Bruno Giussani is the European Director of TED conferences, an idea curator, writer, and expert on technological innovation. Through his work with TED, Giussani works on global and local events in Europe, multilingual videos, television initiatives, encouraging involvement with members, and more. He is also known for curating and hosting the annual Forum des 100. Apart from his work with... read full bio
Brittany Kaiser is co-founder of Own Your Data Foundation, the #OwnYourData campaign and the Digital Asset Trader Association. Kaiser has previously earned her MA in International Relations from The University of Edinburgh, her LLM in Human Rights from Birkbeck College, University of London, and her Ph.D. in International Law and Diplomacy from Middlesex University. Kaiser began her career working as... read full bio
Bruce Hoffman is a political analyst who is an expert on terrorism and counterterrorism, insurgency and counter-insurgency. Hoffman has earned his B.A. from Connecticut College before going on to earn his D.Phil and B.Phil from Oxford University. After finishing his degrees, Hoffman went on to begin working for the RAND Corporation before leaving to be the senior lecturer in international... read full bio
Brandon Leake is an award-winning spoken word poet, motivational speaker, and artistic educator who has recently gained fame after winning the 15th season of the competition series, “America’s Got Talent,” and for being the first spoken word poet to compete. Through this accomplishment, Leake has also earned the Golden Buzzer award in the first round which led him immediately to... read full bio
Brenda Laurel is a video game designer, teacher, writer, consultant and researcher who is known for being an advocate for diversity and inclusiveness in video games. Laurel was born in Columbus, Ohio, and she has earned her B.A. from DePauw University, and her M.A. and Ph.D. from Ohio State University. She began his career working for CyberVision where she was... read full bio
Bruno Lanvin is the Executive Director for Global Indices at INSEAD where he was also previously the Executive Director of their eLab. Lanvin was born in Valenciennes, France, and is fluent in French, English, and Spanish, and also speaks some Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Chinese. Lanvin has previously worked with the United Nations where he worked with UNCTARD, UN ICT... read full bio
Bertalan Mesko is The Medical Futurist and is the Director of The Medical Futurist Institute, where he helps to analyze how technologies in science can help with reality in medicine as well as healthcare. Mesko is also an author and speaker and he has given talks for numerous organizations and governments which include universities such as Harvard, Stanford and Yale.... read full bio
Bertrand Piccard is a Swiss psychiatrist and aviator who is known for flying balloons. He has been known for being the first to complete a balloon flight around the world which was non-stop alongside Brian Jones. The balloon that the duo flew was called the Breitling Orbiter 3 and he has since gone on to be an initiator, chairman, and... read full bio
Barry Nalebuff is an American author, academic, and entrepreneur who is the Milton Steinbach Professor of Management at Yale School of Management. Nalebuff specializes in business strategy and game theory and has published several books on these topics some of which include ‘Thinking Strategically,’ ‘The Art of Strategy,’ ‘Mission in a Bottle,’ ‘Why Not How to Use Everyday Ingenuity to... read full bio
Bernard Hogan-Howe is an English former police officer who has also previously been head of London’s Metropolitan Police as Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis. Hogan-Howe was born in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, and he began his career working as a lab assistant at the National Health Service. He then moved to police work where he began working... read full bio
Brenda Romero is an American video game designer and developer who is best known for her work on the Wizardry series. Romero was born in Ogdensburg, New York, and is the wife of John Romero, who also works on video games. Romero has previously earned her degree from Clarkson University and she began her career working as a video game... read full bio
Brent Weinbach is an American stand-up comedian, actor, director, and pianist who is based out of Los Angeles, California. He is known for his deadpan delivery and has graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to pursuing a career in comedy, Weinbach worked as a professional jazz pianist as well as a substitute teacher. After pursuing a career in... read full bio
Ben Roche is currently the Culinary Innovation Director and Executive Chef for Joywell Foods, where he is responsible for creating new product concepts and formulating and commercializing food products. Roche has earned his A.A.S. in Baking and Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef from Johnson and Wales University. He then went on to begin working for Charlie Trotter’s where he was the Chef... read full bio
Baudouin Prot is the former CEO and Chairman of BNP Paribas and is also a senior advisor at Boston Consulting Group. During his time working for BNP Paribas, Prot turned the bank into a French centered company, into a company that was used throughout all of Europe. Prot helped make this so by acquiring BNL in Italy and Fortis in... read full bio
Ben Miller is an English actor who is best known for playing Miller in the television series “The Armstrong & Miller Show,” which he also wrote. Miller was born in London, England, and he has previously studied at St Catharine’s College in Cambridge before leaving his studies to pursue a career in comedy. This led to Miller joining the Footlights... read full bio
Brian Krebs is an American security journalist and investigative reporter who is best known for his work on profit-seeking cybercriminals. Krebs has previously earned his B.A. in International Relations from George Mason University and began his career working for The Washington Post where he first worked sorting mail before going on to work as an editorial aide. He then went... read full bio
Bill Fischer is the Professor of Innovation Management at IMD and a columnist for Forbes. Through his work with IMD, Fischer has been the co-founder and co-director for their program on Driving Strategic Innovation which they run in cooperation with the Sloan School of Management at MIT. Through his work with Forbes, Fischer runs the column, “The Ideas Business.” As... read full bio
Ben Lawson is an Australian actor who rose to fame after playing Frazer Yeats in the Australian soap opera “Neighbours.” Lawson was born in Brisbane, Queensland, and he has previously studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art. He made his acting debut in an episode of the television series “Time Trax,” and had small roles in television series which... read full bio
Jordan Asher Cruz, better known as his stage name BOOTS, is an American record producer, director, rapper, singer-songwriter and filmmaker who rose to fame after contributing to Beyonce’s self-titled studio album. Boots began his musical career as a member of various bands which included Blonds, Young Circles, Blond Fuzz and Stonefox. He began his career after being signed to Jay-Z’s... read full bio
BenjiFlow is an up-and-coming RnB hip-hop singer-songwriter from Edmonton, London. BenjiFlow rose to fame with the release of his breakthrough single, “Deep End,” which is a mixture of RnB with West African pop, Brazilian samba, and Afro-Cuban rhythms. It’s clear that BenjiFlow literally flows all different types of genres into one, to create his own unique music. After the release... read full bio
