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TIM URBAN
TIM URBAN


The writer/illustrator and co-founder of Wait But Why, a long-form, stick-figure-illustrated website with over 600,000 subscribers. He has produced dozens of viral articles on topics ranging from social anxiety to humans becoming a multi-planetary species. Tim's 2016 TED talk now ranks in the top five most-watched TED talks.
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BORIS HARS-TSCHACHOTIN
BORIS HARS-TSCHACHOTIN


Is an award-winning director and installation artist. Guest Professor at the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf for "Climate Communication in Audiovisual Media", and regular Lecturer at universities across Europe and the US, he is passionate about crossing the border between art and science and challenging the ways documentary and fictional stories are told.
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SEBASTIAN ERRAZURIZ
SEBASTIAN ERRAZURIZ


Is a Chilean-born designer, artist, entrepreneur, and activist based in New York. He is known for thought-provoking and political artworks, from giant public art projects to experimental furniture, sculpture, and product design. His practice tends to blur the boundaries between contemporary art, design, and craft. [@sebastianstudio / @sebastianstudio_design ]
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ÀVUÀ
ÀVUÀ


Is a Brazilian duo from São Paulo by Bruna Black and Jota.pê, invited by the - also Brazilian - artistic label Casa Aberta. AVUÀ was born from the union of two distinct and complementary creative universes.
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DEBORAH RAJI
DEBORAH RAJI


Is a Mozilla fellow, interested in algorithmic auditing. She also works closely with the Algorithmic Justice League initiative to highlight bias in deployed AI products. She has also worked with Google’s Ethical AI team and been a research fellow at the Partnership on AI and AI Now Institute at New York University working on various projects to operationalize ethical considerations in ML engineering practice. Recently, she was named to Forbes 30 Under 30 and MIT Tech Review 35 Under 35 Innovators.
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DOUGLAS RUSHKOFF
DOUGLAS RUSHKOFF


Named one of the “world’s ten most influential intellectuals” by MIT, Douglas Rushkoff is an author and documentarian who studies human autonomy in a digital age. His twenty books include "Team Human", based on his podcast. He also made the PBS Frontline documentaries "Generation Like", "The Persuaders", and "Merchants of Cool" and his book "Coercion" won the Marshall McLuhan Award.
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FRANCISCO EL HOMBRE
FRANCISCO EL HOMBRE


One of the biggest highlights of the alternative music scene in Brazil. The quintet (of Brazilians and Mexicans) mixes musical elements from various countries in Latin America, based on experiences in travels across the continent, resulting in music sung in three different languages. The band was nominated for a Latin Grammy in 2017 with the song "Triste, Louca ou Má".
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NELI PEREIRA
NELI PEREIRA


Is a researcher (a reference in Brazilianness), journalist (worked in the national and international press, including the BBC in London and BandNews in Brazil), and Mixologist (was nominated Bartender Of The Year 2021by Gin Magazine). [@neli_pereira]
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POL LOMBARTE
POL LOMBARTE


Is a contemporary artist from Barcelona, best known for selling his heartbeats as a work of art, and for developing a new type of NFTS linked to a living body. His aim is to search for new ways of externalizing his sign of life and the most intangible parts of his body through the union between his body and technology. He shares his works through performances, through crypto art platforms, and through mechanisms such as clocks and lights. He has been an Artist-in-Residence at the Cyborg Foundation and is a student of Arts and Design in Barcelona. [@lombarte_]
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TRACEY RYANS
TRACEY RYANS


Is a multi-faceted entrepreneur, co-owner of restaurants and hospitality ventures in NYC and upstate, advisor for many cultural institutions and individuals, Tracey Ryans facilitates alchemy at the intersections of integrated marketing and strategic partnerships. A stand-up phenomenologist, practitioner of Soto Zen Buddhism, and founder of the new Wide Awake movement, he is all about creative collaboration. [@traceyryans ]
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IDA BENEDETTO
IDA BENEDETTO


Is an experienced director, design strategist, and researcher. She is often the front-runner in design processes, founding innovative creative practices, and advising boundary-pushing projects. [@idamantium]
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NEIL HARBISSON
NEIL HARBISSON


Is a Catalan-raised, British-born contemporary artist and cyborg activist best known for having an antenna implanted in his skull and for being officially recognized as a cyborg by a government. The antenna allows him to perceive visible and invisible colors via audible vibrations in his skull including infrareds and ultraviolets as well as receive colors from space, images, videos, music, or phone calls directly into his head via the internet connection. Harbisson identifies himself both as a cyborg; he feels he is technology, and as a transspecies; he no longer feels 100% human. His artwork explores identity, human perception, the connection between sight and sound and the use of artistic expression via new sensory inputs. [@neilharbisson]
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TATIANA DEMARIA
TATIANA DEMARIA


Is a British/Lebanese songwriter, artist, musician, and producer Tatiana DeMaria is not only a performing artist but also a blockchain and NFT innovator and can be heard in speaking engagements discussing the “NFT Revolution” for musicians. She minted and sold the first-ever guitar solo NFT on the blockchain, which sold in a matter of hours. She also recently partnered with FutureOf to create new platforms leveraging AI and algorithms, centered around Nacci’s powerful data to enable artists to monetize and thrive as businesses in an industry that has favored viral hits and quantity over quality and sustainability. [@tatianademaria]
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DIONNA MCPHATTER
DIONNA MCPHATTER


Is an entrepreneur, anthropology lover, & marketer passionate about using data for good and inspiring people to be better and do better. In addition to her role at NACCI & FutureOf, Dionna is a guest lecturer at Cornell Tech, where she teaches entrepreneurship. Her work has been featured in Entrepreneur magazine, The Drum, Fast Company & Forbes to name a few. [@dmcphatter]
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JESSICA HARTZELL
JESSICA HARTZELL


Is an attorney, non-profit leader, and community organizer. She currently serves as Head of Community and Advancement at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California. She has established multiple community-based initiatives in California, including an immigration law clinic and a nature-based preschool. Her advocacy and representation work has ranged across multiple legislatures and boardrooms. Together with Ida Benedetto and a team of advisors, she launched Esalen Institute’s artist in residence program and guided it through its first two years of operation, bringing focus to addressing who and how we host. [@yeshartz]
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MARIJE VOGELZANG
MARIJE VOGELZANG


Is a pioneer in the field of eating design. She works on restaurant concepts and medical projects for hospitals and does extensive work for the food industry. She also designs art installations and has curated several well-received exhibitions about eating and design. [@marije_vogelzang]
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MACUL
MACUL


As a Brazilian-born based in Germany, Macul has always had a passion for expressing himself with music. Composing and writing from an early age, he has turned his Brazilian heritage and appreciation for funky, joyous tunes into an 8-10 month release sequence of free-flowing, feel-good vibes with surprising genre twists and catchy choruses. Macul needed to conjure all courage and maturity throughout all these years to put out his best work yet out there. That's precisely what his debut single "Something New" sounds like.
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LEXIS (ALEXIS CHARPENTIER)
LEXIS (ALEXIS CHARPENTIER)


Montreal-based, Lexis (Alexis Charpentier), is the founder of the Music Is My Sanctuary music curation platform and a TED speaker featured about Vinyl Records culture and giving forgotten music another chance. He is deeply passionate about the transformational nature of music and how the rituals in which we preserve, share, discover and listen, are at their most magical when humans are at the center of that exchange rather than algorithms. [@mimsanctuary / @mimslexis]
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JASON EPPINK
JASON EPPINK


Creates experiences and interventions that emphasize participation, mischief, surprise, wonder, and generosity that are staged in both public and online spaces and that take the form of games, pranks, street art, and playful online services and hoaxes for non-consenting audiences. In his previous role as Curator of Digital Media at Museum of the Moving Image in New York City, he founded and administered multiple art commissioning programs and organized events and exhibitions about play, and vernacular culture. [@jasoneppink]
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EUGENE JARECKI
EUGENE JARECKI


Is an American filmmaker and author. He is best known as a two-time winner of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize, as well as multiple Emmy and Peabody Awards, for Why We Fight, Reagan, and The House I Live In. A public intellectual on domestic and international affairs, he has appeared everywhere, from 'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart', 'Charlie Rose', to the New York Times, The New Yorker, and Vanity Fair, amongst many other outlets. [@eugene_jarecki]
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SERGIO CASTRILLON
SERGIO CASTRILLON


Is a Colombian-Finnish Multidisciplinary Sonic-based artist and researcher working extensively in the field of improvisation and experimentalism. His work has been presented live and remotely, across a large number of countries in the Americas, Asia, and Europe, within diverse scopes and arenas. Sergio's current artistic research projects are supported by Kone Foundation (Finland).
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MARIE ROBERT
MARIE ROBERT


No matter the medium, French philosopher Marie Robert is determined to make philosophy accessible to all. When she’s not teaching or heading the Montessori schools she founded in Paris and Marseille, she writes books and airs on French radio. Translated into 15 languages, she also runs a podcast and Instagram account, Philosophy is Sexy.
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TAMIKA ABAKA-WOOD
TAMIKA ABAKA-WOOD


Spent the past 10 years designing and delivering people-centred research, insight and foresight experiences across the globe for Nike, Masterclass, Clinique, Beats By Dre and more. She has a background in psychology and anthropology. Tamika is a Londoner, but currently building out the East Coast team at B+A in New York. She is co-founder of Plantain Papers, an annual print journal centring the stories of the African diaspora, stocked at MomaPS1, The Underground Museum and Somerset House. She is a guest lecturer at the University of the Arts London and Parson’s School of Design. [@tamikaka]
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NADER MANSOUR
NADER MANSOUR


Is the frontman of THE WANTON BISHOPS, a Lebanese rock band, considered one of the leading bands in the Middle East. He also published “Lastoucha3iran” (I am Not a Poet) — a book of Arabic-language poetry.
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STEVEN VAN GRONINGEN
STEVEN VAN GRONINGEN


Is the CEO and President of Raiffeisen Bank, one of the top banks in Romania. He owns this position since 2002 and he is among the most admired CEOs in the country. Steven and his wife, Valeria, share a passion for arts, sports and philanthropy.
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JOHANN STROBL
JOHANN STROBL


Is the chairman-Mgmt Board/CEO, Raiffeisen Bank.
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WILLIAM WONG
WILLIAM WONG


Is a Yoga Teacher, Reiki Practitioner, and Sound & Energy Healer currently based on Kaurna land (Adelaide, Australia). He identifies with the pronouns he/him/his as a cis-gendered gay man, and is the 2nd generation Australian-born Chinese with his mum originally from Taiwan and his dad from Hong Kong. [@willy_wongka_]
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TRACIE STOREY
TRACIE STOREY


Has a full spectrum approach to sound; DJ/Producer, Sound Designer, Vibrational Sound Practitioner, Teacher and Speaker. She trained as a Vibrational Sound Practitioner exploring the transformational therapeutic properties of Bio Resonance, Sound Meditation and also teaches Qi Gong as part of her practice. [@elementalresonance]
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TRACEE STANLEY
TRACEE STANLEY


Has been studying yoga and tantra since 1995. The focus of Tracee’s teaching is empowerment, sankalpa (intention), self-mastery, and healing, utilizing the unique practices of the tradition to guide students towards the door of awakening to their true nature and creating positive momentum. [@tracee_stanley]
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ROSIE ACOSTA
ROSIE ACOSTA


Is an inspirational speaker, yoga & meditation teacher, and a yoga teacher trainer, a holistic health coach. In all her work, Rosie teaches and practices being guided by radical love every day and connecting to that through yoga, diet, affirmation, self-inquiry, and curiosity. [@rosieacosta]
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RAVI DIXIT
RAVI DIXIT


Is ‘the smiling Yogi’ was born in India into a family of spiritual teachers and from a young age he grew up with a yoga practice as part of his daily life. In his early twenties, he lived at the Mahatma Yoga Ashram in Rishikesh where he studied Hatha and Ashtanga Yoga with well-respected Yoga master Yogi Ji. Ravi is passionate about making the original principles of traditional Indian Yoga understandable for everyone. [@raviyoga_goa]
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ERICA JAGO
ERICA JAGO


Is an accomplished graphic designer, whose book, Art of Attention, was ranked #1 for book design on Amazon.com and is now translated into 5 languages. As a teacher, design is a vital tool for transforming instructional concepts into artful and meaningful class experiences. Her week-long, global retreats introduce a methodology of storytelling, emotionally connected classes, visionary art, and framed nature to inspire inner knowing, interconnectedness, and spiritual care. [@erica_jago]
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BRIOHNY SMYTH
BRIOHNY SMYTH


Became serious about yoga in 1999, and found that the practice provided her with a sense of health and purpose. She is a certified 500 E-RYT and has undergone mentorship with Annie Carpenter and Lisa Walford of YogaWorks. [@yogawithbriohny]
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MARINELA ARDELEAN
MARINELA ARDELEAN


Is a wine expert, author and speaker. Co-founder of the first wine festival dedicated exclusively to premium wines – RO-Wine, Marinela is also a consultant for the largest Romanian wine promotion program, Deschidem Vinul Romanesc (We Open The Romanian Wine). Her passion for the sparkling wines translated in both becoming Dame Chevalier du L’Ordre des Coteaux de Champagne and in working as brand ambassador / development manager for major sparkling producers. [@marinelaardelean]
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ALFREDO JAAR
ALFREDO JAAR


Is an artist, architect, and filmmaker who lives and works in New York. His work has been shown extensively around the world. He has participated in the Biennales of Venice (1986, 2007, 2009, 2013), Sao Paulo (1987, 1989, 2010, 2020) as well as Documenta in Kassel (1987, 2002).
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ANA ULARU
ANA ULARU


Is a Romanian-born actor and director. She has appeared in international productions by Academy Award winners Francis Ford Coppola, Susanne Bier and Ron Howard, alongside Keanu Reeves, Tom Hanks, Bradley Cooper, or in NBC (Emerald City), Amazon and Netflix series. She was in more than 50 movies and maintains a career as an award winning theatre actress.
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BATEKOO
BATEKOO


The party collective was born in northeastern Brazil in 2014 and has become a manifesto of the black movement and LGBTQIA+, especially among young people living in the suburbs of the country. Today the platform expresses itself in events; educational; music label (BATEKOO Records), and content production.
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CHRIS WIGGINS
CHRIS WIGGINS


Chris Wiggins is an associate professor of applied mathematics at Columbia University. In 2010 he co-founded hackNY, a nonprofit organization focused on connecting students with startups in New York City. Since 2014, he has been the Chief Data Scientist at The New York Times.
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CHRISTOPH & BARBARA
CHRISTOPH & BARBARA


Together since 1993, Barbara and Christoph Promberger, have been actively involved in large carnivore and nature conservation in Romania, making great strides ahead. In 2004 they founded Equus Silvania and today they lead two large nature and landscape conservation programs in the Carpathians and the Transylvanian Hills.
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CHRISTOPH NIEMANN
CHRISTOPH NIEMANN


Is an Artist, author and animator. His work appears regularly on the covers of The New Yorker, National Geographic and The NYT Magazine. His art has been subject to numerous museum retrospectives and he has drawn live from the Venice Art Biennale, the Olympic Games in London, and he has sketched the NYC Marathon — while actually running it. [@abstractsunday]
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CRISTIAN MOVILA
CRISTIAN MOVILA


Is a Romanian artist and photojournalist who lives and works in Bucharest. Over the last decade, his photographs have been published in The New York Times, National Geographic, and Time Magazine, among other publications, and collected in private and public collections in Romania and abroad. Cristian also established the EIDOS Foundation in 2009 to build a greater platform for cultural projects in Romania. [@cmovila]
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ELLA MARDER
ELLA MARDER


Over the last decade, Ella Marder has secured a reputation in the creation, development, production, and promotion of transatlantic cultural programming, live experiences, and strategic partnerships. Her company, Station to Station, works closely with diverse high-level clients both in the US and across Europe helping to lay the tracks between vision and execution. (Collaborators include art organizations, institutions, conferences, and individual makers and shakers across all disciplines.) [@ellamarder]
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EMMA SCHMIDT
EMMA SCHMIDT


Is attempting to create visual markers for stories all around her, Emma pens maps of adventures and routes in a playful and loose style, paints portraits attempting to capture the wink in her subject’s eye and illustrates natural foliage with linear simplicity. [@emmacschmidt]
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GABRIEL CIORDAS (CREATOPY)
GABRIEL CIORDAS (CREATOPY)


Is a serial entrepreneur, passionate about building companies that aim to innovate the tech industry and to make customers' lives better by helping them achieve remarkable results. Founder of Creatopy, Bannersnack, Flipsnack, ReWine, and SVGator.
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HAREBELLA SUZUKI
HAREBELLA SUZUKI


Is a photographer and filmmaker from Brazil. After graduating from her MA in Film Directing, she started a transition to cinematography after discovering a passion for documentary photography. She has independently shot photography projects in Ethiopia, Brazil and Mongolia, besides working as cinematographer, camera operator and camera assistant for documentaries, short and medium length films, commercials, music videos and TV series.
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IAN DALY
IAN DALY


Is the Head of Brand Strategy at Live Nation. Ian has been writing and thinking about culture since 2003 when he was a senior writer for Details at Conde Nast in New York City. His stories have taken him everywhere from The Congo to backstage with Ozzy Osbourne. [@ianmichaeldaly]
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ING LEE
ING LEE


Is a Korean-Brazilian and HoH illustrator/comics artist, based in Belo Horizonte (Brazil). She is the co-founder of O Quiabo, a self-publishing press, and work with comics since 2018 and as a freelance illustrator since 2019. [Portfolio: inglee.art / Ig: @inglee]
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IRINA ȘELARU
IRINA ȘELARU


Is a freelance illustrator, passionate about everything she creates, and I like to spice things up with meaning and hidden stories. She enjoys working on editorial, advertising, and publishing commissions, but most of all, experimenting and trying out something different every day. [@irina.selaru]
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JEREMY NGUYEN
JEREMY NGUYEN


Is an Illustrator that has been contributing cartoons to The New Yorker since 2017. His clients include Netflix, HBO, Wired, The Nib, and Time Magazine. He currently lives in Brooklyn, NY. [@jeremywins]
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JERRY MICHALSKI
JERRY MICHALSKI


Is the Founder of Open Global Mind, a project to help humans make better decisions together. Jerry was on the front lines of the tech revolution for a dozen years as a tech-industry trends analyst during the dot-com boom. He is creating a podcast called Weaving the World, which will feed The Big Fungus.
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JURGIS DIDZIULIS
JURGIS DIDZIULIS


Is an Artistic Activist, Corporate Edutainer, Inspirational Troubadour, Purposeful Performer, Motivational Musician. Jurgis DID is hard to pin down with conventional labels. He combines musical performance, motivational speaking, stand-up comedy, and interactive co-creation to forge exceptional experiences.
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LÊ NGUYÊN
LÊ NGUYÊN


Is a computer science researcher and communicator at EPFL, Switzerland. He also runs the YouTube channel Science4All (200k+ subscribers). He (co-)authored the books "The equation of knowledge", "Le fabuleux chantier" and "Turing à la plage". More recently, he co-founded Tournesol.app, a platform for collaborative content recommendation.
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LOW TECH LAB
LOW TECH LAB


Is a French non-profit general interest organization, it was launched with the creation of a collaborative documentation platform and the beginning of the Nomade des Mers expedition: going around the world discovering low-tech innovations. The low-tech way of thought allows you to live better with less. If it was more widely known, accepted, and adapted, it would allow us to fight efficiently against all the environmental, social, and societal evils of the 21st Century. Since 2012, they have noticed that there are many low-tech answers around the planet and that individual and/or collective initiatives are emerging spontaneously all over the world.
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LUIZ STOCKLER
LUIZ STOCKLER


Is a Brazilian-born British director, animator and Illustrator based between London and Bucharest. He directs short films and commercial projects for a number of clients, big and small. He's left-handed and can speak five languages. [@luizstocklerstudio]
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NYT MODERN LOVE
NYT MODERN LOVE


Modern Love is a weekly column, a book, a podcast — and now, in its 17th year, a television show — about relationships, feelings, betrayals, and revelations.
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SIMINA POPESCU
SIMINA POPESCU


Is an author-illustrator and cartoonist from (and momentarily based in) Bucharest, Romania. She lives with a moody cat named Fredi, has an obsession for chevron flooring apartments, and currently spends most of her time in one, freelancing and working on her debut queer young adult graphic novel, Leap (Macmillan, 2024). Find her at www.siminapopescu.com.
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BOGDAN MIHAI SIMION
BOGDAN MIHAI SIMION


Is a cobza player, a doctor of Letters, an actor, a writer, an artist, and a fiddler. He is focused on playing traditional music with his enchanting cobza; apart from knowing the whole path of Romanian music.
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TUAN NINI
TUAN NINI


Is a visual artist working with illustration, comics, and animation. She finds rhythm and time fascinating elements to work with, discovering the parallels across speech and writing, dance, and music, informing her work in visual storytelling of human sensibility. Nini is from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and lives in Bucharest, Romania. [@tuannini]
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VIRGINIE RAISSON
VIRGINIE RAISSON


Is an expert in International Relations and Geopolitics, Virginie has spent the last 15 years running an independent research lab dedicated to geopolitics and foresight studies, and written reference books in foresight and data visualisation. In 2020, she was appointed President of a scientific committee in charge of research on climate change impacts, and co-initiated a French national initiative Convention21, to help 150 private companies actively reduce both greenhouse gas emissions and decline in biodiversity.
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DANIEL JONES
DANIEL JONES


Is the editor of the personal-essay column “Modern Love” in the New York Times, and he reads and selects from some 5,000 essays each year submitted by writers both established and unknown who detail deeply intimate personal stories and, often, the greatest challenge they’ve ever faced.
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IONUȚ RADULESCU
IONUȚ RADULESCU


Is a Romanian designer, illustrator, and art director, living and working in New York City, passionate about lettering and smart, beautifully crafted design. I am interested in combining design with illustration, particularly for lifestyle and fashion, where I can infuse elegance with a dash of quirk. When I am not working on the next Daily Doodle or contributing to queer publications, you can find me in bookstores or slurping in a recently discovered Asian place. Currently designing at David Yurman luxury brand. Previously at The Frye Company, as well as collaborated with Quirky, Prophet, Pearlfisher, Kayser-Roth Corporation, McCann Erickson (London), and Odyssey (Romania). [@ionutradulescu]
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LIONEL BENSEMOUN
LIONEL BENSEMOUN


Is a serial and multifaceted French entrepreneur Lionel Bensemoun is an iconoclast maker, shaker and doer, whose goal is to share broadly, spread love, and create community. From nightclubs to music festivals, cultural venues, artist residencies, hotels & restaurants, socially committed ventures, his work is always guided by an authentic thirst for discovery and new encounters.
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CAPUCINE GROS
CAPUCINE GROS


Is a Swiss-born, French artist based in Bucharest, Romania. She splits her time between her own performance-based and geography-focused practice and other collaborative projects as UNFINISHED. She has completed residencies worldwide, from the Swatch Art Peace Hotel Residency in Shanghai to the Jalovik Art Colony in Serbia and the CTG Collective in Zimbabwe. [@thestudiothatneversleeps]
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DRAGOS STANCA
DRAGOS STANCA


Is a digital media expert with 20+ years of experience based in Bucharest, Romania. He is the founder of UPGRADE 100, the managing partner of TDG - Think Digital Group of companies (in Romania), and the President of BRAT - The Romanian Transmedia Audit Bureau. He also acts as a mentor and/or early-stage angel investor in tech start-ups.
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CLAUDIU PANDARU
CLAUDIU PANDARU


Is currently the moderator of several TV shows with economic and political debates for Digi 24, one of the most appreciated news TV stations in Romania.
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AARON SOLOMON (BROTHER FULFILLMENT)
AARON SOLOMON (BROTHER FULFILLMENT)


Is a Computer Scientist ordained Buddhist Monk 15 years ago under Thich Nhat Hanh, Aaron loves wandering around in forests to receive their wisdom, and is deeply engaged in protecting the Earth through climate justice activism and helping to raise the consciousness of our deep interbeing with the Earth.
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MARIA HOMEM
MARIA HOMEM


Is one of the main psychoanalysts in Brazil. She is a colunist at “Folha de São Paulo” (Latin America's biggest newspaper) and autor of “Lupa da alma”, "No limiar do silêncio e da letra", and many other books.She is also a researcher at FFLCH/USP, the country's most prestigious educational institution and the best university in Ibero-America. She carries a post-grad degree in Psicanalises and Aesthetics at the Paris VIII / Collège International of Philosophie and the University of Philosophy, Letters, and Human Sciences of USP. [@maria.homem]
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BABY
BABY


Is a project of immersion, routine, and of course, a lot of love. And they don't care about all the cliché, in fact, BABY is also a little like that, a “love song, made by a couple having fun”, as Luê Soares and Mateo Ugarte define themselves.
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NICOLAS CASTAGNOLA
NICOLAS CASTAGNOLA


Is an Animator, Architect, and Illustrator from Buenos Aires. He has developed his practice in Berlin since 2015 and works across the 3 disciplines in the pursuit of a timeless and accessible Architectural Representation for everyone. [@nicolascastagnola]
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ISABELLA NARDINI
ISABELLA NARDINI


Is a Brazilian experience designer living and working across the globe. She is constantly experimenting with new ways to unleash creativity by building tailored and detailed experiences that move people's senses and shares her time between that and other collaborative projects as UNFINISHED. Founder of Love Is In The Cloud, a virtual guided experience of human connection, and Former Global Head of Experience at Mesa, a method created to enable people’s full potential. [@isabellanardini]
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ISABELA CONSTANTIN
ISABELA CONSTANTIN


is currently based in Bucharest, Romania, and works as a Product Manager and Data Scientist at UNFINISHED. She previously was an Artificial Intelligence Resident at Microsoft Research, Cambridge, after having finished her Master Degree in Computer Science at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. She is passionate about the interplay between technology and society and is focused on increasing digital wellbeing and digital literacy through the projects and products she gets involved in.
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VLADIMIR OANE
VLADIMIR OANE


is a multi-linguist of technology-driven businesses. Vladimir co-founded uberVU in 2009. It was among the first all-in-one social media services globally and its ability to highlight insights from billions of conversations happening on many social platforms. And he is also an amateur chef and bedroom techno DJ.
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GILL EINHORN
GILL EINHORN


heads 1t.org – a World Economic Forum initiative whose vision is to conserve, restore and grow 1 trillion trees by 2030. She is a former strategy consultant, a collaborative problem solver and partnerships facilitator, focused on improving outcomes for nature and recipient of the 2017 UN Environment’s Gender and Environment Advocate Award for her work promoting female leadership on environment.
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ANELISE BORGES
ANELISE BORGES


Is an award-winning journalist. Anelise has reported from over 30 countries, covering war, dictatorships, migration, as well as Europe’s multiple identity crises.
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CHRISTINA VERCHERE
CHRISTINA VERCHERE


holds a Master degree in Economics Science from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. She started her career in 1993 and has spent over 20 years with an oil and gas supermajor, where she held numerous leadership positions in the UK, the US, Canada and Indonesia. Between 2012-2014, she has been the Regional President Canada of BP located in Calgary and between 2014 - 2018, she has been the Regional President of the Asia Pacific region, located in Jakarta, Indonesia. She was appointed Chief Executive Officer and President of the Executive Board of OMV Petrom starting May 1, 2018.
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TIM URBAN


The writer/illustrator and co-founder of Wait But Why, a long-form, stick-figure-illustrated website with over 600,000 subscribers. He has produced dozens of viral articles on topics ranging from social anxiety to humans becoming a multi-planetary species. Tim's 2016 TED talk now ranks in the top five most-watched TED talks.
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BORIS HARS-TSCHACHOTIN


Is an award-winning director and installation artist. Guest Professor at the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf for "Climate Communication in Audiovisual Media", and regular Lecturer at universities across Europe and the US, he is passionate about crossing the border between art and science and challenging the ways documentary and fictional stories are told.
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SEBASTIAN ERRAZURIZ


Is a Chilean-born designer, artist, entrepreneur, and activist based in New York. He is known for thought-provoking and political artworks, from giant public art projects to experimental furniture, sculpture, and product design. His practice tends to blur the boundaries between contemporary art, design, and craft. [@sebastianstudio / @sebastianstudio_design ]
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ÀVUÀ


Is a Brazilian duo from São Paulo by Bruna Black and Jota.pê, invited by the - also Brazilian - artistic label Casa Aberta. AVUÀ was born from the union of two distinct and complementary creative universes.
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DEBORAH RAJI


Is a Mozilla fellow, interested in algorithmic auditing. She also works closely with the Algorithmic Justice League initiative to highlight bias in deployed AI products. She has also worked with Google’s Ethical AI team and been a research fellow at the Partnership on AI and AI Now Institute at New York University working on various projects to operationalize ethical considerations in ML engineering practice. Recently, she was named to Forbes 30 Under 30 and MIT Tech Review 35 Under 35 Innovators.
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DOUGLAS RUSHKOFF


Named one of the “world’s ten most influential intellectuals” by MIT, Douglas Rushkoff is an author and documentarian who studies human autonomy in a digital age. His twenty books include "Team Human", based on his podcast. He also made the PBS Frontline documentaries "Generation Like", "The Persuaders", and "Merchants of Cool" and his book "Coercion" won the Marshall McLuhan Award.
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FRANCISCO EL HOMBRE


One of the biggest highlights of the alternative music scene in Brazil. The quintet (of Brazilians and Mexicans) mixes musical elements from various countries in Latin America, based on experiences in travels across the continent, resulting in music sung in three different languages. The band was nominated for a Latin Grammy in 2017 with the song "Triste, Louca ou Má".
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NELI PEREIRA


Is a researcher (a reference in Brazilianness), journalist (worked in the national and international press, including the BBC in London and BandNews in Brazil), and Mixologist (was nominated Bartender Of The Year 2021by Gin Magazine). [@neli_pereira]
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POL LOMBARTE


Is a contemporary artist from Barcelona, best known for selling his heartbeats as a work of art, and for developing a new type of NFTS linked to a living body. His aim is to search for new ways of externalizing his sign of life and the most intangible parts of his body through the union between his body and technology. He shares his works through performances, through crypto art platforms, and through mechanisms such as clocks and lights. He has been an Artist-in-Residence at the Cyborg Foundation and is a student of Arts and Design in Barcelona. [@lombarte_]
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TRACEY RYANS


Is a multi-faceted entrepreneur, co-owner of restaurants and hospitality ventures in NYC and upstate, advisor for many cultural institutions and individuals, Tracey Ryans facilitates alchemy at the intersections of integrated marketing and strategic partnerships. A stand-up phenomenologist, practitioner of Soto Zen Buddhism, and founder of the new Wide Awake movement, he is all about creative collaboration. [@traceyryans ]
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IDA BENEDETTO


Is an experienced director, design strategist, and researcher. She is often the front-runner in design processes, founding innovative creative practices, and advising boundary-pushing projects. [@idamantium]
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NEIL HARBISSON


Is a Catalan-raised, British-born contemporary artist and cyborg activist best known for having an antenna implanted in his skull and for being officially recognized as a cyborg by a government. The antenna allows him to perceive visible and invisible colors via audible vibrations in his skull including infrareds and ultraviolets as well as receive colors from space, images, videos, music, or phone calls directly into his head via the internet connection. Harbisson identifies himself both as a cyborg; he feels he is technology, and as a transspecies; he no longer feels 100% human. His artwork explores identity, human perception, the connection between sight and sound and the use of artistic expression via new sensory inputs. [@neilharbisson]
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TATIANA DEMARIA


Is a British/Lebanese songwriter, artist, musician, and producer Tatiana DeMaria is not only a performing artist but also a blockchain and NFT innovator and can be heard in speaking engagements discussing the “NFT Revolution” for musicians. She minted and sold the first-ever guitar solo NFT on the blockchain, which sold in a matter of hours. She also recently partnered with FutureOf to create new platforms leveraging AI and algorithms, centered around Nacci’s powerful data to enable artists to monetize and thrive as businesses in an industry that has favored viral hits and quantity over quality and sustainability. [@tatianademaria]
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DIONNA MCPHATTER


Is an entrepreneur, anthropology lover, & marketer passionate about using data for good and inspiring people to be better and do better. In addition to her role at NACCI & FutureOf, Dionna is a guest lecturer at Cornell Tech, where she teaches entrepreneurship. Her work has been featured in Entrepreneur magazine, The Drum, Fast Company & Forbes to name a few. [@dmcphatter]
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JESSICA HARTZELL


Is an attorney, non-profit leader, and community organizer. She currently serves as Head of Community and Advancement at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California. She has established multiple community-based initiatives in California, including an immigration law clinic and a nature-based preschool. Her advocacy and representation work has ranged across multiple legislatures and boardrooms. Together with Ida Benedetto and a team of advisors, she launched Esalen Institute’s artist in residence program and guided it through its first two years of operation, bringing focus to addressing who and how we host. [@yeshartz]
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MARIJE VOGELZANG


Is a pioneer in the field of eating design. She works on restaurant concepts and medical projects for hospitals and does extensive work for the food industry. She also designs art installations and has curated several well-received exhibitions about eating and design. [@marije_vogelzang]
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MACUL


As a Brazilian-born based in Germany, Macul has always had a passion for expressing himself with music. Composing and writing from an early age, he has turned his Brazilian heritage and appreciation for funky, joyous tunes into an 8-10 month release sequence of free-flowing, feel-good vibes with surprising genre twists and catchy choruses. Macul needed to conjure all courage and maturity throughout all these years to put out his best work yet out there. That's precisely what his debut single "Something New" sounds like.
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LEXIS (ALEXIS CHARPENTIER)


Montreal-based, Lexis (Alexis Charpentier), is the founder of the Music Is My Sanctuary music curation platform and a TED speaker featured about Vinyl Records culture and giving forgotten music another chance. He is deeply passionate about the transformational nature of music and how the rituals in which we preserve, share, discover and listen, are at their most magical when humans are at the center of that exchange rather than algorithms. [@mimsanctuary / @mimslexis]
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JASON EPPINK


Creates experiences and interventions that emphasize participation, mischief, surprise, wonder, and generosity that are staged in both public and online spaces and that take the form of games, pranks, street art, and playful online services and hoaxes for non-consenting audiences. In his previous role as Curator of Digital Media at Museum of the Moving Image in New York City, he founded and administered multiple art commissioning programs and organized events and exhibitions about play, and vernacular culture. [@jasoneppink]
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EUGENE JARECKI


Is an American filmmaker and author. He is best known as a two-time winner of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize, as well as multiple Emmy and Peabody Awards, for Why We Fight, Reagan, and The House I Live In. A public intellectual on domestic and international affairs, he has appeared everywhere, from 'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart', 'Charlie Rose', to the New York Times, The New Yorker, and Vanity Fair, amongst many other outlets. [@eugene_jarecki]
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SERGIO CASTRILLON


Is a Colombian-Finnish Multidisciplinary Sonic-based artist and researcher working extensively in the field of improvisation and experimentalism. His work has been presented live and remotely, across a large number of countries in the Americas, Asia, and Europe, within diverse scopes and arenas. Sergio's current artistic research projects are supported by Kone Foundation (Finland).
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MARIE ROBERT


No matter the medium, French philosopher Marie Robert is determined to make philosophy accessible to all. When she’s not teaching or heading the Montessori schools she founded in Paris and Marseille, she writes books and airs on French radio. Translated into 15 languages, she also runs a podcast and Instagram account, Philosophy is Sexy.
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TAMIKA ABAKA-WOOD


Spent the past 10 years designing and delivering people-centred research, insight and foresight experiences across the globe for Nike, Masterclass, Clinique, Beats By Dre and more. She has a background in psychology and anthropology. Tamika is a Londoner, but currently building out the East Coast team at B+A in New York. She is co-founder of Plantain Papers, an annual print journal centring the stories of the African diaspora, stocked at MomaPS1, The Underground Museum and Somerset House. She is a guest lecturer at the University of the Arts London and Parson’s School of Design. [@tamikaka]
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NADER MANSOUR


Is the frontman of THE WANTON BISHOPS, a Lebanese rock band, considered one of the leading bands in the Middle East. He also published “Lastoucha3iran” (I am Not a Poet) — a book of Arabic-language poetry.
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STEVEN VAN GRONINGEN


Is the CEO and President of Raiffeisen Bank, one of the top banks in Romania. He owns this position since 2002 and he is among the most admired CEOs in the country. Steven and his wife, Valeria, share a passion for arts, sports and philanthropy.
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JOHANN STROBL


Is the chairman-Mgmt Board/CEO, Raiffeisen Bank.
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WILLIAM WONG


Is a Yoga Teacher, Reiki Practitioner, and Sound & Energy Healer currently based on Kaurna land (Adelaide, Australia). He identifies with the pronouns he/him/his as a cis-gendered gay man, and is the 2nd generation Australian-born Chinese with his mum originally from Taiwan and his dad from Hong Kong. [@willy_wongka_]
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TRACIE STOREY


Has a full spectrum approach to sound; DJ/Producer, Sound Designer, Vibrational Sound Practitioner, Teacher and Speaker. She trained as a Vibrational Sound Practitioner exploring the transformational therapeutic properties of Bio Resonance, Sound Meditation and also teaches Qi Gong as part of her practice. [@elementalresonance]
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TRACEE STANLEY


Has been studying yoga and tantra since 1995. The focus of Tracee’s teaching is empowerment, sankalpa (intention), self-mastery, and healing, utilizing the unique practices of the tradition to guide students towards the door of awakening to their true nature and creating positive momentum. [@tracee_stanley]
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ROSIE ACOSTA


Is an inspirational speaker, yoga & meditation teacher, and a yoga teacher trainer, a holistic health coach. In all her work, Rosie teaches and practices being guided by radical love every day and connecting to that through yoga, diet, affirmation, self-inquiry, and curiosity. [@rosieacosta]
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RAVI DIXIT


Is ‘the smiling Yogi’ was born in India into a family of spiritual teachers and from a young age he grew up with a yoga practice as part of his daily life. In his early twenties, he lived at the Mahatma Yoga Ashram in Rishikesh where he studied Hatha and Ashtanga Yoga with well-respected Yoga master Yogi Ji. Ravi is passionate about making the original principles of traditional Indian Yoga understandable for everyone. [@raviyoga_goa]
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ERICA JAGO


Is an accomplished graphic designer, whose book, Art of Attention, was ranked #1 for book design on Amazon.com and is now translated into 5 languages. As a teacher, design is a vital tool for transforming instructional concepts into artful and meaningful class experiences. Her week-long, global retreats introduce a methodology of storytelling, emotionally connected classes, visionary art, and framed nature to inspire inner knowing, interconnectedness, and spiritual care. [@erica_jago]
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BRIOHNY SMYTH


Became serious about yoga in 1999, and found that the practice provided her with a sense of health and purpose. She is a certified 500 E-RYT and has undergone mentorship with Annie Carpenter and Lisa Walford of YogaWorks. [@yogawithbriohny]
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MARINELA ARDELEAN


Is a wine expert, author and speaker. Co-founder of the first wine festival dedicated exclusively to premium wines – RO-Wine, Marinela is also a consultant for the largest Romanian wine promotion program, Deschidem Vinul Romanesc (We Open The Romanian Wine). Her passion for the sparkling wines translated in both becoming Dame Chevalier du L’Ordre des Coteaux de Champagne and in working as brand ambassador / development manager for major sparkling producers. [@marinelaardelean]
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ALFREDO JAAR


Is an artist, architect, and filmmaker who lives and works in New York. His work has been shown extensively around the world. He has participated in the Biennales of Venice (1986, 2007, 2009, 2013), Sao Paulo (1987, 1989, 2010, 2020) as well as Documenta in Kassel (1987, 2002).
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ANA ULARU


Is a Romanian-born actor and director. She has appeared in international productions by Academy Award winners Francis Ford Coppola, Susanne Bier and Ron Howard, alongside Keanu Reeves, Tom Hanks, Bradley Cooper, or in NBC (Emerald City), Amazon and Netflix series. She was in more than 50 movies and maintains a career as an award winning theatre actress.
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BATEKOO


The party collective was born in northeastern Brazil in 2014 and has become a manifesto of the black movement and LGBTQIA+, especially among young people living in the suburbs of the country. Today the platform expresses itself in events; educational; music label (BATEKOO Records), and content production.
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CHRIS WIGGINS


Chris Wiggins is an associate professor of applied mathematics at Columbia University. In 2010 he co-founded hackNY, a nonprofit organization focused on connecting students with startups in New York City. Since 2014, he has been the Chief Data Scientist at The New York Times.
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CHRISTOPH & BARBARA


Together since 1993, Barbara and Christoph Promberger, have been actively involved in large carnivore and nature conservation in Romania, making great strides ahead. In 2004 they founded Equus Silvania and today they lead two large nature and landscape conservation programs in the Carpathians and the Transylvanian Hills.
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CHRISTOPH NIEMANN


Is an Artist, author and animator. His work appears regularly on the covers of The New Yorker, National Geographic and The NYT Magazine. His art has been subject to numerous museum retrospectives and he has drawn live from the Venice Art Biennale, the Olympic Games in London, and he has sketched the NYC Marathon — while actually running it. [@abstractsunday]
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CRISTIAN MOVILA


Is a Romanian artist and photojournalist who lives and works in Bucharest. Over the last decade, his photographs have been published in The New York Times, National Geographic, and Time Magazine, among other publications, and collected in private and public collections in Romania and abroad. Cristian also established the EIDOS Foundation in 2009 to build a greater platform for cultural projects in Romania. [@cmovila]
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ELLA MARDER


Over the last decade, Ella Marder has secured a reputation in the creation, development, production, and promotion of transatlantic cultural programming, live experiences, and strategic partnerships. Her company, Station to Station, works closely with diverse high-level clients both in the US and across Europe helping to lay the tracks between vision and execution. (Collaborators include art organizations, institutions, conferences, and individual makers and shakers across all disciplines.) [@ellamarder]
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EMMA SCHMIDT


Is attempting to create visual markers for stories all around her, Emma pens maps of adventures and routes in a playful and loose style, paints portraits attempting to capture the wink in her subject’s eye and illustrates natural foliage with linear simplicity. [@emmacschmidt]
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GABRIEL CIORDAS (CREATOPY)


Is a serial entrepreneur, passionate about building companies that aim to innovate the tech industry and to make customers' lives better by helping them achieve remarkable results. Founder of Creatopy, Bannersnack, Flipsnack, ReWine, and SVGator.
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HAREBELLA SUZUKI


Is a photographer and filmmaker from Brazil. After graduating from her MA in Film Directing, she started a transition to cinematography after discovering a passion for documentary photography. She has independently shot photography projects in Ethiopia, Brazil and Mongolia, besides working as cinematographer, camera operator and camera assistant for documentaries, short and medium length films, commercials, music videos and TV series.
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IAN DALY


Is the Head of Brand Strategy at Live Nation. Ian has been writing and thinking about culture since 2003 when he was a senior writer for Details at Conde Nast in New York City. His stories have taken him everywhere from The Congo to backstage with Ozzy Osbourne. [@ianmichaeldaly]
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ING LEE


Is a Korean-Brazilian and HoH illustrator/comics artist, based in Belo Horizonte (Brazil). She is the co-founder of O Quiabo, a self-publishing press, and work with comics since 2018 and as a freelance illustrator since 2019. [Portfolio: inglee.art / Ig: @inglee]
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IRINA ȘELARU


Is a freelance illustrator, passionate about everything she creates, and I like to spice things up with meaning and hidden stories. She enjoys working on editorial, advertising, and publishing commissions, but most of all, experimenting and trying out something different every day. [@irina.selaru]
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JEREMY NGUYEN


Is an Illustrator that has been contributing cartoons to The New Yorker since 2017. His clients include Netflix, HBO, Wired, The Nib, and Time Magazine. He currently lives in Brooklyn, NY. [@jeremywins]
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JERRY MICHALSKI


Is the Founder of Open Global Mind, a project to help humans make better decisions together. Jerry was on the front lines of the tech revolution for a dozen years as a tech-industry trends analyst during the dot-com boom. He is creating a podcast called Weaving the World, which will feed The Big Fungus.
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JURGIS DIDZIULIS


Is an Artistic Activist, Corporate Edutainer, Inspirational Troubadour, Purposeful Performer, Motivational Musician. Jurgis DID is hard to pin down with conventional labels. He combines musical performance, motivational speaking, stand-up comedy, and interactive co-creation to forge exceptional experiences.
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LÊ NGUYÊN


Is a computer science researcher and communicator at EPFL, Switzerland. He also runs the YouTube channel Science4All (200k+ subscribers). He (co-)authored the books "The equation of knowledge", "Le fabuleux chantier" and "Turing à la plage". More recently, he co-founded Tournesol.app, a platform for collaborative content recommendation.
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LOW TECH LAB


Is a French non-profit general interest organization, it was launched with the creation of a collaborative documentation platform and the beginning of the Nomade des Mers expedition: going around the world discovering low-tech innovations. The low-tech way of thought allows you to live better with less. If it was more widely known, accepted, and adapted, it would allow us to fight efficiently against all the environmental, social, and societal evils of the 21st Century. Since 2012, they have noticed that there are many low-tech answers around the planet and that individual and/or collective initiatives are emerging spontaneously all over the world.
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LUIZ STOCKLER


Is a Brazilian-born British director, animator and Illustrator based between London and Bucharest. He directs short films and commercial projects for a number of clients, big and small. He's left-handed and can speak five languages. [@luizstocklerstudio]
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NYT MODERN LOVE


Modern Love is a weekly column, a book, a podcast — and now, in its 17th year, a television show — about relationships, feelings, betrayals, and revelations.
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SIMINA POPESCU


Is an author-illustrator and cartoonist from (and momentarily based in) Bucharest, Romania. She lives with a moody cat named Fredi, has an obsession for chevron flooring apartments, and currently spends most of her time in one, freelancing and working on her debut queer young adult graphic novel, Leap (Macmillan, 2024). Find her at www.siminapopescu.com.
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BOGDAN MIHAI SIMION


Is a cobza player, a doctor of Letters, an actor, a writer, an artist, and a fiddler. He is focused on playing traditional music with his enchanting cobza; apart from knowing the whole path of Romanian music.
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TUAN NINI


Is a visual artist working with illustration, comics, and animation. She finds rhythm and time fascinating elements to work with, discovering the parallels across speech and writing, dance, and music, informing her work in visual storytelling of human sensibility. Nini is from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and lives in Bucharest, Romania. [@tuannini]
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VIRGINIE RAISSON


Is an expert in International Relations and Geopolitics, Virginie has spent the last 15 years running an independent research lab dedicated to geopolitics and foresight studies, and written reference books in foresight and data visualisation. In 2020, she was appointed President of a scientific committee in charge of research on climate change impacts, and co-initiated a French national initiative Convention21, to help 150 private companies actively reduce both greenhouse gas emissions and decline in biodiversity.
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DANIEL JONES


Is the editor of the personal-essay column “Modern Love” in the New York Times, and he reads and selects from some 5,000 essays each year submitted by writers both established and unknown who detail deeply intimate personal stories and, often, the greatest challenge they’ve ever faced.
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IONUȚ RADULESCU


Is a Romanian designer, illustrator, and art director, living and working in New York City, passionate about lettering and smart, beautifully crafted design. I am interested in combining design with illustration, particularly for lifestyle and fashion, where I can infuse elegance with a dash of quirk. When I am not working on the next Daily Doodle or contributing to queer publications, you can find me in bookstores or slurping in a recently discovered Asian place. Currently designing at David Yurman luxury brand. Previously at The Frye Company, as well as collaborated with Quirky, Prophet, Pearlfisher, Kayser-Roth Corporation, McCann Erickson (London), and Odyssey (Romania). [@ionutradulescu]
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LIONEL BENSEMOUN


Is a serial and multifaceted French entrepreneur Lionel Bensemoun is an iconoclast maker, shaker and doer, whose goal is to share broadly, spread love, and create community. From nightclubs to music festivals, cultural venues, artist residencies, hotels & restaurants, socially committed ventures, his work is always guided by an authentic thirst for discovery and new encounters.
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CAPUCINE GROS


Is a Swiss-born, French artist based in Bucharest, Romania. She splits her time between her own performance-based and geography-focused practice and other collaborative projects as UNFINISHED. She has completed residencies worldwide, from the Swatch Art Peace Hotel Residency in Shanghai to the Jalovik Art Colony in Serbia and the CTG Collective in Zimbabwe. [@thestudiothatneversleeps]
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DRAGOS STANCA


Is a digital media expert with 20+ years of experience based in Bucharest, Romania. He is the founder of UPGRADE 100, the managing partner of TDG - Think Digital Group of companies (in Romania), and the President of BRAT - The Romanian Transmedia Audit Bureau. He also acts as a mentor and/or early-stage angel investor in tech start-ups.
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CLAUDIU PANDARU


Is currently the moderator of several TV shows with economic and political debates for Digi 24, one of the most appreciated news TV stations in Romania.
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AARON SOLOMON (BROTHER FULFILLMENT)


Is a Computer Scientist ordained Buddhist Monk 15 years ago under Thich Nhat Hanh, Aaron loves wandering around in forests to receive their wisdom, and is deeply engaged in protecting the Earth through climate justice activism and helping to raise the consciousness of our deep interbeing with the Earth.
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MARIA HOMEM


Is one of the main psychoanalysts in Brazil. She is a colunist at “Folha de São Paulo” (Latin America's biggest newspaper) and autor of “Lupa da alma”, "No limiar do silêncio e da letra", and many other books.She is also a researcher at FFLCH/USP, the country's most prestigious educational institution and the best university in Ibero-America. She carries a post-grad degree in Psicanalises and Aesthetics at the Paris VIII / Collège International of Philosophie and the University of Philosophy, Letters, and Human Sciences of USP. [@maria.homem]
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BABY


Is a project of immersion, routine, and of course, a lot of love. And they don't care about all the cliché, in fact, BABY is also a little like that, a “love song, made by a couple having fun”, as Luê Soares and Mateo Ugarte define themselves.
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NICOLAS CASTAGNOLA


Is an Animator, Architect, and Illustrator from Buenos Aires. He has developed his practice in Berlin since 2015 and works across the 3 disciplines in the pursuit of a timeless and accessible Architectural Representation for everyone. [@nicolascastagnola]
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ISABELLA NARDINI


Is a Brazilian experience designer living and working across the globe. She is constantly experimenting with new ways to unleash creativity by building tailored and detailed experiences that move people's senses and shares her time between that and other collaborative projects as UNFINISHED. Founder of Love Is In The Cloud, a virtual guided experience of human connection, and Former Global Head of Experience at Mesa, a method created to enable people’s full potential. [@isabellanardini]
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ISABELA CONSTANTIN


is currently based in Bucharest, Romania, and works as a Product Manager and Data Scientist at UNFINISHED. She previously was an Artificial Intelligence Resident at Microsoft Research, Cambridge, after having finished her Master Degree in Computer Science at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. She is passionate about the interplay between technology and society and is focused on increasing digital wellbeing and digital literacy through the projects and products she gets involved in.
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VLADIMIR OANE


is a multi-linguist of technology-driven businesses. Vladimir co-founded uberVU in 2009. It was among the first all-in-one social media services globally and its ability to highlight insights from billions of conversations happening on many social platforms. And he is also an amateur chef and bedroom techno DJ.
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GILL EINHORN


heads 1t.org – a World Economic Forum initiative whose vision is to conserve, restore and grow 1 trillion trees by 2030. She is a former strategy consultant, a collaborative problem solver and partnerships facilitator, focused on improving outcomes for nature and recipient of the 2017 UN Environment’s Gender and Environment Advocate Award for her work promoting female leadership on environment.
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ANELISE BORGES


Is an award-winning journalist. Anelise has reported from over 30 countries, covering war, dictatorships, migration, as well as Europe’s multiple identity crises.
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CHRISTINA VERCHERE


holds a Master degree in Economics Science from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. She started her career in 1993 and has spent over 20 years with an oil and gas supermajor, where she held numerous leadership positions in the UK, the US, Canada and Indonesia. Between 2012-2014, she has been the Regional President Canada of BP located in Calgary and between 2014 - 2018, she has been the Regional President of the Asia Pacific region, located in Jakarta, Indonesia. She was appointed Chief Executive Officer and President of the Executive Board of OMV Petrom starting May 1, 2018.