Paul Hawken
Paul Hawken is an environmentalist, entrepreneur, journalist, and author. Starting at age 20, he dedicated his life to sustainability and changing the relationship between business and the environment. His practice has included starting and running ecological businesses, writing and teaching about the impact of commerce on living systems, and consulting with governments and corporations on economic development, industrial ecology, and environmental policy.

Tim Brown
Tim Brown is the CEO and president of IDEO. Tim speaks regularly on the value of design thinking and innovation to business and design audiences around the world. Since 2006, he has participated in and presented at the World Economic Forum in Davos. An industrial designer by training, his own work has earned him numerous design awards and has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Axis Gallery in Tokyo, and the Design Museum in London. Tim has a special interest in the convergence of technology and the arts as well as the ways in which design can be used to promote the wellbeing of people living in emerging economies.

Allan Chochinov
Allan Chochinov is a partner at Core77, a New York-based design network supporting the global design community through both online and offline initiatives. He serves as the editor-in-chief of Core77.com, the widely read design website, Coroflot.com design job and portfolio site, and DesignDirectory.com design firm database.

Jennifer van der Meer
Jennifer van der Meer is a leader in brand and product innovation, and is a founding principal at research design house Risque Consulting. A former Wall Street analyst and economist, Jennifer transitioned into the design industry upon graduating with an MBA from HEC in Paris. She has held strategy and executive management positions at Organic, Inc., Frog Design, and Fahrenheit 212. A leader in the green design community in NY, Jennifer serves as chapter chair of o2-NYC, and lectures on the topic of sustainable innovation.

Marc Alt
Marc Alt is president and creative director of Marc Alt + Partners, a design, research and brand strategy agency dedicated to sustainable innovation. Marc speaks frequently to a wide variety of audiences and companies about green design, sustainablility and creating value by aligning corporate strategy with environmental and social benefit. He is founding co-chair of the AIGA Center for Sustainable Design and previously served on the executive board of the NY Chapter of AIGA, The Professional Association for Design.

Valerie Casey
Valerie Casey heads a global practice at IDEO, where she designs socially and environmentally sustainable products, services, and business models for companies around the world. Valerie founded the Designers Accord, a call to arms for the creative community to reduce the negative impact caused by design, and to work collaboratively to inspire change in the design industry and in consumer behavior. Valerie has published and lectured on design throughout the international community, and is an adjunct professor at California College of the Arts.