James Poulter
(Head of Emerging Platforms + Partnerships)
Working within one of the world's most popular toys may sound like fun but it's a challenge. Poulter and the team at Lego are in charge of evaluating cutting edge technology and making it work for customers as young as one or as old as one hundred.
lego.com
Fred Jones
(Head of New Mobility)
Fred has a brand new role with the company synonymous with ride-sharing and headline generation. Find out what's next from the global disruptor (breaking news you might say…) and how you can work with them in the next 24-months.
uber.com
Henry Eccles
(Head of UK Commerce, Global Partnerships EMEA)
Henry is the man at Google that works with massive brands to fix their eCommerce and help push around 40% of the regions ad spend so it makes sense to the bottom line. He's got some crunch time advice for attendees.
google.com
Gareth Tennant
(Ex-Marine, CEO of DAC)
11 years as a Royal Marine, Tennant's specialism is Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance. He's seen more combat than you've seen PowerPoint decks and now works with CEO's to make better decisions in complex environments.
decisionadvantageuk.com
Martin Coulter
(Technology Reporter, Financial Times)
Coulter is keeping the tech giants honest at the salmon-paged powerhouse that is the Financial Times. Recently joining the beefed up Tech team, Coulter is making a name for himself covering a range of industries and companies including PayPal.
ft.com
Meabh Quoirin
(CEO and Co-owner of Foresight Factory)
Meabh works with a wide-range of top brand clients to provide them with trends and data intelligence to navigate the changing consumer and business world. Meabh is a regular at FT roundtables and a 'Top Voice' on LinkedIn Influencer charts.
foresightfactory.co
Tracey Follows
(CEO of Futuremade)
Tracey is a powerhouse in the futurist world. She also knows powerhouses like Cindy Gallop and Richard Branson. Oh no, wait, she doesn't know them she's in business with them. Follows is one of the most accurate and honest futurists out there.
futuremade.consulting
Lucy Gould
(European Head of Advertising + Partnerships, Flipboard)
Lucy has been at Flipboard for five years where she works with brands and publishers to advance conversation through important and influential stories inspiring users to engage, learn and lead. Prepare to flip out.
flipboard.com
Norm Johnston
(CEO of Unruly)
Recently joining Unruly, Norm is obsessed with data but still knows the important of 'the gut'. A powerhouse in the industry, Norm previously worked with the WPP Group before moving to his new role with News Corp owned, Unruly.
unruly.com
Jeremy Pounder
(Futures Director, Mindshare)
Someone once described Jeremy as '...possibly the nicest man in Media' Judge for yourself as he explores new data on voice technology that is changing behaviours and minds in millions of homes around the world.
mindshareworld.com
Joe Welstead
(CEO of Motion Nutrition)
Former international swimmer, Joe is a performance expert and cofounder of Motion Nutrition. 'Smart drugs' are what Joe and his team of neuroscientists develop helping to improve decision making, memory recall and mental performance under stress.
motionnutrition.com
Justin K. Small
(Founder, Future Strategy Club)
Justin, FTSE 100 transformation advisor and founder of non-profit agency disruptor, The Future Strategy Club, will define the three things brands need to do now to create and retain meaning in the current geopolitical, economic and environmental flux.
futurestrategyclub.com
Richard Mullender
(Founder, Mullenders, ex-MI5)
Negotiating with the Taliban isn’t for everyone. Richard is one of those people though. Previously working for Scotland Yard and advising the likes of the FBI, the UN and MI5, Richard now helps corporates and politicians develop ‘Life or Death’ listening'.
mullemnders.org
Parmy Olson
(AI Editor, Forbes)
Parmy covers AI, robotics and the digital transformation of European business for Forbes. A published author, Parmy previously worked in Silicon Valley, has several Forbes covers to her name and has interviewed the founders of WhatsApp.
forbes.com
Josh Krichefski
(CEO of MediaCom UK)
Josh runs MediaCom - the agency Cannes Lions just crowned the best media agency in all of agency land. He and the team are winning business left and right in a world that is rapidly evolving and the players are getting meaner.
mediacom.com
Lucy Barbor
(Director of Media, Dunhumby)
One of the leading voices in the media world, Lucy isn't afraid to tell it like it is, try new things and innovate. Previously with Carat, Lucy continues to solve big business problems for major brands through advertising at Dunhumby.
dunnhumby.com
James Stewart
(Vice Chair and Head of Brexit, KPMG)
James is the lucky gent who is responsible for Industrial Strategy, geo-politics and Brexit at KPMG. Some may say an unenviable task but the data at this chaps fingers will shock you. Prior to KPMG, James worked in government at Infrastructure UK.
kpmg.com
Michele Chang-McGrath
(Partner, ReD Associates)
Michele is described as a 'hybrid who is as comfortable in the field studying human behaviour as in the boardroom consulting clients. Michele has had an interesting career including senior roles at Fjord and DigitasLBi before ReD Associates.
redassociates.com
Peter Parmenter
(SVP Business Development, DAZN)
The 'Netflix of Sport' is creating waves across the globe. Recently launching in Italy, DAZN (pron. 'da zone') is going from strength to strength, but how do they create a flexible strategy when your competitors are Amazon and the BBC?
dazn.com
John Taylor
(CEO, action.ai)
John is an expert in the top levels of artificial intelligence but knows how to make it useable too. Working with the likes of Unilever, PwC and Telefonica, if you want to know what your AI strategy should be, John is about to tell you.
action.ai
Esi Yankey
(Founder, Poetry Prescribed)
Esi is a British/Ghanaian Performance Poet, who founded ‘Poetry Prescribed’, a therapeutic workshop promoting poetry as an effective way to manage mental health and wellbeing. Sit back, and get comfortable about being uncomfortable.
poetryprescribed.com
Nick Barron
(Deputy CEO, MHP)
Strategic communications in a complex world is no easy task but what’s really changing over the next 24 months? What’s staying the same? What are the new rules of influence? Nick is going to duke it out on the media panel.
mhpc.om
Richard Watson
(CEO of What's Next)
You've seen his work. Probably drooled over it. Richard created the trends underground, has written books on the future and travels the world working with top executives about scenarios that haven't quite happened yet. We're trying something new...
nowandnext.com
Tom Standage
(Deputy Editor, The Economist)
Tom will be opening TBD with some hard truths and some big issues. Focusing on what we know, what we don’t and what will likely happen in the next 24-months, the brain behind ‘The World In…” series doesn’t mince his words so strap in.
Guy Smith
(Group Design Director, Arcadia Group)
Guy is in charge of bringing the next generation of innovation to the Arcadia properties. No mean feat. Guy knows good strategy and understands the bond between man and machine to make the tills keep ringing.
Ingrid Lunden
(TechCrunch Writer and Editor)
Fluent in English, Russian, Spanish and French, Ingrid is known for tough questioning and scoops on TechCrunch. Interestingly starting out covering the art world, Ingrid now covers the intersection of mobile, digital media, advertising.
techcrunch.com
Juan Diego Farah
(Global Head of Deliveroo for Business)
The fastest growing company in Europe, Deliveroo is leading a changing market with big competitors wanting a slice of the action. How do they stay ahead of the challengers? Come and find out on the main stage at TBD.
deliveroo.com
Katie Vanneck-Smith
(Co-Founder + Publisher, Tortoise Media)
Previously President of The Wall Street Journal & Dow Jones, Katie is now Co-Founder and Publisher of Tortoise Media - the hottest new media venture thanks to it's slow-news approach. Find out the inside scoop before Tortoise bolts out in January.
tortoisemedia.com