David Carmona

Vice President
Microsoft Discovery and Quantum

David Carmona leads Microsoft’s strategy, incubation, and ecosystem for emerging technologies, spanning Artificial Intelligence for Science and R&D, Quantum Computing, and Robotics. Over his 25-year career at Microsoft, David has held a wide range of leadership roles across both engineering and business. He has led the incubation of some of Microsoft’s most important businesses, including its cloud development platform and Artificial Intelligence, where he led the strategy and incubation of Microsoft AI at its inception more than a decade ago, turning AI innovation from Microsoft’s research labs into a global-scale Enterprise platform.

David is the author of the O’Reilly book “The AI Organization,” which explores Microsoft’s internal AI transformation journey, and he is a frequent international speaker on innovation culture, frontier technologies, and the business transformation in the AI and Quantum era.

Andy Stalman

CEO & Co-Founder
TOTEM Branding

Andy Stalman, internationally known as “Mr. Branding,” is one of the world’s leading authorities on branding, identity, innovation, and business transformation. With over 30 years of experience, he has led strategic projects across five continents, helping companies, cities, institutions, and governments build stronger, more human, purpose-driven brands.

He is the co-founder and CEO of TOTEM Branding, as well as a professor, strategic advisor, and international keynote speaker. His work combines strategic vision, creativity, technology, sustainability, and social impact.

His books BrandOffOn, HumanOffOn, and TOTEM explore the evolution of branding and humanity in the digital age. He has taught at prestigious international institutions and is recognized for inspiring leaders and organizations to create meaningful, future-ready brands that connect people and purpose.

Stewart Miller

Senior Account Manager
GetYourGuide

Stewart is a Senior Account Manager at GetYourGuide, where he partners with some of the platform’s top tours and attractions suppliers to drive growth across global markets. Over the past 3 years, Stewart has worked closely with City Sightseeing, helping the brand expand its distribution, optimise pricing and availability, and reach millions of travelers through GetYourGuide’s marketplace.

With a strong focus on building long-term supplier relationships, Stewart combines data-driven insights with hands-on account strategy to help partners like City Sightseeing unlock new revenue opportunities and stay ahead in a competitive travel landscape. He is passionate about the tours and attractions industry and enjoys collaborating with suppliers to bring memorable experiences to travelers worldwide.

Evangelos Tountas

Director Ports & Destinations
Cruise Lines International Association

Dr. Evangelos Tountas is Director, Ports and Destinations, Europe at Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), where he leads strategic initiatives related to port development, destination stewardship, and stakeholder engagement across Europe. In this role, he supports the cruise sector’s sustainable growth and fosters collaboration between cruise lines, local authorities, and international institutions.

Evangelos joined CLIA following a career in European institutions, most recently serving as Legal and Policy Officer at the European Commission’s Directorate- General for Sustainable Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE), where he leaded the Single Sky Regulatory Committee (SSC), coordinating the work of European Member States, facilitating expert input, and ensuring that regulatory and policy measures reflected the interests of the European Commission and all categories of key aviation stakeholder groups.

Before joining the Commission, he worked as an accredited advisor to the European Parliament, advising on foreign affairs, international trade, and defense and security policy. He holds a PhD in Global Political Economy from Panteion University of Athens, where his research focused on international economic organizations. A multilingual and seasoned policy expert, Evangelos brings expertise in European transport policy, international relations, and economic diplomacy.

Joel Tasche

Founder & Co-CEO
CleanHub

Joel Tasche is the Founder and Co-CEO of CleanHub, a Berlin-based environmental technology company on a mission to collect plastic before pollution begins. In six years, he has built a global network of waste management systems that has recovered almost 35,000 tonnes of plastic waste and has been backed by more than 400 brand partners.

Joel’s path into the plastics space wasn’t a conventional one. By his own account, he wasn’t an environmentalist when he started CleanHub. He was simply someone who loved the outdoors, from skiing in the Austrian Alps to sailing and swimming. It was years of travel and surfing, and repeatedly confronting plastic pollution on coastlines around the world, that pushed him to dedicate his career to keeping plastic out of the ocean.