and CEO of the Future 500, "Master of Environmental Entrepreneurism".

SADHGURU JAGGI VASUDEV : Renowned Yogi, Visionary, Guru and Founder of the Isha Foundation

ROBERT BALLARD : World’s Foremost Undersea Explorer, Archaeologist, Author, Pioneer

JB STRAUBEL : Chief Technical Officer and Co-founder, Tesla Motors

MATTHIAS GELBER : Voted “Greenest Person on the Planet”

Naina Lal Kidwai : Champion of Water and the environment issues.

Melissa Sterry Design scientist, systems theorist and futurist Melissa Sterry is recognised as a world-leading authority on the science, technology and thinking that could help build a better world.

DANIEL ESTY : Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy at Yale University, Former Obama Environmental Adviser

Diversity / Inclusion

Kalki Subramaniam : Indian transgender activist, artist, author, actor, entrepreneur and inspirational speaker.

Deepa Malik

Arunima Sinha

Major D.P. Singh

Mark Inglis

Divyanshu Ganatra Blind clinical psychologist, researcher, behavioral facilitator, self-made serial entrepreneur; Para-glider.

Srikanth Bolla

Navin Gulia : multiple award winning, internationally acclaimed, Author, Adventurer, Thinker, Orator and Social Worker.

Muniba Mazari: Muniba Mazari ​Pakistani artist, model, activist, motivational speaker.

GREG LOUGANIS : ​ Olympic Gold Medallist and World Champion Swimmer , Motivational Speaker.

Martina Navratilova : Tennis Legends, one of the first international sports figures to openly state that she was gay.

SHALINI SARASWATHI : A Braveheart Blade Runner.

Dr William Tan : Neuro-scientist and Medical Doctor - World Record Holder, Paralympian.

Devendra Jhajharia : Two-time Paralympics gold medalist in javelin.

Sairee Chahal : ​Founder, SHEROES.in, Entrepreneur, Mentor

Nandita Das : Actress and Women Rights activist.

Shobha Dey

Twinkle Khanna : Author, former Actress

Human Resource

Lynda Gratton - organizational theorist, consultant, and Professor of Management Practice at London Business School and the founder of the Hot Spots Movement, known for her work on organisational behaviour.

Ben Casnocha - Sought after speaker on talent management, innovation, future of work, entrepreneurship

Dan Schawbel - Millennial Career and Workplace Expert, Speaker, NY Times Bestselling Author

Seth Mattison - internationally renowned expert on workforce trends and generational dynamics

Tamara Erickson - Adjunct Professor, Organisational Behaviour. MA (Harvard). Tammy Erickson is an expert on leadership, the changing workforce, collaboration

Tom Rath - Author of the New York Times bestseller Eat Move Sleep: How Small Choices Lead to Big Changes, Wellbeing, Strengths Based Leadership, StrengthsFinder 2.0, and How Full Is Your Bucket

John Mattone - the world’s leading authorities on leadership, talent and culture.

Sydney Finkelstein - Faculty Director of the Tuck Executive Program and author of Why Smart Executives Fail.

Dr. Marshall Goldsmith is a world authority on leadership and employee relations, demonstrating how good management of human resources can achieve positive, lasting change in the age of globalization.

Ross Dawson - Leading futurist and keynote speaker Ross Dawson gives insights into future of work and organizations and the need for flexible and networked structures.

Health & Wellness

Shilpa Shetty - Actor, Author

GUL PANAG : Actor, Activist, Aviator, Adventurer, entrepreneur & Fitness Icon

RUTUJA DIWEKAR : Celebrity nutritionist and winner of the prestigious 'Nutrition award' from Asian Institute of Gastroenterology (AIG)

Madhuri Ruia

Pooja Makhija

DR. SHIKHA SHARMA : Founder & Managing Director, Nutri-HealthSystems Private Limited.

MICKEY MEHTA : India's leading Holistic Health and Fitness Guru.

R. Madhavan - Actor,

ANIL KAPOOR

MILIND SOMAN

DR. PRAMOD TRIPATHI : An eminent leader in the emerging field of stress management and holistic health.

Dr. Vijaya Venkat : well known Health Activist and Nutritionist

SONU SOOD - ACTOR

ISHI KHOSLA : A practicing clinical nutritionist, consultant, writer, columnist, researcher, author and an entrepreneur.

SHAHID KAPOOR

Luke Coutinho - Author, Holistic Nutritionist and an Integrative Medicine and Lifestyle practitioner.

MANISHA KOIRALA - ACTRESS / CANCER SURVIVOR

LISA RAY- ACTRESS / CANCER SURVIVOR

TIGER SHROFF- ACTOR

MANDIRA BEDI

SUSHMITA SEN

Malaika Arora

Dinaz Vervatwala - ​Entrepreneur, Fitness Consultant & Motivational Speaker.

PADDY UPTON - Mental Coach to professional athletes

News & Media

Shekhar Gupta - Famous Indian journalist who is currently chairperson of Mediascape

Arun Shourie Renowned Indian journalist, author and politician. He has worked as an economist with the World Bank, a consultant to the Planning Commission of India, editor of the Indian Express and The Times of India and a minister in the government of India

Shashi Tharoor - Indian politician, writer, public intellectual and former diplomat who has served as Member of Parliament from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala since 2009.

Rajdeep Sardesai Indian news reader and author. Sardesai is currently a consulting editor at the India Today group . Sardesai comes with 20 years of journalistic experience during which he's covered some of India's biggest political stories. A Padma Shree winner, he's also played cricket for Oxford.

Gurcharan Das

Chetan Bhagat - Author and Columnist

Vir Sanghvi

Siddharth Varadarajan - Founding Editor of The Wire. He was earlier the Editor of The Hindu and is a recipient of the Ramnath Goenka Award for Journalist of the year.

Harsha Bhogle

M. J. Akbar - leading Indian journalist and author

Barkha Dutt

Tamal Bandyopadhyay One of the most respected business journalists in India. His weekly column, Banker's Trust, in India's second largest read financial financial daily Mint, is widely read for its deep insights into the world of finance and its unerring ability to anticipate major policy moves.

Monika Halan India's Foremost Expert on personal Finance. Consulting Editor Mint, Consultant at National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi

Suhel Seth is one of India's most admired marketing and management gurus and a highly-regarded columnist.

Major Gaurav Arya : Defence Analyst | Public Speaker | Writer | TV Host | Veteran.

Maroof Raza : Consultant cum Strategic Affairs Expert for Times Now