TNW Conference 2020 | The Next Web (TNB) | 1 October 2020 | TBA, Virtual Event

Join 25,000 of the world’s brightest minds to explore the role tech will play in our collective future. The 15th edition of our flagship event will bring our global speaker lineup and an immersive digital experience to your living room.

2020 Speakers

Lara Sweet
Chief People Officer, Snap

Marlon Nichols
Managing General Partner, MaC Venture Capital

Rebecca Roth
Social Media Specialist & Imaging Coordinator, NASA

Rajiv Shah
President, The Rockefeller Foundation

Sarah Friar
CEO, Nextdoor

Arianna Huffington
Founder & CEO, Thrive Global

Marietje Schaake
International Policy Director, Cyber Policy Center, Stanford University

Tony Jebara
VP Engineering, Head Of Machine Learning, Spotify

Genevieve Bell
Distinguished Professor | Senior Fellow, Australian National University | Intel

Ben Hammersley
Futurist, Wired

Mariarosaria Taddeo
Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute

Tom Fishburne
Founder, Marketoonist

Sharmadean Reid
Founder, Beautystack

Ingrid Ødegaard
Co-Founder & Chief Product And Technology Officer, Whereby

Abadesi Osunsade
Founder & CEO | VP Global Community And Belonging, Brandwatch | Hustle Crew

Rana Foroohar
Columnist, Financial Times

Nir Eyal
Author, Hooked

Shola Kaye
Communication Consultant, Shola Kaye

Loubna Bouarfa
Founder & CEO, OKRA

Purna Virji
Senior Manager Of Global Engagement, Microsoft

Adah Parris
Cultural Strategist, Adah Parris

Shivani Siroya
Founder & CEO, Tala

Deborah Magid
Director Of Strategy, IBM Ventures

Peter Campbell
Global Motor Industry Correspondent, Financial Times

Hilary Coles
Co-Founder, VP Merchandising, Hers

Nick Clegg
VP, Global Affairs And Communications, Facebook

Raj Samani
Chief Scientist, McAfee

Rana Gujral
CEO, Behavioral Signals

Nadinè Galle
CEO And Founder, Green City Watch

Zitouni Ould-Dada
Deputy Director In The Climate And Environment Division, UN Food And Agriculture Organization

Christopher Bauder
Founder, WHITEvoid

JANNEKE NIESSEN
Co-founder,
VCVolt, CapitalT

Alex Antolino
Creative Director,
Typeform

Sophie Op Den Kamp
Managing Director,
TNW Spaces

Hans Schlatmann
Senior Sync & Marketing Manager,
Sony/ATV

Denise Wilkins
Researcher,
Microsoft Research

Katie Burke
Chief People Officer,
Hubspot

Warren Knight
CEO, Creator, Author, Think Digital First

Ross Bailey
CEO & Founder, Appear Here

Javier Espinoza
EU Correspondent, Financial Times

Matt Dowling
Founder, Freelancer Club

Nithya Thadani
CEO, RAIN

Ria Thomas
Partner & Global Co-Lead, Cybersecurity, Brunswick Group

Vishal Chatrath
Co-Founder & CEO, Prowler.Io

Alison Hadden
VP Of Consumer Marketing, MINDBODY

Jim Adler
Founding Managing Director, Toyota AI Ventures

Hannah Kuchler
US Pharma And Biotech Correspondent, Financial Times

Raven Smith
Author, Critic And Vogue Columnist, Vogue

Moulsari Jain
Artist And Founder, B-A-D For GOOD

Aina Abiodun
Consultant, Www.Chiefbrandofficer.Me

Adina Vălean
Commissioner For Transport, European Commission

Věra Jourová
Vice President For Values And Transparency, European Commission

Shimona Mehta
Head Of EMEA, Shopify

Joshua To
Design Director, Google

Vivian Schiller
Executive Director, Aspen Digital: The Aspen Institute

Michael Hurwitz
Director Of Transport Innovation, Transport For London (TFL)

Dexter Galvin
Global Director Of Corporations And Supply Chains, CDP

Casper van der Meer
CEO, Better Future Factory

Hector Ouilhet
Head Of Human Centered Innovation & Strategy, Google

Tamar Yehoshua
Chief Product Officer, Slack

Nick Brackenbury
CEO & Co-Founder, NearSt

Manisha Mistry
Head Of Digital Culture, Rolls-Royce

Jared Ficklin
Chief Creative Technologist, Argodesign

Marco Van Hout
Co-Founder And Creative Director, Digital Society School

Salvatore Vitale
Artist, UNSEEN

Remo Gettini
Chief Technology Officer, Depop

Dominick Moxon-Tritsch
Director Of Regulation And Public Policy, Bolt

Cyd Crouse
CMO, Muse

Zulfikar Ramzan
Chief Technology Officer, RSA

Lucas di Grassi
Formula E Champion | Electric Mobility Entrepreneur | UN Ambassador For Clean Air,

Piia Karjalainen
Secretary General, MaaS Alliance

Dion McKenzie
Co-Founder & Chairman, Colorintech

Laura Klauss
Co-Founder and CTO,
Better Future Factory

Abhimanyu Ghoshal
Managing Editor, TNW

James Dean
CEO, SenSat

Gabriel Soloman
Head Of Government & Industry Relations - Europe And Latin America, Ericsson

Verena Löw
Head Of Strategy And Communication Department, VBB Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg

Ali El Kaafarani
Founder And CEO, PQShield

Avi Schiffmann
Creator, Https://Ncov2019.Live/

Lea von Bidder
Co-Founder & CEO, Ava

Ana Andjelic
Author, The Business Of Aspiration

Jen Grace Baron
Co-CEO And Chief Growth Officer, InspireCorps

Petah Marian
Senior Editor, WGSN

Luca Calcamucchio
Global Director Of Retail Experience, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty

Malcolm Moore
Technology News Editor, Financial Times

Imran Amed
Founder, CEO And Editor-In-Chief, Business Of Fashion (BoF)

Karan Bhatia
Vice President, Government Affairs And Public Policy, Google

Constantijn Van Oranje-Nassau
Special Envoy, Techleap.Nl

Mar Masson Maack
Editor,
TNW

Irina Haivas
Partner, Atomico

Rebekah Moses
Head Of Impact, Impossible Foods

Dennis Mortensen
CEO & Founder, X.Ai

Ben Volach
Founder, Blix

Luca Bocchio
Partner, Accel

Andrea Coscelli
Chief Executive, Competition And Markets Authority (CMA)

Jonathan Eley
Retail Correspondent, Financial Times

Richard Waters
West Coast Editor, Financial Times

Delphine Bedel
Founder & Editorial Director, META Books

Louis Warner
COO And Accelerator Director, Founders Factory

Leslie Hook
Environment And Clean Energy Correspondent, Financial Times

Andrew Harper
Special Advisor On Climate Action, United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees (UNHCR)

Sampo Hietanen
CEO, MaaS Global

Peggy Alford
SVP Of Core Markets | Board Of Directors, Paypal | Facebook

Laura DeNardis
Author, Professor And Interim Dean, American University, Washington

Liesel Pritzker Simmons
Co-Founder And Principal, Blue Haven Initiative

Georgina Ustik
Editor And Content Creative, TNW

Patrick McGee
San Francisco Correspondent, Financial Times

Yoojung Ahn
Head Of Design, Waymo

Ezgi Barcenas
Global VP, Sustainability, Anheuser-Busch InBev

Shruti Challa
Senior Vice President Of Revenue, Sonder

Lisa Skeete Tatum
Founder & CEO, Landit

Gautam Golwala
Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer,
Poshmark

D Sharma
Co-Founder & CEO, Wellness Coach

Michiel Prins
Co-Founder, HackerOne

Mette Lykke
CEO, Too Good To Go

Neil Barrie
Co-founder,
TwentyFirst Century Brand

Sabine Mensah
Regional Digital Hub Lead, United National Capital Development Fund

Jasmin Crowe
Founder & CEO,
GoodRco

Andréa Mallard
CMO,
Pinterest

Deirdre Findlay
Global CMO,
Conde Nast

Tamara Steffens
General Manager & Managing Director, M12 - Microsoft’s Venture Fund

Tanya Van Court
Founder and CEO,
Goalsetter

Paul Clarke
CTO,
Ocado

John Egan
CEO, L'Atelier BNP Paribas

Rachel Been
Design Lead, Google Nest

Katie Freebairn
Design Director, Google Nest

Melanie Collins
VP, Global Head Of People, Dropbox

Varun Parmar
SVP & Chief Product Officer,
Box

Nina Jensen
CEO, REV Ocean AS

Priya Lakhani
Founder CEO, CENTURY Tech

Gavin Shetly
VP - Product Engineering, IKEA Retai

Gavin Shetly
VP - Product Engineering, IKEA Retail

Tunde Kihende
CEO And Co-Founder, Lidya

Leila Abboud
Paris Correspondent, Financial Times

Priscilla Baffour
Global Head Of Diversity And Inclusion, Financial Times

Rachel Waller
VP Of Marketing, Digital & Innovation, Burberry

Chris Nuttal
Assistant Tech News Editor, Financial Times

Gillian Tett
Chair, Editorial Board And Editor-At-Large US, Financial Times

Chris Benett
CEO And Co-Founder, Wonderschool

Iggy Bassi
CEO, Cervest

Karine Perset
Administrator on Digital Economy and Artificial Intelligence Policy, OECD

Sean Carney
Chief Design Officer, Philips

Brett Bibby
Chief Product Officer, Unity Technologies

Thomas Macaulay
Reporter, TNW

Michael Beutler
Director of Sustainability Operations, Kering

Yancey Strickler
former CEO, Kickstarter

Anis Uzzaman
CEO & General Partner, Pegasus Tech Ventures

Matt Hulett
CEO, Rosetta Stone

Francois Souchet
Lead - Make Fashion Circular, Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Tom Adeyoola
Co-founder, Extend Ventures

Miki Kuusi
Co-founder & CEO, Wolt

Philippe Lacamp
Senior Vice President Americas, Cathay Pacific

Michelle Avary
Head of Automotive and Autonomous Mobility, The World Economic Forum (WEF)

Amy LaMeyer
Partner, WXR Fund

Julieta Schuster
IT Vice President and division CIO, The Procter & Gamble Company

Dr Cara Antoine
President & Chairwoman, Executive Advisory Board, Women in Tech

Allison Holzer
co-CEO and Chief Innovation Officer, InspireCorps

Jayne Chan
Head of StartmeupHK, InvestHK

Prince Kohli
CTO, Automation Anywhere

Stan Boland
co-founder and CEO, Five

Jochem van Hessen
Co-founder and CEO, Energy Up

India Ross
Technology News Desk, Financial Times

Sohaila Ouffata
Director of Platform, BMW i Ventures

Hartmut Hahn
Co-founder & CEO, Userlane

Amanda Southworth
Founder and Executive Director, Astra Labs

Millana Snow
CEO and Founder, Wellness Official

Madhumita Murgia
European Tech Correspondent, Financial Times

Anna Nicolaou
US Media Correspondent, Financial Times

Iryna Ivanova
Founder, IBY: People Matter

Will Allen
Vice President, Adobe

Will Cady
Head of Creative Strategy, Reddit

Tilo Bonow
Founder & CEO, PIABO PR

PREVIOUS SPEAKERS

Anjali Sud
CEO, Vimeo

Guy Kawasaki
Author, Wise Guy

Stephanie Hannon
CPO, Strava & Hillary Clinton Campaign

Larry Sanger
Co-founder, Wikipedia

Emanuele Madeddu
Executive Vice President, Global Brand Strategy, National Geographic

Jack Constantine
CDO, Lush

Cassie Kozyrkov
Chief Decision Scientist, Google

Danielle Wood
Director Space Enabled, MIT Media Lab

Alexis Ohanian
Co-founder, Initialized Capital & Reddit

Kevin Kelly
Co-founder, WIRED

Ron Faris
GM, S23NYC Digital Studio, Nike

Ray Chan
CEO, 9GAG

Rich Pierson
Co-founder & CEO, Headspace

Emily Weiss
Founder & CEO, Glossier

Scott Belsky
Founder, Behance & 99u

Casey Neistat
Filmmaker

Julie Zhuo
VP Product Design, Facebook

Jason Fried
Co-founder, Basecamp

Gary Vaynerchuk
Founder, Vaynermedia

Tim Ferris
Best-selling Author

Gillian Tans
CEO, Booking

Cal Henderson
Co-founder & CTO, Slack

2020 Sponsors and Partnership

PLATINUM PARTNERS:
• ABN AMRO
• HUAWEI
• FT

SILVER PARTNERS
• startup amsterdam
• smart health amsterdam
• SMARTLY.IO
• Adobe
• GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND

BRONZE PARTNERS
• InvestHK
• Talkwalker
• userlane
• Microsoft for Startups
• ScaleUp Porto