Past Keynote Speakers

The keynote speakers who have shaped CompleNet across its editions, from Catania in 2009 to Zaragoza in 2026.

2026 Zaragoza, Spain 17th edition
Elsa Arcaute
Elsa Arcaute
Ciro Cattuto
Ciro Cattuto
Sylvia Cremer
Sylvia Cremer
Virginia Domínguez-García
Virginia Domínguez-García
Laurent Hébert-Dufresne
Laurent Hébert-Dufresne
Sadamori Kojaku
Sadamori Kojaku
Vito Latora
Vito Latora
Anna Levina
Anna Levina
Sandro Meloni
Sandro Meloni
Andrea Migliano
Andrea Migliano
Jordi Soriano Fradera
Jordi Soriano Fradera
2025 Fortaleza, Brazil 16th edition
José S. Andrade Jr.
José S. Andrade Jr.
Celia Anteneodo
Celia Anteneodo
Carmen Cabrera-Arnau
Carmen Cabrera-Arnau
Philipp Lorenz-Spreen
Philipp Lorenz-Spreen
Esteban Moro
Esteban Moro
Francisca Ortiz-Ruiz
Francisca Ortiz-Ruiz
2024 Exeter, United Kingdom 15th edition
Elisa Bellotti
Elisa Bellotti
Alessio Cardillo
Alessio Cardillo
Giulia Cencetti
Giulia Cencetti
Vittoria Colizza
Vittoria Colizza
Robin Dunbar
Robin Dunbar
Iacopo Iacopini
Iacopo Iacopini
Rafael Prieto-Curiel
Rafael Prieto-Curiel
Filippo Radicchi
Filippo Radicchi
2023 Aveiro, Portugal 14th edition
Alexandre Bovet
Alexandre Bovet
Tina Eliassi-Rad
Tina Eliassi-Rad
Clara Granell
Clara Granell
Fariba Karimi
Fariba Karimi
Yamir Moreno
Yamir Moreno
Anxo Sánchez
Anxo Sánchez
2022 Online 13th edition
Mariana Macedo
Mariana Macedo
Adilson Motter
Adilson Motter
Fernando P. Santos
Fernando P. Santos
Hywel Williams
Hywel Williams
2021 Online 12th edition
Laura Alessandretti
Laura Alessandretti
James Bagrow
James Bagrow
Danielle Bassett
Danielle Bassett
Brooke Foucault-Welles
Brooke Foucault-Welles
Jon Kleinberg
Jon Kleinberg
Elisa Omodei
Elisa Omodei
2020 Exeter, United Kingdom (canceled due to COVID-19) 11th edition
Laura Alessandretti
Laura Alessandretti
Michael Batty
Michael Batty
Dirk Brockmann
Dirk Brockmann
Ciro Cattuto
Ciro Cattuto
Robin Dunbar
Robin Dunbar
Clara Granell
Clara Granell
Heather Harrington
Heather Harrington
Andrea Migliano
Andrea Migliano
Yamir Moreno
Yamir Moreno
Adilson Motter
Adilson Motter
Tiago Peixoto
Tiago Peixoto
Hiroki Sayama
Hiroki Sayama
2019 Tarragona, Spain 10th edition
Antoine Allard
Antoine Allard
Manlio De Domenico
Manlio De Domenico
Raissa D'Souza
Raissa D'Souza
James Gleeson
James Gleeson
Marta González
Marta González
Roger Guimerà
Roger Guimerà
Philipp Hövel
Philipp Hövel
Sonia Kéfi
Sonia Kéfi
Susanna Manrubia
Susanna Manrubia
Chiara Poletto
Chiara Poletto
Mason Porter
Mason Porter
2018 Boston, USA 9th edition
Aaron Clauset
Aaron Clauset
Kayla De la Haye
Kayla De la Haye
James Evans
James Evans
Jon Kleinberg
Jon Kleinberg
David Lazer
David Lazer
Yelena Mejova
Yelena Mejova
JP Onnela
JP Onnela
Sam Scarpino
Sam Scarpino
Olaf Sporns
Olaf Sporns
Jessika Trancik
Jessika Trancik
Milena Tsvetkova
Milena Tsvetkova
Fernanda B. Viégas
Fernanda B. Viégas
Martin Wattenberg
Martin Wattenberg
2017 Dubrovnik, Croatia 8th edition
Johan Bollen
Johan Bollen
Guido Caldarelli
Guido Caldarelli
Gourab Ghoshal
Gourab Ghoshal
Aniko Hannak
Aniko Hannak
Agnes Horvat
Agnes Horvat
Vito Latora
Vito Latora
Jörg Menche
Jörg Menche
Stasa Milojevic
Stasa Milojevic
Anastasios Noulas
Anastasios Noulas
Zoltán Toroczkai
Zoltán Toroczkai
2016 Dijon, France 7th edition
Ernesto Estrada
Ernesto Estrada
Giovanna Miritello
Giovanna Miritello
Suzy Moat
Suzy Moat
Nicola Perra
Nicola Perra
Marco Quaggiotto
Marco Quaggiotto
José Ramasco
José Ramasco
Alessandra Sala
Alessandra Sala
Petra Vertes
Petra Vertes
Balázs Vedres
Balázs Vedres
2015 New York, USA 6th edition
Réka Albert
Réka Albert
Alex Arenas
Alex Arenas
Kate Coronges
Kate Coronges
Cesar Hidalgo
Cesar Hidalgo
Ching-Yung Lin
Ching-Yung Lin
Hernan Makse
Hernan Makse
José Mendes
José Mendes
Mark Newman
Mark Newman
Chaoming Song
Chaoming Song
Arun Sundararajan
Arun Sundararajan
2014 Bologna, Italy 5th edition
Adriano Barra
Adriano Barra
Raffaella Burioni
Raffaella Burioni
Mirko Degli Esposti
Mirko Degli Esposti
Giorgio Fagiolo
Giorgio Fagiolo
Bruno Gonçalves
Bruno Gonçalves
Juyong Park
Juyong Park
Stephen Uzzo
Stephen Uzzo
Alessandro Vespignani
Alessandro Vespignani
Tamás Vicsek
Tamás Vicsek
2013 Berlin, Germany 4th edition
Alex Arenas
Alex Arenas
Albert Diaz-Guilera
Albert Diaz-Guilera
Jesús Gomez-Gardeñes
Jesús Gomez-Gardeñes
Thilo Gross
Thilo Gross
Luis Izquierdo
Luis Izquierdo
José Mendes
José Mendes
Maxi San Miguel
Maxi San Miguel
Boleslaw Szymanski
Boleslaw Szymanski
Martin Warnke
Martin Warnke
2012 Melbourne, Florida, USA 3rd edition
Sinan Aral
Sinan Aral
Albert-László Barabási
Albert-László Barabási
Robert Bonneau
Robert Bonneau
Gourab Ghoshal
Gourab Ghoshal
Neil Johnson
Neil Johnson
Sune Lehmann
Sune Lehmann
Julia Poncela-Casasnovas
Julia Poncela-Casasnovas
Nathalie Riche
Nathalie Riche
My Thai
My Thai
2010 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2nd edition
M Madan Babu
M Madan Babu
Cesar Hidalgo
Cesar Hidalgo
Jure Leskovec
Jure Leskovec
Márcio Argolo de Menezes
Márcio Argolo de Menezes
Maximilian Schich
Maximilian Schich
H Eugene Stanley
H Eugene Stanley
Rita Zorzenon
Rita Zorzenon
2009 Catania, Italy 1st edition
José Mendes
José Mendes
Alessandro Vespignani
Alessandro Vespignani