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The World’s Biggest Virtual Space On The Future Of Working & Living in the New Normal

As “work from home” becomes “work from anywhere,” what does the future look like?

Work Travel Summit is bringing together a growing network of remote workers and travelers to connect with each other, discuss disruptive ideas, and figure out solutions to remote work challenges in the new normal.

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Featured Speakers

Sondre Rasch

CEO And Co-Founder Of SafetyWing

Gary A. Bolles

Chair for the Future of Work at Singularity University

Luang Pi Pasura

Buddhist Monk

Andrea Alexander

Associate Partner, McKinsey & Company

Miko Matsumura

General Partner at Gumi Cryptos Capital

Marcus Wermuth

Senior Engineering Manager at Buffer

Andrew Jernigan

Chief Executive Officer At Insured Nomads

Loretta Breuning PhD

Author, Professor Emerita

Christelle Rohaut

Founder of Codi Forbes 30 Under 30

Joel Primus

Founder Of Naked Underwear

Jonathan Kalan

Co-Founder Of Unsettled

Giulianna Crivello

Head of Ventures at Draper Startup House

Dolores Semeraro

Travel Recovery Strategist & Speaker

Tarek Kholoussy

Founder Of Nomads Giving Back & Nomads Skillshare

Riq Lima

Co-founder & CEO of Worldpackers

Eva Maria Zoll

Founder of culturedesign.org

Sarah Rapp

Head of Marketing & Advocacy @Nomads Giving Back!

Lily Bruns

Country Manager At Draper Startup House

Marta Kondryn

Co-Founder Of Shuflia & Management Consultant

Liran Rosenfeld

Founder Of YokoVillage
Sarah Aviram

Sarah Aviram

Remote Work Thought Leader

Bobby Casey

Managing Director at Global Wealth Protection LLC

Alexander Stylianoudis

Head of Legal & Finance at GooseChase Adventures

Juliana Rabbi

Remote Career Coach

Julio Monzon

President & COO of Monetizemore

Liubov Shlapai

Global Events Producer at Mindvalley

Tim Nash

Founder at Good Investing
Jon Hormaeche Castells

Jon Hormaeche Castells

Co-Founder of Sun and Co. Coliving

Christa Romano

Digital Nomad Career Coach

Olumide Gbenro

Social Media Advisor & Digital Nomad Visa Advocate

Jason Marc Campbell

Podcast Host at Mindvalley

Danish Soomro

Founder & CEO of visadb.io

Lauren Schuivens

Founder And CEO Of Samavira & Meditation Instructor

Samantha Letang

Marketing Executive at Discover Dominica Authority

Andrew Miller

Founder of GrowthExpertz

Lavinia Iosub

Founder Of Remote Skills Academy & Livit Hub Bali

Aline Dahmen

Co-Founder of Nomad Soulmates

Gabriela Larenas

Head of Global Real Estate and Partnerships at WifiTribe

Lola Casamitjana

Co-Founder of FlOasis platform

Pauline Roussel

Co-Founder And CEO Of Coworkies

David Rutnam

Regional Manager Europe at IATA

Tarin Calmeyer

Co-founder at Remote Team Wellness

Fadila A. Ahmad

Owner of Fainajs Express, Ltd.

Jennifer Magee

Owner of Retail in the City

Daraja Asili

Owner Of Happy Trees Entertainment

Matthew Bowles

Owner Of Maverick Investor Group

Anne Scott

Founder at Girl Gone International

Louis Thompson

Founder and CEO of Nomadic Resorts

Amanda Black

The Solo Female Traveler Network

Gonçalo Hall

Co-Founder At Remote Portugal

Marisa Meddin

Co-founder of Beach Commute & certified expert career coach

Trisha Velarmino

Destination Marketer at Insider Productions Inc

Ilana Milkes

Founder, CEO, Product Designer At World Tech, Inc.

Kamilla Mishiyeva

Certified Dating Coach

Shaun Dunhofen

General Manager of Nikki Beach Resort & Spa Koh Samui

Sanne Meijboom

CEO & Founder of I Like Local

Bianca Caruana

Blogger & Podcast Host, Impact Leader

Mita Carriman

CEO & Founder at Adventurely

Janna Primus

Co-Producer of Raising Global Citizens Film

Rocco Bova

Managing Director at Grupo Hotelero 1800

Ester Martinez

CEO & Editor in Chief of People Matters

Chasma Smith

Founder at Try X Conquer

Jordan Carroll

Remote Job Coach

Martin Carev

Social Media Influencer

Taylor Jacobson

Founder & CEO at Focusmate

Rosanne Schipper

Founder of Happy Freelancer

Sam Matthew

Attorney

Diego Bejarano Gerke

Founder of WifiTribe

Radim Rezek

Co-founder & CEO of Flatio

Liina Maria Lepik

Director at Estonian Tourist Board

Denis Stark

Founder of BookTech startup

Leilani Franklin-Apted

Chief Design Officer and Head of Experience of Unsettled

Tobias Hofmeister

Chief of Vision at Superhumans Network

Emi Lorincz

Senior Sales Director at Ledger Enterprise Solutions

Nora Dunn

Founder of The Professional Hobo

Caroline Morris

Sales Manager for Appletree Surfboards

Gaspar d'Orey

CEO at Dott

Corey Schultz

Virtual Experience Leader

Thor Pedersen

Project Manager / Lead traveler

Danielle Hall

Founder & B2B Marketing Consultant at Super B2B Marketing

Tessa Mac

Dating coach & founder of Date Demo
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Sondre Rasch

Sondre Rasch is the CEO and Co-Founder of SafetyWing, an insurance company for digital nomads by nomads. He’s also the Founder of the freelance platform SuperSide and a former policy advisor for the Norwegian Government. He will be speaking about global citizenship and teach you how to build services for digital nomads and remote teams at Work Travel Summit.

 

 

Gary A. Bolles

Gary A. Bolles is a consultant and serial entrepreneur focused on initiatives with impact, especially related to the future of work and learning. Gary is the author of the book The Next Rules of Work, the Chair for the Future of Work at Singularity University, and the former editorial director of six technology publications.

 

 

Luang Pi Pasura

Monk Pasura is a former hotel manager, flight attendant, and DJ who gave up his career and life as a layperson to become a Theravada monk in 2006. He has traveled the world extensively and organized over 1000 meditation workshops in 50 countries, as well as dozens of ceremonies and events with up to 20,000 attendees. He serves as Chief of International Relations at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya Temple and he is the Vice President of World Buddhist Sangha Youth.

 

 

 

Andrea Alexander

Andrea specializes in all things people; she helps individuals, teams and organizations accomplish what they never thought possible by changing the way they are organized and work. She is an expert on numerous topics including hybrid virtual work and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

 

 

 

Miko Matsumura

Miko is the Co-Founder of the crypto exchange Evercoin and a General Partner with Gumi Ventures, a $30M investment fund focused on early stage blockchain startups. He has been building open source software startups in Silicon Valley for 25 years including raising over $50 million in venture capital for companies such as Gradle and Hazelcast. He holds a Master’s degree in Neuroscience from Yale University where he worked on abstract computational neural networks.

 

 

 

Marcus Wermuth

Marcus is a Senior Engineering Manager at Buffer, one of the most reputable fully-distributed companies in the world. He’s a Leadership Coach, a FastCompany contributor on virtual leadership, and an international workshop facilitator.

 

 

Andrew Jernigan

As a remote worker, digital nomad, expat, slomad for over 20 years across 5 continents I'm a passionate leader in a globally distributed insurtech (insurance + technology) company to provide protection for the globally mobile with exceptional service and advanced tech deployments while driven by a culture of generosity for social change and impact in the modern-day slavery movement.

 

 

 

Loretta Breuning

I teach people about the brain chemicals that make us feel good: dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, endorphin. I’m the Founder of the Inner Mammal Institute, Professor of Management at Calif. St. U, and the author of many books on how to manage your mammal brain, including Habits of a Happy Brain.

 

 

 

Christelle Rohaut

Christelle is the Founder of Codi, a company with a mission to provide an economically and socially beneficial work-from-home alternative, and revitalize residential neighborhoods by developing strong circular economies. She was on the list of Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2020 and her work has been recognized by Fast Company as one of the “World Changing Ideas 2019” and the San Francisco Business Times amongst others. She will be speaking about the future of workplaces at Work Travel Summit.

 

 

Joel Primus

Joel is the Founder of Naked Underwear, Co-Founder of Kosan, and the author of the book Getting Naked. He is one of the Top 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30 on BC Business and he’s also an award winning documentary filmmaker. At Work Travel Summit, he will present his movie Raising Global Citizens, and talk about how he built a lifestyle brand while travelling the world with his family.

 

 

Jonathan Kalan

Jonathan Kalan is the Co-Founder of Unsettled, a global community for independent and remote professionals who live, work, and travel differently. Jonathan is an award-winning entrepreneur and journalist who has documented his journey in 75 countries from revolutions in Egypt to internet cafe culture in Somalia. He founded multiple early-stage ventures, became a TED speaker, and his work has been published in The New York Times, The Atlantic, and NPR among others. He will speak about the future of work and travel and community building at Work Travel Summit.

 

 

Giulianna Crivello

Giulianna currently heads the Venture Program at Draper Startup House, giving startups access to over 200 global venture funds. She has worked in business development and strategy for startups across consumer tech and fintech, from the US to Singapore. She will be speaking about how to get remote funding for location-independent startups.

 

 

Dolores Semeraro

Dolores is a Keynote Speaker on tourism and travel who helps hospitality companies restore confidence in travel in the new normal. She has more than 15 years of experience in the field of hospitality, marketing, and trading, and she’s the host of the world’s first travel recovery podcast Truth Behind Travel. She will be speaking about travel recovery and how you can become an agent for positive change as a nomad at Work Travel Summit.

 

 

Tarek Kholoussy

Tarek is an international community builder and the Founder of Nomads Giving Back. He has travelled to over 100 countries and ran 25 marathons around the world, and he is now on a mission to bring expats and digital nomads together to give back to local communities. He is our Impact Partner at Work Travel Summit, where he will be speaking about global citizenship and how travellers can leave a positive impact by volunteering locally.

 

 

Riq Lima

Riq is the Co-Founder of Worldpackers, a global marketplace for hosts and travelers through the exchange of skills for accommodation. He’s a former investment banker who quit his job and travelled to more than 50 countries in 3,5 years. He will be speaking about how to build a purpose driven business in the travel industry in 2021.

 

 

Eva-Maria Zoll

Eva-Maria is the founder of culturedesign.org and on a mission to equip individuals and teams with tools, language, and clarity to design great company culture, focused on human needs. She graduated from one of the most innovative Business programs in Germany, is trained in Design Thinking, and a certified Business Trainer. She has lived and work on four continents in the past 10 years and was immersed in the Berlin tech scene where she co-built a health tech company and wrote their culture DNA from scratch. Since her first big trip to Australia at 19 years old, the travel bug and her fascination for the human experience in other countries and cultures have never left, took her around the world and fuels her work on culture design these days.

 

 

 

Sarah Rapp

I'm a global advocate for equal rights and equal chances. I'm the founder of "how to Be global", an initiative that aims to discover what it takes to be global in today’s fast-paced and culturally mixed world. Additionally, I'm the Head of Marketing & Advocacy @Nomads Skillshare! and @Nomads Giving Back! and work as Global Community Lead for one of the world’s most impactful entrepreneurship NGOs, JA Worldwide.

This is me in a nutshell: Problem Solver, Creative Brain, Moderator & Speaker, Networkaholic, and Coffee Lover.

 

 

 

Lily Bruns

Lily is an international community builder and content marketer who helps startups tell their story. She is the Country Manager for Thailand at Draper Startup House and she’s an avid advocate for digital nomad visas. She will be speaking about nomad visas and building startup communities in developing countries at Work Travel Summit.

 

 

Marta Kondryn

Marta is an expert on wellbeing in the workplace and a management consultant on a mission to make organisations a more heart-centered place for employees. She is the author of the Amazon Bestseller, HR Atlas and previously the Head of People and Culture at Mindvalley, a company known for their award-winning company culture. She will be joining the panel on the future of global hiring at Work Travel Summit.

 

 

Liran Rosenfeld

Liran is the Founder of the premium remote worker community YokoVillage and a global citizen.  He’s the former CEO of the relocation company PassRight, and a former regional partner for Amazon Key for Business.

 

 

Sarah Aviram

Sarah Aviram is a Thought Leader and Speaker on remote work, and the author of the Amazon #1 best-seller Remotivation. She’s a former Fortune 500 Human Resources leader on a mission to help corporate employees build careers that give them joy and the freedom to work from anywhere. She will be speaking about the remotivation concept at Work Travel Summit.

 

 

Bobby Casey

Bobby Casey is Managing Partner of Global Wealth Protection, LLC.  GWP helps clients from around the world internationalize their assets and take advantage of unique investment opportunities globally. 

Bobby is a lifelong entrepreneur, investor, and student of life. He is a believer in privacy and freedom and fights this fight through words and actions around the world. As a renowned speaker on anarcho-capitalism, free-market economics, and offshore business, Mr. Casey travels the globe working with like-minded clients helping them properly structure their businesses and their lives to minimize risk and maximize reward. He hold 2 undergraduate degrees; BS in Finance with a minor in Economics, BS in International Business with a minor in Russian – Master's in Entrepreneurship from MIT.

 

 

 

Alexander Stylianoudis

Alexander is a legal and financial advisor for startups with a personal mission to help companies go fully remote. After working in corporate law in London, he traded his three-piece suit for a wetsuit and a surfboard and started travelling the world as the legal counsel for WiFi Tribe, and then the Head of Legal & Finance at GooseChase. He will be speaking about how to restructure your company for remote work at Work Travel Summit.

 

 

Juliana Rabbi

Juliana is a Career Coach who helps professionals land their dream remote job in 90 days. She’s been working remotely for 7 years, and became a full-time traveller and digital nomad in 2019. She will be speaking about how to transition into a career that supports your lifestyle at Work Travel Summit.

 

 

Julio Monzon

Julio is the owner of the ad tech company Monetizemore. He’s been building his business and company culture remotely for eleven years without ever having an office, leading a team of 190 employees from 5 continents today.

 

 

Liubov Shlapai

Liubov Shlapai is a Global Events Producer at Mindvalley, Mastermind Facilitator, speaker, and health coach. She has launched over 30 personal development courses and dozens of events across Europe and Asia. She’s the creator of EDWE, a program that helps people change their relationship with food, and an EQ trainer and host for conscious entrepreneurs. She will be talking about how to facilitate masterminds at Work Travel Summit.

 

 

Tim Nash

Tim Nash is the founder of Good Investing, an investment planning service that coaches DIY investors to align their portfolio with their values. As an expert on socially responsible investing, impact investing, and the green economy, he is regularly featured in publications such as CBC, BNNBloomberg, the Globe and Mail, and the Toronto Star.

 

 

 

Jon Hormaeche Castells

Jon is the Co-Founder of Sun and Co., one of the first coliving spaces in Europe with more than 600 digital nomad and remote worker guests till date. He is a former team member of The Melting Pot, a leading coworking space in Scotland and an avid community builder. He will be talking about the recovery of the travel industry and sharing economies at Work Travel Summit.

 

 

Christa Romano

Christa Romano is a Digital Nomad Career Coach who travelled to 59 countries in 7 years while building a career remotely. She helps people get or create remote jobs for themselves that they love, so that they can travel the world while making a full-time income. She will be speaking about how you can transition into a remote career at Work Travel Summit.

 

 

Olumide Gbenro

Olumide Gbenro is a notable remote work influencer and digital nomad community builder. He is a recognized international social media influencer with a following exceeding 500,000 across all platforms. He is a sought-after social media advisor with clients including celebrity entrepreneurs, influencers, and olympians. He's also a notable TikToker in Indonesia known for his viral videos where he speaks several languages.

 

 

Jason Marc Campbell

Jason Marc Campbell is the author of the upcoming book on Selling with Love. He interviews thought leaders from around the world on topics of Leadership, Team building, Communication, Productivity and so much more. He is a public speaker who’s shared the stage with the likes of Gary V, Jason Silva, Vishen Lakhiani, Lisa Nichols and more. You’ll quickly recognise him through his high energy and passion for making a positive impact in people's lives.

His mission is all about teaching companies to care more. As businesses have so much power in the capitalist world, if we can educate businesses to take on more responsibility on how they sell, how they market, how they treat their employees and even how they invest their money, we start shifting the very planet into a better place for all.

 

 

Danish Soomro

Danish Soomro is an award winning tech Entrepreneur, Innovator, Product designer and a Canadian Immigrant. He is the founder of the world's first eNation of Digital Nomads and the first online visa information database & visa experts marketplace to assist global human mobility. These projects have received financial awards from Govt. of Chile, European Union, Govt. of Poland, UNWTO, IOE and MIT. He is a digital nomad and has worked from 30+ countries, holding MBA, and have 10+ years of global professional experience in remote sales & marketing, remote product and team management. He loves traveling, technology and making friends.

 

 

Lauren Schuivens

Lauren is the Founder of Samavira, an international meditation and mindfulness training centre hosting in-person group meditations around the world. She is a Certified Mindfulness & Meditation Trainer by World Peace Initiative and a digital nomad. She will be facilitating the wellbeing sessions at Work Travel Summit to ensure we arrive refreshed and focused to the sessions.

 

 

Samantha Letang

Samantha Doctrové Letang is the Marketing Executive for the Caribbean region at the Discover Dominica Authority. Samantha has over 20 years’ experience in the tourism industry in the areas of product development, licensing and certification, training, marketing, and public relations. She has implemented various successful marketing campaigns for the destination and for Dominica’s major national events. Her expertise extends to the development of culture in Dominica as she works with various organizations in the promotion and preservation of Dominica’s rich and vibrant culture.

 

 

 

Andrew Miller

Andrew Miller is a remote work influencer and the Founder of GrowthExpertz. He has lived in and worked from over 70 countries and has driven 3 VC-backed startup exits and dozens of funding rounds in the past 15 years. He will be speaking about designing a sustainable life and career as a digital nomad at Work Travel Summit.

 

 

Lavinia Iosub

Lavina Iosub is a future of work advocate, the founder of Remote Skills Academy and the Managing Partner at Livit International.
Livit is a support ecosystem for founders, startups, and remote workers.
She believes productivity, innovation, community, fun, and adventure can (and should) go hand-in-hand.
Her professional and personal experiences span 4 continents, 40+ countries, and several different industries.
She is based in Bali for most of the year and a digital nomad/location-independent entrepreneur for the rest.

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Aline Dahmen

Aline is the Co-founder of Nomad Soulmates, the world’s largest online community and dating platform for single Digital Nomads, remote workers, and location independent professionals. She will be speaking about the best dating tips for digital nomads at Work Travel Summit.

 

 

Gabriela Larenas

Gabriela is a lifelong traveller, who has lived in 9+ countries and helped small and medium-sized businesses grow strategically and address bet-the-company problems. With 8+ years of remote work experience in tourism and real estate, she uses her international business background to understand crucial issues and provide creative solutions. As WifiTribe’s Head of Global Real Estate and Partnerships she builds community through relationship and thoughtful real estate.

 

 

 

Lola Casamitjana

Lola is the co-founder of flOasis - a platform to book & share unique stays to live & work at your best. As the creative, communication specialist, and traveler, she is passionate about building a better future for us all. In a previous life, she built communities and brands for NGOs and organized self-development workshops. She believes that each individual should have the power to design a fulfilling lifestyle for themselves.

 

 

 

Pauline Roussel

Pauline Roussel is the Co-Founder and CEO of Coworkies, a global job board for coworking space members. She’s also the co-author of Around The World In 250 Coworking Spaces, a book she co-wrote after visiting over 400 coworking spaces in 47 cities around the world. She will be speaking about the future of workplaces at Work Travel Summit.

 

 

David Rutnam

David Rutnam is the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Senior Manager Industry Distribution Programs Adoption. He is responsible for managing the implementation of Digital Retailing in Europe, Middle East, Africa and the CIS countries as well as airline implementations of IATA Travel Pass in Europe.

David has over 37 years of experience in the aviation industry. He has been with IATA for more than 15 years, previously working on the successful implementations of 100% Electronic ticketing (ET) and Bar Coded Boarding Passes (BCBP). Prior to IATA, David worked for several airlines including British Airways, Qantas, Air New Zealand and United, mainly in IT.

 

 

 

Tarin Calmeyer

Tarin is the Chief Wellness Officer and co-founder of the world’s first virtual corporate wellness company, Remote Team Wellness. After 10 years of teaching yoga, mindfulness and movement in-person around the world, she founded Remote Team Wellness at the beginning of the pandemic to support the thousands of companies shifting to virtual. RTW facilitates remote team retreats, wellness initiatives and corporate wellness coaching and to date has global clients like Facebook, L’Oreal, Powerchord, Avaus and COFACE and shows no sign of slowing down.

 

 

 

Fadila A. Ahmad

Fadila A. Ahmad is the owner of Fainajs Express—remote-first business development and trade facilitation firm that operates in 9 countries and offers commodity brokerage & cross-border trade advisory services.  Originally from Nigeria, Fadila runs her business remotely while traveling the world.

 

 

 

Jennifer Magee

Jennifer Magee is the owner of Retail in the City, an award-winning architecture and design company that has designed over 10 million square feet of retail space, including many widely recognized projects for Fortune 500 Companies. Jennifer runs her business remotely while traveling the world.

 

 

 

Daraja Asili

Daraja Asili is the owner of Happy Trees Entertainment—a creative entertainment agency that gets over 100,000 paying customers per year attending its live innovative events.  Daraja runs her business completely remotely while managing her fully distributed team.

 

 

 

Matthew Bowles

Matt Bowles is the co-owner of Maverick Investor Group—a fully-remote real estate brokerage that helps people buy cash-flowing rental properties in the best U.S. markets from anywhere in the world. He’s a full-time digital nomad and has run his business from 65 countries on 6 continents since 2013.

 

 

 

Anne Scott

Community strategist for digital platforms, platform-based businesses, and multisided marketplaces from ignition to scale. As a world-leading community and marketing strategist, Anne Scott works with brands across industries to create meaningful communities with powerful social impact and high ROI.

 

 

 

Louis Thompson

Louis has 15 years of experience working with some of the world’s leading hotel groups taking eco-resort, spa retreats and tented camp projects from inception through design, engineering, construction, pre-opening to successful operation. Having held the position of director of Green Building at Six Senses Resorts and spas, Louis was responsible for 'special' projects for the Soneva group, a series of iconic structures including the farm to fork dining, edible landscapes, eco-villas, the treetop dining pod, and the den at Soneva Kiri,

As founder and CEO of Nomadic Resorts, the company has flourished since its launch in 2011, winning multiple international accolades (including winning the Ahead Global Gamechanger award 2020 and the UNESCO Prix Versailles for Commercial architecture in 2018), gaining industry recognition and positioning itself as a leader in the rapidly expanding alternative lodging and experiential travel sectors.

 

 

 

Amanda Black

Amanda Black is the Founder of The Solo Female Traveler Network, a community for women to find connection and support while travelling the world on their own. She’s a full-time traveller for more than 7 years, running her business out her van and living a nomadic lifestyle. She will be speaking about the biggest myths and the reality of being a digital nomad at Work Travel Summit.

 

 

Gonçalo Hall

Gonçalo Hall is a remote work consultant and evangelist who launched projects like the Remote Work Movement, Future of Work Conferences, Remote Portugal and Remote Europe in order to help the movement grow and spread.

The Digital Nomad Village is Gonçalo’s most recent project, being developed in Ponta do Sol, Madeira island, where he is building a community of digital nomads focused on positive local impact and connections.

He is also the host of the Remote Movement Podcast where he interviews people making a ruckus in the remote world.

 

 

 

Marisa Meddin

I'm the co-founder of Beach Commute, a certified expert career coach, and an international speaker. As a digital nomad of 5 years (visiting 60+ countries), it’s my joy to help others understand the remote job and career path opportunities available that can be done while traveling the world.

 

 

 

Trisha Velarmino

I have been a digital nomad for the last 10 years but my specialty is advocating for women digital nomads and persons of color. You may find my content about being a digital nomad here: https://psimonmyway.com/category/psimonmyway. I also did a TED talk and other digital nomad speaking engagements that you may find here: https://psimonmyway.com/press.

 

 

Ilana Milkes

Founder and entrepreneur working to shape the future of work, traveling and climate tech finance.

 

 

 

Kamilla Mishiyeva

I help men dominate the dating world by providing them self-improvement and dating advice.

 

 

 

Shaun Dunhofen

Award-winning hotelier with international experience, opening, expanding, re-branding, and renovating small boutique up to larger 469 rooms/suites properties.
A key focus of Shaun is: finance, guest experience, innovation, return on investment, staff empowerment, asset, and brand management.

 

 

 

Sanne Meijboom

Sanne Meijboom is a passionate entrepreneur who believes in the idea that organizations need to make a shift from profit maximization to the right balance in profit making and social & environmental value creation. She recently made it to the list of the top 100 inspiring woman travel founders by Travel Massive.

She is the founder of I Like Local, a travel startup that provides authentic, immersive travel experiences to travelers while providing a sustainable source of income for local people and community organizations in developing countries throughout Asia and Africa. Her goal is not only to provide travelers with something authentic and off-the-tourist-trail but to make a positive impact at the same time.

 

 

 

Bianca Caruana

Bianca is the blogger and podcast host behind The Altruistic Traveller, sharing stories that shape our future for the better. Through her work, Bianca aims to promote ethical values and give a voice to those who are making the world a better place.

 

 

 

Mita Carriman

Mita Carriman is the CEO & Founder of Adventurely. Originally a native New Yorker, Mita spent the past 4 years working remotely as a digital nomad across 13 countries, and is passionate about bringing nomads together every day around the world for a sense of adventure with Adventurely.

 

 

 

Janna Primus

Janna co-created Raising Global Citizens and filmed her family travels around the world.
She is a Doula, a Reiki Master and Mother.

 

 

 

Rocco Bova

Rocco Bova, originally from Italy but citizen of the world for over 25 years. A hospitality industry enthusiast where he has been working since 1995 in 11 countries around the world, starting his career in Europe, then going to the Middle East, Asia, Africa and finally Mexico more than 4 years ago, where he currently resides and works.
Curious by nature, Rocco investigates and studies trends in the world of hospitality and he is an expert in the management of luxury hotels, as well as innovative wellness models.
Since five months, having moved to Cuatro Cienegas, a Pueblo Magico in Northern Mexico, where he has been working on a project that will change the face of the village into one of Mexico's most important tourist destinations together with Grupo Hotelero 1800, a young, Mexican Hospitality group with a focus on sustainable projects.

 

 

 

Ester Martinez

Ester Martinez is the CEO & Editor in Chief of People Matters, the fastest-growing community for CHROs and business leaders. She founded the platform in 2009, and since then it has grown into one of the biggest success stories in independent publishing. She will be speaking about the future of workplaces at Work Travel Summit.

 

 

Chasma Smith

Chasma is an entrepreneur and resource magnet. When her passion for mental wellness and physical health collided with a severe frustration with the lack of diversity in outdoor recreational spaces, Chasma built Try X Conquer to connect BIWOC* (Black, Indigenous, Women of Color) to local outdoor activities to help them find healing. Try X Conquer is a mobile app that facilitates outdoor activities for black women - supporting their individual mental wellness and physical health journeys.

 

 

 

Jordan Carroll

Jordan helps high performers land legitimate remote jobs. He has worked 7+ years remote and lived in 15 countries the past 3 years. This past year he became a Mexican resident (US national), and runs a 6 figure coaching business helping thousands of remote job seekers across the world find more freedom and flexibility in their lives.

 

 

 

Martin Carev

Social media influencer specializing in traveling and fashion

 

 

Taylor Jacobson

Founder & CEO at Focusmate, a virtual coworking community with a mission to help everyone do their best work. Thousands of people in 160+ countries sit side-by-side, via video, to keep each other company, cheer each other on, and hold one another accountable. He's been featured in The New Yorker, CNN, The Guardian, Bloomberg Businessweek, and more.

 

 

Rosanne Schipper

When Rosanne started freelancing 5 years ago, she only saw perfect images of entrepreneurs on Instagram. Annoyed by the lack of real talk, she started illustrating her daily freelancer struggles. Now, her company the Happy Freelancer is helping freelancers to take their business to the next level with courses and resources and by creating a community.

 

 

Sam Matthew

Sam is an attorney with experience as a tech startup general counsel and prior work in litigation and startup advisory. When he was the General Counsel and Director of Public Policy for Remote Year, Sam worked with foreign governments, law firms, and accounting firms around the world to determine (and shape) the tax and legal implications of working remotely while abroad.

 

 

Diego Bejarano Gerke

Founder of WiFi Tribe, a community of remote professionals with shared values who travel the world together as they work. This community has become my home over the last 5 years, as I've been on 40 month-long trips with 20 fellow creatives, entrepreneurs, freelancers and remote professionals from 62 nationalities. I'm obsessed with community-building, marketing and startups.

 

 

Radim Rezek

Radim is the CEO & co-founder of Flatio – one of Europe’s largest mid-term rental platforms. He runs the company with his former lecturer (Flatio co-founder and CMO, Ondrej Dufek) and university friend (Flatio co-founder and CIO, Jakub Skorpik) with help from an incredible international team.The goal of Flatio is to allow people to live affordably and sustainably, anywhere in the world.

 

 

 

Liina Maria Lepik

Liina Maria is the Director of the Estonian Tourist Board since March 2020 when the tourism we knew ended. Her previous background has been in different sectors - more than 10 years in the finance sector building an Estonian bank, few years in the film industry kick-starting Tallinn Film Industry hub, and in recent years as an Estonian digital society, promoter managing e-Estonia Briefing Centre. Quite a package to help the Estonian tourism sector to reach new levels in digitization and innovation. She is a great fan of the ease of living that digital society provides, the Estonians can-do spirit, and Estonia - the country where traditional meets digital in every step of the way.

 

 

 

Denis Stark

20+ years in FinTech. Founder of volunteer clean-up movement. Founder of BookTech startup. Lived in Netherlands, Luxembourg, UAE, Georgia, Thailand and now in Costa Rica. Traveled and worked in 35+ countries.

 

 

 

Leilani Franklin-Apted

Leilani Franklin-Apted is an award-winning experience designer, facilitator, and creative culture change consultant. As the Chief Design Officer for Unsettled, she leads their vision for global experiences navigating the future of how we live, work, and build community in the 21st century.

 

 

 

Tobias Hofmeister

Tobias inspires heart-led entrepreneurs on their path of building authentic, deeply connected high-impact businesses capitalizing on their unique talents through flow states. He's infectiously enthusiastic about the unlimited opportunities laying ahead of us and has a gift to inspire the people around him to reveal and express their unique talents.

 

 

 

Emi Lorincz

Emi started her career in traditional financial services at Morgan Stanley, then moved to aircraft financing at GE Capital and later to commodity trading at Eni. Since 2017 Emi's focus has been directed towards the ever-evolving world of digital assets and blockchain technology. Bringing a wealth of work experience from the traditional markets and the field of cryptocurrencies, she combines these two worlds to help companies benefit from both.

She is passionate about advancing the case of bitcoin, so much so that she recently talked on TEDxHWZ about how Bitcoin can be the "Guardian Angel" of privacy.

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Nora Dunn

Nora Dunn is a former CFP who traveled full-time for 12 years, and she continues to travel short and long-term from her Toronto base. She enables long-term travelers to hit the road stress-free and confidently by helping them arrange everything, from finances to logistics to career and more.

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Caroline Morris

7 years a nomad/remote worker and traveler, kitesurfer successfully working with her passion.

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Gaspar d'Orey

Gaspar is the CEO of Dott.pt, having grown it from a sketch to a 60+ team, hundreds of thousands of customers, 1700+ sellers in just two years. An Engineer by training, he feels he is logical and straight to the point, yet creative in a way that enhances his entrepreneurial experience and drives to find solutions. Gaspar is a hands-on leader, a people-person, with a solid mathematical and financial background.

 

 

Corey Schultz

Feeling unfulfilled in his career as an educator and fundraiser for science museums and universities, Corey left it all behind a few years ago for a new life in Southern Africa working for the US Peace Corps. He lived among African Elephants, Spotted Hyenas, and Black Mamaba's in Botswana's Okavango Delta, where he worked as a school teacher and capacity builder. Today, as Virtual Experience leader, he continues to curate exciting moments online -- from organizing book clubs, to discovering new cooking techniques, to learning about our own unique ways of working remotely.

 

 

Thor Pedersen

On October 10th 2013, Torbjørn “Thor” Pedersen set out on an ambitious journey to become the first in history to reach every country in the world completely without flying. He nearly accomplished his goal until he got stuck in Hong Kong on January 28th 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with only nine island nations remaining.

Through the project, which has been named Once Upon A Saga, Thor now finds himself among the world’s three-hundred most traveled people and is “only” nine countries from becoming the first in history to reach every country completely without flying. He entertains his audience across social media where thousands find themselves inspired, motivated, educated, and entertained.

As a goodwill ambassador of the Danish Red Cross Thor has paid a visit to the movement in 189 countries already and has raised awareness as well as funds for the noble humanitarian work which is carried out globally.

 

 

Danielle Hall

Keynote for Marketing Week in Greece Retail conference, 'The Kite - Life Balance' Panel interview - She Flies Festival, Multiple Keynotes at various Retail conferences and internal speaking within companies.

 

 

Tessa Mac

Tessa Mac (@tessamac) is a philosopher, dating coach, and the founder of Date Demo, the first-ever online “Practice Dating” service. Inspired by her passion for human behavior and guided by her deep philosophical understanding of the structure of meaning and connection, Tessa has helped over 500 unique clients build confidence, develop meaningful relationships, get in touch with their emotions, take full ownership of themselves, and fall in love with their lives.

 

 

Victoria Puzach

Event Director and Founder

 

Ruta Dambyte

Speakers Management

Mafalda Sá

 

 

 

Fernando Somarriba

 

 

 

Annamaria Nagy

 

Vlad Glebov

Strategy Advisor

 

 

Nazar Taras

Nazar is an independent journalist, a TV reporter and a technical manager. At Work Travel Summit, he is conducting interviews and moderating debates. Love is the answer.