CHRIS JONES is Partner of 10 Design. He has over 20 years of international experience on major projects throughout the Middle East, Asia, the UK, and the US. He has lived and worked in New York, London, Istanbul, Edinburgh, and is currently based in Dubai. Chris has extensive experience on the design, delivery, and management of projects across all stages.
These include mixed-use developments, masterplanning, residential, retail, commercial, education, and civic projects. He has worked with a wide variety of clients including international developers, private clients, government bodies, and universities and college trusts.
His current role is principal client liaison across all projects in the Middle East. He works closely with design leadership teams to establish project direction and interfaces with clients and other consultants to ensure that project proceeds in accordance with clients’ goals.
Presently in the region, he has been managing the design and delivery of landmark mixed use projects with Dubai International Financial Centre, Al Barari, Emaar, DMCC, Meraas, Mirage, Saleh Al Hamad Al Mana, TECOM, and Swiss Property to name a few.
David Shephard assists design professionals and end-clients to specify appropriate smart building solutions. To improve the comfort and productivity of occupiers, while reducing a builds operating costs and environmental impact.
Maria is an established thought-leader within the hospitality design world, admired for her roll-call of beautiful and ingeniously designed projects, sought out by discerning property owners and respected for the value she brings to all her work.
As the Founding Director of AQUA architecture Ltd, Alia has effectively driven several development projects in the UK and globally, focused around eco-built and sustainable design.
Heinz has been working in the timber industry for more than 20 years, and is currently in charge of the international projects department at ZÜBLIN Timber. He supports teams of architects, engineers and contractors in their project work from the beginning in technical and economic terms. A high standard of quality and close cooperation with the project participants motivates him in his daily work.
Dr. Dr. Norbert Streitz (Ph.D. in physics, Ph.D. in cognitive science) is a Senior Scientist and Strategic Advisor with more than 35 years of experience. Founder and Scientific Director of the Smart Future Initiative launched in 2009.
Joakim has a long history in the IT industry. He has worked for 15 years with international business development in the IT group Readsoft. Through his own company Brilink, he has served in several corporate boards, including DH Solutions, before becoming CEO for the company in 2013. Since the spin-off in 2016 he is CEO of DH Anticounterfeit. As the CEO of the company, Joakim has always been focusing on business development and sales management based on his core values commitment, respect, loyalty and trust of his team. His role is to lead the company in becoming the world leader in brand protection systems.
Narit Gessler is responsible for overseeing all development functions at Free the Slaves, an anti-slavery and anti-human trafficking nonprofit headquartered in Washington D.C. Over the past decade, Narit has dedicated her time to advancing the human condition through rights based nonprofit organizations. She started her career working within the disability community before shifting her attention to socio-economic services. Prior to joining Free the Slaves, Narit focused her energy on global NGO capacity building, which took her from a food security program in rural South Africa to an anti-human trafficking organization in northern Thailand. Narit holds dual Master of Arts degrees in International Policy and Business Administration from Monterey Institute of International Studies. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, trying new foods and traversing the world. Narit also serves on the Board of Directors for the Pink Pack Project, a girls’ education and empowerment project recently established in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Severine Louapre is Brand Protection Coordinator at G-Star RAW. She is responsible for the Brand Protection activities of G-Star RAW worldwide. Her role is to coordinate all operations, online and offline, related to the possible distribution of infringing products. To ensure that she runs an efficient Brand Protection program, she collects relevant data and analyses patterns, routes and trends. Prior to joining G-Star RAW in 2017, Severine worked for the navigation company TomTom. She was then handling the company’s trademark portfolio administration and prosecution, and tackling piracy and counterfeit issues.
Renown in the industry for decades, and showing a proven track record of over 200 hotels under her lead, Anne has developed a vast skillset that allows her to connect business & operations, architecture & engineering, design & art likewise. Having worked on numerous developments across the globe it is fair to say that there are no limits when it comes to quality aspiration and attention to detail throughout the delivery of each individual project. In her current role as Senior Vice President of ACCOR Design & Technical Services Ultra-Luxury, Luxury and Lifestyle brands – EUROPE, she feels privileged to explore cross pollination between lifestyle and ultra-luxury concepts, studying changing guest behaviour and challenging industry norms. Her involvement in brand positioning and visioning is crucial for the success for each of her and her assigned projects together with her passionate team.
