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Kaave Pour is a creative entrepreneur from Copenhagen with Danish and Iranian roots. As the former co-founder, CEO, and Creative Director of SPACE10, he guided the renowned R&D lab to global recognition across four continents before its closure after a decade of innovative work. Kaave’s expertise spans design, culture, and technology, with notable collaborations including…

Sofie Holstein-Homann has worked as a strategic design consultant for more than 17 years. She is Global Managing Partner at the strategy-design consultancy Manyone and was among the group of founders. Previously, Sofie worked at Designit in several leading positions. Sofie works with large global companies on complex challenges and is a trusted strategic advisor…

An architect, product designer, and engineer by training, Banny has been working for the past two decades in advancing design approaches and developing innovation methodology for systems challenges marked by scale, complexity, uncertainty, and deeply entrenched systemic risks, along with helping leaders shape integrated system strategies. He works with the private sector, public sector, as…

Matylda Krzykowski directs, designs, writes, and talks about objects within space and ideas outside of space. Her transdisciplinary, geographically mobile practice resonates worldwide through exhibitions, installations, talks, texts, performances, and exhibits. As artistic lead of CIVIC at Basel Academy of Art & Design, Matylda Krzykowski provides an educational and experimental environment with opportunities for participation,…

Akanksha Deo Sharma, an Indian multidisciplinary designer and artist, works as an in-house designer at IKEA. Recognized in Forbes India’s 30 Under 30 for her work in integrating craft into the global design landscape. With a foundation in fashion design, Sharma actively collaborates with craft communities, highlighting the essential role of community and craft in…

Kara is VP of Regenerative Design at frog, the reinvention and experience partner part of Capgemini Invent. Over the past 20 years, she has helped her clients to shape new products, services and businesses. As global lead for sustainability, she is focusing her attention on ensuring teams and organisations can deliver outcomes that ensure a…

Carsten Nguyen Henriksen is a Creative Director and Brand Consultant with over 15 years of design leadership experience across digital product design, corporate identity, wayfinding, packaging, and industrial design. Carsten runs his own studio specializing in brand transformation that fuses business purpose, corporate culture, and product design, working with clients such as Danske Bank, KEA,…

Tiina Karjalainen Kierysch is a Swedish-Finnish industrial designer and Head of Design at Bang & Olufsen, based in Copenhagen, Denmark. She has a track record of award-winning product creation in global design positions, including collaborations across transportation design. Tiina has a broad experience of setting creative direction, leading design teams and processes from early concept…

Over the last three decades, Master Designer and CEO Torsten Valeur has successfully shaped the look and feel of numerous brand-defining products. Fascinated by technology but a true sculptor at heart, Torsten Valeur is on a constant quest for originality. Regardless if he works with start-ups or global companies, he always aspires to find solutions…

Signe Kongebro is Global Design Director, Urbanism at Henning Larsen. In 2007, Signe founded Henning Larsen’s sustainability department, and to this day, she is one of the driving forces behind the studio’s focus on sustainable construction in the industry. With her extensive knowledge, Signe is pioneering new ways to reduce carbon on an urban scale.…