Nils Wollny is Head of Digital Business Strategy & Customer Experience at AUDI AG. Together with his team he develops digital services, platforms and solutions for customers and dealers throughout the whole user journey. Before joining Audi, Nils was Managing Director Strategy at SinnerSchrader – one of Europe’s leading digital agencies. He started his career in at thjnk (formerly kempertrautmann), where he at last was Managing Partner of the multichannel subsidiary kempertrautmann change. Nils holds a degree in Foreign Trade/International Management and has an extensive experience in brand and communications strategy, digital transformation and innovation.

Peter Ivanov is Manager, Entrepreneur and Virtual teams Expert with over 20years of international experience. Born in Bulgaria he graduated Mathematics and joined a multinational company as Data Analyst. He quickly became IT Manager for Bulgaria and gradually worked his way up to IT Services Manager for Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa. Peter recognized the growing importance of the teams in multiple locations and developed an innovative method for leading Virtualteams.

Raindolf Owusu is the CEO & Founder of Oasis WebSoft who has devoted his life to advocating for free and open-source software (FOSS). He is a visionary who believes in empowering nations with software and technology. He founded Oasis WebSoft in July 2011 as an initiative to use software to solve the daily problems Africans encounter. As a software developer he is fluent in 9 different programing languages. Some of his recognizedworks include Anansi Web Browser which happens to be Africa’s first web browser, Anansi Calcpad, Anansipedia and Dr. Diabetes are some of his recognized works. He also helped to develop and deploy Ebola Ghana Alert which was a reliable and easy-to-use application for tracking, training and dissemination of information to the public about the Ebola virus. His most recent project is called Bisa which means to ask in Twi. Bisa is a mobile application that allows users to ask doctors questions, guidelines, information and tips for managing their health. Users can also send a clear snapshot of the area they are concerned about and medical professionals will review and respond to their query within a short period. Dubbed the Mark Zuckerberg of Accra by Forbes Africa magazine in 2012, he has been nominated and received various awards such as Guido Sohne Fellow 2012, Ideas Awards 2013, Mandela Washington Fellow 2015. He was also listed in Forbes Africa under 30 Africa’s most promising entrepreneurs in 2015 and a New African Magazine named him one of 100 Most Influential Africans in 2015. He also received the prestigious Junior Chamber International ten most outstanding young person’s award in Ghana.

Sacha – #coffeewithsacha is a passionate angel investor and advisor to startups and corporations, focusing in the areas of VR, AR, 360 Media and Telco – in US, Japan, Europe and as far reaching as Pakistan. Sacha’s passion is to leverage technology to distribute opportunities and knowledge for the greater good.

Seda Röder aka “the piano hacker” is an adventurous musician devoted to spreading creativity in society and organizations. In addition to her artistic work, she is a sought-after speaker, consultant and the founder of the Sonophilia Network; an international think-tank of executives, entrepreneurs and influencers from arts and technology. ‘ You are a master of avant-garde pianism!’ the legendary Alfred Brendel once remarked, impressed with Seda’ s artistry. Seda’s passion for exploring the artistic connection between the old and the new, between analogue and the digital, brings her acclaim as a trend-setter musician with a remarkably deep understanding of the newest sonic developments incl. 3D sound in VR experiences. In 2016 she composed the very first experimental piano track for Dolby Atmos.Seda holds degrees from the Mozarteum and the HfMT in Munich, and performs throughout Europe and the US, and composes music for different media. Since 2012, she is based in Salzburg. Before relocating to Austria, she taught music & performance at the Harvard University and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Thimo V. Schmitt-Lord is the executive Director of Bayer Foundations and the global head for foundation and donation work in the Bayer Group. His special interest areas are social innovation and transfer of business excellence into the non-profit sector. Thimo is engaged in various non-profit associations and foundations, e.g. as trustee of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and Society of Chemical Industry in London. Thimo holds a Master of Business and Engineering degree from Kitakyushi University in Japan and Bloomington University in the USA, and an MSc degree in Genetic Engineering from University of Greenwich in the UK. Thimo is a trained carpenter. The Bayer Foundations are a non-profit impact investor and partner of pioneers in science and society since 1897. The Bayer Foundations promote science excellence and gap-closing social innovation all around the world.

Tomás Caetano is an international marketing specialist in the automotive industry with more then 20 years of experience in different marketing areas. After his business diploma he started his automotive career with Mercedes Benz in Portugal. Afterwards he helped in building the first digital business unit at BBDO in Germany and moved on to work for the luxury automobile brand Lexus at Toyota. Further stations in his career were Ogilvy & Mather (Ford), TBWA (Nissan) and General Motors, where Tomás Caetano was responsible for the international Brand Communication of Opel/Vauxhall in Europe. Before he joined Borgward he led the Global Marketing for Volvo at the Global Headquarter in Gothenburg, Sweden. He is passionate about building successful brands and maximize the effectiveness of all marketing activities. Doing that he focus on customer journey and brand loyalty to increase the brand value. He is also an expert for digital communication.

After founding the Social Media Team Torsten lead Lufthansa to one of the globally leading airlines in social with more than 2m fans on Facebook today.He is one of the most experienced digital thought leaders in the airline industry. Today, his Digital Innovations team develops marketing innovations and digital innovations for Lufthansa, Austrian and SWISS Airlines –creating new digital assets to drive enriching travel experiences with the well-anticipated premium brands.

Relentlessly driven about technology and society, Yuri has helped hundreds of thousands of people globally to embrace exponential thinking and doing since 2008. His current company ExOxo is the worlds first ExO based full corporate transformation agency. As co-author of the highly acclaimed best selling business book “Exponential Organizations”, he impacted Prime Ministers, board rooms, creatives and change agents around the world at corporates, agencies, startups, governments, communities and purpose driven organizations.