Jacqueline Carter Jacqueline.Carter@potentialproject.com Potential project International Partner & Director North America As an International Partner and the North American Director for Potential Project, Jacqueline helps leaders and organizations enhance performance, resilience and creativity through understanding and training the mind. She works with corporations including Cisco, Accenture, Marriott and Bank of America, to engage in a new way of working with greater focus, clarity and results. Jacqueline is co-author of

David M.C. Walker Queen’s University, Ontario Stauffer-Dunning Chair and Executive Director, Queen’s School of Policy Studies Dr. Walker is a Professor in the Departments of Emergency Medicine and Family Medicine in the School of Medicine, cross- appointed in the School of Policy Studies, at Queen’s University in Kingston. He was Director of the School of Medicine and Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at Queen’s and Chief Executive

Rasmus Hougaard Rasmus.Hougaard@potentialproject.com Potential project Founder & Managing Director Rasmus Hougaard is the Founder and Managing Director of Potential Project, a global leadership training, organizational development and research firm. They help leaders and organizations enhance performance, innovation and resilience through mindfulness and other practices grounded in neuroscience and research. They partner with forward thinking companies like Cisco, LEGO, Accenture, Microsoft and 500+ other global clients helping create people centric

Andrea Valacchi valacchi@geb.com Generali Employee Benefits Director of the EMEA Region Andrea Valacchi started working for Generali Trieste in 1988, and moved first to Generali France and then, in 1991, to Brussels, where he was promoted Assistant Manager of Generali European Services (GES). In 2003, he joined Generali Employee Benefits global headquarters as Area Manager, and then Regional Manager, supervising Western Europe, and the GEB Network expansion in Middle East

Antoine Parisi Twitter ParisiAntoine Europ Assistance Group Chief Executive Officer Antoine Parisi joined Europ Assistance on 9 September 2014 as Chief Executive Officer of the Europ Assistance Group. Antoine Parisi began his professional career in 1992 within the AXA Group, where he held various positions in the actuary field through to 1997. From 1997 to 2000, he held the post of Executive Deputy to the Head of Business Support US,

Morten Unneberg Insurope CEO Morten Unneberg is CEO of Insurope SCRL/CVBA and Head of the Insurope Network, which is one of the leading multinational pooling networks in the world with services in more than 85 countries. Morten has more than 25 years of experience with Employee Benefits, and has been involved in international operations for the last 15 years. Prior to joining Insurope in 2012, he was a Senior

Nathalie Devillier nathalie.devillier@grenoble-em.com Grenoble Graduate School of Business (Grenoble École de Management) Professor of Law Nathalie Devillier LL.D. is Associate Professor of Law at Grenoble Graduate School of Business (Grenoble Ecole de Management) since 2009. Doctor of Laws, she likes speaking into a microphone on France Culture with Christine Ockrent and in the radio programme Du grain à moudre or on LCI a TV channel to alert the public on

Chris Simpson Queen’s University, Ontario Professor of Medicine and Vice-Dean (Clinical), School of Medicine Chris Simpson was born in Moncton in 1967 and raised in Nackawic, a small pulp mill town of 1,000 people in western New Brunswick. Torn between pursuing a career in music or medicine, he obtained a BSc at the University of New Brunswick while playing saxophone with The Thomists, a 20-piece big swing band based in

Eugene Wu University of Richmond Professor of Biology and Biochemistry I study life at its borders. At the edge of our definition of life lies viruses, obligate parasites that invade cellular organisms to replicate. When a virus encounters a cell, it must recognize that cell through biomolecular interactions and then commandeer the cell to create copies of the virus’s proteins. Research in my laboratory focuses on those biomolecular interactions between

Wendy Liu wendy.liu@zurich.com Zurich Insurance Group Head of Global Employee Benefits Solutions Wendy Liu is the Head of Zurich Global Employee Benefits Solutions team, which works with multinational companies to implement appropriate financing solutions for the global employee benefit plans. Previous to this role, Wendy has held various positions with Zurich; most recently as the Global Partnership Director for Zurich Corporate Life and Pensions. In this role she was

Melissa J. Armstrong melissa.armstrong@neurology.ufl.edu University of Florida Assistant Professor, Neurology Dr. Armstrong is a neurologist who specializes in movement disorders and cognitive impairment, particularly Lewy body dementia. She also serves as an evidence-based medicine consultant on healthcare guidelines and investigates strategies relating to patient and carepartner engagement in clinical care, research, and guidelines.

Stephen Duckett Grattan Institute Director, Health Program Professor Stephen Duckett is Director of the Health Program at Grattan Institute and Emeritus Professor of Health Policy at La Trobe University. He has held top operational and policy leadership positions in health care in Australia and Canada, including as Secretary of what is now the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing. He has a reputation for creativity, evidence-based innovation and reform in

Ernestine Gheyoh Ndzi University of Hertfordshire Senior Lecturer and Cohort Tutor, Hertfordshire Law School Ernestine research area is company law and employment law. She has written a number of peer-reviewed journals on the challenges of regulating director’s remuneration and the impact of excessive director’s remuneration on the company and its workers. Ernestine also has interest in precarious work which she has written articles that look at excessive pay and

Richard Polak rpolak@me.com Over a 40-year span, Richard Polak has been recognized in more than 90 countries around the globe for creating and structuring world-class wellness and HR programs. His research, presentations, articles, subject expertise, and training program with IBIS Academy—the world’s longest-running international HR conference for education and networking, targeting executives in the global benefits space. In 2012, Polak merged his company, IBIS Advisors, and his conference, IBIS

Marcel Petschek marcel.Petschek@albatros.de Albatros Insurance Broker / Lufthansa Group Head of Employee Benefits International Marcel Petschek is Head of Employee Benefits International at Albatros, the inhouse broker of the Lufthansa Group. Since 2017 he is together with his team responsible for international pooling, U.S. risk management, health insurance for expatriates, business travel insurance and insurance solutions for layover. Furthermore he is responsible for the Japanese desk at Albatros. Previously

Michael Hansen Michael.Hansen@swisslife.com Swiss Life Network CEO Michael has been with Swiss Life Network in Zurich and Copenhagen from 2002-2012, where he headed the Nordics followed by a Head of Sales EMEA responsibility. From 2013-2016 he was Head of International at Danica Pension, located in Copenhagen and Stockholm. Given Danica Pension’s position in different networks, Michael was for three years a member of the Board of Directors of Insurope.

Pieter Vancamp Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (MNHN) Post-doctorant Pieter Vancamp graduated as a biologist at the University of Leuven, and obtained his doctoral degree as a researcher at the research group of Comparative Endocrinology at the same university. Here, he was also involved in guiding practical sessions on stress and adaptive physiology, as well as animal structure and function. He currently works as a post-doctoral researcher at the Natural History

Laurent Chambaud Head of the French Institute of Advanced Studies in Public Health Laurent Chambaud is the head of the French Ecole des hautes études en santé publique (Institute of Advanced Studies in Public Health) since 2013. A public health doctor and inspector general of social affairs, he was previously in charge of the organization and animation of public health policy and health security with French Minister of Social Affairs and

Cyril Samson cyril.samson@allianz.com Allianz Global Benefits Head of Sales Cyril Samson joined Allianz Global Benefits in January 2004 as Managing Director and was appointed as Head of Sales in July 2017. Based in Stuttgart, Cyril is responsible for the management of the company‘s sales & account management teams. He further services multinational clients in the risk as well as the pension field. Prior to this Cyril was accountable for

Moritz Löschner moritz.loeschner@zurich.com Zurich Global Employee Benefits Solutions (ZGEBS) Lead Customer Relationship Manager Moritz is leading the Customer Relationship Management team for Zurich Global Employee Benefits Solutions (ZGEBS) in continental Europe and is based in Zurich, Switzerland. Before joining the global Employee Benefits world, he worked as an Underwriter for International Programs on the Non-life side of insurance. Moritz has extensive experience in international insurance programs from both core segments of insurance:

Monique Tan Queen Mary University of London PhD Researcher Monique Tan is a NIHR-funded PhD researcher at Queen Mary University of London, with expertise in nutrition and international health. Her ambition is to tackle the leading diet-related causes of deaths and disabilities, by informing health and food policies with scientific evidence. Monique has extensive research and field experience in Europe, Asia, and Africa, including work at the World Health

Jackie Cumming Victoria University of Wellington Professor of Health Policy and Management Original qualifications in economics Experience as a policy analyst/economist in government 25 years experience in health policy, health economics and health services research – emphasising health system performance

Dirk Hellmuth dirk.hellmuth@allianz.com Allianz Global Benefits CEO Dirk joined the Allianz International Employee Benefits Network based in Stuttgart as General Manager at the end of 2002. On January 1, 2005 Allianz International Employee Benefits Network became the legal entity All Net GmbH and Dirk took over the function of Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors. In January 2014, All Net re-branded to Allianz Global Benefits GmbH due to

Tobias Winkler tobias.Winkler@albatros.de Albatros Insurance Broker / Lufthansa Group Senior Director Employee Benefits Tobias Winkler is Senior Director Employee Benefits at Albatros, the inhouse broker of the Lufthansa Group. Starting his career in the German Life Insurance industry, he previously worked for Allianz and Standard Life before he joined Albatros in 2005. Together with his team he is in charge of all insured employee benefit programs in the Lufthansa

Libby Sander Bond University Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Bond Business School Libby Sander, PhD, Master HRM, Bachelor of Arts (Japanese), Bachelor of Business, is an Assistant Professor in the Business School at Bond University. Libby has appeared on ABC TV’s Catalyst and The Drum featuring her research, Sunrise on Channel 7, ABC News and spoken at TEDx . Libby is an agenda contributor at the World Economic Forum

Ming D. Leung mingdleung@berkeley.edu University of California, Berkeley Assistant Professor Management of Organizations, Haas School of Business Professor Ming Leung is an economic sociologist and organizational theorist who studies how categories affects outcomes for market participants in innovative, contemporary labor market platforms. His research uses cognitive theories and categorization processes to develop an understanding of how hiring occurs in modern labor markets. Theoretically, his contributions are focused on revealing

Andrew Street University of York Professor, Centre for Health Economics Andrew Street is a Professor of Health Economics and Director of the Health Policy team in the Centre for Health Economics and Director of the Economics of Social and Health Care Research Unit (ESHCRU), a joint collaboration with the Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU) at the London School of Economics and the University of Kent. He is an