Chief Mentor
HON. Annastacia Palaszczuk
As Premier of Queensland, she led a government which promoted an ambitious economic and social reform agenda. In particular, Annastacia was pivotal in promoting the rights of women, First Nations peoples, Veterans and the Arts. During Annastacia’s term as Premier, she promoted economic activity, ensuring high rates of employment and economic prosperity, particularly in rural and regional Queensland.
Mentors
DR. MICHAEL MEHLING
Deputy Director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a Professor of Practice at the University of Strathclyde Law School. Served as President of Ecologic Institute, Washington DC,and a Board Member of Ecologic Institute.
dr. AYAKA Yamashita
Co-founder of Edaya, a multi-disciplinary collective. Researcher, educator, and cultural producer, currently serving as an adjunct lecturer at the University of Nagano. Doctoral candidate at Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD). Work intersects the fields of ecology, anthropology, and culture & arts.
Member of the Brazil President’s advisory council. Professor and Researcher at the Post-Graduation Program on Energy and Environment. Board of advisor and doctorate in knowledge diffusion and at the Federal Institute of Bahia.
Director of education at the Jiyugaoka Gakuen High School. Steering committee member of Karanga: the Global Alliance for Social Emotional Learning and Life Skills. Holds a doctorate in computer science from the University of Tokyo, a master’s from the University of Illinois and from Keio University.
Joanna Kay
General Manager for Zero Carbon Hydrogen Australia. Previously, the Australia Government Specialist Advisor to the International Solar Alliance. Board member of the University of Adelaide’s Institute of Sustainability, Energy and Resources.
VR Ferose
Based in Palo Alto. Heads the SAP Academy for Engineering, with a mission to create the next generation of engineers solving the most complex problems in the world. Formerly headed Globalization Services. Was the Managing Director of SAP Labs at the age of 33. Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum.
IRENE Nagudi
Founder and CEO of the Kichini Gardeners Initiative. Conservation Educator and Agroecology Mentee under the African Women Leaders in Agroecology. Kofi Annan Change Maker 2021.
MAX Frenzel
Creative technologist, entrepreneur, and co-author of the international bestseller “Time Off”. AI researcher focusing on cultivativating truly human skills like creativity, intuition, and empathy. Received his PhD in Quantum Information Theory from Imperial College London and worked as a postdoc at Tokyo University.
dr. Tatiana Mitrova
Professor and Research Director at the Energy Centre, Moscow School of Management, Scientific advisor at the Energy Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ERI RAS), Research Scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University, Distinguished Research Fellow at Institute of Energy Economics, Japan
Dr. Mahelet G. Fikru
Professor of Economics at Missouri University of Science and Technology, Researches on sustainable energy technology resources, and the role of policies in shaping social and economic outcomes. She integrates economic theory with data science and collaborates across academia and industry.
dr. Karine sargsyan
Advisor to the Republic of Armenia. Medical doctor, geneticist, futurist and educator. Scientific Director of Oncobiobank at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Beverly Hills, and Managing Director for International Biobanking at Medical University of Graz, Austria.
dr. TAMAS Landesz
Director, Administration and Finance at the World Health Organization. Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum. Holds a PhD from Paris, an MPA from Harvard University, an MALD from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and an MBA from Vienna.
Masato SEKO
Senior Director for the Social Innovation Program at The Nippon Foundation. Previously, he worked at the Asia and Pacific Islands Department at The Sasakawa Peace Foundation and at the Japan Center for Preventive Diplomacy. Graduated with a degree in business administration at Waseda University.
zisis Kozlakidis
Head of the Laboratory Services and Biobank Group at the International Agency for Research on Cancer, in Lyon, France. Past President of the International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories. A virologist, with a PhD in microbiology from Imperial College London.
sahar Albazar
Egyptian MP and the Deputy Chair of the Foreign Relations Committee at the Egyptian House of Representatives. President of the forum of young Parliamentarians representing more than 179 countries. A Young Global Leader in 2022. Yale University World Fellow. Holds an MPA from Harvard University.