What happens when more than 40 of the world’s most fascinating makers, innovators and thought leaders across science, tech, the arts and social enterprise converge in one iconic venue in London? Well, it certainly packs a room like no other, and you know you’re at another edition of the high-octane, annual Wired 2016 summit. 

17 themes across two days will feature stellar speakers, and a major highlight is the showcase of the latest technology in the WIRED Test Lab with Telefónica Open Future area. The event is expected to attract more than 700 people.

Once again the event is brought to audiences in association with world-leading telco Telefonica. Given the summit is bringing together some of the finest minds in the industry, we look forward to bringing you roundups of the most insightful talks. Prepare to ‘abandon your comfort zone’ and explore future trends, caution WIRED. 

The list of speakers includes:

Bertrand Piccard, initiator, chairman and pilot, Solar Impulse
Yves Rossy, jet pack performer
Bill Browder, CEO, Hermitage Capital Management
Gideon Mendel, climate change photographer
Anirudh Sharma, designer and inventor
Thor Bjorgolfsson, Iceland’s sole billionaire
Babar Afzal, pashmina goat farmer
Joe Lonsdale, entrepreneur and investor
Mustafa Suleyman, artificial intelligence pioneer
Samantha Payne, bionic arm builder
Alexander Reben, robot builder
Peter Piot, microbiologist; co-discoverer of the Ebola virus
Taavet Hinrikus, entrepreneur and investor
Jimmy Lin, fighting cancer with genomics
Babar Ali, world’s youngest headmaster
Daan Roosegaarde, artist and innovator
Chris LeJeune, immersive experience designer
Di Mainstone, artist and film-maker
Andrew McAfee, best-selling author and principal research scientist, MIT
David Hornik, venture capitalist
Daniel Becerra, off-grid energy engineer
Jessica O. Matthews, maker of energy-harnessing technology
Zenia Tata, leader of XPRIZE’s global expansion
Alexandra Ivanovitch, creating empathy through tech
Lucrezia Bisignani, social entrepreneur
Sheelika Ravishankar, moonshot co-ordinator
Anousheh Ansari, first privately funded female space traveller
Philip Rosedale, virtual reality platform builder
Miho Janvier, sun storm scientist
Ed Barton, augmented and virtual reality pioneer
Leslie John, irrationality analyst

We’re ready to hear from these incredible leaders on the big issues impacting the innovation industry and digital economy. Are you?