Chief Content Officer (CCO) and Editor of Forbes, Randall Lane, invented the 30 under 30 list a decade ago to bring attention to young entrepreneurship. With its list-makers, he created a unique community of like-minded people from different fields of work.

It is obvious that the effects of the corona crisis will have dramatic consequences for all our lives and that it comes with economic tragedies and severe suffering. Nevertheless, every crisis always has the potential to create something good: Challenges that seem insurmountable and obstacles in the path always offer the chance to become aware of one’s own strengths.

Kygo managed to go from unknown producer to one of the popular electronic artists in the world. His song “It Ain't Me” with Selena Gomez has been listened to over 1 billion times on Spotify. Besides his music, Kygo focuses on his brand X by Kygo which produces high-quality headphones, earphones and speakers.

Melisa Erkurt is a journalist, publicist and author of the book “Generation Haram”, which describes the flaws within the Austrian education system. Together with Tiaji Sio, the founder of the diversity and inclusion network “Diplomats of Colour'', she discusses inclusion and breaking barriers. The panel was hosted by Sunnie Groeneveld, fellow Under 30 listmaker and entrepreneur from Switzerland.

He has over 29.8 Mio. streams and 4.2 Mio. listeners. Even so, rapper Kelvyn Colt’s priority is keeping it real with his community. Recently, he bought himself out of a record deal with Sony Germany to go independant. In his interview he talks about the changing music industry and the challenges of maneuvering in it.

Julia Ebner is an author and a resident research fellow at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue in London, which focuses on terrorism and extremism. Using social-media, she infiltrated far-right and islamist groups over a two year period. She describes the experiences in her new book “Going Dark: the Secret Social Lives of Extremists”.