Rita Gunther McGrath is a world-renowned thought leader and a professor at Columbia Business School, where she directs the popular Leading Strategic Growth and Change program. She is widely recognized as a premier expert on leading innovation and growth during times of uncertainty. In her speeches and consulting, Rita works with Fortune 1,000 companies, helping boards, CEOs, and senior executives act strategically in rapidly changing and volatile environments. She has received the #1 achievement award for strategy from the prestigious Thinkers50 and has been consistently named one of the world’s top ten management thinkers in its bi-annual ranking.

Rita is recognized as one of a small group of experts who have built today’s best-in-class innovation practices, and her tools for making innovation a managed proficiency was integral to the foundation of the “lean startup” movement. In 2009, she was elected as a Fellow of the Strategic Management Society in recognition of her impact on the field. She has also been elected as a Fellow of the International Academy of Management and has received the “Theory to Practice” award at the Vienna Strategy Forum.

Professor Omera Khan inspires businesses to embrace change, build resilience, develop dynamic teams and prepare for future disruptions through customised solutions. Using her specialist knowledge and expertise she works with organisations to adapt and transform their processes. She brings both insight and sensitivity to global companies facing the challenges of transition and develop effective tools and solutions that empower creative leadership to achieve your goals.

From the outset, Omera’s path to becoming a Full Professor and business leader in logistics, operations and supply chain management was never pre-destined nor an obvious choice to make. Primarily, this was because academia, supply chain management and business leadership were, at that time, heavily male dominated arenas and still are, albeit to a lesser degree, today.

Omera’s venture into supply chain management began after graduating in textile design when she chose to pursue her passion for design through an alternative route. After completing a Masters in design procurement at UMIST (University of Manchester, UK) with much success, the university sponsored her subsequent PhD in Supply Chain Risk Management.

Her journey has been challenging but immensely rewarding. Today her success places her as one of just 120 business leaders in Europe invited onto the executive committee of the CILT “Leaders in Supply Chain” forum. Omera, however, states her greatest career achievement as having led the way for other women in supply chain management. She is passionate about supporting and encouraging many more women into senior roles in this field.

Espen Barth Eide er statsviter, politiker og han er Stortingsrepresentant for Oslo Arbeiderparti fra 2017.

Frem til 14. august 2017 var Eide Kypros-spesialrådgiver for FNs generalsekretærer Ban Ki-moon og Antonio Guterres. Fra 2014 til 2016 var han direktør i Verdens økonomiske forum. Han var forsvarsminister 2011–2012 og utenriksminister 2012–2013 i Jens Stoltenbergs andre regjering.

Eide var prosjektleder 1991–1993 og generalsekretær 1992–1993 i Europabevegelsen. I 1993 ble han forsker ved Norsk utenrikspolitisk institutt (NUPI), hvor han ledet FN-programmet 1996–2000 og avdelingen for internasjonal politikk 2002–2005.

Han ble kåret til «Morgendagens verdensleder» av Verdens økonomiske forum i 2003, og ble tildelt Norsk Petroleumsforenings studiefonds pris for en analyse av norske interesser i Nordområdene i 2005.

Eide er nestleder i styret for Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue i Genève og styremedlem for SIPRI i Stockholm og NUPI i Oslo.

Over the past 19 years, Christian Rangen has advised companies and governments globally on strategy, transformation, innovation, and developing innovate ecosystems. He has worked extensively on corporate transformation programs across a range of industries, working closely with CEOs, Boards and strategy leaders to navigate transformation journeys.

His work spans building Innovation Superclusters in Malaysia, helping Norwegian energy companies think about open innovation in practice, develop the Swiss innovation ecosystem and reshaping the Norwegian Innovation Cluster program.

Over the past decade he has developed 75 new strategy tools (canvases), four advanced learning simulations and trained 1000’s of people in the Strategy Tools methodology. Today, the strategy tech platform has users in 100+ countries and customers in 65+ countries. Looking ahead, he is working to develop a strong global community and scale the Strategy Tools platform globally.

Chris is also business school faculty or visiting faculty, teaching strategy, transformation and the clean energy revolution at five business schools. He is an active public speaker and presents frequently at international management and strategy conferences

His recent publications include:
Building the Transformational Company (2020)
Building Innovation Superclusters (2019) (English, Chinese mandarin)
The shifting Energy Arena (2018)

Pamela F. Willgohs is Executive Vice President Marketing and Sales in Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace, a Business Area within Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (KONGSBERG).

Since joining KONGSBERG in 2003, Ms. Willgohs has worked in a variety of roles across the organization. After an initial start in the simulation and training business, she has worked in marketing and sales within C4ISR, air defense, remote weapon stations and most recently as the lead of the Medium Caliber Turret Division within Protech Systems.

Ms. Willgohs was born and raised in Minnesota, USA. In 1990, she graduated with honors from Hamline University with a BA in Psychology and began her career as a Human Factors Engineer with the Hughes Aircraft company and later working International Programs for Motorola Government Systems. In addition to her extensive experience in international marketing and sales, Ms. Willgohs has years of experience in working directly with military leadership, soldiers and the acquisition organizations world-wide.