Rogier has held various leadership roles across sales, product, customer support and marketing for over 20 years and as such deeply understands how these functions operate. He is a practitioner of market research and data analytics and the combination of these experiences with business experiences allows him to look for practical market research applications that translate to measurable business impact. He is also currently applying AI to generate synthetic responses to make better brand strategy decisions and pioneering new ways to measure customer value of features and products using novel decision trade-off exercises. He is the co-author of The Business of Marketing Research.

Marco is the founder of Kwantum, an analytics and AI driven brand strategy consultancy. He is an innovator having introduced several new methods such as brand density, switchable customer approach, and holistic conjoint. He is the winner of the David K Hardin marketing research award. Prior to founding Kwantum he held leadership roles at Microsoft & GE. He is the author of several books including From Data to Decision (2022), The Business of Marketing Research (2020), The Insights Advantage (2012), and The Handbook of Marketing Research.

Damian is President of Ipsos in Ireland. During his career he has directed more than 1,000 research projects across all sectors, but with a focus on social trends, media and politics. He leads the public polling team within Ipsos and has been polling on behalf of the Irish Times since 2006 and is recognised as a national expert in political polling and analysis. Damian regularly participates in industry and client events, presenting and joining panel discussions on trends, technology and the future of media. Damian represents Ipsos within the Association of Irish Marketing Research Organisations and is a former Chairman of the Marketing Society (Ireland).

Michelle Murphy Niedziela (PhD; @hcdneuroscience) is a behavioral neuroscience expert in neuropsychology, psychology and consumer science. Experienced from academia (Monell Chemical Senses Center) and industry (Johnson & Johnson, Mars Chocolate) in R&D of innovation technologies and methodologies for consumer research. As VP of Research and Innovation at HCD Research, Michelle focuses on integrating applied consumer neuroscience tools with behavioral science and traditional methods used to measure consumer response.

Frank Pica is co-founder and CEO of Native AI. Throughout his career in brand technology and consumer research, he has worked with some of the largest global brands. After witnessing the rapid evolution of Data Science methodologies over the past decade, he is on a mission to make advanced analytics accessible to brands and market research firms of all sizes.

Dan Fleetwood is President of Research and Insights at QuestionPro. He has 15+ years of market research experience and is passionate about the role that software plays in helping businesses. Dan believes that software can help companies get better feedback, uncover actionable insights, and ultimately develop better products and services. Previously Dan worked in the market research industry at Informa and Pacific Market Research utilizing technology platforms. Knowing early in his career that he wanted to work in the tech and software side of market research, joining QuestionPro in 2014 was a natural fit. With degrees in Marketing and Communications from Central Washington University in Washington State.

"Building bridges" has been my motto during my ESOMAR Presidency. This is what I like to do; to connect with people and to connect people and businesses to get to a higher stage. A more formal definition could be as follows: Experienced International Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the data, insights and market research industry. Strong business development professional skilled in Negotiation, Sales, Public Communication, Team's Engagement and Management.

Ray has spent the last 45 years at the intersection of insights, research, and new thinking. Ray has held director-level positions with companies such as The Research Business, IntelliQuest, Millward Brown, and Vision Critical. Ray is committed to the research and insights industry, having been a member of ESOMAR for over 30 years and a fellow of the MRS.  In recent years Ray’s work has focused on training, writing, speaking and sharing. Ray has run training workshops for a variety of national and international organisations, including RANZ, TRS, JMRA, MRS and ESOMAR. Ray has written textbooks, taught at Saitama and Nottingham Universities, regularly blogs, and is active on social media.  In 2023, Ray was elected President of ESOMAR.

A self-proclaimed nerd with her master's in mathematics and statistics, Megan Peitz has challenged stereotypes as the female owner of Numerious Inc. With over 15 years of marketing research experience, Megan has helped some of the world's largest companies fine-tune their products and services using math.

Nitin Iyer is a Product Manager at Mill

Per is a thought leader, sought-after public speaker, and author. He is frequently interviewed in various media channels. He often publishes thought-provoking articles and holds whole-day seminars on a single topic: Companies must take a holistic view of their pricing process and base it on rigorous, scientific pricing research. Per's has worked with over 750 clients of all sizes and industries using a baseline of pricing research and leaning on multiple Nobel Prize winners in behavioral economics to drive a company to the next level. Biography Per a recognized thought leader in everything pricing, the best-selling author of "The Price Whisperer - A Holistic Approach to Pricing Power," and a member and thought leader at the Forbes Business Council and the C-Suite Hero Club. Furthermore, Per was recently identified as among the "10 Most Visionary Leaders Making a Difference in 2023" by Inc. Magazine and among the "Top 50 Global Thought Leaders in Sales" by Thinkers360. Frustrated by the academic and theoretical approach to pricing offered by business schools, he used his experience as a six-time CEO to create an intensely practical process for pricing. The process is based on pricing research supported by AI software Per's company developed. More than 750 companies globally enjoyed spectacular business results from the process.

Pushing the boundaries of how brands, consumers, and technology interact, Ben has been a strategic partner to global brands for over a decade. Ben co-founded Synapbox to revolutionize brand engagement through the synergy of machine learning, emotional AI, and neuromarketing research. Prior to Synapbox, Ben was a venture capitalist at Nest VC, where he also led innovation programs for global brands, focusing on identifying and solving key customer journey issues with emerging technologies, and invested in the startups that had success addressing those brand challenges.

Patricia's curiosity to understand human attitudes and behavior, along with her love for food and shopping, brought her from the world of social sciences into the world of consumer insights. Patricia has spent over 15 years' experience leading large-scale qualitative research projects, with an expertise in tech-enabled qual methodologies and moderating. And while Patricia loves talking to consumers, her day-to-day now entails strategically growing Dig's offering to include more qualitative solutions to better serve clients.

Jorge is a mission-driven leader with over 20 years of experience in unlocking the potential of people and organizations. He has a proven track record in visionary leadership, stakeholder engagement, global expansion, risk mitigation, new market creation, and consumer innovation. Jorge's expertise includes transforming and building consumer insights functions, competitive intelligence, and innovation. He excels in segmentations, omnichannel customer journey mapping, and the creation of CX hubs. He believes in engaging customer experiences that create value and drive business growth. Jorge is passionate about identifying where an organization has the right to play and, more importantly, the right to win.

I am an Insights Manager with Kerry, focused on delivering insights that inspire and inform. With a decade of experience across industry, agency and consulting, my career to date has been built on the premise that everything must begin with a solid foundation of insight. I use human-centred design thinking to help build solutions that lead to a better working world. I am a strong advocate of exploring cultural forces, the broader macro environment and trends to understand how they impact people. This context leads to supercharged primary research that unlocks why we humans do what we do, and supports business to reimagine how they grow.

Passionate and results-driven, with a proven track record in the dynamic world of Food & Beverage industry. Leveraging a unique blend of market research expertise, data analysis acumen, and trend forecasting skills, I specialize in uncovering deep consumer insights that drive strategic innovation and decision-making for businesses.

Abigail Rivera designs and implements research methodologies to elevate the voice of the customer. Through understanding the relationship between consumer behavior and current business models in all key points of the entertainment industry.

Marcela Doria is GVP of Data & Insight for Warner Bros Discovery Latin America/US Hispanic. She oversees a centralized, cross-platform data and insight group that provides support to content, revenue, marketing, and business strategy across the company’s regional portfolio, including the basic Networks, premium HBO and streaming, including Max Latin America. Prior to joining Warner Bros Media in 2018, Doria ran research for Twitter Latin America. In that role, she was responsible for the strategic deployment of Twitter insights to support the company’s revenue and media partnerships. Doria worked with advertisers to create targeted communication plans and actionable insights based on analysis of consumer behaviour on the Twitter platform. Doria frequently serves as guest speaker and writer on the topic of consumer behaviour in the digital world, including multiple by-lines in Meio & Mensagem, Brazil’s leading industry trade. Prior to joining Twitter, Marcela held senior business and research positions at ESPN Brazil, Discovery Communications Brazil and Discovery Communications LatAm / U.S. Hispanic.

Ted Curtin is a strategic global marketing and innovation leader with more than 25 years of experience encompassing innovation, insights, brand marketing, licensing and consumer activation across a number of brand categories and industry verticals. Ted is the Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer at ProdigyWorks, a creative ideation and innovation lab that grew out of a partnership with Mensa 19 years ago. ProdigyWorks' unique approach to breakthrough innovation comes from their exclusive global network of High-IQ thinkers, creative geniuses, and a vast array of industry experts. From this robust Mensa-based network, ProdigyWorks combines the perfect mix of diverse thinkers to successfully drive breakthrough innovation for leading companies and some of the world's best-loved brands.