Meet your host and moderator, Adam Montandon. A British author, educator, and public speaker who loves to share his knowledge and energy with audiences. Adam infuses with energy and guides the audience to unlock their untapped creative potential. Adam has delivered captivating keynotes at prestigious universities and conferences across the globe. From the esteemed Royal Institute of Science in London, Berkeley University in California, the World Summit Awards, The US Department of Education in Washington, and a host of other distinguished events. His contributions to education have garnered recognition from industry giants like Google, O’Reilly publishing, and Macmillan publishing. Notably, he was honored as one of the foremost thinkers in Education at the prestigious EdFoo conference in California. Based in Odense, Denmark, Adam’s influence extends beyond the red dot, as his insights and accomplishments are regularly featured in global magazines, newspapers, and television programs. His dynamic presence has graced award-winning documentaries on platforms such as the Discovery Channel, BBC and Research TV.

Charlie Morley is a bestselling author and teacher of lucid dreaming, shadow integration and Mindfulness of Dream & Sleep. He’s been lucid dreaming for over 20 years and was “authorised to teach” within the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism by Lama Yeshe Rinpoche in 2008. Since then he has written four books which have been translated into 15 languages and has run workshops & retreats in more than 30 countries. He’s spoken at both Oxford and Cambridge Universities, run courses and given talks for the Metropolitan Police, Reuters News Agency and the Army Air Corps as well as presenting his work with military veterans on Sky News and at the Ministry of Defence Mindfulness Symposium. In 2018 he was awarded a Winston Churchill Fellowship to research PTSD treatment in military veterans and continues to teach workshops for people with trauma affected sleep. These teachings form the core of his latest book Wake Up to Sleep. ‍In 2019, in a world first, he trained a group of therapists to use lucid dreaming with their clients. An expanded and updated 100 hour version of this course ran again in 2023 under the title Lucid Dream Facilitator Training. ‍In 2023, the first scientific study into Charlie’s methods was published in the peer reviewed journal Traumatology in which 85% of participants experienced “a remarkable decrease in PTSD Symptoms” by using lucid dreaming to transform their nightmares. Charlie formally became a Buddhist at the age of 19, lived at the Kagyu Samye Dzong Buddhist Centre for 7 years and completed a 3 month meditation retreat at Tara Rokpa Centre in 2016. In his past life he trained and worked as an actor & scriptwriter before running a hip hop collective called THROWDOWN throughout his 20’s. He now lives in London, next door to the Buddhist centre with his mini-dachshund called Waffles. When he’s not teaching he enjoys kickboxing, surfing and pretending to meditate.

Dr. Elesa Zehndorfer is an eMBA lecturer, award-winning writer and author of Evolution, Politics & Charisma: Why do Populists Win? (Routledge), political thriller Upload (Blackheath Publishing), Leadership: Performance Beyond Expectations (Routledge), The Physiology of Emotional & Irrational Investing: Causes & Solutions (Routledge), Charismatic Leadership: The Role of Charisma in the Global Financial Crisis (Routledge) and Leadership: A Critical Introduction (Routledge). Her forthcoming politics book ‘Post Truth Politics: A Brave New World?’ will be released by Routledge in January 2025.Over the last two decades, she has presented at conferences in Europe, America and Asia and worked in the faculties of leading universities. In 2023, she spoke at the European Liberal Forum conference on disinformation, hosted at the historic National Liberal Club in Whitehall. She manages a politics & finance-themed Psychology Today blog called Political Animals and Animal Spirits and is a founding partner of consulting firm Lakeside Partners GmbH. As a qualified Personal Trainer, Pilates and fitness coach, she has a deep and enduring love of physiology. Elesa is particularly fascinated in how it affects our health, performance, decision making, rationality and emotions (particularly in the context of politics, finance & business). It is a passion that deeply informs both her writing and her general outlook in life. She earned her PhD from Loughborough University in 2006.

Dora Deliyska has established herself not only as one of the leading pianists of the present time, but also as one of the most versatile and intriguing. Her unique artistic projects have their own conceptual dramaturgy, giving piano literature and the art of interpretation a new perspective. Her extensive repertoire ranges from Bach to Ligeti. Deliyska performs regularly at some of the most renowned concert halls such as the Musikverein and the Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, the Oosterpoort Music Center (Netherlands), and many other venues in Europe

Jamie Beck Alexander is a climate changemaker and TED countdown advisor. She is a climate activist and Director of Drawdown Labs at Project Drawdown. With a track record of setting ambitious emission reduction targets and forging impactful partnerships, Jamie’s work is propelling us towards a greener future.

Katy Bohinc, an award-winning data scientist, mathematician, founder, and artist. She is a visionary polymath Fortune 500 marketer. Bohinc began her career as a data scientist for leading marketing agencies, operationalizing big data adoption. Her work garnered Assembly Media (now Assembly Global) Ad Age’s Agency of the Year award. She has published three books of poetry, along with two edited volumes. Bohinc served as Director of the award-winning Tender Buttons Press (2013-2020). Her latest endeavor as founder & CEO of The Ratio – an AI startup which applies data science to the ancient traditions of astrology – marks her as a leading creative and scientific mind.

Paul Leahy is Senior Lecturer in Wind Energy Engineering at University College Cork, Ireland, and an Investigator in the Science Foundation Ireland MAREI Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine research. He leads a research group addressing challenges in sustainable energy generation and carbon dynamics of natural and engineered systems.
He was one of the leaders of the international Re-Wind researc project which highlighted the imminent issue of how to deal with decommissioned wind turbine blades and demonstrated the solution of repurposing them into new structures. In 2022 he co-founded the wind turbine blade repurposing startup BladeBridge with his former PhD student Angela Nagle and bridge expert Kieran Ruane. BladeBridge is dematerialising green infrastructure by using blades to create new structures and products including e-bike charging hubs, bridges, bike shelters and street furniture. Paul is also a member of the Climate Change & Environmental Sciences Multidisciplinary Committee of the Royal Irish Academy and he serves on the Steering Group of the International Energy Agency Wind Task 45 on Recycling Wind Turbine Blades - a knowledge exchange for new approaches to dealing with end-of-life composite wind turbine blades.

Sabine: Accomplished executive and C-suite sparring partner Sabine Friesser has steered global B2B and B2C companies for 17+ years. Specializing in strategic brand building and management in highly competitive industries, she is one of few people in the world allowed to pass on her knowledge as a Level C Fellow.  She is an Adjunct Professor of Branding and Marketing at multiple EU universities and a trusted counselor across a spectrum of companies, from microenterprises to category heavyweights, realizing revenues in the billions of euros.  Andy: Andy is an award-winning brand architect with a passion for provoking organizations at the intersection of business, branding, and education.  A musician, entrepreneur, and recovering law student, Andy is the co-founder and managing partner of Level C—the world’s new Bauhaus of Brand. He splits his time between the US and Austria.

Mag.a Zala Pušnik is a freelance midwife in Carinthia since 2005.  She is lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences for Midwifery in Carinthia. In her own practice, she works in the non-clinical area of prenatal care, home birth assistance, birth preparation and aftercare. She is Board member of the Carinthian midwifery committee. Lecturer. Mother of four children. She loves to accompany all births in every aspect; those of her own children into life; those of newborns; those of clients; those of prospective students on their way into midwifery. For many years, she has been able to deal with female nature, with the deep wisdom that is at home in us women and is in a very natural connection with the phenomena in nature. Understanding this and bringing it into the world in the overarching social context is very close to her heart. Appreciative discourse and making female nature visible in society is very important to her.

Andrena Woodhams is a best-selling author, keynote speaker, and Founder of Yinbound LLC, an American company enhancing well-being and mental health for leaders and entrepreneurs across the globe. Documentary film maker, reporter and presenter of BBC World Business Television, she co-founded a communications firm that produced corporate videos highlighting social innovation and environmental awareness for high profile clients that included George Soros’  Open Society, Norman Lear’s Business Enterprise Trust, and The United Nations. Somatic body expert and best-selling author, Andrena introduced pioneering shamanic practices in Europe which created profound and lasting shifts in consciousness for hundreds of people for over 15 years. Based upon this experience, she developed a unique approach to leadership which allows founders and entrepreneurs to maximize their impact on the world by accessing a deeper cut of themselves. She currently shares insights from her unique background integrating business, wellness, and embodied consciousness through mentoring, books, lectures and events.

De Kai invented and built the world’s first global-scale online language translator that spawned Google Translate, Yahoo Translate, and Microsoft Bing Translator. For his pioneering contributions in AI, natural language processing, and machine learning, De Kai was honored by the Association for Computational Linguistics as one of only seventeen Founding Fellows and by Debrett’s as one of the 100 most influential figures of Hong Kong. He speaks to philosophical questions about the fears and possibilities of new technology and how we can be empowered to shape our future. His work to bridge cultures spans artificial intelligence, cognition, language, music, creativity, ethics, society, and policy. Talks and media this year have included New York Times, cover story of Human magazine, UBS keynote with Geoffrey Hinton, Dun & Bradstreet keynote, TEDx, global news channels like NDTV and i24 News, and dozens more. De Kai is Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at HKUST and a Distinguished Research Scholar at Berkeley’s International Computer Science Institute. He is an independent director of AI ethics think tank The Future Society, and was one of eight inaugural members of Google’s AI ethics council.

Introducing Niraj Naik: from pharmacist to wellness innovator and founder of SOMA Breath, the global wellness and breathwork movement. Here’s a quick snapshot of Niraj’s inspiring journey and contributions:Niraj began his journey as a community pharmacist, but a personal health battle with an autoimmune disease led him to dive into holistic health and breathwork, ultimately healing himself. It sparked his mission to help solve major world issues: from depression to chronic diseases, by addressing the cause and showing you how to be naturally high, happy, and healthy in the most enjoyable way! He established SOMA Breath, a pioneering global breathwork movement. With over 2000 certified instructors, SOMA Breath is changing lives around the globe, gaining a reputation as one of the most powerful transformational experiences. Big names in wellness like Ben Greenfield, Marisa Peer, Vishen Lakhiani, and Dave Asprey love and endorse Niraj’s breathwork techniques. His breakthrough methods are so unique that neurologists at Cambridge University are studying them. Not just stopping at breathwork, Niraj produced the music and audio tracks for the Wim Hof Method courses and app, loved by millions worldwide. In collaboration with Rituals, a top cosmetics brand, Niraj co-created an immersive meditation technology, a world-first Mind Spa that’s changing the way we relax. Apart from SOMA Breath, Niraj, known as “The Renegade Pharmacist”, is regularly featured in global media and on hundreds of podcasts. Niraj Naik: turning personal adversity into a global wellness revolution, one breath at a time.

Dr Nat Ware is the Founder/CEO of Forte - a new way to finance high-quality education and healthcare worldwide at no cost to individuals or governments. Forte’s innovative approach was developed by Dr Ware during his Oxford PhD, which he completed as a Rhodes Scholar. Forte has been endorsed by the World Economic Forum, and Forte was recently names as a UBS Global Visionary Company. The ground-breaking Forte Model has already been successfully implemented in several countries around the world, including Colombia, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico and Australia.  Nat is also the Founder of 180 Degrees Consulting, which he grew from nothing into the world’s largest consultancy for non-profits and world’s largest volunteer consultancy, with 175 branches across 35 countries. To date, 180 Degrees has provided over 8 million hours of consulting services to help non-profits improve and expand their services, and has trained over 80,000 future social impact leaders. Academically, Dr Ware was the Top Oxford MBA Student, the Best Performer in Development Economics at Oxford, and was selected as a Visiting Fellow at Princeton. Nat is also a Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Fellow, Goldman Sachs Global Leader, Asia 21 Fellow, Rybakov Laureate, Forbes 30 Under 30 List Maker, Australian State Young Achiever of the Year, and is the only-ever Two-Time Global Winner of the prestigious St Gallen Wings of Excellence Award. He has completed a full Ironman triathlon, swum the English Channel with friends to raise money for charity, and his previous TEDx talk was watched over 2 million times.

Heike Weber is founder and director of the ANAT establishment for traditional textile art of the Levante, a pioneering project, providing Syrian and Palestinian women with employment opportunities in embroidery, knitting, and clothing design.Her love for Levantine textile heritage led her to make Damascus her home for nearly half a century. Heike shares her captivating journey and steadfast dedication to empowering individuals through cultural preservation at the TEDxKlagenfurt.

Andrew Kavanagh, better known as Kav, is the charismatic lead singer of the Irish band Keywest. Originating as street performers in the vibrant city of Dublin, Keywest’s music resonated with audiences, propelling them to the top of the Irish music scene. With three number-one albums, platinum sales, and multiple chart-topping singles, their impact extends beyond borders, with their songs featured in movies and TV shows. Despite their commercial success, Keywest remained grounded in their roots, continuing to perform on the streets while selling out tours. However, amidst their triumphs, the band made a pivotal decision to break away from the corporate side of the music industry, reclaiming control over their lives and music. With a renewed focus on street performances and a commitment to building their brand authentically, Keywest embarks on a journey to redefine their artistic path and connect with audiences on a deeper level.

Adrian Davies is an award-winning young entrepreneur and law student that has dedicated himself to making slow industries faster. His first big project that he started whilst he was still in school was to centralise European rail onto one comprehensive and efficient platform, allowing seamless and cheaper cross-border travel, which later turned into his first startup and got the ball rolling for the railway industry to conceive their own solution. Since then, he dedicates himself to reimagining the status quo and streamlining especially heavily regulated industries. Currently, Adrian is especially interested in legal tech, where he recently implemented an artificial intelligence that helps compliance and tax departments with any and all legal questions regarding “Work from Anywhere” and “Workations” within mere minutes over the phone or chat. Other noteworthy achievements include winning the ASFINAG innovation award 2023, the eLegal Legal Tech Hackathon, and giving talks on innovation at WKO.