KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

RAY HAMMOND, Business Strategist

Ray Hammond is Europe's most experienced and most widely published futurologist with his researchs and publications about how future trends will affect society and business. In his speeches he provides a view of the future which is both visionary and of practical use in a business environment. His topics include climate change, the impact of technology on business and the future of energy.

His non-fiction writing includes The On-Line Handbook was published in 1984, world's first book to describe the commercial potential of the internet. He is the author of 15 books which have been translated into 32 languages. As an inspirational keynote and motivational speaker, he is in world-wide demand by business, government and non-government organizations.

A contributing editor at the University of Maryland, U.S.A. and a visiting lecturer at the London Business School, in February 2007 Hammond was elected a Fellow of the World Innovation Foundation (WIF), a Swiss-registered charity which counts 91 Nobel-laureate scientists among its 3,000 strong fellowship.

SOUMITRA DUTTA, Professor of Business & Technology INSEAD

Soumitra Dutta is an authority on all aspects of knowledge management, with a refreshing global perspective on technology-enabled business innovation. Throughout his distinguished career, he has focused on how to drive business innovation and growth through the right combination of innovative people and information technology.

Soumitra is the Professor of Business and Technology and Dean of External Relations at INSEAD. He is the former Dean of Executive Education at INSEAD, the largest executive education program in the world. He is also a visiting professor, UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business; Solvay Business School (Brussels); Athens Laboratory for Business Administration and a Fellow of World Economic Forum.

He is the author of The Bright Stuff, explaining how traditional businesses can develop innovative business models that exploit the potential of technology the way that start-ups do. Soumitra Dutta is the writer of seven other business books and many articles and an expert on off-shoring and outsourcing strategies, with special depth on India and China.