Fernando Jardim is a seasoned ecosystem builder with 10 years of experience in the innovation and tech sectors. Fernando has founded 2 startups, joined different ecosystems around the world, worked for big accelerator and incubators to support startups to grow, helped councils / countries to attract more startups, investors, tech hubs and investors to their regions and also founded the 351 Portuguese Startup Association, which is nowadays Portugal’s largest and most active community of startups, with +1600 members +70 volunteers and +10 national projects.

Inês Sequeira, CEO of Rede Capital Social, is a seasoned leader in the social sector. She began her career as a lawyer before transitioning to roles in the Lisbon City Council, where she helped establish the city's innovation ecosystem, including Startup Lisboa. Inês also contributed in the Portuguese government, in the Ministry of Economy, to the creation of several entrepreneurship initiatives at Turismo de Portugal and the foundation of NEST, the Innovation Center for Tourism.

Laura-Jane also known as LJ, gets to spend her waking hours alongside the best and brightest socially driven entrepreneurs at LSE, leading the entrepreneurship centre at the School in London as well as the global startup hubs. She manages LSE Generate which is an international community of innovators who can engage with a year-round programme, seek mentorship, funding and a home where they are equipped to go out and solve some of society's most pressing problems. Prior to LSE she ran her own careers and recruitment consultancy focussed on climate change and before that she worked in TV.

Sissel Hansen is the founder and CEO of Startup Guide, a creative content and publishing company that produces guidebooks and tools to help entrepreneurs navigate and connect with different startup scenes across the globe.

Yonca Braeckman is the founder & CEO of Impact Shakers, a global impact ecosystem tackling complex societal and environmental challenges through inclusive entrepreneurship. She is a mission-driven entrepreneur and investor in underrepresented founders. She helped build the Belgian and European tech startup ecosystems and is a sought after startup mentor and jury member. She built a new smart city hub in Ghent, Belgium, with an in-house acceleration program called Watt Factory. 

Yonca serves on the board of Kaira Fund, a new philanthropic fund investing in systemic change. She was selected for the new group of Belgian changemakers “40 under 40” to help advance bold societal goals and was named as one of the "Top 100 most influential women in the European startup and VC ecosystem" in 2023.