THINKERS 50

Bio Jade ADAM GRANGER

Editorial VP – Creative Direction
Ubisoft Montréal

Marine AGOGUÉ

Professor
HEC Montréal

Jordi ALOMAR

Director
Music Museum of Barcelona

Iñaki ÁLVAREZ

ArtistArtistic Collective Nyamnyam

Oriol ARMENGOU

Directeur
House of Chappaz Art Gallery

Laia ARNAL

Business Development Director
VHIR

Patrice AUBERTIN

Director
Center for Research, Innovation & Transfer in Circus Art (CRITAC)

Lluís BADRINAS

CEO
Barcelona Health Hub

Jangmi BAEK

Co-founder
MELBOT

Ricardo BAEZA-YATES

Director of Research
Institute for Experiential AI, Northeastern University, Silicon Valley

Benoit BALMANA

CEO
IVEO

Pasqual BATALLA

CCO
Social Point

Frédérick BEAUDRY

Innovation Advisor
Hydro-Québec

Florent BÈGUE

PhD Candidate
HEC Montréal & Université de Montréal

Pierre-Jean BENGHOZI

Research Director & Professor
CNRS, and École polytechnique de Paris & Université de Genève

Gabriel BESTARD

Serial Entrepreneur, CEO, Consultant & Mentor
STARTOUT

Niels BILLOU

Co-founder & Executive Director
The Humanos Institute

Maxime BLACKBURN-BOULIANNE

Consultant – Innovative Methods
Hydro-Québec

Ariane BOURGET

Project Lead Development
Centre de recherche, d’innovation et de transfert en arts du cirque (CRITAC))

Charles-Mathieu BRUNELLE

Deputy Director – Quality for Life
Ville de Montréal

Javier BURON

Housing Manager
Municipality of Barcelona

Tena BUSQUETS

Director
Festival Sismògraf

Elena CARMONA

Director
Théatre municipal de Girone

Alfons CARNICERO

Co-founder & CEO
Able Human Motion

Anna CARRERAS

Digital Artist

Anne CHARPENTIER

Director
Botanical Gardens,  Espace pour la vie

Vinciane CHAVAND

Researcher
Mosaic HEC Montréal

Richard CHÉNIER

General Manager
Centech

Patrick COHENDET

Professor & co-director of Mosaic
HEC Montréal

Alfons CORNELLA

Founder & CEO
Institute of Next

Elyse CROTEAU

Talent Development Advisor
Ubisoft Montréal

Claudio CRUZ

Director
StartUB

Barbara DECELLE

Health Research Advisor
IVADO

Christophe DERENNES

CEO
Ubisoft Montréal

Marie-Pierre FAURE

Deputy director
TransMedTech

Laura FERNÁNDEZ

CEO & CO-founder
allWomen

Benoit FRENETTE

Content Director – Creative Direction
Ubisoft Montréal

Jordi GÀMEZ

Founder & CEO
Gastro Ventures

Silvia GERTRUDIX GONZALEZ

Human Performance Specialist
Cirque du Soleil

Karina GIBERT

Professeure
Université polytechnique de Catalogne

Manel GONZALEZ PIÑERO

Head of innovation –  CREB-UPC
Technical University of Catalonia

Pascal GOUMAULT

Head of International Institutional Partnerships
Michelin

Erik GRAB

Vice-President, Strategic Anticipation, Innovation & Sustainable Development
Michelin

Martin GURRIA

Senior Innovation Consultant
World Bank

Theophil HABERSTROH

Program Manager – Sustainable Mobility
Coop Carbone

David JAUMANDREU

Founder & CEO
Undercoders

Esteve JUANOLA

Education Inspector
Government of Catalonia

Pavel KOTOV

Senior Director-Casting
Cirque du Soleil

Mantautas KRUKAUSKAS

Composer & Sound Artist
Lithuanian Academy of Music & Theater

Bastian LANGE

Director – Multiplicities
Designing Transitions

Maxim LARRIVÉE

Director
Insectarium, Espace pour la vie

Jérémi LAVOIE

CEO
AFX Medical

Simon LEE

General Manager
Peninsula

Caitlan MAGGS

Creativity Consultan, Workshop  Leader & Author

Kathy MALAS

Associate to the President & Chief Executive Officer, Innovation & Artificial Intelligence in Health
CHUM Montréal

Josep MARIA MIRÓ

Playwright, Author & Director

Pablo MANEYROL

Director, Corporate Affairs
TOHU

Emmanuel MUSSAULT

Strategist: Sustainable Mobility &  Strategic Anticipation
Michelin

Natalia OLSON URTECHO

Director & CEO
Plug and Play Tech Centre and The Disruptive Factory

Montserrat PAREJA-EASTAWAY

Professor
University of Barcelona

Annie PASSALACQUA

Research Associate
Mosaic HEC Montréal

Anna Mas PIJUAN

Mas Casas
Cruilles

Romain RAMPA

Professor
École polytechnique Paris

Madan RAO

Research Director
Your Story Media

Carmen RÍOS

Co-fondatrice et directrice des opérations
Doctomatic

Ariadna RODRÍGUEZ

Artist
Artistic Collective Nyamnyam

Anders RYKKJA

Lecturer
Inland School of Business and Social Sciences

Óscar SAHUN

Program Manager
Games BCN

Pep SALAZAR

CEO & Director
Offf Festival

Sean SCHOFIELD

Digital Transformation & Organizational Design
BDC

Giuseppe SCIONTI

Founder & CEO
Plant-based Steak

Laurent SIMON

Professor & co-director of Mosaic
HEC Montréal

Philip STANTON

Creative Director
Philip Stanton Studio

Lucy STOJAK

Executive Director Mosaic
HEC Montréal

Alexandre TÉODORESCO

Director, Strategic Development & Innovation
Les 7 Doigts de la main

Guillaume THÉRIEN

Managing Partner
Triptyk Capital

Robert THIRSK

Retired Asronaut
Canadian Space Agency

Daniela TOST

Director Serious Games, Gamification & Simulation Lab
Technical University of Catalonia

Isabelle TREMBLAY

Director, Astronauts, Life Sciences & Space Medecine
Canadian Space Agency

Antoni TRILLA

Dean, Faculty of Medecine
University of Barcelona

Vivek VENKATESH

Professor
Concordia University

Juan VIDAECHEA

Director & Co-founder
Cara B Festival