9th Annual Global Gurus Summit & Awards

Scale what matters: influence, impact and income.

Two days in Bangkok with your Top 30 thought leader peers: talks, mastermind sessions and new connections, then an evening of dinner and the Global Gurus Awards.

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📅 17 and 18 October 2026📍 Shangri-La Bangkok, Thailand

Calling all Global Gurus

Where the lists meet in person

Thought leaders from around the world gather for a day of talks, panels and interactive mastermind sessions, followed by an evening of dinner and the awards ceremony.

Come for fresh perspectives, strategic insight and new collaborations. Leave with sharper skills, a wider network and a bigger impact.

The 9th Annual Global Gurus Summit and Award, Bangkok, Thailand 2026

A Global Gurus award winner with trophy and certificate

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Agenda

Six gurus. One room.

All sessions at the Shangri-La Bangkok. Times are local (GMT+7).

Day 1Saturday 17 October 2026
Shangri-La Bangkok

10:00 AM

Networking, book exchange, and guru self-highlights of purpose

11:30 AM

Speaker 1Giuseppe Conti

Reinventing negotiation by leveraging your guru status

Negotiating the process before you negotiate the substance
Making an effective offer from the guru platform
Dealing with objections as a global thought leader
Leveraging active listening (the humble guru)
Influencing up for a more profound impact

12:15 PM

Speaker 2Pawel Motyl

Fat cats and black swans: when uncertainty becomes your growth engine

A crash course in exponential technologies and how they are reshaping reality for our clients and ourselves
Managing unknown unknowns: a practical playbook for winning in an unpredictable world
Scaling the business by aligning system-level solutions with fast, measurable human capital results
Decision-making and risk management in a fundamentally new operating environment
Learn, unlearn, relearn: applying Alvin Toffler’s 1970 insight to scale impact, influence and income

1:00 PM

Lunch

2:00 PM

Speaker 3Mongezi C Makhalima

How to enter the growing African market before it is saturated

The hidden currency that decides who gets access, traction and trust
The real impact gaps, and why most companies and consultants misread them
The mistakes speakers and consultants keep repeating, and how to avoid them
The income equation: where the next billion-dollar opportunities are emerging, and how thought leaders can get on board
Understanding the politics, and turning that into speaking and training work

2:45 PM

Speaker 4Sha Nacino

5 keys to 95% referrals on keynotes through targeted service

Leveraging your books to get booked
3 secrets you don’t know about social media visibility
The newsletter structure that builds deeper client relationships
3 keys to online summits for collaboration, visibility and new clients
How a podcast with C-suite leaders builds better business opportunities

3:30 PM

Speaker 5Arthur Carmazzi

Build a self-scaling training empire

Create a tangible system based on your process and outcomes
Use AI to build online tools and simulations that support those outcomes
Create a licensing model so others can use your IP and tools to earn revenue
Build licensee evolution paths to higher status, skill and marketability
Leverage your licensed community to lift your brand and create more business for all

4:15 PM

Speaker 6Brenda Bence

Top 30 Global Guru. Now what? Your billion-dollar strategy

Turn recognition into revenue
Build a leadership brand with enterprise value
Apply billion-dollar brand thinking to guru-level influence
Move from personal success to long-term legacy
Transform credibility into a practical, scalable strategy

5:00 PM

Snacks, networking and photos, plus podcast recording sessions

Day 2Sunday 18 October 2026
Awards night

7:30 PM

Dinner

8:45 PM

Global Gurus Awards Ceremony

9:45 PM

Photos at the Global Gurus backdrop

The venue

Shangri-La Bangkok, on the Chao Phraya

This year’s summit and awards are hosted at the Shangri-La Bangkok, Thailand.

The Shangri-La Horizon on the Chao Phraya at night

Registration

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RSVP one person$840

Your seat at the summit and the awards night.

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Guru +1 (guest)$1,370

Bring a guest to both days and the awards night.

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RSVP extra guest$530

Add a guest to an existing registration.

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All prices in USD. Custom award trophies were ordered for participants registered by 17 August 2026; later registrations receive the award certificate.

Past Global Gurus awards