Speakers
GenZs and Jedis - a diverse lineup of passionate innovators, industry leaders, and young rising stars
Tilly Lockey
Event Host (UK)
Ambassador for Open Bionics and & Real-Life Heroine, Singer, Model
Sophie Hamilton
(USA)
BD at Spotify, Exploring the Future of AI and Content, Guest Lecturer at Stanford University
Stephen Ibaraki
(CAN)
Seasoned Tech & AI Veteran, Founder of UN AI For Good, 21x Microsoft Global Awards Winner, Futurist, Investor, Author
Alvin Wang Graylin
(CN/USA)
Bestselling Author “Our Next Reality”, Global VP HTC, Vice-Chair VR Alliance, Investor
Samay Lakhani
(USA)
Young AI and BCI researcher, University of Columbia, NYC
Linette Manuel
(AG/CZ)
Educator, CEO at Makeful, EdTech Entrepreneur
Matyas Bohacek
(CZ/USA)
Disinformation Fighter & AI Rersearcher, Stanford University
Jan Spratek
(CZ)
Space Enthusiast & Educator, Expert at Planetum, Mentor to NASA Competition Winner
Martin Holečko
(CZ)
CEO at Future Port, co-founder of Etnetera Group
Speakers’ Bios
Tilly Lockey (UK)
Tilly Lockey is a real-life heroine traveling the globe, spreading inspiration and positivity. She became an ambassador for Open Bionics in the UK for the state-of-the-art bionic HeroArms, which enable her to perform actions such as picking up small objects or playing video games.
Her arms are the first of their kind to be medically approved in Britain - fantastic news that could change the future of many fellow amputees.
Aged just 15 months, little Tilly was diagnosed with Meningococcal Septicemia Strain B, resulting in her arms and toes amputation. She was first fitted with bionic arms when she was eight years old. Nowadays, the 18-year-old Lockey sparkles at the thought of what the future will bring. She's worked as an actress, Sky TV Presenter, and social media influencer…this girl is the definition of unstoppable.
More at: www.instagram.com/tilly.lockey
Stephen Ibaraki (CAN)
Stephen Ibaraki, Chairman and Founding Managing General Partner REDDS Capital, Founder and Chair Outreach ITU ACM XPRIZE AI for good Global Summit, Founding Chairman Technology Advisory Council FinTech Ideas Festival. Stephen Ibaraki's philanthropic focus is on donating time/resources for advancing research, innovation, start-ups, science, entrepreneurship, the UN Sustainable Development Goals and ITU World Summit on the Information Society Action Lines. With over 300 senior executive roles, global awards and recognitions, Stephen Ibaraki is a multiple award winning educator, researcher, speaker, writer, serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist, investor, and executive board chairman since the 1970s’ and first working with technology since 1965.
More at: www.linkedin.com/in/sibaraki
Linette Manuel (CZ)
Linette's life purpose is to bridge the gap between technology and humanity. All her previous experiences, from working at big companies such as IBM to working in innovative startups and co-founding successful EduTech startups such as CODE Rebels, reflect it. She is on a mission to reshape the STEAM education and make it inclusive for all. As a Founder of Makeful, winner of Dean’s Prize of Czech Technical University and creator of sound generative haptic suit, Linette believes that innovation and technology is the way to push us closer to prosperous future for all.
More at: www.linkedin.com/in/linettemanuel/
Samay Lakhani (USA)
Samay’s journey into the realm of AI began during the pandemic, which piqued his interest, and he subsequently secured an internship with a Silicon Valley-based AI development agency during the 10th grade. Since then, designed and taught his own summer course to teach teenagers AI, which he’s been running for 3+ years. He’s worked and gained experience at various companies, including building projects for unicorns such as Revel Mopeds, but his real passion is creating groundbreaking AI models on the R&D side, including state-of-the-art computer vision models for detecting distracted driving and contributing to open-source AI research like LAION.AI. His research has been published and he’s won numerous competitions, including competing at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair. Samay is now researching brain computer interfaces to control modular robots as a student at Columbia University.
More at: www.linkedin.com/in/samay-lakhani
Sophie Hamilton (USA)
Sophie leads Spotify's partnership with Google, which accounts for over 300+ million monthly active users on Android and spans over eight cross-functional business organizations. She is responsible for Spotify's AI initiatives and explores how AI should support content creation and creators.
At Stanford, Sophie is authoring a body of research with Dr. Jennifer Aaker and Stanford Graduate School of Business, centered on architecting AI for better sustainability outcomes within ourselves, teams and planet. She lectures on this topic in corporate and educational settings.
Jan Spratek (CZ)
Jan is a huge space enthusiast and inspirator. He's the former program director at the Mobile Planetarium and space educator at the European Space Agency (ESA) Education office for the Czech Republic. He led the launch of the world's only satellite managed by a planetarium, the Planetum-1. Jan is also an ESA Champion Award laureate and Czech Space Team member.
In 2024, he successfully mentored a team of Czech students, LASAR, who won 2 awards in NASA's Conrad Challenge global competition in Houston, USA.
Alvin Wang Graylin (CN)
Alvin Wang Graylin is a corporate leader, investor, and technology pioneer with over 30 years of experience in AI, XR, and semiconductors. He served as China President at HTC from 2016 to 2023 and now holds the Global VP of Corporate Development role. Graylin is Vice-Chairman of the Industry of Virtual Reality Alliance (IVRA) and President of the $18 billion Virtual Reality Venture Capital Alliance (VRVCA). He co-authored the bestselling book Our Next Reality, exploring societal transformation driven by AI and XR. A frequent keynote speaker, he is recognized for his expertise in immersive computing, AI, and venture investing. Graylin holds advanced degrees in Computer Science and Business from MIT and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington.
More at: www.linkedin.com/in/agraylin
Matyas Bohacek (CZ & USA)
Matyas Bohacek is a student researcher at Stanford University passionate about AI research, with a focus on AI and digital forensics. He works under the guidance of Professor Hany Farid from UC Berkeley and has delivered talks at prestigious forums such as United Nations, NYU and the EU DisinfoLab. Bohacek's work, including his collaboration with CNN and publications on AI-driven disinformation, has earned him recognition, including being featured on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list. Since this June, he has also been a student researcher with Google Research.
More at: Matyáš Boháček's site and LinkedIn
Martin Holečko (CZ)
Martin, a true jack-of-all-trades. His passion for converging exponential technologies has been making this world a better place. In 1997 he co-founded Etnetera, today a group of hi-tech companies delivering comprehensive end-to-end solutions and reinventing their clients' businesses for the digital age.
He always spreads a positive vision of the future, and that is how Future Port - a visionary futuristic festival - was born in 2017. Exciting the young generation about exponential technology aligns with his vision of a better tomorrow, so he currently develops Future Port Youth, a student-focused spinoff of Future Port.
Martin is also a co-founder of XR Leaders, a new project helping companies explore the power of virtual reality for teams.
More at: www.linkedin.com/in/martinholecko/