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Michele Rigby Assad is a former undercover officer in the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency’s Directorate of Operations. Trained as a counterterrorism specialist, Michele served her country for ten years, working in Iraq and other secret Middle Eastern locations. Upon retirement from active service, Michele and her husband Joseph (also a former agent) joined a group of Americans who wished to aid persecuted Christians. Their efforts resulted in the evacuation of a group from northern Iraq that was featured on ABC’s 20/20 in December 2015.

Former CIA officer specializing in counterterrorism

Michele Rigby Assad

A self-made serial entrepreneur and vocal advocate for women, Cindy Eckert defies convention. In her industry, in her companies, in her outcomes. Her work today in The Pink&nbsp;Ceiling/Pinkubator continues to break barriers by investing in and mentoring other women to get to her same outcomes. She’s on a mission to make women really rich. You cannot miss Cindy Eckert. Everything she touches turns to pink. Over a distinguished 24-year career in healthcare, in only the last 10 she has started and sold two businesses for more than $1.5B.

In the past decade she sold $1.5B worth of businesses

Cindy Eckert

Julie is recognized as the “#1 Coach for Young Women” by Leading Global Coaches/Thinkers 50 and is a a trusted authority on leadership development and confidence for girls and young women. She is also a bestselling author,&nbsp;award-winning speaker and consultant for leading girls schools, colleges and organizations. She is also a former Senior Management Consultant in leadership training and development for the Pentagon where she designed and instructed, neuroscience-based, cutting-edge leadership development programs for executives. Julie has reached more than a million girls, young women, and those who care about them, worldwide.&nbsp;

Keynote speaker known as the #1 coach for young women

Julie Carrier

Entrepreneur, Investor, Co-Founder and Former Partner, Harlem Capital, Former Host, VICE TV's 'Hustle,' Forbes 30 Under 30. John Henry is a Dominican-American entrepreneur, investor, and real estate developer. Henry has been named to the Forbes 30 Under 30, Inc 30 Under 30, Adweek Creative 100, The Root 100, Ebony Power 100 lists and more. An entrepreneur by DNA, Henry started his first business at 18 as a college dropout, bootstrapped it, and sold it by 21. Henry later cofounded the VC firm Harlem Capital, raising $40.3mm and making 17 investments in Women and Minority entrepreneurs before his departure.

30 Under 30 entrepreneur who dropped out when he's 18

John Henry

Katty Kay – Lead Anchor, BBC World News America and Co-author, Womenomics and The Confidence Code. Being British and based in Washington, D.C., Katty Kay offers a very different perspective on American politics and global affairs. Delivers current, topical and insight-filled update on the 2016 election, the issues facing the President and Congress, and what it likely means to her audience. Her work on Womenomics and confidence inspires women to take action and engages business with the prospect of pink profits. Katty is a popular speaker who addresses both current political events and issues impacting women.

BBC news anchor keynotes on gender & political issues

Katty Kay

The Pease brothers have completed more than 75 races together since 2011, including four IRONMAN triathlons and countless other endurance races. In October 2018, the brothers made history as the first brother duo to complete the IRONMAN World Championship in Kona, Hawaii.&nbsp;Together they empower athletes with disabilities to compete in the multisport and endurance world through their non-profit organization, The Kyle Pease Foundation. This foundation promotes success for young persons with disabilities by providing assistance to meet their individual needs through sports and competition. Since its inception, it has championed more than 100 athletes across 60 events. Through their speaking engagements, the Pease brothers share their message of inclusion and help to define what is truly possible.

Triathlons advocating for the youth with disabilities

Brent & Kyle Pease

Baldwin Cunningham is the VP of Digital Brand Strategy at CNN, where he's responsible for building efficiency across digital properties and developing additive revenue models. Cunningham was previously VP of Strategy at Brit + Co and before that, Founder &amp; CEO of Partnered. Partnered is a digital network that helped traditional businesses innovate how they market &amp; sell to customers by partnering with the world's most innovative startups. He helped over 200 leading brands from Coca-Cola to L'Oreal to Nestle meet the companies who are disrupting industries and transforming how business gets done, resulting in a Forbes 30 under 30 award in 2015.

Keynotes on innovating startups and leading brands

Baldwin Cunningham

Waldo served as a decorated fighter pilot where he led missions worldwide. He then earned an MBA and continued to thrive in the private sector. His leadership and real-world business experience provides him the insights and skillset to consult with the largest, most diverse companies in the world. Keynote speaker and leadership expert Waldo Waldman is the author of the&nbsp;New York Times&nbsp;and&nbsp;Wall Street Journal&nbsp;bestseller&nbsp;Never Fly Solo. He teaches tactics on how to build trusting, revenue producing relationships with employees, partners, and customers while sharing his experiences as a decorated fighter pilot and sales expert. A graduate of the Air Force Academy, he holds an MBA with a focus on Organizational Behavior and is a former&nbsp;top producing sales manager.&nbsp;He successfully led national sales efforts for several cutting edge technology and consulting firms before becoming a motivational speaker and leadership expert.

Missional fighter pilot who's also a leadership expert

Waldo Wingman

Carey Lohrenz knows what it takes to win in one of the highest pressure, extreme environments imaginable: in the cockpit at Mach 2. As the first female F-14 Tomcat Fighter Pilot in the U.S. Navy, having flown missions worldwide as a combat-mission-ready United States Navy pilot, Lohrenz is used to working in fast moving, dynamic environments, where inconsistent execution cangenerate catastrophic results. The same challenges are found in business: markets change, customer needs evolve and if you do not adapt quickly your company is at risk. In her motivating and engaging keynote presentations, Carey shares her fascinating experiences operating in one of the world's most challenging environments - an aircraft carrier.

Be inspired from the first female pilot in the US Navy

Carey Lohrenz

A Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist for the past three decades, Steve Wozniak revolutionized the personal computer industry as co-founder of Apple Computer.&nbsp;With its first line of Apple products, Wozniak and Steve Jobs brought computers to the hands of the mass market.&nbsp;Wozniak’s leadership and creativity cultivated significant disruptive technologies while also helping to build the largest company in the US stock market with a net worth of half a trillion dollars. He takes a very customized approach to each presentation he delivers and speaks directly with the event host to ensure a topical focus that is unique, conversational and an excellent tie-in with the overall event.&nbsp;

Keynote speaker who helped build Apple as a brand

Steve Wozniak

David Meltzer is the Co-founder of Sports 1 Marketing and formerly served as CEO of the renowned Leigh Steinberg Sports &amp; Entertainment agency, which was the inspiration for the movie Jerry Maguire. His life’s mission is to empower OVER 1 BILLION people to be happy! This simple yet powerful mission has led him on an incredible journey to provide one thing…VALUE. In all his content and communication that’s exactly what you’ll receive.&nbsp;

His ultimate dream is to make 1 Billion people happy

Dave Meltzer

Julian is a catalyst for impact projects, supporting leaders and their organizations in learning, growth and fulfillment. He works as a coach, facilitator and entrepreneur in residence for companies seeking to deepen and extend their positive impact. Julian blends proven and genuine business practices with a refreshing and holistic spirit.

Blends business practices with a refreshing spirit

Julian Giacomelli

Steven is a world leader in consumer experience. Having given more than 1,000 conferences in 40 countries, he has developed a unique approach that combines customer centricity, technology and people. Steven is an entrepreneur. He is co-founder of inspiration agency Nexxworks and social media agency Snackbytes. As an investor, he is also involved in the rapid growth of the Intracto and Hello Customer agencies. Steven is also a member of the Board of Directors of Plan International. Finally, in addition to his entrepreneurial activities, Steven is a part-time professor of marketing at Vlerick Business School.

Steven Van Belleghem

A trusted coach, an authentic leader, and an accomplished strategic advisor. Yan is on a mission to help people, teams and organizations in their quest for positive transformation. His 20 years of international experience as a senior executive - and notably as Chief Marketing Officer at Reebok Europe - make him a highly respected advisor and a highly valued speaker with an ever-growing number of start-ups and large companies around the world.

Highly-respected advisor and valued speaker

Yan Martin

A graduate in international economics and entrepreneurship, Deborah has used her strategic skills over the past decade in business start-up and financing advisory services, as well as in the development of entrepreneurship programs. She has also created businesses such as the Mots D'Elles web media; Atelier Coloré, fashion and design studio; Marché Coloré, ephemeral concept store co-founded by BiAS, a cultural and artistic think tank promoting diversity. Déborah Cherenfant is now president and spokesperson for the Young Chamber of Commerce of Montreal, the largest in the world; company columnist for Tout Un Matin on ICI Première and economic blogger on Les Affaires.

Skilled in business start-up and financing advisory

Déborah Cherenfant

Florian Pradon has been actively working in the field of recruitment since 2003. French immigrated to Canada in 2007, passionate and talkative, he was called upon to speak on strategies of attraction, on the new generation at work, the integration of technology in recruitment processes and the importance of corporate culture. His taste for challenges and his desire to break the codes naturally led him to work as a start-up, allowing him today to have in-depth knowledge of this ecosystem and its challenges. Above all passionate about humans, he draws his daily inspiration from sociology, design and ethnography.

Actively working in the field of recruitment

Florian Pradon

Sylvia Bréger is a criminologist. His basic training is the behavioral analysis of criminals. During her meetings with some of them, she sets up training programs for investigators as well as awareness modules for schools. Behavioral analysis, body language reading, lie detection: these different techniques can be useful during an audition or during any other interview (negotiation, hiring, sale, mediation, etc.) Sylvia Bréger shares her methods of observation to the greatest number so that everyone can see others from a new angle.

Basic training is the behavioral analysis of criminals

Sylvia Bréger

Guy Saint-Jacques provides strategic advice on China. In addition, he sits on the board of directors of Xebec Adsorption inc. and on the board of directors of the Montreal Clinical Research Institute Foundation. He is a Fellow of the Montreal Institute of International Studies, the China Institute at the University of Alberta and the C.D. Howe Institute. He is also honorary president of the Canada-China SME group, of the China Policy Center in Ottawa, and a member of the advisory committee of the Quebec section of the Canada-China Business Council.

Guy Saint-Jacques

Paul Allard is the co-founder, president and conductor of Impak Finance Inc., a Canadian fintech 100% dedicated to the rise of impact economics. With more than 20 years of experience in the management, marketing and financing of innovative growing companies in the media and technology sectors, Paul Allard has completed more than 15 transactions (mergers &amp; acquisitions), cumulating nearly 40M $ in financing and was the main promoter of 4 IPOs on the TSX Venture.

Successful  figure in media and technology sectors

Paul Allard

Erik's atypical career has something to mark people's minds. A graduate of HEC and CFA, his meteoric rise in the world of finance will take him from Montreal to New York via Toronto. Erik was also a major shareholder, manager and director of a large Montreal investment firm. Four times Ironman, Erik is a model of performance and success until he faces multiple trials. An active businessman and well-regarded manager, he is also the author of two books. He shares his learning with integrity and authenticity on a daily basis, whether through his books, lectures or coaching with managers, professionals and entrepreneurs. He is also the father of 6 children.

Speaker, active businessman and well-regarded manager

Erik Giasson

Louis is responsible for EXFO's global marketing and is part of the company's management team. In this role, he leads a multidisciplinary group of more than 50 specialist professionals. During his career, he has worked in various industries including retail, media and pharmaceutical industry (Aldo Group, Transcontinental, Sobeys, COGECO, Bristol-Myers Squibb). Renowned speaker, the forums on which he shone, from Quebec to San Francisco, include RightTALK Academy, QG100 Network, B2B Summit, ide Network, Rendez-vous du Réseau Photonique du Québec, and AMEQ.

Renowned speaker w/ global marketing expertise

Louis Adam

After several experiences in international communication-marketing within large groups such as AFNOR and BMCE Bank (1st African banking group), Axel becomes sustainable development advisor for the City of Montreal by co-leading the first economy initiative. circular on the territory. In April 2018, he joined the Impak Finance team as Partnerships Director. Axel now leads the business development team in Europe as part of the establishment and European development of the company.

Business director talks on sustainable banking

Axel Bonaldo

Erik Orton writes plays, musicals, and books.&nbsp;His work won an Emmy Award, Telly Award, and CINE Golden Eagle. He has directed and produced events at Radio City Music Hall, Off-Broadway and regionally throughout the U.S., He managed Broadway shows and tours including Wicked, The 25thAnnual Putnum County Spelling Bee, Les Miserables, The Phantom of the Opera, Fosse and many others. In 2018 he achieved a lifetime goal of climbing El Capitan in Yosemite.&nbsp;He enjoys rock climbing, sailing, surfing, scuba diving, writing, and flying kites.&nbsp;He loves thinking and speaking about living deliberately.&nbsp;He and his wife Emily live in New York City with their five children.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Renowned laywright with Emmy, Telly, and CINE awards

Erik & Emily Orton

Visionary, transgender and passionate businesswoman, Béatrice is a go-getter and known for never giving up. "A" dad of two boys, she is involved in the LGBTQ + community to help the cause of trans people. In addition to her professional background, Beatrice is an exceptional businesswoman also because of her personal journey, as she faces the reality of being a transgender woman, a very stigmatized visible minority, every day. In 2015, she decided to make her transition in order to be not only good in her career, but also in her own skin. She is proud to be a unique "dad" in the world and to pass on her values ​​of inclusion and tolerance to her two teenagers, but also within her company. It involves for the cause on several levels, with Mouvement Ensemble inc. among others.

Trans businesswoman who's making waves in the industry

Béatrice Robichaud

Stéphane Grenier is a Canadian Forces veteran who retired as a lieutenant colonel following 29 years of service and numerous missions abroad, such as Cambodia, Haiti, Lebanon, Kuwait, Afghanistan and Rwanda. Confronted with undiagnosed post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following his return from Rwanda, he developed a personal interest in how the Canadian Forces dealt with mental health issues; a mission that he has now been able to extend to the entire North American labor market through his efforts to develop non-clinical mental health interventions as a complement to traditional clinical care.

Amazing veteran story who keynotes on mental health

Stéphane Grenier

A veterinarian by training, Louis Vareille has over 30 years of experience (France and the Netherlands) in the food industry. In addition to the 26 years he spent at DANONE, in international positions devoted to Quality, Innovation and Public Affairs, he was previously the head of a food safety consulting company. A connector at heart, he has been involved, in parallel for more than 20 years, in positions of responsibility in international professional associations. Today, Louis works with companies to make each of their meetings a productive, engaging and learning moment. It offers in particular: diagnosis of practices, mobilization conference, training, remote consultations or even the design and facilitation of seminars. Louis has two training courses in executive coaching and team coaching, in London (Tom PRESTON) and Paris (HEC).

Team coach who designs and improves company cultures

Louis Vareille

Aurélie Sauthier is recognized as a pioneer of the influencer marketing industry in Canada. She founded Made in in 2011 when no one was interested in this unique opportunity that would become a major trend for marketers. Passionate about the anthropology of consumption as much as the analysis of digital trends, Aurélie now heads the first international content and influence house. Passionate and visionary, Aurélie has a deep expertise of the entire ecosystem and opportunities related to content marketing as well as a broad knowledge of the strategies and content formats of the different platforms: YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest, TikTok, Twitter , etc. both for their social and research opportunities.

Speaker & influencer marketing industry pioneer

Aurélie Sauthier

Born in 1967 in Cap-Haitien, Bruny Surin is one of the best sprinters in the world. A four-time Olympian, he was instrumental in one of Canada’s most important sporting moments, helping his team win gold in the 4 × 100m relay at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. During his lectures, Olympic champion turned entrepreneur Bruny Surin shares his conception of success and discusses the sacrifices, dedication and perseverance necessary to achieve his dreams. Through his inspiring journey and strength of character, the former athlete has encouraged and influenced more than 150,000 students, employees and business leaders across Canada.

Four-time Olympian inspires audiences with his talks

Bruny Surin

Cath Laporte is able to bring out the real in people. Certified Big Leap Coach by the Hendricks Institute, the artist uses creativity and humor to convey an open, holistic and human perspective. No matter what field you are in, if you feel the desire to be inspired and electrified, this is what you are looking for. Spoiler, Cath believes that everyone can be a creative leader in their own way.

Speaker & coach believes everyone can be a leader

Catherine Laporte

Guy Verhofstadt – 47th Prime Minister of Belgium (1999 – 2008); Member of the European Parliament; Leader of the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for EuropeGuy Verhofstadt, born in 1953 in Dendermonde, Belgium, quickly scaled the political career ladder. In 1982, at the age of just 29, he became chairman of his party. In 1985, he was elected to government and became Deputy Prime Minister. Belgium became the second country in the world to introduce same-sex marriage and legalized euthanasia. He was also successful in turning the economy around thanks to drastic tax cuts for families and businesses. Belgium’s economic growth exceeded all expectations. During his tenure as Prime Minister, Belgian government debt sank from 114 to 84 percent of GDP.

Guy Verhofstadt

Jay Shetty is a #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of Think Like a Monk. He is on a mission to share the timeless wisdom of the world in an accessible, relevant and practical way. He has produced over 400 viral videos which have surpassed more than 7 billion views, and his podcast, On Purpose, is consistently ranked as the #1 Health podcast in the world. He was named in the Forbes 30 Under 30 for being a game changer in the world of media and has won both the Streamy and Shorty Awards for Best Health and Wellness Creator of the Year.

Sought-after speaker who authored "Think Like a Monk"

Jay Shetty

Jean-Sébastien is a renowned Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Chief information security officer (CISO). Offering his services to organizations seeking greater IT resilience, he was until recently Vice President &amp; CIO at Forensik, where he was responsible for the delivery of professional services to the organization for the entire he Montreal business unit (Forensik and In Fidem) which offers cyber investigation, response and management services for cybersecurity incidents. With an executive MBA from the University of Liverpool, Mr. Beaulieu is able to translate cybersecurity issues into business language and democratize access to this technical information to make it understandable to as many people as possible.

Speaker w/ expertise in cybersecurity & business

Jean-Sébastien Beaulieu

Nicholas is a speaker, host, MC, marketer and photographer. He is currently Head of Marketing at Fintech Cadence, a non-profit organization that focuses on innovations and startups in the FinTech industry. For several years, Nicholas has been involved in the Montreal startup community through his own technology startup and as the organizer of multiple innovation competitions. Being fluently bilingual (English and French) and very natural on stage, Nicholas is often called upon as host, MC or moderator for a variety of events. An award-winning speaker, he has been recognized for his improvisational and presentation skills.

FinTech speaker focused on Motreal startups

Nicholas Belliveau

Given a topic or parameters on which to speak, Maggie’s story telling abilities allow her to engage the crowd with illustrative material while getting the point across in a manner that won’t have the audience reaching for Candy Crush for a distraction. Her keynote topics include facing your fear of change, starting over, stories from an X lawyer and the LGBTQ.

Keynotes on various topics, a storyteller of our time

Maggie Cassella

Hubert Joly is now a senior lecturer at the Harvard Business School and the author of the upcoming book “The Heart of Business – Leadership Principles for the Next Era of Capitalism” which is slated to be published in the Spring of 2021 by Harvard Business Review Press. He is the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Best Buy Co., Inc. Hubert is also a member of the board of directors of Johnson &amp; Johnson and Ralph Lauren Corporation.

Harvard Business lecturer and Heart of Business author

Hubert Joly 

With a background in management and advertising and web strategy, Alexis is responsible for the evolution of lg2's service offering. As Executive Vice President, Growth and Transformation, he develops alliances and incubates new expertise and ways of doing things. He helps his clients cultivate a taste for change, look at their problems from new angles, identify growth opportunities and put data, strategy, customer experience, technology and creativity in all its forms. in the service of their ambitions.

Cultivator of customer experience & business strategy

Alexis Robin

Étienne Mérineau is the co-founder and head of conversational design of Heyday.ai, a conversational marketing platform that uses artificial intelligence to help agencies and brands communicate with their consumers in a smarter and more personalized way via messaging applications like Facebook Messenger. Cited in the Washington Post, Business Insider, Quartz, VICE, Chatbots Magazine, Le Devoir and Infopresse, Étienne is a world reference in artificial intelligence applied to marketing and advertising. He is also a guest columnist at VentureBeat in San Francisco, a juror for the Webby Awards and Mobile UX Awards, a mentor of the MIT Launch program, and an associate member of the International Academy of Digital Arts &amp; Sciences, New York.

Speaker & MIT mentor with AI and tech expertise

Étienne Mérineau

Jean-Baptiste has been an organizational psychologist for 25 years. It combines expertise in behavioral sciences, HR technologies and marketing. It thus combines talent, data intelligence and customer experience, powerful levers for change in the world of work. Jean-Baptiste supports human resources departments on the path to their digitalization and the acceleration of their transformation. It helps them adopt the new technological capabilities within their reach while stimulating their vision of the work of tomorrow. He guides them methodologically to gain efficiency and redefine the experience paths.

Organizational psychologist with 25-year experience

Jean-Baptiste Audrerie

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As a&nbsp;Corporate Put-on Comedian&nbsp;and&nbsp;Emcee, Harry has performed for&nbsp;hundreds of&nbsp;Fortune 1000 companies,&nbsp;and is frequently rated&nbsp;‘best speaker’&nbsp;at their conferences. As a stand-up comedian, Harry is a regular&nbsp;opening act for Ray Romano; and as an actor, he has appeared on shows like&nbsp;“Everybody Loves Raymond”&nbsp;(CBS) and&nbsp;“Men Of a Certain Age.”&nbsp;(TNT) With over three decades experience from the clubs of Las Vegas to the corporate boardroom, Harry Freedman is a comic you can trust.

Professional stand-up comedian for hire you can trust

Harry Freedman

An accomplished public speaker and author, Brad has been featured on CNN, CNBC, and Dr. Phil, and has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, and many others. Brad is also the author of three business books including the critically acclaimed “Manager 3.0: A Millennial’s Guide to Rewriting the Rules of Management” (Amacom, 2013). Prior to creating JB Training Solutions, Brad spent 15 years at advertising giant Leo Burnett in Chicago. Today, Brad conducts training and delivers keynote addresses at major companies including Google, Abbott Laboratories, and ConocoPhillips.

Critically-acclaimed author who's been featured at CNN

Brad Karsh

Trent Shelton is a former NFL wide receiver and author of The Greatest You: Face Reality, Release Negativity, and Live Your Purpose. Considered as one of the most impactful speakers of this generation, he reaches over 60 million people weekly through hard hitting videos and unprecedented engagement. While Trent seemingly achieved his childhood dream, the former NFL player’s career ended prematurely, inevitably giving him the space and determination to reevaluate his values and life’s purpose. As a way to hold himself accountable, Trent picked up his mobile phone and began recording two-minute video segments of his daily progress and posting them onto social media – with the hashtag #RehabTime.

Impactful speaker and author of "The Greatest You"

Trent Shelton

As a legendary optimist and a person of action and reflection, Anja Wyden Guelpa helps with civicLab companies or organizations to become more competitive and attractive through the evolution of their corporate culture. She successfully motivates teams in difficult times; by using collective intelligence she comes up with creative solutions and in a very short time uses them to map out new paths and optimal solutions. Her experience and a certain natural authority allows her to lead and steer creative processes and help executives and employees to excel. She analyzes situations and complex contexts very quickly. She cans explain them in simple words, synthesizes with ease and debates them with pleasure and conviction.

Positive talks on the evolution of corporate culture

Anja Wyden Guelpa

Scott Kress is a masterful storyteller, a leadership trainer, an Executive MBA Professor and a life-long mountaineer. He is one of the very few people in the world who has summited Mt Everest. In fact, he has climbed the highest peak on each of the 7 continents. Scott has been adventuring for over 25 years, and in his other life he is a leadership and team performance expert teaching at some of the world’s leading educational institutions. Scott’s presentation will contain not only gripping stories from the mountains, but Scott will demonstrate the strategies that have led to both success and failure and how these strategies can be applied to your personal, team and leadership development.

Keynote speaker & adventurer has summitted Mt Everest

Scott Kress

Precious Chong is an award winning actress, writer and comedian living in Toronto. She is currently working on the USA Network television show, “Falling Water” as well as the Hallmark Christmas movie “Love You Like Christmas”. Her dad is counter culture icon, Tommy Chong of Cheech and Chong. She has written about her life for the Toronto Life, Reader’s Digest and the Fix among other publications.

Actress, writer & comedian is also a keynote speaker

Precious Chong

Dr. Brené Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston where she holds the Huffington Foundation – Brené Brown Endowed Chair at The Graduate College of Social Work. Brené is also a visiting professor in management at The University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business. She has spent the past two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy and is the author of five #1 New York Times bestsellers: The Gifts of Imperfection, Daring Greatly, Rising Strong, Braving the Wilderness, and her latest book, Dare to Lead. Brené hosts the Unlocking Us Podcast and the Dare to Lead Podcast. Her TED talk – The Power of Vulnerability – is one of the top five most viewed TED talks in the world with over 50 million views. She is also the first researcher to have a filmed lecture on Netflix. The Call to Courage special debuted on the streaming service in April 2019. Brené lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband, Steve. They have two children, Ellen and Charlie.&nbsp;

One of the top five most viewed TED talks in the world

Brene Brown

Henrik Fisker is worldwide one of the leading Auto-Designer. Henrik Fisker is an entrepreneur, creator, innovator, mentor, brand ambassador and a leading automotive designer. Best known among his creations are iconic cars such as BMW Z8, Aston Martin DB9, Aston Martin V8 Vantage, Artega GT, Fisker Karma, Viking motorcycle, Rocket and more recently Destino V8 and Force 1. Henrik Fisker is a founding partner and head of design and product strategy at VLF Automotive, an American luxury sports car company he founded with Bob Lutz and Gilbert Villarreal.

Inspiring talks from a leading auto designer to date

Henrik Fisker

Christiana Figueres is the top UN authority on global climate change. She has been the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) since July 2010. Assuming responsibility for the international climate change negotiations after the failed Copenhagen conference of 2009, she was determined to lead the process to a universally agreed regulatory framework. Building toward that goal, she directed the successful Conferences of the Parties in Cancun 2010, Durban 2011, Doha 2012, Warsaw 2013, and Lima 2014, before culminating in the historical Paris Agreement of 2015.

Keynote speaker who's a UN authority on climate change

Christiana Figueres

John’s professional focus as an international speaker began with the writing and release of his parents’ poignant book, Overwhelming Odds. Because of this book, John felt compelled to embrace his past, rise above his fears and share his message with others. He began speaking in 2005 to a total of eight organizations. Since then, he partnered with over 850 different groups, in 46 states and nine countries. The tremendous growth is the result of his commitment to his clients and to truly partnering with them to make each meeting, conference and retreat a life-changing experience for their associates.

Helps make each meeting a life-changing experience

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