Parag Khanna
Founder & Managing Partner, FutureMap
Parag Khanna is a leading global strategy advisor, world traveler, and best-selling author. He is Founder & Managing Partner of FutureMap, a data and scenario based strategic advisory firm. Parag’s newest book is The Future is Asian: Commerce, Conflict & Culture in the 21st Century (2019). He is author of a trilogy of books on the future of world order beginning with The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order (2008), followed by How to Run the World: Charting a Course to the Next Renaissance (2011), and concluding with Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization (2016). He is also author of Technocracy in America: Rise of the Info-State (2017) and co-author of Hybrid Reality: Thriving in the Emerging Human-Technology Civilization (2012).
In 2008, Parag was named one of Esquire’s “75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century,” and featured in WIRED magazine’s “Smart List.” He holds a PhD from the London School of Economics, and Bachelors and Masters degrees from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He has traveled to nearly 150 countries and is a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum.

Brian Klinksiek
Director of Strategy, Heitman
Brian Klinksiek is Director of Strategy and Research Operations and an equity owner of Heitman. He is responsible for the coordination of the global research team and is integrally involved in the development of global portfolio construction strategies for Heitman and its clients. Brian is the lead author of the firm’s “DECODE” framework for cross-border investment. He has held a range of research roles at Heitman. Most recently, he spent ten years in London as Heitman’s Director of European Investment Research. Prior to that, Brian was based in Chicago where he covered the North American logistics market and supported investment activity across other sectors. Brian received a BA with honors and distinction from Stanford University and an MBA with high honors in finance and economics from the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago. He is based in Hong Kong and is a dual US and UK national.

John Fitzgerald
Chief Executive Officer, ULI Asia Pacific
John opened the Urban Land Institute’s Asia Pacific office in Hong Kong in 2007. As Chief Executive of ULI Asia Pacific, he is the Institute’s lead executive in the region responsible for ULI’s strategy, initiatives, and operations across Asia Pacific. John and his team in Asia Pacific engage the region’s public and private sector leaders on issues of land use and real estate development with a focus on improving sustainability, affordability, mobility, and infrastructure. John is responsible for key ULI initiatives such as: ULI Asia Pacific Summit, ULI/PwC Emerging Trends in Real Estate® Asia Pacific report, Awards for Excellence, Professional Development, Advisory Services, and strategic partnerships. Before relocating to Hong Kong, John directed ULI’s Global Study Tour program leading delegations of senior executives and public officials to visit numerous countries with the core mission to exchange best practices on critical land use and development issues. Prior to joining ULI in 1998, John worked for a consulting firm in Washington, D.C., developing leadership and education programs on Capitol Hill.