Austin Wade Smith (they/them) is an artist, ecologist, writer, and technologist based in Brooklyn, New York. They are the Executive Director of the Regen Foundation, a non-profit researching sovereign regenerative economies. Their research explores the interrelation of mutualism, animism, and bioregionalism in decentralized technical and economic infrastructures. Previously, they taught critical methodologies on climate justice in art and engineering at universities in New York. They enjoy cultivating orchids, and flying kites.

Shaila is a trusted intermediary and environmental advocate working at the convergence of Finance, ecology, and indigenous knowledge systems. With a background in Economics and disruptive Fintech, she focuses on regenerative models of economic justice, data sovereignty, and cultural resilience. Her work ranges from regenerative, non-monetary systems such as blockchain-based community currencies in Kenya, to teaching Syntropic Agroforestry and researching the intersection of Finance and African Mutualism. She is a certified Data Protection Officer and an internationally exhibited installation artist, which reflects her broader commitment to cultural conservation, environmental justice, and systemic transformation. Whether through policy, soil, or story, her focus is on building futures that are equitable, interconnected, and rooted in community.

Nena Jain implements bold and complex ideas through designing operational infrastructures, communications, and knowledge systems that support the growth of regenerative movements. Driven by curiosity, she connects complex ideas across disciplines. Her background includes work in Sexual and Reproductive Health and the Fair Trade supply chain sector. Born and raised in Southern India near the Bay of Bengal, she is now based in Vienna. There, she co-stewards a community-led art atelier where she practices sculpting as an animist expression, and hosts a monthly supper club with friends.

Will was a member of the co-founding team of Regen Network in the summer of 2017. He is co-founder of Origins Co-op, a confederated regenerative commodity brokerage, and currently serves as a Board Member and Treasurer at Terra Genesis International PBC, as well as a Steering Board Member at Redesigning for Resilience and Regeneration. Will lives in rural New England, and is passionate about the domains of regenerative agriculture, alternative and gift economics, phenomenology, animism, and myth. He is a citizen of the Connecticut River watershed, and his new endeavor, Hyperbeings, is an ontological framework to see bioregional-scale entities, such as watersheds, from an animist perspective.

Amanda Joy Ravenhill is Executive Director of the Buckminster Fuller Institute and an active member of the international community focused on addressing imminent global challenges. She previously held the role of Co-Founder and Executive Director of Project Drawdown, a comprehensive plan to reverse global warming. Ravenhill is driven by her experience living and working internationally as well as her enthusiasm to integrate art and science. She is the Executive Director of Buckminster Fuller Institute.

Dr. Dorn Cox, PhD, is the Research Director for the Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture and the Environment, and Founder of FarmOS and the Farm Hack community. Dr. Cox was recognized in 2018 by the National Association of Conservation Districts with the inaugural Hugh Hammond Bennet award for excellence in conservation. Active in the U.S. Soil Health movement, he speaks regularly nationally and internationally about participatory science, open agricultural knowledge exchange, soil health, and regenerative agriculture. He is passionate about the potential for open source agriculture to accelerate innovation and quantify environmental services.

Kei Kreutler is a researcher, writer, and artist interested in how cultural narratives of technologies shape their use. Previously, she worked at Gnosis, building decentralized infrastructure for cryptonetworks, and in 2021, she co-created Gnosis Guild, a small team behind the Zodiac open software standard for interoperable and modular organizational governance tools. She is currently developing a book project on memory as a way of seeing technology, ecology, and economics.