Juri Schnöller, a leading expert in political consulting, is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Cosmonauts & Kings, Germany's pioneer agency in the field of digital, data, and political communications. His diverse experience spans positions in the campaigns of global leaders, including Chancellor Angela Merkel and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. Juri’s vision with the Public Arena Academy is to build the first global open-source education platform for AI, digital, and political communications. With this non-profit initiative, he wants to protect our democracy from disinformation & empower civic actors with strategies, tactics, and tools to create positive value-driven change. Juri studied Public Management & Political Science at Zeppelin University in Germany and at American University in Washington D.C. Beyond work, he is an Alpes hiking enthusiast and a Star Trek geek.