Contribution: Fireside Chat
Showdown - creating a storyline to control the message and own the room 

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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Contribution: Keynote speech
Utilizing Tactical Empathy to influence and uncover hidden information

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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Contribution: Keynote Speech
The role of negotiation in high-performing teams

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.

Contribution: Keynote speech
Negotiation and conflict resolution -the stories we tell

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.

Contribution: Keynote Speech
Managing risks in negotiations

“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. His proprietary Schranner Concept® is used by numerous Fortune 500 companies worldwide to succeed in difficult negotiations.

Contribution: Fireside Chat

Peace Negotiations

Oleksandra Matviichuk is a human rights defender who works on issues in Ukraine and the OSCE region. At present she heads the human rights organization Center for Civil Liberties, and also coordinates the work ofthe initiative group Euromaidan SOS. The activities of the Center for Civil Liberties are aimed at protecting human rights and establishing democracy in Ukraine and the OSCE region.

After the beginning of new armed aggressionin February 2022, Oleksandra Matviichuk together with other partners created the “Tribunal for Putin” initiative in order to document international crimes under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in all regions of Ukraine which became the targets of attacks of the Russian Federation.

In 2022 Oleksandra Matviichuk was awarded with the Right Livelihood Award and recognized as one of the 25th influential women in the world by Financial Times. The same year Center for Civil Liberties which Oleksandra Matviichuk head’s for received the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Contribution: Panel Discussion

Marni is in charge of the entire franchise which includes: Banking, Capital Markets & Advisory, Global Wealth Management, Markets, Services, and Citi Commercial Bank. Marni has been at Citi for 23 years and was previously Global Head of Healthcare Corporate Banking in New York.  She’s advised clients on their capital structure, capital allocation and financing plans in addition to their international cash management, trade needs and improving working capital management.  She has raised over $250bn for her client in the capital markets.  She also spent a decade covering consumer companies and spent several years in restructuring

Contribution: Workshop
Negotiating with cybercriminals

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.

Contribution: Workshop
𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞-𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞

Zhike Lei is an award-winning organizational scholar and an expert on psychological safety, team dynamics, organizational learning, error management, and patient safety.

Lei studies how organizations, teams, and employees adapt and learn in complex, time-pressured, consequence-laden environments. As a global management educator, she has taught executives and PhD, DBA, EMBA, and MBA candidates, as well as undergraduates, and has won numerous teaching awards and recognitions.

Contribution: Workshop 
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞

His research and teaching focuses on sustainability and the economics of climate change. He is therefore able to provide key insights on the transition risk arising from the shift to a greener economy and help companies face up to the challenges of potential asset degradation and increasing carbon prices.

Karl’s expertise in computational methods in finance means that he is able to apply numerical solution techniques to complex economic and financial models and shed light on a range of topical market issues and industry problems for organizations.

Contribution: Workshop

How ESG is changing way of doing Business in Risk Governance Lifecycle?

Concrete demands on firms from clients, markets, and regulators are pushing firms to fundamentally revisit and enhance their ways of steering business. This has impact on all aspects of governance, risk types, and going beyond its boundaries to third parties. Session will highlight why, what and how of current state and its future implications.  

Alexandra is a Partner at PwC Switzerland, focusing on advising clients on all aspects of how they think about, identify, and manage risks for their business. She is a firm believer in risk as a business enabler, with the biggest risk sometimes being not taking any risks.

A computer scientist by training, she works on the intersection of risk, technology and ESG developments and is interested in a dialogue on how these disciplines can jointly contribute to better business and society outcomes. In addition to her advisory work, she is also a lecturer on risk, with a focus on operational risk amongst others at University of Lucerne.

Daniel Wiener is a Member of the World Future Council on Infrastructure at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

He is co-founder and board member of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). After many years of entrepreneurial activity, he now works as a consultant for sustainable development.

With Daniel, we will focus on the importance of mediation in the negotiation process. We will discuss the right timing for both formal and informal negotiations.

Contribution: Panel Discussion – Inclusive leadership, presented by Advance – Gender Equality in Business

Petra Jantzer is Senior Managing Director at Accenture and CEO of European Pharmaceuticals and Med Tech Business. Petra has more than 20 years’ experience in R&D, both as a consultant in the (bio)pharmaceuticals sector and as a researcher.

Before her current position, she was a tenured Partner with McKinsey & Company. In that role, she was a co-founding Board Member of Advance. With her own career, Petra has been role modelling gender equality in the workplace and beyond and is a strong force in fostering female talents.

Contribution: Panel Discussion – Inclusive leadership, presented by Advance – Gender Equality in Business

Kamales is a bold and strategic thinker in digital and business transformation. She combines over 23 years of deep cross-industry experience with the latest digital and technology solutions. Kamales is listed in the “Top 10 Global Thought Leaders in Digital Transformation” (Thinkers360). In 2022, Kamales was recognized in International 40 Over 40 - The World's Most Inspiring Women by Cap Gemini Invent and Female One Zero. Kamales is also the author ofthe best-selling book 'The Human Side Of Digital Business Transformation', an essential guide for business leaders to navigate transformation in next-generation organizations.

Kamales is a strong advocate for diversity in the tech scape. She believes that diversity of knowledge, culture, gender, sexual orientation, andexperience plays a critical role in developing technology solutions that have atransformative impact in business and society. She is a dynamic keynote speakerhaving presented at over 250 events across 4 continents.

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Contribution: Workshop

How ESG is changing way of doing Business in Risk Governance Lifecycle?

An Alumni of Harvard Business School, University of St Gallen, and Nanyang Technological University, Vinay has a diverse global academic and professional background across regions and industries. For the past two decades, he has been  helping firms in the financial sector to create meaningful footprints in risk, sustainability and corporate governance challenges working for PwC, UBS and KPMG.

Contribution: Workshop

Beyond the Deal: Defuse Negotiation Risks Through Behavioral Science

Having founded Allianz's Global Center for Behavioral Economics, Christian fuses Nobel-Prize-Winning insights from psychology, neuroscience, and economics to influence decisions. His team empowers both Allianz and its stakeholders, as well as the external clients of the Center to realize their ambitions. Personally specializing in strategic decision-making, he has advised board members across five continents. Christian honed his expertise studying in St. Gallen, Singapore, and Geneva.