Jessica Bockler, PhD, is a transpersonal psychologist, applied artist, and co-founding director of Alef Trust, a global leader in transformative education offering professional training and degree programmes in consciousness studies, transpersonal psychology and allied fields. Originally trained in applied and physical theatre, Jessica has an extensive background in expressive arts facilitation, experimental movement and voice work, and embodied approaches to imagination and human development. She is the founder of Creative Alternatives, one of the UK’s longest-established arts and mental wellbeing services and an award-winning pioneer in social prescribing.

Jessica’s research and teaching draw on transpersonal psychology, integral theory, Jungian and archetypal perspectives, ritual studies, and awareness-based approaches to social change. She is particularly interested in how imagination and embodiment shape leadership, collective trauma healing, education, and processes of societal transformation. Jessica leads Alef Trust’s Centre for the Ecology of Human Transformation, which explores how life-affirming transformation takes root and flourishes in people, organisations, and communities. She serves on the editorial team of the Journal of Awareness-Based Systems Change and she is a Fellow of the Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, and a member of the British Psychological Society.

Amanda Burrell is an award-winning filmmaker, broadcaster and impact producer whose work explores the climate and ecological crisis and, above all, how to address it. Through films about subjects including Indigenous wisdom, faith, climate litigation, regenerative economic models and scientific innovation, she has spent much of her career telling the stories of people working to rebalance humanity's relationship with the natural world and foster planetary wellbeing.

Recently, she has been exploring the role that media and storytelling, combined with impact strategies, can play in driving systemic change by shifting people’s perspectives, expanding their sense of what is possible and inspiring action.

Amanda has produced factual and current affairs programmes for international broadcasters including Al Jazeera, the BBC, Discovery and PBS, and has led creative teams in Turkey, India, Qatar and the UK. For the past ten years, she has made environmental programmes for Al Jazeera English, principally as Executive Producer of the pioneering solutions series, earthrise. She is a juror for the Goldman Environmental Prize.

Jude Currivan is a cosmologist, futurist, author and co-founder of WholeWorld-View. She was previously one of the most senior businesswomen in the UK, has a Master’s degree in Physics from Oxford University specialising in quantum physics and cosmology and a PhD in Anthropological Archaeology from the University of Reading researching ancient cosmologies. She has travelled to over 80 countries, worked with wisdom keepers from many traditions and her extensive experience and knowledge of world events, systems and trends, has led her to speak widely regarding transformational reforms.

She is a life-long researcher into the nature of reality, integrating leading-edge science, research into consciousness and universal wisdom teachings into a wholistic worldview. She is the author of seven books, latterly the bestselling and Nautilus award-winning The Cosmic Hologram: In-formation at the Center of Creation and The Story of Gaia: The Big Breath and the Evolutionary Journey of our Conscious Planet. She is a Full Member of the Club of Rome, Fellow of the World Academy of Arts and Science and is a Council member of the Evolutionary Leaders Circle. In 2017 she co-founded WholeWorld-View to communicate an emergent unitive paradigm and serve its understanding, experiencing and embodiment to empower conscious evolution and transformational change. In 2024 she co-produced, wrote and narrated a short documentary film entitled A Radical Guide to Reality, freely available on YouTube in 20 languages from Arabic to Ukrainian – and accompanied by an education wrap-around.

Dr Filippo Dal Fiore is a philosopher, educator, and researcher whose work explores consciousness, worldview transformation, contemplative inquiry, and cultural evolution. His scholarship bridges philosophy, complexity science, systems thinking, and spiritual traditions to pursue a more integrated understanding of human experience. Filippo is particularly interested in how shifts in consciousness influence social change and how new narratives may support the emergence of more regenerative futures. He currently serves as Professor of Sustainable Business at the University of Bologna and as an advisor at the Great Place To Work Institute.

Through his teaching, writing, and international collaborations, he examines the role of wisdom, meaning, and participatory ways of knowing in responding to contemporary global challenges. His work contributes to a growing body of scholarship seeking to reconnect scientific understanding, lived experience, and the deeper dimensions of human flourishing.

Professor Scherto Gill is an internationally respected scholar, peacebuilder, and thought leader whose work focuses on collective healing, peace, human flourishing, and transformative governance. She is Director of the Global Humanity for Peace Institute at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David and leads UNESCO's Collective Healing Initiative. Her work brings together research, practice, and policy to address some of the deepest challenges facing humanity, including trauma, inequality, conflict, and social fragmentation.

Scherto's scholarship explores peace not simply as the absence of violence but as the presence of dignity, wellbeing, belonging, and right relationship. Through her pioneering work on relational leadership, collective healing, intergenerational dialogue, and holistic wellbeing, she has become a leading international voice in the development of more compassionate and life-enhancing societies. Her work consistently demonstrates how flourishing emerges through relationships rooted in empathy, mutual recognition, justice, and care.

Dr Hannah Gosnell is a geographer whose research and teaching explore the inner and outer dimensions of social-ecological transformation in agricultural and rural landscapes. Her work focuses on regenerative agriculture, climate change, biodiversity conservation, and the governance of land and water in rapidly changing working landscapes. As a social scientist, she examines the cultural narratives, relational worldviews, and shifts in consciousness that shape how people engage with land, food systems, and the more-than-human world.

She is particularly interested in awareness-based systems change, transformative learning, and the movement from relations of domination toward relations of care across human and ecological communities. Her work also engages ecocentric thinking, diverse ways of knowing, and the intelligence embedded in living systems. Through qualitative, collaborative research, she seeks to co-create knowledge with land managers and communities, exploring how changes in values, identity, and meaning-making are intertwined with institutional and ecological change. Hannah was a Coordinating Lead Author on the IPBES Transformative Change Assessment and is currently a Nova Scholar, focusing on how cultural narratives, nature connectedness, and transformative learning can shift the dysfunctional relationships in animal agriculture toward conscious, regenerative alternatives.

Wahinkpe Topa (Four Arrows), aka Don Trent Jacobs, Ph.D., Ed.D., is the author of 28 books and numerous academic publications on the practical applications of the Kincentric Worldview. The Chicago Wisdom Project selected his book, Teaching Truly, as one of the top 20 education books of all time, and UC Berkeley's Science Center for the Greater Good named Restoring the Kinship Worldview “one of the most thought-provoking, inspiring, and practical books of 2022.” He is a recipient of the Martin Springer Institute's Moral Courage Award for his Indigenous-based activism.

A Professor Emeritus, he now offers individual Zoom sessions on his widely recognized dehypnotizing technology, emphasizing a return to the KW, referred to as the CAT-FAWN Connection. An avid stand-up paddleboard surfer at 80, he lives with his artist wife in Mexico in the winter and on Vancouver Island in the summer.

Kosha Joubert is the CEO of the Pocket Project, where she works closely with Thomas Huebl and a global team to grow a culture of trauma-informed care. Kosha is an expert facilitator, coach and organisational development facilitator who has worked on systems regeneration, trauma-informed leadership and post-traumatic growth in more than 48 countries. Kosha has authored several books and received the Dadi Janki Award (2017) for engaging spirituality in life and work and the One World Award (2020) for building the Global Ecovillage Network to a worldwide movement reaching out to over 6000 communities on all continents.

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David Lorimer is a writer, educator, and internationally respected thought leader in consciousness studies, worldview transformation, and the integration of science and spirituality. As Global Ambassador of the Scientific and Medical Network and Chair of the Galileo Commission, he has spent more than four decades fostering dialogue across disciplines and cultures. He is the author and editor of numerous books exploring consciousness, ethics, education, wisdom, and human potential, and also editor of Paradigm Explorer.

David has been instrumental in creating platforms where scientists, philosophers, educators, spiritual practitioners, and social innovators can engage in constructive inquiry about the nature of reality and the future of humanity. His work continues to inspire a more holistic and participatory understanding of human flourishing and planetary responsibility.

Dr Pavel Luksha is a systems scientist, futurist, educator, and internationally recognised pioneer in the field of transformative futures. As Founder of Global Education Futures and a Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science, he has spent more than two decades exploring how education, governance, economics, and culture must evolve to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century. His work spans foresight, regenerative development, collective intelligence, learning ecosystems, and evolutionary leadership.

Pavel is a co-founder of initiatives including Living Cities Earth, The Weaving Lab, and University for the Earth, all of which seek to cultivate conditions for a flourishing planetary future. His recent work explores the role of inner development, wisdom traditions, and systems transformation in supporting humanity's transition towards more regenerative and life-affirming futures. He is widely regarded as one of the leading international voices bridging futures thinking, educational innovation, and civilisational renewal.

Eri is Senior Lecturer in Education Studies at Bath Spa University. Eri has a breadth of local and national experience working within the third sector and student union movement, in particular researching and campaigning for social equality and disability rights. He has almost 10 years’ experience conducting social policy research in areas such as well-being, mental health, higher education policy and practice, and social welfare. In particular, he has been active via his policy work for national organisations such as Citizens Advice, NAWRA and NASMA. In recognition of the impact of his advice and research-led campaigns “going above and beyond” the call of duty, he was awarded NASMA Student Money Adviser of the year 2016.

Eri continues to contribute to a number of local, national and international committees in education, philosophy and policy; for example, he is a director and trustee for Edge Hill University Students' Union, an elected national executive member for Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain, a member of the Educational Futures Group (Harvard), and an active and contributing member to the Leadership for Flourishing Group. He also leads or co-leads a number of projects at Bath Spa University, with the aim to encourage and support a sense of belonging and 'community of practice' between staff and students, through dialogue and inquiry.

Eduard founded the University for International Cooperation (UCI) in Costa Rica in 1994, where he is Rector and President. UCI has graduated nearly 6,000 students from 60 countries and is renowned for its innovative transdisciplinary programs. An early pioneer of online education in 1998, Eduard challenged skepticism about virtual graduate learning.

Today, he is a global advocate for regenerative development, promoting solutions through collaborative, holistic efforts that integrate diverse dimensions - economic, social, cultural, environmental, political, and spiritual. In 2018, he launched the Regenerate Costa Rica initiative, supported by over 40 partners, and in 2020, founded the Savory Hub for Costa Rica to advance holistic grazing practices. With over 45 years of international experience spanning more than 50 countries, Eduard’s work in higher education, climate change, biodiversity, and sustainable development has made him a pioneer in regenerative practices. He recently launched the Mycelium Learning Network, a global community to accelerate regeneration. He served on multiple advisory boards like Equitable Earth, Soil In Formation, Wellbeing Economy Alliance, and has advised major organizations like UNESCO, UNDP, and the World Bank.

Professor Darcia Narvaez is one of the world's leading developmental psychologists and a pioneering scholar of moral development, wellbeing, and human flourishing. Professor Emerita at the University of Notre Dame, her research integrates psychology, anthropology, neuroscience, and evolutionary science to explore how early life experiences shape lifelong patterns of health, empathy, resilience, and ethical behaviour.

She is best known for her work on the Evolved Developmental Niche, which highlights the importance of nurturing relationships, community support, play, and emotional security in healthy human development. Darcia's scholarship has significantly influenced contemporary understanding of childhood, education, parenting, and social wellbeing. Her work offers a compelling vision of how societies can create the conditions in which individuals and communities thrive across generations.

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Professor Susan Prescott is a pediatrician, immunologist, artist, and award-winning author, internationally recognized for her pioneering research on the early environmental determinants of health and disease. She is Professor of Planetary Health at the University of Western Australia and an inaugural Artist-in-Residence and Visiting Professor at Yale University, with the Office of Planetary Health at Yale School of Nursing. Her work explores the deep interconnections between personal, collective, and planetary well-being, inspiring creative, integrated, and compassionate approaches—grounded in wisdom and reciprocity—to social and ecological justice and more flourishing futures.

She is also Director of the Center for Planetary Consciousness and Global Flourishing at the Nova Institute for Health in Baltimore, where she leads the Nova Network, a global transdisciplinary community advancing planetary health, and the Earthrise Community, which explores the inner and spiritual dimensions of collective transformation. She is Editor-in-Chief of Challenges—Journal of Planetary Health, advancing transdisciplinary dialogue across the field, and founding Director of the ORIGINS Project, a large-scale intervention birth cohort involving 10,000 families and focused on improving lifelong physical and emotional well-being. She is also a lead investigator of the Flourishing Child Project, a major ORIGINS sub-study examining the early foundations of well-being and human flourishing.