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MORNING BLOCK 1: A CALL FOR OPTIMISM
Powered by the Delegation of the European Union to Mexico
This part of the programme is powered by the Delegation of the European Union to Mexico.
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NAAFI
Artist collective
NAAFI is a DJ collective, club night, and record label based in Mexico City.
Their explosive performance will kick-start the first day of the festival.
MAINSTAGE / ON-SITE PERFORMANCE
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Richard van der Laken
CEO & co-founder What Design Can Do
What Design Can Do’s co-founder and director, Richard van der Laken, will welcome the crowd to the theatre and introduce the upcoming speakers.
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Stefan Sagmeister – ONLINE
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
As a graphic designer and typographer, Stefan Sagmeister has designed for clients as diverse as the Rolling Stones, HBO, and the Guggenheim Museum. He’s a two-time Grammy winner and also earned practically every important international design award.
Stefan Sagmeister is joining us with an online talk, thanks to the support from the Delegation of the European Union to Mexico and the Embassy of Austria in Mexico.
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Virginijus Sinkevicius – ONLINE
European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries
Virginijus Sinkevičius is the Commissioner for Environment, ensuring the environment, oceans and fisheries remain at the core of the European Green Deal.
Commissioner Sinkevičius is joining us in an online talk, thanks to the support from the Delegation of the European Union to Mexico.MAINSTAGE / IN ENGLISH / ONLINE TALK
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Interview with Mr. Patrick Child and MAXIMILIANO REYES ZUÑIGA
Mr. Patrick Child – Deputy Director-General – Directorate-General Research and Innovation of the European Commission | MAXIMILIANO REYES ZUÑIGA – SUBSECRETARIO PARA AMÉRICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE
Mr. Patrick Child – Deputy Director-General – Directorate-General Research and Innovation of the European Commission
Directorate-General Research and Innovation
This Commission department is responsible for EU policy on research, science and innovation, with a view to help create growth and jobs and tackle our biggest societal challenges.MAXIMILIANO REYES ZUÑIGA – Undersecretary for Latin America and the caribbean
Responsible for relations with the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean and for monitoring the organizations of the region. Supervises the work of the Mexican Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission between Mexico and Guatemala and between Mexico and Belize.
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Bob Hendrikx – ONLINE
No Waste Challenge winner – Living Coffin
ABOUT LIVING COFFIN
‘Are you waste, or are you compost?’ Probably not a question you’ve answered before, but it’s a question designer Bob Hendrikx is asking of us all with his ‘living coffin’. Loop is the world’s first fully biodegradable casket made out of mycelium fungi.
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ABOUT THE NO WASTE CHALLENGE
Living Coffin is one of the winners of What Design Can Do’s No Waste Challenge, which was launched earlier this year together with IKEA Foundation, to tackle one of the most pressing issues of our time: waste.
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MORNING BLOCK 2: CIRCULAR CITIES - through the lens of the New European Bauhaus
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The climate crisis is not confined within country borders, so international cooperation is vital. However, major global issues as the climate crisis have a local context, with a great diversity of political, administrative, and socio-economic realities, network structures, and cultural views.
For this reason, WDCD teamed up with the EU Delegation in Mexico City. This partnership is exploring the efforts of the creative industry in the EU and abroad to make cities circular and fit for a carbon-free future. In 2020 the EU initiated the New European Bauhaus to build a sustainable future through creativity, innovation, and imagination. Are the principles of the New European Bauhaus applicable for cities outside of Europe? How can we work together on a global scale?
This part of the programme is powered by the Delegation of the European Union to Mexico.
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Nacho Padilla – ONLINE
Creative Director at Barcelona City Council
Nacho Padilla is the creative director of the Barcelona City Council.
Nacho Padilla is joining us with an online talk, thanks to the support from the Delegation of the European Union to Mexico and the Spanish Cultural Centre in Mexico.
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Michel Rojkind
architect
Once a famous drummer, now one of Mexico’s most established names in contemporary architecture. Michel Rojkind is the founding partner of Rojkind Arquitectos, a Mexico City-based innovative firm focusing on design, business tactics, and experiential innovation.
Michel Rojkind is joining us thanks to the support from the Delegation of the European Union to Mexico.
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Pedro & Juana
Architects
Pedro&Juana is a studio from Mexico City founded by Ana Paula Ruiz Galindo and Mecky Reuss that works on a variety of projects across creative professions.
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Christophe Hutin – ONLINE
Architect
For more than 20 years, Christophe Hutin has been critically reflecting on city construction and its rationale for exclusion. His wish is to help residents regain control of their built environment to better find their place in the city. The architect will represent France at the 17th Venice Biennale of Architecture in 2021, placed by Hashim Sarkis under the theme of “How are we going to live together? ”.
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Panel discussion on circular cities – online
A panel discussion on the theme ‘circular cities’ with speakers Nacho Padilla, Michel Rojkind, Pedro & Juana and Christophe Hutin.
This part of the programme is powered by the Delegation of the European Union to Mexico.
MAINSTAGE / IN ENGLISH & SPANISH / ONLINE & ON-SITE PANEL
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Enrique Norten
Architect
Enrique Norten is a Mexican architect and principal of the internationally renowned architect firm TEN Arquitectos.
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COFFEE BREAK
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BREAKOUT SESSIONS
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LUNCH BREAK
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BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Breakout Session 1 TACKLING WASTE IN MEXICO
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EVENING BLOCK 1: A CALL FOR GENDER EQUALITY
While it is true that movements for gender equality have achieved great conquests in recent decades, there is still a lot of ground to cover in this field, there are still large gaps in inequality in terms of discrimination, sexual violence, equal pay, political exclusion and social injustice … The moral awakening of creative and innovative designers in equality promotion projects can have a great impact to correct destructive behaviors that separate us and weaken us as a species.
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MARY NYARUAI MUREITHI – ONLINE
No Waste Challenge winner - Nyungu Afrika
ABOUT Nyungu Afrika
Mary Nyaruai Mureithi is founder of Nyungu Afrika, a social and climate positive enterprise using circular design to end period poverty with safe, non-toxic and affordable period products made from agricultural waste. This brand of pads hopes to revolutionise the way menstruation is viewed in Africa by making use of underutilised, locally abundant materials like pineapple leaves and corn husks while creating a positive impact for both consumers and non-consumers of sanitary pads.
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ABOUT THE NO WASTE CHALLENGE
Nyungu Afrika is one of the winners of What Design Can Do’s No Waste Challenge, which was launched earlier this year together with IKEA Foundation, to tackle one of the most pressing issues of our time: waste.
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Jimena Acosta
Curator
Jimena Acosta is a curator of contemporary design and art. Working on the way design shapes culture, politics and societal thinking.
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MARÍA CONEJO & Zoe Mendelson
Founders of Pussypedia
Journalist and author Zoe Mendelson teamed up with visual artist María Conejo to create Pussypedia, a thorough and empowering guide to women’s health, which started as a website and has now been published as a book.
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Monse Castera & Bárbara Sánchez-Kane
Fashion designer
Bárbara Sánchez-Kane is a fashion designer and artist challenging the image of gender identities through fashion.
Bárbara Sánchez-Kane will perform live on stage, introduced by Monse Castera in an online talk.
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PANEL DISCUSSION on gender equality
A panel discussion on the theme ‘gender equality’ with speakers Jimena Acosta, Maria Conejo & Zoe Mendelson and Bárbara Sánchez-Kane.
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EVENING BLOCK 2: DESIGN AND ACTIVISM
Design influences our lives more than we can imagine; Every choice a designer makes has an impact on society. Around the world, creatives are displaying their skills to combat inequality, environmental devastation, injustice and human rights violations. We focus on those designers and creative thinkers who metaphorically scale the barricades to achieve social, political, economic or environmental change. We want to learn from them how to better design a process for social and political activation.
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GERARDO MONTES
No Waste Challenge winner - Hagamos Composta
ABOUT HAGAMOS COMPOSTA
Hagamos Composta offers an alternative for families and businesses who want to handle their waste responsibly but do not have the knowledge, tools, or space to do so.
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ABOUT THE NO WASTE CHALLENGE
Hagamos Composta is one of the winners of What Design Can Do’s No Waste Challenge, which was launched earlier this year together with IKEA Foundation, to tackle one of the most pressing issues of our time: waste.
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Giorgia Lupi
DATA DESIGNER
Georgia Lupi is an information designer and a partner at Pentagram in New York, who specialises in creating visual narratives that use data as a lens to better understand human nature.
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Yásnaya Aguilar & Pablo Montaño
Documentary makers "El Tema"
Yásnaya Elena Aguilar and Pablo Montaño created El Tema (The Issue) documentary series, a web series of six short documentaries that cover some of the most urgent matters related to the climate crisis in Mexico.
ABOUT Yásnaya Elena Aguilar
Yásnaya Elena Aguilar is an Ayuujk linguist, writer, translator, and human-rights activist, she is a member of Colegio mixe, a collective that researches and promotes the Mixe culture.
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ABOUT Pablo Montaño
Pablo Montaño studied political science and environment and sustainable development. He is a writer and producer and coordinates Conexiones Climáticas (Climate Connections), an organization dedicated to climate action.
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ERIK KESSELS – online
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Hailed as a ‘visual sorcerer’ by Time Magazine, Kessels is co-founder and creative director of acclaimed communications agency KesselsKramer, which has offices in Amsterdam, London and Los Angeles. Among many others, he has created campaigns for clients such as Nike, Diesel, J&B Whisky, Oxfam and Vitra.
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MORNING BLOCK 1: A CALL FOR OPTIMISM
Powered by the Delegation of the European Union to Mexico
This part of the programme is powered by the Delegation of the European Union to Mexico.
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NAAFI
Artist collective
NAAFI is a DJ collective, club night, and record label based in Mexico City.
Their explosive performance will kick-start the second day of the festival.
MAINSTAGE / ON-SITE PERFORMANCE
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Ricardo Lozano & Joanna Ruiz Galindo
Co-directors WDCD Mexico GNP
The co-directors of WDCD Mexico GNP will welcome the crowd to the theatre and introduce the upcoming speakers.
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ENRIQUE LOMNITZ
General Director at Isla Urbana
An is an industrial designer, who returned to his native Mexico City after college in the United States to help the megalopolis overcome its water crisis.
Enrique Lomnitz founded Isla Urbana, a social enterprise focused on the design and installation of rainwater harvesting systems and on knowledge and technology transfers to low-income communities, with the goal of creating resilient and autonomous water access.
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GNP Award for Social Creativity
The GNP Award for Social Creativity is awarded annually since 2019 within the framework of What Design Can Do Mexico City to a creative leader whose life and creative work has demonstrated a firm commitment to the development of inclusive societies, based on the universal human rights. Through words, actions and results this individual has fostered critical thinking and dialogue, as well as approaches and strategies that strive to remove walls, change attitudes and to reinforce the principles of tolerance and respect.
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Gautier Mignot
Ambassador of the European Union in Mexico
The European Union (EU) is represented in Mexico by its Delegation located in Mexico City. The Delegation is categorised as a diplomatic mission and officially represents the EU in Mexico.
The Ambassador of the European Union to Mexico, Gautier Mignot, will speak on the relationship between Mexico and the European Union and how we can strengthen the exchanges between our companies, which create quality jobs and wealth for our peoples, and between our citizens, particularly young people.
Gautier Mignot, Ambassador of the European Union in Mexico, is joining us thanks to the support from the Delegation of the European Union to Mexico.
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Interview with Gautier Mignot
Ambassador of the European Union in Mexico
Gautier Mignot, Ambassador of the European Union in Mexico, is joining us thanks to the support from the Delegation of the European Union to Mexico.
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MORNING BLOCK 2: EXPLORING CIRCULAR FUTURES
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WASTE & CONSUMERISM
The planet is drowning in waste. Our current economy is based on a ‘take-make-waste’ model, in which raw materials are collected, transformed into products that are used briefly, and then discarded as waste. We have to go beyond the current ‘take-make-waste’ system of the linear economy and aim for a circular economy for all. We need to consume more mindfully, design out waste, and make products and materials that regenerate natural systems and that are kept in use.
In the context of climate change, the COVID-19 crisis could open doors for ideas, products, services and systems once deemed too radical. This is the reason why it is important to address the issue of how we consume and the effects of our consumption habits when talking about waste, in which we will invite European and Mexican creatives and experts to inspire audiences and activate people to come up with innovative, feasible, scalable creative solutions to tackle the most pressing waste issues we are facing.
This part of the programme is powered by the Delegation of the European Union to Mexico.
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Ricardo Muttio Limas
No Waste Challenge winner - Radial Biomaterials
ABOUT Radial Biomaterials
Ricardo Muttio Limas is one of the founders of creative startup Radial Biomaterials have harnessed the natural growth of fungi to develop circular materials that can replace polystyrene, MDF and even animal leather.
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ABOUT THE NO WASTE CHALLENGE
Radial Biomaterials is one of the winners of What Design Can Do’s No Waste Challenge in Mexico City, which was launched earlier this year together with IKEA Foundation and Mexican partners, to tackle one of the most pressing issues of our time: waste.
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Malcolm Pruys
Managing Director of IKEA Mexico
As Managing Director of IKEA Mexico, Malcolm Pruys is the first to open, develop, and grow the IKEA business in Mexico.
Malcolm Pruys is joining us thanks to the support from the Delegation of the European Union to Mexico and the Embassy of Sweden in Mexico.
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Giovanna Massoni – ONLINE
CURATOR
Design curator and writer and the artistic director of RECIPROCITY design Liège, questioning designs impact in cultural, economic and social contexts.
Giovanna Massoni is joining us in an online talk thanks to the support from the Delegation of the European Union to Mexico and the Embassy of Belgium in Mexico.
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Femke van Gemert
Waste Textile Artist
Femke van Gemert is joining us thanks to the support from the Delegation of the European Union to Mexico and the Embassy of The Netherlands in Mexico.
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PANEL DISCUSSION ON EXPLORING CIRCULAR FUTURES
A panel discussion on the theme ‘exploring circular futures’ with speakers Malcolm Pruys, Giovanna Massoni and Femke van Gemert.
This part of the programme is powered by the Delegation of the European Union to Mexico.
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LIDEWIJ EDELKOORT – ONLINE
Trend forecaster, educator, publisher and activist
Lidewij Edelkoort is one of the world’s most famous trend forecasters.
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COFFEE BREAK
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BREAKOUT SESSIONS
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LUNCH BREAK
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BREAKOUT SESSIONS
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EVENING BLOCK 1: DECOLONISING DESIGN
Design values and history are taught through a canon; a pantheon of work by predominantly European and North American designers that lays the foundation for what is considered “good” or “bad”. The authority of that canon has undermined the work of non-Western and indigenous cultures, so that, for example, one design is regarded as a traditional craft and the other as modern design. How can we eliminate these false distinctions to recognize all forms of making and include them in an international canon? Within this theme, we investigate how colonial thinking determines the way we teach, value, and practice design. And we investigate how we, as a creative community, can transform systems that suppress into systems that lead to equality.
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MELINA SCIOLI – ONLINE
No Waste Challenge winner - Reparar.org
ABOUT REPARAR.org
A comprehensive collaborative database for extending product’s life through reuse, repair, and correct disposal, thus helping reduce waste.
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ABOUT THE NO WASTE CHALLENGE
Reparar.org is one of the winners of What Design Can Do’s No Waste Challenge, which was launched earlier this year together with IKEA Foundation, to tackle one of the most pressing issues of our time: waste.
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ANDREA MICHAEL DE LA PEÑA AGUIRRE
No Waste Challenge winner - Sustrato
ABOUT SUSTRATO
Sustrato is an experimental design project that transforms pineapple industry’s waste into biomaterials and sustainable products.
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ABOUT THE NO WASTE CHALLENGE
Sustrato is one of the winners of What Design Can Do’s No Waste Challenge, which was launched earlier this year together with IKEA Foundation and Mexican partners, to tackle one of the most pressing issues of our time: waste.
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Jesica Amescua and Mariana Ordoñez
Comunal: Taller de Arquitectura
As a multidisciplinary studio, COMUNAL: Taller de Arquitectura addresses the problems of habitation in rural communities. TheIR practice looks to develop solutions appropriate to the socio-environmental conditions of each region, while collaborating with professionals from a range of different backgrounds.
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Oscar Hagerman
Architect
Oscar Hagerman Mosquera is a Mexican architect and designer. The knowledge of native cultures plays an important role in his designs. He combines traditional esthetics with contemporary technology and works closely together with indigenous communities.
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Fernando Laposse
MATERIAL DESIGNER
Fernando Laposse is a London-based Mexican designer, he trained in Central Saint Martins as a product designer. He specializes in transforming humble natural materials into refined design pieces. He has worked extensively with overlooked plant fibers such as sisal, loofah, and corn leaves.
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PANEL DISCUSSION on DECOLONISING DESIGN
A panel discussion on the theme ‘decolonising design’ with speakers Jesica Amescua & Mariana Ordoñez, Oscar Hagerman and Fernando Laposse.
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Porfirio Gutiérrez
Textile Artist
Porfirio Gutiérrez is a California-based textile artist and natural dyer, born and raised in the richly historic Zapotec textile community in Oaxaca, Mexico, he weaves together history, art, culture and tradtition. For Porfirio, colour is a way to connect with his ancestors’ way of life.
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EVENING BLOCK 2: A CLIMATE FOR CHANGE
It is no secret to anyone that climate change is a reality in progress. The time to take action to reverse the scale of this catastrophe is in everyone’s hands. Through design, we can achieve an impact that affects large corporations, state policies, and ourselves, to take actions that can curb and urgently reverse climate change. How can we respond to the greatest challenge of our time, with urgency and optimism? In the creativity of many designers, architects, activists and artists we can find the spark that ignites ideas.
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LOS COGELONES
PERFORMANCE
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TEJAS SIDNAL – ONLINE
NO WASTE CHALLENGE WINNER - CARBON TILE
ABOUT CARBON TILE
Carbon Tile is a project by Carbon Craft Design, an Indian design and material innovation startup building architectural and interior products by upcycling carbon.
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ABOUT THE NO WASTE CHALLENGE
Carbon Tile is one of the winners of What Design Can Do’s No Waste Challenge, which was launched earlier this year together with IKEA Foundation, to tackle one of the most pressing issues of our time: waste.
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Samuel Neuenschwander
Founder & CEO at Kessel Sustainable Solutions
Sam is co-founder and CEO of Kessel, an innovative start-up in the sector of democratising energy access to sustainable energy.
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Sofia Clarke – ONLINE
Communications Lead at SPACE10
Sofia Clarke is the Communications Lead at SPACE10 – IKEA’s global research and design lab on a mission to create a better everyday life for people and the planet. SPACE10 researches and designs innovative solutions to some of the major shifts expected to affect people and our planet in the years to come.
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Joe Iles – ONLINE
Circular Design Programme Lead at the Ellen Mc Arthur Foundation
As Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Circular Design Programme Lead, Joe’s role is to inspire and empower millions of designers to create products, services, and systems for the circular economy.
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Josh Fox
FILM DIRECTOR & ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST
Josh Fox is best known as the Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning writer/director of GASLAND, a 2010 documentary exposing the dangers of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking”. In the years since, Fox has become internationally recognized as a spokesperson and leader on the issue of clean energy.
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