Ahmed Shihab-Eldin is an Emmy-nominated journalist and senior
correspondent for AJ+. In 2015, he was featured on the Arabian Business power
list of the planet’s 100 most influential young Arabs. In 2012 he was featured
on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list of “young disruptors, innovators and media
entrepreneurs impatient to change the world.” Ahmed graduated with honors from
Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism with a focus in digital
media. @ASE
Carla Grasso, a dual national of Brazil and Italy, is Deputy
Managing Director and Chief Administrative Officer of the IMF. She oversees all
the IMF’s administrative functions, coordinates the budget, HR, technology,
general services, and internal audit, and oversees the IMF’s capacity building
and training work. She worked for 14 years at Vale S.A., one of the world’s
largest mining companies, as VP for Human Resources and Corporate Services.
Komal Dadlani is a Biochemist with an MSc from the University
of Chile, she was awarded the CONICYT Scholarship of academic excellence, has
research experience in nano biotechnology, biomedicine and molecular
diagnostics (University of Chile). In 2013 she started Lab4U to democratize
science and change the way science is taught with a lab in the pocket.
Komal has been a recipient of many awards including Cartier Women Initiative,
Toyota Mother of Invention, and internationally recognized by The New York
Times, Forbes, People Magazine, and the BBC.
@KomalDadlani
Rapelang Rabana, recently honored by the World Economic Forum
as a Young Global Leader for 2017 and featured on the cover of Forbes Africa by
the age of 30. Rapelang Rabana is an entrepreneur and thought leader in the
burgeoning technology industry. A founding member of Yeigo Communications, one
the first VOIP applications, her latest project Rekindle Learning has been
profiled as a ‘striking innovation’ in mobile learning for both academia and
corporate training environments. @rapelangrabana
Lee Rainie, is the Director of Internet and Technology
research at the Pew Research Center, a non-profit, non–partisan “fact tank”
that studies the social impact of the internet. His Project was described by
the American Sociological Association as the “most authoritative source of
reliable data on the use and impact of the internet and mobile connectivity”
and the ASA awarded him and the Internet Project its award for “excellence in
the reporting on social issues award.” Prior to launching the Pew Internet
Project, Lee was managing editor of U.S. News & World Report.
@lrainie
Enzo Weber, holds the Chair of Empirical Economics at the
University of Regensburg. He is Head of the Research Department at the
Institute for Employment Research (IAB). He is also a Research Fellow at the
Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS), as well as a
consultant and Research Affiliate of BE Berlin Economics. Professor Weber works
in the fields labour market, macroeconomics, forecasting, financial markets as
well as econometrics. He has a PhD in economics from the Freie Universität in
Berlin.