
Tristan Ace
Global Lead Partnerships & Development Social Enterprise/Developing Inclusive & Creative Economies, British Council

Javier J. Hernández Acosta
Founder, Inversión Cultural & Director of Business Administration Department, Universidad del Sagrado Corazón

Judith Aidoo
CEO, Caswell Capital Partners

Enrique Avogadro
Minister of Culture, Buenos Aires City

Chris van Bergen
CFO/COO, Nest and Adjunct Professor, NYU Stern School of Business

Simona Bielli
Head of Programmes, Nesta Italia

Carolina Biquard
Co-founder & CEO, Fundación Compromiso

Laura Callanan
Founding Partner, Upstart Co-Lab

Camille Canon
Partner, Purpose Ventures

Sebastián Cantuarias
Executive Director, Fundación Dinero y Conciencia

Creative Capital

Juan Collado
President and Co-founder, Hilandería Warmi

Eduardo F. Costantini
Founder and Honorary Chairman, Malba

Simon Cronshaw
Co-founder, REMIX Summits

Sarah Ellis
Director of Digital Development, Royal Shakespeare Company

George Gachara
Managing Partner, HEVA Fund LLC

Chani Guyot
Founder, RED/ACCIÓN

Marisa Henderson
Chief of Creative Economy, UNCTAD

Karen Brooks Hopkins
Senior Advisor, Onassis Foundation

Sunil Iyengar
Research & Analysis Director, National Endowment for the Arts

Justyna Jochym
CEO, Festivals Adelaide

Sheoyki A. Jones
Program Manager, Creative Industries, Invest Atlanta

Phil Kirshman
Chief Investment Officer, Syntrinsic Investment Counsel

Alexander Kühl
Co-founder, Purpose Ventures

Hector Manuel Meneses Lozano
Director, Museo Textil de Oaxaca

Alejandra Luzardo
Leader in Innovation and Creativity, Inter-American Development Bank

Yo-Yo Ma
Cellist

Elizabeth MacKinnon
Previous Director, Policy, Planning, Content and Foresight, Canada Council for the Arts

Alejandra Martí
Executive Director, Ópera Latinoamérica and Escena Digital

André Melman
Director, Trê

Omar Nagati
Co-Founder, CLUSTER

Bruce Nussbaum
Mentor-In-Residence, NEW INC

Lázaro I. Rodríguez Oliva
Member of the Panel of Experts (2020-2023), International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD)

Kevin Osborne
Founder and Chief Executive, MeWe360

Barbara Russi
Director Creativity, Culture & Capital, Fundación Compromiso

Fran Sanderson
Director, Arts & Culture Programmes and Investments, Nesta

Eduardo Saron
Director, Itaú Cultural

Becky Schutt
Head of Developing Inclusive & Creative Economies (DICE), British Council

Amy Shelver
Creative economy expert and Communications Officer, UNCTAD

Sir Ronald Cohen
Chair, Global Steering Group for Impact Investment

Peter Tullin
Co-founder, REMIX Summits

Leandro Valiati
Professor of Creative Industries and Cultural Economics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Marco Zappalorto
Chief Executive, Nesta Italia
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