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class="c-header__backdropImage o-parallax__content" sizes="100vh" src=""> </noscript> </figure> <div class="o-wrapper yoink"> <h1 class="c-header__heading c-header__heading--large">Big names, bigger ideas</h1> <span class="c-header__subheading"> A lineup worthy of your time</span> <div class="c-header__intro" > </div> <a class="c-button c-button--primary mt-m" href="https://thenextweb.com/conference/speaker-application-form"> Apply to speak </a> </div> </header> <section class="c-bodyBlock c-bodySpeakers t-white" id="speakers"> <div id="react-speakers" data-speakers='[{"allSpeakers":[{"speakerBio":"<p>At the heart of tech for over three decades, Corinne Vigreux is co-founder of TomTom, the location technology specialist solving mobility problems and addressing the challenges of autonomous driving and smart cities through maps, navigation and traffic information. <\/p><p>She founded CODAM, a non-profit coding school with a world class curriculum to empower the next generation of tech 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She also served as leader of the opposition and party leader in the Danish Parliament and as a member of European Parliament. Following her time in public office, she served as the Chief Executive of Save the Children, helping improve conditions and bring awareness to the plight of children in some of the most difficult and challenging places in the world. As part of this role, Thorning-Schmidt worked to highlight the humanitarian crises in Yemen and Syria, and the Rohingya refugee crisis in Myanmar. She remains engaged in geopolitical issues as a member of several foreign policy think tanks, including the US Council on Foreign Relations, the European Council for Foreign Relations, the International Crisis Group and the Atlantic Council International Advisory Board and Berggruen 21st Century Council. 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