Asli Alemdaroğlu

Graduating from Boğaziçi University’s English Literature Department in 1988 after finishing Robert College, Aslı Alemdaroğlu received an Advertising and Communication diploma from Watford College. From 2009-2011 Alemdaroğlu became Group Manager in charge of Corporate Communication of ING Bank, and Corporate Communication Director of Yıldız Holding in 2012. Alemdaroğlu became Corporate Communications General Manager of Zorlu Holding in 2014.

Anil Gupta

Anil Kumar Gupta is an Indian scholar in the area of grassroots innovations. He is the founder of the Honey Bee Network. He retired as a full-time professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad in 2017, where he served for about 36 years. He is a visiting faculty at the institute now. He held an executive vice-chair at the National Innovation Foundation, where he is a member of its governing board now. He is also a fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science. He was awarded the Padma Shri in the year 2004, for his contributions to management education.

Francis Petersen

Prof Francis William Petersen is the Rector and Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Free State since 1 April 2017.  He has formerly been Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town; Dean: Engineering and the Built Environment at the University of Cape Town; Executive Head: Strategy at Anglo American Platinum; Executive Vice-President: Research and Development at Mintek; and Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Cape Technikon (now the Cape Peninsula University of Technology).  He obtained the degrees BEng (Chem), MEng (Metal), and PhD (Eng) at Stellenbosch University, and completed a short course on Financial Skills for Executive Management with IIR Training.  He is a recipient of the Ernest Oppenheimer Memorial Trust and Cape Technikon Researcher of the Year Awards.

Jessie Seo

Jessie Seo is Director of Corporate Social Innovation at Eisai Korea, a multinational pharmaceutical company which specialises in research and development of drugs for oncology and neurology. 

She has led organisational development and innovation management work at Eisai Korea, supporting and growing various citizen-led corporate social innovation initiatives such as Now Social Innovation Network and Cancer Survivor Living Lab.

Yanki Lee

Dr Yanki Lee is a designer with international design experience and graduated with an MA in Architecture from the Royal College of Art. In 2003, she was awarded a research studentship for her doctoral research in which she built up her expertise in design participation and was awarded a PhD in design from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Her thesis, entitled, 'Design Participation Tactics; involving people in the design of their built environment' explored a range of methodologies to design participation.Yanki also focuses on exploring tactics for public engagement in design and creative practice. 

Ire Tsui

Trained as a designer and anthropologist, Ire Tsui is a design editor, researcher and creator, based in Hong Kong. 

The founder of Talking Hands Studio and co-founder of Enable Foundation, a non-profit social design collective. 

Tsui works collaboratively with designers, artists, cultural institutions and media, to produce exhibition programmes and workshops.

The projects include: Zansyu, A Study on Beiwei Calligraphy and Type Design; micro-factory HK; RTHK HK Programme: Everyday Design; Who Cares? PolyU SD Press and etc. 

Shahira Ahmed Bazari

Puan Shahira Ahmed Bazari is Managing Director of Yayasan Hasanah, the Corporate Responsibility foundation of Khazanah Nasional Berhad, the strategic investment fund for Malaysia. As Managing Director, Shahira works together with a network of civil society partner organisations to create long-term impact and changes within Malaysia’s social and community landscape. Hasanah focuses on five key areas of Education, Community Development, Environment, Arts, Heritage & Culture and Knowledge.