Meet our 2026 speakers
Jiong Gong
Professor of EconomicsUniversity of International Business and EconomicsChina
Xiaoxia Qi
Director General of the Bureau of International CooperationCyberspace Administration of ChinaChina
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
Henna Virkkunen
Executive Vice-President for Technological Sovereignty, Security, and DemocracyEuropean CommissionBelgium
Abigail Slater
Former Assistant Attorney GeneralThe US GovernmentUnited States
James Galbraith
Lloyd M. Bentsen, jr. Chair in Government/Business Relations, LBJ School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin, and Member, Lisbon Academy of SciencesLyndon B. Johnson Schoo of Public Affairs, University of Austin TexasUnited States
Carlos Moedas
MayorCity of LisbonPortugal
Gabriele Mazzini
Architect of EU AI Act & FellowMIT Media LabUnited States
Chris Smalls
Co-founder and former president of the Amazon Labor UnionLabour union activistUnited States
Paulo Magro da Luz
Secretary of State for Government SimplificationGovernment of PortugalPortugal
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
João Rui Ferreira
Secretary of State for EconomyGovernment of PortugalPortugal
Steve Cortes
Campaign Strategist, Media SpokesmanTrump & Vance CampaignsUnited States
DeRay Mckesson
Civil Rights Activist & PodcasterPod Save The PeopleUnited States
Henry Farrell
SNF Agora Institute Professor of International AffairsJohn Hopkins UniversityUnited States
Paulo Nogueira Batista Jr
Former Executive Director of IMF and VP of BRICS bankIMF/BRICS bankBrazil