With over 27 years of experience in the communications industry, Maria is the owner and CEO of United Partners, a leading PR and marketing agency in EMEA. Maria is also the co-founder of United Partners Public Affairs, a division that provides strategic counsel and advocacy services to clients across various sectors and markets. In addition, Maria is the founder of UPN, an international network of PR and marketing agencies united for effortless growth and delivering multi-national PR and marketing solutions.

Public Relations & Communications Analyst, Global PR Speaker Svetlana Stavreva is the IPRA President 2019-2020, IPRA Board Member, member of Forbes Communications Council and a long-term Public Relation & Communication Professional at IBM.

Richard Fogg is a PR and marketing consultant who thrives on tackling complex technology B2B PR and marketing challenges. Each day, he is driven by a passion for assisting outstanding companies with innovative technologies and bold ideas in gaining the recognition, reputation, and rewards they deserve.

Senior PR consultant working with some of the world's biggest brands and fast growing businesses – helping them to more creatively tell their corporate stories, whether that's translating the sometimes complex world of technology to wider audiences or showcasing their good corporate citizenship to all stakeholders.

Ivan Fernandes is a strategic advisor to agencies, founders, and investors navigating growth, capital, and exit decisions. With over 15 years’ experience across marketing, digital transformation, and private equity-backed growth, he brings a sharp, execution-first mindset to every engagement.

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Juha is the founder and CEO of Netprofile, Finland’s leading PR and Content a Marketing agency focused on B2B technology. Juha brings in 20+ years of experience in crafting business-boosting marketing and communications strategies and leading award-winning campaigns in Finland and internationally.

Felix Eggert is a corporate communications and government affairs professional with more than a decade of experience in international public relations. He has worked for startups, scaleups, and international corporations in the tech, finance, aviation and tourism sectors. Most recently, Felix headed the global PR & Communications team at Glovo, southern Europe’s biggest tech company with operations in 23 countries. He had previously managed PR at the e-

An independent consultant with 25+ years of experience in risk, crisis, and emergency communication, advising organizations ranging from WHO and the EU to IBM and national authorities. He has trained and mentored more than 1,000 professionals worldwide, designed large scale crisis simulations, and authored leading guides on AI in emergency communication. As a keynote speaker and certified trainer, he helps teams prepare to respond with clarity, confidence, and trust when it matters most.

Deborah Gray is the founder of Canela — a communications agency she built from the ground up to deliver high-impact campaigns for innovative brands across Spain.
Twenty years on, Canela has been recognised as Agency of the Year Iberia, Best Place to Work, and Fastest Growing Agency in Europe. Today, Deborah leads a team of 30+ communications professionals crafting campaigns for some of the world's most exciting brands including Klarna, Pokémon, Qonto and Too Good To Go.

Luis Antón is Founder & CEO of EchoWi, a platform that helps brands measure, monitor and improve their visibility across AI-powered search and answer engines such as ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity. Previously, he held strategy, innovation and corporate development roles at Amadeus, BBVA and Hotelbeds, including working within Amadeus’ startup incubation initiatives focused on emerging technologies in travel. Prior to EchoWi, Luis co-founded an HR tech startup focused on AI-powered talent assessment and recruitment.

Quinn Stainfield-Bruce is the founder of Humanness, a practice dedicated to restoring soul, authenticity, and human connection to the world of business. With over 20 years of industry experience working with global leaders like Unilever, P&G, and Samsung, combined with deep study in Indian Buddhist Philosophy, Taoism, and Japanese Art, he bridges the worlds of commerce and consciousness.

Axel Ferreyrolles is a co-founder of Humanness, bringing nearly three decades of experience in global corporations including Accenture, Compaq, HP, and SAP. Across his career, he has led initiatives spanning sales, operations, enablement, training, innovation, and transformation, working at the intersection of strategy and execution in complex, fast-changing environments.

Craig Rodney is a marketing agency coach, specializing in growth and exit readiness coaching. In 2002, at the age of 26, Craig started a technology-focused public relations agency that merged and eventually morphed into Cerebra, Africa’s largest social media marketing agency. In 2013, Craig and his business partner sold Cerebra to WPP, and at the end of 2016, Craig exited.

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An award winning Creative, Strategic and New Business Consultant with more than 25 years of PR experience, he helps agencies turn client briefs into pitch winning communications campaigns through strategic thinking, creative positioning, and integrated ideas across earned media, experiential, content, and social.
Having helped agencies win 75% of the pitches he has led or played a key role in, he also delivers training and keynote sessions that build creative confidence, strengthen pitching skills, and equip teams with practical tools to win more business.

Tracy is Director of Communications and Sustainability at one of the UK’s leading housing groups. With 20+ years’ agency and executive, in-house experience. A passionate advocate for demonstrating the business value of agency partnerships, Tracy helps organisations and agencies align communications with organisational priorities and build trust with clients. She offers practical insights into the future of strategic communications, AI, and how agencies can become indispensable business partners.

Dan Brahmy is the Co-Founder and CEO of Cyabra, the company behind CyabraOS — analytical infrastructure for trust and authenticity used by global enterprises and governments.
He works closely with executive leadership teams and public institutions to help them interpret digital risk through structured, evidence-based analysis while maintaining institutional judgment and restraint.

David Low is Cyabra’s Chief Marketing Officer. Most recently, Low served as an executive marketing consultant to BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc., a publicly traded AI company serving defense and commercial markets. From 2022 to 2023, he was Chief Marketing Officer of Talkwalker, an AI social listening platform, where he drove global marketing transformation that contributed to its acquisition by Hootsuite Inc.

Michał Leksiński is a mountaineer, author, and communications strategist. In June 2026, he completed the Seven Summits on Denali, having climbed Everest in 2025. He is among a small group of Poles—and only around 650 people worldwide—to achieve the feat. Michał is COO of CEC Group, a Warsaw-based public affairs consultancy and Unite Partners member. Drawing on experience spanning politics, business, and high-stakes advocacy, he writes and speaks about leadership, risk, and endurance. He is also a father.

Zarena Kancheva is Co-founder of Two Plus, a GTM firm working with scaling tech companies and the investors who back them, across go-to-market strategy, product monetization and fractional leadership. She has 20 years in the broader marketing function, starting in communications before moving into tech and growth. For almost a decade she led global product launches and go-to-market at Rakuten Viber, one of the largest communications apps in the world. Her view: originality is what gets noticed. Consistency is what gets paid.

Anna Crowe is a dynamic entrepreneur, award-winning communications pro and bestselling author whose journey from immigrant to industry leader is a testament to grit, vision, and boundless creativity. As CEO of Crowe PR - a three-time Inc. 5000 company - Anna has redefined what it means to lead with innovation and impact. She has helped scale global brands through strategic communications campaigns and bold storytelling, earning accolades such as Communications Leader of the Year and CEO of the year, among others.