Category Archives: Technology / Automation / Web 3.0 / Metaverse

Prof. Neil Comins, Professor of Physics & Astronomy, University of Maine, USA

Childhood challenges and personal adversity fueled his intellectual drive.
He embarked on both physical and academic quests to prove himself.

Geoff Gibbins, Founder of Human Machines, on Building Human-AI Enterprises & Thriving in the Age of AI

Geoff shares practical, real-world insights into how AI is reshaping work, leadership, and decision-making. He explains why most AI initiatives fail, what successful human-AI collaboration truly looks like, and how leaders can future-proof their organizations without losing sight of human strengths like judgment, discernment, and accountability.

Looi Teck Kheong, President, Global Council for Responsible AI (Singapore): Leading with Law, Technology & Ethical AI

A curiosity-driven childhood shaped by freedom, responsibility, and a love for learning
A pivotal academic shift from engineering to law to gain broader societal perspective

Dr. Vassil Dimitrov, Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Calgary

Lifelong curiosity and passion for mathematics
Bridging mathematics and engineering through hybrid education

Ramsay Brown, CEO of The AI Responsibility Lab: Shaping the Future of Safe and Ethical AI

PhD training under eminent neuroanatomist Dr. Larry Swanson
Viewing intelligence as an emergent property of complex adaptive systems

Chitra Nayak, Board Director, Infosys; Executive Advisor, BCG; Cofounder, Neythri

Chitra is a board director of Infosys and several other listed companies.
She’s an executive advisor at the Boston Consulting Group.

Sid Jashnani (Certified EOS Implementer & Founder, Rekruuto)

Growing up in an entrepreneurial family and working in his father’s retail business
Early failures during the dot-com era and the lessons they provided

Richard Yonck, Futurist Speaker and Author, ‘Mindstock’

Richard is a futurist speaker and an author of a book titled Mindstock.
He’s the founder of Intelligent Future Consulting.

Marleen Stikker, Founder & Executive Director, Waag Futurelab

Marleen Stikker reveals her drive to understand “how the world functions.”
Explains how philosophy aided her critical view of economics and technology.

Ilyas Khan, Founder & Vice Chairman of Quantinuum: Leading the Quantum Computing Revolution

$600M funding round at a $10B valuation
JP Morgan’s public commitment and leadership role