Canada

Claude GAUDREAULT

Claude Gaudreault (M. Ps.) is an expert in strategic coaching as well as in the assessment of senior managers. Claude is known for her outstanding ability to combine her organizational psychology expertise with her solid knowledge of today’s business world and her experience in management. Based on her many years of research and practice, Claude’s

Sweden

Christina MERKER-SIESJÖ

Christina Merker-Siesjö is the founder and boardwoman of the successful social enterprise and women´s cooperative Yalla Trappan in Rosengård, Malmö. Christina has been working with questions regarding diversity, integration and equality for many years. Among many things she was elected into the board of a cooperation between a public authority and NGOs. She shares her

UK

Carolyn STEEL

Carolyn Steel is an architect (MA (Hons) Cantab RIBA) and a leading thinker on food and cities. Her 2008 book Hungry City: How Food Shapes Our Lives has won international acclaim, and her concept of ‘sitopia’ (food-place) is widely recognised in the emergent field of food urbanism. Carolyn has been a visiting lecturer and design tutor at Cambridge

France

Apollonia POILÂNE

Apollonia Poilâne (1984) is the third generation to run the bakery founded in 1932 by her grandfather in the Saint Germaine-des-Pres district of Paris, and developed both in France and internationally by her father Lionel Poilâne. Cradled in a bread basket by the passion that her father vowed to his craft, Apollonia naturally chose her

France

Anne-Sophie PIC

Anne-Sophie Pic was born into a long line of chefs. She grew up in Valence (France), watching her father daily at work in his restaurant. Her first career choice was in commerce which took her overseas, notably to Tokyo and New York. After a stint in luxury goods, she interned in the Champagne region where

UK

Alex KRATENA

Alex is the founder of industry non-for profit P(OUR) and former Head Bartender of Artesian, London, where he has led the bar and his team to win multiple awards.  Artesian was recognized as Number 1 for  four consecutive years in the World’s 50 Best Bar Awards. Alex has also collected several personal awards including “Best International

Italy

Franca ROIATTI

Franca Roiatti is responsible for the communication of the Milan’s food policy and the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact. As a journalist, she has worked for radio, TV, newspapers and magazines. A passionate of food and sustainability issues she is the author of two books and a documentary on the land grabbing phenomenon and the

Ireland

Fintan KEENAN

Fintan Keenan is a native of Ireland but now lives in Denmark where he works as an organic grain farmer and flour miller on Mørdrupgård (Kornby Mølle). Together with Per Grupe they specialise in growing heritage varieties of grain specifically for organic flour production. On average they grow over 150 varieties yearly in test plots

Sweden

Edith SALMINEN

Born in Finland, raised in Vietnam, studied in France and Italy, and now settled in Sweden, Edith is an eclectic food professional who gets her kicks from all things food. As a social-anthropologist and holistic gastronome, she works with projects that are anchored in observing and analyzing various food related patterns, trends and behavior in

Germany

Denise LOGA

Denise is the co-founder and managing director of the Berlin-based Sustainable Food Academy, which offers B2B services for executives working in food business contexts. Their approach is to contribute to more sustainable and economically viable food systems while exploring multidisciplinary future food scenarios, innovative catering solutions and effective customer communication. Denise is a sustainability expert and trend scout with

Norway

Monica Berg

Monica Berg is one of the leading bartenders to come out of Scandinavia, with a background from Oslo, Norway. She is highly praised for her innovative flavor combinations and experimental techniques, as well as her minimalistic and elegant style when it comes to cocktails. After moving to London in summer 2013, she joined Jason Atherton’s

Denmark

Melina SHANNON-DIPIETRO

Melina Shannon-DiPietro is Executive Director of MAD, the non-profit organization founded by René Redzepi of restaurant noma. MAD inspires and assists chefs, servers, and the food community at large to make a difference in their restaurants, communities and the world at large – and improving how food is grown, cooked, eaten, and discussed around the

USA

Lisa ABEND

Lisa Abend is a correspondent for Time magazine. Based in Copenhagen, she also writes frequently about food and travel for AFAR, Saveur, The New York Times, Vice, and other newspapers and magazines. She is the author of The Sorcerer’s Apprentices: A Season in the Kitchen of Ferran Adrià’s elBulli.

Colombia

Leonor ESPINOSA

Although she studied Art, graduated in Economics and then worked in advertising, today Leonor Espinosa makes cooking her profession and source of inspiration. In charge of the Leo and Misia restaurants in Bogotá, she has proveen to be one of the most creative and talented chefs of Latinamerica. In 2017, Leonor won the Basque Culinary

Italy

Lara GILMORE

Lara Gilmore was born in Washington, DC in 1968. Before meeting her husband and chef, Massimo Bottura, she worked in New York at the avant-garde performance space The Kitchen and at Aperture Magazine. After a fateful encounter with the chef in 1993 in New York City, she moved to Modena and the couple opened Osteria

UK

Kate HOFMAN

BA (Hons) English Literature and Education, MSc Environmental Technology and Business Kate always wanted to work for a business that improved the world. Prior to starting GrowUp Urban Farms, Kate worked as a change management consultant for IBM, working on large-scale business and IT transformation programmes. Whilst on a sabbatical year studying at Imperial College

Joanna Savill

Joanna Savill is a longtime journalist and events director who specialises in food, travel and gastronomy. She has written for most major food publications in Australia, edited the country’s most prestigious restaurant guide and presented a long-running TV series on Australia’s many diverse food cultures, farmers and artisan producers. She is widely known for her

Australia

Indira NAIDOO

Indira Naidoo is one of Australia’s most popular broadcasters. During her 30-year award-winning journalistic career, Ms Naidoo has hosted and reported for some of the country’s most distinguished news and current affair programs – including ABC’s LATE EDITION nightly news and as an anchor and reporter for SBS TV’s the WORLD NEWS TONIGHT. In recent years Indira’s journalistic

Denmark

Trine HAHNEMANN

Trine Hahnemann is a well-known personality in Danish food and food culture. As the owner and CEO of Hahnemanns Køkken she is behind about 3000 daily lunches in private and public companies in the Copenhagen area. The company works towards a sustainable lunch. A chef and food writer, she is an enthusiastic advocate for sustainable

USA

Stephanie SWANE

Stephanie Swane is the publisher and editorial director of Modernist Cuisine’s in-house publishing department The Cooking Lab. She develops and leads new publishing projects and partnership opportunities. She has brought over 25 years of experience working on custom books, global sales, brand management, foreign rights, and licensing to the team. Stephanie leads the editorial team in

Australia

Ronni KAHN

Ronni Kahn is the Founder and CEO of OzHarvest, Australia’s leading food rescue organisation. Driven by a passion to make a difference and stop good food going to waste; she started in 2004 with one van in Sydney.  After changing the law to make it safe for companies to donate surplus food, she has grown

Denmark

René REDZEPI

René Redzepi is head chef and co-owner of noma in Copenhagen, Denmark. In February 2017, noma closed its original location after 14 years. In February 2018, noma will reopen in a new location on Refshaleøen, with an even stronger focus on seasonality. Redzepi is the author of Noma: Time and Place in Nordic Cuisine,  A Work in