All Leqture Speakers

Afsar Ali is a Positive Psychology Coach and Consultant, and Director of Muted Healing, a coaching and training company that specialises in creatin...

Anita is an empathy expert, author & speaker, award-winning educator, and social impact coach. A Montreal native, Anita holds a doctoral degree fr...

Dr. Artur C. Jaschke (PhD) has obtained his Bachelor degree in Music (Contrabass and Drums) at Dartington College of Arts and the University of Ota...

Ben Wilberforce-Ritchie is Philosopher and Founder of Phicilitate Ltd., Ethics Manager at the FTSE100 company BAE Systems, and author. He takes gre...

Cammy is an Executive Director at Inclusive Communities. In this role she utilizes her passions for promoting social justice, community building and..

David Chislett (1970) is a Change Pilot, specialised in helping people and teams get in touch with their creativity and use it to maximise their po...

Don was also the founder of Black History Month in Southampton which has now been established as a core event in the city’s calendar. He is also co...

Eric is a highly-sought-after leadership coach, with an expertise in developing conscious leaders that are stewards of humanity. Eric is also the a...

Frans von der Dunk is Professor of Space Law at the University of Nebraska and Director of Black Holes Consultancy on space law and policy in Leide...

Guido Stompff is lector van design thinking aan de Hogeschool Inholland en auteur van de bestseller ‘Design thinking’, dat verkozen werd tot Manage...

Irene Koel begon als reclamemaker en merkbouwer bij FHV/BBDO, waar zij 16 jaar werkte voor klanten als Albert Heijn, Sara Lee, Pepsi, Libertel, Smi...

Jarek Sacharski is a voice coach and public speaking coach based in Amsterdam. He works with executives and directors on impactful communication .....

Dr Jodie Lowinger is the CEO and Founder of the Sydney Anxiety Clinic.
Jodie is a Clinical Psychologist and has worked in organizational, hospital ...

Joras Ferwerda graduated as a Doctor of Economics, a Master's degree in Economics and Social Sciences, and a Bachelor's degree in Economics and Law...

Joyce Marter has been a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor since 1998 and is an expert in self-esteem, mindfulness, career development, and t...

Jörn Steinz is an experienced time management trainer who has been experimenting with all kinds of time management methods for years. Based on his ...

Koos de Wilt graduated as a private law jurist from Erasmus University Rotterdam.
He practiced law briefly, then transitioned to media and communic...

Lauren Maxwell is an Amsterdam-based storyteller, producer, and performer with over 30 years of on/off experience in theatre and comedy, both in the..

Leyya is an entrepreneur and social justice advocate, celebrated for her impact across industries, businesses and communities over the past 10 year...

With over 15 years of experience building and developing a successful management career within the IT recruitment sector,
Louise transitioned her c...

Marieke Dewitte is a clinical psychologist-sexologist who had her training in Belgium and The Netherlands and completed her PhD at Ghent University...

Dr. Martin Ebeling is a philosopher, leadership expert and heads the business program of The School of Life in Germany. He has made a name for hims...

Michael W. Kwakkelstein (1963) is the director of the Dutch University Institute for Art History in Florence and Professor of Art History at the Un...

Monika is an actor and screenwriter with more than 40 television credits. She has performed, directed, and taught improv and sketch writing at some...

Onyi Anyado is a UK based global Leadership Speaker, Futurist and Corporate Trainer. Onyi speaks around the world at different conferences, event a...

Raul Aparici is a London based speaker, coach and facilitator. He is the Head of Faculty at The School of Life, a global organisation teaching peop...

Richard Ronay is an assistant professor and currently teaches on issues related to leadership, culture, social intelligence, and conflict resolutio...

Rod is an experiential designer, facilitator and host. He works with the THNK School of Creative Leadership and has designed and facilitated hundre...

Rolf studies how cyber criminals earn their money. Originally trained as a criminologist, he is now an Assistant Professor (UD) at the Faculty of T...

Sander Allegro brings his passion for service excellence and hospitality into practice from various roles. He is chairman od Qualty Lodigings, a co...

After building a distinguished career as Chief Learning Officer, a learning innovator and strategist for multinational companies such as Philips,
A...

Taz spent over 4 years as a teacher before making the move to hire global teams in the Startup space. Frustrated with the lack of diversity and inc...

Prof. Dr. Tobias Kalenscher has a diploma in psychology. He received a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience from the Ruhr-University Bochum in 2005. He we...

Zoe Philpott is an interactive storyteller, entrepreneur, and the creator of Ada.Ada.Ada.
Her work is at the intersection of experience design and ...

Alessandra Patti, is a professional trainer and consultant with a background in linguistics, psychology and marketing, and she has been nominated o...

Dr. Anna Machin is an evolutionary anthropologist, writer and broadcaster who studies the science behind our closest relationships including those ...

Assaf worked at one of the top law firms in Israel, specialising in commercial law, venture capital funds, Internet & Computer law, and Start-Ups.
I...

Björn Atterstam is a psychologist, he is a pioneer in human-driven innovations and personal development. For more than 20 years he has been working...

Christina Mergenthaler is an expert in infectious disease epidemiology at KIT Royal Tropical Institute. Her work focuses on the development of meth...

Dr. LaPorte is Professor of Psychology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and author of the book Paranoid: Exploring Suspiciousness from the Dub...

Eduard Beltran is a lawyer, lecturer, consultant, and expert speaker on negotiation. In recent years, he has trained over 10,000 professionals from...

Esther Rouhard (1970) is a Coach, Facilitator and Trainer. She studied Fashion Management and works with tools like NLP and Insights Discovery. She...

Geoff is a global advocate, campaigner and consultant in addressing the stigma of mental ill-health in the workplace. He inspires and provokes orga...

Haza Rahim grew up with 2 cultures, the Kurdish and the Dutch. She shows how big the influence of your culture is on your identity.
She is a Psycho...

Jan Scheele organized 50 TED events worldwide and ended up in blockchain technology in 2015. Besides being CEO of a blockchain scaleup ($18 million...

Jason Gill is Professor of Cardiometabolic Health in the Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences at the University of Glasgow. He leads an...

Jon Jefferson is a prolific author and documentary writer/producer. His two National Geographic documentaries about the Body Farm—the macabre resea...

Joriene Beks studied Business Administration and majored in Strategic Management. In the role of consultant/coach/interim, she has guided countless...

Julia is a Professor of Clinical Psychology in the School of Psychology, Speech and Hearing at the University of Canterbury and the Director of the...

Dr. Karim Benammar (1966) is a philosopher specialising in transformative thinking and gives lectures and workshops to companies and organisations ...

Krzysztof Dobrowolski studied art history and French literature at the UvA, Paris IV-Sorbonne and the Jagielloński in Krakow. Sinds 2006 he has bee...

Leonie van der Grinten is strafrechtadvocaat, blogger, spreker en oprichter van een online advocaten platform. Ze doceert in succesvol pleiten en i...

Liesbeth Smit is a nutrition scientist, science communicator, and author of the best-selling book “Eat Like an Expert”. You can find her debunking ...

After a boy threatened to kill her with a machete, Lynne Franklin started learning all she could about persuasion.
As a “neuroscience nerd”, she tr...

Marjolijn van Oordt is an international expert on crisis readiness. Throughout her career she has guided organizations through more than 200 crisis...

Matthias Mittelsten Scheid (*1980) ist seit über 10 Jahren in leitenden HR-Funktionen. Nach seiner Bankausbildung studierte er an der Universität M...

Born in Stockholm, raised in São Paulo – and having lived and worked around the world – Michell is global by default.

Technology futurist, informat...

Als freie Beraterin für Gleichstellung und Diversität ist Nicole Günther seit 2006 national und international unterwegs. Sie arbeitet vor allem mit...

Paul Rulkens is an expert in high performance. He has lectured at the Universities of Maastricht, Groningen and Twente. His clients include compani...

Remco Breuker is a Professor of Korean Studies and Chairman of the Dept of Korean Studies at Leiden University. Breuker is a historian in the...

Richard is fascinated with how we create technology to increase our productivity and then often seem to achieve the opposite. He has a passion for ...

Rody Vonk (1973) is an international trainer and facilitator in the field of innovation, creative thinking and design thinking. He helps organisati...

With a background in Sonic Interaction Design from HKU and Artificial Intelligence at UvA, Rory bridges the gap between human interaction and the i...

Sarah Stein Lubrano is writer, a content strategist, and a researcher at Oxford University. Her academic research focuses on the role of emotion i....

Attention expert and cognitive psychologist Stefan van der Stigchel helps you to emerge victorious from the battle for your attention.
He shows how...

Tanya has been a corporate facilitator since 1999, a  Coach since 2009 and loves to coach teams.
She is passionate about helping clients lighten up...

Vincent Vis has traded in financial markets for about a decade.
He trains new recruits in trading companies and he is also a frequent guest leqtur....

Zoia Mahjoubi is a Berlin based psychologist working as a trainer and speaker for topics related to mental health, mindfulness based stress managem...

Alison Coward is the founder of Bracket, a consultancy that partners with ambitious, forward-thinking companies to help them build high-performing ...

Anne Parker is a qualified L& D professional and uses her wealth of experience to enable companies to develop capabilities such as cultural agility...

Aurelie Litynski is a TEDx speaker, as well as a certified Chief Happiness Officer and Chief Wellbeing Officer. In addition, she has received train...

Bosse Larsson is a Swedish teacher, trainer and concept developer. He has extensive experience developing creative thinking and learning with prima...

Dr Colleen Lightbody is a respected International Coach, Trainer, Mentor, Assessor and Speaker.
Her specific areas of expertise lie in Neuroscience...

Dmitry is a passionate speaker and science communicator dedicated to distilling complex concepts into clear and structured messages. Renowned for h...

Elaine has worked in organizations for the better part of her career, leading teams, navigating politics and getting the work done. She spent 11 ye...

Fiona helps empower professionals. She guides Humans with AI integration and strategy, maximizing our communication and connection, engagement and ...

Her corporate experience spans several decades in Finance, Information Technology and Management consulting. She implemented business and IT transf...

Hendrik-Jan Grievink (1977) is researcher, visionary designer and public speaker.
He is part of the core team of Next Nature, a global network of c...

Janeen, Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist with 18 years of experience in creative and therapeutic fields for children and youth.
She passionate...

Jennifer Tosch, is a cultural historian, activist, founder of Black Heritage Tours in Amsterdam (Netherlands), and New York State; co-author of 3 g...

Prof Wilson is an award-winning branding practitioner and academic with two doctorates. He has worked with governments, organizations, and people o...

Dr. Jos Ahlers (1963) started his career at the University of Amsterdam.
After his PhD in Psychology, he left academia and made the switch to the b...

Dr Julian Baggini is the author, co-author, or editor of over 20 books.
These include The Godless Gospel, How The World Thinks, The Virtues of the...

Kerstin Plehwe, award winning entrepreneur, tedX speaker and bestselling author is a passionate advocate of women empowerment and one of the few to...

Laura M. Giurge is an award-winning organizational scholar and behavioral scientist, and an assistant professor at the London School of Economics. ...

Lesa is a Psychology graduate, industrial psychometrist, MBA graduate, and owner of top disability inclusion consulting firm, Bradshaw LeRoux.
She ...

As Facilitator of Collaboration, Line Mørkbak has specialised in online team collaboration.

She supports clients to reevaluate what drives their te...

Manon Beurskens is a gamification expert, strategic creative thinker, and certified behavior changer. She enjoys a solid reputation as an expert in...

Marjon van Opijnen, lecturer, breath and trauma therapist, founded the Embodiment
LAB to create a place where we can regain our relation with our e...

Merel Teunissen is a lawyer at Versteeg Wigman Sprey.
She advises, contracts, and litigates on the most diverse issues in media, copyright, tradema...

Mikela is a visiting leqturer
at the University of Malta and is passionate about people and their potential to thrive
in open and safe environments...

Nienke van der Wal has worked in the arts for almost 20 years, as a consultant, curator, podcast host, moderator, leqturer, speaker, and author. Sh...

Paul van Tongeren is een filosoof en theoloog. Hij is hoogleraar ethiek aan de Universiteit Leuven en emeritus hoogleraar filosofische ethiek aan d...

Rens van der Vorst is a techno philosopher and author of best-selling books on technology. With his grounded knowledge, he helps to think about the...

Robert Rowland Smith was for 7 years a Prize Fellow at Oxford and is a consultant, leqturer and writer on philosophy, literature and psychoanalysis
...

Roeland has a master in organizational sciences (University of Utrecht) and a master in Political Sciences (University of Amsterdam). He spend the ...

Rose specialises in mood disorders, vocational rehabilitation, crisis intervention, self-harm, emotion regulation, stress management, and conflict ...

Scott is a People Development leader with over 20 years experience helping leaders, teams and organizations all over the world to more deeply under...

As a philosopher, facilitator, and writer, Steven specialises in helping businesses and professionals unlock their full potential by improving how t..

Tash Koster-Thomas (she/her) is an Inclusion and Diversity Consultant, presenter, speaker, and LGBTQ+ Activist who stands at the forefront of trans...

Virginia is an author, public speaker, consultant and co-founder of The Feminist Shop - a feminist ethical brand and hub. With a background in the ...

Andrew Tarvin is the CEO of Humor That Works, a leadership development company that teaches professionals how to use humor to achieve better...

Antonia has a Masters degree in Zoology. She is a keynote speaker and self-taught programmer, working in the field of AR, VR, and haptics. She trav...

Aurélie Salvaire is a French author and social entrepreneur passionate about gender and narratives. She has been working for the past 10 years in t...

Bruce Hood is the Director of the Cognitive Development Centre at the University of Bristol. He undertook his Ph.D. at Cambridge followed by appoin...

Daphne founded her company BrainExplainers in 2016. BrainExplainers provides knowledge about the human brain (neuroscience) and heart intelligence....

Dominique Hansen is a professor of 'rehabilitation and exercise physiology in cardiometabolic diseases' at Hasselt University, and researcher at He...

Award-winning cellist Elisabeth Wiklander worked in The Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra before accepting her current position in The London Phil...

Dr. Florien Cramwinckel has a Ph.D. in social psychology.
She is enthusiastic about evidence-based interventions for behavior change, especially in...

Glynis Bogaard is a legal psychologist and works as a lecturer at Maastricht University. She is part of the forensic psychology section and does re...

Prof. Dr. Henry Otgaar is Hoogleraar Rechtspsychologie aan de Universiteit Maastricht en Onderzoeksprofessor aan de KU Leuven. Zijn expertise ligt ...

Jan-Willem works as an Associate Professor at the department of Experimental and Applied Psychology of VU Amsterdam, and as a Senior Researcher at ...

Jeroen van Baar, PhD, was born into the Millennial generation in the Dutch town of Apeldoorn.

He studied Liberal Arts & Sciences at University Coll...

Dr. Jonathan Reichental is a multiple-award-winning technology and business leader whose career has spanned both the private and public sectors. He...

Joseph is a Drama-therapist and a storyteller who has also been a cultural journalist for almost 20 years.
He started writing about queer culture i...

Dr. Jérôme Gijselaers has a master's degree in neuropsychology and a PhD in the field of biopsychology and educational sciences. He has conducted o...

Kilian Wawoe is an organisational psychologist who has held several top HR positions, lastly as vice-president for West- and Southern-Europe within...

Laura te Hennepe brings over 15 years of expertise as a systemic expert deeply connected to the social dynamics of the workplace. Formerly associat...

Levi Hord is a Ph.D. student in the Department of English & Comparative Literature at Columbia, specializing in transgender & queer theory. Their aca.

Lisette authored the Work Together Anywhere Handbook, hosts a regular podcast featuring interviews with remote-working experts, and facilitated wor...

Marc has a degree in applied mathematics from Harvard College, spent several years developing optical character recognition computer systems, and l...

Dr. Mark Rowe has been a practicing family physician for nearly 30 years, having graduated from Medical School (UCD, Ireland) in 1991. He is the fo...

Transforming how businesses think through improvisation, Michael Diederich helps teams and individuals improve themselves, making them better at th...

Minna Taylor is the Founder of Energize Your Voice, a global communication coaching and training firm, author of The Confident Body, international ...

Nina Blussé (1978) is sociaal-psycholoog/trainer. Ze werkte als locatiemanager van IMC Weekendschool in Amsterdam Noord en was mede-ontwikkelaar en...

Dr. Raj Persaud is an English consultant psychiatrist, broadcaster, and author of psychiatry books.
He is known for raising public awareness of psy...

Dr. Pranay Sanklecha is a former professor of philosophy and the founder of a consultancy dedicated to helping businesses think better about the th...

Robert Wolfe is a leadership coach, storytelling trainer and innovation facilitator at the THNK School of Creative Leadership. Wolfe was born in Au...

Rogier Creemers is an Assistant Professor in the law and governance of China at Leiden University. With a background in Chinese studies, internatio...

Roy is a qualified attorney and a director at Run to the Monster, a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) short-video training
organis...

Prior to becoming a trainer and consultant, Spencer studied as a Clarendon Scholar at the University of Oxford. He teaches positive psychology at t...

Dr. Surya Gayet (1984) is a cognitive neuroscientist and experimental psychologist, who studies human consciousness, attention, perception, and mem...

Tharaka Gunarathne ‘Dr T’ high performance expert and psychiatrist, is a three-times TEDx speaker, Podcaster and has recently appeared in the new c...

Willem Frankenhuis, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Utrecht University (formerly at Radboud University), in the Netherlands. As a...