Camille Vasquez is an NBC News Legal Analyst, most famous for her key role in the Johnny Depp defamation trial. A skilled litigator and now partner at Brown Rudnick, Vasquez is sought after for her key insights and perspective on today’s most high-profile legal cases, staying calm under pressure and protecting one’s brand and reputation.

A rising star even before she joined Brown Rudnick, Camille was named “One to Watch” by Best Lawyers in America for 2021-22. She has extensive experience handling reputation management and crisis communications, and more than 10 years of experience as a trial lawyer in high-stakes disputes.

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Chris is known as “The Master Negotiator”. A title earned throughout his time serving as the lead Crisis Negotiator for the New York City Division of the FBI, and then as the lead international kidnapping negotiator for the FBI where he helped develop the skills still used today across FBI hostage negotiators. He proceeded to teach business negotiation at USC, Georgetown, and Harvard business schools. 

In May 2016, he published the national best-seller “Never Split The Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It” to teach people everywhere how to apply life-changing hostage negotiation techniques in their daily lives. 

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Prof. George Kohlrieser negotiated in more than 100 Kidnappings and hostage-takings worldwide. He is a police psychologist and hostage negotiator focusing on aggression management and hostage negotiations.

He is a consultant to a number of governments, expert for CNN and the BBC, bestselling author, and the Distinguished Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior at IMD Business School in Switzerland.

Dr. Beth Fisher-Yoshida, is a Facilitator, Educator, Mediator and Executive Coach, who partners with clients to develop initiatives that will strengthen their core negotiation skills and effectiveness. She is President and CEO of Fisher Yoshida International, LLC, and clients have included global organizations in the Fortune 100, private sector, nonprofit and government sectors, military and security forces, communities, school districts and academic institutions.

“Matthias Schranner is one of the best negotiators worldwide”
– Forbes

Negotiation expert Matthias Schranner was originally trained by the police and the FBI as a lead negotiator for high-stakes situations. For the past 20 years, he and his team at the Schranner Negotiation Institute have been advising clients including the UN, global corporations and political parties in difficult negotiations.

He teaches the executive course series Negotiations on the Edge and is the author of books such as Negotiations on the Edge, Costly Mistakes, and The Schranner Concept®.

Matthias advises business and government leaders in over 40 countries, including the US, China and Japan. His proprietary Schranner Concept® is  used by numerous Fortune 500 companies worldwide to succeed in difficult negotiations.

Urs Küderli is the leading partner for Cybersecurity and Privacy at PwC in Switzerland, a multi-disciplinary group of experts in services across the whole business lifecycle, from strategy through design and implementation to operation and services.

He is a proven business and team leader with 20+ years of entrepreneurial experience in information technologies and more than a decade experience in both cybersecurity and privacy.

In his workshop, Urs will focus on Cyber Resilience and Defense, particularly emphasizing internal negotiations before, during, and after an incident.