Nino Enukidze serves as the Rector of Business and Technology University in Tbilisi, Georgia. With a decade of commitment to education and innovation, she has established Georgia's largest Coding School for Women, as well as the global AI literacy platform, AI4Globe, among other initiatives. Enukidze holds the position of President of the Academic Consortium and serves as an Honorary Board Member of the European Marketing and Management Association. Additionally, she is a member of the Advisory Council for the Committee of Education and Science in the Parliament of Georgia and a member of the Business Advisory Council at UNICEF Georgia.
Under her leadership, Silicon Valley Tbilisi has emerged as a pivotal force for Georgia's technological advancement, notably by founding the first Global Startup Foundation and facilitating the region's first membership in MIT's Martin Trust Center. Her contributions have garnered international recognition, including her designation as one of the Architects of Tomorrow by Emerging Europe and her inclusion in the Strong Women in IT Global Edition’s list of 200 Leaders. She served as an expert panelist at the UN CSW67. Nino Enukidze is an educator and technology activist dedicated to promoting digital and artificial intelligence literacy among women, children, youth, and various vulnerable groups. She holds a PhD in Business Administration and is a professor at BTU.

Paula Escobar Chavarria is a chilean journalist, editor and author. She is a columnist/ interviewer at La Tercera, conductor at CNN Chile and panelist at Tele13 radio. She is a professor at Universidad Diego Portales and member of the board of the Young Global Leaders Foundation, The New Humanitarian, The National Opera House of Chile and of ComunidadMujer.. She is also Executive Director of the Chair on Women and Media at Universidad Diego Portales and member of the Foreign Policy Advisory Council of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She is a Young Global Leader (2006), Yale World Fellow(2012), won the Lenka Franulic award for the best woman journalist in Chile (2014) , and was chosen one of the BBC 100 Inspiring women of 2015. In 2019 she won -with her team- the Excellence in Journalism Award in print media in Chile, for their coverage of sexual misconduct and abuse. In 2020 was selected Poynter Fellow in Journalism, and in 2024 won the Raquel Correa Award, for the best interviewer of Chile. She studied Journalism at the Catholic University of Chile and has a Master's degree studies in Comparative Literature. She has published ten non-fiction books: in one of them she interviewed all Chilean Presidents after the return of democracy. Former Magazines Editor at El Mercurio, former Editor in Chief of Caras magazine and former Editorial Director of Televisa Group in Chile. She also wrote op eds for the Huffington Post.

Marcela Escobari joined the National Security Council as a top migration advisor to President Biden in March 2024. Escobari spearheads the Administration’s efforts to promote safe, orderly and humane migration and advance a collaborative, regional response to the historic displacement of nearly 10 million people across Latin America. Prior to taking on this national security priority, Escobari served as the Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean at USAID from 2021-2024, where she oversaw foreign assistance programs aimed at promoting inclusive growth and good governance across the region.

Escobari previously served in the Obama-Biden Administration as Assistant Administrator at USAID in 2016, during which time she reinforced U.S. support for Peace Colombia, mobilized humanitarian responses to the crisis in Haiti, and operationalized Congress’ doubling of funding to Central America. Prior to serving in government, Escobari was Executive Director at the Center for International Development at Harvard University, and she served as Senior Fellow at Brookings, where she created the Workforce of the Future initiative to map the industrial path of American cities and identify policies to help workers prosper in the face of evolving labor markets.

Her career has spanned the private sector, government and academia, with a common thread of producing growth that is inclusive and sustainable. She began her career as an investment banker at J.P. Morgan and worked across the globe on export competitiveness projects as a strategy consultant. The World Economic Forum named her a Young Global Leader in 2013. She co-authored the book “In the River They Swim: Essays from Around the World on Enterprise Solutions to Poverty.” She holds a B.A. in economics from Swarthmore College and an M.A. in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School.

Kow Essuman is an international lawyer in every sense, who specializes in corporate and commercial litigation and arbitration. He is currently serving as counsel at the office of the President of Ghana. He is licensed to practice law in England & Wales (2008), New York (2010) and Ghana (2011). He holds a Master of Laws degree with Honors in International Mergers and Acquisitions and Financial Institutions from Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (2009). He holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from BPP Law School, London (2008) and is a member of the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn. He obtained a Bachelor of Laws from University of Westminster, London (2007) and was previously a Global Shaper at the Accra Hub.

BA in Economics; MBA, INSEAD, France. Formerly in risk management, Citibank; Strategy Consultant, AT Kearney; Associate Director, Latin America, World Economic Forum; Head, PRONACOM, national competitiveness promotion agency. Founded ANADIE, the national agency for public-private partnerships in Guatemala, Served as Minister of Finance from Jan 2016 to Sep 2018. Presidential Candidate in 2019 Elections in Guatemala. Member of Parliament in Guatemala 2024-2028.

Richard is the CEO and Co-founder of SkyCell; SkyCell delivers a system-critical service to secure the distribution of medicine and vaccines worldwide to doctors, patients, and pharma companies while reducing the CO2 footprint of the shipments by 50%. Before SkyCell, he helped to build up the Institute for Value-Based Entrepreneurship "IVE Institute" in Switzerland, which provided more than 3500 students with business plan creation classes and leadership insights from top CEOs free of charge. He co-led the Alumni Organization for more than ten years. Richard holds a Bachelor of Arts in Management from Université de Fribourg. Richard is married and lives in the Zurich area with his two daughters. His hobbies include skiing, sailing, and coaching startups pro bono.

Independent curator and art historian. 2010 to 2016, worked as Associate Curator, Middle Eastern Art for the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Project of the Solomon R. Guggenheim based at their headquarters in New York City. Had a leading role in shaping the strategy and holdings of West Asian and North African art within its collection and the curatorial vision for the future museum. 2005 to 2007, Director of the Palestinian Association for Contemporary Art (PACA), Ramallah and served as Academic Director for the International Academy of Art Palestine, Ramallah, which helped found in 2006. Has curated many international exhibitions and biennials, especially those pertaining to art and geopolitics in the Middle East, including Jerusalem Lives (Tahya Al Quds), the inaugural exhibition at the Palestinian Museum, Birzeit (2017); Not New Now, 6th Marrakech Biennale (2016) and the United Arab Emirates National Pavilion, 55th Venice Biennale (2013). Recipient: eighth Walter Hopps Award for Curatorial Achievement in 2017; Fulbright scholarship to pursue PhD at the Department of History of Art and Visual Studies, Cornell University, 2008. Director of the Cultural Foundation in Abu Dhabi affiliated with the Department of Culture and Tourism Abu Dhabi.

Iim Fahima Jachja is a Young Global Leader of World Economic Forum, 25 Asia Best Young Entrepreneurs of Business Week and Founder of Queenrides, an online-offline women empowerment community platform with four pillars: Road Safety, Economic Empowerment, Digital Literacy and Family Life Education. Having more than 400K community in all over Indonesia and 25 other countries, Queenrides is now a collaboration platform for public, private sectors, NGOs and Government. Iim is also advisor at Indonesia AI Institute, an organization that advised governments and corporations on AI training, strategy and development.

In 2018, Queenrides selected by The World Economic Forum as one of Asia most creative startups and Iim named among 2019 Young World-Changers during World Economic Forum in Davos .

Iim is an active speaker at numerous international events such as World Economic Forum Davos, FIA The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile Conference, Nissan Future, ADB Regional Conference and many more. Iim also often invited by magazines, radio stations and television stations to be the speaker for Mobility, Startups, Entrepreneurship and Women related issues. 

Before Queenrides, Iim was significant role in the digital advertising industry. Founder and CEO Virus Communication who brought the trend of digital advertising to Indonesia in 2005, the company won many pitches local and regional. In 2011 Iim was appointed CEO of Virtual Consulting (VIRTUCO) that owns Musikkamu.com with 20 million paid subscribers; Gila Motor, media with the most engage online-offline motorbike community with 700.000 members. 

Agustina Fainguersch is the Regional Director for Spanish-speaking South America and Miami at Meta, leading the company's operations in the region. Previously, she founded and led Wolox, a pioneering Argentine digital transformation company that provided technological solutions for businesses undergoing digital innovation. Her success at Wolox led to its acquisition by Accenture, where she served as Managing Director until January 2022.
As a seasoned software engineer and professor at Universidad de San Andres' Executive MBA, Agustina holds a Master's Degree in Software from Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires (ITBA). Her extensive experience in high-impact projects has earned her numerous accolades, including a scholarship to Singularity University's Global Solutions Program and the Launchpad at SU Labs at NASA, Silicon Valley. She has also been recognized by MIT as one of 35 innovators under 35 and received the Argentine Digital Innovation Profile Award.
Agustina's achievements extend to her project, Muzi, which has received awards for innovation and social impact. She has been named EY Entrepreneur of the Year, Nearshore Executive of the Year, and one of Argentina's top 100 most influential CEOs for three consecutive years. In 2022, she was featured on the cover of Forbes Magazine Argentina and selected as President of the Engineering Week of CAI, Argentine Engineer Center. Her impressive track record solidifies her position as a leading figure in technology and entrepreneurship.

Karen Fang is Managing Director, Global Head of Sustainable
Finance at Bank of America. She works across Bank of America’s
eight lines of business to drive the implementation of its firm-wide
sustainable finance strategy and goal of mobilizing and deploying
$1.5 trillion in sustainable finance capital by 2030.
Karen is a member of Bank of America’s Management Committee,
Responsible Growth Council and Asian Leadership Council. She is
also a leader in global net zero and sustainable finance forums and
taskforces. She serves as co-chair of the Finance and Infrastructure
Taskforce for the B20 (the G20 member states’ official dialogue forum with the global business
community), as co-chair of the Blended Finance Taskforce for the UN Global Investors for
Sustainable Development Alliance and as a member of the G7 Just Energy Transition
Partnership, Sustainable Markets Initiative, World Economic Forum (WEF) Net Zero Transition
Steering Committee, U.S. Steering Council of 1t.org, Leadership Council of the Breakthrough
Energy Catalyst program and Climate Advisory Council to the Rockefeller Foundation. Karen
previously served as a national board member of LISC, one of the largest community
development financial institutions in the U.S.
Prior to joining Bank of America, Karen was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs in New
York after holding senior positions in derivatives structuring, including at Merrill Lynch in
Tokyo and Deutsche Bank in London. She was named one of Fortune’s “40 under 40”and a
Young Global Leader by WEF. She is one of Crain’s New York Business’s 2024 & 2023 Notable
Leaders in Sustainability and 2022 Notable Women on Wall Street. Karen is a recipient of the
2021 American Banker Most Powerful Women Standout Award, 2021 Outstanding 50 Asian
Americans in Business Award and Business Insider’s 100 People Transforming Business Award
in 2020.
Karen holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Tokyo

Scholar and entrepreneur to bridge GenAI and creativity. Founder of Tezign.com, a unicorn with the mission to build enterprise content AI solutions for leading brands. Founding Chair and professor of Tongji University Design Artificial Intelligence Lab. World Economic Forum Young Global Leader; Aspen Institute China Fellow. Member, IEEE Global Council for Extended Intelligence. Recipient, National DDF Award (2018). Doctorate, Harvard University; Master's degree, Princeton University.

Jonathan Fantini Porter is a government official and executive in the private and social sectors. He currently serves as CEO of the public-private Partnership for Central America and previously held leadership positions at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, The White House, U.S. Congress, and McKinsey & Company.

Under his tenure, the Partnership raised $4.2 billion in foreign direct investment, procurement, and lending in 18 months for projects in the region and delivered programs to 5 million individuals across environmental, social, and governance programs to address the economic roots of migration in frontier and emerging markets. The Partnership has been cited by the President of Microsoft, Administrator of USAID Samantha Power, and the President of the World Bank as a case study on how to mobilize private sector investments for public-private economic development partnerships.

Jonathan previously served as an Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company; advisor on national security and private sector engagement to the Presidential transition of Joe Biden; a White House advisor on transnational security during the Presidency of Barack Obama; as a senior congressional aide in the U.S. Congress; and Chief of Staff in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security where he oversaw management operations of a $6 billion homeland security budget supporting 22,000 personnel in 48 countries.

He was named a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum and has served on advisory bodies to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, World Economic Forum, Amnesty International, and as a consulting fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

Jonathan is a graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and Georgetown University and was awarded an Eisenhower Fellowship. He speaks Spanish, French, and German.