Steve Wozniak, Co-founder, Apple

Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist for the past three decades, Steve Wozniak, has helped shape the computing industry with his design of Apple’s first line of products, the Apple I and II computers, and his influence on the popular Macintosh. In 1985, Steve was awarded the National Medal of Technology (the highest honor bestowed upon America’s leading innovators) by the president of the United States for his achievements at Apple Inc.

Steve will share his views on how organisations should tackle disruption; the Apple co-founder states that leaders need to look further ahead, “entire industries are disrupted or shaken, but never right away. It is important to notice the changes early in advance.”

Steve Wozniak is the co-founder of Apple. He is an inventor, electronics engineer, and computer programmer who single-handedly developed the Apple I, the computer that launched Apple. In 2006, Wozniak published his autobiography ”iWoz”.