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🔥 Ignite Talks at unDavos. Davos Edition

Where ideas burn bright and no one gets more than five minutes to prove it.

Join us for an inspiring and high energy evening at unDavos as we host Ignite Talks. This is a rapid fire format built for bold thinkers, creative rebels and leaders shaping what comes next.

What Is Ignite

Simple. Fast. Unforgiving.

Five minutes.

Twenty slides.

Each slide auto advances every 15 seconds.

No rambling.

No extra time.

Just clarity and an idea that matters.

Your Host:

Ignite Talks will be hosted by Melissa Tony Stires, CEO of the Fundamental Wellbeing Foundation and Chief Global Growth Officer of Mia AI.

Melissa brings a high energy global perspective and works at the crossroads of AI and humanity helping people make sense of innovation without losing the heart and purpose behind it.

Why This Year Matters

This is Ignite Davos Edition where:

Clarity beats credentials

Ideas are judged by how they land

The room remembers the voices who pull it off

What to Expect

👉 Fast talks filled with high energy

👉 One core idea per speaker

👉 Invited members and guests on stage

👉 Open audience ready to listen connect and remember

Call for Speakers

Have a spark to share

Got a story that will not let go

Ready to make your point in five minutes flat

We are looking for technologists, entrepreneurs, creators, activists, scientists, artists, the dreamers and the doers and anyone ready to deliver an idea worth sharing. We are looking for you!

Topics are wide open. What story can you tell in 20 slides and five minutes?

If you can make us care in 300 seconds the stage is yours.

🎤 Apply to speak here: undavos-apply-to-speak.glide.page (You need an unDavos Membership to apply for speaking - Get on here: luma.com/undavossummit)

🎫 Register to attend here: luma.com/bbxcjtn2

Bring the fire. Leave the filler at home. Igniters welcome.

Ignite Talks

Speakers

Melissa Tony Stires

Melissa Tony Stires

CEO, Fundamental Wellbeing Foundation, Mia AI, Chief Global Growth Officer

Cathy Allara Latiwa

Cathy Allara Latiwa

Co founder CEO, BuildHerAFuture Circular Academy &Consulting

Danar Worya

Danar Worya

Creative Director, Bright Winter Studio

Sandy Carter

Sandy Carter

Best Selling Author/ Chief Business Officer / Chairman, Applied AI, AI First / Unstoppable / The Digital Economist

Ben Haldeman

Ben Haldeman

Founder & CEO, LifeShip

Lee Bressler

Lee Bressler

CEO, Spring Close Advisors

Marlen Estévez Sanz

Marlen Estévez Sanz

Partner, Board Member & Head of Innovation, RocaJunyent

Bronwyn King

Bronwyn King

Co-Founder, Air Club

Philipp Aeschlimann

Philipp Aeschlimann

Quantum Revenue Booster, Waveconsult

Chris Luebkemam

Chris Luebkemam

Head of Foresight at ETH Zurich and CEO + CoFounder of [y]our 2040, Head of Foresight at ETH Zurich and CEO + CoFounder of [y]our 2040

Haley Dercher

Haley Dercher

Chief Marketing Officer, PremiseAI

Sean Cantrell

Sean Cantrell

CEO & Founder, PremiseAI

Marcos Antonio de Oliveira Junior

Marcos Antonio de Oliveira Junior

Research Impact Fellow, University of Exeter

Francisco Ochoa de Olza

Francisco Ochoa de Olza

CEO, Ochoa de Olza Capital Partners

Shaje Ganny

Shaje Ganny

Co-Founder and COO, Swiss Ai Academy

SCARLETT

SCARLETT

CEO & Founder, Harmonic Legacy Institute

Pia Lauritzen

Pia Lauritzen

Philosopher, Qvest Lab

Carla Maldonado

Carla Maldonado

Global Strategy Leader, The Boardroom

Steph Sharma

Steph Sharma

Founder / Senior Executive Fellow, Symbio Strategies / The Digital Economist

Lucian Tarnowski

Lucian Tarnowski

Founding Curator, United Planet

Elizebeth Varghese

Elizebeth Varghese

Principal / Partner, Deloitte

Dr. Claudia Friedrich

Dr. Claudia Friedrich

Faculty, Harvard University I, Board, Equitera Institute