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So-Young Kang
FOUNDER & CEO GNOWBE | So-Young is a globally sought after speaker and thought leader from World Economic Forum Davos to Drucker Forum. She is a transformation designer who helps organizations and individuals stay human in an increasingly AI-powered digital world. Her work over the last 25 years focuses on better aligning purpose, values and ethics across business, tech, education and government. She has done this by founding Gnowbe, an AI-powered software platform that humanizes how we train, learn and engage 1000x faster and more effectively, and Awaken Group, a human-centered transformation design firm that catalyzes growth for value creation
Peggy Liu
CHAIRPERSON, JUCCCE | A TIME Hero of the Environment and former McKinsey consultant, Venture Capitalist and Internet Entrepreneur, she is recognized as one of the most impactful environmentalists globally. She was key to triggering China's leaps into clean energy, Smart Grid, eco-cities, efficient lighting, and green bonds.She has a bachelors of electrical engineer computer science from MIT and has completed executive education in public policy at Harvard Kennedy School and the National University of Singapore. She is the Author of the upcoming “Super Senses: The Human Edge in Leadership” and “Mesmerize the Media: Maximize Your Impact With More Press”.She is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader.
Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy
FOUNDER & CEO OF POWER LIVING ENTERPRISES, INC AND CREATOR OF EMBODIED SUCCESS | A World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and former VP at MTV Networks, she integrates neuroscience, embodied wisdom, and AI to accelerate leadership development and personal growth. She holds a Harvard MBA and has 1000+ of mind-body training, specializing in nervous system regulation.
Michele Wucker
FOUNDER OF GRAY RHINO & COMPANY, AND FOUNDING FACULTY AT DCRORISK GOVERNANCE INSTITUTE. | Michele Wucker is globally recognized for her work in risk strategy, economic policy, as the author of four influential books, and as a former think tank and media executive. A 2009 World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, she coined the “gray rhino” term as a call for decision makers to improve their responses to obvious, impactful, dangers and opportunities. She introduced the concept at the 2013 Annual Meeting at Davos.
Lucian Tarnowski
FOUNDING CURATOR, UNITED PLANET UP.GAME & GAIAAI | Lucian is a visionary systems change designer, filmmaker, convenor and the driving force behind United Planet, UP.Game and Gaia AI. He creates immersive experiences that empower leaders to envision and implement strategies for a thriving future. As a catalyst for global transformation, Lucian harnesses over two decades of expertise in community building and knowledge sharing to accelerate the emergence of thriving futures.The UP.Game serves as a transformative design thinking protocol for systems change, enabling participants to collaboratively explore and prototype innovative solutions. Through engaging scenarios, it encourages teams to reverse-engineer their paths from a flourishing future. He has filmed 34 episodes of the UP.Games, establishing the world’s largest narrative focused on regenerative positive futures. This has been over 24 countries, 200+ days of filming, over 1000 Gaian participants from over 100 nations. These narratives have trained Gaia AI as the voice of the planet to guide choice making towards a thriving future. As a Young Global Leader recognised by the World Economic Forum since 2010, he convenes transformational leaders to drive planetary change. Lucian created the world’s first Planetary Embassy prototype in San Francisco - a vision for the transformation of cities into a planetary community of hubs of innovation.
BETTINA HEIN
CHAIRWOMAN OF A DIGITAL STARTUP JULI. . FOUNDER VIDEO ADVERTISING SPECIALIST PIXABILITY AND SVOX. | Bettina Hein is a serial software entrepreneur that has built AI-driven companies in Europe and the U.S. Currently chairwoman of digital health startup juli, she also founded video advertising specialist Pixability and SVOX, a speech tech company acquired for $125 million by Microsoft/Nuance. She has received recognitions such as Immigrant Entrepreneur of the Year, WEF Young Global Leader and L’Oreal NEXT Generation Award. For seven seasons she's been a judge on the Swiss version of Shark Tank. Bettina holds degrees from MIT, the University of Constance and the University of St. Gallen.
Jacques-Philippe Piverger
Founder of The Mindful Arts | A World Economic Forum Young Global Leader since 2013 and former AIG Investments executive, he has scaled multiple for-profit and nonprofit organizations and helps professionals build clarity, resilience, and sustainable performance, drawing on his lifelong martial arts practice.He holds degrees from Georgetown University and the Tuck School of Business and completed executive programs at Harvard, Stanford, Yale, and Oxford.Within YGL, he has served on the Advisory Board, Board of Endowment, and as NYC City Champion.