Speakers
Hear from speakers including:
Barry Schwartz
Barry Schwartz is one of the most influential psychologists in the world. His TED talks have been watched by over 23 million people, he’s written 9 bestselling books, and is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Swarthmore college.
Professor Sir Cary Cooper CBE
Cary is the President of the CIPD – the HR professional body of over 150,000 members. Cary is the father of the wellbeing movement – he’s published hundreds of articles and books; his work in the sector earned him a CBE in 2001.
Dr Nancy Doyle
Nancy is probably the UK’s best known neurodiversity practitioner. She’s the CEO of Genius Within and she is currently filming her second series on the BBC of ‘Employable me’.
Chip Conley
New York Times bestselling author Chip Conley is the hospitality maverick who helped Airbnb’s founders turn their fast-growing tech start-up into a global hospitality brand. In Wisdom@Work: The Making of a Modern Elder he shares his unexpected journey at midlife — from CEO to intern — learning about technology as Airbnb’s Head of Global Hospitality and Strategy, while also mentoring CEO Brian Chesky.
John Amaechi OBE
John Amaechi OBE is a respected organisational psychologist, best-selling New York Times author, sought after public speaker, executive coach and CEO of APS Ltd.
Dr Tomas Chamorro-Prezmuzic
Dr Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic is a psychologist, author and entrepreneur. Tomas uses science and tech to help organisations predict human performance.
Gurnek Bains
Gurnek Bains is a managing partner at Global Future, prior to this, Gurnek was a co-founder of the leadership consulting firm, YSC. He was CEO and then Chairman of YSC for 25 years, building the firm to its current level of reach, which includes over 24 international offices and half of the FTSE 100.
Hilary Scarlett
Hilary Scarlett’s work has spanned Europe, North America and Asia, and focuses on working with leadership teams in the private and public sectors to help them introduce change efficiently and effectively.
Dr Dimitrios Tsivrikos
Dr Dimitrios Tsivrikos is a Consumer and Business Psychologist at University College London (UCL). His research, teaching and consultancy work specialize in Business, Consumer/Branding and Occupational Psychology.
Dr Sylvana Storey
Dr Sylvana Storey, CEO of Global Organizational Integrators, is a recognised business psychologist with 20 years experience as an organisational development and change consultant provocateur.
Rob Charlton
Rob is CEO of Space Group which includes Space Architects, BIMTechnologies, bimstore, Campus and Volula. He is also instrumental in establishing BIMShowLive and BIMcrunch.com
Anton Fishman
Anton has been a Board member of The ABP twice in the last 20 years and for the last two years has been convening judge for its Excellence Awards.
Robert Newry
Robert Newry is the CEO and Co-Founder of Arctic Shores, the leading behaviour-based assessment provider that combines neuroscience, psychometrics and game technology to help organisations make better hiring decisions.
Donald Taylor
Donald Taylor is a recognised commentator and organiser in the fields of workplace learning and learning technologies, Donald is passionately committed to helping develop the learning and development profession.
Sarah Mason
Sarah Mason is the Chief People Officer at Foxtons. Her background covers a wide range of HR roles focused on improving performance of organisations through good people practices.
Christopher Roe
Christopher Roe is a Member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, has been working in the built environment for 10 years. His work has focused on the office market, delivering transformation programmes to help occupiers and landlords maximise the potential of their assets.
Claire Colgan
Claire Colgan is an experienced real estate professional, having worked in property asset management, programme and project management within the built environment for 15 years.
Jen Martin
A psychological coach and corporate trainer working with SMEs, multinationals and individuals across a wide range of sectors. Jen has spent the last decade working internationally with C-suite executives, government officials, diplomats, singers and actors.
Mark Hammond
Mark Hammond has spent more than 20 years working in HR, L&D and Organisational Psychology with household names such as Philips, Sony, Marsh and Discovery Communication.
David Hawkins
David has an extensive career in projects and procurement within the construction and manufacturing industries. For over 40 years he has been associated with the development and implementation of major projects in many parts of the world, which has provided an insight into the many organisational and cultural challenges that projects and global operations can generate.
Dr Eliane Algaard
Eliane has over 20 years’ experience in infrastructure asset management and business planning in the Water and Rail sectors. She is a chartered civil engineer with an MSc and PhD in civil engineering from Glasgow University and is a fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
Steve Abrahams
Steve Abrahams is a Quality, business improvement and collaborative working professional and has 35 years’ experience. Steve was part of the winning team that achieved the Queens award for industry in 1989 at 3Com. Steve also contributed to the 1st edition of the BS15000 management handbook for the ISO committee.
Jeremy Campbell
Jeremy is a Member of the Institute for Workplace and Facilities Management (IWFM), and he is an award-winning business leader who has enjoyed a varied and exciting career in Facilities Management spanning over 20 years.
Dr Siobhain O’Riordan
Siobhain is a Chartered Psychologist, Chartered Scientist, International Society for Coaching Psychology Accredited Coaching Psychologist and Supervisor and Principal Practitioner member of the Association of Business Psychology.
Professor Stephen Palmer
Professor Stephen Palmer PhDÂ is a leading Coaching Psychologist and is President and Fellow of the International Society for Coaching Psychology (ISCP).
Sheila Panchal
Sheila Panchal (CPsychol, MISCPAccred) is a Business Psychologist with 20 years of experience working across a range of sectors. She specialises in transition coaching, and is co-editor of ‘Developmental Coaching: Life Transitions and Generational Perspectives’ with Professor Stephen Palmer (2011).