Speakers, Award Winners, and Ambassadors

We are proud to count these exceptional professionals among our extended network. Since their inception, the Monaco Women Forum, the Monte-Carlo Woman of the Year Award, and the Monaco Women Network have brought together an outstanding selection of international speakers, award-winning women, and recognized Ambassadors—leaders and innovators who are shaping the future across industries such as technology, finance, health, sciences, space, and entrepreneurship.

Below, you will find a year-by-year listing of our speakers, honorees, and official Ambassadors. This archive celebrates the voices that have made our platform one of Monaco’s most dynamic spaces for cross-sector dialogue and global impact.

2026: Innovation, Leadership, and Global Impact

Prof. Maria A. Blasco, Head of Telomeres and Telomerase Group at CNIO | Prix Monte-Carlo Femme de l'Année 2026

Prof. Sarah Berry, Lead Nutritional Scientist and Professor at ZOE / King's College London | Prix Monte-Carlo Femme de l'Année Spécial 2026

Dr. Nada Raddaoui, Director of Cluster for Nucleic Acid Therapeutics Munich (Femme de l'Année 2022)

Amira Romani, VP Global Innovation & Technology at Siemens Healthineers

Dr. Hélène Ceruti, Cardiologist at Centre Cardio-Thoracique de Monaco

Dr. Philipp Baaske, co-founder and Executive Chairman of NanoTemper Technologies

Luca V. M. Salamone, Director of the Italian Space Agency

Rosanna Hoffmann, Lead Space Law and Policy at United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)

Anne-Claire Grossias, Associate Programme Officer at UNOOSA

Domitilla Benigni, CEO of ELT Group

Emilie Allaert, Founder of Luxembourg Blockchain Week

Laurent Marochini, CEO of Standard Chartered Luxembourg

Sarah Curiger, Senior Relationship Manager & Team Lead at Bitcoin Suisse

Ziad Mghizal, Co-Head of Advisory at CFM Indosuez Monaco

Special Keynotes:

Pierre-André Chiappori, Minister of Finance of Monaco

Olivier Minazzoli, Administrator of Monaco Space Office

Aarti Holla-Maini, Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)

Special Gala Presentations:

Dr. Agata Zielinska, co-founder and co-CEO at OvoLabs

Silvia Ruiz-Berdejo Abrisqueta, co-founder and CEO of Omnivorus Smartfoods

2025: The New Space Race

Speakers Monaco Women Forum at the Monte-Carlo Woman of the Year Award 2025

Amalia Ercoli-Finzi | Special Award for her Career Monte-Carlo Woman of the Year 2025
Hélène Huby, CEO The Exploration Company | Monte-Carlo Woman of the Year Award 2025
Giovanna Tinetti, Dean Faculty of Natural, Mathematical, and Engineering Sciences King's College London | Ambassador
Nia Asmady, Engineer Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (Indonesia)
Prefect Alessandra Guidi, Director of Department of Information and Security, Government of Italy
Domitilla Benigni, CEO ELT Group
Johanna Sepúlveda, Senior Expert Quantum Secure Technologies, Airbus Defence & Space
Bianca Lins, Legal & Compliance Officer, Liechtenstein Office for Communications
Rosanna Hoffmann, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
Francesca Cipollini, Head of the ESA Ground Segment and Data Management Division
Sandrine Mathieu, Institutional Relations, ACRI-ST
Sabrina Andiappane, Managing Director & Chief Commercial Officer, ClearSpace Luxembourg
Federica Vagnone, Engineer Multi-Purpose Habitation Module, Thales Alenia Space
Marco Rocchetto, CEO Spaceflux

2024: Digital Convergence

Cordelia Schmid, INRIA & Google | Monte-Carlo Woman of the Year Award 2024
Petra Scudo & Isabella Cerutti, European Commission JRC | Monte-Carlo Woman of the Year Special Award 2024
Louisette Lévy-Soussan Azzoaglio, Action Innocence Monaco | Monte-Carlo Woman of the Year Award 2024 for Monaco
Domitilla Benigni, CEO ELT Group
Sergio Savaresi, Chair of Department of Electronics, Computer Sciences and Bioengineering at Politecnico di Milano
Faustine Fleuret, ADAN
Émilie Allaert, Director Luxembourg Blockchain Lab
Maria Betti, Director of Nuclear Security at the European Commission | Moderator
Laurent Marochini, CEO of Standard Chartered Luxembourg | Moderator

2023: Global Impact of Digitalization and Technology

Zimi Sawacha, Prof. Engineering & Information, Università di Padova | Monte-Carlo Woman of the Year Award 2023
Leanne Robers, co-founder She Loves Tech | Monte-Carlo Woman of the Year Special Award 2023
Manila Di Giovanni, CEO D-World | Monte-Carlo Woman of the Year Award for Monaco
Maria Teresa Minotti, VP & GM of PayPal Southern Europe
Veronica Iacovacci, Bio-Robotics Institute Sant'Anna Pisa
Laurent Marochini, Head of Innovation Société Générale Luxembourg

2022: Science & Technology for a sustainable society

Monaco Women Forum Michelle Bachelet ONU

Nada Raddaoui, Director Cluster for Nucleic Acid Therapeutics Munich | Monte-Carlo Woman of the Year 2022
Giovanna Tinetti, Prof. Galactic & planetary Sciences UCL and ESA | Monte-Carlo Woman of the Year Special Award 2022
Iolanda Osvath, Researcher International Atomic Energy Agency| Monte-Carlo Woman of the Year Award for Monaco
Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissary for Human Rights
Diane Harper, Prof. Health Department University of Michigan
Nathalie Hilmi, Research Manager Environmental Economy, Monaco Scientific Center
Marco Casiraghi, Engineer and Entrepreneur
Stefano Besseghini, President of Regulatory Authority for Energy and Environment
Valentino Iakimov, start-up Founder, Sea Further
Michelle Mitchell, filmmaker and journalist

2021: Vaccines, Research, and Education
Online Only

Suor Anna Monia
Prof. Anna-Rita Gismondo
S.E. Pierre Partout, Ministre d'État de Monaco
Stéphane Valeri, Président du Conseil National de Monaco

2020: Science, Health, Society: the impact of COVID-19

Ilaria Capua, Director of One Health Center of Excellence, University of Florida
Evelyne Genta, Ambassador of Monaco in the United Kingdom and Kazakhstan

2019: Arts & Sciences

Sougwen Chung, multimedia artist | Monte-Carlo Woman of the Year Award 2019
ORLAN, artist | Monte-Carlo Woman of the Year 2019 Special Career Award
Elena Rossoni-Notter, Director of the Prehistoric Archeology Museum of Monaco | Monte-Carlo Woman of the Year Award for Monaco 2019
Noémie Tellier, specialist of marine archeology in the Mediterranean
Geneviève Berthet, ceramics restorator
Roberta Sinatra, University of Copenhague, scientific research for art algorithm

2018: Women and Sports

Géraldine Rey, autosports | Monte-Carlo Woman of the Year Award 2018
Yelena Isinbaeva, Champion for Peace, Peace & Sport, Olympic medalist | Monte-Carlo Woman of the Year 2018 for Monaco
Isabelle Henchoz, disabled sports | Monte-Carlo Woman of the Year 2018 Special Career Award
Julie Gautier, French apnea record holder

2017: Women for Women

Aïcha Chenna, travailleuse sociale, défenseure des droits des femmes et militante | Monte-Carlo Woman of the Year Award 2017
Sœur Anne-Marie Salomon, Monaco Aide et Présence | Monte-Carlo Woman of the Year Award for Monaco 2017
Michele Mitchell, filmmaker and journalist | Monte-Carlo Woman of the Year Special Award 2017
Kim Yeshi, co-Founder of Norlha

2016: Women and Technology

Juliana Rotich, Kenyan Information Technology professional | Monte-Carlo Woman of the Year Award 2016
Adriana Santanocito | Monte-Carlo Woman of the Year for Technology and Social Environment 2016
Lisa Harrington, British Telecom | Monte-Carlo Woman of the Year Special Career Award 2016
Imen Cherif, Monte-Carlo Woman of the Year Award for Security Innovation 2016

2015: Women and the Sea

Catherine Chabaud, sailor and journalist | Monte-Carlo Woman of the Year Award 2015
Jacqueline Debernardi, Association Monégasque Protection de la Nature | Monte-Carlo Woman of the Year Award for Monaco 2015
Agnès b., Monte-Carlo | Woman of the Year Special Award 2015
Anna Klyukin | Monte-Carlo Woman of the Year Special Award 2015

2014: Women for Children's Rights

Demet Sabanci Cetindogan | Monte-Carlo Woman of the Year Award 2014
Francien Giraudi | Monte-Carlo Woman of the Year Award for Monaco 2014

2013: Women and Scientific Research

Diane Harper, Professor University of Michigan | Monte-Carlo Woman of the Year Award 2013
Adeline Garino, Association Écoute, Cancer, Réconfort | Monte-Carlo Woman of the Year Award for Monaco 2013

2012: First Monte-Carlo Woman of the Year Award

Maria Betti, Director of International Atomic Energy Agency | Monte-Carlo Woman of the Year Award 2012
Françoise Bardon, Association Mission Enfance | Monte-Carlo Women of the Year Award for Monaco 2012