Our Faculty
Our mission is supported by a world-class faculty of renowned thought-leaders, innovators, futurists and entrepreneurs dedicated to co-creating more sustainable, desirable futures in line with planetary boundaries. We count on their remarkable expertise to curate our training programmes, events, awards nominations and educational content.
Dr. Carsten Linz
CEO bluegain | Author Radical Business Model Transformation | World Economic Forum Expert Network
Dr. Chris Luebkeman
Head, Strategic Foresight Hub | Office of the President, ETH Zürich | Founder [y]our2040
Dr. Jan Herrmann
Partner & Sustainable Supply Chain Expert, PwC Deutschland
Dr. Jochen Eisenbrand
Chief Curator at the Vitra Design Museum
Dr. Mariana Bozesan
Member of the Club of Rome | Founder & Managing Partner, AQAL Group
Dr. Michal Nachmany
Founder and CEO, Climate Policy Radar | Visiting Policy Fellow, Grantham Research Institute, LSE
Dr. Nicola Kimm
CSO, Heidelberg Materials
Dr. Ralf Hofmann
Co-Founder, Shareholder and Chairman of the Board of Management
Dr. Tatiana (Kazakova) Tarnowski
Chief Strategy Officer & Co-Founder, Leaders on Purpose | Co-Founder, Sysmeta Inc. | Advisory Board Member, Space4Girls
Dr. iur. Abir Haddad
Director, Institute for Legal Transformation | Strategic Advisor, UNFCCC | Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Cologne
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Elena Malakhatka
Postdoctoral Researcher, Chalmers University of Technology
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Elizabeth Corse
Climate Communicator
Ellen Patzschke
Product Development taz im Netz | Co-Founder & Shareholder at GlobalChanger.com
Ferry Heilemann
Founder AENU | Co-Founder & Board Observer, Forto | Co-Founder & VP, Leaders for Climate Action
Florian Resatsch
Managing Director, Finleap | Senior Advisor, McKinsey & Company
Frank Lamparter
Manager CRM, Mercedes-Benz AG
Frank Salzgeber
Acting Vice Governor for Space, Communications, Space & Technology Commission (CST)
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Fridtjof Detzner
Co-Founder, Planet A Ventures | Co-Founder, Jimdo
Gerd Bührig
Former Head of Bertelsmann University | Founder, Learning Expedition
Hadas Zucker
Senior Manager & Sustainable Innovation, PwC
Haisong Tang
Co-founder, Technology Beyond & Spring Hill Partners
Hans-Christian Boos
Founder, Arago (Almato) AG
Harald Neidhardt
CEO & Curator, Futur/io Institute
Helle Bank Jørgensen
CEO & Founder, Competent Boards
Hirander Misra
Chairman & CEO, ZERO13
Holger Weiss
Founder and CEO at German Autolabs
Ida Faldbakken
CEO KatapultX & co-founder Katapult Future Fest
Ieva Sibilia Strupule
CEO & Co-founder, Material Mapper
Inês Oom de Sousa
Presidente da Fundação Santander Portugal
Isabel Farinha
Co-founder & Scientific co-coordinator, Blue Circular
J. Carl Ganter
Managing Director, Circle of Blue
Jean F. Groff
Partner, Energy Transition Fund (stealth)
Jeff Ivan
Co-Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer at Soilgenic Technologies, LLC
Jeff Risom
Partner & Chief Innovation Officer, Gehl
Jennifer Schenker
Founder & Editor-in-Chief, The Innovator
Jeremy Abbett
Founder, Abbett Labs
Jesper Schleimann
Strategy and Innovation Officer EMEA North, SAP
Jessi Baker
Founder & CEO, Provenance
Joachim Swensson
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Made in Sustainability
Joana Balsemão
Executive Councillor for Environment and Citizenship at Cascais Municipality
