An exotic line-up for this year's ADMA conference in Sydney includes a robot and a former prime minister of Estonia.

Forrester global chief marketing officer Victor Milligan is also salted for the ADMA Global Forum at the Hilton Sydney August 30-31.

The event promises more than 50 "international and local visionaries, with some of the most unconventional and future-focussed speakers in recent times" sharing their inspirational stories.

"They are the brightest of minds and also extremely accessible to ensure attendees leave not only inspired but also equipped to drive change," says AADL chief executive Stephen Porges. "We're extremely excited about this year's programme that provides depth in the areas of leadership, CX transformation, CX optimisation, creativity and innovation, and marketing technology delivered in streams between keynotes."

ADMA Global Forum 2018 keynotes include:

Sophia, World's First Humanoid Robot, Hanson Robotics

Taavi Rõivas, Former Prime Minister, Estonia

Victor Milligan, Global Chief Marketing Officer, Forrester

Holly Ransom, Chief Executive Officer, Emergent

Mark Frain, Chief Executive Officer, Multi Channel Network

Kat Dunn, CEO Australia and Deputy Group CEO, Grameen Australia

John Banfield, Chief Executive Officer, BPAY

Emma Gray, Chief Data Officer, ANZ Bank

Alexander Meyer, Chief Marketing Officer, The Iconic

Marco Corsi, Director of Global Accounts Team APAC, Facebook

Additional speakers include

Stuart Tucker, Chief Customer Officer, hipages

Rachael Powell, Chief Customer and People Officer, Xero

Sam McDonagh, Country Manager Australia and New Zealand, Airbnb

Troy Barnes, Chief Customer Officer, Pizza Hut Asia Pacific

Lisa Ronson, Chief Marketing Officer, Tourism Australia

Andy Lark, Chief Marketing Officer, Foxtel

Lara Thom, Chief Marketing Officer, Guzman y Gomez

Cambell Holt, Chief Customer Officer, Mercer

Marcus Marchant, Group Chief Digital & Innovation Officer, QBE Insurance

Damian Madden, Global Head of Digital and Innovation, The Woolmark Company

William Confalonieri, Chief Digital Officer, Deakin University

Tim Hodgson, Chief Commercial and Marketing Officer, Invictus Games

Jamie Skella, Chief Product Officer, Horizon State

Belinda Tumbers, Managing Director, Kellogg Australia

Arron Child, Head of Neuromarketing, Studio Etch

Claire Austin, Content Marketing Evangelist ANZ, LinkedIn

Andrew Cornell, Founding Managing Editor, BlueNotes

The full programme is available here.