Meet our 2026 speakers
Jiong Gong
Professor of EconomicsUniversity of International Business and EconomicsChina
Victor Gao
Chair Professor, Soochow University; Vice President, CCG; and Chairman, China Energy SecurityCenter for China and Globalization (CCG)China
Dan Wang
China DirectorEurasia GroupChina
Xiaoxia Qi
Director General of the Bureau of International CooperationCyberspace Administration of ChinaChina
Henna Virkkunen
Executive Vice-President for Technological Sovereignty, Security, and DemocracyEuropean CommissionBelgium
Abigail Slater
Former Assistant Attorney GeneralThe US GovernmentUnited States
Chris Smalls
Co-founder and the former president of the Amazon Labor UnionLabour union activistUnited States
Mimoza Kusari-Lila
Minister of Trade, Industry, Entrepreneurship and InnovationGovernment of KosovoKosovo, Republic of
Paul Tighe
Secretary of the Dicastery for Culture and EducationThe VaticanItaly
Sinéad O'Sullivan
Strategy and CompetitivenessHarvard Business School/Harvard Business ReviewUnited States
Paolo Benanti
AI Advisor to the Vatican and Italian GovtPontifical Gregorian UniversityItaly
Steve Cortes
Senior Adviser and Communications SpokesmanTrump CampaignUnited States
DeRay Mckesson
Civil Rights Activist & PodcasterPod Save The PeopleUnited States
Henry Farrell
SNF Agora Institute Professor of International AffairsJohn Hopkins UniversityUnited States
Eli Clifton
Co-Founder & Senior AdvisorQuincy InstituteUnited States
Miriam Cates
Former MP and CommentatorThe Centre for Social JusticeUnited Kingdom
Lauren Southern
Filmmaker and ActivistLauren SouthernCanada
Al Carns
British Labour MP and former Minister for the Armed ForcesBritish GovernmentUnited Kingdom
Gabriele Guzzi
Academic economist, author and former advisor to the Italian Presidency of the Council of MinistersUniversity of Cassino and Southern LazioItaly
Angelica Oung
Journalist and FounderOffshore Wind UnredactedTaiwan