Meet our 2026 speakers

Jiong Gong
Professor of EconomicsUniversity of International Business and EconomicsChinaVictor Gao
Chair Professor, Soochow University; Vice President, CCG; and Chairman, China Energy SecurityCenter for China and Globalization (CCG)ChinaDan Wang
China DirectorEurasia GroupChinaXiaoxia Qi
Director General of the Bureau of International CooperationCyberspace Administration of ChinaChinaHenna Virkkunen
Executive Vice-President for Technological Sovereignty, Security, and DemocracyEuropean CommissionBelgiumAbigail Slater
Former Assistant Attorney GeneralThe US GovernmentUnited StatesChris Smalls
Co-founder and the former president of the Amazon Labor UnionLabour union activistUnited StatesMimoza Kusari-Lila
Minister of Trade, Industry, Entrepreneurship and InnovationGovernment of KosovoKosovo, Republic ofPaul Tighe
Secretary of the Dicastery for Culture and EducationThe VaticanItalySinéad O'Sullivan
Strategy and CompetitivenessHarvard Business School/Harvard Business ReviewUnited StatesPaolo Benanti
AI Advisor to the Vatican and Italian GovtPontifical Gregorian UniversityItalySteve Cortes
Senior Adviser and Communications SpokesmanTrump CampaignUnited StatesDeRay Mckesson
Civil Rights Activist & PodcasterPod Save The PeopleUnited StatesHenry Farrell
SNF Agora Institute Professor of International AffairsJohn Hopkins UniversityUnited StatesEli Clifton
Co-Founder & Senior AdvisorQuincy InstituteUnited StatesMiriam Cates
Former MP and CommentatorThe Centre for Social JusticeUnited KingdomLauren Southern
Filmmaker and ActivistLauren SouthernCanadaAl Carns
British Labour MP and former Minister for the Armed ForcesBritish GovernmentUnited KingdomGabriele Guzzi
Academic economist, author and former advisor to the Italian Presidency of the Council of MinistersUniversity of Cassino and Southern LazioItalyAngelica Oung
Journalist and FounderOffshore Wind UnredactedTaiwan