Guillaume Alvarez is the Director of Corporate Development for the Global Peter Drucker Forum and the Senior vice president for Steelcase Inc.. Guillame with over 40 years of global experience, has successfully led business turnarounds, launched new vertical markets, and established subsidiaries in various regions worldwide. He has lived, studied, and worked in 18 countries across five continents, gaining extensive international expertise. Currently serving as Vice-Chair of AmCham EU and President of the European Executive Council, he is also a member of numerous think tanks and advisory boards. Throughout his career, he has managed regional operations in Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, India, and North America, collaborating with over 200 global organizations. As CEO of Steelcase SAS, he led expansion and acquisitions across Europe, founded design and innovation centers in Munich, and launched an e-commerce platform across major European markets. Published in Harvard Business Review and other leading journals, he is recognized for his leadership in education, consulting, and applied research.

Andrea Gerosa is the Founder of ThinkYoung, a think tank focused on young people, as well as a consulting company focused on student housing (kefren.ch), of a series of summer schools for young entrepreneurs (entrepreneurshipschool.com) and of a coworking space for start-ups (tunnel15). Recently Andrea has been appointed to the Board of INTA (inta.org), the New York based International Trademark Association and of Rentxpress SA, that enables travellers to rent plug&play accomodations. Gerosa has an executive degree in corporate finance and valuation from the London Business School, and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Bocconi University.

Anna Schiller, Director DACH at Trilligent. Anna leads Trilligent’s business in Germany and the wider DACH region. She specializes in client relationships, new business and strategic development across Europe. She previously worked for S&P Global in London doing political risk analysis for DACH and the UK as well as advising on tech regulation. At Meta, she worked on trust and safety for the German market, including election preparation and the implementation of anti-hate speech regulation, as well as working with public policy and comms. Before this, she ran press and PR at the Goethe-Institut in London. Anna holds a Master’s in International Relations from King’s College London and a BA in Psychology and International Relations.

Laura Tönnsen is a Senior AI Manager and Program Manager at AI.STARTUP.HUB. She brings extensive experience in Learning & Development, AI knowledge transfer, and the development of AI-driven business models. Her work focuses on supporting entrepreneurship and fostering innovation in the AI ecosystem.

Louisa Rockstedt is a Project Manager specializing in AI knowledge transfer and the development of educational formats with a particular focus on Responsible AI. Her expertise includes the societal impact of AI, fostering inclusive participation, and promoting the responsible and ethical use of technology.

Tereza Iofciu is data leadership coach, a data practitioner and educator. She has more than 15 years of experience in various data roles, in industry and academia. She spent most of those years volunteering in the Python Community and wears many hats: PyLadies Hamburg organizer, Python Software Verband board member, Diversity & Inclusion working group member and PyPodcats co-leader. In 2021 Tereza was awarded the Python Software Foundation community service award and since 2025 she is a PSF Fellow.

Veronika Reichboth is director of the Startup Unit at Hamburg Invest - the one-stop agency for relocation and investment in Hamburg, Germany as well as the main partner of Hamburg’s business sector. The Startup Unit is the central point of contact for founders, entrepreneurs and journalists and provides information about the Hamburg startup ecosystem, offers networking opportunities and support. In addition, the Unit is entrusted with international marketing activities - such as activities at trade fairs and conferences, planning delegation trips or cooperation projects.

Beatrice Hilck is a Startup Consultant at the Startup Port, a network for science-based startups, for students, PhD’s and Postdocs at the University Hamburg. With her business and entrepreneurship background, she shows ways in idea generation, product development, financing and market entry. With 10 years of experience in big and mid-sized companies, startups and agencies, as well as a freelancer she is able to verify innovation and market potential, business models, target groups’ relevance with a passion for customer research and insights. She is especially interested in impact-driven innovation to solve society’s biggest challenges in a creative and economically viable way.

Antonia Götsch is Editor-in-Chief of Harvard Business Manager and host of the successful podcast Wegen guter Führung (“Because of Good Leadership”). She has been engaged with leadership and management topics for many years and is a trained coach. Antonia initially studied political science and German studies in Göttingen and trained at the Berlin School of Journalism. She then worked for Spiegel Online and RBB before joining the Financial Times Deutschland as an editor in 2007. From 2009, she worked for G+J Wirtschaftsmedien, where she quickly rose from senior editor to head of text and team leader. In 2013, she became deputy editor-in-chief of the business magazine Impulse, taking over as editor-in-chief five years later. In 2020, Antonia became Editor-in-Chief of Harvard Business Manager.