Degree in Civil Engineering from the Politecnico of Milan, about 20 years of experience in construction companies with different roles, 15 as sustainable innovation manager & consultant. Master of Management and Organizational Development at MIP. LEED, Living Future, WELL and RESET AP. USGBC & WELL Faculty. LF Hero. In 2009-2022, he has been working with IDM South Tyrol as an innovation manager in the Ecosystem Construction. In 2017-2021 he was Chair of the COST Action 'REthinking Sustainability TOwards a Regenerative Economy' (RESTORE). Since 2019 he is President at Living Future Europe. He co-founded the Biophilic Society and coordinates LFE biophilic design strategy.

Ann Vanner is an architect, educator & regenerative practitioner, an undisciplined and unconventional thinker reshaping the future of architecture and education. A Living Future Accredited Professional (LFA), Chartered Architectural Technologist (FCIAT), Chartered Architect, and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). Founder of Healing Buildings, Ann is driven by a belief in the power of practical creativity—combining hands-on making, inspirational pragmatism, and socially responsive design to create spaces that are healing, inclusive, and ecologically restorative, buildings that do more than shelter—they nurture, regenerate, and inspire. Ann spent over a decade as Principal Lecturer in Architecture at UCLan, leading programmes in architecture, architectural technology, and professional practice.

Martin, FRSA, is a Regenerative Provocateur based in Lancashire, VP at Living Future Europe, LF Hero and Co-Chair of Longridge Environment Group. Vice Chair of the COST Action RESTORE (2017-21).

Blending a passion for outdoor exploration with a lifelong career in the built environment, Martin is a pioneer and inspiration voice in the built environment regenerative thinking as advisor, educator, commentator, speaker, and author.

He supports, counsels, nurtures, and provokes many organisations on their regenerative journeys and discoveries. As founder and host of the Zoom Regenerative online conversation series, he gives time and space for regenerative voices globally.

A TEDx Speaker, award-winning biophilic design advocate (read her latest article), Interior Designer, a 2025 Rewild Champion, founder of Green Biophilis Living and certified green building consultant (EDGE, IFC), dedicated to restoring Africa’s deep connection with nature through regenerative, culture-centred design. Her work spans wellness real estate, sustainable communities, and biophilic master planning, promoting zero-VOC materials, slowlife wellness principles, and community-led regenerative projects. Wangui’s mission is to build an African Biophilia Empire that preserves traditional knowledge, inspires modern design rooted in nature, and supports thriving local ecosystems.

Margarita brings over 20 years of experience leading social and environmental entrepreneurship, empowering small producers transitioning to organic and regenerative practices in Argentina, Chile, and Mexico. Mayma also promotes inclusive, collaborative, and sustainable business models, harnessing innovation, triple-impact strategies, and systemic transformation in communities and ecosystems.

A permaculturist and conservationist at heart, she has lived and worked in Parque Nacional El Impenetrable (Chaco) with Tompkins Conservation in Patagonia. She is a lifelong student of ancestral healing practices, devoted to restoring harmony between people and the Earth. She holds a B.A. from Rutgers University, USA.

Archie is a doctoral candidate whose research explores how architecture can foster meaningful connections with nature through biophilic design. Her work focuses on spatial, material, and sensory strategies that support nature integration in the built environment. In addition to her academic work, she is currently engaged in architectural practice, contributing to projects that embed biophilic principles into both design thinking and material expression. She has also served on the judging panel for biophilic design awards for LFIA, supporting the recognition of projects that exemplify innovative and thoughtful approaches to nature-integrated design.

I am Nishita Shah, a graduate in Architecture from CEPT University with over a decade of experience across diverse architectural and interior projects. Having worked with renowned firms in Bangalore, I’ve honed my skills on varied scales and typologies, from homes to hospitality spaces. Currently, I balance professional practice with academics, being associated with CMR University where I mentor young design minds. After years immersed in both teaching and the industry, I’m keen to explore writing for research journals, channeling my insights and experiences into meaningful contributions that deepen my own understanding and push the boundaries of design thinking.

Melissa has over 15 years’ experience as an Art therapist and clinical supervisor. Working with creativity as a way to explore consciousness, emotional life, and our deep relationship with nature. She is Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader for the MA Art Therapy at the University of Chester, an external examiner, and a board member of the British Association of Art Therapists. Melissa teaches outdoor art therapy, nature-based practices, the work of Carl Jung, therapeutic frames, meditation, visualisation, symbolism, metaphor, and working with dreams and archetypal imagery. Her practice draws on nature and symbolic imagery to help others explore their inner world through creative expression and reflective visualisation.

After more than a decade of corporate experience in the workplace and real estate strategy, design, and project management in the United States and Western Europe, Lenna founded Prospera to provide focused and impactful advisory for supporting human thriving in the built environment. Prospera helps real estate investors, developers, and design teams create places where people thrive—that elevate human potential while meeting the urgent challenges of climate, wellbeing, and social equity.

A civil engineer-architect with over 25 years of experience in ecological and regenerative design. He is founder of SymbioAE, a symbiotic engineering office dedicated to biophilic, sustainable and future-resilient building solutions. Bruno combines technical precision with deep ecological awareness and has co-founded several pioneering initiatives, including the UR.zone Regenerative Business Centre and BAST architects & engineers. He teaches Regenerative Design and Building Services at KU Leuven and inspires professionals through lectures and trainings on timber construction, healthy interiors and biobased systems. Rooted in systems thinking and human ecology, Bruno’s work bridges technical innovation with lived sustainability.

Natasha Reid is a progressive spatial design lab working at the intersection of architecture, urban design, art and the human sciences, such as neuroscience and environmental psychology. Speaker and practitioner, she specialises in the emerging fields of Human-Centric Design and NeuroArchitecture, with a focus on Biophilic Design, prioritising people’s experience, emotion, empathy and equity with her “Compassionate Places” design method. She is an advocate for the power of design to create change that matters for people and was named a “Groundbreaker” by international design authority Wallpaper* magazine in 2021.

Kara is a Consultant, Strategist, and Facilitator dedicated to co-creating Earth- and Life-centred spaces. She is a Trustee of Artspace Lifespace in Bristol and a Fellow of The Bio-leadership Project. Her extensive experience includes a Board Directorship for Land is Life, leading the Co-Lab Studio for AWW in Bristol, serving on the TEDxBristol Core Team (2013-2019), and holding External Examiner and Lecturer positions at universities nationwide. As the founder of the collective platform, TerraLupa, she works with stewards of the land, developers, design teams, and individuals to arrive at holistic and long-term strategies to masterplanning and architectural design.

For more than 15 years, he has been designing and accompanying learning processes in teams and organisations, helping to reveal and activate the potential that lives latent in all those who wish to engage with life. At Experiencia Raíz he creates experiential learning processes, mostly working with teams inside corporations and NGOs, foregrounding the importance of observing our human nature inside an organisational context. Works with individuals and teams, searching for adequate questions and possible answers to our socio-ecological complexity and our way of participating. He has 15 years of experience as a Leadership and OD Consultant, Holds a degree in Business Administration (UCES), and after getting deeply interested in organisational behaviour and human development, completed an MSc in Organisational Studies (UDESA) and other workshops and programmes related to facilitation and learning. Also holds an MA in Philosophy of Social Innovation (Alanus Hochschule).

Robert has spent a life in architecture, from working with Sverre Fehn in Norway and Renzo Piano in Paris and the artist Vito Acconci in New York City to Cura Designs' ongoing residential and community projects in the UK and abroad. The architecture practice endeavours to best serve the natural world not by retreating from it and minimising our footprint, but by participating more fully as a new regenerative extension of ecology, protecting and enhancing biodiversity through integrating design and architectural technology with nature for our well-being. Robert has been a member of the Southwest Design Review Panel since 2014 and was recently appointed a Trustee for the Architects Benevolent Society based in London. He is the founder and director of Cura Design, a multi-award-winning architectural practice, offering biophilic design services.

Andy is an ILFI accredited architect with a passion for regenerative design. I enjoy working across a variety of scales and sectors - in particular culture, workplace and transport. His design approach is inspired by nature to find elegant, efficient solutions in response to complex requirements. I enjoy working in a collaborative way to deliver the best design outcomes.