The Innovators – Pushing Boundaries

Priya Lakhani

Alongside leading CENTURY Tech, the award-winning education company that aids the implementation of AI and machine learning in classrooms, Priya is part of the AI Decoded team on BBC News, and advises businesses and leaders in a variety of sectors on the impact of AI, how to adapt to disruption, and how to build an innovation culture.

Professor Suzie Imber

Associate Professor of planetary science, Suzie has climbed some of the world’s highest and most challenging mountains, programmed supercomputers, helped develop space tourist training programmes, and won the BBC’s search for a future astronaut. Covering everything from satellites to teamwork, the future of science to dealing with risk, she looks at the lessons from all aspects of her work.

Dex Hunter-Torricke

In a career that encompasses the UN, Google, Facebook and SpaceX, as well as political speechwriting, Dex offers a rare insight in to the intersection of politics, technology, leadership and society. Referring to some of the world’s biggest and most influential companies and individuals, he examines important questions of trust, automation, innovation and values. Looking at the positive and negative effects of an increasingly connected world he sees ethical dilemmas, new types of job, competing priorities and a focus on purpose.

Ailbhe & Izzy Keane

Frustrated that wheelchairs are so often purely functional rather than reflecting the personality of the person using them, Izzy and Ailbhe took a college design project and turned it into a global brand. With the aid of social media Izzy's Wheels has become an international business, working with top designers and brands, and inspiring many with their message "If you can't stand up, stand out!"