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Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, 68161
Germany

Christian Schärfer

Product Managememt Head Payments in Deutsche Bank

Christian Schäfer has a very special connection to the University of Mannheim as being the alumnus of both University of Mannheim and Oxford. Today he is back to the University of Mannheim and teaches his students the Managerial skills. Besides that, as a product manager at Deutsche Bank, Global Transaction Banking, Christian Schäfer is responsible for the global payment transaction offering for corporate clients. He continues to lead the group-wide implementation of PSD2 and is co-chair of the ERPB working group to develop a SEPA API scheme. Previously, he held various regional and global product management roles in the payment and trade finance product areas.

Erica Petrillo

Curatorial Assistant at La Triennale di Milano

After working as Research & Development Fellow at 'The Museum of Modern Art' in New York, Erica Petrillo worked as part of the curatorial team of the XXII Triennale di Milano, entitled Broken Nature: Design Takes on Human Survival. Erica holds a bachelor’s degree in Politics, Sociology and Psychology from Cambridge (2014) and a master’s degree in Politics and Society from Maastricht University (2016).

Giulia Silberberger

founder of the non-profit-organisation "Der goldene Aluhut"

Giulia Silberberger is the founder of the non-profit-organization "Der goldene Aluhut" which educates about conspiracy theories and their dangers by giving out prizes for the 'best' ones. She used to be a member of the Jehova Witnesses and managed to step out of the cult a few years ago. Now her mission is to educate about cults and conspiracy theories and to help those who have fallen into the traps.

Konrad Lehmann

neuroscientist

Dr. Konrad Lehmann is the author of the book 'Das schöpferische Gehirn' and researcher in the field of adaptability and capability of the human brain at the University of Jena. He also works for the department of clinical psychology and behavioural neuroscience. Moreover, he has published numerous articles in scientific journals.

Laura Winterling

Former Astronaut Instructor & Spaceflight Expert

Laura Winterling is a passionate physicist, a dedicated astronaut trainer and a businesswoman. After almost 10 years working in space travel field, she knows absolutely everything about this topic. Space travel inspires and arouses the interest of so many people, serving at the same time as a basis for her numerous talks and presentations. Stories told by Laura Winterling take her audience into the outer space, make them feel the real astronaut lifestyle and give a glance behind the scenes of preparing of an ordinary space mission.

Luke Clerkin

Luke Clerkin is a prize winning musician from Dublin. In order to really hone his craft, Luke played over 250 gigs all over Ireland in the year of 2015. This included slots at Electric Picnic and Body & Soul. Luke has gone on to headline prestigious Dublin venues such as The Button Factory, Whelan's and The Workman's Club . He has also brought his music to international audiences playing festivals in LA and Scotland (Youbloom LA, Edinburgh Fringe), as well as a German tour in 2017. 2018 saw Luke release a new EP called 'Second Starts' and play multiple headline shows. 'Second Starts' marked the beginning of a new chapter for Luke as he began to explore a full band sound. This release brought him to play once again at Electric Picnic.

Philipp Riehm

Professor, Coach, Trainer

For more than 10 years Dr. Philip Riehm has taught Management and has worked as an Executive Coach. He has also worked with TV stations such as VOX and SUPER RTL. Having studied sociology, communication science and psychology his knowledge is widespread.

Zeina Nassar

German professional boxer

Zeina Nassar is a 21 year old boxer who has won prizes such as the German Boxing Championship in featherweight and is an official Nike Athlete. She also studies sociology in Potsdam and acts in a theatre. As a Muslim with hijab, she has had to face a lot of negativity especially in the world of boxing as she wasn't allowed to box in competitions at first due to her hijab. She has accomplished the alteration of the official Olympic boxing rules, so she and other hijabi women are able to participate in Olympic boxing competitions.