Kent Larson is the Director of the City Science group at the MIT Media Lab. His research focuses on developing urban interventions to create more livable and high-performance districts. Kent’s work has received multiple awards and recognition, and he has been a practicing architect with widely published design works.

Rodrigo Barbosa is a Brazilian business leader recognized for his achievements, including being named “Turnaround of the Year in Brazil” and “Person of the Year 2020” in the mining sector. He has led several companies, participated in M&A transactions exceeding USD $3.0 billion, and structured over USD $2.5 billion in debt.

Wolfgang Reichenberger worked for nearly 30 years with Nestlé in various management roles globally. He co-founded Inventages Wealth Management Inc., a venture capital fund specializing in healthy nutrition. Wolfgang has served as an Honorary Consul of Austria for the Bahamas since 2017.

Anthony Steains (Tony) is the founder and CEO of Comprador Limited (former Blackstone Asia). He has extensive experience in Asian M&A, having managed transactions for prominent companies across Asia. Before founding Comprador, he was a Managing Director and Head of Asia Corporate Finance at Lehman Brothers in Hong Kong.

Maurice R. Ferré MD is a serial entrepreneur focused on exponential changes in the medical technology sector. He is the Chairman and CEO of Insightec and was the co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of MAKO Surgical Corp. Dr. Ferré has been recognized by the World Economic Forum and is active on various boards, including Endeavor Miami and The Everglades Foundation.

Paul Bragiel is an early-stage investor and Board Member of Uber, and founder of Bragiel Brothers. Through multiple funds, he has helped create, he has participated as an investor or advisor in the seed/series A rounds of over 200 companies, including billion-dollar companies like Uber, Unity, and Zappos. He is also known for his adventurous pursuits, including cycling across the United States and competing in skiing events for Colombia.

Antti Pennanen is a Finnish entrepreneur who focused on creating a digital network called MONI, aiming to revolutionize financial processes using blockchain technology. MONI provides services like payments, identity verification, property ownership, and voting through a decentralized system.

Are Traasdahl is the founder and CEO of Spring Capital, investing in public equities, venture capital firms, private equity firms, and select private companies. He was the founder and CEO of Tapad, an ad tech company offering cross-device technology solutions, which was acquired by Telenor Group in 2016. He also founded Thumbplay and has been named Founder of the Year by the Nordic Startup Awards.

Matias Mosse is the co-founder of Starlight Ventures, a venture firm designed to address humanity’s greatest challenges and opportunities, using science and technology breakthroughs to achieve progress at scale. He is also the founder & CEO of Star Capital, a private investment office with interests in technology, industry, real estate, and agribusiness, focusing on early-stage technology ventures. Matias has co-founded several companies and was a member of the board of CIPPEC, a leading public policy think tank in Argentina.

Rodrigo Arboleda is the former Chairman and CEO of One Laptop Per Child Association (OLPCA), co-founder and CEO of FastrackInstitute, a non-profit oriented to help societies accelerate the adoption of exponential technologies; co-founder and Chairman of One Guyana, a company aiming at contributing to the sustainable development of Guyana using technology, science, and technology as the base for its development. Rodrigo is an MIT graduate and has held leadership roles, including President of the Colombian Society of Architects in Medellin and Executive VP of Ogden Corporation of NY.

Liliana Ayalde retired from the U.S. Foreign Service following a distinguished 38-year career with assignments in Washington, D.C., and abroad. She dedicated her diplomatic career to foreign affairs, development, defense, and security in Latin America and the Caribbean. Until September 2019, Ambassador Ayalde served as the Civilian Deputy to the Commander and Foreign Policy Advisor at the United States Southern Command in Miami. She led the engagement with the Department of State and Embassies abroad, ensuring coordination between policy and Command-sponsored security cooperation programs. Previously, she served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Federative Republic of Brazil (2013-16), overseeing a robust bilateral and global policy agenda which included political, economic, and security issues. She led the U.S. support to the 2014 World Cup, the 2016 Summer Olympics, and the 2016 Paralympic Games hosted by Brazil. She is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese and has a working knowledge of French.

Robert Lavia, founder of Dakia Global Enterprise, is a dynamic business leader known for high-impact, sustainable investments. As Chairman, he oversees U-Ventures and Dakia Energy, collaborating with Universal Music Group. Passionate about environmental sustainability, he’s a founder of Alder Renewables and led projects exceeding US$5 billion as Chief Investment Officer at Veremonte. Committed to positive global change, he holds key positions in organizations like the Oxford Leadership Group and the Be Earth Foundation, showcasing his dedication to sustainable development.

Sergio Gusmao Suchodolski is president of BDMG, Development Bank of Minas Gerais, Brazil’s third largest state. Mr. Suchodolski is also the President of the Brazilian Development Association (ABDE) and Vice President of the Latin American Association of Development Finance Institutions (ALIDE). Formerly, he was Director General, Strategy and Partnerships at the New Development Bank, Shanghai, China. He has served as Chief of Staff at the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) and as Special Advisor and Chief Foreign Policy Advisor at the Secretariat of Strategic Affairs, under the Office of the President of Brazil. Prior to that, he was Vice President for Corporate Development at Arlon Capital Partners, a New York-based Global Private Equity Firm focused on Food and Agriculture investments. He holds a Master’s of Laws Degree (LLM) from Harvard Law School, a Diplome (MA) from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris Sciences-Po (Major in International Trade), and an LLB from the University of Sao Paulo Law School.

Peter Knez, formerly the Chief Investment Officer at Blackrock, is renowned for escalating AUM from $5 billion to $40 billion in the U.S., and doubling it to $80 billion globally. Peter enhanced the quantitative research and fixed income sectors at Lincoln Capital Management and Goldman Sachs, complemented by his academic tenures at the Kellogg School of Management, University of Wisconsin, and University of Chicago, where he also completed his PhD at the Wharton School and conducted post-doctoral work.

Presently, Peter is engrossed in infrastructure transformation, emphasizing energy transition and artificial intelligence, while pioneering in environmental finance through initiatives like rainforest tokenization and impact fund management, marrying his financial acumen with a strong commitment to sustainability and innovation.

Jalak Jobanputra is O.N.E. AMAZON™ co-founder, Future Perfect Ventures founder, an early-stage venture capital fund investing in decentralized technology, with over 40 invested portfolio companies. She was awarded Institutional Investor’s Most Powerful Fintech Dealmakers, was listed as a 100 Most Influential Fintech Leader of 2016 and 2017, and was cited as a “Top 5 Investor Powering the Blockchain Boom.” Prior to FPV, Jobanputra was the Director at Omidyar Network, a philanthropy capitalist fund started by Pierre Omidyar, co-founder of eBay. Previously, she worked at Intel Capital investing in enterprise software in Silicon Valley and was an investment banker in NYC and London. She is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, with a B.S. in Economics (concentration in Finance) from The Wharton School and a Kellogg MBA.

Rodrigo Veloso is a serial entrepreneur and investor who believes in responsible industry leadership, which translates into creating profitable growth in harmony with environmental sustainability and with a peaceful society.

He is the founder of O.N.E. Coconut Water. As CEO, he built the O.N.E. brand into a multi-million dollar business with distribution in over 25,000 retail stores in the United States and worldwide. Nearly 2,000 jobs were generated by the partnerships and supply network for O.N.E. Coconut Water he established in Brazil, The Philippines, and Indonesia. The brand success led to PepsiCo’s purchase of O.N.E. Coconut Water in 2012.

Founder of O.N.E. Natural Energy. The company targets a niche market that has been created by the development of an economically sustainable tire-to-energy plasma gasification technology.

Co-founder of O.N.E. Comprador. A partnership between O.N.E. and the Hong Kong based Comprador focused on leveraging technological, strategic, and financial resources to provide long-term solutions to infrastructure, environmental health, and sustainability challenges facing Brazil.

Co-founder of O.N.E. Guyana, a company aiming at investing and contributing to the sustainable development of Guyana, one of the world’s fastest-growing economies.

Co-founder of VENUS.LOVE. Venus is a vertically integrated mammography company that manufactures x-ray mammograms and operates clinics. The purpose of Venus is to offer a high-quality experience and image while democratizing access to mammograms.

Rodrigo is also an Executive Director of Lcatterton LATAM fund. Lcatterton is a private equity company with over 30 billion of assets under management dedicated to growing middle market companies and emerging high-growth enterprises.