The world’s 1st Flying Motor Car in Bratislava, Slovakia
The world’s 1st Flying Motor Car - a group of top investors, creatives & futurists with Stefan Klein (inventor) & Juraj Vaculik (CEO) in the lab & workshop of Aeromobil, alongside the 1st flying motor car. Incredible creativity, engineering & vision! Thanks Juraj & Pioneers.
Flanked by Spotify founder, Daniel Ek & Skype founder Nikolas Zennstrom, at the Brilliant Minds Symposium in Stockholm
l. to r. Daniel Ek - co-founder of Spotify; Ralph Simon - CEO of Mobilium Global; Nikolas Zennstrom - founder of Skype. Summer Stockholm is the venue for the extraordinary annual gathering of the world’s top innovators and disruptive thinkers, at Brilliant Minds. One of the world’s top gatherings of the best innovators and thinkers.
Parag Khanna, the distinguished author & global affairs guru at keynote interview of The Royal Society of Arts, London
l. to r. Author & leading global “Connectivity” visionary Parag Khanna & Mobilium Global CEO Ralph Simon, after Dr Khanna’s riveting talk to the RSA about “Connectography” - why internet connectivity is the new currency for successful countries, global leaders, incubation cities & the next generation of innovators world-wide. The RSA has featured speakers on the leading edge of innovation for over 200 years.
Dateline: Vienna
An exciting moment during the absorbing session at Pioneers (future tech) Festival in the Royal Palace in central Vienna: Mobilium Global CEO Ralph Simon interviews Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia & Wikia & Craig Palmer, CEO of Wikia & Wikia’s FANDOM about the power & global impact of the 360,000 communities who use Wikia. l. to r. Wikia CEO, Craig Palmer; interviewer Mobilium Global CEO Ralph Simon & Wikipedia & Wikia founder, Jimmy Wales. FANDOM is Jimmy & Craig’s very hot Wikia platform that's growing specialist communities & thousands of cool daily interactions. Jimmy’s & Craig’s vision has seen Fandom taking off like a rocket. Bravo to Pioneers for this illuminating session reaching a global audience
Siri-Founder Adam Cheyer with Tiffany Pham
r. to l. Adam Cheyer - founder of Siri - the revolutionary voice-activated platform recently acquired by Apple; Tiffany Pham - CEO & founder of Mogul, a fast-growing hub/platform for women around the world that reaches 19m women per week from 196 countries in 31,000 cities, & Mobilium Global CEO, Ralph Simon - all speakers at the 2016 Pioneers Festival, held in the Hapsburg Palace in central Vienna. This is unquestionably the most significant Future Tech event & gathering across all of Europe. Want to know where the future is heading ? You’ll certainly find out at Pioneers Festival.
Gary Shapiro, President & CEO of the Consumer Technology Association in Claridges, London
l. to r. Mobilium Global CEO Ralph Simon & Gary Shapiro, President & CEO of the Consumer Technology Association, the trade body representing the $287bn Consumer Tech industry which owns & produces CES - the world’s largest (150,000+ attendees) annual gathering for the business of consumer tech, every January in Las Vegas. Gary is a great CTA CEO driving the latest products & new product announcements from the world’s best & hottest brands, always unveiling tomorrow’s consumer tech products at CES.
Director-General of WIPO, Dr Francis Gurry in Mumbai, India
l to r: Director-General of WIPO (the World Intellectual Property Organisation), Dr Francis Gurry & Mobilium Global CEO, Ralph Simon reconnecting. D-G Gurry oversees the United Nation’s influential WIPO that governs global patents, copyright & trademarks, managing the stress on international patent & copyright systems produced by rapid technological change, by globalisation & increased demand. WIPO ensures that the IP system serves its fundamental purpose of encouraging creativity & innovation in all countries. Dr Gurry has led WIPO as the D-G since 2008, enabling nations & people to earn recognition from what they invent or create world-wide.
Global 'Positive Disruption' leader D11's CEO, Juha Tiihonen in Helsinki, Finland
l. to r. Global 'Positive Disruption' leader D11's CEO, Juha Tiihonen & Mobilium Global CEO, Ralph Simon in D11's Helsinki HQ having a major Rethink. Juha & D11 are one of the world's most respected thought leaders in mobile strategy, corporate positive disruption and how to re-think an established business for today & tomorrow's challenging tech times. A great start & a wonderful Finnish.
Interview with Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia and Wikia
Stockholm - Ralph Simon interviews the founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, as part of the important and extraordinary gathering known as “Brilliant Minds” in Stockholm, Sweden. Brilliant Minds is organised by Spotify founder Daniel Ek, Skype founder Nikolas Zennstrom & Natalia Brzezinski, the curator extraordinaire of what has now become one of the world’s most important gatherings of the top innovation thinkers globally: