Keynote speakers

Katie-Jane & Tarka L’Herpiniere
Husband and wife team of explorers


Neil Laughton
Guinness World Record breaking adventurer and former SAS troop commander

John Tolva
Expert on Information Technology

Greg Searle
Olympic British rower

Dominic Sandbrook
Historian and co-host of 'The Rest is History' (BBC)


Paul Craven
Well-known industry speaker on Behavioural Science and Finance

David Chard
Highly Experienced Communications Consultant

Ayesha Khanna
Expert on the Global Economic & Political Impact of New Technology

Richard Cooper
Leadership & Teambuilding Consultant

Koichi Hamada
Prominent Japanese Economist

Kazumasa Iwata
Prominent Japanese Economist

Motoshige Itoh
Experienced Adviser to the Japanese Government

Robert Winston
Renowned Populariser of Science

Simon Sebag Montefiore
Historian, Broadcaster and Award-Winning & Best-Selling Author

Javier Solana
Distinguished Diplomat & Statesmen

MJ Akbar
Indian Journalist & Writer

Swapan Dasgupta
Political Analyst & Commentator

R A Mashelkar
President, Global Research Alliance

Mary Beard
"Britain’s best-known classicist”

Rama Bijapurkar
Leading Indian Market Strategist