Kaiser Kuo is director of international communications at Baidu, China’s largest search engine. Living in Beijing for more than 20 years and named to the “Influence 100,” he is an expert on Chinese current affairs, politics, and culture and has experience in PR, marketing, and communications in Chinese markets. His weekly podcast is the most subscribed China-related podcast in the English language, and he was previously a technology correspondent for Red Herring magazine and worked as director of digital strategy for Ogilvy & Mather.

Dr. Erika Hamden is a Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Arizona. She develops UV detector technology with JPL, builds telescopes for NASA, and observes galaxies and hydrogen all over the universe. Prof. Hamden is a 2019 TED Fellow.

He is Chairman and CEO of Sindicatum Renewable Energy, a clean energy company headquartered in Singapore financing, building and operating renewable energy projects in India, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines. With his hands-on experience in clean energy combined with his other roles, Assaad is a high-profile thought leader on climate change, clean energy and the UN climate talks with more than 130,000 followers on Twitter, 100,000 on Facebook, 135,000 on LinkedIn and widely-read newspaper columns.

Dr. Asoka Jinadasa is a UK-qualified Chartered Engineer with a US doctorate in Business Strategy and decades of management experience in Europe, USA and Asia. He is a globally-acknowledged thought leader in developing human potential through an innovative blend of Ancient Wisdom and Modern Science.

Steve Beshear served as the 61st Governor of Kentucky from 2007-2015. He also served as Attorney General from 1979 to 1983, Lieutenant Governor from 1983 to 1987 and was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1974-1979.

Nuseir, an Arab-Israeli video blogger, gained recognition for his creation of more than 1,000 one-minute-long daily videos on social media platforms such as Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram, which can be found on his Nas Daily page. In 2016, after leaving his job at Venmo, Yassin set out to travel the world with the aim of capturing his adventures and encounters on video.