Huang Dinglong is an entrepreneur in the technology field in China. His passion and Malong’s AI+ visual recognition technology is one of the leading players in China and in global markets as a groundbreaking solution. This includes solving the dependency on high-quality human annotated data. Malong is a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer.

Rodrigo Hübner Mendes is the Founder and the CEO of the Rodrigo Mendes Institute, a non-profit organization whose mission is to guarantee that every child with disability has access to quality education. The institute develops research and teacher training programs in several countries aiming to transform the public education systems into environments that respect and value human diversity. Hübner Mendes began his career in 1998 as a business consultant at Accenture. In 2004, he decided to dedicate his efforts for the social sector, assuming the management of the Rodrigo Mendes Institute. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and a Master's degree in Human Diversity Management from the Getulio Vargas Foundation. Hübner Mendes is a Young Global Leader (World Economic Forum) and a fellow of Ashoka. He has received numerous awards and serves on the board of several Brazilian organizations. Since 2015, Rodrigo has been working as a consultant for UNESCO and for The Government of Angola.

Lydie B. Hudson is a seasoned finance professional, having spent nearly twenty years in various global roles across investment banking, asset management, and wealth management. She is the Co-founder and President & Chief Operating Officer of Citation and a member of the Investment Committee.

Previously, Lydie was the CEO of Sustainability, Research & Investment Solutions and a member of the 12-person Executive Board of Credit Suisse. In that role, Lydie managed the firm’s product and research offering, including $235bn AuM of investment solutions (private equity, discretionary mandates, etc.). She was also responsible for leading the firm’s Sustainability strategy including the integration of ESG considerations into the product offering and the establishment of a comprehensive firmwide DEI strategy, including founding the CS Women’s Financial Forum, annually bringing together experts across the financial services industry. Over her tenure at CS, Lydie held a number of other senior global management roles, including Group Chief Compliance and Regulatory Affairs Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Global Markets, an ~$8bn P&L. Managing multi-billion dollar P&Ls for over a decade, Lydie built a track record of running highly effective and efficient client franchises and is widely recognized as a strategic thinker and leader of talent.

Prior to Credit Suisse, Lydie worked at Lehman Brothers and The Boston Consulting Group. She holds an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School where she was recognized for leadership and a B.A. from Middlebury College where she graduated cum laude and with honors in International Politics & Economics.

Lydie was named a Finance Leadership Fellow by the Aspen Institute in 2021 and a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2017. She is also a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network. She was twice named one of the most influential women in European Finance. In addition, Lydie sits on the board of Room to Read, a global not for profit focused on literacy and gender equality.

A Midwest native, relocated back to the US from Switzerland and lives in Connecticut with her family.

Graduate, Queensland Conservatorium; first Australian to receive a Licentiate degree in Percussion Performance, Trinity College, London; MBA (Distinction) GBS, specializing in Sustainable Enterprise. Active performer, conductor and lecturer. Founder and Managing Director, Rhythmscape Publishing, the leading percussion publisher in the Asia-Pacific region. Young Australian of the Year nominee; youngest associate composer elected to the Australian Music Centre.

Rory Hunter is an entrepreneur, founder and CEO of multiple award-winning, sustainable property companies across Australia and South-East Asia. He brings a planet-conscious and people-centred approach to projects including his latest venture - Model, which he founded in 2022 and presently steers as CEO.

Model is a new, Australian build-to-rent group with a purpose to cultivate places where there is no compromise between taking care of ourselves, each other, and the planet. Built on the pillars of climate action, community building and design innovation, Model delivers thoughtfully designed, secure, connected, carbon neutral homes where health and wellbeing are at the core of the everyday experience.

Model’s design and philosophy is informed by Rory’s experience as an accomplished hotelier, developer and community builder. This includes establishing and leading SoHo Partners, a group dedicated to creating carbon neutral, mid-rise residential developments. He was also the Founder and CEO of the Song Saa Collective (2005-2021), a mission-driven real estate group, which developed a range of hotels, residential and master planned communities including the award-winning, ethical luxury resort Song Saa Private Island and 230 hectare Song Saa Reserve.

Rory also founded the Song Saa Foundation in 2013 - an independent NGO dedicated to preserving Cambodia's marine environment. A highlight of the foundation includes creating the country's first ever Marine National Park in partnership with Monaco's Prince Albert. The project’s success saw Rory receive the 2013 National Geographic - Leader in Sustainable Tourism award.

Rory has a deep commitment to improving the ways in which his industry operates and is dedicated to driving meaningful change for the future. He is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, Global Board Member of the Young Presidents’ Organization Sports and Outdoors Network (2023-2024), member of the Property Council of Australia’s Sustainable Development Committee (2023-2024) and has spoken at prominent conferences including the G20 and Davos.

Rory is a Harvard Business School graduate and studied the Sustainability and Resilience program at Stanford University. In 2019, he participated in the Harvard Kennedy School’s Global Leadership and Public Policy program. He also holds a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney.

Outside of work, he dedicates his time to causes and pursuits he’s passionate about. This includes volunteering as a crisis support worker with Lifeline as well as seeking out new athletic challenges. In 2020, he sailed solo, non-stop from Hong Kong to Australia, completing the journey in 37 days. In 2015, he completed one of the world’s toughest endurance races - the New Zealand Coast to Coast - finishing in 17 hours. His happy places include skiing in the mountains or being on the ocean.

Chad Hurley is the Founder, AVOS Systems, USA. Formerly, he was the Chief Executive Officer of YouTube, the world's largest video sharing website. Co-founded in 2005 with Steve Chen, its strategy is to keep the process of watching and sharing video effortless. Hurley's responsibilities include oversight of business development, marketing and operations. He created the clean, simple interface that lets the community interact and share videos. YouTube serves hundreds of millions of videos daily and created a new market for discovering, sharing and distributing videos around the globe. YouTube was awarded Best Invention of the Year by Time, and the first website named Entertainer of the Year by Entertainment Weekly. Hurley and Chen have received many honours, including 2007 Webby Person of the Year, Time's Most Influential People of 2007, Business 2.0's 50 Most Influential People, GQ's Men of the Year and Fortune's Most Powerful People in Business. Earlier, Hurley was the first user-interface designer at PayPal, with a fundamental role in early development of the service. Following its acquisition by eBay, Hurley consulted for several technology companies. He has a BA in Fine Art from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Forsan Hussein is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner F8 Capital, a special situations investment fund focused on frontier markets and investing in technology companies serving Africa, the Arab World, and Israel. Forsan currently chairs Hasoub Angels, an angel investment club supporting Palestinian tech entrepreneurs. Forsan founded and managed Zaitoun Ventures--a values-driven startup factory with a diversified portfolio of technology companies in USA, Shanghai, Israel and Palestine. Forsan previously served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Jerusalem International Y and the Three Arches Company. After business school, he worked as an investment consultant for Capital Group Companies in Los Angeles. As a business and social entrepreneur, Forsan has created several international organizations and initiatives that promote Middle East peace and foster regional cooperation. Forsan is a Kauffman Fellow (class 19), a Member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network of the Aspen Institute, and a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum. Forsan holds a B.A. from Brandeis University, M.A. from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), and MBA from Harvard Business School.

Mr. Husseini is currently Chief Strategic Engagements & Relations Officer at the Bank of Palestine (BoP) www.bankofpalestine.com; the largest National Bank operating in Palestine, with 74 local branches in the West Bank and Gaza; and international representative offices in Dubai, UAE with intent to expand further in the region: Levant, GCC, North Africa.
Mr. Husseini was the Managing Director for the Portland Trust in Ramallah, Palestine, a UK based Action Tank working on Economic Development. At the Portland Trust he helped implement a main initiative for creating growth in jobs and GDP assisted by Mckinsey Worldwide, in addition to a Spatial Economic Vision for Gaza 2050 as part of a Global Palestine Vision with AECOM (July 2013-January 2016).
Mr. Husseini is also the founder of Ellam Tam. The company was established on January 1st, 2000, as the first Communications and Public Relations Company in Palestine. Mr. Husseini was Head of International Relations and Private Sector Development at Orient House (1991-1998), the headquarters of the Palestinian team to Middle East Peace Process in Jerusalem. His duties also focused on attracting funds and investments towards East Jerusalem Projects in addition to managing international relations for the Palestinian Team to the Middle East Peace Process.
Mr. Husseini was with the former Arthur Andersen MENA as an Economic Financial consultant for 3 years (1997-2000), working on a dedicated basis as Business Advisor for the Bethlehem 2000 Project. In April 2006 Mr. Husseini was the first CEO for the first Palestine Investment Conference to be held in Bethlehem. His previous career positions (2006-2010) also included; VP for Corporate, Investors and International Affairs for the Paltel Group.
Mr. Husseini received a BA/BS Degree in Finance and International Relations in 1988, and MBA Degree in International Business in 1990 from the American University in Washington D.C., U.S.A. He has attended the Global Leadership Executive Education Program at the Harvard Kennedy School in Boston Spring of 2011 and the Lee Quan Yu school of public Policy in Singapore in 2012. He is a YGL alumni 2007 and was the founder curator of the Ramallah Hub for the Global Shapers Community in Palestine, a community of the World Economic Forum.

Prior to co-founding Rivet Ventures, co-founded YouNoodle, Cleantech Open, and Startup Malaysia. Educated at MIT and Stanford and has been recognized as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, and as one of the top 35 under 35 Global Innovators by MIT Tech Review. Serves on the Global Board of Kauffman's GEW and lectures on technology entrepreneurship at Stanford University. Has worked closely with several countries on their national start-up programmes, including Malaysia, South Korea, Spain, Iceland, Chile and Mexico. Member of the Board of Advisers of the Mexico-U.S. Entrepreneurship and Innovation Council. Recently listed by Forbes as one of their 20 inspiring young women founders to follow on Twitter; frequent speaker at global conferences on entrepreneurship.

Peace Hyde is an award-winning producer multi hyphenate, TV Host, Creator, Journalist and Activist. She is the Head of Digital Media and Partnership and the West African Correspondent at Forbes Africa. She is also the producer of the award winning Vice News documentary, "Inside Nigeria's push to end police brutality". The documentary is a winner of the TopShorts film festival award as well as a winner at the Los Angeles Film Festival. She was shortlisted by President Barrack Obama to be part of the 200 Inaugural Obama Foundation Africa Leaders, a recognition that highlights her work with Aim Higher Africa.

WEF - Young Global Leader

Tech. passionate and entrepreneur. Interviewer of successful entrepreneurs for podcast. Sold two previous companies. Two apps nominated world's best. IPADE MBA.

Currently working on Expediente Azul, a platform to simplify how businesses and people send documents to financial institutions for a loan, lease or mortgages with customers in Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.

Lila Ibrahim is the COO of Google DeepMind, a world leading AI research company that aims to solve intelligence to advance science and benefit humanity. She leads a broad range of functions, including Operations, Governance and Ethics, Policy, Communications, and People & Culture. She plays a key role spearheading the company’s work on critical issues involving the intersection of AI and society, which includes chairing DeepMind’s cross-functional responsibility and AI for Good initiatives.