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We take great pride in bringing together the world's foremost innovation experts and practitioners. Take a sneak peak
at selected targeted speakers for Future Capitals from an expected total of 60 speakers and Mayors.
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H.H. Sheikh Nahayan Mubarak
Al-Nahayan
Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research
United Arab Emirates
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H.E. Vicente Fox
Former President
Mexico
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H.E James Alix Michel
President
Republic of Seychelles
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H.E. Armen Gevorgyan
Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Territorial Administration
Republic of Armenia
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Dr. Hector de J. Ruiz
Executive Chairman
AMD
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H.E. Dr. Vincent Biruta
Senate President
Republic of Rwanda
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H.E. Maha Khatib
Minister of Tourism and Antiquities
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
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T.H. Austin Gatt, LL.D., M.P.
Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Communications
Republic of Malta
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T.H. Leopoldo López Mendoza
Mayor
Municipality of Chacao, Venezuela
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H.E. Omar Shdeifat
Minister of Higher Education & Scientific Research
Kingdom of Jordan
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H.E. Fatmir Limaj
Minister of Transport and Communications
Republic of Kosovo
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H.R.H. Princess Heide von Hohenzollern
Germany
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T.H. Gianni Alemanno
Mayor
Rome, Italy
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T.H. Leonardo Domenici
Mayor
Florence, Italy
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Peter Buffett
Emmy Award Winning Musician, Composer and Producer
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Abdullatif Al Sayegh
CEO
Arab Media Group
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Salma Abbasi
Chairperson and Founder
e Worldwide Group
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Mounir D. Haidar
Chief Executive Officer
Sorouh Real Estate PJSC
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T.H. Michele Emiliano
Mayor
Bari, Italy
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Dr. Yuri Chillán Reyes
Secretary General
Bogotá, Colombia
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T.H. Marta Vincenzi
Mayor
Genoa, Italy
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Prof. Stephen Hawking
World-Renowned Physicist
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Prof. Carlo F. Ratti
Director
SENSEable City Laboratory, MIT
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Marc Yu
Born Genius
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Abubaker Al Khouri
Managing Director
Sorouh Real Estate PJSC
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Jude Kelley
Chair Arts, Culture & Education London 2012 Olympic Games
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Dr. Behjat Al
Yousuf
Vice President
Dubai Women’s College
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Remo Perna
Founder and Manager
Centro Progettazione Moda
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Dr. Thomas Andersson
President
Jönköping University
Kingdom of Sweden
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Gordon Falconer
Department Manager Strategy and Real Estate
Masdar
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Chris Rainier
National Geographic Society Fellow & Photojournalist
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Professor Lizbeth Goodman
Chair of Creative Technology Innovation
University Of East London
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Dr. Mike Lazaridis
Founder and Co-CEO
Research in Motion
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Prof. Tapio Varis
UNESCO Chair
University of Tampere
Republic of Finland
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Dr. John Gathright
Founder
Growing Villages
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Dr. Paul Lefrere
Policy Adviser
Institute of Educational Technology
The Open University
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Prof. Harriet Fulbright
President
The Fulbright Center of the Fulbright Foundation
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Dr. Aldo Iacomelli
Environmental Economics - chair
Faculty of Economics
Rome University "La Sapienza"
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Dr. Florian Schloderer
Research Fellow
INSEAD Business School
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Dr. Hisham El Sherif
Chairman
RITSEC
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Dr. Caterina Berbenni-Rehm
CEO,
FUTUREtec
Vice Chair of the High Level Advisory Group to the European
Commission DG REsearch for SMEs
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Patricia Smith Melton
Founder and Board Chair
Peace X Peace
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Phil Harrington
Founder
YouBloom
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Dr. Adnan Al Hammadi
Director of Rail Projects Construction Department
Road & Transport Authority
United Arab Emirates
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Charles Watt
Executive Director
ICT Qatar
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Roberto Ronza
Deputy President
Regione Lombardia, Italy
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Alfredo Scarfone
President
Centro Culturale
Milan, Italy
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Carlo Masseroli
Director
Territory Development Department
Milan, Italy
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Camillo Fornasieri
Director
Centro Culturale
Milan, Italy
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Dr. Dino Giuli
Professor
Department of Electronics and Telecommunications
University of Florence
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Dr. Claude Béglé
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Swiss Post
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Mirko Tattarini
Founder and Director
Lagos Design Studios
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Emilio Ambasz
Renowned Architect & Industrial Designer
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Prof. Uwe R.Brückner
Founder of Atelier Brueckner
München, Germany
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Peter Carson
Regional Co-ordinator
TACTA
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Mohsen Moazami
Vice President, Emerging Markets and Globalization Center
IBSG Cisco
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Dr. Donald M. Norris
President
Strategic Initiatives, Inc.
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Rodrigo Rodriguez
President
ISIA Florence, Italy
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Prof. Giuseppe Furlanis
Director
National Council for Artistic and Musical Education
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Alan Wilson
Team Leader, Montenegro
TACTA
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T.H. Edi Rama
Mayor
Tirana
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Luciano Calaciura
Customs Expert
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Curtis J. Schroeder
Group Chief Executive Officer
Bumrungrad International
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Alexander Von Vegesack
Founding Director
Vitra Design Museum
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Dr. Juoko Suokas
Executive Vice President of Business Solutions
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
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Prof. Dr. Mark Harris
EMEA Regional Director of Higher Education & Research
Programs
Intel
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T.H. Natalia Cea
Head of International Cooperation and Technical Assistance Office
Agenzia delle Dogane, Italy
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Dr. Tapani Mäkinen
Senior Research Scientist
VTT Technical Research Centre, Finland
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Paolo Neri
Senior vice president
Large System Architecture
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Giuseppe Langer
Director of Information Systems
Autostrade Italiane
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Geoff Lawton
Founding Director
Permaculture Research Institute
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Dr. Gianluigi Me
Adjunct Professor
Universita di Roma
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Nicola Villa
Senior Director
Public Sector Practice
Internet Business Solutions Group
Cisco
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Prof. Agni Vlavianos Arvanitis
President and Founder
Biopolitics International Organisation
Hellenic Chapter of the Club of Rome
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Prof. Alessandro Mecocci
National Security Observatory
Italian Ministry of Defense
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Tunde Kallai
Founder
European Network of Living Labs
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Robert Levin
CEO
Transclick
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Dr. Manuel Fradinho
Research Director
Cyntelix
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Eithne Treanor
Special Correspondent in the Middle East
CNBC Europe
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Ron Perkinson
President
Sampoerna Foundation
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Lindy Joubert
Director
UNESCO Observatory on Multi-Disciplinary Research in the Arts
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Dr. Rami Al Karmi
Chief Executive Officer
Shabakat AL Ordon
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Sana Bagersh
CEO
BrandMoxie
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Robert A. Freling
Executive Director & Board Member
Solar Electric Light Fund
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Sheila Robinson
Director, Solvebrand Limited
Chair of SafetyNET
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Fadi Nahas
Consul General of Ecuador in Turkey
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Dr. Halah El-Sokari
Director of Strategy and Planning
Khalifa Fund
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Stephen Asher
founding partner and head of International Business
Neuwing Energy Ventures
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Ridas Matonis
Founder and Director
Timelinks
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Daniel Evans
Founder and Marketing Director
ei-group
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Mark Erhart
Executive Director
Mubadala Healthcare
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Dr. Abdul Rahman Al Shemiri
General Manager and Chief Executive
Akhbar Al Arab
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Dr. Roberto Morese
Secretary
National Council for Artistic and Musical Education (C.N.A.M.)
Ministry of University, Education and Research, Italy
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H.E. Ahmed Abdallah M. Sambi
President
Comoros Islands
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Enzo Zoratto
Principal and the Chief Strategic Officer
dck worldwide
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Dr. Abdulmalik A. Aljinaidi
Dean of Research and Consulting Institute (RACI)
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Alessandra Risso
Coordinator of European Projects, Mayor's Cabinet
Genoa
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Annelies Hodge
CSR Consultant
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Anna Corsi
Director
UrbanLab
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