Seeing potential & poetry in places and people and crafting moments & spaces of wonder, joy & connection is my passion and profession. My quest now, is to understand and innovate on the future of liveability and create a playbook for making regenerative human settlements.

Indigenous Māori elder of Aotearoa New Zealand; working at the interface of large scale biodiversity restoration, climate change transition and indigenous equity frontiers throughout New Zealand, and alongside other indigenous nations - reconnecting humanity to mother earth.

Principal Advisor, Plant and Food Research Ltd | Whakarakei Whenua Manager, Tauhara Collective and Opepe Farm Trust | Associate Director to several Māori commercial entities.

Based in Auckland, Aotearoa, New Zealand.

For the last 40 years I have been engaged in the transformation of human systems, working in corporations with various consulting firms, countries with UNDP, policy making with Project Drawdown, the whole social ecosystem, with Pachamama Alliance, and my self with numerous teachers.

Masters in Environmental Management from Yale University. She is a Nancy W. Anderson Award Recipient, the Founder of the Northeast Healthy Soil Network, and an Attorney licensed in VT. Josie is a regenerative agriculture food systems thinker and converts from global governance (UN level) to Northeast bioregional level climate resilience. In her joint law/masters program she analyzed pathways of strengthening the local scale of U.S. government program infrastructure, Rights of Nature law, and indigenous sovereignty law as the foundation of this work - to support the original philosophers and practitioners of ecologically integrated culture and economy.

Medicine woman with mestiza roots and a decade of study and initiations in the Bwiti tradition. As founder of Ancestral Heart, she advocates for indigenous rights and environmental stewardship at global forums, including Stanford University's d.school and World Economic Forum.

Co-founder and spiritual director of a non-profit dedicated to improving daily life for her people on the Pine Ridge reservation. A native Lakota speaker and culture keeper, she is passionate about engaging youth in exploring their culture and connection to Mother Earth.

Mohawk elder, key Native American activist, and ceremony leader. Tom founded the Slim Buttes Agriculture Development Project in 1983 to bring food security to the Pine Ridge Reservation, described as a "food desert" and that faces increasing environmental concerns from mining and industrial farming. Additionally, he has dedicated his life to the continuation of the Sundance ceremonial practices thought the Afraid of Bear – American Horse Tiospaye.

Mohawk Native American midwife, elder, environmentalist, rights activist, and women's health advocate known for her environmental justice and reproductive health research. She is the Executive Director of Spirit Aligned Leadership - elevates the lives, dreams, and voices of Indigenous women elders and their emerging leaders in an intergenerational knowledge-sharing project to heal and regenerate balance in Indigenous communities - and author of the forthcoming book Worlds Within Us.

Cofounder of Rastafari Indigenous Village located in Montego Bay Jamaica. I am apart of the global Rastafari community that seeks to preserve,protect and promote the relevance of the Rastafari and indigenous expression for sustainable development of the human family.

Kichwa Nation wisdom keeper and shaman born into a lineage stretching back thousands of years. Gifted with extraordinary spiritual abilities from birth, Kurikindi has dedicated his life to bridging ancient wisdom with contemporary environmental challenges. He is dedicated to Mother Earth and all her beings.

Zulu and Khemetic Indigenous Knowledge Systems wisdom traditions holder and transdisciplinary researcher. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, as well as a Master of Science in Medicine in Biomedical Engineering, both from the University of Cape Town.

Ecuadorian ecologist devoted to environmental protection and indigenous rights advocacy. Vice President of The Pachamama Alliance and President of Fundación Pachamama, coordinates the Climate Finance and Biodiversity Program. A specialist in climate change, the Amazon, and indigenous peoples’ rights

Founder and co-director of Mothers of the Amazon, a non-profit dedicated to biodiversity conservation. As an environmental strategist with extensive experience in regenerative design, Bane combines her expertise in architecture, waste management and public health to drive Indigenous-led initiatives.

Visual interpreter bridging between three dimensions: nature, mind and humanity. As a creator, involved with anthropological matters and cultural phenomena. Among her principal quests is that of the truth revealed, and the almost-lost-sense of human purity. Her studies in urbanism, sustainability and bioethics have always guided her creative code onto a more "deffensive" discursivity. She creates power symbols. Throughout her work, one can easily recognize a profund respect towards craftmanship and ethnical spirituality.

Josh is working to harmonize human civilization with the living biosphere. He blends a background in technology and love of nature and ecology, with a passion to repair the Planet. His MakeSoil initiative is helping communities worldwide to establish a more beautiful and regenerative food system.

Student at UC Berkeley where she recently earned a Master of Development Practice. She is a Sustainable Land Use Analyst at Climate Focus, and focuses on rainforest & biodiversity conservation, sustainable land use, land rights, and forced displacement.

She built a tool for informed decision-making for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities about the benefits and risks of participating in the voluntary carbon market, and helped develop the 2030 strategy plan to support the NGO in sustainably securing Indigenous people's livelihoods.

Globally-raised entrepreneur dedicated to weaving the tale of our living Earth's regenerative metamorphosis. She is the co-founder of Museum of TMRW, leveraging the power of AI to help humanity envision and create a thriving future for

all life on Earth.

Senior leader whose life and career are dedicated to accelerating solutions for climate progress and ensuring a just transition to a clean economy. As the former Executive Director of VERGE over the last 12 years, Shana helped build and scale VERGE into the leading climate tech event accelerating solutions to the most pressing challenges of our time. VERGE is the center of gravity for the climate tech community — convening thousands of leaders from business, government, solution providers and startups — working together to accelerate systemic solutions to the climate crisis and ensure a just transition to a clean economy. She served as Board Chair for Project Drawdown and the Buckminster Fuller Institute, and is a trained leader of Al Gore’s Climate Reality Project.

A leader in the Healing Circles movement and Director of Commonweal in Bolinas, CA, focused on justice, resilience and healing, and supporting the work of visionary leaders. He explores a wide range of responses to the polycrisis, including the role of consciousness as a changemaking necessity.

I am a climate physicist who studies the role of the oceans in the climate system. My main focus of research is the evolution of the AMOC and its interaction with the the rest of the Earth system. Since last year I am co-leading Planetary Boundaries Science at PIK, studying the health of our planet.

Malian-French Musician, Poet and Filmmaker, Inna Modja is a global figure for Gender & Climate Justice, she advocates for a sustainable future and fights against female genital mutilations. She co-founded the NGO Code green, and is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and UNCCD Ambassador

Founder of Terra.do, a climate university with a mission to get a 100M people working on climate solutions. He's been the CPO at a $10B company, started India's first campus incubator, sold solar lights in Vietnam and created a talent platform for Indian politics.

David Sun Kong, Ph.D., is the Director of the MIT Media Lab's Community Biotechnology Initiative. His research explores the multidisciplinary domains of synthetic biology, ecosystem augmentation, biological design and art, collective intelligence and movement building, and STEAM learning.

As the founder and CEO of EarthEnable, I focus on developing sustainable, affordable earthen flooring to address both environmental and social challenges. I’m passionate about creating scalable models for environmental resilience.

Eugenia Carrara is a visionary executive and sustainability leader with over a decade of experience driving transformative change in global food systems and environmental policy. She has advised prominent political figures with the aim of fostering planetary health and global wellbeing

A landscape architect by training, Felix's mission is to facilitate bioregional economies and governance. With NARA Climate, he is developing regenerative supply chains using halophytic (salt-tolerant) plants, hoping to replace soy in animal feed with a regenerative alternative. With the BioFi Project, he is helping bioregions develop the infrastructures to channel funding to projects on the ground. In his substack "In Praise of You," he explores how economic and cultural adaptation to ecological-social breakdown.

Bridging critical social science with technical expertise in climate adaptation and water with experience across 49 countries, I fortify collective action and address feedbacks between technical solutions and social and cultural realities to facilitate solutions that work.

Anticipatory applied geographer who has been to over 100 refugee camps and co-created ~100 physical spaces. His approach of identifying local leaders through leading with culture results lasting solutions to some our the most challenging problems of our current time.

Creative visionary co-founder of Ecoversity, a school for skills that truly matter—because our world needs us to do better. Reaching millions monthly, Alexa is on a mission to inoculate society with a culture of education that places the sacred back at the center.

Investor and project developer across various initiatives helping the world transition to a more regenerative future, including solutions for soil remediation and clean technology. A purpose-driven executive with over 18 years of global experience transforming sectors through scalable and innovative business models. Jean-Pierre played a pivotal role in Uber’s hyper-growth phase, leading the company’s expansion from 50 to 500 cities in under two years. He also led market expansion across the US for REEF Technology, an urban-tech company repurposing underutilized parking real estate into tech-driven hubs for the on-demand economy, and oversaw global expansion across 80 countries for Tink Labs, a leading B2B hospitality company transforming the hotel guest experience.

A systems activist with decades of experience in business and civil society organizations. Ruth has co-founded Regenerosity, resourcing grassroots initiatives regenerating the planet and Re-alliance, advancing regenerative responses to disaster and displacement.

Highly motivated project leader, community organizer and creative solutionist with city, state, and international experience in the fields of sustainable development, community building, and the built environment. As a seasoned leader with 17 years in operational management, he specializes in high-impact sustainability projects and regenerative practices. His journey includes steering fast-paced startups, influential political campaigns and multi-staekholder real estate development proejcts where he has excelled in forging synergies between technology, sustainability, and community engagement.

Founder and Director of ULFA, Peace Maker Based in Nature. Holds degrees in Physical Education, Geography, Environmental Studies, and Gender Studies. Participated in the Israeli-Palestinian peace expedition "Breaking the Ice" sailing to Antarctica. Is a certified instructor at Outward bound.

Physicist with a diverse scientific and technological background, contributing research to esteemed publications such as Science and Nature. Co-found constellr, as CEO, Measuring temperature, water & carbon from space for better resource accountability.

American attorney & CEO, former White House Policy Advisor for Entrepreneurship & Innovation (45), Assistant to the U.S. Secretary of State, A.D. U.S. Peace Corp, R.A. US. SBA, local elected official, Sr. Strategist for the RNC & DNC Exec. Committee Member.

I am an Earthling in service to planetary life community, wellbeing and health. My roles include being human, a mother, an Earth lawyer & scholar, a Nature and agile coach facilitator, specialising in Nature-conscious governance and leadership. My being is heart-led, eco-logical, and kincentric.

Democratic innovation maven/connector/facilitator: co-founder of New Citizen Project, author of CITIZENS: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us, advisor to DemocracyNext, Apolitical Foundation, Democracy and Culture Foundation, and Bioleadership Project.

Founder of Peace Activation,I am a Coach & Trainer. I worked for 25 years in over 22 conflict zones in Africa, Middle East and Asia with Intergovernmental organ no isations. My expertise lies in conflict transformation, Gender Diversity, & Inclusion, Spiritual psychology & Holistic Wellbeing.

Elder of the Taino Nation, recognized advocate of Native traditional culture, community self-determination and autochthonous development. A pioneering figure in Native American journalism and publishing, and serves as advisor in indigeneity campaigns.

International human rights and environmental lawyer from South Africa and a social justice activist. He was previously the Executive Director of Natural Justice, a human rights and environmental justice non-profit law firm, representing indigenous and local communities.

Boniface Mwangi is one of the most vocal and courageous Kenyans of his generation. A well-known activist who has trained activists and organised effective protests against corruption, bad governance, land grabbing, and impunity in Kenya.

Christy has spent 15 years mobilizing and aligning capital (social, financial, human and career) for environmental and social change. Her background spans board governance, campaigning, coaching and philanthropic partnerships. Christy is a Wildflower at the Nature Governance Agency.

I am Agather Atuhaire a US Woman of Courage Awardee (2024). I’m a team lead at Agora Center for Research. A digital activism organization in Uganda. I am journalist and lawyer with over 10 years of experience covering parliament and environment related stories.

For the past 20 years, Elizabeth has worked at the intersection of social innovation, design-thinking and technology in cities on both coasts in a range of roles working collaboratively with nonprofits, social enterprise startups, academia, and local government. In 2020 she co-created How to Citizen

Executive Director of Earth Law Center - giving Nature a voice in law and corporations. He is an expert on the Rights of Nature and ecocentric law, working to give Nature and all species a formal voice in the law through innovative campaigns worldwide.

Visionary leader, human rights lawyer, and Teaching Assistant at Harvard. He focuses on “ Making Justice Works” by creating platforms for young people in the MENA region to share, learn, and take collective action on solving real-world challenges.

Dr. Hamdullah Mohib is the CEO of Marlan Space, an Abu Dhabi-based company focused on developing the commercial space sector in the UAE. Prior to that Dr. Mohib held significant public service roles, including serving as Afghanistan’s Ambassador to the United States and as National Security Advisor

Ideator, Change Maker, Bridge Builder.

Public Policies Expert | Former Deputy Mayor Lisboa, Secretary of State Public Innovation and Minister for Culture | CEO Because Impacts | Creator Boil Climate Festival | Teacher | "Democratic Innovator of the 21st Century" | Board Member Rewilding Portugal

Born in Venezuela to a family of multi-generational political exiles and witness to the consequences of a "bad" government led me directly into exploring the issues of governance from the lenses of art, activism, policy, and finally, decentralized tech where I've been active for the past 10 years.

Chief of Staff to Ms. Christiana Figueres, Former Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC and founding partner of Global Optimism. Programme Lead of the Climate & Nature Leaders Retreats, bringing mindfulness and meditation practices to those at the forefront of the global climate and biodiversity crisis.

Miriam is the Executive Director of the Institute of Natural Law, a 501(c)(3) founded by Dr. Zach Bush, Miriam leads initiatives that align human systems with the organizing intelligence of nature, fostering systemic transformation through regenerative and living systems thinking.

I am a young land defender from the UmonHon tribe of Nebraska. I am passionate about ecocentric law and the intersection between environmentalism and the corporate sector. I fight to bring an Indigenous lens to the Earth-centered spaces I enter, joining innovation with tradition.

MA from Columbia University investigating themes of food, identity, borders, and health, as she worked in Ladakh, India, examining the effects that the mechanization of agriculture is having on socio-ecological resiliency in collaborative agrarian communities. She currently lives between the Middle East and Portugal, as she writes my PhD thesis on issues of borders and mobility in the West Bank examining topics of land, agriculture, governance, and state formation in settler colonial societies. Her research and personal life are intertwined, as she is working with Palestinian and Israeli communities to establish alternative land-based communities and gatherings, to build the capacity to not only talk about the problems of this land, but build an alternative one, together.

Co-director of the Transition Resource Circle & Co-author of Post Capitalist Philanthropy: Healing Wealth in the Time of Collapse, focuses on the root causes of the meta-crisis and how to use capital to usher in life affirming systems and post capitalist realities.

VP, CEO Office at Unreasonable Group. Before that, she worked on innovation at the UN Refugee Agency. She studied music and traveled the world as a singer, has a public policy degree from Carnegie Mellon, and an MBA from MIT. She wants to be a philanthropist when she grows up.

Artist, facilitator and deep practitioner of Animist Daoism, Cha Dao (the Way of Tea) & Mythosomatic practice who designs transdisciplinary experiences, collaborative contexts and immersive performance at the intersection of art, activism and ritual.

Champion of social innovation & ecosystem builder. Experienced climate operator, strategist, and investor scaling and financing hundreds of climate solutions. Founder of Eunoia Group, a platform for the Great Deployment, closing the multi-trillion-dollar funding gap for decarbonizing infrastructure.

Magdalena is driven by the belief that curiosity, creativity and collaboration are essential to building the social capital required to address contemporary climate contexts. She project led the 2024 Forest Economics Congress in Tasmania, Australia at Mona.

Jyoti Ma is an internationally renowned spiritual teacher who has cultivated projects for almost forty years that demonstrate ways of life that honor the Earth and all Peoples. She is the founder of The Fountain, which is dedicated to restoring a sacred way of life as directed by the Original People

CEO and co-founder of Dashboard.Earth, an innovative mobile platform that drives local climate adaptation. With over 20 years as a technologist, consultant, and filmmaker, she has impactful experience in both nonprofit and for-profit sectors in the climate space.

Founder and CEO TechLit Africa. We teach digital skills in rural primary schools

Sacha is a nomadic dreamer, strategist, and connector with a deep commitment to building a better world for everyone, everywhere. He spends his time developing high-impact projects and bridging capital to new economic structures that prioritise sustainability, equity, and long-term resilience.

Founder of reNourish Studio, a developmental community for food businesses enabling regeneration through business. She significantly grew the regenerative agricultural movement as co-founder and former ED of Kiss the Ground. She also convenes regen ag market projects in California.

Kirsha Kaechele is an artist, curator, and Mona’s better half (Museum of Old and New Art). She is interested in the space where complex problems exist, and places transformation at the heart of her work—turning flaws into features, shit into gold.

My passion is building a future where all have access to healthy food, clean water/air, shelter, & community. I create collaborative environments and systems to further this vision through my decentralized permaculture-action nonprofit and my work flowing funds to grassroots activists/change-makers.

Exploring the roots of global challenges, and developing expertise in the fields of new economics and governance, whole person development, environment and ecology, mission-driven finance, and strategic philanthropy.

Devoted to research and commercialization of ocean based climate solutions, sustainable technologies and carbon dioxide removal approaches. She also offers deep insight into hybrid funding structures, science-based startup and non profit organizations, market dynamics and strategic design.

Tech veteran with a 13 year career spanning Apple, Microsoft and Google. Most recently, Ty built Al x Bioacoustics products with Brain and Google.org. He started Orcasound 2014, which equips citizen scientists with machine learning tools to track Killer Whales in the Puget Sound.

Dr. Austin Gallagher is a distinguished biologist, explorer, and entrepreneur, and is regarded as one of the most dynamic marine scientists of his generation. He is the founder and CEO of Beneath The Waves, a globally activated research institute renowned for its pioneering ocean projects.

UN-recognized, award-winning GenZ ocean-climate “Solutionist” dedicated to improving ocean health and human health. His ocean advocacy has helped to advance global marine protection, influence large planet-positive investment portfolios, and educate millions to safeguard mother nature.

Prof. Carlos M. Duarte is a marine scientist with 42 years of research experience in academic positions in Europe, Australia and Saudi Arabia and engagements as Chief Scientist with many organizations around the world. Duarte’s research focuses on deriving solutions from and for the ocean.

Yoshioka Tatsuya is the founder of Peace Boat, an NGO that has organised over 100 voyages for peace, and taken more than 80,000 people to over 100 ports for volunteering, cultural exchange & tourism, as well as study on SDGs and ocean protection.

More than 20 years of experience on International Management Marine Sciences around the world; 7 years in Monaco and 12 years at ISA-Jamaica. Professional working experience in USA, Canada, Norway and Chile. Developing cultural translation of scientific facts to art and music.

Andrew Merrie is a sustainability scientist with a PhD from the Stockholm Resilience Centre. During his PhD, Andrew launched the Radical Ocean Futures project, an impactful ArtScience project using the tools of Science and sci-fi storytelling to explore alternate futures for the global ocean.

A visionary and pioneer in ocean conservation, dedicating her life to achieving trash-free seas long before it became a global priority. With a background in luxury travel and event marketing, she left the corporate world 25 years ago to pursue her passion. Since then, Lisa has founded and led multiple award-winning nonprofits and social enterprises, including receiving the prestigious Medal of Honour from the Hong Kong Government. Her mission is to raise human consciousness and bring light to the world, envisioning clean oceans, air, water, soil, and equitable, scalable systems for all.

Himali Singh Soin is a writer and artist. She uses metaphors from outer space and the natural environment to construct imaginary cosmologies of human-nonhuman entanglements. In doing this, she exposes ecological loss and the loss of home, seeking shelter somewhere in the radicality of love.

Working with Peace Boat since 2004 and currently is the United Nations liaison and Director of the New York-based office of Peace Boat US, a non-profit organization working to promote peace, sustainable development and respect for the environment through educational programs

Ralph Chami has 32 years as a financial economist, 25 years at the IMF. He is CEO of Blue Green Future and is currently working on climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, developing a new framework for valuing natural , fauna and flora, to build an equitable and nature positive economy.

Co-Founder and Chief Reef Officer of Coral Vita, the world's first commercial reef restoration platform and inaugural winner of Prince William's Revive Our Oceans Earthshot Prize.

Jeremy McKane is the CEO of OCN.ai, a company at the intersection of technology and marine conservation. Under his leadership, OCN.ai has developed groundbreaking BlueSense™ technology that functions as the "Fitbit for the ocean," offering real-time, AI-driven analysis of marine ecosystems.

Jakob Kudsk Steensen (B. 1987, Denmark) is an artist working with environmental storytelling through video games, VR, sound installations and immersive environments.

Weaving transdisciplinary applied research with culture to intervene in the knowledge systems, practices and policy frameworks of governance across the blue and green economies. I am leading the programme for Convivial Conservation at TBA21 and the Convivial Conservation Centre

Leader in the field of Collaboration and Innovation, Virgílio Varela is founder and CEO of Humanfleet where he solves complex challenges for multinational companies, and leaders at top and middle management level in the public, private and social economy sectors. His work has been guided by serving with excellence, creativity and integrity, achieving systemic transformational results.

Alexandra is an earth and marine scientist dedicated to inspiring the next generation of environmental stewards through her company, Unio Productions, empowering them with the resources to increase their knowledge of our planet's interconnectedness. She is passionate about leveraging her expertise to drive policy and systems change and combat the dual climate and ocean crises.

Ocean tech entrepreneur and writer. He is the Executive Director of the Experiment Foundation. Prior to Experiment, he co-founded Sofar Ocean Technologies and OpenROV.

CEO & Co-founder of Better Packaging she’s a packaging pioneer, who uses packaging to clean up coastal communities, prevent ocean plastics, reverse pollution and provide employment. She believes in a world where virgin plastic is no more & pollution is treated as a valuable resource.

Data architect who has dedicated her last 7+ years to AI and blockchain - focused on the social impact these technologies have. She became an expert on algorithmic bias whilst studying at UCL. She's been c-level/ co-founder of multiple interdisciplinary startups at the frontier of tech

Leading voice for the alignment of purpose and impact in the field of psychedelics through her work at MAPS, Lykos, and North Star Project, and as a drug policy reformer. She is influenced by New Economy practices, bioregionalism, and being a death doula.

Primavera De Filippi is Research Director at the National Center of Scientific Research in Paris, and Faculty Associate at the Berkman-Klein Center at Harvard. Her research focuses on the legal challenges and opportunities of blockchain technology and artificial intelligence.

Founder of One Million Truths: using AI to revolutionize conflict prevention and transformation. Co-founder of COMMON: helped social enterprises in 27 countries and 38 industries generate over $100B in organizational value and immeasurable social and environmental impact. Zen Buddhist Priest.

AI professor honored as Founding ACL Fellow for pioneering contributions to Google Translate. Independent director, AI ethics think tank The Future Society. Inaugural member, Google AI ethics council. Focus: language, bias, polarization and AI. Author, "Raising AI", coming Spring '25 from MIT Press.

Austin Wade Smith - (they/them), is an animist, ecologist, and creative technologist based in New York. They are the Executive Director of Regen Foundation, a non-profit designing a just transition to sovereign bioregional regenerative economies.

I specialize in merging exponential technologies with ancestral wisdom, focusing on regenerative finance and future-driven innovation. At Beyond Tomorrow, I lead initiatives that integrate new forms of intelligence with indigenous knowledge to create sustainable, regenerative futures.

Andrew is a student and interstitionary at the intersection of human development and innovation. Before activating School of Wise Innovation, he led education efforts at Center for Humane Technology and spent over 10 years stewarding and working with mission-driven startups.

Grace is the Strategic AI Accounts Lead at Invisible Technologies, where she guides the development of AI foundation models and integrates human oversight in the evolution of artificial intelligence. She aims to continue to explore and bring perspective to how humans and tech can thrive together.

Toby Norman is the CEO of Simprints, a tech company building biometric digital ID to ensure that health & humanitarian aid reaches the people who need it most. Toby holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge and a BA from Harvard.

I am born to Diné Nation (AKA Navajo Nation) I am a mother and grandmother. My greatest gift, perhaps, is my ability to articulate my return to Indigenous Ways of Knowing after attempted assimilation and failed genocide. I am active in Rematriation.

As Prof. Howard has begun focusing on the development of functional brain and neuron interfacing abilities, he particularly concentrated on theoretical mathematical models to represent the exchange of information inside the human brain. This work, published in 2012, called the Fundamental Code Unit