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John Barry is a father, a political activist, recovering politician, trades unionist, the world’s only Professor of Green Political Economy, and Director of the Centre for Sustainability, Equality and Climate Action at Queens University Belfast. VIEW MORE

Malcolm Bell is CEO of Envetec Sustainable Technologies, an Irish cleantech company creating a circular economy for laboratory plastics worldwide. A serial healthcare entrepreneur and senior board member, he founded Technopath Clinical Diagnostics and later led Northwell Holdings. VIEW MORE

Jan Peter "JP" Bergkvist, sustainability professional, inspiring speaker, writer & senior advisor at SleepWell AB, has been active in the field of Sustainable Business at an executive level in the hospitality industry since the early nineties. VIEW MORE

Geraldine is the Director of Circular Economy Innovation at Irish Manufacturing Research (IMR) with responsibility for building and growing the Circular Economy Innovation Unit, and driving the evolution of Ireland's flagship cross-sectoral industry-led PPP initiative CIRCULÉIRE. VIEW MORE

Catherine Gearty is a recognised expert in people, culture, governance and organisational change. A former Partner, Shareholder and Head of Consulting at RSM Ireland, she now advises CEOs and Boards, bringing commercial and leadership experience to building sustainable, high-performing organisations VIEW MORE

Karen is a Co-Founder of SustainabilityWorks, an award-winning, independent sustainability consultancy. She has over 20 years’ experience advising large corporates and SMEs across Ireland, the UK, and Europe on sustainability strategy, communications and reporting. VIEW MORE

Supriya Foster, PRISM Cluster Manager for Mineral Processes, leads innovative decarbonisation and sustainability initiatives across the cluster. Drawing on a decade of expertise in environmental stewardship, she builds strong, collaborative partnerships to accelerate sustainable transformation. VIEW MORE

Marie-Louise Gaile is Head of Sustainability at Ulster University, where she leads strategic initiatives in ESG, climate action, and education for sustainability. With over 20 years of experience driving organisational change across higher education and the public sector, she is recognised for trans VIEW MORE

A passionate sustainability advocate and business strategist, Founder & CEO of reuzi.ie, and Partner & CSO at Pragmatica. She empowers individuals and organisations to drive positive environmental change through education, collaboration, and media engagement, inspiring meaningful collective impact. VIEW MORE

A horticulturist and environmentalist with more than 15 years experience working on hands on projects building more sustainable environemnts and delivering workshops to the corporate and public sectors. VIEW MORE

Ankita Nalavade is an urban sustainability and resilience expert with an architectural background. Her diverse experience across public, private and academic sectors has been fundamental in implementing Sustainability and Resiliency strategies at different urban scale. VIEW MORE

Kathleen is part of the Sustainability Solutions & Business Expansion Department of Enterprise Ireland helping Irish companies implement sustainability best practices through a range of supports including advisory, training, and capital grants. VIEW MORE

Ian has worked extensively over the past 35 years developing and championing the deployment of Biological solutions for complex air pollution applications. He has focused on developing biological treatment of air emissions utilising recovered materials for a double environment win. VIEW MORE

Advocate, author and speaker on sustainability for Chartered Accountants Ireland, a membership body representing over 38000 members across the island of Ireland and overseas. VIEW MORE