James Cameron is an acclaimed film-maker, explorer and environmental advocate. As director, writer and producer he is responsible for some of the most memorable films of the past three decades: The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Titanic, and Avatar. For 10 years Avatar was the highest grossing film in history with over $2.7 billion in global box office, beating the previous record holder, Cameron’s own film Titanic, which held that record for 12 years. Cameron’s films have also earned numerous nominations and awards, most notably Titanic’s 14 Academy Award nominations (tied for the record) and 11 Oscars (also a record), including Cameron’s own 3 Oscars for Best Picture, Best Direction and Best Editing.  His fascination with technical developments has led him to important contributions in 3D filming, underwater filming and remote vehicle technology.

Lessons from a Hollywood Pioneer

• The skills and characteristics needed to consistently and effectively push technological and creative boundaries
• How to deal with doubt and uncertainty when faced with failures along the way
• The evolution of storytelling: How to develop powerful stories that capture people’s imaginations
• Using technology in a way that amplifies rather than diminishes the human experience

Former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of PepsiCo Indra Nooyi is a business powerhouse, globally renowned for leading the company through a decade of tremendous growth and change. Praised for her prescient and strategic thinking, she was responsible for growing PepsiCo’s revenues from $35 billion when she became CEO, to $63.5 billion in 2017. She oversaw a portfolio of global brands and diversified products enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 180 countries and territories around the world.

Mrs. Nooyi currently serves on the boards of Amazon, Philips, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and is an independent director of the International Cricket Council. With multiple appearances in Forbes’ “The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women,” Fortune’s “Most Powerful Women,” and TIME’s “100 Most Influential People in The World,” Nooyi is sought-out for her unparalleled business insights and empowering messages on leadership, inclusivity and change. She is the author of the New York Times bestselling book My Life in Full: Work, Family and Our Future, published by Penguin Portfolio in September 2021.

Leading Through Times of Change

• Actionable takeaways on how to foster large-scale cultural change
• On challenging the status-quo and creating room for new ideas even when it seems to threaten a business’ foundations
• Performance With Purpose: What it means to “do well by doing good”
• Building a diverse, inclusive workplace where every voice is heard and person is welcome

Game-changing social psychologist and award-winning Harvard lecturer

A bestselling author, award-winning Harvard lecturer, and game-changing social psychologist, Amy Cuddy is recognized as a leading authority on the behavioural science of power, presence, and prejudice. She is the author of international bestseller, Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges, and her highly-cited research has been published in top academic journals and a range of internationally-known publications like The Economist, The Wall Street Journal and Fast Company. Cuddy is a passionate proponent of self-empowerment through evidence-based techniques, and her work is dedicated to motivating others to summon their best selves in approaching life’s biggest challenges.

Empowering People to Perform at their Highest Potential

• Analysing the traits, behaviours and practices necessary to perform under conditions of stress and uncertainty
• Harnessing the power of presence to help you and your team perform at the highest levels of confidence
• Building the trust necessary to facilitate the communication and absorption of ideas
• Combating prejudice: Exploring the anatomy of bias at work

World’s most influential leadership coach

World-renowned business educator and coach, Dr. Marshall Goldsmith is ranked as the #1 Executive Coach in the world. As an educator and coach, Goldsmith helps executives understand how our beliefs and the environments we operate in can trigger behaviours – both positive and negative. Through simple and practical advice, he helps them achieve and sustain positive behavioural change to drive positive impact on their organisation. Goldsmith is the author and editor of 36 books which include What Got You Here Won’t Get You There and Triggers, both recognized by Amazon as two of the Top 100 Leadership & Success Books Ever Written.

High Performance Leadership in Times of Change

• The characteristics of high performing leaders: Developing ourselves, coaching our people, and building engagement
• Leading high performing teams: Increasing happiness and employee engagement
• Creating behaviour change that lasts: Keys to becoming the people and organisations we want to become

Barney Tan is a Professor and Head of the School of Information Systems and Technology Management at UNSW Sydney. He has conducted over 50 case studies of digital sustainability in organizations across the Asia-Pacific over the last 12 years, centred on how digital technologies can be strategically deployed to minimize their environmental footprint, increase living standards, and ensure social justice. Barney has consulted for business leaders on the attainment of their Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) priorities, as well as regulators and policymakers on the development of IT infrastructure to realize their potential for generating economic and social benefits.

Creating a Future-Ready Organisation

• Unpacking the drivers, nature and implications of digital sustainability
• Analyzing the necessity of an ecosystem perspective in the context of digital sustainability
• How to motivate ecosystem participation by increasing digital literacy and access
• How business leaders and policymakers can facilitate the development of digital sustainability ecosystems and unleash their potential

Leading authority on organisational performance and diversity

Columbia University Professor Modupe Akinola is a groundbreaking researcher into how organisational environments trigger stress and the repercussions on performance. She brings a unique multidisciplinary approach to her work, measuring not only the causes and effects of stress, but also the physiological responses that stress triggers. With a background in consulting, Modupe was the first head of diversity at Bain & Co. where she helped to build the organisation’s recruitment and retention framework for people of colour before returning to academia to get her Ph.D. in organisational behaviour from Harvard.

Driving Organisational Performance and Diversity

• Strategies organisations can employ to increase the diversity of their talent pool
• The biases that affect the recruitment and retention of women and people of colour in organisations
• How organisational environments can engender stress and the impact on individual and organisational performance
• Building organisations that increase employees’ productivity, enhance their creativity, and improve health outcomes

Former CEO Worldwide at Saatchi & Saatchi

Leading creative consultant Kevin Roberts was for over two decades the CEO at Saatchi & Saatchi, one of the most prestigious agencies worldwide, responsible for the effectiveness of several of the world’s leading advertising budgets including those of clients such as Toyota and Procter & Gamble. Among his bestselling books is Lovemarks: the Future Beyond Brands, a ground-breaking business book that coined the term Lovemarks, named one of ten Ideas of the Decade. As the founder of Red Rose Consulting Roberts currently counsels business leaders and employees on creative thinking, marketing, and leadership. His most recently published book is 64 Shots: Leadership in a Crazy World.

Creative Leadership

• Why creativity is today’s most important leadership quality to cope with growing complexity
• A new model for solving problems, increasing competitiveness, driving business results, and winning in an always-on world
• Building a brand people love through a better understanding of emotional reasoning
• Developing creative thinking in ourselves and others

Leading expert in conflict, communication and workplace dynamics

A leading expert in conflict, communication and workplace dynamics, Amy Gallo teaches leaders evidence-based frameworks that improve relationships and drive excellence at work. Contributing editor to the Harvard Business Review and author of the HBR Guide to Dealing with Conflict (2017), Amy is an authority on managing conflict in remote settings, how teams can have “smart fights,” navigating power dynamics, gender at work and more. A graduate of both Brown and Yale University, Amy taught at Brown and is also on the faculty of the Emotional Intelligence Coaching Certification program, recently launched by Daniel Goleman, author of “Emotional Intelligence.”

Managing Difficult Workplace Relationships

• How to manage conflict and change in ways that promote innovation, collaboration and engagement
• Why healthy disagreements are critical to high performing teams
• How to deal with conflict at work in a way that is both professional and productive
• Preparing for and engaging in difficult conversations

Renowned digital strategist and research scientist at MIT

Peter Weill, award-winning author, research scientist and chair of the Centre for Information Systems Research (CISR) at the MIT Sloan School of Management, helps organisations design and leverage a powerful digital strategy so they can better compete in the 21st century. For years, he has been helping boards and executives digitally transform their institutions so they can exponentially scale business and sustain growth well into the future. He has conducted workshops for executive committees and boards of more than 50 companies globally, and for key conferences, including the CEO summits of both Microsoft and SAP. Weill also educates leaders about the role, value and governance of digitization within enterprises and their ecosystems.

Creating a Future-Ready Organisation

• Creating a winning digital strategy: Tools companies can use to tackle threats and leverage opportunities
• Developing a digital operating model to increase revenue and drive growth
• Steps decision makers need to take on their journey to becoming a digitally-savvy, future-ready organisation
• Forging partnerships and building a shared ecosystem so everyone can thrive