UNITING THE BUSINESS WORLD IN A 3-DAY MEMORABLE DIGITAL EXPERIENCE
Check-in available starting
SEPTEMBER 15th, 2020
CONNECT LIVE WITH THE GLOBAL THINKERS
A 3-DAY EXPERIENCE FOR BUSINESS GROWTH
BRAND MINDS 2020 has upgraded from a 1-DAY event to a 3-DAY GROWTH WEEKEND! Learn from the best experts of the moment how to integrate LEADERSHIP, MARKETING and ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE to create a great business strategy.
WORLD CHANGERS GLOBAL COMMUNITY
Get in touch with BRAND MINDS global community through our social media groups and develop your company by networking with business professionals from all around the globe. During the event weekend you will also have access to a complex networking platform to schedule private online-rooms.
19 INSPIRING WORLD-CLASS EXPERTS
19 World-Class Speakers will join the digital conference this year to help you SCALE UP your company! Access priceless insights on personal and professional development to redefine your BUSINESS STRATEGY and strengthen your LEADERSHIP VISION.
WATCH BRAND MINDS FROM YOUR HOME
Enjoy an outstanding digital event from your own living room. No traffic jam, no waiting in the airports, no hustle, only the best content for your personal growth and your company development in a cozy and warm environment!
BRAND MINDS is the business summit of 2020 in Central and Eastern europe
Over 15.000 ATTENDEES from over 50 COUNTRIES expected.
BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS FROM
ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE JOINING!
Why you should attend
BUSINESS STRATEGY
Scale up your company! Learn from the best experts of the moment how to integrate leadership, marketing and organizational development to create a great business strategy.
TEAM GROWTH
BRAND MINDS will be the best INVESTMENT in your team! It combines business strategy, leadership, marketing, creativity and consumer psychology to help your team develop your brand and company.
ELITE NETWORKING
Business Professionals, entrepreneurs and investors from all around the world join BRAND MINDS SUMMIT each year! You will network online with elite world changers!
MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE
The incredible lineup of renowned speakers, the elitist community and the exclusive business insights make the digital-event memorable in every single way! You will always remember your first BRAND MINDS!
Enjoy an amazing Environmental Friendly
Conference with zero carbon footprint.
AGENDA
Timezone: EEST – Eastern European Summer Time, (+03:00) Bucharest - Europe
DAY 1
25th of September 2020
DAY 2
26th of September 2020
DAY 3
27th of September 2020
The event hours are based on Eastern European Time Zone.
Please check your time zone and schedule your agenda according to your country.
Timezone: EEST – Eastern European Summer Time, (+03:00) Bucharest - Europe
The event agenda may be subject to change. Please check the website for the latest updates.
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- 2 DAY EXPERIENCE
- Learn from 19 World Famous Experts
- The best business experience
- Access to Brand Minds Networking Platform
- Access to 2 DAYS of business experiences on September 25th and 26th
- The GENERAL PASS ticket covers only the conference days on September 25th and 26th
- Zero Travel Expenses
- Enjoy an amazing Environmental Friendly Conference with zero carbon footprint
- Exclusive content for BRAND MINDS community that you won’t find anywhere else
- Easy to access from anywhere in the world
- The event will be held in English.
- Check-in available starting September 15th, 2020.
BUSINESS
€499
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- 3 DAY EXPERIENCE
- Learn from 19 World Famous Experts
- The best business experience
- Access to Brand Minds Networking Platform
- Access to 3 DAYS of business experiences on September 25th, 26th and 27th
- Access to a FULL-DAY Private Session on Marketing Strategy with Martin Lindstrom on September 27th
- Zero Travel Expenses
- Enjoy an amazing Environmental Friendly Conference with zero carbon footprint
- Exclusive content for BRAND MINDS community that you won’t find anywhere else
- Easy to access from anywhere in the world
- The event will be held in English.
- Check-in available starting September 15th, 2020.
Enjoy exclusive content delivered for BRAND MINDS
community, that you won’t find anywhere else!
DAY 1
25th of September 2020
GARY VAYNERCHUK
World Famous Entrepreneur
GARY VAYNERCHUK
World Famous Entrepreneur
Gary Vaynerchuk is an angel investor and the CEO of VaynerMedia, a full-service advertising agency servicing Fortune 100 clients. He is an author of 5 New York Times bestselling books and he is followed by over 16 million professionals and entrepreneurs in the digital arena.
Gary also appears with Gwyneth Paltrow, Jessica Alba and Will.i.am on Apple’s first original series “Planet of the Apps” out now.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
✔️ CRUSHING IT!: How great entrepreneurs build their business and influence - and how you can, too
✔️ #ASKGARYVEE: One entrepreneur's take on leadership, social media, and self-awareness
✔️ JAB, JAB, JAB, RIGHT HOOK: How to tell your story in a noisy social world
✔️ THE THANK YOU ECONOMY
✔️ CRUSH IT! Why now is the time to cash in on your passion
MEDIA ICON
He is currently the subject of DailyVee, an online documentary series highlighting what it’s like to be a CEO and public figure in today’s digital world.
FOUNDER OF A DIGITAL EMPIRE
Gary Vaynerchuk is the chairman of VaynerX, the renown media company and the CEO of VaynerMedia, a full-service advertising agency servicing Fortune 100 clients.
ANGEL INVESTOR
He is a prolific angel investor with early investments in companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Uber and more.
GARY VAYNERCHUK is joining BRAND MINDS LIVE on September 25th, 2020, where he’ll be giving a speech about HOW TO LEVERAGE BUSINESS GROWTH.
MARK MANSON
Bestselling Author & Entrepreneur
MARK MANSON
Bestselling Author & Entrepreneur
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
Mark’s books have been translated into 30 languages and have sold over 12 million copies worldwide.
“The subtle art of not giving a f*ck” reached #1 in 14 countries.
“Everything is f*cked” debuted at #1 on the New York Times Bestseller list in May of 2019.
MARK MANSON is joining BRAND MINDS LIVE on September 25th, 2020, where he’ll be holding a speech about WHAT PEOPLE DON’T TELL YOU ABOUT SUCCESS.
WERNER VOGELS
CTO and VP Amazon
WERNER VOGELS
Dr. Werner Vogels is Chief Technology Officer at Amazon.com where he is leading the company’s customer-centric technology vision.
Passionate about helping businesses reach global scale, he is transforming enterprises into fast-moving digital organizations.
TECHNOLOGY LEADER
Vogels joined Amazon in 2004 from Cornell University where he was a distributed systems researcher. He has held technology leadership positions in companies that handle the transition of academic technology into industry.
DOCTOR IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
Vogels holds a PhD from the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam and has authored many articles on distributed systems technologies for enterprise computing.
WERNER VOGELS is joining BRAND MINDS LIVE on September 25th, 2020, where he’ll be giving a speech about INNOVATION AT SCALE AT AMAZON.COM
MALCOLM GLADWELL
World Famous Journalist
MALCOLM GLADWELL
Malcolm Gladwell is an extraordinary speaker: always on target, aware of the context and the concerns of the audience, informative and practical, poised, eloquent and warm and funny. He has an unsur-passed ability to be both entertaining and challenging.
He has been named one of the 100 most influential people by TIME magazine and one of the Foreign Policy’s Top Global Thinkers.
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR
Malcolm Gladwell is the author of the 5 New York Times bestsellers listed below.
He is about to publish his next book, Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know, in September 2019.
PODCAST HOST
Malcolm is the host of a 10-part podcast, Revisionist History, now in its fourth season.
In the weekly podcast, Malcolm re-examines an overlooked or misunderstood aspect of past events.
AWARDS & CREDENTIALS
- Staff writer for The New Yorker
- Member of the Order of Canada
- Honorary doctorate of letters, University of Toronto
- Former science and medicine writer for The Washington Post
- Winner of National Magazine Award
MALCOLM GLADWELL is joining BRAND MINDS LIVE on September 25th 2020, where he’ll be giving a speech about CREATIVE STORYTELLING.
MICHIO KAKU
World Famous Scientist
MICHIO KAKU
Dr. Michio Kaku is one of the most widely recognized figures in science in the world today, being followed by over 3.7 million fans online only! He is an internationally recognized authority in two areas: Einstein’s unified field theory, which Dr. Kaku is attempting to complete and Predictions of trends affecting businesses, medicine and finance, based on the latest research in science.
GLOBAL AUTHORITY IN SCIENCE AREA
Dr. Kaku holds the Henry Semat Chair in Theoretical Physics at the City Univ. of New York with almost 30 years of work in teaching. He has taught at Harvard and Princeton as well.
He is the co-founder of string theory, the leading candidate today for the theory of everything.
For Physics of the Future, he interviewed 300 of the world’s top scientists, many of them Nobel Laureates and directors of the largest scientific laboratories.
#1 Science Book in the United States: Physics of the Impossible – earned glowing reviews from the LA Times, New Scientist Magazine, Guardian Newspaper (UK) and many, many more.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER FOR MAJOR BUSINESS CONFERENCES
He frequently keynotes major business conferences about the next 20 years in computers, finance, banking, and commerce. Brands he spoke for:
– Microsoft
– HSBC Bank
– Deloitte Consulting
– Morgan Stanley
– Business Week
– European Institute
– European Space Agency
– Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
– Walt Disney
– Swiss Innovation Forum
And many more.
HOST OF PHYSICS OF THE IMPOSSIBLE
He signed a contract with the Science Channel to host a 12 part science series based on his best-seller, Physics of the Impossible. The series aired in Dec. 1, 2009. The Science Channel also asked Dr. Kaku to be the public face of the Science Channel.
MICHIO KAKU is joining BRAND MINDS LIVE on 25th of September 2020, where he’ll be holding a speech about THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE.
TARA WESTOVER
Bestselling Author
TARA WESTOVER
One of the TOP 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE OF 2019 according to TIME MAGAZINE
Tara Westover is an American historian and writer known for her unique and courageous education journey. She was born to Mormon survivalist parents opposed to public education. Tara taught herself enough mathematics, grammar, and science to take the ACT and be admitted to Brigham Young University. She graduated magna cum laude winning a Gates Cambridge Scholarship.
Tara was chosen by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of 2019.
EDUCATED - 70 WEEKS ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Her book, Educated, is an account of the struggle for self invention. It is a story that gets to the heart of what education is and what it offers: the perspective to see one’s life through new eyes, and the will to change it.
CAMBRIDGE PHD IN HISTORY
She earned an MPhil from Trinity College, Cambridge in 2009, and in 2010 was a visiting fellow at Harvard University. She returned to Cambridge, where she was awarded a PhD in history in 2014.
2019 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE
Educated was long-listed for the 2019 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence and had spent 70 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller list. Former U.S. President Barack Obama named Educated as one of the books on his summer reading list of 2018, just as Microsoft Founder, Bill Gates.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Tara was chosen by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of 2019
Educated was named the Book of the Year by the American Booksellers Association
One of the New York Times’s 10 Best Books of 2018.
Long-listed for the Carnegie Medal of Excellence
Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Autobiography
Amazon Editors’ pick for the Best Book of 2018
Apple’s Best Memoir of the Year
Audible’s Best Memoir of the Year
Former President Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of the Year list
Bill Gates’s Holiday Reading list
TARA WESTOVER is joining BRAND MINDS LIVE on September 25th 2020, where she’ll be giving a speech about THE POWER OF EDUCATION.
MARTIN LINDSTROM
World Famous Marketing Expert
MARTIN LINDSTROM
ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST RESPECTED BRANDING EXPERTS
He is a pioneer in the fields of consumer psychology, marketing, and neuro-marketing research.
Martin Lindstrom has for more than a decade advised Fortune Top 500 brands. Among them, we can mention including Mars, LEGO, Cartoon Network, American Express, Ericsson, HSBC, Gillette and Microsoft.
BESTSELLING AUTHOR
He is the Best-Selling Author of internationally-acclaimed ‘BRAND sense’ and ‘Buyology’. His latest book is called ‘Small Data: The Tiny Clues That Uncover Huge Trends’ and is a New York Times best-seller; In it, Martin shares his vast experience from working with brands in numerous countries while identifying global trends.
FOUNDER OF EUROPE’S LARGEST BRAND DIALOGUE COMPANY
He is co-founder of BBDO Interactive/Framfab, Europe’s largest Brand Dialogue Company and founding CEO of BBDO Interactive Asia.
MARTIN LINDSTROM is joining BRAND MINDS LIVE on September 25th and 27th 2020, where he’ll be holding a speech about DISCOVERING GLOBAL TRENDS.
ANNICKEN R. DAY
Leadership & Culture Strategist
ANNICKEN R. DAY
AUTHOR OF "FLY, BUTTERFLY"
Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author: Annicken R. Day has a gift for transforming bureaucracies into businesses that buzz with creativity and joy. With her debut novel, she shows that she also has a knack for crafting stories about transforming ourselves.
WON BEST PLACE TO WORK AWARD 3 YEARS IN A ROW
During her tenure as VP People & Culture at Tandberg, a large electronics company in Norway, the company was awarded Best Place to Work in Norway and among the top 50 Best Workplaces in Europe.
WORKED WITH TOP 500 FORTUNE COMPANIES
As CEO and co-founder of Corporate Spring, she helps leaders create highly engaged cultures in top corporations like Microsoft, CIsco and Accenture.
INSPIRED 70,000 EMPLOYEES
As Culture Ambassador at Cisco she led several culture change initiatives. The improvements generated a 13% increase in employee engagement in the teams that attended her programs.
25 YEARS OF CREATING HIGH-PERFORMING CULTURES
Her expertise lies in the field of culture change, high performing teams and leadership in the new world of work.
ANNICKEN R. DAY is joining BRAND MINDS LIVE on September 25th 2020, where he’ll be giving a speech about HOWTO CREATE THE BEST PERFORMING CULTURE IN YOUR COMPANY.
DAY 2
26th of September 2020
SIMON SINEK
Optimist & Bestselling Author
SIMON SINEK
Simon Sinek: “Leaders are the ones who have the courage to go first, to put themselves at personal risk to open a path for others to follow.”
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
With over 1 million copies sold, Start With Why is widely recognized as one of the best leadership books of our time, followed by Leaders Eat Last and Find Your Why.
Sinek’s latest book, The Infinite Game has been in the New York Time’s Top 10 Business Bestsellers for five months since launch.
3RD MOST-VIEWED TED TALK OF ALL TIME
With over 50 million views, Simon’s 2009 talk How great leaders inspire action describes his simple but powerful model for inspirational leadership – the golden circle.
POPULARIZED THE CONCEPT OF WHY
He identified and developed the concept of Why which is defined as the purpose, cause or belief that drives every one of us.
HIS LEADERSHIP MODEL IS APPLIED GLOBALLY
Simon’s innovative research-based views on leadership have attracted international attention from leaders and organizations in nearly every industry worldwide.
GROWTH INSPIRATION FOR MILLIONS
His ideas on growth, having an infinite mindset and be fulfilled are shared with 6+ million followers combined on social media.
SIMON SINEK is joining BRAND MINDS 2020 on September 26th, where he’ll deliver a speech about THE INFINITE GAME IN LEADERSHIP.
BRENÉ BROWN
Researcher & Bestselling Author
BRENÉ BROWN
Brené’s TED talk – The Power of Vulnerability – is among the
most viewed TED talks in the world, with over 48 million views.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
Dr Brown’s books have sold millions of copies worldwide. Her books showcase insights based on more than 20 years of research on courage, vulnerability, shame and empathy.”
A RESPECTED RESEARCHER
Dr Brené Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston where she holds the Huffington Foundation – Brené Brown Endowed Chair at The Graduate College of Social Work. She is also a visiting professor in management at The University of Texas.
ONE OF THE TOP 5 MOST VIEWED TED TALKS
With over 48 million views, The Power of Vulnerability is a poignant, funny talk where Brené shares her personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity.
HOST OF A TOP-RANKING PODCAST
In March 2020, Brené launched Unlocking Us, a podcast where she explores stories that reflect the universal experiences of being human.
AN OUTSTANDING NETFLIX LECTURE
Brené is the first researcher to have a filmed lecture on Netflix, Brené Brown: The Call to Courage. In the lecture, she discusses what it takes to choose courage over comfort in a culture defined by scarcity, fear and uncertainty.
BRENÉ BROWN is joining BRAND MINDS 2020 on September 26th for a special conversation on Equity and Representation with Austin Channing Brown.
NICK VUJICIC
Bestselling Author & Motivational Speaker
NICK VUJICIC
Nick Vujicic: “I do believe my life has no limits. I want you to feel the same way about your life, no matter what your challenges may be.”
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
Nick’s books sold millions of copies worldwide and have been translated into over 30 languages.
15 YEARS OF INSPIRING SPEECHES
Since 2005, Nick has been travelling the world sharing his lessons of hope and strength with millions of people.
REACHING 1 BILLION PEOPLE
Through his organization “Life Without Limbs”, Nick’s message of overcoming difficulties has reached almost 1 billion to date.
SHAPING FUTURE WORLD-CHANGERS
An anti-bullying advocate, Nick has developed “Attitude is Altitude”, a strategic program designed to empower students to reach their goals through social and emotional learning.
MET WITH 18 PRESIDENTS
His core message to each of them was his belief that schools must teach students how to dream big and never give up. NICK VUJICIC is joining BRAND MINDS 2020 on September 26th, where he’ll be holding a speech about LIVING A LIFE WITHOUT LIMITS.
ADUKE ONAFOWOKAN
Expert on DIversity & Inclusive Leadership
ADUKE ONAFOWOKAN
Aduk Onafowokan is an international renowned expert on diversity, intersectionality, and inclusive leadership.
She has empowered thousands of business women while working with several FTSE 100 (The Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Index) companies and partnered with organisations such as The U.N. Foundation, UNICEF, Oxford University and more, to develop and implement diversity and inclusion strategies.
EMPOWERED OVER 10 000 WOMEN
With a background in Law and expertise from INSEAD, Yale and the University of Oxford,
Aduke is also a social entrepreneur who has supported over 10,000 women globally through her leadership for women organisation The Sister Sister Network.
PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE U.N. FOUNDATION, OXFORD UNIVERSITY & MORE
Due to her expertise and dedication to supporting business women communities, Aduke has partnered with the UN Foundation, University of Oxford, UK Parliament and UNICEF on Campus to empower women and future female leaders at work and in business.
CEO OF INCLUSIVITY
She is the CEO of Inclusivitii, a diversity and inclusion organisation that has educated and inspired thousands of workforce on inclusive leadership and diversity in the workplace across the globe.
Recently, Aduke also launched The Sister Sister Network Africa to accelerate innovative leadership and gender equality in one of the world’s largest continents.
INSPIRING LEADER IN A TOP WITH MICHELLE OBAMA & MELINDA GATES
Aduke was recognised as one of the 145 Inspiring Women Leaders 2020 by DiverseIn (a renowned media platform that focuses on global diversity and inclusion) alongside leaders like Michelle Obama and Melinda Gates. She was also nominated for the Yahoo Finance HERoes Role Model List 2020.
ADUKE ONAFOWOKAN is joining BRAND MINDS LIVE on September 26th, where she’ll be giving a speech about DIVERSITY and INCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP.
NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB
Author & Risk Analyst
NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB
Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman: “Taleb has changed the way many people think about uncertainty, particularly in the financial markets.”
AUTHOR OF "INCERTO" Taleb’s five-volume essay, “Incerto” (Skin In the Game, Antifragile, The Black Swan, Fooled by Randomness, and The Bed of Procrustes) is a philosophical and practical essay on uncertainty, with 150 translations into 41 languages to date
AMONG THE VETERAN TRADERS IN THE WORLD
Taleb spent 21 years as a risk trader (quantitative trader) closing 650,000 option transactions and examining 200,000 risk reports.
DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR
An MBA and PhD graduate, Taleb is currently Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering at NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering, focusing on the properties of systems that can handle disorder.
CO-FOUNDED THE REAL WORLD RISK INSTITUTE
As co-founder and lecturer at the institute, he teaches attendees how to make decisions under uncertainty and provides them with a clear-cut way to approach risk.
REPUTED FINANCIAL ADVISOR
Taleb has advised heads of states, top financial institutions, and various central banks on tail risks.
NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB is joining BRAND MINDS 2020 on September 26th,
where he will deliver a speech about the meaning of ANTIFRAGILE.
RENÉE MAUBORGNE
Bestselling Author of Blue Ocean Strategy & Blue Ocean Shift
RENÉE MAUBORGNE
Renée Mauborgne: “Create. Don’t Compete.”
CO-AUTHOR OF TWO GLOBAL BESTSELLERS
Blue Ocean Strategy has sold over 4 million copies and is recognized as one of the most iconic and impactful strategy books ever written.
Amazon selected Blue Ocean Shift as one of the “Best Business and Leadership Books of 2017” and has been published in over 30 languages.
#1 MANAGEMENT THINKER IN THE WORLD IN 2019
Along with her colleague Chan Kim, Renée is the first woman ever to secure the top spot on the Thinkers50 list of global thought leaders.
TOP 5 BEST BUSINESS SCHOOL PROFESSORS
A Distinguished Fellow and Professor of Strategy at INSEAD, Renée was named among the world’s Top 5 best business school professors by MBA Rankings.
CO-DIRECTOR OF BLUE OCEAN STRATEGY INSTITUTE
Teaching materials developed by the institute are in use in over 1700 universities in 100 countries with individuals, organizations and national governments across the world applying the Blue Ocean Strategy model.
AWARDED LEADERSHIP EXPERT
Renée has received numerous awards including the prestigious Carl S. Sloane Award for Excellence for her innovative approach of management and leadership.
RENÉE MAUBORGNE is joining BRAND MINDS 2020 on September 26th, where she’ll deliver a speech about BLUE OCEAN STRATEGY.
NEIL PASRICHA
Bestselling Author & Psychology Researcher
NEIL PASRICHA
Neil Pasricha: “The goal is not to be perfect. The goal is to be better than before.”
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR
Neil Pasricha writes about failure, resilience, happiness, trust, and gratitude. His books have
sold over a million copies and spent over 200 weeks on international bestseller lists.
AWARD-WINNING BLOGGER
With over 100 million visits, Neil’s daily blog, 1000awesomethings.com has won the Webby Award for “Best Blog in the World” two years in a row.
HOST OF AN AWARDED PODCAST
Winner of Apple’s “Best of” award, Neil’s podcast, 3 Books with Neil Pasricha is on a mission to uncover the 1000 most formative books in the world.
ONE OF THE 10 MOST INSPIRING TED TALKS
His TED Talk, The 3 As of Awesome has over 3 million views and in it, Neil reveals the three secrets to leading a life that’s truly awesome.
GROWING THE CEOS OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST EMPLOYER
As Director of Leadership at Walmart for ten years, the company with 2.2 million employees, Neil helped its leaders grow and improve their leadership skills.
NEIL PASRICHA is joining BRAND MINDS 2020 on September 26th, where he’ll be giving a speech about LEADING YOURSELF FIRST, BEFORE YOU LEAD OTHERS.
RICHARD QUEST
CNN International Anchor
RICHARD QUEST
AWARD-WINNING REPORTER
Richard Austin Quest is an English journalist and a CNN International Anchor. He is also CNN Business Editor at Large, based in New York City. He anchors “Quest Means Business”, the five-times-weekly business programme and fronts the CNN shows “Business Traveller”, “The Express” and “Quest’s World of Wonder”.
In 2013, Quest received the United Nations Tourism Organization Lifetime achievement award in recognition for his work as a business journalist reporting on the journalism industry.
RICHARD QUEST, ONE OF CNN’S BIGGEST STARS, TALKS US THROUGH THE HIGHLIGHTS OF HIS CAREER
RICHARD QUEST is joining BRAND MINDS LIVE on September 25th-27th 2020, where he’ll be leading the event presentations and speakers interviews.
AUSTIN CHANNING BROWN
Author & Media Producer
AUSTIN CHANNING BROWN
BRENÉ BROWN: “Most people say, ‘that book has legs’; I measure the impact of a book by how often I throw it across the room. Austin’s book has serious wings. It broke me open.”
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
Austin’s book has received critical acclaim from influential publications such as Publishers Weekly and Booklist and was ranked in Amazon’s Top 20 Bestsellers list.
EMPOWERING BLACK WOMEN
By creating content that centres the experiences of Black women, Austin dismantles the foundations of white supremacy.
PROVIDING INSPIRED LEADERSHIP
With a Bachelor of Arts in business management and a Masters in Arts in social justice, Austin awakens people to the current realities of systemic racism and the everyday actions which allow racism to thrive.
ADVOCATE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
The Next Question is Austin’s nationally-celebrated web series that examines complex topics affecting social justice while simultaneously celebrating the humanity of their guests.
Join BRAND MINDS LIVE on September 26th for Equity and Representation: A conversation between Austin Channing Brown and Brené Brown.
BOZOMA SAINT JOHN
Chief Marketing Officer Netflix
BOZOMA SAINT JOHN
Bozoma Saint John: “None of us will have any impact or influence if we are quiet. So don’t be quiet, be loud as hell.”
20 YEARS OF MARKETING EXPERIENCE
Bozoma is an experienced professional leading the marketing departments for billion-dollar companies. Before Netflix, she was Chief Brand Officer at Uber and Head of Global Consumer Marketing at Apple Music.
ONE OF WORLD’S MOST INFLUENTIAL CMOS
She was featured in Forbes’ World’s Most Influential CMOs list and Ad Age’s Most Creative People list. Moreover, she was inducted into the American Advertising Federation Hall of Achievement.
BLACK ENTERPRISE’S MOST POWERFUL WOMEN IN BUSINESS
In 2017, business magazine Black Enterprise announced Bozoma as one of the “Most Powerful Women in Business”, together with other global leaders, such as Oprah or Beyonce Knowles. At the time, she was head of global marketing for Apple Music.
GUEST LECTURER AT HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL
During the 2020 Spring semester, Bozoma’s marketing career served as a case study in an MBA class at the Harvard Business School.Join BRAND MINDS LIVE and connect with BOZOMA SAINT JOHN on September 26th!
BENIAMIN MINCU
Co-founder & CEO Elrond Network
BENIAMIN MINCU
Beniamin Mincu: “BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY WILL OPEN AN ERA OF UNPARALLELED OPPORTUNITY”
WHAT IS ELROND? Elrond is a highly scalable, fast and secure blockchain platform which can process more than 10,000 transactions per second, with a 5-second latency, and 100x less cost than Bitcoin or Ethereum.
ONE OF THE EARLY BLOCKCHAIN PIONEERS IN EUROPE
Beniamin was part of the NEM.io core team, the world’s first Smart Asset blockchain. Smart Assets are unique virtual currency tokens that may represent a tangible or intangible real-world asset.
LEADING A HIGHLY EXPERIENCED TEAM
Elrond is built by a team of experienced entrepreneurs, engineers and researchers with significant technical experience at Microsoft, Google and Intel. Besides the team of experts, Beniamin is also connected to an international Board of Advisors that gathers prolific tech investors, University professors and renowned blockchain entrepreneurs.
EARLY INVESTOR IN BLOCKCHAIN STARTUPS
Through Metachain Capital, which he co-founded in 2016, Beniamin has invested in some of the most ambitious and ingenious blockchain startups such as Binance, BAT and Tezos.
PARTNERED WITH BINANCE, THE LARGEST CRYPTO EXCHANGE IN THE WORLD
Elrond’s collaboration with Binance enables fast and inexpensive stablecoin (digital money) transactions thanks to Elrond’s high throughput processing capacity.
Beniamin Mincu is joining BRAND MINDS LIVE on September 26th for where he will deliver a speech about BLOCKCHAIN AS A NEW ECONOMIC ERA.
DAY 3
27th of September 2020
FULL DAY
PRIVATE MARKETING STRATEGY
SESSION with MARTIN LINDSTROM
* Only for BUSINESS & FIRST CLASS TICKETS
MARTIN LINDSTROM
World Famous Marketing Expert
MARTIN LINDSTROM
ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST RESPECTED BRANDING EXPERTS
He is a pioneer in the fields of consumer psychology, marketing, and neuro-marketing research.
Martin Lindstrom has for more than a decade advised Fortune Top 500 brands. Among them, we can mention including Mars, LEGO, Cartoon Network, American Express, Ericsson, HSBC, Gillette and Microsoft.
BESTSELLING AUTHOR
He is the Best-Selling Author of internationally-acclaimed ‘BRAND sense’ and ‘Buyology’. His latest book is called ‘Small Data: The Tiny Clues That Uncover Huge Trends’ and is a New York Times best-seller; In it, Martin shares his vast experience from working with brands in numerous countries while identifying global trends.
FOUNDER OF EUROPE’S LARGEST BRAND DIALOGUE COMPANY
He is co-founder of BBDO Interactive/Framfab, Europe’s largest Brand Dialogue Company and founding CEO of BBDO Interactive Asia.
MARTIN LINDSTROM is joining BRAND MINDS LIVE on September 25th and 27th 2020, where he’ll be holding a speech about DISCOVERING GLOBAL TRENDS.