THE FUTURE BELONGS TO
BOLD THINKERS
This isn’t the era of safe conversations. Now more than ever, the world needs radical minds, fearless innovators, and problem solvers who dare to challenge the status quo.
As institutions falter and uncertainty grows, Propela is your lifeboat—an exclusive network of maverick thinkers designing radical solutions to rebuild trust, reimagine systems, and help organisations prepare for what’s next.
If your event aims to lead, not follow—this is where the conversation begins.
The future isn’t written. It’s spoken into existence.
Let’s start the conversation.
CURATING VISIONARIES
REDEFINING POSSIBILITIES
We are the maverick curators—your future-focused partner for securing the most visionary speakers in Business, Culture, and Innovation.
By bringing bold perspectives together, we cut through the noise, ignite new thinking, and redefine what’s possible.
Our roster of leading-edge experts is available for keynotes (virtual & in-person), brand collaborations, media insights, and any stage that demands a maverick’s point of view.
With 2,000+ pioneering thinkers in our network, what you see here is just the beginning.
Let’s connect and bring the right voices to your stage.
JAMES BRIDLE
Artist, Journalist, Technologist, Best-selling Author
DR NELLY BEN HAYOUN
The Manufacturer of the Impossible, Hall of Fame Inductee, Head of Experiences @WeTransfer
PAYAL ARORA
Tech Anthropologist, Best-selling Author
RACHEL WINGFIELD
WIRED Innovation Fellow, Architectural Futurist
DOMINIC WILCOX
Inventor, Designer, Thinkerupper
MARSHMALLOW LASER FEAST
Mixed Reality Mavericks, Digital Storytellers & Tech Artists
DR SIAN PROCTOR
The world’s first Black Female Spaceship Pilot
NICK FOSTER
Former Head of Design at Google X, Futurist
NEIL HARBISSON
World's First Cyborg, Artist, and Transpecies Activist
LUCY MCRAE
Body Architect, Sci Fi Artist, Filmmaker
GALIT ARIEL
Hyperimmersive Technofuturist
MARK ADAMS
VICE Board member and former Head of Innovation, and Marketing Guru
DANIEL LISMORE
A Living Artwork, Artist, Designer, Campaigner
MARIJE VOGELZANG
Design Revolutionary, The Grand Dame of Eating Experience
MISAN HARRIMAN
Activist, Oscar-nominated Director, Southbank Centre Chairman, Pioneering Photographer
BAS VAN ABEL
Founder of the world’s most ethical & sustainable mobile phone & Circular Designer
ALEXA CLAY
Best-selling Author, Rebel Economist, Business Hacker, Director of the Royal Society of the Art, U.S Chapter
INDY JOHAR MBE
The Architect of a Better Future
VAUGHN TAN
Innovation Strategist and Uncertainty Expert
DR KATE STONE
TED Global Speaker (twice), Creative Scientist, Paper Hacker, Media Provocateur
NANJALA NYABOLA
Former human rights lawyer turned Technology Analyst and Activist
VIKTORIA MODESTA
The world’s first Bionic Artist, Futurist, Performer, and Activist
DR LAURA HERMAN
Head of AI Research at Adobe and PhD in AI
OOBAH BUTLER
Filmmaker, Best-selling Author, and the Creator of Untruths
DR MERRITT MOORE
The Quantum Ballerina
PAULA ZUCCOTTI
Ethnographer, Trend Forecaster, Future Archaeologist
PROF. CHARLES SPENCE
Oxford Professor of the Senses, & Neurogastronomist
MOON RIBAS
Cyborg, Activist, Artist
SAM BOMPAS
Food Architect, Poly-sensory Storyteller