Previously with the Times Newspaper London, the U.N. Environment, and the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, Nick was the Director of Communications and Spokesperson for the Paris Agreement of 2015. More recently, he has served as the Director of Communications for the Global Climate Action Summit that took place in San Francisco in September 2018.

Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson is an expert moderator, lecturer, and devoted workshop leader in facilitating sustainable development. Catarina moderates for the EU Commission, the Swedish Government, corporations, local municipalities, and universities. She is also content director at A Sustainable Tomorrow and co-founder of the global climate NGO Our Kids´Climate.

Dr. Sweta Chakraborty is the CEO of North America, We Don’t Have Time. She is a partner at Pioneer Public Affairs. She is also the founder and principal of Adapt to Thrive, a venture that seeks to better inform individuals, businesses, and government entities on the complex, interconnected challenges, such as food insecurity and disease, already existing and emerging from a warming planet.

Anna Quarnström is Sustainability Developer at GodEl, one of Sweden’s biggest electricity companies offering only renewable energy and giving their dividends to NGO:s. Aside from being the captain of Startup 4 Climate she leads several projects related to innovation, energy efficiency and corporate climate action. She is a Human Ecologist with experience in corporate sustainability and sustainable energy systems. Her passion lies in maximizing positive climate impact for the many through good business.

As Senior Vice President Strategy & Business Development Kristofer is responsible for questions related to strategy, new business development, M&A, Business execution & operational excellence and the collaborative work with the start-up / innovation clusters in the energy & climate space. With the changing energy landscape a pivotal part of Kristofer’s work is dedicated to tightly collaborate with Ellevio customers and stakeholders to develop new offerings and solutions that will help Ellevio’s customers to successfully drive their journey within the energy transition and decarbonize there climate footprint. Kristofer also serves as a Board Member of Triangelbolaget AB, a company working with offering dark fiber solutions to international and national customers With a background from leading positions at several management consulting firms Kristofer joined Ellevio in 2016. He has an international career mainly focusing on energy, industrial equipment’s and international trade. He holds a MSc. in Industrial Engineering & Management from the Royal School of Technology and a MSc in Business Administration from Stockholm University.

Johan Falk is a leader and entrepreneur in exponential strategies for climate and business. Falk is the CEO and Co-founder of Exponential Roadmap Initiative, with the mission to accelerate exponential climate action. Falk is the co-lead author of Exponential Roadmap and 1.5°C Business Playbook. Falk is a former Senior Innovation Fellow at Stockholm Resilience Centre and Future Earth. Falk was one of the initiators of the Global Carbon Law idea, together with Owen Gaffney and Johan Rockström, inspired by Moore's Law. Further, Falk was part of Intel Corporation 2006-2018, responsible for Intel IoT Ignition Lab and heading up the Intel Edge Cloud Game Changer program for 5G networks. Falk received the Intel Global Design Win of the Year 2010 for accelerating the telecom business exponentially to a multi-billion dollar business.

Nigel Topping, CMG, is a renowned figure in climate action, serving as the UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP26, where he launched global initiatives like Race To Zero and Race To Resilience. Nigel is now a Senior Advisor to FSD Africa, Global Ambassador to the High-Level Climate Champions, and an External Member of the Advisory Committee for AXA IM. He also advises governments, financial institutions, and private companies on climate strategy, with a focus on mobilizing climate finance and catalyzing exponential change in climate action. Nigel's commitment to sustainability earned him the CMG distinction in 2022 and recognition as a key leader in shaping a sustainable future.

After finishing a master in environmental management and policy and working with sustainable finance in Sweden he went on to energy-efficiency and operational consulting in Australia. After returning to Sweden he worked for 3 years in an innovation and investor nexus running a startup accelerator and joined Elonroad in April 2022 to support the growth-based scaling of the company.

Håkan Wahlgren has more than 20 years of experience in international work with servitization, business models and digital platforms.

Kalle has since graduating from KTH, worked in commercial roles within eMobility at large energy corporations, before joining as CCO in the digital energy start-up rebase.energy in 2022. He thrives in the combination of tech and sales and is driven by making a positive impact and accelerating the fossil-free energy transition a reality, sooner rather than later.

I've been working in tech for the last 12 years and in Proptech for the last 10 years. Graduated in 2010 from Warwick Business School and joined Sally R as the first investor just 10 months after it was founded back in 2016. CEO of the Company since 2020 with the clear ambition of maximizing global impact with Sally R technology

Entrepreneurial minded, with several years of experience within complex SaaS and IoT solutions. Determined that sustainability should be a simple choice.

Amy has a Master's degree in Sustainable Development from the Sustainability Institute in Stellenbosch. Her Master's thesis, which focused on the value of agroecology training to boost smallholders' adaptability to the climate crisis, ignited her passion for creating more sustainable and just food. systems. Amy also has over 9 years of experience working on issues related to sustainable development, sustainable food and forest systems, and rights-based approaches to land tenure and the governance of our resources.

Ewi Lamma has over 9 years in research and development. She focuses on developing entrepreneurial support and programs that facilitate the representation and channelling of rural voices (women and youths) at national and international levels. She is a Mandela Washington Fellow and is enrolled as a PhD candidate at the University of Buea, Cameroon.

Steffen studied physics in Germany and specialized in climate science. During his PhD and another two years as a researcher at Heidelberg University, he focused on finding climate signals from the past in stalagmites (from caves all around the world). He recently joined Vala as their Lead Data Scientist.

I am a public policy expert and university lecturer in climate, energy and sustainability, having worked for the World Bank, European Commission, Frankfurt School of Management, OMV Petrom, Deloitte, Ashoka, national governments and think tanks. My work focuses mostly on the just energy transition and energy poverty and I try to give a voice to civil society organisations working in this sector through my position in the Plenum of Romania's Economic and Social Committee

Ambassador Bonnie Denise Jenkins, PhD has served as the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security since July 22, 2021. She previously served in the Obama Administration as Special Envoy and Coordinator for Threat Reduction Programs in the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN) from July 2009 until January 2017. Ambassador Jenkins coordinated U.S. efforts on threat reduction globally and U.S. government programs in chemical, biological, nuclear, and radiological (CBRN) security. She was the State Department lead for all four of the Nuclear Security Summits held from 2010 to 2016, as well as the U.S. Representative to the G7 Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction.

Seth leads Lightbridge’s efforts to develop and deploy advanced nuclear reactor fuel that will result in more electricity being provided from existing and new reactors, as well as enhanced safety and proliferation resistance, to allow nuclear power to compete and grow internationally as a non-emitting source of base load electricity. Seth is a member of the Civil Nuclear Trade Advisory Committee (CINTAC) to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce and is a member of the Nuclear Energy Institute’s Board of Directors. He is a member of the Nuclear Security Working Group, Nuclear Energy and National Security Coalition, Working Group on Climate, Nuclear, and Security Affairs of the Council on Strategic Risks, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium. He is also a member of the Dean’s Advisory Council at the Washington College of Law at American University. He has served as Vice Chair of the Governing Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, as a member of the Board of Directors of the Lawyers Alliance for World Security, and as Co-chair of the American Bar Association’s Committee on Arms Control & Disarmament. Mr. Grae earned a B.A. (cum laude) from Brandeis University; an MBA and an LLM in international law from Georgetown University; and a JD from American University.

Dr. Kathryn Huff leads the Office of Nuclear Energy as the Assistant Secretary. Prior to her current role, she served as a Senior Advisor in the Office of the Secretary. Dr. Huff also led the office as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy. Before joining the Department of Energy, she was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she led the Advanced Reactors and Fuel Cycles Research Group. She was also a Blue Waters Assistant Professor with the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. She was previously a Postdoctoral Fellow in both the Nuclear Science and Security Consortium and the Berkeley Institute for Data Science at the University of California - Berkeley. She received her PhD in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2013 and her undergraduate degree in Physics from the University of Chicago. Her research focused on modeling and simulation of advanced nuclear reactors and fuel cycles. She is an active member of the American Nuclear Society, a past Chair of the Nuclear Nonproliferation and Policy Division as well as the Fuel Cycle and Waste Management Division, and recipient of both the Young Member Excellence and Mary Jane Oestmann Professional Women's Achievement awards. Through leadership within Software Carpentry, SciPy, the Hacker Within, and the Journal of Open Source Software she also advocates for best practices in open, reproducible scientific computing.

Jonatan is a young and driven entrepreneur that loves problem solving and heavy industries. When he was 16 years old he developed the core to Helios Innovations evaporation technology and has been working for 5 years to transform his idea to a successful business with a growing team.

Entrepreneurial minded, with several years of experience within complex SaaS and IoT solutions. Determined that sustainability should be a simple choice.

Jane has been a successful serial deep tech company founder /investor since 1999. Since 2016, the Walerud family has focused on deep tech for the living planet. Their living planet portfolio: www.AirForestry.com www.paebbl.com www.graphmatech.com She has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the Royal Institute of Technology, a gold medal from the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences and a BA from Stanford University.

Johan Lindehag is the CEO of Ellevio, one of the largest electricity distribution companies in Sweden with nearly one million customers. Johan has more than 20 years of experience from the energy sector, and prior to his position at Ellevio he occupied several senior management positions within the industry. Johan is also a member of the Board of Directors of the energy startup Flower that is focusing on power flexibility to enable the energy transition, and was one of the winners of Startup 4 Climate 2021.

Johanna Mossberg is Vice President for Biorefinery and Energy at RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, as well as adjunct senior lecturer in energy science at Luleå University of Technology (LTU). Mossberg received her PhD in industrial energy systems in 2012 and holds in-depth knowledge of environmental improvement assessment of industrial production and biorefinery concepts, analysis of industrial transition and industrial collaboration between the pulp and paper industry and the chemical process industry, barriers, drivers and the role of public policy.

Serial entrepreneur (telecoms, finance, energy, fintech) including co-founder of GodEl and the GoodCause foundation.

Professor, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Bogolo J. Kenewendo is a Global economist and Former Minister of Investment, Trade, and Industry in Botswana. Kenewendo is also a vocal advocate for gender equity and the protection of children’s rights. She is a member of the G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council and a WPL Special Envoy to the G7 & G20. She is also a member of United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres’ High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation and group on Financing for Development, a member of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Future Council on Global Public Goods in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and a WEF Young Global Leader. She currently serves as the Africa Director & Special Advisor for UN Climate Change High-Level Champions, Managing Director of Kenewendo Advisory and Non-Resident Fellow with the Center for Global Development

Chanda is a 3rd-year student pursuing a degree in media and communication studies at the University of Zambia. She is passionate about climate change activism. Chanda is producing a long-form audio story about how one woman in a neighbourhood in Zambia is planting trees to reduce the impact of deadly flooding. During her reporting over the next six months, she’s hoping to learn what’s the real impact of trees in curbing disasters and mitigating climate change.

Mary-Ann is a versatile young lady from Johannesburg, South Africa. She is very passionate about issues that affect young people and society at large. Mary-Ann aspires to be a media personality, businesswoman and someone who not only gives back to the community but empowers them as well.

Ambassador Mohamed Nasr is the Director of the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development Department at the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Alessandro has over 25 years of experience serving in international organizations mostly in management positions. He most recently served as UNDP Resident Representative to Azerbaijan. His prior assignments in UNDP include Deputy Resident Representative in Azerbaijan from 2016 to 2018, Deputy Resident Representative in North Macedonia from 2011 to 2016, Deputy Resident Representative in Croatia from 2006 to 2011 and Assistant Resident Representative in Belarus from 2004 to 2006.

Manuel Pulgar-Vidal is the global leader of Climate & Energy at WWF and interim chair of the IUCN Climate Crisis Commission. He has more than 35 years of experience in environmental law and policy. He served as Minister of the Environment of Peru (2011 to 2016) and President of the Twentieth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - COP20 in 2014. He is also a member of the Steering Committees of F20 and the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative. He has been invited to serve on the US Advisory Committee on Foreign and Voluntary Aid.

Angela Churie Kallhauge is the Executive Vice President for Impact at Environmental Defense Fund. Her work is focused on using inclusive processes and economic approaches to achieve ambitious climate solutions that deliver equitable benefits to people around the world. She served as the head of the Secretariat of the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC) for five years at the World Bank. Before that, she was at the Swedish Energy Agency for 14 years working on climate change, energy and development issues. She also served as the EU lead negotiator on adaptation and resilience issues under the UNFCCC for nearly a decade. She also represented Sweden in the Adaptation Fund Board, where she led the work on accreditation for direct access.

Dr. Emad Adly is the National Coordinator Egypt of GEF Small Grants.

Rana Adib is the Executive Director of REN21, the only global renewable energy community of actors from science, governments, NGOs and industry, headquartered at the UNEP in Paris, France. She is also the chair of SLOCAT, an international multi-stakeholder partnership enabling knowledge and action for sustainable, low carbon transport.

Andreas Ahrens leads the global climate agenda for Inter IKEA Group (the IKEA franchisor) and the full IKEA value chain – from raw material extraction to product end-of-life. He is the main spokesperson for climate – internally and externally – for the total climate agenda at IKEA. He also leads the connected strategic initiative to secure that IKEA develops the organization to meet the set strategic commitments and targets to become climate positive by 2030 by reducing more greenhouse gas emissions than the IKEA value chain emits, while growing the IKEA business. He has previously worked extensively with sustainability integration into both product development and supply chain management, with special focus on climate and circular economy.

Arunabha Ghosh is a public policy professional, adviser, author, columnist, and institution builder. As founder-CEO of the Council on Energy, Environment and Water, since 2010, he has led CEEW to the top ranks among Asia's leading policy research institutions (8 years in a row); and among the world’s 20 best climate think-tanks. He conceptualized and designed the International Solar Alliance. He conceptualized and is a founding board member of the Clean Energy Access Network (CLEAN). Co-author/editor of 4 books and with experience in 45 countries, he previously worked at Princeton, Oxford, UNDP (New York), and WTO (Geneva). In 2018, the UN Secretary-General nominated him to the UN's Committee for Development Policy.

Clara has significant experience in leading teams in the development of large-scale infrastructure projects in Latin America. Prior to moving to Chile, Clara worked in Perth, Australia as a corporate attorney at Freehills. She also serves as a Director of AUSCHAM, the Australian Chilean Chamber of Commerce. In 2019, Clara was shortlisted for Capital Magazine’s Chilean Female Executive of the Year. Clara has degrees in law and environmental science from Murdoch University, Western Australia.

Corina Murafa was leading until recently Next Now/Planet & Climate and Ashoka Romania. Prior to joining Ashoka, she advanced long-lasting positive change in Eastern Europe as a public policy expert on energy and sustainability. She has worked for the World Bank, OMV Petrom, Deloitte, national governments and think tanks.

Anna Quarnström is Sustainability Developer at GodEl, one of Sweden’s biggest electricity companies offering only renewable energy and giving their dividends to NGO:s. Aside from being the captain of Startup 4 Climate she leads several projects related to innovation, energy efficiency and corporate climate action. She is a Human Ecologist with experience in corporate sustainability and sustainable energy systems. Her passion lies in maximizing positive climate impact for the many through good business.

As Senior Vice President Strategy & Business Development Kristofer is responsible for questions related to strategy, new business development, M&A, Business execution & operational excellence and the collaborative work with the start-up / innovation clusters in the energy & climate space. With the changing energy landscape a pivotal part of Kristofer’s work is dedicated to tightly collaborate with Ellevio customers and stakeholders to develop new offerings and solutions that will help Ellevio’s customers to successfully drive their journey within the energy transition and decarbonize there climate footprint. Kristofer also serves as a Board Member of Triangelbolaget AB, a company working with offering dark fiber solutions to international and national customers With a background from leading positions at several management consulting firms Kristofer joined Ellevio in 2016. He has an international career mainly focusing on energy, industrial equipment’s and international trade. He holds a MSc. in Industrial Engineering & Management from the Royal School of Technology and a MSc in Business Administration from Stockholm University.

Johan Lindehag is the CEO of Ellevio, one of the largest electricity distribution companies in Sweden with nearly one million customers. Johan has more than 20 years of experience from the energy sector, and prior to his position at Ellevio he occupied several senior management positions within the industry. Johan is also a member of the Board of Directors of the energy startup Flower that is focusing on power flexibility to enable the energy transition, and was one of the winners of Startup 4 Climate 2021.

Ryan is a Senior Policy Advisor for Third Way's Climate and Energy Program, where he currently advocates the importance of nuclear energy as an essential part of the solution to decarbonize global emissions and address climate change. Within this work, he analyzes how federal policies on clean energy may help the industry support key US economic, climate, and national security interests. Prior to joining Third Way, Ryan worked as a climate policy advocate for the Climate Action Campaign where he focused on efforts to support environmental justice polices and promote broad support for investments in renewable energy.

Frank Hiroshi Ling is Chief Scientist at the Anthropocene Institute. He is also a guest lecturer at the Tokyo Institute of Technology and Ibaraki University, and was previously a research fellow at the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and University of Tokyo. Dr. Ling has consulted for various US and Asian organizations, including the Asian Development Bank (ADB), CLSA, SELC Japan, and Jane Capital Partners. His work has been cited in the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C and has been a panelist at the UNFCC’s COP24 Nuclear for Climate side event.

Jeff Navin is a co-founder of Boundary Stone Partners. Jeff helps clients influence public policy and public debates on issues by creating and implementing comprehensive policy, communications, and advocacy strategies. His work at BSP builds on his 20 years of experience in politics, government, law, and advocacy. Jeff has served at the highest levels of the federal government. As Chief of Staff and Deputy Chief of Staff at the United States Department of Energy, he helped manage the highest profile issues facing an agency with a $30 billion annual budget.