Paradigms experts from around the world

Eugene Healey is an independent strategy consultant, educator, and Creator seeking to make cultural chaos comprehensible for brands.

From his home base in Melbourne he works with global brands on strategies to succeed in a climate where media is fragmented, attention is fracked, and algorithms have dissolved mass culture into soup.

With a background in education alongside strategy, Eugene has lectured in brand management at the University of Melbourne’s postgraduate Business School, and regularly shares his insights on brands and culture via social media to a following of over 250,000.

Nu Goteh is a designer, strategist, and educator who envisions and designs conditions for people to lead affirming, beautiful lives. As Founder and Principal of Room for Magic and Co-Founder, Managing Partner, and Creative Director of Deem Journal, Nu is at the forefront of an emerging generation of designers that integrate design, culture, art, community, and social practice.

Nu has partnered with influential clients, including non-profits like Art For Justice Fund, Ford Foundation, and the World Peace Foundation, cultural institutions like The National Memorial for the Underground Railroad and Urban Civil Rights Museum, and brands like Jordan and Headspace. He is a board member of AIANY and SEGD, and his work has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, Wallpaper, Design Miami, Monocle, and Architect’s Newspaper. Influenced by his Liberian heritage and passion for counter-culture, Nu presents keynotes globally on design as an invitation for communities to reclaim their futures.

Tom Beckman is the Global Chief Creative Officer at Weber Shandwick. He has won most industry awards — including Cannes Grand Prix and recognition from the UN — and has been serving in the Global Creative Leadership Group for McCann WorldGroup since 2015. Under Tom's leadership, Weber Shandwick has been the most awarded PR firm in the world four times in the last five years.

Tom is a frequent jury member and keynote speaker at international industry events, including Cannes Lions, Dubai Lynx, Eurobest, Spikes Asia, Ad:tech London, Global PR Summit Miami, and ICCO. As a TED Ads Worth Spreading advocate, Tom was part of the exclusive group of industry experts overseeing the advertising initiative of TED.

In 2025, Tom serves as the Jury President for the PR category at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, recognising his leadership and influence in shaping the future of the industry.

Founder and CEO of Frontify, Roger Dudler has proudly led his organization to the forefront of brand management, with a powerful and holistic cloud-based experience. Since Frontify’s beginnings in 2013, he’s been the driving force behind Frontify’s mission and vision, empowering thousands of brands around the world to create, thrive, and evolve.

Nicola is a design leader working at the intersection of brand, storytelling and technology. She is currently Vice President of Design at Condé Nast, having previously worked at Pentagram, Karmarama and The Telegraph.

Throughout her career, Nicola has led teams in designing digital experiences for iconic brands such as Vogue, the New Yorker and the Times of London. She’s focused on how great design can scale yet remain distinct, and how iconic brands can transform towards the future.

She lives in the UK, with her husband, three children and two cats.

Bianca is a designer specialising in typography, type design, and type technology.

Currently, she is a staff typographer working on Encore, Spotify’s design system, where she drives innovation in typography in cross-platform product experiences.

Before joining Spotify, Bianca led creative direction on brand typefaces and complex type systems for global companies like Amazon, BBC, FedEx, Indeed, and Google while at Dalton Maag.

Bianca loves sharing her knowledge and often speaks at international design, technology, and UX conferences. She is also a member of the Unicode Consortium and serves as an invited expert in the W3C Web Fonts Working Group.

Through her involvement with Alphabettes, an organisation dedicated to empowering women in the type industry, Bianca founded a mentorship program to guide students and emerging professionals into the world of type design and typography.