Being based in Huskvarna and having worked for Husqvarna Group since 2018, it just seems natural that Erik Swan is Poduct Owner of HUGSI.green – the Husqvarna Urban Green Space Index – which was awarded Top Innovator by Uplink & World Economic Forum in 2022. Erik is part of multiple initiatives exploring new services and … Continued
Co-founding the Next Generation Academy, Antonella Bosio organises events and workshops, engaging young professionals in climate discussions. As a researcher, she worked with the Climate and Development team at MCC Berlin. As a project architect, Antonella spearheaded sustainable urban projects in Germany, emphasising energy-efficient designs. Now she works as an energy expert to drive the … Continued
Tiziana Grossele promotes approaches that overcomes the silos perspective, fosters networking within Padova’s municipality departments, and creates powerful governance, all with a focus on capacity building processes beyond national borders. She believes that cities can change when a solid approach to innovative processes like this is widely shared without barriers around the municipality. This Tiziana … Continued
Cécile van Oppen helps organisations transition to a circular economy by learning from the barriers they encounter, and translating these into meaningful research, which is aimed at redesigning the rules of the economy.
Eline Boon is a climate fiction writer and policy expert who looks into the role of public policy and legislation as a driver to accelerate systemic change. She firmly believes in the intersection of art, science, and storytelling as a catalyst for change, enabling us to confront the most complex challenges of our time. Through … Continued
Costanza Milano is a designer and researcher whose work addresses the relationship between social, political, and cultural dynamics. She favours a focus on mobility and welfare – hence the relevance of co-editing ‘Mobility Society: Society Seen through the Lens of Mobility’ – and aims to make meaningful change. This Costanza achieves both by teaching the … Continued
Claude Moraes heads the European Team at communications agency 89up, which specialises in not-for-profit clients, e.g. ECF, Sunrise, and Laudes. In this position, he helps NGOs, foundations, and civil society organisations with advocacy and campaigning in the EU and international spaces. This benefits from Claude’s broader perspective and knowledge on the challenges and opportunities around … Continued
Giuliana Huerta-Mercado leads on the Workforce Integration Network (WIN) Design Lab at the Greater London Authority, a 10-month programme set up to support large businesses in London’s key growth sectors – which includes the Green Economy. This aims to tackle underrepresentation of Londoners from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, and to build more inclusive … Continued
Phil Birkner learned that conventional methods alone will not succeed in achieving the climate targets or transforming the housing industry in time. We need other, faster, and simpler solutions as serial renovation – and ecoworks tries to create the respective transformation in the construction and housing industry. They decarbonise the largest asset class worldwide and … Continued
Jorge Canovas Montoya manages the EU Capital of Innovation Awards, an important tool to recognise innovation in cities, and coordinates the EIC Prizes at ESMEA. Jorge also manages the EU Innovation Council (EIC), Europe’s flagship innovation programme to identify, develop, and scale up break-through technologies and game-changing innovations.