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What’s New? March 2018 Speaker Brochure Catharina James
Caspar Berry Tony Conigliaro View Profile
View profile Catharina James is a pioneering material View profile scientist whose revolutionary work on graphene has the potential to reshape the Caspar Berry is a motivational and keynote global manufacturing industry and create a Tony Conigliaro is one of the world’s most more sustainable economy. From radiators business speaker specialising in the subjects of inventive bartenders and mixologists, whose risk, decision making, innovation and leadership. and loudspeakers you can spray onto walls, to unique approach to flavour and customer Caspar speaks in his capacity as a former hyper-efficient batteries and detecting service has re-defined the cocktail industry. structural faults in buildings, the potential uses Tony’s talks inspire and fascinate audiences as professional poker player who lived and worked in they’re drawn into the colourful world of drink Las Vegas for three years and went on to become are huge and will permeate into all areas of our lives. and flavour, they also carry powerful insights the UK’s premier poker TV commentator and the for businesses looking to remain ahead of the poker advisor on Casino Royale. competition and deliver on customer experience. Robert Riener
Ed Cooke Raina Brands View Profile
View profile Robert Riener is one of the world’s leading View profile experts on the impact of robotics and Virtual Reality (VR) on healthcare. He is the founder of Ed Cooke is a Grand Master of Memory and co- the Cybathlon, the world’s only championship Raina Brands is a leading researcher on social where people with disabilities compete with founder and CEO of Memrise, the award- networks, gender bias and leadership in the winning app that teaches cutting-edge memory assistive devices and robotic technologies. The workplace. An Assistant Professor of techniques to optimise learning. Ed event has received extensive media coverage Organisational Behaviour at the London Business School, her ground-breaking work demonstrates how training your memory is an and has been dubbed “The Olympics For Augmented Humans”. examines how social networks help or hinder incredibly powerful tool for enhancing our women’s careers and reputations. motivation, fuelling our creativity and enriching our world. Anand Menon
Dario Floreano Rafe Offer View Profile
View profile Professor Anand Menon is a leading analyst of View profile British and European politics, and one of the UK’s foremost commentators on Brexit and Professor Dario Floreano is one of the world’s the future of the EU. With exceptional clarity, A celebrated authority in brand management he provides expert insights on the immediate leading experts in the field of robotics and A.I. and innovation, Rafe Offer has held senior The 21st century has seen a fundamental shift issues surrounding Brexit, but crucially, by positions with the some of the world’s largest in the relationship between human and placing Brexit in the context of long-term companies. As Global Marketing Director for Disney, he pioneered the now infamous “having machine, Dario’s talks help audiences get to political, economic and social trends, he helps us understand the bigger picture. fun never goes out of style” campaign and, grips with these evolving trends, and the during his tenure, Disney’s sales grew from $50m opportunities and risks they present for to $800m. Rafe continues to consult top business. companies including Microsoft, Aviva, The Daily Mail Group and Amazon. Samantha Simmonds Matt King OBE
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Samantha has been a journalist and broadcaster Matt King OBE is a leading motivational speaker, for more than 20 years – she is currently lawyer, author, artist, adventurer and mentor. He presenting on the BBC where she covers all the has gone from a paralysed teenager, through to main programmes for BBC World News including becoming a pioneer pushing the boundaries of the agenda set “The Briefing” news and business what can be achieved in life, irrespective of one’s programme on BBC 1 and Business Live on the situation. Described by The Independent as ‘the BBC News Channel. Samantha also writes for the inspirational journey of an inspirational man’, the Huffington Post and is regularly asked to appear rollercoaster of emotions Matt leads you through on daily TV and radio programmes to comment on will have you coming away inspired and parenting and women’s issues. empowered to be the best you can be.