Shigeru Ban (bio)
Architect, Professor at Keio University
Francesca Bria (bio)
President, chairwoman of the Italian National Innovation Fund - CDP Venture Capital SGR
Eszter Dávida (bio)
Urbanist, board member of KÉK (Hungarian Contemporary Architecture Centre)
Thiëmo Heilbron (bio)
Biologist, ecologist, founding director of social enterprise Fawaka Ondernemersschool (Fawaka School of Entrepreneurship)
Bjarke Ingels (bio)
Architect and founder of design consultancy Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG)
Francis Kéré (bio)
Architect, 2022 Pritzker prize laureate
Michela Magas (bio)
Innovation advisor to the European Commission and the G7 leaders, Industry Commons concept creator
Pia Maier Schriever (bio)*
Architect and Set Designer
*Nominated by the European Parliament Committee on Culture and Education
Alexandra Mitsotaki (bio)
Co-founder and President of the World Human Forum
Orla Murphy (bio)
Assistant Professor in UCD School of Architecture Planning & Environmental Policy, Co-Director of UCD Centre for Irish Towns (CfIT), Custom Architecture owner
Hilda Flavia Nakabuye (bio)
Climate, gender, and environmental rights activist
Emeka Ogboh (bio)
Artist and music producer
Sheela Patel (bio)
Grassroot activist and co-founder of SDI shack dwellers international
Luther Quenum (bio)
Products and services designer / Public policies design lab manager at Metropole Européenne de Lille
Mária Beňačková Rišková (bio)
Curator, editor, independent expert in design, multimedia, and cultural heritage, Head of the Slovak Design Center in Bratislava 2016-2020
Hans-Joachim Schellnhuber (bio)
Systems Physicist and Climate Scientist, Founding Director and Director Emeritus of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
Petr Skvaril (bio)
Global Partnerships & Programs Director at Impact Hub
José Pedro Sousa (bio)
Architect, Professor FAUP, University of Porto, Portugal
Hubert Trammer (bio)*
Architect, National Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning, Poland
*Nominated by the European Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Energy