Regenerative Agency: Building Other Worlds

James Bridle is a writer, artist and technologist. They are the author of 'New Dark Age' (2018), a book about technology, politics, and society, and 'Ways of Being' (2022), about technology, ecology, and more-than-human intelligence. Their artworks have been commissioned by galleries and institutions and exhibited worldwide and on the internet. Their writing has appeared in magazines and newspapers including Wired, the Atlantic, the New Statesman, the Guardian, and the Financial Times. 

Leading from the Edges of the Known 

Bayo Akomolafe (Ph.D.) is a widely celebrated international speaker, posthumanist thinker, poet, teacher, public intellectual, essayist, and author of two books, ‘These Wilds Beyond our Fences: Letters to My Daughter on Humanity’s Search for Home’ and ‘We Will Tell our Own Story: The Lions of Africa Speak’. Bayo is the founder of The Emergence Network, an earth-wide project for the recalibration of our ability to respond to civilizational crises.

Leadership Capacities within Native American Cultures

Dr. Lyla June Johnston (aka Lyla June) is an Indigenous musician, author, and community organizer of Diné (Navajo), Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne) and European lineages. Her multi-genre presentation style has engaged audiences across the globe towards personal, collective, and ecological healing. She blends her study of Human Ecology at Stanford, graduate work in Indigenous Pedagogy, and the traditional worldview she grew up with to inform her music, perspectives and solutions.

The Project Ecology Map - A practical living systems thinking framework 

Michelle Holliday is a visionary author, facilitator, consultant and researcher. For the past two decades, she has supported pioneering, purpose-driven clients across a wide range of sectors, including agriculture and tourism, to enable the transition to more regenerative systems and structures. Michelle’s research and practical experience are brought together in her highly acclaimed book, ‘The Age of Thrivability: Vital Perspectives and Practices for a Better World’, as well as in nearly 100 articles.

Holding essential questions together

Daniel Christian Wahl is one of the catalysts of the rising regeneration and the author of internationally acclaimed book Designing Regenerative Cultures. He works as a consultant and educator with NGOs, businesses, governments and change agents. Daniel has a background in biology, holistic science and a PhD in Design for Human and Planetary Health. His blog on Medium is followed by over 23k people and his social media advocacy has a combined audience of over 630k people.

Kathia Kaszlo, PhD is a compassionate executive coach, organizational consultant, and facilitator with 30 years of experience. Her work focuses on increasing collaboration and innovation capacities for organizational effectiveness and systemic transformation. She works with leaders and organizations in the private, public, and social sectors internationally.