PARTICIPANTS 2013 PROGRAM 1

PARTICIPANTS

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Director of Operations for Disney English

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13 years innovating language learning

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BA Central European Politics and History & Germanic

Studies, University of Pittsburgh

AMELIA HURLBUT

- USA

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Founder of the 1% club (awarded by the Gates Foundation)

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Ambition to disrupt the social sector

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Masters Political Science, University of Amsterdam

ANNA CHOJNACKA

– NETHERLANDS /

POLAND

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Currently COO Retail Change at ABN AMRO

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Will disrupt the retail chain of ABN AMRO

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Bachelor degree in telematics and 15 years financial services work experience

ARJAN VAN OS -

NETHERLANDS

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Worked 4 years at ING and 6 years building Text for Change in Uganda

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Scaling up Research for Africa initiative

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Bachelors Business Economics, Hogeschool Amsterdam

BAS HOEFMAN -

NETHERLANDS

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Independent consultant to the UN

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Setting up a global rural health platform

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Master degree in Public Health, University of North Carolina and 20+ years senior advisory roles on HIV/AIDs in rural Africa

BERTHA FRENCH -

USA

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Commercial and business development with 10 years of experience in consumer goods, currently at Mars

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Ambition to fight childhood obesity

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Bachelors Business Economics, University of Rotterdam

CHRISTIAAN BOER

- NETHERLANDS

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VP community banking and

Microfinance at Banesco Banco Universal

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WEF Social entrepreneurship award & the Schwab Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2010 award

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MBA Loyola University, Chicago

CLAUDIA

VALLADERES -

VENEZUELA

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Disruptive and seasoned international media expert

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Founder of Cows in jackets, innovation consultancy

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MBA media management,

Fachhochschule St Polten

DANIELA

KRAUTSACK -

AUSTRIA

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Serial internet entrepreneur in Poland, Israel, San Francisco and the Netherlands

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Setting up an innovation

consultancy firm around canvas business modeling

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Masters degree in New Media, University of Amsterdam

FRISO JISKOOT -

NETHERLANDS

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TED India Fellow, marketing & research executive, VP

Consumer Insight at Publicis

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Building a highly disruptive think tank

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Indian Institute of Management

GAURAV MISHRA –

CHINA/INDIA

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15+ years in UX & Design at Vodafone Group and startups

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Setting up a mobile startup around cognitive process solutions

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Masters, the University of the Arts Germany

GISELE LEGIONET

- GERMANY

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10 years of experience at the Dutch liberal party and British Telecom in Singapore

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Building the Global School of Happiness

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Masters of Business

Administration, University of Groningen

IRIS VAN DEN

BERG –

SINGAPORE /

14

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Marketing executive, CEO McCann Erickson Israel

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Wants to educate Israeli and Palestinian children to foster peace

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Executive MBA at Harvard

IRIS BECK -

ISRAEL

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Entrepreneur in energy & viral marketing in trading and

commerce.

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Setting up the first Moroccan incubator and innovation lab.

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MBA at Texas Tech University

KAMEL MAGOUR -

FRANCE

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12 years of international marketing experience at

Heineken, Tetrapak based all over the world

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Global Marketing Director at GANT AB

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Masters in Economics, University of Rotterdam

LAURENS VAN DE

VIJVER –

SWEDEN /

NETHERLANDS

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Commercial professional in large multinationals with a global exposure

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Will be shaking up the mass tourism industry and distribute wealth

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Masters in Economics, University of Florence

LEONARDO GRECO

- ITALY

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President of the Sustainable Construction Living lab

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Ambition to mainstream sustainable construction and urban resilience in Portugal.

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BA Architecture, University of Westminster

LIVIA TIRONE -

PORTUGAL

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Director of the Student Peace Alliance

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Ambition to redefine social entrepreneurship in the USA

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Educated and experienced in Africa, Asia, Europe, and USA

MARIE MAINIL -

USA

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Executive Director of the Raoul Wallenberg Academy

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Set up Global Chapter for Social Entrepreneurial Leadership

Development

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Master in Law at Lund University, Sweden

MICHAEL

WERNSTEDT -

SWEDEN

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Founder of The HUB Zurich and chair of Global Executive Board

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Setting up Peer-Peer Learning Academy

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PHD in Organization Studies, University of St. Gallen

MICHEL

BACHMANN -

SWITZERLAND

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Strategy consultant and start-up advisor

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Setting up on-invitation innovators network and

passionate about social change

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Master Media Technology, University of Leiden

MIRA GLEISBERG

– UNITED

KINGDOM /

23

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Communications Expert at Greenpeace , 15 years as a multilingual global journalist

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Passionate about food security, women’s rights and the

environment

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Mass Media and Communications at

Universidad de Buenos Aires

NATALIA TRUCHI –

ARGENTINA /

24

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Entrepreneurial executive with experience in consumer insights in remote areas

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Setting up new innovation firm in MENA

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Bachelor of Arts, Cyprus college

NASSIM GHRAYEB

- CANADA

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Founder CarbonScape,

championing global solutions in renewable fuels and carbon

refining

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Committed to the culture of innovation

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LLB Commercial Law,

University of Canterbury

NICK GERRITSEN –

NEW ZEALAND

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Experienced in apparel, work wear, retail and wholesale management

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Currently GM, EMEA for VF Corporation

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BSc in Geography, University of Nottingham

NICK GRAHAM –

UNITED

KINGDOM /

NETHERLANDS

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Media veteran and founder of Skye Media, Beijing-based social media company

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Wants to use advertising to educate youth

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Master of Science International Management China, School of Asian and African studies

London

PAUL MCNEILL –

CHINA / UNITED

KINGDOM

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Award winning sustainability expert and green entrepreneur

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Focus on technology,

sustainable architecture, and urban planning

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Masters in Architecture, Tulane University

PRISCA WEEMS -

USA

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International documentary

maker with experience in Africa & Asia

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Setting up a global joined archiving institute

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MSc in Forced Migration, Oxford University

ROMI KAPLAN –

SOUTH AFRICA

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15 years of experience as R&D and innovation expert

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Wants to use mobile tech to change the way we use cities

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Chemical Engineering, University of Delft

RONALD LENZ -

NETHERLANDS

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Design expert with a decade of experience working for top firms in NYC, Milan, and Oslo

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Disrupting European elderly population education

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Graduate Parsons School of Design

SIRI WARREN -

NORWAY

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Strong national and institutional accolades for accomplishments in fundraising, community

organizing and leadership skills

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Ambition to promote personal accountability through civic engagement and technology

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Bachelors in Sociology, DePaul University

VOLTAIRE DAVIS -

USA

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Head of Marketing, Small

Business Unit at Vodafone NL

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Grown up in South Africa and experience in Finance and Corporate Strategy

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MBA at Henley Management

College

WILLEM

MALHERBE –

SOUTH AFRICA

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