We are convening the finest minds on the topic – an array of respected economists, scholars, thought leaders, experts, and a network of influential decision-makers from multiple sectors, geographies and viewpoints – to identify the key ingredients for sustainable economic breakthrough and to help unleash the power of negotiation to solve urgent social and economic challenges and improve lives by advancing groundbreaking solutions that will create prosperity in all corners of the globe. The initial roster of speakers presenting at the 2016 Negotiation & Leadership Conference are among the finest minds available redefining the disciplines of negotiation, conflict resolution, deal-making, economics, contract and collaboration theory, etc. As leaders in top companies and educators at exceptional universities, they are masters on the subject. Some have an academic perspective, while others are more operationally focused; yet, all are knockout presenters who will lead you to rethink your approach to the business of decision-making, problem solving, strategic leadership and economic advancement.
Featured 2016 Speakers
Bill Richardson
Former Governor of New Mexico, U.S. Energy Secretary, & U.N. Ambassador
LAWRENCE SUSSKIND
Co-founder, Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law
DANIEL L. SHAPIRO
Founder & Director, Harvard International Negotiation Program
JESWALD SALACUSE
Executive committee faculty, Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law
STEPHEN MR COVEY
Bestselling Author of The Speed of Trust
EDGARDO PAPPACENA
PwC’s Global Business Model Transformation Leader
Amur S Lakshminarayanan
President & CEO, Tata Consultancy Services Japan
Jordan Belfort
Original ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ played by actor Leonardo DiCaprio; Founder of the Straightline Persuasion System
Saj-nicole Joni
CEO and Founder, Cambridge International Group, and Bestselling Author
FRANS JOHANSSON
Bestselling Author, The Medici Effect
KIMBERLYN LEARY
Advisor to the White House Council on Women and Girls
DeVon Franklin
Hollywood Executive & Movie Producer
Bakari T. Sellers
Former House of Representative Member and CNN Contributor
Jeanne DiFrancesco
Principal, ProOrbis
Expert in valuation of intangible assets
Todd Camp
Chief Negotiation Officer, Camp Negotiation Institute
Scott Boras
Rated the World’s Most Powerful Sports Agent by Forbes in 2015.
Chuck Doran
Expert Mediator and Executive Director, MWI
NICHOLAS ASHFORD
Faculty, MIT and Harvard
MICHAEL KLARE
Expert on international peace & security affairs, global resource politics, and contemporary conflict
FERNANDO YEPEZ
Director of Global Services, PwC
JOHN RICHARDSON
Co-author, with Howard Raiffa, of Negotiation Analysis
ROBERT WILKINSON
Faculty, Harvard Kennedy School
WILLIAM HERNANDEZ
Executive Director, Center for Global Leadership at UC Irvine
Ron Hubsher
CEO of Sales Optimization Group and Author of Closing Time
DIVYA NARENDRA
CEO & Founder of SumZero;
Originator of the Facebook idea at Harvard College
MARC STICKDORN
Author of This is Service Design Thinking
MELKART ROUHANA
Former Head of Global Learning at Ritz Carlton Hotels
SATYA RAMASWAMY
Vice President and Global Head of TCS Digital Enterprise, Tata Consultancy Services.
ALEX CHEN
Managing Director of PwC’s Global Delivery Model Services
TONY DIBENEDETTO
CEO of Tribridge
Randal Pinkett
Chairman & CEO, BCT Partners and Author of Black Faces in White Places
Stefanie K. Johnson
Assistant Professor, University of Colorado
Dave Matthew Prior
Faculty, Columbia University
Markus E. Hormess
Founding partner and service innovation expert, WorkPlayExperience
Nagaraj Ijari
Vice President & Global Head – HiTech and Professional Services Business Unit, TCS
All 2016 Speakers
Bill Richardson
Lawrence Susskind
Daniel L. Shapiro
Jeswald Salacuse
Stephen MR Covey
Edgardo Pappacena
Amur S Lakshminarayanan
Jordan Belfort
Saj-nicole Joni
Frans Johansson
Kimberlyn Leary
DeVon Franklin
Steven Wolfe Pereira
Bakari T. Sellers
Jeanne DiFrancesco
Todd Camp
Scott Boras
Chuck Doran
Nicholas Ashford
Michael Klare
Fernando Yepez
John Richardson
Robert Wilkinson
William Hernandez
Ron Hubsher
Divya Narendra
Marc Stickdorn
Melkart Rouhana
Satya Ramaswamy
Alex Chen
Tony DiBenedetto
Randal Pinkett
Stefanie K Johnson
David Matthew Prior
Markus E. Hormess
Nagaraj Ijari