THE RULES:
1) YOU KNOW WHO’s SPEAKING, BUT NOT WHAT ABOUT.
2) All killer, No filler.
3) You stay for the day. No half-stepping.
YOU’RE WELCOME.
Tom Standage (He/Him)
(Deputy Editor, The Economist)
Tom Standage was the first speaker to ever grace the TBD stage and we’ve asked him back every year since. Always hard truths and big issues. 2022 looks set to be as uncertain as it is interesting.
economist.com
Jenny Haggard (She/her)
(Creative Lead (NA), Spotify)
“Creativity is intelligence having fun” or so the saying goes. Jenny has ideas on the future of creativity and she’s fresh out of holding back.
spotify.com
Will Scougal (He/Him)
(Global Director, Creative Strategy, Snap)
Drones, glasses,, and virtual worlds; Snap isn’t what it used to be. What’s next for Silicon Valley’s innovation department? Come and find out.
snap.com
Deann Evans (She/Her)
(Director of EMEA Expansion, Shopify)
A challenging post pandemic boon for eCommerce is being hammered by economic realities, but where’s it going and how will external factors impact your bottom line?
shopify.com
Pip Dunjay (She/Her)
(Head of Strategy, TikTok)
Pip leads the Strategy department of TikTok Creative Lab and knows how to get the billion users wiggling AND jiggling. Strap in for some hard truths about the fastest growing platform on the planet.
tiktok.com
Prof. Charles Spence (He/Him)
(Experimental Psychologist, University of Oxford)
Charles runs Oxford University’s Crossmodal Research Laboratory and deals in how you experience…everything. Is changing this the key to success?
ox.ac.uk
Ruth Wassermann (She/Her)
(VP of Design, MOO)
Ruth knows good design and works with other clever folks at Moo.com to help businesses of all sizes make look more awesome. Design is changing though...
moo.com
Julia Hobsbawm OBE (She/Her)
(Author/Speaker, ‘The Nowhere Office’)
The future of work is on everyone’s lips and minds, it’s an important part of our lives and identities…so how’s it changing and what’ll drive the next 10 years? Find out when mega-conector Julia takes the stage.
thenowhereoffice.com
Hannes Schoenegger (He/Him)
(CEO, QWSTION)
Closing the gap between fashion and function, QWSTION is based in Zürich, Switzerland, where Christian and the team create original solutions to lugging your things around. All is not what is seems.
qwstion.com
Bruce Daisley (He/Him)
(Author, ‘Fortitude’)
Bestselling author, top podcaster (‘Eat, Sleep, Work, Repeat’), and ex-Twitter lead, Bruce knows what it takes be great. His latest book, ‘Fortitude’ is about your inner strength. Strap in.
findfortitude.net
Ian Forrester (He/Him)
(Founder/CEO, Daivid)
The new hot advertising outfit on the block. Think advertising creative research with unprecedented speed and cost-efficiency using AI. They’ll make your ads suck a lot less. Expect explosions.
daivid.co
Emilie Colker
(Partner, IDEO)
Working at the intersection of strategy, innovation, and culture change doesn’t leave Emily much time to mince her words. Expect some hard truths about your businesses future if you don’t do this one thing right in the next 12 months.
ideo.com
Laura de Molière (She/Her)
(Brain Sciences, UCL)
Focusing on decision making and social cognition, Laura is all about making good decisions and junking bad ones. Get ready to have your mind opened…and blown.
ucl.ac.uk
Alex Rühl (She/Her)
(Head of Metaverse, PWC)
Metaverse is probably the most misunderstood technologies there has ever been. You may think you know what, where and when, but Alex is going to challenge you…
pwc.com
Tammy Einav (She/Her)
(CEO, Adam and Eve DDB)
Tammy runs one of the largest creative agencies that work with John Lewis & Partners, Lloyds Bank and Marmite. Find out what’s about to matter to clients over the next 24 months?
adamandeveddb.com
Francesca Specter (She/Her)
(Author/Host, ‘Alonement’)
Reformed ‘extreme extrovert’, Francesca coined the word ‘alonement’ after discovering there was no positive word in the English language to describe valuable, fulfilling time spent alone.
alonement.com
Miss Yankey (She/Her)
(Founder, Poetry Prescribed)
TBD’s resident Performance Poet returns with ‘a challenging piece’ to expand hearts and minds. British/Ghanaian Miss Yankey continues to go from strength to strength with her music and TV career.
missyankey.com
Tess Kermode (She/Her)
(Head of International Expansion, Olio)
The #1 sharing app that has redistributed +200 million meals has big plans. Tess is in charge of making sure the next 200 million meals happen even faster.
olioex.com
Dr. David Erritzoe (He/Him)
(Clinical Director / Psychedelic Research, Imperial College London)
David is an expert in the mind-altering and the mind-expanding. He’s here to get serious about funghi, but don’t be afraid he’s a fun guy…
imperial.ac.uk
Matthew Cockerill (He/Him)
(Designer, Matthew Cockerill)
Matthew gets design. He's solved complex and ambiguous challenges for massive brands. Designer of the world’s first ethical and modular smartphone, he’s working on 2030 already.
matthew-cockerill.com
Siân Sutherland (She/Her)
(Chief Changemaker, A Plastic Planet)
Getting the world to stop using plastic may seem impossible, but Siân and the team are doing just that. From packaging to government regime change, APP isn’t messing around.
aplasticplanet.com
Matt Klein (He/Him)
(Foresight Lead, Reddit)
Reddit’s impact in society is undeniable, but what about its future role? Matt Klein is the person in charge of getting insights out of Reddit. Trust us, you’ll want to hear what’s coming in 2023 alone…
reddit.com
Lauren Ingram (She/Her)
(Founder, Women of Web3)
DAOs, NFTs, Mempools…where is web3 heading? Lauren knows and wants to help you navigate the new wave of the web we are starting to see poke through.
womenofweb3.co
Gareth Tennant (He/Him)
(Ex-Marine, CEO of DAC)
Back by popular demand, Gareth spent 11 years as a Royal Marine, specialising in Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance. He's seen more combat than you've seen PowerPoint decks.
decisionadvantageuk.com
Ella Whelan (She/Her)
(Journalist/Author, ‘Letters for Liberty)
Author of What Women Want: Fun, Freedom and an End to Feminism. Ella is also the co-convenor of the Battle of Ideas festival. She going to bust myths and open minds.
ellawhelan.co.uk
Tessa Clarke
(Investigative Journalist)
Great debater, journalist, author, asker of ‘the’ question, Tessa is currently completing her eagerly anticipated project on democracy and the monarchy. Expect outside the box views.
@TessaClarkeLive
James Ball (He/Him)
(Investigative Journalist)
James is a seeker of truth and won a Pulitzer Prize for doing just that. He’s the Bureau’s Global Editor, and author of multiple books including ‘Post-Truth: How Bullshit Conquered The World’.
thebureauinvestigates.com
Mike Reed (He/Him)
(CEO, Reed Words)
Words matter now more than ever, but our use of them is changing. Mike knows what’s hot, what’s not and what’s coming next. It’s time you got serious about the words you use (and others) use.
reedwords.co.uk