Moving to new dates on November 3-4, the WIRED world will come to life at London’s Tobacco Dock, as we bring together our favourite thinkers, makers and doers.
Expect more than 50 fascinating speakers, experience the latest technology in the WIRED Test Lab with Telefónica Open Future, and enjoy exceptional networking with more than 700 like-minded individuals.
Also presenting on the Main Stage will be the 2016 WIRED Innovation Fellows – people working in fields covered by WIRED who, in our opinion, have the potential to make a huge impact on the world. The Fellows include two India INK Fellows and one La Ciudad de las Ideas Fellow.
Aviation pioneer
Sun-powered explorer Piccard is the initiator and pilot of Solar Impulse, the first solar plane to successfully fly around the world without a drop of fuel. Its flight totalled 23 days and 43,041km.
Jetman
Half of aerobatic duo Jetman Dubai, Rossy developed a 200mph wearable jet-powered wingsuit. One of the team’s Youtube videos has more than 11.4 million views.
First privately funded female space traveller
Ansari’s family funded the first XPRIZE for suborbital flight, launching a new era of private spaceflight.
United States chief technology officer
Former vice president at Google, Smith was named US chief technology office by President Obama, to advise on how to harness the power of data, technology, and innovation, on behalf of the American people.
AI pioneer
Co-founder of Google DeepMind and head of applied AI, Suleyman oversees the company’s projects to simulate brain-like neural networks.
Co-founder and CTO, SoundCloud
Wahlforss co-created SoundCloud, a global community of music creators, listeners and curators. As the largest music streaming service, SoundCloud offers more than 135 million tracks – from established artists and raw talent.
Virtual reality innovator
Creator of virtual civilisation Second Life, Rosedale is now CEO and co-founder of High Fidelity -- a company pioneering shared virtual worlds.
CEO, Hermitage Capital Management
Browder was Russia's biggest foreign investor, until his expulsion from the country in 2005. He claims the state then seized $230 million in taxes and left his lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, to die in prison.
Contemporary photographer
Mendel’s award-winning photographs confront the world’s most pressing social issues. His latest project, Drowning World, uses unusual portraiture to explore the impact of climate change.
Unicorn founder
Social media entrepreneur Mittal is the founder of Hike, a messaging app that allows people to chat and share files without the internet or a data connection. It has 100 million registered users.
Microbiologist; co-discoverer of the Ebola virus
Director of London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Piot helped identify the Ebola virus and has contributed to the understanding of HIV/AIDS. He has been on the frontline of the fight against both.
Inventor and social scientist
New York-based Matthews founded Uncharted Play, a renewable energy technology company specialising in motion-based, miniaturised systems that can turn almost anything that moves into a source of power.
Father of very deep learning
German computer scientist and artist Schmidhuber heads the Swiss AI Lab, which has developed the machine-learning tools powering billions of devices worldwide.
Migrant search and rescue
Catrambone and her husband Chris founded the Migrant Offshore Aid Station – a Malta-based search-and-rescue charity that uses boat patrols to assist Mediterranean migrants in distress.
Journalist, human rights defender, anti-extremism researcher
Syrian in exile, Alhamza is the co-founder and spokesperson for a group of activists who use citizen journalism to expose the terror tactics of Daesh in Syria.
Migrant academic
Betts researches the politics and economics of refugees. He is a professor in forced migration and international affairs at the University of Oxford.
Principal research scientist, MIT
McAfee studies how digital tech is changing business, the economy and society. He co-authored a book on the subject and writes a blog for the Financial Times.
Entrepreneur and investor
Lonsdale co-founded big data analytics firm Palantir and is partner at VC fund 8VC. An investor in fintech firms Prosper Daily and Aspiration, he brings a Silicon Valley view on Europe’s entrepreneurial opportunities.
Banking disruptor
Hinrikus was Skype’s first employee before co-founding TransferWise – one of London’s few unicorn startups – in 2011. He shares lessons on building transformative companies.
Immersive experience designer
Lejeune’s creative studio, Obscura Digital, creates digital experiences such as hologram performances and light installations at global landmarks, including the Vatican and the Empire State Building.
Moonshot co-ordinator
Team Indus, India’s private space programme, aims to land a spacecraft on the Moon by 2018. Ravishankar is building its workforce and leads its outreach programme.
Artist & innovator
Dutch artist Roosegaarde creates social designs that beg to be interacted with, and which explore the relationships between people, technology and space.
Iceland's sole billionaire
The Icelandic investor and self-proclaimed “adventure capitalist” who made billions, lost everything, then made it all back, shares some lessons learned.
Bollywood film-maker & philosopher
A Bafta-award-winning filmmaker, Kapur has directed hit international and Bollywood movies, including Elizabeth and Bandit Queen. As a storyteller he embraces both panic and spirituality as creative tools.
Comedian and freestyle rapper
UK comedian and lightning-fast freestyle rapper, Turner has more than 2.5 million video views on YouTube. Be prepared to be part of his act.
Social entrepreneur
After graduating from Singularity University, 25-year-old Bisignani built Kukua, a startup that builds educational games to tackle illiteracy in sub-Saharan Africa.
International development pioneer
A social entrepreneur, Tata is expanding XPRIZE by designing a portfolio of incentive competitions with the aim of addressing challenges in the developing world, focusing on producing immediate impact at scale.
Creating empathy through tech
Paris-based social entrepreneur Ivanovitch leads Simorga, a company which aims to use virtual reality to foster interpersonal understanding and empathy.
SoundCloud presents
Singer, songwriter and producer
Inspired by spirituality, space and science-fiction, Dream Koala’s immersive musical experiences are odes to nature and criticisms of the modern world.
Electronic soul pioneer
Barbarossa started his musical evolution as a folk-tinged balladeer, but with his latest album he's emerged as a fully-fledged electronic soul powerhouse.
Next generation electronic musician
Bristol-based electronic artist KAASI has racked up 10 million listens on SoundCloud and toured with the likes of ODESZA.
WIRED Innovation Fellows
The event will showcase the 2016 WIRED Innovation Fellows – people working in fields covered by WIRED who, in our opinion, have the potential to make a huge impact on the world. The Fellows, who will speak on the Main Stage, include two India INK Fellows and one La Ciudad de las Ideas Fellow.
Singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist, India
Singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist, India Five-octave vocalist Gingger Shankar is the only female musician to play the ten-string double violin. She has performed with Katy Perry and The Smashing Pumpkins. In partnership with the INK Conference, India.
The world’s youngest headmaster, India
Ali started a school in his backyard at the age of nine. He’s now 23, and his organisation in Murshidabad, West Bengal, has around 300 students and ten teachers. In partnership with the INK Conference, India.
Afghan educator and entrepreneur, Afghanistan
As one of Afghanistan’s few female entrepreneurs, Mahboob has faced multiple threats in her homeland. She has created nine IT centres for girls and plans to expand the project throughout the continent.
Program director, WITNESS, USA
WITNESS uses video to highlight human-rights abuses and give a voice to the oppressed. Sam Gregory launched a Webby-nominated human-rights YouTube channel and talks on the subject.
Irrationality analyst, USA
Leslie John, a Harvard Business School assistant professor, researches the seemingly paradoxical and self-destructive decisions that people make – with a focus on online privacy.
Robot builder, USA
Alexander Reben is fascinated by AI. He builds robots – such as The First Law, that can choose to hurt its operator – to explore their relationships with humans.
Artist and film-maker, UK
Di Mainstone is an audio artist whose projects include The Human Harp – a kit that turns suspension bridges, including Brooklyn Bridge, into giant harp pianos
Sun storm scientist, France
Miho Janvier is an astrophysicist studying the Sun’s atmosphere, in particular solar flares and how they impact Earth’s weather patterns. She works at France's Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale.
IT consultant turned Pashmina goat farmer, India
Former McKinsey analyst Afzal quit his lucrative career to become a Pashmina goatherd. He will share his journey from India’s tech scene to its Kashmir valley.
Off-grid energy engineer, UK
With BuffaloGrid, Daniel Becerra is using solar energy to provide power and internet connectivity to millions of people who have a mobile phone but limited access to electricity. In partnership with the Gifted Citizen programme, Mexico.
AR and VR storyteller, UK
Ed Barton's company Curiscope is democratising augmented- and virtual-reality experiences, and making education more interactive with its Virtuali-Tee biology app.
Fighting cancer with genomics, USA
At Californian biotech firm Natera, chief scientific officer for oncology Cheng-Ho Jimmy Lin is using genomics to create personalised treatment in the fight against cancer and other rare diseases.
Bionic arm builder, UK
Samantha Payne’s Open Bionics turns amputee children into superheroes with its robotic hands, inspired by the worlds of Frozen, Star Wars and Iron Man.
Partner session, Accenture
Digital strategist
Former Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur, Singh is now the global head of growth and strategy at Accenture Digital. He is also an adviser to CEOs and Boards of several global corporations.
Partner session, Telefónica
Pioneer in personal data security
Alonso is chief data officer at Telefónica. He leads the Personal Data Bank team and is exploring how people can take ownership of their personal data.
This article was originally published by WIRED UK
