6th Annual Meeting World Web Forum Zurich 2018 | World Web Forum | 18 January 2018 | Stage One, Elias-Canetti-Strasse 146, 8050 Zurich

History has shown that nations are fragile systems. Radical shifts in mind-set will lead to fundamental change in society and economy. This is the breeding ground for constructive destruction. The speed of a dynamic free-market innovation machine is toxic for established nations.

2018 Speakers:

Suzanne Dibianca
Executive Vp, Corporate Relations & Chief Philanthropy Officer, Salesforce

Mark C. Thompson
Senior Executive Coach & Bestselling Author

Wilhelm Oehl
Partner & Cxo, Eight, Inc.

Carissa Carter
Director of Teaching and Learning, D.school Stanford University

Nancy Pfund
Founder & Managing Partner, Dbl Partners

Ray O'farrell
Evp & Cto, Vmware

Prof. Dr. David J. Teece
Thomas W. Tusher Professor in Global Business, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

Sam Rosenblum
Director of Business Development, Coinbase

Sasha Schriber
Principal Digital Artist, Digital Platforms Group Lead, Disney Research, Zurich, Digital Innovator With Financial and Artistic Background

Prof. Dr. Charles a. O'reilly
Frank E. Buck Professor of Management, Stanford University, Inventor of the Ambidextrous Organization

Terry Von Bibra
General Manager Europe, Alibaba Group

Glenn Gore
Chief Architect, Amazon Web Services

Prof. Jérome S. Engel
Adjunct Professor Emeritus, Haas School of Business, University of California

Bruce Dickinson
Businessman, Pilot, Lead Singer, Iron

Ed Brown
Vice President & General Counsel, Malwarebytes

Johann N. Schneider-ammann
Federal Councillor Minister of Economic Affairs Education and Research

Chris Luebkeman
Director, Global Foresight & Innovation, Arup

Prof. Dr. Lino Guzzella
President Eth Zurich

Fabian Hediger
Founder & Ceo President Academic Board

David Le
Managing Counsel, Lyft

Philipp Stauffer
Founder & General Partner, Fyrfly Venture Partners

Prof. Dr. Georg Von Krogh
Prof. Of Strategic Management and Innovation, Eth

Prof. Dr. Gerd Folkers
Professor of Science Studies at Eth Zurich and Former Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Julie Allegro
Co-founder and Md of Fyrfly Venture Partners, Fyrfly Venture Partners

Dirk Klee
Coo, Ubs Wealth Management

Marc Walder
Ceo, Ringier Ag

Susan Kish
Co Executive, Entrepreneur, Advisor, Excel Venture Management, Llc

Sean Regan
Head of Software Teams, Atlassian

Caroline Daniel
Partner and Senior Adviser, Brunswick Group

Hugh Forrest
Director, South by Southwest Interactiv Festival

Taavi Kotka
Vp of Sales, Plumbr, Tallinn

Luciana Diniz
President, Butterfly Foundation

Reinaldo Pamponet
Founder, It's Noon

Nicola Harris
Founder, Click Foundation, Sandton

VERTICAL:

Rik Willard
Founder & Managing Director, Agentic Group

Martin Sturzenegger
Ceo, Zurich Tourism

Sean Regan
Head of Software Teams, Atlassian

Michael Busch
Ceo, It Solution Crew

Prof. Dr. Michael Truebestein
Professor of Real Estate Management, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Art

Chris Luebkeman
Director, Global Foresight & Innovation, Arup

Dr. Maja Baumann
Partner, Reber Law

Patrick Mandlehr
Business Development, Halter

Dr. Micaëla Raschle Grand
The Storyteller of Augment It, Netcetera

Laurent Decrue
Ceo, Movu

Alexander Limpert
Ceo & Co-founder, Guest Ready

Dr. Claudia Pelzer
Lead Consultant | Business Transformation & Innovation, Wired

Dr. Mark Reutter
Partner, Walderwyss Attorneys at Law

Kai Cui
Vice President - European Markets, Fliggy

Prof. Dr. Christian Laesser
Professor of Tourism and Service Management, University of St. Gallen

Dr. Marc Schumacher
Managing Director, Liganova, the Brandretail Company

Stefan Schaerer
Dceo&co-founder, Houzy

Fabio Cella
Head of Building Services - Engineering, Bkw

Stefan Muehlemann
Founder & Ceo, Loanboox

Dr. Ulrich Schimpel
Cto Europe Team, Ibm

Boris Lakowski
Founder & Digital Strategy, Lakowski

Mario Facchinetti
Innovation in Real Estate, Swissproptech

Prof. Dr. Patricia Deflorin
Professor of Innovation Management, Swiss Institute for Entrepreneurship Sife, University of Applied Sciences

Sam Chadwick
Financial and Risk Innovation, Thomson Reuters

Tanja De Kerros
Startup Builder, Ricolab

Stephan Keller
Director Development Division, V-zug

Michael Rieder
Director Digital Services, Post Immobilien

Peter a. Haig
Senior Executive Consultant, Ibm

Sarah Stumbo
Xr Producer, Unity Technologies

Roger Oberholzer
Strategy Director, Member of the Board, Notch Interactive

Ronny Weinig
Head Digital Services and Customer Services, Siemens Switzerland Ltd

Raj Unny
Founder & Ceo, Indus Finch Group

Stephanie Naegeli
Senior Global Digital Marketing - Innovation Manager, Nestle

Simon Lynen
Senior Software Engineer, Ar/vr, Google

Bob Sumner
Adjunct Professor of Computer Science, Eth Zurich Game Technology Center

Nikita Fahrenholz
Co-founder/ceo, Book a Tiger

Dr. Beatrice Conde - Petit
Group Expert Food Science & Technology, Buehler Ag

Xavier Poisson
Vice President for Cloud28+ and Service Providers, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Martin Splitt
Senior Software Engineer, Archilogic

Markus Wissmann
Director Smart Cities & Iot Emear, Cisco

Dr. Andreas Kind
Manager Industry Platforms and Blockchain, Ibm

Dr Martin Eckert
Legal, Tax, Compliance, Lawyer and Partner, Mme

Michael Zawrel
Senior Product Manager Mixed Reality & Hololens, Microsoft

Alastair Macleod
Ceo, Teralytics

Hayko Riemenschneider
Post-doctoral Researcher, Eth, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

Michael Osborne
Manager Security Research Group, Ibm

Reto Grob
The Godfather of Augment It, Netcetera

Ulf Blanke
Managing Partner, Antavi Gmbh

Dr. Luka Mueller
Legal Partner, Mme Legal Ag

Steffen Lukesch
Moderator, Lukesch Communication

Dr. Juergen Rink
Editor-in-chief, C't

Eric Krapf
Ceo, Atos

Simon Bosshart
Director China, Switzerland Tourism

Dr. Philipp Ackermann
Head, Visual Computing Lab, Zhaw Zurich University, Visual Computing Lab

Roger Krieg
Founder & Ceo, Datamind Advisory

Lucas Betschart
Founder and President, Blockchain Source & Bitcoin Association

Sissel Hansen
Founder & Ceo, Startup Everywhare / Startup Guide

Estefania Tapias
Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer at the Chair of Information Architecture, Eth

Martin Krammer
Chief Development Officer/architect, Offconsult Ag

Roy Graff
Managing Director, Dragon Trail Interactive

Harald Port
Partner & Founder, Pvl Partners

Mike Baur
Co-founder & Executive Chairman, Swiss Startup Group

Stephen Cairns
Fcl Programme Director & Principal Investigator of Urban-rural Systems, Eth

James Hammersley
Ceo, Good Growth

Felix Huber
Head of Northern Europe, Stripe

Michael Hartweg
Co-founder Leonteq, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Evolute

Christoph Hölscher
Chair of Cognitive Science, Eth

Carsten Dreyer
Senior Business Solution Strategist End User Computing, Vmware

Simon Talling Smith
Ceo, Surf Air Europe

Richard Olsen
Founder & Ceo, Lykke

2018 Media Partners:

• Die Post
• Swisscom
• SwissLife
• LeonTeq
• Aduno Gruppe
• Ringier
• Helvetia
• Tamedia
• SRF
• Zürich Tourism