Tobias Peyerl works at the frontier of a defining question of our time: as artificial intelligence transforms how we work, create, and make decisions, how do we turn its extraordinary potential into progress that genuinely benefits people?

At OpenAI, he leads Strategic Intelligence and Analysis, bringing together emerging technology, geopolitics, and strategic foresight to anticipate new risks, strengthen safeguards, and help shape how increasingly powerful AI systems are used and deployed.

Originally from Germany, Tobias previously led intelligence and trust risk governance teams at Google and worked on international security and policy at the United Nations. He holds a PhD in International Law from the Graduate Institute in Geneva, studied and conducted research at Harvard Law School, and completed his legal training at Humboldt University in Berlin.

He brings a distinctive perspective on the next frontier of AI: technologies that expand human creativity, unlock new possibilities for organizations, and keep trust and human judgment at the center. 

Dr Florence Gaub is one of the leading voices when it comes to future conflicts, global security and geopolitical developments. At the intersection of geopolitical analysis, strategic forecasting and global security, she translates complex developments into clear future scenarios.

As Research Director of NATO’s Defense College in Rome, she advises international governments and organisations – with the aim of providing guidance in an increasingly uncertain world. Prior to that, she was Deputy Director of the EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) and played a key role in shaping the European security policy discourse.

The German-French political scientist combines academic excellence with practical experience: as a reserve officer in the French Army and through her international studies at the Humboldt University of Berlin, Sciences Po Paris, the Sorbonne and the University of Munich.

With her bestselling books – most recently ‘Zukunft. Eine Bedienungsanleitung’ (The Future: A User's Guide) and ‘Szenario: Die Zukunft steht auf dem Spiel’ (Scenario – The Future is at Stake), both published by dtv – she is making a topic that often remains abstract more tangible: the future itself.

Her mission: to identify threats early, assess developments and highlight opportunities to ensure we don’t just react to changes, but actively shape them.