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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