SingularityU Summit 2021

Recently named by Fortune as one of the “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders,” Peter Diamandis is the founder and executive chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation. He is also the executive founder of Singularity University.

Anousheh Ansari is CEO of the XPRIZE Foundation, the world’s leader in designing and operating incentive competitions to solve humanity’s grand challenges.

David Roberts is one of the world’s top experts on technology disruption, innovation and exponential leadership. He is an MIT Computer Scientist & Engineer, where he was a Distinguished Graduate and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Shuo Chen, General Partner of IOVC and Agile VC, CEO of Shinect and Advisory Board Member of Yale School of Medicine’s Center for Digital Health & Innovation. She is also a Lecturer at UC Berkeley.

Keith A. Grossman is the President of TIME, where he oversees all business, technology and operational responsibility for the brand. Previously, Grossman served as the Global Chief Revenue Officer for Bloomberg Media.

Lauri Reuter is an expert in the future of food. He is a specialist in cell biology, genetic engineering, and protein production and is passionate about securing food production in the future.

David Sinclair, PhD, AO, is a Professor of Genetics at the Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School. Additionally, he is the Co-Director of the Paul F. Glenn Center for Biological Mechanisms of Aging Research at Harvard and the Co-Chief Editor of the Aging journal.

Andrew Swinand is the CEO of the Creative Group across all Publicis agencies, as well as the CEO of Leo Burnett. Andrew is also the co-founder of Abundant Venture Partners.

Gary A. Bolles writes and lectures around the world on the future of work, learning, and the organization.

Scott Birnbaum is CEO of MORF Gallery, leading a team of award-winning artists that create highly collectible fine art with breakthrough technologies like artificial intelligence, robotics, and neuroscience.

Panos Papazoglou is the Managing Partner of EY Greece. He has extensive exposure to the international environment. He possesses sound management experience and supervisory skills gained over 33 years of being involved in the accounting and audit profession.

Stone has extensive experience in the healthcare industry, including devising growth strategies, improving the cost and quality of healthcare services, establishing innovative partnerships across players in the healthcare sector.

Harry Gaskell is EY’s UK and Ireland Purpose and Sustainability Leader. He is responsible for EY’s clients getting the advice they need to become more sustainable businesses. He also ensures EY itself is a leading sustainable business.

Carlo is managing director of the Eindhoven AI System Institute at Eindhoven University of Technology. He advises ministries and industries around the world on the future of mobility and is member of the supervisory board of several high-tech companies and start-ups.

Randazzese’s work focuses on helping organizations improve investments and governance related to science and technology. During his tenure at SRI he has led project teams to develop regional research strategies.

Costantza Sbokou is co-owner and co-CEO of Phāea Resorts, a leading, privately-owned hotel company with 5 resorts in Crete. Sbokou is also the Senior Architect of T.E.MES. S.A. (Tourism Enterprises of Messinia), the Developers of Costa Navarino.

Dr. Lazaros Polymenakos (Ph.D. MIT ’95) is the Director of AI for EY Technical Consulting in Europe, CESA. He works on AI projects in NLP, Vision, and Dialog for EY clients and for the development of innovative EY new solutions/assets.

Daniel Kraft is a Stanford and Harvard-trained physician-scientist, inventor, entrepreneur, and innovator and is serving as the Chair of the XPRIZE Pandemic Alliance Task Force. With over 25 years of experience in clinical practice, biomedical research and healthcare innovation, Kraft has served as faculty chair for Medicine at SU.

Haris Broumidis is President and CEO of Vodafone Greece. He first joined Vodafone in 2002 as Marketing Director and subsequently Enterprise Business Unit Director for Greece.

Shelly McNamara is responsible for leading strategies to make P&G one of the most innovative, diverse and inclusive companies in the world.

Dr. Psaltis has been a Member of the Board of Directors of Alpha Bank since 2018 and CEO since 2019. He is a Member of the Board of Directors and of the Executive Committee of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV) since 2021. 

Peggy Antonakou is the Regional GM for Southeast Europe at Google.Before joining Google, MS Antonakou was CEO of Microsoft for Greece, Cyprus and Malta.

Alex Chatzielftheriou is an entrepreneur and CEO and co-founder of Blueground, a global proptech company offering a curated network of thousands of quality, turnkey, fully furnished apartments in the most sought-after neighbourhoods around the globe.

Vassiliki Lazarakou, JSD, is the Chair of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission, a Member of the Management Board of the European Securities and Markets Authority, and the Chair of ESAs Joint Committee on Securitizations.

Andreas Stavropoulos is a partner at Threshold (formerly DFJ) Ventures and a member of the firm’s management committee. He currently serves on the boards of a number of private companies, including several in the enterprise infrastructure space.

Dimitri Papalexopoulos is Chairman of the Executive Committee of TITAN Cement Group, a cement and building materials producer active since 1902. He is also Chairman of the Board of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV).

Dutch artist and innovator Daan Roosegaarde is a creative thinker and maker of social designs which explore the relation between people, technology and space. He founded Studio Roosegaarde where he works with designers and engineers towards a better future.

George Karakousis is a commercial executive with significant experience in building innovative products and services with a customer-first approach.