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Lars Ulrich
Co-Founder & Drummer, Metallica, San Francisco, USA
Jay Simons
President, Atlassian, San Francisco, USA
James Monsees
Co-Founder and CPO, Juul, San Francisco, USA
Sir Tim Berners-Lee
Inventor, World Wide Web, Cambridge, USA
Ed Catmull
Co-Founder & President, Pixar, San Francisco, USA
Claude Zellweger
Director, Design, Google, San Francisco, USA
Steve Wozniak
Tech-Guru & Co-Founder, Apple, Cupertino, USA
Marian Goodell
Founding Board Member & CEO, Burning Man Project, San Francisco, USA
Urs Hölzle
SVP Engineering, Google, Mountain View, USA
Ueli Maurer
Member, Swiss Federal Council, Zurich, Switzerland
Kirsty Nathoo
CFO & Partner, Y Combinator, San Francisco, USA
John Sculley
Former-CEO, Pepsi, Coca-Cola & Apple, New York, USA
Jeff Eggers
Former-Principal Advisor of President Barack Obama, Federal Government of the USA, Ex-Member, Navy Seals Team, Washington, D.C., USA
Andréa Maechler
Member, Governing Board, Swiss National Bank, Zurich, Switzerland
David Sable
Global CEO, Y&R, New York, USA
Bill Barnett
Professor of Business Leadership, Strategy, & Organizations, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
Glenn Gore
Chief Architect, Amazon Web Services, Seattle, USA
Bill Wyman
Co-Founder & Former -Bassist, The Rolling Stones, London, UK
Meia Chita-Tegmark
Co-Founder, The Future of Life Institute, Boston, USA
Bruce Dickinson
Businessman, Pilot, Lead Singer Iron Maiden, London, UK
Carissa Carter
Director of Teaching and Learning, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
Michael Chui
Partner, McKinsey & Company, San Francisco, USA
Rashik Parmar
IBM Fellow & Vice President Technology – Europe, London, UK
Brittany Kaiser
Cambridge Analytica whistleblower & subject of Netflix Documentary “The Great Hack”, New York, USA
Roya Mahboob
Businesswoman, Entrepreneur & CEO, Afghan Citadel & Digital Citizen Fund, New York, USA
Fumbi Chima
Global CIO, adidas, Herzogenaurach Germany
Sascha Zahnd
VP Global Supply Chain, Tesla, Palo Alto, USA
Zeeshan Feroz
CEO (UK), Coinbase, London, UK
Edward Tse
Founder & CEO, Gao Feng Advisory Company, Beijing, China
Terry von Bibra
General Manager Europe, Alibaba Group, Munich, Germany
Suzanne DiBianca
EVP Corporate Relations & Chief Philanthropy Officer, Salesforce, San Francisco, USA
Mark C. Thompson
CEO-Coach of Steve Jobs & Richard Branson
Kazuhiko Toyama
Managing Partner, IGPI, Industrial Growth Platform Inc, Tokyo, Japan
Klaus Hommels
Founder & CEO, Lakestar, Zurich, Switzerland
Wilhelm Oehl
Partner & CXO, Eight Inc, San Francisco, USA
Nancy Pfund
Founder & Managing Partner, DBL Partners, San Francisco, USA
Ray O'Farrell
EVP & CTO, VMware, San Francisco, USA
Sam Rosenblum
Former Director of Business Development, Coinbase, San Francisco, USA
David J. Teece
Chairman & Principal Executive Officer, Berkeley Research Group, San Francisco, USA
Sasha Schriber
Principal Digital Artist, Digital Platforms Group Lead, Disney Research, Zurich
Anita Roth
Head of Policy Data Science, Airbnb, San Francisco, USA
Frederik Pferdt
Chief Innovation Evangelist, Google, Mountain View, USA
Richard Ayers
CEO, Seven League, London, UK
Ibrahim Bashir
Former director engineering, Twitter, San Francisco, USA
Andy Walshe
Former High Performance Director, Red Bull, Santa Monica, USA
Billie Whitehouse
CEO, Wearable X, New York, USA
Adrian Perrig
Professor, department of computer science, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland
Bruno Sauter
Chief, AWA Office for economy & labour, Zurich, Switzerland
Abraham Bernstein
Professor & Department Chair, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Nick Sohnemann
Founder & CEO, FUTURE CANDY, Hamburg, Germany
Erich Joachimsthaler
Founder & CEO, VIVALDI_, New York, USA
Michael Lints
Partner, Golden Gate Ventures, Singapore
Alexandra Reich
CEO, dtac, Bangkok, Thailand
Grant Anderson
President & CEO, Paragon Space Development Corporation, Tucson, USA
Christopher Cederskog
Former Regional Manager, Airbnb, Berlin, Germany
Dominique Pierre Locher
Former CEO LeShop, Zurich, Switzerland
Matthias Jacek Wojdyla
Head of International Affairs/Legal, Early Warning System GmbH, Zurich, Switzerland
Claude Nicollier
Former Astronaut & Professor in Aerospace Engineeriung, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland
Ambarish Mitra
Founder & CEO, Blippar, London, UK
Auston Matthews
Ice Hockey Professional, Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto, Canada
Bill Liao
Trustee & Chair, Social Tech Trust, Oxford, UK
Werner Vogels
Chief Technology Officer, Amazon, Seattle, USA
Roger Hallam
Co-Founder, Extinction Rebellion, London, United Kingdom
Joschka Fischer
Former-German Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor, Hessen, Germany
Janina Kugel
Member of the Managing Board, Siemens AG, Munich, Germany
Steve Elliott
Head of Jira Align, Atlassian, Austin, USA
Ann Cairns
Executive Vice Chairman, Mastercard, London, UK
LD Sergi
CEO, Pax, San Francisco, USA
Dante Disparte
Vice Chairman, Head of Policy and Communications, Libra Association, Washington D.C., USA
Raj Kapoor
Chief Strategy Officer, Head of Business, Self-Driving, Lyft
San Francisco, USA
Larry Sanger
Co-Founder, Wikipedia & Executive Director, Knowledge Standards Foundation, Ohio, USA
Sepp Blatter
Former-President, FIFA, Zurich, Switzerland
Jan Fleischhauer
Journalist, Focus, Berlin, Germany
Charles A. O’Reilly
Frank E. Buck Professor of Management Stanford University, Stanford, USA
2020
Lars Ulrich
Co-Founder & Drummer, Metallica, San Francisco, USA
Rashik Parmar
IBM Fellow & Vice President Technology – Europe, London, UK
Brittany Kaiser
Cambridge Analytica whistleblower & subject of Netflix Documentary “The Great Hack”, New York, USA
Werner Vogels
Chief Technology Officer, Amazon, Seattle, USA
Roger Hallam
Co-Founder, Extinction Rebellion, London, United Kingdom
Joschka Fischer
Former-German Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor, Hessen, Germany
Janina Kugel
Member of the Managing Board, Siemens AG, Munich, Germany
Steve Elliott
Head of Jira Align, Atlassian, Austin, USA
Ann Cairns
Executive Vice Chairman, Mastercard, London, UK
LD Sergi
CEO, Pax, San Francisco, USA
Dante Disparte
Vice Chairman, Head of Policy and Communications, Libra Association, Washington D.C., USA
Raj Kapoor
Chief Strategy Officer, Head of Business, Self-Driving, Lyft
San Francisco, USA
Larry Sanger
Co-Founder, Wikipedia & Executive Director, Knowledge Standards Foundation, Ohio, USA
Sepp Blatter
Former-President, FIFA, Zurich, Switzerland
Jan Fleischhauer
Journalist, Focus, Berlin, Germany
Charles A. O’Reilly
Frank E. Buck Professor of Management Stanford University, Stanford, USA
2019
James Monsees
Co-Founder and CPO, Juul, San Francisco, USA
Ueli Maurer
Member, Swiss Federal Council, Zurich, Switzerland
Andréa Maechler
Member, Governing Board, Swiss National Bank, Zurich, Switzerland
Bill Barnett
Professor of Business Leadership, Strategy, & Organizations, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
Bill Wyman
Co-Founder & Former -Bassist, The Rolling Stones, London, UK
Meia Chita-Tegmark
Co-Founder, The Future of Life Institute, Boston, USA
Michael Chui
Partner, McKinsey & Company, San Francisco, USA
Roya Mahboob
Businesswoman, Entrepreneur & CEO, Afghan Citadel & Digital Citizen Fund, New York, USA
Fumbi Chima
Global CIO, adidas, Herzogenaurach Germany
Sascha Zahnd
VP Global Supply Chain, Tesla, Palo Alto, USA
Zeeshan Feroz
CEO (UK), Coinbase, London, UK
Edward Tse
Founder & CEO, Gao Feng Advisory Company, Beijing, China
Kazuhiko Toyama
Managing Partner, IGPI, Industrial Growth Platform Inc, Tokyo, Japan
Klaus Hommels
Founder & CEO, Lakestar, Zurich, Switzerland
2018
Glenn Gore
Chief Architect, Amazon Web Services, Seattle, USA
Bruce Dickinson
Businessman, Pilot, Lead Singer Iron Maiden, London, UK
Carissa Carter
Director of Teaching and Learning, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
Terry von Bibra
General Manager Europe, Alibaba Group, Munich, Germany
Suzanne DiBianca
EVP Corporate Relations & Chief Philanthropy Officer, Salesforce, San Francisco, USA
Mark C. Thompson
CEO-Coach of Steve Jobs & Richard Branson
Wilhelm Oehl
Partner & CXO, Eight Inc, San Francisco, USA
Nancy Pfund
Founder & Managing Partner, DBL Partners, San Francisco, USA
Ray O'Farrell
EVP & CTO, VMware, San Francisco, USA
Sam Rosenblum
Former Director of Business Development, Coinbase, San Francisco, USA
David J. Teece
Chairman & Principal Executive Officer, Berkeley Research Group, San Francisco, USA
Sasha Schriber
Principal Digital Artist, Digital Platforms Group Lead, Disney Research, Zurich
2017
Sir Tim Berners-Lee
Inventor, World Wide Web, Cambridge, USA
Ed Catmull
Co-Founder & President, Pixar, San Francisco, USA
Marian Goodell
Founding Board Member & CEO, Burning Man Project, San Francisco, USA
Urs Hölzle
SVP Engineering, Google, Mountain View, USA
Jeff Eggers
Former-Principal Advisor of President Barack Obama, Federal Government of the USA, Ex-Member, Navy Seals Team, Washington, D.C., USA
Anita Roth
Head of Policy Data Science, Airbnb, San Francisco, USA
Frederik Pferdt
Chief Innovation Evangelist, Google, Mountain View, USA
Bill Liao
Trustee & Chair, Social Tech Trust, Oxford, UK
2016
Claude Zellweger
Director, Design, Google, San Francisco, USA
Kirsty Nathoo
CFO & Partner, Y Combinator, San Francisco, USA
John Sculley
Former-CEO, Pepsi, Coca-Cola & Apple, New York, USA
David Sable
Global CEO, Y&R, New York, USA
Richard Ayers
CEO, Seven League, London, UK
Matthias Jacek Wojdyla
Head of International Affairs/Legal, Early Warning System GmbH, Zurich, Switzerland
Claude Nicollier
Former Astronaut & Professor in Aerospace Engineeriung, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland
Ambarish Mitra
Founder & CEO, Blippar, London, UK
Auston Matthews
Ice Hockey Professional, Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto, Canada
2015
Jay Simons
President, Atlassian, San Francisco, USA
Steve Wozniak
Tech-Guru & Co-Founder, Apple, Cupertino, USA
Ibrahim Bashir
Former director engineering, Twitter, San Francisco, USA
Andy Walshe
Former High Performance Director, Red Bull, Santa Monica, USA
Billie Whitehouse
CEO, Wearable X, New York, USA
Adrian Perrig
Professor, department of computer science, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland
Bruno Sauter
Chief, AWA Office for economy & labour, Zurich, Switzerland
Abraham Bernstein
Professor & Department Chair, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Nick Sohnemann
Founder & CEO, FUTURE CANDY, Hamburg, Germany
Erich Joachimsthaler
Founder & CEO, VIVALDI_, New York, USA
Michael Lints
Partner, Golden Gate Ventures, Singapore
Alexandra Reich
CEO, dtac, Bangkok, Thailand
Grant Anderson
President & CEO, Paragon Space Development Corporation, Tucson, USA
Christopher Cederskog
Former Regional Manager, Airbnb, Berlin, Germany
Dominique Pierre Locher
Former CEO LeShop, Zurich, Switzerland
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