PLANET HOME Visions is where world leaders come together to think, find, learn, solve, network, and build business across 16 global sectors.
It is the inaugural three-day, invite-only summit for a select group of entrepreneurs, innovators and influencers who want to take an active role in solving the planet’s issues.
Join us to learn how Solutionism helps us to identify and solve critical environmental challenges, to create a world where business, economics, culture and the environment live in equilibrium.
OUR SOLUTIONISTS
Adrian Grenier
Actor, Producer, Director, Musician and Environmentalist | Solutionist Speaker
Mr. Grenier is an American actor, producer, director, musician and environmentalist. An advocate of sustainable living, Grenier and partner Peter Glatzer founded the lifestyle brand SHFT.com. SHFT promotes sustainability through film, design, art and culture and lives both online and offline. Its mission is to nudge sustainable ideas and products into pop culture, and to provide context for an inspiring, modern, sustainable way of life.
Adrian Grenier
Actor, Producer, Director, Musician and Environmentalist | Solutionist Speaker
Allie Boyer
Youth Ambassador | Youth Solutionist
When she was in 4th grade, Allie Boyer started Purses for Primates, an organization that raises money for the care, protection, and rehabilitation of displaced, injured, and orphaned orangutans. Currently a member of the Roots & Shoots U.S. National Youth Leadership Council, Allie continues to raise awareness about deforestation and the impacts of palm oil production on biodiversity.
Allie Boyer
Youth Ambassador | Youth Solutionist
Ally Bogard
| Yoga Teacher
As owner and teacher of Gaiatri Yoga Teacher Training, Ally Bogard has been leading yoga and meditation classes, retreats, immersions, and teacher trainings throughout the world for over thirteen years. Now based in New York City, she holds weekly group meditations, classes and speciality events for all levels of practitioners.
Ally Bogard
| Yoga Teacher
Alonzo King LINES Ballet
Dance Company | Solutionist Dancers
Thirty-seven years of outstanding, multi-disciplinary collaborations for the stage place Alonzo King LINES Ballet at the forefront of artistic innovation in ballet. With each collaboration, LINES Ballet investigates deeply rooted affinities between Western and Eastern classical forms, elemental materials, the natural world, and the human spirit. At LINES Ballet, the artistic investigation is infinite and essential for it leads to what unites us as human beings: empathy, joy, and the ability to transcend.
Alonzo King LINES Ballet
Dance Company | Solutionist Dancers
Amanda Joy Ravenhill
Executive Director at Buckminster Fuller Institute | Solutionist Speaker
Amanda Joy Ravenhill is an active member of the international community focused on addressing imminent global challenges. She is the Executive Director of the Buckminster Fuller Institute, dedicated to accelerating the identification, development, and deployment of strategies that radically advance regeneration of Earth’s ecosystems. She also serves as advisor to the Center for Carbon Removal and is a member of the steering committee for the Nexus Global Climate Change Working Group. She lectures and speaks publicly on such wide-ranging topics as biochar, regenerative design, carbon drawdown strategies, mindfulness, and systems thinking.
Amanda Joy Ravenhill
Executive Director at Buckminster Fuller Institute | Solutionist Speaker
Andrew Hessel
CEO at Humane Genomics Inc. | Solutionist Speaker
Andrew Hessel is the CEO of Humane Genomics Inc., a seed-stage company developing virus-based therapies for cancer, starting with dogs. He is a co-founder of the Genome Project-write, the international scientific effort working to engineer large genomes, including the human genome. His goal is to help people better understand and use living systems to meet the needs of society.
Andrew Hessel
CEO at Humane Genomics Inc. | Solutionist Speaker
Anna Cummins
Co-Founder/Executive Director/Board Member of 5 Gyres | Solutionist Speaker
With more than 20 years experience in environmental non-profit work—including marine conservation, coastal watershed management, and sustainability education— Anna Cummins is an expert in the field. Her “Synthetic Sea, Synthetic Me†TEDx talk has been viewed and shared by thousands. In 2016, Cummins announced 5 Gyres partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency at the State Department’s “Our Oceans†summit.
Anna Cummins
Co-Founder/Executive Director/Board Member of 5 Gyres | Solutionist Speaker
Anthony Myint
Chef | Solutionist
Anthony Myint is a chef and food activist who co-founded Mission Chinese Food (SF, NYC, Brooklyn and kind of in Copenhagen), and is mobilizing the restaurant industry toward climate solutions through his non-profit The Perennial Farming Initiative (PFI). Anthony was recently awarded the Basque Culinary World Prize for his work beyond the kitchen. In January PFI is launching a statewide restaurant program called Restore California in collaboration with the CA Dept. of Food and Agriculture and the CA Air Resources Board. The program will establish a community of diners and restaurants supporting a transition toward climate beneficial farming practices.
Anthony Myint
Chef | Solutionist
Edward Norton
American Actor and Filmmaker | Solutionist Speaker
Edward Norton is an American actor and filmmaker – and has received multiple awards and nominations including a Golden Globe Award and three Academy Award nominations. Alongside his work in cinema, Norton is an environmental activist and social entrepreneur. He is a trustee of non-profit organization for affordable housing – Enterprise Community Partners. He also serves as president of the American branch of the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust, and is the United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for Biodiversity.
Edward Norton
American Actor and Filmmaker | Solutionist Speaker
Bill Nye
Educator, Entertainer, and CEO of, The Planetary Society | Solutionist Speaker
Capt. Scott Kelly
American Astronaut at NASA | Solutionist Speaker
Scott Kelly is a former military fighter pilot and test pilot, an engineer, a retired astronaut, and a retired U.S. Navy captain. A veteran of four space flights, Kelly commanded the International Space Station (ISS) on three expeditions and was a member of the yearlong mission to the ISS. In October 2015, he set the record for the total accumulated number of days spent in space, the single longest space mission by an American astronaut.
Capt. Scott Kelly
American Astronaut at NASA | Solutionist Speaker
Chris Burkard
Photographer | Solutionist Speaker
Chris Burkard is an accomplished explorer, photographer, creative director, speaker, and author. Traveling throughout the year to pursue the farthest expanses of Earth, Burkard works to capture stories that inspire humans to consider their relationship with nature, while promoting the preservation of wild places everywhere.
Chris Burkard
Photographer | Solutionist Speaker
Dickson Despommier
Professor of Public Health and Microbiology at Columbia University Medical Center | Solutionist Speaker
Dr. Dickson Despommier, PhD, is a microbiologist, an ecologist, and emeritus professor. In 1999, he founded the root for his idea of raising crops in tall buildings; vertical farming. In 2010, he published his widely received book: ``The Vertical Farm: feeding the world in the 21st Century``. Vertical farms have many advantages: food is organically farmed, urban space is saved, it is possible to farm all year round and in any place, and use of agrochemicals is eliminated.
Dickson Despommier
Professor of Public Health and Microbiology at Columbia University Medical Center | Solutionist Speaker
Erica Mackie
CEO at GRID Alternatives | Solutionist
Erica Mackie, P.E., co-founded GRID Alternatives in 2001 and as CEO has helped develop it into a major national nonprofit that makes renewable energy technology and job training accessible to underserved communities. Ms. Mackie has received numerous awards for her leadership of GRID Alternatives, including the Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Award in 2008, the New Leaders Council Energy Leadership Award in 2009, the James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award in 2010, the US Green Building Council’s Green Building Super Hero Award in 2010 and the 2013 Clean Energy and Empowerment Award from C3E. She holds bachelor’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Physics from Southern Illinois University.
Erica Mackie
CEO at GRID Alternatives | Solutionist
Dr. Erika Woolsey
Coral Reef Ecologist, Teacher, and CEO of the Hydrous | Solutionist Speaker
Dr. Erika Woolsey is a coral reef ecologist, teacher, and CEO of the Hydrous, a San Francisco based nonprofit that uses frontier technologies like virtual reality and 3D printing to create ‘open access oceans,’ so that all people may explore, understand, and engage with marine environments that are severely threatened by climate change and human impacts. Erika has been exploring coral reefs around the world for 15 years and is particularly interested in the effects of warming temperatures on coral health.
Dr. Erika Woolsey
Coral Reef Ecologist, Teacher, and CEO of the Hydrous | Solutionist Speaker
Dr. Johnathan Foley
Executive Director, Project Drawdown | Solutionist Speaker
Dr. Jonathan Foley is a world-renowned, award-winning environmental scientist, one of the top 1% most cited scientists in the world. He speaks frequently at leading conferences including the Aspen Institute, TED, and the World Bank, and has been featured in National Geographic, New York Times, The Guardian, Scientific American, NPR, PBS NewsHour, BBC, CNN, Washington Post, WIRED, Cheddar, the HBO documentary Too Hot Not to Handle, and the film series, Let Science Speak. Having led many prominent environmental organizations including theCalifornia Academy of Sciences, he currently serves as the Executive Director of Project Drawdown, the world-leading non-profit dedicated to discovering and sharing science-based climate solutions based on the New York Times bestseller, Drawdown.
Dr. Johnathan Foley
Executive Director, Project Drawdown | Solutionist Speaker
Gunnar Lovelace
5X Serial Entrepreneur | Solutionist
Growing up poor with a single mom left Gunnar with a burning desire to create wealth to do good. As a result, he is a 5X serial entrepreneur focused on social impact at scale. Gunnar is the Founder of Thrive Market, which offers organic groceries online at wholesale prices in the US, has raised 200m and grown to 7m users and 700 employees in 3 years. Most recently he is the co-founder of Good Money – the world’s first truly consumerized cryptocurrency and algorithmic stablecoin protocol that competes effectively against fiat. He also co-founded and donated 6.5m to Alliance for Good as a community of influencers working together on capitalism 2.0.
Gunnar Lovelace
5X Serial Entrepreneur | Solutionist
Hasan Minhaj
Host at Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj | Solutionist
Hasan Minhaj is the host and creator of the weekly comedy show Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj that premiered on Netflix in October 2018. The series explores the modern cultural and political landscape with depth and sincerity through his unique comedic voice. Last year Minhaj earned rave reviews for his one-hour Netflix comedy special Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King that earned him a 2018 Peabody Award, and for his performance hosting the 2017 White House Correspondents' Dinner. A first generation American, Minhaj joined The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, where he was Jon’s last hire, in November 2014 as a correspondent and continued on in that role after Trevor Noah took over as host the following year. He remained on the show through August 2018.
Hasan Minhaj
Host at Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj | Solutionist
Ibrahim AlHusseini
Founder and Managing Partner, FullCycle | Solutionist Speaker
Ibrahim AlHusseini is the founder and CEO of FullCycle; an investment firm focused on solving the climate crisis by backing companies with climate-restoring technologies, and accelerating their growth.
AlHusseini - a renowned entrepreneur, investor and environmentalist - has started and sold numerous businesses and raised half a billion dollars of capital to back dozens of companies. He was also an early investor in Tesla Motors, Bloom Energy, Aspiration Inc., Cornerstone Capital, and CleanChoice Energy, among others. AlHusseini made his initial fortune from his college dorm room, after starting a nutraceutical distribution company and selling the business in 1997.
Raised in Saudi Arabia by parents who are Palestinian refugees, AlHusseini moved to the U.S. for college in the early 1990s. He sits on the board of more than half a dozen organizations that focus on the positive development of our environment and humanity. AlHusseini is also the managing partner of two waste-to-value funds that accelerate the adoption of the world’s leading waste-to-value technology.
Ibrahim AlHusseini
Founder and Managing Partner, FullCycle | Solutionist Speaker
In-Q
Song Writer and Spoken Word Artist | Solutionist
Named to Oprah Winfrey's SuperSoul 100 list of the world's most influential thought leaders, IN-Q is a National Poetry Slam Champion, multi-platinum songwriter, and world-renowned keynote speaker. His groundbreaking performances include selling out one of the largest one-man poetry shows in US history, being the first spoken word artist to perform with Cirque Du Soleil, and being featured on HBO's Def Poetry Jam and A&E’s Look Closer campaign, which debuted during the Emmys. He has been featured in major media ranging from Forbes to AdWeek and several of his recent videos have gone viral with over 60 million combined views.artist to perform with Cirque Du Soleil, and being featured on HBO's Def Poetry Jam and A&E’s Look Closer campaign, which debuted during the Emmys. He has been featured in major media ranging from Forbes to AdWeek and several of his recent videos have gone viral with over 60 million combined views.
In-Q
Song Writer and Spoken Word Artist | Solutionist
Jeff Rosenthal
Co-Founder of Summit | Solutionist Speaker
Jeff Rosenthal is the Co-Founder of Summit, a cutting-edge organization best known for hosting global ideas festivals and events, and is the co-owner, designer, and developer of Summit Powder Mountain and the Powder Mountain ski resort in Eden, Utah. Jeff is a founding board member of the Summit Institute, as well as the Anti-Recidivism Coalition, and currently serves on the boards of Beyond Conflict and Street Soccer USA, and the Leadership Council at Conservation International. Jeff is also Co-Director of Summit Action Fund, which makes investments in startups that drive innovation and positive market disruption, such as Uber, Warby Parker, Katerra, Clover Health, Classpass, Ready Responders, Rubicon Recycling, Change.org, among others.
Additionally, he is a Founding Partner at the Drawdown Fund with Paul Hawken, and a Senior Advisor to TPG Rise, one of the world’s largest Impact Funds. He is also an advisor to Inspire Energy, Seed, and a Senior Advisor to Learn Capital, as well as a Senior Advisor to Arabella Advisors, a leading philanthropy and impact investing consultancy, and is Senior Advisor to Laurel Strategies, a global business advisory and strategy firm for the world’s most visionary executives and institutions. Jeff is a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy, and a recipient of the Tribeca Disruptive Innovator Award.
Jeff is a founding board member of the Summit Institute, as well as the Anti-Recidivism Coalition, and currently serves on the boards of Beyond Conflict and Street Soccer USA, and the Leadership Council at Conservation International.
Jeff is also Co-Director of Summit Action Fund, which makes investments in startups that drive innovation and positive market disruption, such as Uber, Warby Parker, Katerra, Clover Health, Classpass, Ready Responders, Rubicon Recycling, Change.org, among others.
Jeff Rosenthal
Co-Founder of Summit | Solutionist Speaker
Jen Sey
Levi's | Solutionist Speaker
Jen Sey has been with Levi’s for 20 years, holding a variety of leadership positions within the Marketing and Ecommerce teams. In 2013, Jen became the Global Chief Marketing Officer for Levi’s® and in 2018 was appointed SVP & CMO for the company.
Jen has received numerous awards, including Billboard Magazine’s ‘Top 25 Most Powerful People in Music and Fashion’, a receiver of the 2018 CMO Social Responsibility Award and she was featured on Forbes CMO Next List for 2018: 50 Chief Marketers Who Are Redefining the CMO role and in 2019, she was named one of Forbes’ Most Influential CMOs.
In 2016, Sey became a New York Times Best Selling author for her 2008 memoir Chalked Up: My Life in Elite Gymnastics, and continues to lend her voice as an advocate for athlete safety.
Jen lives in San Francisco, California with her husband and four children.
Jen Sey
Levi's | Solutionist Speaker
Josh Tickell
Author, Film Director, Speaker & Sustainability Expert | Solutionist Speaker
Josh Tickell is an internationally recognized author, film director, speaker and expert on sustainability and the climate. His first feature movie, Fuel won the Sundance Audience Award for Best Documentary, was released theatrically in the United States and became a global sensation gaining over 1 million viewers on Netflix, iTunes, Hulu and CNBC. The movie was screened in the White House for energy and environment staff working in the Obama Administration.
Josh Tickell
Author, Film Director, Speaker & Sustainability Expert | Solutionist Speaker
Ken Cook
President and co-founder of Environmental Working Group | Solutionist
Ken Cook, president and co-founder of Environmental Working Group, is widely recognized as one of the environmental community’s most prominent and influential critics of industrial agriculture, U.S. food and farm policy and the nation’s broken approach to protecting families and children from toxic substances.
Under Cook’s leadership over the past 20 years, EWG has pioneered the use of digital technologies to expose the harms done by misconceived crop subsidies, crop insurance and runaway agricultural pollution. The organization has also empowered American families with easy-to-use, data-driven tools to help reduce their exposure to potentially harmful ingredients in foods, drinking water, cosmetics and other household products. These unique digital resources are searched hundreds of millions times by consumers, journalists and policy makers.
Ken Cook
President and co-founder of Environmental Working Group | Solutionist
Kristy Hamilton
West Coast Editor at IFLScience | Solutionist
Kristy is an environmental and brain science journalist. She has reported stories from rural Greece after the 2007 fires, ate pizza with Bill Nye while discussing climate change in California, followed dumpster divers on a salvaging mission in Seattle, and filed stories from NASA headquarters. Her brain is one that likes to think about the brain and anything else that twists the mind in strange and unexpected directions. This includes deep explorations into the environment, sustainability, and the enigmatic human mind in reaction to it all.
Kristy Hamilton
West Coast Editor at IFLScience | Solutionist
Kristofor Lofgren
Restauranteur | Solutionist Chef
After graduating from the University of California, Berkeley in 2006 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science & American Studies with Honors, Kristofor initially desired to be an environmental lawyer as he understood even then that sustainability is one the biggest issues of our time. However, after looking at the rise of the farm-to-table movement in the culinary industry, Kristofor thought about conquering the impossible by taking the practice to the next level with one of his favorite foods: sushi. In 2008 Kristofor set out on a mission to build the most innovative and creative hospitality group in America, the Sustainable Restaurant Group (SRG). SRG is the living embodiment of this mission, whereby the environment, people, community, and profits are all accounted for at the highest level, in unison. Today, under Kristofor's leadership, SRG runs two successful concepts over nine locations, including its flagship brand Bamboo Sushi; the world's first certified sustainable sushi restaurant. Over the next two years, the company will double in size, with ten more Bamboo Sushi locations slated to open with upcoming locations in San Francisco, Seattle and Arizona.
Kristofor Lofgren
Restauranteur | Solutionist Chef
Lisa Dyson
American Scientist and Entrepreneur | Solutionist Speaker
Dr. Lisa Dyson is the co-founder and CEO of Air Protein, whose mission is to create the world’s most sustainable protein from CO2. Using a patented-protected probiotic process, Air Protein is forging the way into a new era of sustainable food production by creating food from thin air. (Watch Dr. Dyson’s TED Talk about the technology here.)
Dr. Lisa Dyson is also the co-founder and CEO of Kiverdi, a company fighting the climate crisis with technology that recycles carbon to address global issues like the ocean’s plastic problem and waste reduction.
Kiverdi’s NASA-inspired technologies convert carbon dioxide into people and planet-friendly nutrients and bio-based materials. The company’s patent-protected commercial solutions are being used by some of the leading manufacturers to power a new era of sustainable production — all while tackling some of our most pressing global challenges.
The solutions include:
Reverse Plastics – transforming discarded plastics into biodegradable goods
Revive Soil – increasing crop yields with CO2-made soil nutrient
CO2 Aquafeed – feeding fish with food made from CO2
Custom Cycle – leveraging circular economy technology to create closed loop supply chains
As a mission-driven entrepreneur, Dr. Dyson is passionate about challenging business leaders to replace current destructive forms of production and find new, sustainable solutions.
Lisa Dyson
American Scientist and Entrepreneur | Solutionist Speaker
Mari Copeny
Philanthropist, Activist, & Future President | Youth Solutionist
American activist, also known as Little Miss Flint, who began fighting on behalf of Flint, Michigan residents ever since the city's 2014 water crisis. Mari has done so much to help the people of Flint but she’s also done some other amazing work too. She is the youngest Women’s March Youth Ambassador, National Youth Ambassador for the Climate March, and Youth Ambassador for Equality for Her. She has spoken in front of the White House and at the Science March in Washington D.C. Mari also spoke at the United Nations Girl Up Leadership Conference.
Mari Copeny
Philanthropist, Activist, & Future President | Youth Solutionist
Mia Eastman
Co-Founder and the Creative Unification Director of Operation Earth Guardians | Solutionist
Mia is a Co-Founder and the Creative Unification Director of Operation Earth Guardians, which is the organization’s youth-led direct action and documentation team. As part of the team, she works to further educate and inspire youth, and adults, to generate safe spaces for sharing the stories of people affected by climate change with the intention of finding solutions to the most pressing issues of today.
Mia Eastman
Co-Founder and the Creative Unification Director of Operation Earth Guardians | Solutionist
Mike Massimino
Astronaut, New York Times Bestselling Author | Solutionist Speaker
An astronaut, the first person to tweet from space, a recurring character on The Big Bang Theory, and now a New York Times bestselling author, Mike grew up a working class kid whose seemingly unreachable dream of becoming an astronaut and flying in space was realized in an unlikely journey that was driven by determination and commitment, and realized with hard work and humor. After two missions to the Hubble Telescope and four space walks to make critical repairs to the telescope, Mike is now a Columbia University professor, the Senior Space Advisor to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, an author, a television host, a frequent guest on morning shows, news programs, talk shows, and late night television, and an in-demand speaker for audiences seeking a unique perspective on teamwork, innovation, and leadership from a down to earth spaceman.
Mike Massimino
Astronaut, New York Times Bestselling Author | Solutionist Speaker
Neal Anderson
Co-Founder of LACI | Solutionist Speaker
For more than 30 years, an entrepreneur at heart, Neal has helped launch and grow dozens of projects and businesses with an overarching focus on impact and sustainability. Most recently, Neal co-founded the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) to realize an inclusive green economy in LA. Over 7 years Neal helped to grow LACI into a thriving top-10 global incubator, helping 80+ companies to raise $225M+ in funding, create 1,800+ jobs, and deliver $400M+ in long-term economic value for the City of Los Angeles. Prior to LACI, Neal’s projects and collaborations include leadership roles at: Idealab, Ideawork, Livestream, Propellant Group, True Floors, United States Artists, XPRIZE, etc. Neal is a native Los Angeleno, proud dad of two kids, and nature nut.
Neal Anderson
Co-Founder of LACI | Solutionist Speaker
Neil Sahota
Business Guru / Master Inventor / Tech Coast Angel | Solutionist + EQ Technologist
Neil Sahota is an IBM Master Inventor and World Wide Business Development Leader in the IBM Watson Group. With 15+ years of business experience, he works with clients and business partners to create next-generation products/solutions powered by Watson. His work experience spans multiple industries including healthcare, life sciences, retail, travel and transportation, energy and utilities, automotive, telecommunications, media/communication, and government.
Neil Sahota
Business Guru / Master Inventor / Tech Coast Angel | Solutionist + EQ Technologist
Nick Balla
Chef | Solutionist
Nick appreciates the deep flavors and generosity of peasant cooking traditions, using everything that nature provides. He uses homemade products to develop his menus, creating experiences that are as unique as the individual ingredients they are built from. Nick was the chef of Japanese restaurants Nombe and O Izakaya Lounge and later the much loved Bar Tartine and Duna. He develops culinary programs that focus on preservation, he wrote a James Beard winning cookbook on the subject. He is currently planning to open a food waste focused business that creates products using all of nature's abundance.
Nick Balla
Chef | Solutionist
Nonny De La Pena
CEO of Emblematic Group | Solutionist Speaker
As the CEO of Emblematic Group, Nonny de la Peña uses cutting-edge technologies to tell stories — both fictional and news-based — that create intense, empathic engagement on the part of viewers. She has been called “The Godmother of Virtual Reality†by Engadget, while Fast Company named her “One of the People Who Made the World More Creative†for her pioneering work in immersive journalism.
A former correspondent for Newsweek, de la Peña has more than 20 years of award-winning experience in print, film and TV. Her virtual-reality work has been featured by the BBC, Mashable, Vice, Wired and many others, and been screened around the globe at museums and gaming conventions. De la Peña is an Annenberg Fellow at the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts.
Nonny De La Pena
CEO of Emblematic Group | Solutionist Speaker
Pat Brown
CEO and founder of Impossible Foods | Solutionist Speaker
Patrick O. Brown is CEO and founder of Impossible Foods, a company at the forefront of making nutritious, delicious meat and dairy products from plants to satisfy meat lovers and address the environmental impact of animal farming. The idea for Impossible Foods came to Pat while he was on sabbatical from his position as an HHMI investigator and professor of biochemistry at the Stanford University School of Medicine. In reflecting on how he could use his training and experience to make the largest positive impact on the world, he realized there was a way to make delicious, affordable meat and dairy products, directly from plants – that would be better for the environment and for consumers. In 2011, Pat chose to devote himself full time to Impossible Foods.
Pat Brown
CEO and founder of Impossible Foods | Solutionist Speaker
Peter Diamandis
Founder & Executive Chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation, Executive Founder of Singularity University | Solutionist Speaker
Diamandis is the Founder & Executive Chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation, which leads the world in designing and operating large-scale incentive competitions. He is also the Executive Founder of Singularity University, a graduate-level Silicon Valley institution that counsels the world's leaders on exponentially growing technologies. As an entrepreneur, Diamandis has started over 20 companies in the areas of longevity, space, venture capital and education. He is also co-Founder BOLD Capital Partners, a venture fund with $250M investing in exponential technologies.
Peter Diamandis
Founder & Executive Chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation, Executive Founder of Singularity University | Solutionist Speaker
Philippe Cousteau
Filmmaker, Explorer, Advocate | Solutionist Speaker
Inspired by the legacy of his grandfather of Jacques Cousteau, Philippe is an multi Emmy-Nominated TV host and producer as well as an author, speaker, and social entrepreneur. His conservation efforts are focused on solving global social and environmental problems. In 2004 he founded EarthEcho International dedicated to inspiring youth to act now for a sustainable planet. With over ten years in operation, EarthEcho has established itself as a leading youth environmental education organization.
Philippe Cousteau
Filmmaker, Explorer, Advocate | Solutionist Speaker
Ravé Mehta
Flow Pianist, Bestselling Author, and CEO of Water Ledger | Solutionist
Ravé is an entrepreneur and innovator as well as an award-winning pianist and bestselling author. Ravé is the founder of Flow Labs and has spent 15+ years researching the science and mechanics behind fear and flow to gain a deeper understanding of how we can transcend our boundaries and access more of our innate super abilities. Ravé applied these insights to his creative endeavors including music and has performed around the world, including his performance at Carnegie Hall, integrating the principles of flow into his piano sound baths to help others drop into a deep healing state for a unique sound meditation experience. Ravé is also the founder and CEO of Water Ledger and building a global water bank to help buffer the impacts of climate change on our diminishing water supplies. Ravé is a recipient of the Tesla Vision Award by the Tesla Science Foundation and has been featured in various publications including Wired, WSJ, Bloomberg and most recently in renown bio-hacker Dave Asprey’s new book “Game Changersâ€.
Ravé Mehta
Flow Pianist, Bestselling Author, and CEO of Water Ledger | Solutionist
Steven Kotler
8x National Bestselling Author, Executive Director at the Flow Research Collective, Leading Expert in Peak-Performance | Solutionist Speaker
Steven Kotler is a New York Times bestselling author and an award-winning journalist. He is one of the world’s leading experts on high performance. Alongside his wife, author Joy Nicholson, Kotler is also the co-founder of the Rancho de Chihuahua dog sanctuary. He is the author of eight bestsellers, including Stealing Fire, The Rise of Superman, Tomorrowland, Bold, Abundance, West of Jesus, A Small Furry Prayer and The Angle Quickest for Flight. His writing has been translated into over 40 languages and appeared in over 100 publications.
Steven Kotler
8x National Bestselling Author, Executive Director at the Flow Research Collective, Leading Expert in Peak-Performance | Solutionist Speaker
Tom Chi
Inventor, Leader, Coach, Speaker | Solutionist Speaker
Tom Chi has worked in a wide range of roles from astrophysical researcher to Fortune 500 consultant to corporate executive developing new hardware/software products and services. Tom has pioneered and practiced a unique approach to rapid prototyping, visioning, and leadership that can jumpstart innovative new ideas as well as move large organizations at unprecedented speeds. These approaches have benefitted over a dozen industry-leading companies. He most recently served as head of product experience at Google X developing technology such as Google Glass and Google's self-driving cars.
Tom Chi
Inventor, Leader, Coach, Speaker | Solutionist Speaker
Vien Truong
President, The Dream Corps | Solutionist Speaker
Vien Truong is a solutions innovator and movement builder who has been a key architect in building an equitable and inclusive green economy. She is President of Dream Corps, a nonprofit organization working to close prison doors and open doors of opportunity. She has developed numerous energy, environmental, and economic policies and programs at the state, federal and local levels, and has advised on billions of dollars in public investments for energy and community development programs.
Vien Truong
President, The Dream Corps | Solutionist Speaker
Xiuhtezcatl Martinez
Indigenous Environmental Activist, Hip Hop Artist and Youth Director of Earth Guardians | Solutionist Speaker
Earth Guardians Youth Director Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, is an indigenous climate activist, hip-hop artist, and powerful voice on the front lines of a global youth-led environmental movement. At the early age of six Xiuhtezcatl began speaking around the world, from the Rio+20 United Nations Summit in Rio de Janeiro, to addressing the General Assembly at the United Nations in New York City. He has worked locally to get pesticides out of parks, coal ash contained, and moratoriums on fracking in his state and is currently a lead plaintiff in a youth-led lawsuit against the federal government for their failure to protect the atmosphere for future generations.