Aishwarya Sharma recognised as India’s first fashion activist, is a climate advocate and a passionate women’s rights advocate based out of New Delhi, India. As a Global Goals ambassador with the Togetherband and UN Foundation, she advocates for Goal 5: Gender Equality & Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities. She is India head for Global Peace by ACCORD headquartered in South Africa and also serves as a goodwill ambassador for Youth of India, commanding a substantial following of 3,50,000 plus readers globally. She has been representing Indian youth at the prestigious global summits including COP27, COP28, BRICS and many more.

Apurv Gupta is a Future Thinker at Kering where he specialises in strategy development, integrating sustainability with cross-disciplinary functions such as innovation and finance, and partners with external organizations that advance Kering’s vision of sustainable luxury. Previously, he worked at Accenture Strategy in London where he led the global client account for the United Nations, focusing on multi-stakeholder partnerships and the integration of ESG data into corporate enterprise systems. Gupta graduated from the university of Edinburgh with dual honors in International Relations and Law. He serves on the board of World Information Transfer, an American-Ukrainian not-for-profit researching the societal impacts of climate change.

Dayana Molina is an emerging voice in her country. Born in Brazil, she is originally from the Ayamará and Fulni-ô ethnicities. In addition to being a stylist, she is a researcher and activist committed to promoting indigenous representation in the fashion industry. Her career in fashion began at the age of 17, with almost half of her life dedicated to sustainable creations in the construction of a more ethical, democratic, and anti-racist industry. She has received awards and nominations in the fashion, sustainability, and entrepreneurship categories. She is currently the creative director of the brand she founded, NALIMO, and works 100% with women in all stages of production. In her constant effort to decolonise and promote diversity, Molina persists in overcoming challenges and building bridges for the indigenous community.

Dr. Ahmed Zaidi, CEO and Co-Founder of Hyran Technologies, specialises in leveraging AI to enhance profitability and reduce waste for brands and suppliers. Serving as a visiting AI researcher at the University of Cambridge, he possesses a PhD in AI and deep learning from Cambridge. Zaidi has consulted for major fashion and technology firms, including Farfetch, PVH, and H&M. Coming from a background in apparel manufacturing, he is deeply committed to fostering a sustainable and equitable supply chain.

Mr Edwin Keh is the CEO of The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel. He also teaches supply chain operations in the Operations, Information and Decisions Department of the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.Until April 2010 Keh was the SVP COO of Wal-Mart Global Procurement. Prior to Wal-Mart he managed a consulting group that has done work for companies on supply chain, manufacturing, and product design. He co-founded the Consortium for Operational Excellence in Greater China (COER GC) sponsored by the Wharton School and Tsinghua University.

Keh had a career as senior executive with several international consumer goods and retail companies. He also worked for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees.He is on the advisory board of multiple social enterprises, research organizations, and NGOs and served on the Board of Whittier College, CA and the Expert Panel of H&M Foundation’s Global Change Award. He was awarded the Medal of Honor in 2020 by the HKSAR Government for his research work during the pandemic. He was named “Asia’s Most Influential” 2022 by Tatler, the best of Top 50 Innovative Retail Leaders by Inside Retail Hong Kong in 2019 and is on the Debrett’s Hong Kong 100 as one of the most influential people in Technology and Digital sector. He is a recipient of the Production and Operations Management Society’s Excellence in Production and Operations Management Practice Award and holds over 30 IPs and most have won global invention awards.

Elizabeth Segran has covered the fashion industry for a decade as a staff writer at Fast Company. Her work has also been published in The Atlantic, Foreign Policy, The Nation, The New Republic, and more. After receiving her undergraduate degree from Columbia University, she received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in the field of Indian literature and women's studies. Her book, The Rocket Years: How Your Twenties Launch The Rest of Your Life was published in 2020 by Harper. She currently lives in Cambridge, MA with her books, her husband, and her two daughters.

Emily Stochl is the Vice President of Education & Advocacy at Remake, a global advocacy organization fighting for fair pay and climate justice in fashion. Stochl leads power-building efforts across Remake’s international network of citizens, educators, legislators, students, and its 2,000 global ambassadors.

Ex investment analyst, founder and CEO, Eshita Kabra founded By Rotation as a side hustle in April 2019. Having travelled to her motherland Rajasthan, India, for her honeymoon and witnessed the first-hand effects of textile waste, Kabra felt compelled to change, and bring about change at grassroots level. A “third culture kid” Kabra is especially focused on creating a global community, having successfully launched By Rotation in the UK and US to create the world's largest shared wardrobe. A Forbes 30 Under 30, Marie Claire Future Shaper, Drapers 30 Under 30 and more, she is an established tastemaker and industry expert on issues such as the sharing economy, fashion and style.

Eva Karlsson is co-founder and CEO of Houdini Sportswear, a progressive and rapidly growing Swedish outdoor brand and a trailblazer in sustainable innovation. Since 2001, Karlsson together with a team of likeminded individuals, have been redesigning business to become a force for good – providing state-of-the-art circular products, offering product-as-a-service solutions and building a co-creative community for open-source innovation, sharing knowledge and inspiring to reconnect to nature. Rather than focusing on Houdini's outstanding track record, Karlsson emphasises the journey ahead and the untapped opportunities and abundant value in designing solutions for a compelling way of life within Planetary Boundaries.

Francisco Souza is a member of the Apurinã Indigenous People from the Amazon. He is the Senior Vice President Global Indigenous Peoples (IPs) and Local Communities (LCs) at Conservation International. With over 30 years of experience, he has supported IPs and LCs in +45 countries to sustainably manage a territory of 1.2 billion hectares worldwide by enhancing their livelihoods and protecting biodiversity, forests, and natural ecosystems. He envisions that no solution to protect Mother Earth will exist without including IPs and LCs who manage over one third of the Planet.

Géraldine Vallejo joined Kering in 2013 as its Sustainability Programme Director. She is responsible for helping guide the Group’s overall sustainability strategy and programme implementation. Vallejo oversees a team of international experts to support and advise the Group’s Luxury Houses with a focus on creating innovative approaches and building strategic partnerships around sustainable sourcing, biodiversity conservation and low environmental impact production. Vallejo holds a Master of Science in Environmental & Civil engineering from Stanford University, California, and is a graduate from Ecole Polytechnique, France.

Holly Syrett is the VP of Impact Programmes & Sustainability at Global Fashion Agenda. Her responsibilities include contributing to the strategic mission and shaping the sustainability agenda, driving GFA’s impact programmes and publications, and ensuring strategic engagement with key stakeholders and partners. Syrett joined Global Fashion Agenda in May 2020 with the aim to help mobilise and facilitate the fashion industry in achieving measurable socio-environmental impact improvements on its journey towards becoming Net Positive. Syrett brings 14 years of experience working on sustainability and transparency programmes in the fashion industry for both public and professional audiences. Syrett is a World Economic Forum Global Shaper Alumni, Climate Reality Leader and she holds a BA in Fashion and Branding from the Amsterdam Fashion Institute. As part of the Global Shapers’ Community, she co-founded the Shaping Fashion movement that is active in 50+ cities worldwide.

With over 25 years of experience in multiple industries and roles, Jeff Smith has developed extensive knowledge of various material systems and product areas. His background in the automotive, medical device, and polymer industries makes him a great problem solver. In his previous roles with Freudenberg-NOK and Pilot Industries (now Martinrea), he played a key role in developing and launching innovative products for fuel cells and fuel systems. He holds a US patent for a novel fuel cell sealing design.

Joycelyn Longdon is an award-winning educator and communicator who has been invited to speak on topics such as environmental justice, regenerative design, green technology and climate colonialism by The United Nations Geneva Dialogues, Channel 4, Cheltenham Science Festival, Oxford University and The Design Council, as well as becoming a recent TEDx Alumni. She was the 2022 winner of the Emerging Designer London Design Medal and was most recently featured in British Vogue’s December 2023 ‘Forces for Change’ Issue.

Marie-Claire Daveu began her career as a technical advisor to the cabinet of Prime Minister, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, before becoming Principal Private Secretary to Serge Lepeltier, Minister of Ecology and Sustainability. In 2005, she became Sustainability Director of Sanofi-Aventis Group. From 2007 to 2012, she served as Chief of Staff to French politician, Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, working in various secretaries of state and then at the Ministries of Ecology, Sustainability, Transport and Housing.

In 2012, she joined Kering to oversee Sustainability International Institutional Affairs. She sets out the sustainability strategy and ambitious objectives as well as implementing a set of best practices within the Group and the Houses. Today, Kering is a pioneer and recognised leader in sustainability. A French national, she is a graduate of the Paris Institute of Technology for Life, Food and Environmental Sciences (ENGREF). She also earned a postgraduate diploma (DESS) in public administration from Dauphine University, Paris.

Since 2021 Mark Draeck acts as the Chief Technical Advisor on the EU and Finland funded SWITCH2CE project to support circular economy practices in the plastic, textile and ICT value chains, with country focus on Bangladesh, Egypt and Morocco.

Draeck joined UNIDO in Vienna, Austria in 2010 as an Industrial Development Officer in the Department of Energy, and managed a portfolio of technical cooperation projects in Africa, Asia, MENA and Eastern Europe on renewable energy technologies and energy efficiency practices, clean technology innovation, electric mobility and sustainable cities.

Before joining UNIDO, he worked as an Energy Policy Advisor for the Flemish Government in Brussels, Belgium, and as a Carbon Group Manager in the consulting sector in London, UK.

Draeck holds a Master in Biological Sciences from the University of Leuven, a degree in Environmental Management from Ghent University, and an MBA certificate from Frankfurt School of Finance and Management.

Megan Doyle has written for publications such as Vogue Business, Harper's Bazaar, The Business of Fashion and EcoCult about issues including garment worker rights, supply chain traceability and transparency, the circular economy, legislation impacting fashion, next-gen materials and more. She has a monthly sustainable fashion newsletter, the Titian Thread, which features a curation of key news, tools and insights about the sector. Doyle is passionate about making complex topics and ideas accessible through her writing.

Mehdi Benabadji has been CEO of Brioni since January 2020, following a series of leadership roles at Kering since joining the Group in 2003. His recent position during this tenure was Chief Operations Officer, in charge of Group-level integrated logistics and industrial activities worldwide. Prior to Kering, he held roles in luxury Groups, including Hermès and LVMH. Under Benabadji’s leadership, Brioni has evolved into the epitome of modern excellence: expanding geographically and through product categories, including the recent launch of its women’s collection, La Donna, as well as becoming a beacon in the industry for its commitment to Slow Luxury and sartorial art. Mehdi Benabadji is a graduate of France’s ESSEC Business School.

Nicole Rycroft leads the strategic direction of Canopy, a solutions-driven not-for-profit, and is committed to ensuring that the power of the global marketplace leverages tangible conservation gains for the world's forests, species, climate, and frontline communities. Canopy has transformed unsustainable supply chains, kickstarted commercial production of innovative solutions, and greened the practices of 750+ large companies including H&M, Li and Fung and Penguin Random House. Rycroft is a member of the UBS Global Visionaries Program, an Ashoka Fellow, recipient of a Canadian Environment Award Gold Medal, recipient of the Meritorious Service Cross of Canada, winner of the 2020 Climate Breakthrough Award, recipient of a Global Australian Award in Sustainability, and a 2023 awardee of The Audacious Project.

Ryan Gellert is CEO of Patagonia Works and Patagonia, Inc. Prior to his appointment to this global role, Gellert spent six years as Patagonia’s general manager of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. During that time, he elevated Patagonia to a position of leadership in Europe’s outdoor industry and environmental communities, overseeing all sales, marketing, environmental and operational activities for the brand.

Under his stewardship, Patagonia launched its first global environmental campaign around a European initiative: Save the Blue Heart of Europe, an international crusade to protect the last wild rivers of Europe from over 3,000 planned hydropower projects. He also launched Patagonia Action Works in the region, an online tool to connect people with local and global environmental groups, allowing them to take action on causes they care about.

Gellert has lived and worked in the United States, Asia and Europe. Before joining Patagonia, he spent 15 years at Black Diamond Equipment, where he held a number of roles, including brand president, vice president of supply chain management and managing director of Black Diamond Asia.

Tara Luckman is the Stakeholder Engagement Manager for the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol, acting as a consultant for the programme with a focus on sector engagement and progress reporting. Luckman consults on sustainable fashion and textiles, supporting fashion businesses to adopt and integrate good practice on ESG. Consulting projects include contributions to the Cascale (formerly Sustainable Apparel Coalition) Brand assessment module, Textiles 2030 sector agreement in the UK, the Microfiber 2030 Commitment and Roadmap, and the Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) working group developing the GRI Textile and Apparel Standards.

Vanessa Barboni Hallik is the Founder and CEO of Another Tomorrow, a new ready-to-wear brand operating at the intersection of sustainability, ethics and design, launched in January 2020. She is also an investor in early-stage companies with strong ESG commitments and potential to catalyse positive change, and currently serves on the New York Advisory Board for the Trust for Public Land, for which she chairs the Playgrounds Committee.

Prior to Another Tomorrow, Hallik was a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, where she held several leadership roles in the emerging markets fixed income business. While at Morgan Stanley, she served as a trustee on the Board of the Morgan Stanley Foundation and chaired the Fixed Income Philanthropy Committee where she initiated and subsequently led the firm's mentoring programme with East Side Community High School, a public school in the East Village of Manhattan, in partnership with PENCIL.org. Hallik holds a B.A. in Economics from Cornell University and is an M.S. candidate in Sustainability Management at Columbia University’s Earth Institute.

Vanessa Friedman has been the fashion director and chief fashion critic of The New York Times’s Styles section since 2014. She focuses on fashion as an expression of political, social and cultural identity at a specific time, especially how those in the public eye use it to communicate values and influence opinion.