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2023

Daniel Schmachtenberger is a social philosopher and a founding member of the Consilience Project.

He is perhaps best-known for his work on the concept of the Metacrisis. It refers to the totality of the world’s crises - the interlinked problem set that forms the basis of global systemic fragility.

More of Daniel’s work can be found here.

Nate Hagens is director of The Institute for the Study of Energy & Our Future, which allies with leading ecologists, energy experts, politicians and systems thinkers to study how human societies can adapt to lower throughput lifestyles. 
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Nate hosts a weekly podcast, The Great Simplification, which explores the relationship between energy and economy, and the systems science underpinning the human predicament. It can be found here. 

Olivia Lazard is a fellow at Carnegie Europe, a researcher and a peacemaking practitioner with experience in conflict zones. Her research focuses on the geopolitics of climate, the transition ushered by climate change, and the risks of conflict and fragility associated with climate change and environmental collapse.

Olivia’s recent TED talk, titled The Blind Spots of the Energy Transition, can be found here. 

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Sir Ronald Cohen is an international philanthropist and investor, known as the father of the social investing movement. 

He is the author of IMPACT: Reshaping capitalism to drive real change, published in 2020. His book 'he Second Bounce of the Ball, published in 2007, was named “one of the best books written on entrepreneurship in recent years.״ by the Financial Times.

A recent Forbes profile of his work can be found here. 

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Mike Kubzansky is CEO of Omidyar Network, a social change venture founded in 1999 by Ebay founder Pierre Omidyar.

Under Mike’s leadership, the Omidyar Network has transformed to focus on three of the critical 21st century disruptions: the economy, digital technology, and demographic change. 

The Omidyar Network recently laid out its vision for a responsible tech future. It can be found here.

Funda Sezgi is co-CEO of Norrsken Foundation, a non-profit founded by Klarna co-founder Niklas Adalberth. 

Funda previously co-founded the Norrsken Accelerator, an early-stage accelerator program for early-stage impact startups. 

Since 2016, Norrsken has grown into a global impact ecosystem of 2000+ members and 100+ portfolio companies, five venture capital funds, three Norrsken Houses, and numerous impact-focused events. 

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Sara Kappelmark is co-CEO of Norrsken Foundation, a non-profit founded by Klarna co-founder Niklas Adalberth.

Sara was previously partner at McKinsey where she, among other things, led research work on how to decarbonize the textile value chain.

Since 2016, Norrsken has grown into a global impact ecosystem of 2000+ members and 100+ portfolio companies, five venture capital funds, three Norrsken Houses, and numerous impact-focused events. 

Lisen Schultz is a director of education at the Stockholm Resilience Centre.

In 2018, she launched the world's first executive program in resilience thinking. She has since worked with some of Sweden's most senior business leaders in understanding and acting on the megatrends shaping our planet and global economy.

You can read more about the Stockholm Resilience Centre Executive Programme here.

Karin Wanngård was elected as Mayor of Stockholm in September 2022.

The majority she leads aims to futureproof the city as an equal, open and climate-smart city.

Daria Saharova, born in Riga, is a founding partner at World Fund. She has over 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur and investor and was awarded the German Startup Award as the best investor by the German Startups Association in 2020. 

Daria is an expert advisor to the European Commission and maintains a close relationship with international tech thought leaders as co-founder of the think tank 1E9 Denkfabrik.

Guy Vidra is a partner at Collaborative, a network of fund managers investing across asset classes and supporting companies that live at the intersection of for-profit & for-good.

The Collaborative network includes initiatives like Shared Future, providing rapid, catalytic capital for entrepreneurs working on climate change solutions, and Collab SOS, a $200 million fund investing in companies that fuel a sustainable economy.

Terese Hougaard is a partner at Atomico, one of Europe’s most prominent tech VCs, with a focus is on early-stage businesses within climate tech.

In this space, Atomico is backing companies like Upside Foods, Infarm, Vaayu and Lilium.

Agnes Svensson is Chief Impact Officer at Norrsken VC, where she works with developing and implementing frameworks for measuring, tracking and following up on the impact performance of portfolio companies. 

Norrsken VC only invests in companies where positive global impact is hard-wired into the business model, and ties financial compensation for its general partners to impact targets. In other words - no impact, no money. 

Kaj Löfgren is the CEO of Regen Melbourne, a platform for ambitious collaboration in service of the city. Powered by an alliance of more than 160 organisations, Regen Melbourne is the host of bold projects that are moving Melbourne towards a resilient and regenerative future. Kaj is also the Entrepreneur in Residence at Small Giants Academy.

A Civil Engineer by training, Kaj holds a Masters of Economic History from Lund University and has previously worked in social enterprise, impact investment and community development.