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Stephen Ibaraki

Stephen Ibaraki

by | 11/06/26 | AI, Assets, Blog, Ethical AI, Navigation, Science, Steering, Technology, Thought Leadership

Stephen K. Ibaraki has been a teacher, an industry analyst, writer and consultant in the IT industry, and the former president of the Canadian Information Processing Society.

Currently, Ibaraki is a venture capitalist, entrepreneur, futurist and speaker. He is also the founder of the UN ITU AI for Good Global Summit, and a vicechair of the ITU-WHO Focus Group on Artificial Intelligence for Health, founding chair of the Financial Services Roundtable Tech Advisory Council, and founding chair of the International Federation for Information Processing Global Industry Council. Ibaraki serves as an Advisor for the Business Development Committee of the IEEE Computer Society. He is the co-founder for the Technology Advisory Board at Yintech Investment Holdings Limited.

In 2018, he was invited to be a founding member of IPSoft's AI Pioneers Steering Committee and he was also invited to join the Science and Technology Council for the ARCH Mission Foundation. Aside from taking on these new roles, he was invited to be a keynote speaker at the Yonder25 Conference as well as the Reshaping National Security forum which was hosted by Shanghai Institute for International Studies; and the UNICRI Centre for AI and Robotics.

Ibaraki has been the recipient of a Microsoft MVP award for 13 years in a row since 2006

In December 2018, Ibaraki was invited by YPO to share his insights about business and investments with respect to the Fourth Industrial Revolution at YPO Edge 2019.

Dr. Emily Springer

Dr. Emily Springer

by | 11/06/26 | AI, Blog, Changemaker, Ethical AI, RFW, Thought Leadership

Dr. Emily Springer, a certified algorithmic auditor, one of 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics™(2024), and member of UNESCO’s Women for Ethical AI.

Dr. Springer is an responsible AI advisor and algorithmic literacy trainer for social impact professionals. She specializes in sociotechnical understandings of AI, end user research and testing, and AI strategy and risk mitigation.

Chris Skinner

Chris Skinner

by | 10/06/26 | Assets, Blog, DIgital Banking, Money Matters, Neobank, Opinion, Thought Leadership

Chris Skinner is an award-winning speaker and one of the most influential people in technology, as well as a best-selling author. He is an independent commentator on the financial markets and fintech through his blog, the Finanser.com.

He helped to found one of the first mobile banks in the world, and has advised CEOs and leaders from every continent of the world including the United Nations, the White House, the World Bank and the World Economic Forum. In 2024 Chris was voted Thought Leader in Finance, Climate Change, Ecosystems in 2025 and in 2023 he was recognised with a Lifetime Achievement Award by The Payments Association, the largest community in payments.

His latest book, Intelligent Money, discusses the implications of Generative Finance as Artificial Intelligence takes over the world.

His previous books include:

Digital for Good, focusing upon how technology and finance can work together to address the environmental and social issues we face today and make a better world; Doing Digital, which shared the lessons of how to do digital transformation through interviews with leading global banks such as BBVA, China Merchants Bank, DBS, ING and JPMorgan Chase; Digital Human, which showed how digitalisation is a revolution that allows everyone from the plains of Africa to the mountains of Tibet to be included and served by the network; and Digital Bank that provides a comprehensive review and analysis of the battle for digital banking and strategies for companies to compete.

Anne-Marie Imafidon

Anne-Marie Imafidon

by | 10/06/26 | Blog, Changemaker, Navigation, Social Media, Steering, STEM, Technology, Thought Leadership

Anne-Marie Osawemwenze Ore-Ofe Imafidon (pronounced: /ɪmˈæfɪdən/, i-MA-fi-dən; born 27 July 1990) is a British-Nigerian social entrepreneur and computer scientist.
She founded and became CEO of Stemettes in 2013, a social enterprise promoting women in STEM careers.

 

In June 2022, she was announced as the 2022–2023 President of the British Science Association. She has worked for companies such as Hewlett Packard and Deutsche Bank. She has spoken at many international conferences such as the Web Summit, SXSW, and the Women of the World Festival. She is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Girl Guides and the Council of Digital Economy as well as the trustee of the Institute for the Future of Work. As of February 2024, she is the Chancellor (titular head) of Glasgow Caledonian University.

Pascal Bornet

Pascal Bornet

by | 09/06/26 | AI, Blog, Changemaker, Engineering, Ethical AI, Opinion, Technology, Thought Leadership

Pascal Bornet is an award-winning expert, author, and keynote speaker on Artificial Intelligence (AI), Automation, and Agentic AI, with over two million social media followers. Regularly ranked as one of the top 10 global AI and Automation experts, he developed his expertise through 20+ years at McKinsey and EY, implementing AI initiatives for hundreds of organizations worldwide. Bornet advocates for making our world more human with AI.