I am an earth and marine scientist who is currently employed at WWF South Africa. My passion lies in education- where I lecture part-time at the University of Mauritius. I am excited about leveraging technology and innovation to catalyze the conservation and protection of species and habitats.

Josèfa Ntjam is an artist, performer and writer whose practice combines sculpture, photomontage, film and sound. Her work weaves multiple narratives drawn from investigations into historical events, scientific functions and philosophical concepts, to which she confronts references to mythology.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 have always been intrigued by the way language shapes our understanding of the world. This manifested as the study of NLP during my CS Master's at Stanford, and later the Google Speech team, building neural models that folks could use in their native languages. Now, I teach, and lead ML engineers.

Leading the Democracy’s Library initiative at Internet Archive in the U.S., reporting on the U.S. landscape analysis and stakeholder interviews.

Swami Chidananda is a spiritual educator and monk, holding the distinguished title of Swami.

Through a lifelong study of yogic texts, he has acquired a profound understanding of the science of wellness and has dedicated his life to assisting others on their inner journey.

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.

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.

Former 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

Leads the software engineering on the Orb, a privacy-first biometric imaging device. He is also a co-conspirator in The Embassy Network, The Foresight Institute, and Feytopia.

Executive Director of Space Prize, began her career in the space industry managing community relations for startups. She has worked on a range of projects including space situational awareness and private spaceflight. Kim has also had the privilege of representing companies at international events including the UN World Space Forum. Throughout her career she has made a concerted effort to advocate for marginalized communities and create pathways for nontraditional actors to engage in the growing space economy. Kim is also passionate about diversifying and democratizing the space industry. She advocates for the development of the space economy through her role as the Chair of the Space Frontier Foundation. Since taking on this position, she has launched ambitious initiatives centered around Climate Change, Diversity & Inclusion, and STEM.

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.

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.

Career of 40+ years has most recently focused on strengthening civil society in the digital era. She dedicates her time to helping run an indigenous nonprofit that centers traditional practices and seeks to create conditions where all peoples learn about and from each other.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Visual interpreter and biocultural heritage practitioner. Her methodology combines regenerative design strategies with public art to encourage community participation in identifying leverage points in a system to promote social change. Karla’s cosmovision is guided by her Raramuri and Japanese ancestry, and is deeply informed by other Indigenous communities in Mexico. Her work builds bridges between science and the know-how of indigenous communities through biomimicry to promote environmental justice and a more resilient global system.

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 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.

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.

Founder of Polycultura Studio, a design, strategy, and field building lab dedicated to cultural transformation and equitable adaptation to ecological-social breakdown. I care deeply about helping individuals, communities, and organizations find meaning and navigate these unparalleled times.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

I am builder based in Dar es salaam, Tanzania. Using technology to trap capital circulation in underserved communities in Africa and change the perception of value with a goal to contribute to the human capital development in the continent of Africa

Sophia Rokhlin, M.Sc., is an author, speaker, anthropologist, and part-time animist bridging resources to projects that foster the thriving of life and diverse cultures on our beautiful planet.

Daniel is a technologist, geoinformation scientist and entrepreneur. As a serial entrepreneur, he has just founded SikaFields Technologies a 4IR enterprise that seeks to drive grassroot climate action and integrate thousands of Africa’s smallholder farmers into the global Carbon Credit Business.

Founder and CEO of the Unreasonable Group. Unreasonable supports a global community of investors, entrepreneurs and multinationals dedicated to ushering in a just and regenerative future. He's a husband, a lover of wild places, and is humbled by the beauty and mysteries of life.

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.

Analyzing the systemic challenges we face as a global society, while supporting solutions that are equitable, sustainable, and human-centered. She works alongside Unreasonable Group's CEO, Daniel Epstein, on strategic partnerships and targeted special projects.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Distinguished in environmental engineering, marine ecology, and sustainable design, Cassia has built and led programs to catalyze regeneration and resilience through community empowerment, capacity building, cross-sector coalition-building, sustainable business leadership, and policy advocacy.

Strategist, process designer and facilitator, Adam helps organizations develop learning and leadership capacities to meet the social, environmental and spiritual challenges we face as a society. He is currently supporting multiple initiatives, including training climate leaders in mindfulness-based approaches to leadership, and supporting PolicyLink on their work to build a true multi-racial democracy in the United States.

Pioneer educator for regenerative learning. An advocate of youth participation, wellbeing and purpose, her experiential methods encourage young people to use their intrinsic gifts to find their place in the world. Rebecca is a PhD candidate in Sustainability Education.