World Leader Summit in the New Normal

Irene Woerner is CEO and Co-Founder of emTRUTH. Irene and Ron (CTO and Co-Founder) chose to focus their foundational technologies in healthcare, because of the meaningful impact it can have in improving outcomes while managing costs.

Founder/CEO/Investor -Global Policy House(Digital Economy/Blockchain/Investments) Top 10 African Women in Blockchain 2020 Top 40 Global Fintech4Good Fellow 2020 Senator  World Business Angels Investment Forum , UK Member of African Union Taskforce on Digital Trade and Transformation for Africa  Adviser to President/Premier Bermuda -Government of Bermuda Global Fintech Board Ambassador -World Union of Small and Medium Enterprises Member  World Digital Economy Council Fintech4Good Senior Adviser-New York WEI Forward/UN  Women Economic Empowerment Champion

Dr. Wendy Charles has been involved in clinical trials from every perspective for nearly 30 years with a focus on ethical design. She currently works as Chief Scientific Officer for a blockchain healthcare company where she leads the Life Sciences division. Wendy augments her blockchain healthcare experience by serving on the Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Blockchain Task Force, EU Commission Blockchain Advisory Forum, Government Blockchain Association healthcare group, and serves as Co-chair of the IEEE Standardization Committee subgroup for Blockchain in Life Sciences Research. She also serves as Assistant Editor for Frontiers in Blockchain and as a peer reviewer for blockchain articles in several other journals.

Chef Marti Mongiello is a story weaver intoxicating his audiences by stage and television across the world. A mesmerizing speaker, he’s published nine books, 200+ papers and given over 100 speeches and keynotes in Europe, Asia, and America’s. Featured on CBS, PBS, ABC, NBC, CNN and FOX to almost three billion viewers is only eclipsed by articles in 160+ newspapers and magazines like the Washington Post, LA Times, Australian, The New Yorker, FOOD TV Network Magazine, The Times of London, and many more. His latest television series is Inside the Presidents’ Cabinet.

Mohammad is a Founder of Multiple ventures in Telcom, mContent, mHealth, mTourism, mEducation, mGovernment and Fintech. Mohammad as an aspiring entrepreneur with passion to mobilization of lifestyle services. He acts as a transformer to the current infrastructure of verticals markets. Mohammad, Founded Og Money (Formerly known as Payit), a mobile financial & Payment platform with strong presence in more than 12 countries cross GCC, Middle East, North Africa, East Africa, West Africa, Europe and US, offering Payments, Merchant services, mPos, Mobile banking switch, Mobile Wallet and Money Transfer. Mohammad invented recently a patent in Fintech industry registered in US and other countries for performing a card presence Transaction on the cloud.

Lebogang George is a legal consultant with a specialty in Data Privacy & Data Management, IT Governance and is also a Cyber Security Strategist.
Lebogang specializes in Information, Communications and Technology Law (ICT), Information Technology Governance as well as Data Protection and Privacy Law. Her experience in Data Protection and Privacy Law spans across South Africa and the European Union and has advised clients in the
public and private sectors.

Ivan Jovetic is professor and entrepreneur and holds PhD in economy. He is lecturer at the UDG-Faculty for International Economy, Finance and Business. In addition, he is coordinating UDG-Faculty for Sports Management.
Ivan is co-founder of MSI INVEST Ltd. where he also acted as the executive director. Family company is active in several sector with key emphasize on tourism (hotel owner & operator and travel agency operator).
Since 2005 he has been researcher and analyst at the ISSP, the most prominent economic think tank. At the ISSP he lead numerous national, international and transnational projects (including ones for European Commission, UNDP, UNIDO, MED program, DTP, US administration departments and etc.)

Enriko CEKO  holds a PhD diploma in Management (Faculty of Economy, University of Tirana 2005). He has about 31 years working experience and about the same experience lecturing, specialized with about 45 training courses (Albania, USA, UK, Israel, Germany, Austria), etc. He is Director of High Professional College “Qiriazi”, Senator of World Business Angels and Investments Forum, Humanitarian Ambassador of International Peace Association for Albanian Nation, President of Conservatives Academy, Executive Director of Albanian Center for Sistaninable Debelopment, Executive Direcor of Albanian Center for Waste Recycling.

Dr. Daksh Agarwal  completed his PhD degree from University of Pennsylvania and his undergrad from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in Materials Science and Engineering where he was awarded the Institute’s general proficiency medal and Batra Gold medal for highest CGPA in the country. Daksh has been working in the semiconductorindustry for more than 5 years, and through innovative process development has enabled the development of next generation of DRAM, 3D-NAND and emerging memories.

Entrepreneur and Data Advisor with a background and strong scientific experience in the fields of information technology, pure mathematics and engineering complemented by the business development expertise undertaken with Top Fortune companies.Mathematician specializing in “Tail Risk” and an independent researcher, with lines of research in Dynamic Systems and Information Theory.He has 10 years of experience in the Information Technology area and advises on Data Science for large companies, solving complex business problems with applied mathematics.

Elnaz is a serial entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience in technology, business, sales, and marketing. 

ROYBI earned many prestigious awards and recognition, including TIME Magazine Best Invention, CNBC World’s Most Promising Startups, Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas (2019), the EdTech Award in Robotics (2019), the Katerva Awards in Behavioral Change (2019), and the Silicon Valley Top 30 Innovation Award (2018). ROYBI has also been featured on Forbes, NYT, Washington Post, CNET, Fox News, CNN, EdSurge, NASDAQ, VentureBeat, ABC News, and CNBC.

Dr. Amit Banerjee joined the Advanced Device Research Division,
Research Institute of Electronics, Shizuoka University, National University
Corporation, Japan as a Scientific Researcher in 2016 and was also part of the
Innovative Photonics Evolution Research Center at Hamamatsu, Japan. He later joined the Microelectronic Technologies & Devices, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the prestigious National University of Singapore, as Scientist in 2017. Amit started to work closely with national agencies and state institutions in India during the Covid’19 global pandemic in 2020, combating the immediate economic crisis.

Medical Imaging Scientist
Extended Reality Expert

Pradeep Khanna is Executive Director Asia Pacific, Sydney Chapter President & Global Co- Chair Education for the global Virtual Reality Augmented Reality Association. Pradeep is also founding member of IEEE ICICLE X-Reality for Learning and Performance Augmentation SIG & CEO of Global Mindset. He has 30+ years of executive experience and has been a leader for IBM Australia/NZ leveraging India, China, Philippines, Vietnam, Egypt, Romania, Brazil & Argentina.

Todd Seath is the Business Development Regional Manager for IO Industries covering Western North America, Latin America, Asia, India and Australasia. With over 30 years of experience in the high tech hardware and software industries, Todd is currently working to expand IO’s already strong presence in the XR space.

Daria Fedko, is an AR believer and VR enthusiast, she’s a CEO & Founder of WeAR Studio, her company specializes in AR/VR solutions development for specific business objectives among various industries- they create AR marketing activations, location-based experiences, VR training programs and digital twins. WeAR Studio is listed in Top-10 best AR/VR developers worldwide.

Co-Founder TwinConnect Solutions

Born in mid-west US, Ms Pagano graduated with a BS in Finance from Central Missouri State, MBA from Webster University & MIT and pursued her academic and professional experiences in St. Louis, Chicago, New York, and Miami.

In the last 25 years, as a female P & L leader in a male dominated tech industry, Ms Pagano has worked at large Fortune 30 companies, such as Motorola, AT&T, GE and tech starts up in many capacities with a focus of driving and building new businesses and revenue, valued from $100M to $3B.

22 years working in mental health mostly in a management capacity across all sectors , recovery, probation services, youth , learning disabilities,
International best selling author
TEDX speaker x2
Co founder Adult ADHD NI, CEO Mental Wealth International

She is a powerful Indian woman who has exhibited exemplary courage, determination and grit to prove her mark in multiple challenging fields. For her outstanding achievements, she has been felicitated with 13 awards including Rani Laxmi Bai Bravery Award, Outstanding Global Woman Award, Global Excellence Award, Global Icon Award, The Real Super Woman Award etc.

Paulina is an entrepreneur, an angel investor, a TEDx speaker and a founder of GrantTree, started with a purpose to help tech startups navigate the complex world of government funding. Since 2010 the team grew organically from 2 to over 50, and raised over £200m for more than 600 technology startups and scaleups using solely government funding schemes. GrantTree is also an open culture company which pioneered a self set salary scheme, and an empowering culture governed by holacracy.

Dr. Maja (Maya) Zelihic is a Fulbright Specialist, Full Professor, and a Department Chair of the Advanced Management Studies at the Forbes School of Business and Technology. Dr. Zelihic is a Global Dialogue Partner at NAFSA, the world’s largest nonprofit association dedicated to international education. Dr. Zelihic serves on the Board of Advisors of the International Fellowship Program in Arbitration and Scientific Assessment, the comprehensive global academic review platform. She also serves as an industry advisory member at the Amity University Novel Communication Lab (AUNCL). She is an expert in e-learning development and implementation in the developing world. Dr. Zelihc is a Board member at the Center for Women’s Leadership at the Forbes School of Business and Technology, launched in June of 2020.

Vash Naidoo is the Founder & CEO of The Wonder Women Club, a global community that believes in community over competition. She coaches and mentors women in business, helping them overcome challenges so that they can move forward with inspired action, and live their most joyous life. Her time spans between her business ventures, as  Financial regulatory consultant and her passion for merging technology with human experience as a Scrum Certified Product Owner and Agile Business Analyst.

Since 2010, Ms. Sâadia Lakehal’s mission has been to propel and promote Canadian industries on the international scene.
Strong experience in industrial networking and knowledge of the sector, she improves the competitive positioning and the level of
competitiveness of the manufacturers it supports.
Interesseted by the place and impact of women in the industrial sector, she initiated the Global Women in Manufacturing Summit and the
magazine to promote diversity and inclusion in the connected industry.

Wan Fara Ayu is a Venture Capital (“VC’) entrepreneur who focuses on shariah compliant investments and developing start-up companies. She has 15 years experiences of which 9 years in VC and 6 years in entrepreneurship. She has screened over 1,500 companies from diverse sectors and stages. She has
acquired the end to end experience of the Venture Capital Value Chain, from working with General Partner (Fund Management), Limited Partner level (Fund) fund of funds to being an entrepreneur herself.  She is currently the Co-founder for Kanzun Ventures Management Sdn Bhd, a Venture Capital Fund Management Company also involved in nurturing and developing promising SMEs/start-ups

Nominated to teach at the Faculty of Art at the German University in Cairo by the international professor and designer Rayan Abdullah
Lecture for several workshops on design
Design vlogger
Painter and designer for several companies
4 years experience in graphic design

Johanna contributes as consultant and expert in different contexts. She has twenty years of experience from Culture and Creative Sectors.

She is a co-founder of Artisans of Innovation specializing on cross-sector eco-system development and cross-sector collaboration. Within this context she also conducts commercial research on artists and their role in corporate innovation.

Motivational Speaker Public Relations Specialist Activator & Executor of ideas.

Achievements & Awards:
First Cerebral Palsy from India to score 9.05 CGPA from IBS
State Award from the Governor of West Bengal in the Category of Role Model For Academic Excellence 2013
Jatiyata Juva Parishad Award 2013
Best Young Achiever Award from the Newspapers Association of India 2016

Internationally acclaimed Dr. Sandeep Marwah is an incredible name in the world of films. With seven world records in his kitty, he stands distinct as the founder of Noida Film City, and the creator of Marwah Studios. He is the designer behind the Academy of Film & Television, which is one of the ten best film schools, in the world. As the producer of the largest number of short films in the world, he has been associated with innumerable feature films, television programs, and amateur training films.

Sanjoy K. Roy, an entrepreneur of the arts, is the Managing Director of Teamwork Arts, which produces over 33 highly acclaimed performing arts, visual arts and literary festivals across 40 cities in countries such as Australia, Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, UK and USA, including the world’s largest free literary gathering — the annual Jaipur Literature Festival. Roy has received the National Award for Excellence and Best Director for the film Shahjahanabad: The Twilight Years.

When it comes to blending passion with profession, Chandrima Roy shines bright as an example. At a time when the conflict between parental pressure and personal aspirations of a student has reached a peak, Chandrima exemplifies how passion and profession can be pursued with equal fervour and dedication

Tandin Wangchuk 27, is the front man of Misty Terrace, an alternative rock music band at the heart of Bhutan. The Misty Terrace have steadily grown a reputation for their wide variety of original music, sometimes fun and danceable, sometimes stirring and intense.

Sanjeev Mehra is recognized as one of Bollywood’s well-respected professional. A passionate and innovative multi-talented down to earth Sanjeev is a skilled Actor/Director/Animator/Writer and Editor. Sanjeev offers over thirty eight years of experience with a strong balance of creative, technical and people-management skills in Indian, Indonesian and Australian film, television and advertising industry. He has directed more than 200 projects including T V commercials, corporate, documentaries, TV serials and short films.

Mahavir Sharma, a serial entrepreneur is part of umpteen businesses and social organizations and exudes passion in idea and early stage angel investing, leadership and mentoring.
He is the immediate past Chairman of TiE Global board of Trustees for the year 2020, a first Asian to achieve that position. He is also the Chairman of TiE’s new initiative for investing in idea and early stage startups across India, the TiE India Angels (TIA) and also the Chairman and co-founder of Rajasthan Angels  and has been a very active angel for early and idea stage companies for the last many years.
A prolific speaker, who has had the honour of being the Chairman of the Carpet Export Promotion Council (CEPC- Under the aegis of the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India) and the privilege in the past to have been on TiE Global board for 8 years during which has chaired various committees and initiatives including being the Vice-Chair for the year 2019.

Action means everything.

Shashank brings entrepreneurial and investment understanding with 15+ years of cross-functional expertise. Acquired a depth and breadth of experience from having worked in large companies, being the founding member for a SaaS startup (acquired by a Fortune 500 Company) to an early-stage fund investing in technology-enabled startups.

Shashank is Founder VC at 100X.VC – India’s first venture fund to invest in early-stage startups using iSAFE Notes.

Strategic advisor to early and growth-stage companies. Provides executive leadership and interim C-Level management solutions to drive sustainable growth through expertise in strategy, funding processes, and marketing communication.

David B Horne is the Founder of Funding Focus, a social enterprise whose mission is to level the uneven playing field that female and underrepresented entrepreneurs of all genders face when raising capital. We do this by raising awareness and providing education to founders, investors, NGOs and governments worldwide. We are committed to supporting UNSDG 4 – Quality Education and UNSDG 5 – Gender Equality.

As the Founding Partner of Oruga Investment Limited, Foundation of Innovative European Economy and TT Hub, Olga F. specializes in investment strategies across Asia, Europe and MENA. As an investor, she also mentors startups towards their venture growth, fundraising and structuring.

Olga is also a lawyer with 12+ years of practice in European corporate law and investing strategies, serving international brands around the world for their investments overseas.

Joanna has 15 years of experience in capital markets in the field of international investor relations and ESG for the energy, wood industry, mineral and mining, healthcare, TMT and real-estate sectors. She has substantial experience in working with institutional investors in Europe, the US, and Middle East. Joanna was the driving force behind the creation of IR Department and capital markets communication during the IPO and post-IPO of ENERGA S.A.  She has engaged in the numerous IPO, SPO, M&A, debt issuance, and refinancing transactions. She is a Mentor to startups at the MIT Enterprise Forum CEE.

Ken is a widely sought after executive with global banking and capital markets experience – achieving results in venture capital, digital transformation, big data, innovation and technology and risk management. He advises large multinationals and mid-level capital firms and executives in executing multi-billion (USD) business development and institutional partnerships agreements in Asia, Europe, North American.

Anil is Founder and Managing Partner at Unicorn India Ventures an leading Venture Capital Fund focusing on early stage investments in tech focused companies. He has been one of the pioneers of angel investments in India as head of operations and President at Mumbai Angels and Bangalore Angels, leading Angel Investment forums in India. Anil’s experience includes corporate management functions in medium and large organizations, early stage investment in start-ups, project management, joint ventures and business development.

Jelena is the president of the Business Angels Association of Serbia. She is also International Partner for Serbia at World Business Angels Investment Forum, Committee Member at International Technology Transfer Network (ITTN) in China and Member of ASIA CEO Community. Also works at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia.