Seville, 2020 | MERIT | Executive Education Summit

50 Heads of HR

from leading Asian and global companies

20 Heads of Executive Education

from top business school

The MERIT Annual Summit is a learning showcase, an ideas conference, and a hands-on strategy session with experts and peers – all packaged in an exclusive, intimate event in gorgeous Seville.

Enabling participants to develop a culture of learning, innovation, and growth in their organisations, MERIT is a singular opportunity to share challenges and explore solutions together within an international professional community in a focused, highly interactive environment.

A myriad of stimulating new ideas to unleash human potential and co-create learning organisations are always at the heart of MERIT’s inspiring workshops, debates, masterclasses, One-to-One meetings, and meetups at the business education, people development, and EdTech start-up exhibition.

"The program had a great line-up of highly relevant subjects.'"

AUB

"Excellent identification of relevant topics and themes"

IMD

"The networking opportunities are for sure a great strength of the event"

Deloitte

Stefano Pogutz

Professor of Practice
in Corporate Sustainability

SDA Bocconi School
of Management
Jacqueline Brassey

Co-leader

McKinsey Health Institute
Lindy Greer

Professor for Management
and Organizations

Ross School of Business -
University of Michigan
Dr. Nick van Dam

Director of the
IE Center for Corporate
Learning Innovation

IE University

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Programme Formats

• Keynote Speeches: Inspirational talks from renowned international professors and regional industry leaders.
• Panel Discussions: Interactive discussions with HR and L&D leaders on key topics related to digital and human transformation.
• Interactive Workshops and Peer Consulting: Practical sessions focused on skill-building and solutions.
• Case Studies nominated for the MERIT Awards: Real-world examples and success stories in Leadership, Organisational, and People Development.

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Venue

Hult International Business School

Address

Dubai Internet City, U.A.E.

Partners

LEVERAGING A CULTURAL MINDSET
How to Drive Innovation and Transform Organisations Through People

PD - People Development Stream

LS - Leadership Stream

16:00 – 18:00

PRE-REGISTRATION

17:30 – 18:00

MAXIMISE YOUR MERIT EXPERIENCE

18:00 – 19:30

WELCOME COCKTAIL

Participants mingle over drinks and take part in icebreaking activities to help establish connections

7:30 – 8:15

REGISTRATION AND COFFEE

7:30-18:00

MERIT KNOWLEDGE HOUSE (Exhibition & Startup Village)

8:15-8:25

SETTING THE SCENE

Summit Chairs: Chris Pether, Max Hunter

8:25-8:35

OPENING SPEECH

Speaker: Christophe Coutat – CEO and Founder, Advent Group

8:35-8:40

WELCOME NOTE

Speaker: Oliver Olson - Senior Lecturer of Marketing & Strategy at MSM

8:40-9:20

[Keynote] LOVE CAN DO – THE IMPORTANCE OF EMOTIONS IN INNOVATION AND LEARNING

Speaker: Idriss Aberkane, Speaker & Author, General Bionics SA

9:20-10:00

[Debate] IS COMPANY CULTURE THE BIGGEST BARRIER TO INNOVATION?

Dragana Beara - Portfolio Messaging Director, APJ at Dell Technologies

Henning Trill - Head of Corporate Innovation at Bayer

Timm Urschinger - Co-Founder and CEO at LIVEsciences

Moderator: Max Hunter - Chief Joy Officer & Founder at Motivators@Work

10:00-10:30

COFFEE BREAK & One-to-One MEETINGS

10:30 – 10:45

MERITalk

10:30 – 10:45

[MERITalk] 5 KEY BEHAVIOURS OF INNOVATION LEADERS
Speaker: Luis Vives - Deputy Dean at Esade

10:50 – 11:15

[Company Case Study] CERN – CAN HR INNOVATE?
Speaker: James Purvis - Head of Human Resources at CERN

10:50 – 11:15

[Company Case Study] LEADING WITH A GLOBAL MINDSET: DESIGN OF A PRIZE WINNING PROGRAMME FOR INDUSTRY 4.0
Speaker: Jim van Hulst - Director Learning and Development EMEA & LATAM at Johnson Controls

11:20 – 11:45

[Company Case Study] UNLEARN – HOW LEARNING INNOVATION ENABLES BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION TO UNSMOKE THE WORLD
Speaker: Nina Kreyer - Global Head of Learning at PMI

11:20 - 11:45

[MERITalk] HOW TO CREATE HIGH PERFORMANCE TEAMS WHO DELIVER AMAZING RESULTS
Speaker: Gordon Tredgold - CEO & Managing Consultant at Leadership Principles LLC

11:45 – 12:00

COFFEE BREAK

12:00 – 12:45

UNCONFERENCE

Pop-up small group discussions initiated by delegates or experts to share experiences, best practices, ideas, and solutions.

12:45 - 13:45

NETWORKING LUNCH

13:50-14:30

[Keynote] DISRUPT AND GROW: A CULTURAL APPROACH TO AGILE BEHAVIOUR AND TALENT

Speaker: Jeremie Brecheisen - Senior Managing Consultant at Gallup

14:30 – 14:45

[MERITalk] BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS TO CAPTURE INNOVATION

Speaker: Gordon Crichton - Director of the Management Institute at Kedge Business School

14:30 – 14:45

[MERITalk] THE CHIEF ADAPTABILITY OFFICER – THE LEADER EVERYBODY IS WAITING FOR

Speaker: Carlo Giardinetti - Dean of Executive Education and Global Outreach at Franklin University Switzerland

14:50 - 15:15

[Company Case Study] THE PROCESS OF TRANSFORMING THE LEARNING CULTURE OF AN ORGANIZATION
Speaker: Ernesto Barrios - Head of Learning Office at Repsol

14:50 - 15:15

[Company Case Study] CHALLENGING THE FUTURE – GRIFOLS EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Speaker: Julia Silies - Director Corporate Talent Development at Grifols

15:20 - 15:45

[Company Case Study] PIONEERING TALENT MANAGEMENT IN AN AGILE WORLD
Speaker: Christophe Vanden Eede - Global Head of Talent Management at ING

15:20 - 15:45

[Interactive Session] CLEAN THE WATER, NOT THE FISH: CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEOPLE CAN FLOURISH

Speaker: Richard Hargreaves - Commercial Director at Corporate Research Forum and Jeff Lindeman - Group Director, Operations at WD-40 Company

15:45-16:15

COFFEE BREAK & One-to-One MEETINGS

16:15 - 18:15

[Workshop] BUILDING PEOPLE CAPABILITIES AT THE SPEED OF BUSINESS IN THE DIGITAL AGE

Speaker: Dr. Nick van Dam - Chief Learning Officer at IE University

16:15 - 17:15

[Workshop] LEVERAGING THE POWER OF GROWTH MINDSETS - EMBRACE CHALLENGES AND BECOME AN EXPERT IN LEAVING THE COMFORT ZONE

Speaker: Lisa Danels – Executive Director at Human Edge

16:15 - 17:45

[Workshop] WHY YOUR EMPLOYER BRAND МAY BE HURTING YOU, AND HOW TO UNDERSTAND AND CONTROL IT

Speaker: Oliver Olson - Senior Lecturer of Marketing & Strategy at MSM

17:30 - 18:30

[Workshop] HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY FACILITATE SOCIAL COLLABORATIVE LEARNING COMMUNITIES

Speaker: Andy Lancaster - Head of Learning at CIPD

18:00-19:00

DRINKS & NETWORKING

20:30-22:00

GALA DINNER at RÍO GRANDE

8:00-8:30

WELCOME COFFEE & EXHIBITION

8:30-8:40

SETTING THE SCENE

Summit Chairs: Chris Pether, Max Hunter

8:40-9:15

[Keynote Speech] AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP FOR INNOVATION

Speaker: Margarita Mayo - Professor of Leadership at IE Business School

9:15-9:55

[Debate] DOES LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

Nicholas Hamilton-Archer - Executive Director, Executive Education at Carnegie Mellon University

Natasha Bonnevalle – Partner at THNK School of Creative Leadership

Sabine Weishaupt - Vice President Leadership Development Consulting & Initiatives ат Deutsche Telekom

Moderator: Michael Banks - Senior Consultant at PeopleSmart

9:55-10:25

COFFEE BREAK & One-to-One MEETINGS

10:25 – 10:40

[MERITalk] INNER AND OUTER POLARITIES AS GROWTH EDGES FOR INNOVATORS

Speaker: Natasha Bonnevalle – Partner at THNK School of Creative Leadership

10:25 – 10:40

[MERITalk] MY PERSONAL JOURNEY FROM CONTROL FREAK TO AGILE LEADER

Speaker: Timm Urschinger - Co-Founder and CEO at LIVEsciences

10:45 – 11:00

[MERITalk] DANGEROUS HALF-TRUTHS ABOUT FEEDBACK AND PERFORMANCE

Speaker: Robert Dobay - Co Founder at Act2Manage

10:45 – 11:00

[MERITalk] TOWARDS EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENT LEADERS: EI IN AN AI WORLD

Speaker: Delphine Jumelle-Paulet - Head of Faculty, Mazars University at Mazars

11:05 – 11:30

[Company Case Study] ENABLING TRANSFORMATION THROUGH PEOPLE
Speaker: Anna Walther - Global Learning & Capability Building at Nestlé

11:05 – 11:30

[Company Case Study] LEADERSHIFT: 1 YEAR PROGRAM AND 500 PEOPLE LEARNING WHAT WE DID NOT PLAN TO LEARN

Speaker: Camille Gillon - Head of Human Resources Management, Building & Facilities at Belfius Bank

11:35 – 12:00

[Company Case Study] CREATING IN IMPACTFUL INCLUSION FOR ALL STRATEGY WITHIN THE ENTIRE EMPLOYEE LIFECYCLE
Speaker: Felizitas Lichtenberg - Global Diversity & Inclusion Lead at Vodafone Group

11:35 – 12:00

[Company Case Study] DRIVING ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE THROUGH INNOVATIVE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Speaker: Alastair Procter - Chief Human Resources Officer at IPG Mediabrands

12:00 – 12:15

COFFEE BREAK

12:15 – 13:00

UNCONFERENCE

Pop-up small group discussions initiated by delegates or experts to share experiences, best practices, ideas, and solutions.

12:15 – 12:40

[Interactive session] HOW TO CREATE INNOVATION BY DISRUPTING YOURSELF

Speaker: Alexandre Glas - VP Product & Data at HUH corporate and Jérôme Lafon - Founding partner at Inoui

13:00 – 14:00

NETWORKING LUNCH

14:00 – 14:40

[Keynote] DEVELOPING A CHANGEMAKER MINDSET

Speaker: Alex Budak - Social Entrepreneur & Professional Faculty at Berkeley Executive Education

14:45 – 16:15

[Masterclass] BORN GLOBAL – INTEGRATION OF STARTUPS INTO GLOBAL CORPORATES – THE ISRAELI MODEL

Speaker: Udi Aharoni - CEO and Academic Director at Lahav Executive Education, Tel-Aviv University

14:45 - 16:15

[Workshop] UNLEARN TO FACILITATE INNOVATIVE LEARNING

Speaker: Marelys Garcia - Co-Founder & Business Development Executive at Mindslines and Bhavna Karani - Managing Partner, Europe at Mindslines

14:45 - 16:15

[Workshop] WALK THE TALK, DON'T JUST SPRINT IT! AGILITY BEYOND THE BUZZWORD

Speaker: Timm Urschinger - Co-Founder and CEO at LIVEsciences and Caroline Seidel – Catalyst at LIVEsciences

16:15 – 16:45

COFFEE BREAK & One-to-One MEETINGS

16:45 – 17:15

[Closing Keynote] FUTURE OF LIFE AND WORK WITH EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES

Speaker: Dragana Beara - Portfolio Messaging Director, APJ at Dell Technologies

17:15 – 17:30

WRAP-UP, AWARDS

* Programme to be confirmed

LEVERAGING A CULTURAL MINDSET
How to Drive Innovation and Transform Organisations Through People

PD - People Development Stream

LS - Leadership Stream

16:00 – 18:00

PRE-REGISTRATION

17:30 – 18:00

MAXIMISE YOUR MERIT EXPERIENCE

18:00 – 19:30

WELCOME COCKTAIL

Participants mingle over drinks and take part in icebreaking activities to help establish connections

7:30 – 8:15

REGISTRATION AND COFFEE

7:30-18:00

MERIT KNOWLEDGE HOUSE (Exhibition & Startup Village)

8:15-8:25

SETTING THE SCENE

Summit Chairs: Chris Pether, Max Hunter

8:25-8:35

OPENING SPEECH

Speaker: Christophe Coutat – CEO and Founder, Advent Group

8:35-8:40

WELCOME NOTE

Speaker: Oliver Olson - Senior Lecturer of Marketing & Strategy at MSM

8:40-9:20

[Keynote] LOVE CAN DO – THE IMPORTANCE OF EMOTIONS IN INNOVATION AND LEARNING

Speaker: Idriss Aberkane, Speaker & Author, General Bionics SA

9:20-10:00

[Debate] IS COMPANY CULTURE THE BIGGEST BARRIER TO INNOVATION?

Dragana Beara - Portfolio Messaging Director, APJ at Dell Technologies

Henning Trill - Head of Corporate Innovation at Bayer

Timm Urschinger - Co-Founder and CEO at LIVEsciences

Moderator: Max Hunter - Chief Joy Officer & Founder at Motivators@Work

10:00-10:30

COFFEE BREAK & One-to-One MEETINGS

10:30 – 10:45

MERITalk

10:30 – 10:45

[MERITalk] 5 KEY BEHAVIOURS OF INNOVATION LEADERS
Speaker: Luis Vives - Deputy Dean at Esade

10:50 – 11:15

[Company Case Study] CERN – CAN HR INNOVATE?
Speaker: James Purvis - Head of Human Resources at CERN

10:50 – 11:15

11:20 – 11:45

[Company Case Study] UNLEARN – HOW LEARNING INNOVATION ENABLES BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION TO UNSMOKE THE WORLD
Speaker: Nina Kreyer - Global Head of Learning at PMI

11:20 - 11:45

[MERITalk] HOW TO CREATE HIGH PERFORMANCE TEAMS WHO DELIVER AMAZING RESULTS
Speaker: Gordon Tredgold - CEO & Managing Consultant at Leadership Principles LLC

11:45 – 12:00

COFFEE BREAK

12:00 – 12:45

UNCONFERENCE

Pop-up small group discussions initiated by delegates or experts to share experiences, best practices, ideas, and solutions.

12:45 - 13:45

NETWORKING LUNCH

13:50-14:30

[Keynote] DISRUPT AND GROW: A CULTURAL APPROACH TO AGILE BEHAVIOUR AND TALENT

Speaker: Jeremie Brecheisen - Senior Managing Consultant at Gallup

14:30 – 14:45

[MERITalk] BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS TO CAPTURE INNOVATION

Speaker: Gordon Crichton - Director of the Management Institute at Kedge Business School

14:30 – 14:45

[MERITalk] THE CHIEF ADAPTABILITY OFFICER – THE LEADER EVERYBODY IS WAITING FOR

Speaker: Carlo Giardinetti - Dean of Executive Education and Global Outreach at Franklin University Switzerland

14:50 - 15:15

[Company Case Study] THE PROCESS OF TRANSFORMING THE LEARNING CULTURE OF AN ORGANIZATION
Speaker: Ernesto Barrios - Head of Learning Office at Repsol

14:50 - 15:15

[Company Case Study] CHALLENGING THE FUTURE – GRIFOLS EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Speaker: Julia Silies - Director Corporate Talent Development at Grifols

15:20 - 15:45

[Company Case Study] PIONEERING TALENT MANAGEMENT IN AN AGILE WORLD
Speaker: Christophe Vanden Eede - Global Head of Talent Management at ING

15:20 - 15:45

[Interactive Session] CLEAN THE WATER, NOT THE FISH: CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEOPLE CAN FLOURISH

Speaker: Richard Hargreaves - Commercial Director at Corporate Research Forum and Jeff Lindeman - Group Director, Operations at WD-40 Company

15:45-16:15

COFFEE BREAK & One-to-One MEETINGS

16:15 - 18:15

[Workshop] BUILDING PEOPLE CAPABILITIES AT THE SPEED OF BUSINESS IN THE DIGITAL AGE

Speaker: Dr. Nick van Dam - Chief Learning Officer at IE University

16:15 - 17:15

[Workshop] LEVERAGING THE POWER OF GROWTH MINDSETS - EMBRACE CHALLENGES AND BECOME AN EXPERT IN LEAVING THE COMFORT ZONE

Speaker: Lisa Danels – Executive Director at Human Edge

16:15 - 17:45

[Workshop] WHY YOUR EMPLOYER BRAND МAY BE HURTING YOU, AND HOW TO UNDERSTAND AND CONTROL IT

Speaker: Oliver Olson - Senior Lecturer of Marketing & Strategy at MSM

17:30 - 18:30

[Workshop] HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY FACILITATE SOCIAL COLLABORATIVE LEARNING COMMUNITIES

Speaker: Andy Lancaster - Head of Learning at CIPD

18:00-19:00

DRINKS & NETWORKING

20:30-22:00

GALA DINNER at RÍO GRANDE

8:00-8:30

WELCOME COFFEE & EXHIBITION

8:30-8:40

SETTING THE SCENE

Summit Chairs: Chris Pether, Max Hunter

8:40-9:15

[Keynote Speech] AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP FOR INNOVATION

Speaker: Margarita Mayo - Professor of Leadership at IE Business School

9:15-9:55

[Debate] DOES LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

Nicholas Hamilton-Archer - Executive Director, Executive Education at Carnegie Mellon University

Natasha Bonnevalle – Partner at THNK School of Creative Leadership

Sabine Weishaupt - Vice President Leadership Development Consulting & Initiatives ат Deutsche Telekom

Moderator: Michael Banks - Senior Consultant at PeopleSmart

9:55-10:25

COFFEE BREAK & One-to-One MEETINGS

10:25 – 10:40

[MERITalk] INNER AND OUTER POLARITIES AS GROWTH EDGES FOR INNOVATORS

Speaker: Natasha Bonnevalle – Partner at THNK School of Creative Leadership

10:25 – 10:40

[MERITalk] MY PERSONAL JOURNEY FROM CONTROL FREAK TO AGILE LEADER

Speaker: Timm Urschinger - Co-Founder and CEO at LIVEsciences

10:45 – 11:00

[MERITalk] DANGEROUS HALF-TRUTHS ABOUT FEEDBACK AND PERFORMANCE

Speaker: Robert Dobay - Co Founder at Act2Manage

10:45 – 11:00

[MERITalk] TOWARDS EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENT LEADERS: EI IN AN AI WORLD

Speaker: Delphine Jumelle-Paulet - Head of Faculty, Mazars University at Mazars

11:05 – 11:30

[Company Case Study] ENABLING TRANSFORMATION THROUGH PEOPLE
Speaker: Anna Walther - Global Learning & Capability Building at Nestlé

11:05 – 11:30

[Company Case Study] LEADERSHIFT: 1 YEAR PROGRAM AND 500 PEOPLE LEARNING WHAT WE DID NOT PLAN TO LEARN

Speaker: Camille Gillon - Head of Human Resources Management, Building & Facilities at Belfius Bank

11:35 – 12:00

[Company Case Study] CREATING IN IMPACTFUL INCLUSION FOR ALL STRATEGY WITHIN THE ENTIRE EMPLOYEE LIFECYCLE
Speaker: Felizitas Lichtenberg - Global Diversity & Inclusion Lead at Vodafone Group

11:35 – 12:00

[Company Case Study] DRIVING ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE THROUGH INNOVATIVE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Speaker: Alastair Procter - Chief Human Resources Officer at IPG Mediabrands

12:00 – 12:15

COFFEE BREAK

12:15 – 13:00

UNCONFERENCE

Pop-up small group discussions initiated by delegates or experts to share experiences, best practices, ideas, and solutions.

12:15 – 12:40

[Interactive session] HOW TO CREATE INNOVATION BY DISRUPTING YOURSELF

Speaker: Alexandre Glas - VP Product & Data at HUH corporate and Jérôme Lafon - Founding partner at Inoui

13:00 – 14:00

NETWORKING LUNCH

14:00 – 14:40

[Keynote] DEVELOPING A CHANGEMAKER MINDSET

Speaker: Alex Budak - Social Entrepreneur & Professional Faculty at Berkeley Executive Education

14:45 – 16:15

[Masterclass] BORN GLOBAL – INTEGRATION OF STARTUPS INTO GLOBAL CORPORATES – THE ISRAELI MODEL

Speaker: Udi Aharoni - CEO and Academic Director at Lahav Executive Education, Tel-Aviv University

14:45 - 16:15

[Workshop] UNLEARN TO FACILITATE INNOVATIVE LEARNING

Speaker: Marelys Garcia - Co-Founder & Business Development Executive at Mindslines and Bhavna Karani - Managing Partner, Europe at Mindslines

14:45 - 16:15

[Workshop] WALK THE TALK, DON'T JUST SPRINT IT! AGILITY BEYOND THE BUZZWORD

Speaker: Timm Urschinger - Co-Founder and CEO at LIVEsciences and Caroline Seidel – Catalyst at LIVEsciences

16:15 – 16:45

COFFEE BREAK & One-to-One MEETINGS

16:45 – 17:15

[Closing Keynote] FUTURE OF LIFE AND WORK WITH EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES

Speaker: Dragana Beara - Portfolio Messaging Director, APJ at Dell Technologies

17:15 – 17:30

WRAP-UP, AWARDS

* Programme to be confirmed

Learn from thought leaders, HR and L&D directors, professors, executive education experts, and learning innovators. Exchange knowledge and experiences with peers in interactive workshops and unconference sessions.
Stay tuned for the Speaker lineup of the Fall Summit.

Speakers Seville , February 2020

Idriss Aberkane

Entrepreneur,
Speaker & Author

General Bionics SA
Margarita Mayo

Professor of Leadership,
Speaker & Author

IE Business School
James Purvis

Head of Human Resources

CERN
Dragana Beara

Portfolio Messaging Director, APJ

Dell Technologies
Luis Vives

Deputy Dean

ESADE
Dr. Nick van Dam

Chief Learning Officer

IE University
Max Hunter

Chief Joy Officer & Founder

Motivators@Work
Henning Trill

Head of Corporate Innovation

Bayer
Anna Walther

Global Learning & Capability Building

Nestlé
Jim van Hulst

Director Learning and Development
EMEA & LATAM

Johnson Controls
Delphine Jumelle-Paulet

Head of Faculty, Mazars University
Dean, The Next MBA

Mazars
Carlo Giardinetti

Dean of Executive Education and
Global Outreach

Franklin University
Switzerland
Chris Pether

Founder and Managing Director

PeopleSmart
Julia Silies

Director Corporate Talent Development

Grifols
Felizitas Lichtenberg

Global Diversity & Inclusion Lead

Vodafone Group
Alastair Procter

Chief Human Resources Officer

IPG Mediabrands
Marelys Garcia

Co-Founder & Business Development
Executive

Mindslines
Bhavna Karani

Managing Partner, Europe

Mindslines
Robert Dobay

Co Founder

Act2Manage
Caroline Seidel

Catalyst

LIVEsciences
Sabine Weishaupt

Vice President Leadership Development
Consulting & Initiatives

Deutsche Telekom
Michael Renaudin

Head Learning And Development

Swissmedic
Christophe Vanden Eede

Global Head of Talent Management

ING
Dr. Nina Kreyer

Global Head of Learning

Philip Morris International
Ernesto Barrios

Head of Learning Office

Repsol
Andy Lancaster

Head of Learning

CIPD
Richard Hargreaves

Commercial Director

Corporate Research Forum
Udi Aharoni

CEO and Academic Director

Lahav Executive Education,
Tel-Aviv University
Christophe Coutat

CEO and Founder

Advent Group
Jeff Lindeman

Group Director, Operations

WD-40 Company
Camille Gillon

Head of Human Resources Management,
Building & Facilities

Belfius Bank
Gordon Tredgold

CEO & Managing Consultant

Leadership Principles LLC
Gordon Crichton

Director of the Management Institute

Kedge Business School
Alex Budak

Social Entrepreneur & Professional
Faculty

Berkeley Executive Education
Natasha Bonnevalle

Partner

THNK School of Creative
Leadership
Michael Banks

Principal Consultant

People Smart
Alexandre Glas

VP Product & Data

HUH corporate
Jérôme Lafon

Founding partner

Inoui
Kellie McCaffrey

Senior Director, Executive Education

Carnegie Mellon University,
Tepper School of Business
Nicholas Hamilton-Archer

Executive Director, Executive Education

Carnegie Mellon University,
Tepper School of Business
Timm Urschinger

Co-Founder and CEO

LIVEsciences
Oliver Olson

Senior Lecturer of Marketing & Strategy

Maastricht School of
Management
Lisa Danels

Executive Director

Human Edge Management AG

Idriss Aberkane

Entrepreneur,
Speaker & Author

General Bionics SA
Margarita Mayo

Professor of Leadership,
Speaker & Author

IE Business School
James Purvis

Head of Human Resources

CERN
Dragana Beara

Portfolio Messaging Director, APJ

Dell Technologies
Luis Vives

Deputy Dean

ESADE
Dr. Nick van Dam

Chief Learning Officer

IE University
Max Hunter

Chief Joy Officer & Founder

Motivators@Work
Henning Trill

Head of Corporate Innovation

Bayer
Anna Walther

Global Learning & Capability Building

Nestlé
Jim van Hulst

Director Learning and Development
EMEA & LATAM

Johnson Controls
Delphine Jumelle-Paulet

Head of Faculty, Mazars University
Dean, The Next MBA

Mazars
Carlo Giardinetti

Dean of Executive Education and
Global Outreach

Franklin University
Switzerland
Chris Pether

Founder and Managing Director

PeopleSmart
Julia Silies

Director Corporate Talent Development

Grifols
Felizitas Lichtenberg

Global Diversity & Inclusion Lead

Vodafone Group
Alastair Procter

Chief Human Resources Officer

IPG Mediabrands
Marelys Garcia

Co-Founder & Business Development
Executive

Mindslines
Bhavna Karani

Managing Partner, Europe

Mindslines
Robert Dobay

Co Founder

Act2Manage
Caroline Seidel

Catalyst

LIVEsciences
Sabine Weishaupt

Vice President Leadership Development
Consulting & Initiatives

Deutsche Telekom
Michael Renaudin

Head Learning And Development

Swissmedic
Christophe Vanden Eede

Global Head of Talent Management

ING
Dr. Nina Kreyer

Global Head of Learning

Philip Morris International
Ernesto Barrios

Head of Learning Office

Repsol
Andy Lancaster

Head of Learning

CIPD
Richard Hargreaves

Commercial Director

Corporate Research Forum
Udi Aharoni

CEO and Academic Director

Lahav Executive Education,
Tel-Aviv University
Christophe Coutat

CEO and Founder

Advent Group
Jeff Lindeman

Group Director, Operations

WD-40 Company
Camille Gillon

Head of Human Resources Management,
Building & Facilities

Belfius Bank
Gordon Tredgold

CEO & Managing Consultant

Leadership Principles LLC
Gordon Crichton

Director of the Management Institute

Kedge Business School
Alex Budak

Social Entrepreneur & Professional
Faculty

Berkeley Executive Education
Natasha Bonnevalle

Partner

THNK School of Creative
Leadership
Michael Banks

Principal Consultant

People Smart
Alexandre Glas

VP Product & Data

HUH corporate
Jérôme Lafon

Founding partner

Inoui
Kellie McCaffrey

Senior Director, Executive Education

Carnegie Mellon University,
Tepper School of Business
Nicholas Hamilton-Archer

Executive Director, Executive Education

Carnegie Mellon University,
Tepper School of Business
Timm Urschinger

Co-Founder and CEO

LIVEsciences
Oliver Olson

Senior Lecturer of Marketing & Strategy

Maastricht School of
Management
Lisa Danels

Executive Director

Human Edge Management AG

Idriss Aberkane

Entrepreneur,
Speaker & Author

General Bionics SA
Max Hunter

Chief Joy Officer & Founder

Motivators@Work
Chris Pether

Founder and Managing Director

PeopleSmart
Marelys Garcia

Co-Founder & Business Development
Executive

Mindslines
Bhavna Karani

Managing Partner, Europe

Mindslines
Robert Dobay

Co Founder

Act2Manage
Caroline Seidel

Catalyst

LIVEsciences
Andy Lancaster

Head of Learning

CIPD
Richard Hargreaves

Commercial Director

Corporate Research Forum
Christophe Coutat

CEO and Founder

Advent Group
Jeff Lindeman

Group Director, Operations

WD-40 Company
Gordon Tredgold

CEO & Managing Consultant

Leadership Principles LLC
Natasha Bonnevalle

Partner

THNK School of Creative
Leadership
Michael Banks

Principal Consultant

People Smart
Alexandre Glas

VP Product & Data

HUH corporate
Jérôme Lafon

Founding partner

Inoui
Timm Urschinger

Co-Founder and CEO

LIVEsciences
Lisa Danels

Executive Director

Human Edge Management AG

Margarita Mayo

Professor of Leadership,
Speaker & Author

IE Business School
Luis Vives

Deputy Dean

ESADE
Dr. Nick van Dam

Chief Learning Officer

IE University
Carlo Giardinetti

Dean of Executive Education and
Global Outreach

Franklin University
Switzerland
Udi Aharoni

CEO and Academic Director

Lahav Executive Education,
Tel-Aviv University
Gordon Crichton

Director of the Management Institute

Kedge Business School
Alex Budak

Social Entrepreneur & Professional
Faculty

Berkeley Executive Education
Kellie McCaffrey

Senior Director, Executive Education

Carnegie Mellon University,
Tepper School of Business
Nicholas Hamilton-Archer

Executive Director, Executive Education

Carnegie Mellon University,
Tepper School of Business
Oliver Olson

Senior Lecturer of Marketing & Strategy

Maastricht School of
Management

James Purvis

Head of Human Resources

CERN
Dragana Beara

Portfolio Messaging Director, APJ

Dell Technologies
Henning Trill

Head of Corporate Innovation

Bayer
Anna Walther

Global Learning & Capability Building

Nestlé
Jim van Hulst

Director Learning and Development
EMEA & LATAM

Johnson Controls
Delphine Jumelle-Paulet

Head of Faculty, Mazars University
Dean, The Next MBA

Mazars
Julia Silies

Director Corporate Talent Development

Grifols
Felizitas Lichtenberg

Global Diversity & Inclusion Lead

Vodafone Group
Alastair Procter

Chief Human Resources Officer

IPG Mediabrands
Sabine Weishaupt

Vice President Leadership Development
Consulting & Initiatives

Deutsche Telekom
Michael Renaudin

Head Learning And Development

Swissmedic
Christophe Vanden Eede

Global Head of Talent Management

ING
Dr. Nina Kreyer

Global Head of Learning

Philip Morris International
Ernesto Barrios

Head of Learning Office

Repsol
Camille Gillon

Head of Human Resources Management,
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Belfius Bank

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PRE-REGISTRATION

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WELCOME COCKTAIL

REGISTRATION AND COFFEE

MERIT KNOWLEDGE HOUSE (Exhibition & Startup Village)

SETTING THE SCENE

OPENING SPEECH

WELCOME NOTE

[Keynote] LOVE CAN DO – THE IMPORTANCE OF EMOTIONS IN INNOVATION AND LEARNING

[Debate] IS COMPANY CULTURE THE BIGGEST BARRIER TO INNOVATION?

COFFEE BREAK & One-to-One MEETINGS

COFFEE BREAK

UNCONFERENCE

NETWORKING LUNCH

[Keynote] DISRUPT AND GROW: A CULTURAL APPROACH TO AGILE BEHAVIOUR AND TALENT

COFFEE BREAK & One-to-One MEETINGS

DRINKS & NETWORKING

GALA DINNER at RÍO GRANDE

WELCOME COFFEE & EXHIBITION

SETTING THE SCENE

[Keynote Speech] AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP FOR INNOVATION

[Debate] DOES LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

COFFEE BREAK & One-to-One MEETINGS

COFFEE BREAK

UNCONFERENCE

[Interactive session] HOW TO CREATE INNOVATION BY DISRUPTING YOURSELF

NETWORKING LUNCH

[Keynote] DEVELOPING A CHANGEMAKER MINDSET

[Masterclass] BORN GLOBAL – INTEGRATION OF STARTUPS INTO GLOBAL CORPORATES – THE ISRAELI MODEL

COFFEE BREAK & One-to-One MEETINGS

[Closing Keynote] FUTURE OF LIFE AND WORK WITH EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES

WRAP-UP, AWARDS

PRE-REGISTRATION

MAXIMISE YOUR MERIT EXPERIENCE

WELCOME COCKTAIL

REGISTRATION AND COFFEE

MERIT KNOWLEDGE HOUSE (Exhibition & Startup Village)

SETTING THE SCENE

OPENING SPEECH

WELCOME NOTE

[Keynote] LOVE CAN DO – THE IMPORTANCE OF EMOTIONS IN INNOVATION AND LEARNING

[Debate] IS COMPANY CULTURE THE BIGGEST BARRIER TO INNOVATION?

COFFEE BREAK & One-to-One MEETINGS

COFFEE BREAK

UNCONFERENCE

NETWORKING LUNCH

[Keynote] DISRUPT AND GROW: A CULTURAL APPROACH TO AGILE BEHAVIOUR AND TALENT

COFFEE BREAK & One-to-One MEETINGS

DRINKS & NETWORKING

GALA DINNER at RÍO GRANDE

WELCOME COFFEE & EXHIBITION

SETTING THE SCENE

[Keynote Speech] AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP FOR INNOVATION

[Debate] DOES LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

COFFEE BREAK & One-to-One MEETINGS

COFFEE BREAK

UNCONFERENCE

[Interactive session] HOW TO CREATE INNOVATION BY DISRUPTING YOURSELF

NETWORKING LUNCH

[Keynote] DEVELOPING A CHANGEMAKER MINDSET

[Masterclass] BORN GLOBAL – INTEGRATION OF STARTUPS INTO GLOBAL CORPORATES – THE ISRAELI MODEL