After a two-year relocation to Canada, Eitan learned how hard it is to keep in touch and care for loved ones, especially when they have difficulties operating smartphones and tablets. That’s why he developed Zeppi, a video call device that floats! It is the only zero effort tech out there for older adults and people with impairments.
Ugochi Owo is the founder and CEO of Flindel, a reverse logistics and prop-tech startup focused on automating commerce returns. They make returning anything ridiculously easy for consumers of retail businesses and viable for retailers. They make it possible for consumers of retail stores to drop off their returns from the comfort of their homes, without risking the exposure and inconvenience of venturing outdoors.
Elad Walach is CEO and co-founder of Aidoc, an AI company that develops radiology triage and notification systems. He’s led the company since its founding in 2016, obtaining 6 FDA clearances, raising $60 million in funding, and creating an install base of over 400 hospitals and imaging centers. Elad began his career in the Israeli Defense Force’s elite Talpiot unit, eventually managing several computer vision and machine learning teams. He lives in New York City with his wife and daughter....
Joyce and Raissa are the dynamic twin co-founders of award-winning UK premium tonic and mixers brand Double Dutch. Since launching in 2015, they have received numerous accolades with Sir Richard Branson supporting their vision by awarding them a coveted Foodpreneur Award. Additional honors include being featured in The Telegraph’s ‘Top 50 Most Ambitious Business Leaders’ in 2019 and taking a spot on the prestigious Forbes ’30 under 30’ Europe list. In just a few years, they have built a multi-mi...
Eddy Furbottom is an a-list celebrity Puppetprenuer with a hit Youtube channel of the same name. He is the most well-connected entrepreneur on the planet, and incredibly famous in Hollywood, and is a thought leader on the topics of entrepreneurship, mindset, and coffee that comes out of the butt of a small tiny animal in Bali. He is not yet the author of any books yet, but he will be writing one when he can be bothered. His mission is to make entrepreneurs not take life too seriously and his web...
Anushka is an experienced healthcare leader, and customer-focused strategist with over 10+ years of clinical and corporate experience. Her current position is as Deputy Chief Medical Officer at Vitality, a large UK-based PMI known for being a pioneer in integrating health technology and insurance. She completed her medical degree from the University of Cambridge and has qualifications from Harvard, Oxford University, Imperial College London, and most recently is studying for her MBA at London Bu...
Didi founded SkyX in 2016 and it currently employs dozens of workers in offices in Canada, the U.S., Romania, and Israel. SkyX develops autonomous aircraft capable of scanning large swathes of land and analyzing the data to offer clients artificial intelligence-generated predictions on infrastructure projects. Its services enable organizations to make calculated decisions on their infrastructure health, reduce risks related to remote holdings, and lower maintenance and insurance costs.
Eddie Arrieta is a Colombia entrepreneur whose ventures navigate marketing, gastronomy, tourism and agritech. Today he continues to build businesses and help startups and entrepreneurs from around the world understand the importance of communications and purpose when growing ventures.
Zvika is a General Partner at Viola Ventures. Prior to joining Viola, he was the co-founder and CTO of Lifebeam, an artificial-intelligence wearables technology company. Since he joined the fund 4 years ago, Zvika has led investments in cutting-edge, innovative, and high-risk domains, from computational biology to deep tech, bringing his unparalleled technological expertise as a CTO and his background in biomedical engineering.
Tom is a leading behavioral economics specialist. Tom helps startups and non-profits utilize psychological principles in their products. Tom is the founder of Israel's largest professional community of high-tech executives devoted to behavioral economics, which includes over 3,000 members. Tom also created a full animated course about influence techniques and gave it away for free (no upsells). Tom is a former lawyer with an MBA in cybersecurity (He deliberately chose to study fields he knew he'...
Eilon is a co-founder and the Chief Product Officer at Gong. Gong is the leading solution provider in the revenue intelligence space, helping revenue teams understand how to help their team members succeed, how to better track deals and how to understand the voice of the market. Gong is a high-growth SaaS vendor and recently announced a funding round with a $2.2b valuation. Prior to Gong, Eilon was a co-founder of Webcollage, a SaaS provider in the marketing infrastructure space, following many ...
Matteo Boffa is a Swiss Social and Environmental Entrepreneur, resident in the United Arab Emirates for 4 years. After dedicating over 9 years of his career in the world of finance (Swiss Private Banker) and nearly 2 years in the Swiss Army (Chief Sergeant Major), he decided to make a radical change in his life and undertake a path linked to sustainability and the protection of the environment. In September 2020 Matteo was awarded as 30 under 30 by Forbes.
Kelly is on a mission to change the way the world learns and builds skills. A well-known thought leader on learning, business, and career development, she is currently on the executive team of Degreed as the chief learning/talent officer and was formerly the chief learning officer of LinkedIn. She is the co-author of the book The Expertise Economy: How the smartest companies use learning to engage, compete, and succeed, which was named one of the best business books of 2019.
Vijay Krishnan is the Co-Founder & CTO, of Turing.com. Turing enables US companies to hire and manage the top 1% of over 200,000 registered software developers from all over the world's remote software developers all over the world. The Turing platform vets developers for programming skills, CS fundamentals, tech stack skills as well as communication skills, and soft skills. At Turing Vijay leads data science efforts that drive automation in vetting, matching, and managing remote developers....
Alexa is the CEO & Co-Founder of tripAbrood, an award-winning tech startup shaping the future of family travel by creating the world's first AI-powered family travel booking experience. Prior to founding tripAbrood, Alexa had a decade-long career in financial services running regional sales and operations divisions for Bloomberg L.P. in Europe and Asia, that sold and scaled technology solutions to the world's learning financial institutions. Prior to Bloomberg, Alexa was the UK & Ireland...
Brett is an International Bestselling Author, a world-renowned futurist, and a media personality. President Xi Jinping cited his book Augmented. He has spoken in over 50 countries, given keynotes for TEDx, Wired, Techsauce, Singularity University, Web Summit, and many more. He hosts the world's #1 Fintech Radio Show/Podcast called Breaking Banks (180 countries, 6.5 million listeners) and is the founder of Moven, a globally recognized mobile start-up, which has raised over US$40 million to date, ...
Cindy is the founder and CEO of www.makelovenotporn.com , launched at TED 2009 – ‘Pro-sex. Pro-porn. Pro-knowing the difference’. She turned MakeLoveNotPorn into the world’s first user-generated, human-curated social sex video-sharing platform https://www.makelovenotporn.tv/ socializing and normalizing sex in order to make it easier to talk about, to promote consent, communication, good sexual values, and good sexual behavior. Cindy speaks at conferences globally and consults, describing her app...
Frank is the founder and CEO of Rinspeed Inc., based in Zumikon/Switzerland, which he has established in 1977 as a young student at the Technical University of Zurich. While the import of sunroofs from the USA was his first business activity, Rinspeed soon became a pioneer in the tuning industry. The invention of the steering wheel with integrated controls for radio or other functions, sustainable powertrains and driver assistance systems are amongst noteworthy milestones in the company’s histor...
Olivia has taught leadership, innovation, genius, and charisma at Harvard, Yale, MIT and the United Nations. She is the co-founder of KindEarth.Tech and former Director of Innovative Leadership for Stanford's startup accelerator as well as a best-selling author and keynote speaker for Fortune 500 companies. Olivia’s first book, The Charisma Myth, published by Penguin Random House, went into a second printing before it even launched; her books have been translated into 32 languages, including Mon...
Andrej aspires to use technology for the public good, believing that the future is not about giving fish or teaching how to fish, but about inventing an affordable, automatic fishing pole. He founded Tech4Germany, Germany's technology task force under Federal Chief of Staff Helge Braun, and established two startups in East Africa. Andrej received the 40 Under 40 award by Capital as the youngest person on the list, and in 2019 was named #1 Entrepreneur to Watch in the Policy & Social category...
Miriam is a former architect turned software developer and programming teacher. As a result of her recent motherhood, she's passionate about making computers more accessible, friendly, and easy to understand for young children and encourage them to become curious about what technology is and how it works. She's the author of Zerus & Ona, a book series designed to make learning about computers fun and motivating for the whole family.
Gil Dibner is the founder of Angular Ventures, a $41M early-stage venture fund based in London and Tel Aviv, founded in 2018. Angular Ventures backs enterprise-oriented startups building global category leaders. Prior to founding Angular Ventures, Gil established and led the largest AngelList syndicate outside the US that is exclusively focused on European and Israeli enterprise technology. He is an active early-stage investor in European and Israeli technology companies including Aquant, Chorus...
Sanja has spent 14 years of her professional career in the marketing industry, focused on corporate management, new business development, strategic project management, integrated marketing communication, key government relations, and international affairs & cooperation. She is the Executive director of the United Arab Emirates & Serbia Business Club established by the Embassy of the UAE in Serbia and well-known companies. She was elected as one of the top 100 young leaders of the River D...
Tom held a variety of executive positions at Levi Strauss & Co., including President of several operating Divisions as well as Executive Vice President of New Business Development. On the public service side, he served two terms as Mayor of the Town of Hillsborough and was the town’s Police Commissioner for 12 years. Tom currently serves on multiple boards, particularly pertaining to Jewish education and culture.
Sujata is the Founder & CEO of You've Got This! A future of work B2B/C SaaS Co changing the way startups hire flexible business talent. Making finding the right person simpler, cheaper & faster; whilst empowering individuals to make the most of their time and skills. Prior to this, Sujata built and launched investment products and digital banking platforms for multinational banks.
Jeremy is an experienced Product leader of over 12 years with a proven track record of building APIs and monetizing developer platforms at places like Box and Tradeshift. He has managed and expanded communities of tens of thousands of developers, executed on high profile integrations promoted by Salesforce and Google and established paths to monetization through developer platforms.
Zoë Desmond is the Founder & CEO of Frolo, the first community app of its kind for single parents. The idea for Frolo was born out of Zoë's own struggles with loneliness and isolation when she became a single parent and found it very difficult to find and connect with other like-minded single parents. The Frolo app is now a year old and has 20k members across the UK and Ireland. 2021 is set to be a busy year for Frolo with plans to expand into new territories and launch a Frolo Dating offeri...
Moshe Friedman belongs to one of the most illustrious rabbinical families in the Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) world. At the age of 30, Moshe founded Clipop, a start-up company in the online video field, and later on became a social entrepreneur leading Haredi integration into the Israeli workforce, especially the hi-tech industry. He co-founded KamaTech, a coalition of 80 large hi-tech companies to help Haredis integrate into the hi-tech industry. More than 20,000 Haredi men and women from the Haredi...
Paris is the CEO and Co-founder of We Love Work, an app that helps companies build happier, more resilient teams by solving their recruitment, engagement and retention problems. She has worked as a consultant and building products and services for a number of large, multi-national organizations including Barclays, Harrods, Virgin, Mastercard and the NHS. In 2017 she was listed as the top 100 EMpower leaders in the Financial Times and a Rising Star in the Power list 2018 and 2019.
Chuck Imerson has over 30 years of Hospitality experience, he has successfully led full-service organizations, fast-casual and everything in between. Chuck joined Asian Box as COO in 2016. As COO he led Asian Box through a growth spurt going from 3 o 10 locations in an 18-month span. In November 2019, he took over as the CEO of Asian Box. Chuck began his restaurant career as a teenager, quickly working his way up through the ranks at Marie Callender’s restaurant group culminating in the position...
