Chris Hadfield
Colonel Chris Hadfield is an astronaut, business leader, hi-tech entrepreneur, 5-time best-selling author and global speaker on leadership, change and managing life. Having commanded the International Space Station and directed companies, he has deep experience with best practices and tactics on guiding teams through extreme circumstances of complexity and change, while also recognizing the importance […]
Mario Livio
Mario Livio, born in 1945, in Bucharest, Romania, is an internationally renowned astrophysicist and best-selling author. He spent 24 years at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), which operates the Hubble Space Telescope, contributing significantly to our understanding of cosmology, supernova explosions, black holes, and the emergence of life in the universe. Livio has published […]
Anousheh Ansari
Anousheh Ansari is the CEO of XPRIZE, the world’s leader in designing and operating incentive competitions to solve humanity’s grand challenges. The first female private space explorer and first Muslim woman in space, she is a global presence in future-positive tech markets and a resonant voice for women within STEM, business, and the entrepreneurial industries. […]
Carmen Acosta
Carmen Acosta, a coloratura soprano from Santa Cruz de Tenerife, graduated in clarinet from the Conservatorio Superior de Música and later perfected her singing in London and Milan. She regularly performs in Spanish and German opera theatres, including the Teatro de La Zarzuela in Madrid and the Deutsche Oper Berlin, taking on major bel canto […]
Scott Hubbard
Dr. Scott Hubbard has been a leader in space exploration for almost 50 years. His career includes a National Lab, a start-up venture, NASA, and Stanford. At NASA, Dr. Hubbard is best known as Director of NASA’s Ames Research Center, the first Mars Program Director (aka the “Mars Czar”), and the founder of NASA’s Astrobiology […]
Giancarlo Erra
UK based Italian composer, multi-instrumentalist and visual artist Giancarlo Erra started his career in 2005 with one man studio project Nosound. In 2008 Erra signed the project to the acclaimed UK based experimental label Kscope and moved to the UK to establish and expand his career. Being both writer and producer, his music inventively combines […]
Pablo Álvarez
Pablo Álvarez Fernández, born in 1988 in León, Spain, is a prominent aerospace engineer and astronaut candidate with the European Space Agency (ESA). He holds a bachelor’s degree in aeronautical engineering from the University of León and a master’s degree in aerospace engineering from the Warsaw University of Technology. Álvarez has a diverse background in […]
Javier Laso
Javier Laso was born in Freiburg, Switzerland, in 1975. He studied piano at the COSCYL in Salamanca, receiving honours at all levels, and pursued postgraduate studies at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest. He has won several awards, including first prize in the “Pedro Espinosa” Piano Competition. Since 2004, he has been a piano professor […]
Maureen Raymo
Maureen Raymo is a climate scientist who works at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory where she is the G. Unger Vetlesen Professor of Earth and Climate Sciences and Co-Founding Dean Emerita of the Columbia Climate School. Prof. Raymo’s research focuses on the history and causes of climate change in the past, including understanding the consequences […]
Mar Gómez
Mar Gómez holds a PhD Cum Laude and a degree in Physical Sciences from the Complutense University of Madrid, specializing in Atmospheric Physics. She has two master’s degrees, one in Meteorology and Geophysics and the other in Renewable Energy and Environment. For four years, she participated in a research project at the Complutense University as […]