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Dr Marina Demchenko Ph.D is a Social Ecosystems Evolution researcher and Integral Development practitioner, a futurist and visionary focused on the development of humanity. With a PhD in economics and international marketing of territorial development, she has a substantial experience in public administration and global change management. A TED speaker and author of several peer reviewed papers, for more than 20 years Marina has been researching the patterns and principles of integral personal, organisational and place-based development.
Co-founder of the Russian-Swiss PANORAMA LAB, she was the first ever Advisor to the Mayor on the holistic wellbeing and happiness of its citizens (Zverevo, Russia), and during that time developed her own methodology for the diagnosis and assessment of integral development of social ecosystems INNER KEY(C). Marina was also a co-creator and for two years the operations and community leader in Living Cities Earth (LCE) - a global horizontally organised action community of 100+ world’s leading researchers and practitioners in the field of integral urban development. She represents Russia and Russian speaking communities in global Ecocivilisation movement. Dr Demchenko is a Research Leader in Living Cities Action Research Ecosystem, aimed at transforming cities into living, resilient, interconnected ecosystems that thrive in harmony with nature. The object of her current research is the integration and augmentation of key aspects of individual, organisational, local and global evolutionary development to ensure the social wellbeing, sustainability and planetary health. |
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Wendy Ellyatt is a Futurist and Change Agent who is actively promoting regenerative systems transformation across sectors. Founder of the Flourish Project, whose SDG and IDG handbooks are now being used by schools in more than 30 countries worldwide, she is an Evolutionary Leader, a Global Council member of the Wellbeing Economy Alliance (WEAll), member of the SDG Thought Leaders Synergy Circle, Co-Lead of the Unitive Age Colab, Founder of the Unitive Wisdom Lab, co-founder of Living Cities Earth, Project Lead of the Spirituality in Education Alliance UK (SIEUK), Catalyst Member of the Inner Development Goals (IDGs) and an awardee of the Brahma Kumaris ‘100 Women of Spirit’. She is also currently Co-Lead of the Galileo Commission’s Three Year Worldviews Study.
Her activities focus on catalysing systemic change, with a particular emphasis on what creates lives of meaning and purpose within the context of a flourishing planet. Her studies have taken her from being a specialist in the foundational importance of early learning, to examining educational policymaking, natural systems dynamics, indigenous perspectives and the importance of family and community life for the creation of sustainable societies and cultures of lifelong learning. Her specialities include: whole-systems thinking, regenerative cultures, human flourishing, ecosystems, spirituality, values and worldviews, early human development, child and family wellbeing, indigenous perspectives, ecological approaches, learning and education, natural systems design, creativity, innovation, sustainable communities, futures thinking www.wendyellyatt.com |
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Marilyn Hamilton, Ph.D is a renowned writer and integral thinker, urban development expert and social entrepreneur, founder of Integral City Meshworks Inc. and author of Integral City Book Series. Her meshworking, appreciative inquiry and action research methodologies build capacity for individuals, groups, organizations and communities to inquire, act and impact city wellbeing.
Marilyn develops communities of collaborative practice and train whole-system teams of 4 Voices - citizens, civic managers, business innovators and 3rd sector - so they reframe complex challenges for their cities and bioregions. She has developed training programs for Findhorn College and Ubiquity University’s Master Regenerative Action with students in 70 cities around the world. Humanity Rising Programs have livestreamed to thousands more. |
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Wanda Krause is an international researcher and Global Leadership expert, who works for the planetary health and incorporates the indigenous and marginalised approaches that help integral leaders see themselves as ONE with our Mother Earth. She integrates modern knowledge of social development and leadership with the indigenous wisdom through teaching and working with Indigenous governments in Northern Canada. She also has an extensive experience of research and teaching students in the Middle East; she is an expert in Middle East politics, civil society, women’s participation and gender issues, embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion, and decolonization.
Her mission in life is to contribute to planetary health through conscious living, leadership development, civil society expansion, and all the ways she may be guided to at different times, phases, in the various local and international contexts she traverses, and the networks with which she chooses to strengthen. She currently works to incorporate integral approaches and planetary health into the curriculum of the MA programme in Global Leadership, which she heads in at Royal Roads University Canada. She has three single authored books, in addition to an edited book. For one of her books, she won best title on the Middle East. She has contributed to numerous other texts and journals and speak at conferences internationally every year on the above topics. |
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Dr Alexander Laszlo Ph.D is a polycultural systems scientist, currently residing in Argentina.
He was the 57th President of the International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS), known for his work on systems theories and "education ecosystems". He, furthermore, is the President of the Board of Directors of the Bertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science (BCSSS), based in Vienna, Austria. He also functions as the director of research at the Laszlo Institute of New Paradigm Research (LINPR), which is based in Trieste, Italy. With his research and work Alexander Laszlo has delivered outstanding contributions in the fields of leadership, systemic innovation, and sustainability. He was involved as a researcher, consultant, and scholar with several renown international higher education institutions, as well as public and private institutions, including the Italian Electric Power Agency, the UNESCO Regional Office for Science and Technology for Europe in Italy, as well as Brookhaven National Laboratory, in New York, USA. He continues to teach and consult on evolutionary leadership, collaboration, and systems thinking at a variety of MBA and Doctoral programs internationally. |
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Dr. Ekaterina Matveeva (h.c.) is the author of the theory Language Alter Ego and the founder of Amolingua and Lingo+. Her work around Language Alter Ego explores how individuals create new personalities while acquiring a foreign language and culture, and how this influences their ability to adapt to unexpected cultural situations and global work environments. With over 15 years of teaching experience, Ekaterina has developed innovative learning and teaching strategies for her first company, Amolingua. Her second company, Lingo+, was established with the support of the Erasmus+ fund by the European Commission, aiming to provide professional development for teachers in international schools with a focus on the application of multilingualism and multiculturalism in the classroom. She is also a member of the Advisory Council of Language Connects Foundation, advancing the appreciation of languages and cultures at local, national and international levels.
Ekaterina was named a "linguahacker" by the magazine "Yes!" during her university years for managing nine languages and understanding another dozen. Her academic background spans across disciplines from comparative linguistics to socio-cultural anthropology and neuroscience, with studies at the University of St Andrews, Santiago de Compostela University, University of Bergamo, Perpignan University, Vistula University, and Moscow State Linguistics University. She received her business education through grant-based executive programs and fellowships taught by professors from Babson College, Harvard, MIT, and Stanford. Ekaterina has been recognized with several awards for her entrepreneurial achievements in ed:tech and her contributions to the fields of education and humanities. She has published academic articles and three books on Language Alter Ego, language acquisition, and learning strategies. She is also a TEDx speaker and a retired memory athlete with two world memory championships under her belt. |
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Paddy Pampallis Paddy Pampallis (Dr: Executive Coaching and Supervision) is an integral, developmental psychologist and master coach; Founder & CEO of The Integral Africa Institute, The Coaching Centre, Founder/Director of IA Conference, Founder/Board member of The Ubuntu Coaching Foundation; Director of the Child & Family, Assessment and Therapy centre; Chair and Board of analytical and family systems psychotherapy groups, founder member of Coaches and Mentors of SA; and contributing faculty to Meridian University, UCT, Da Vinci Institute. Her pioneering spirit is deeply connected to the soul of Africa her current work includes being a founder member of Living Cities Earth, The Wisdom School (McGregor: SA), and supporting leaders across multiple sectors in Higher Education, Primary Health Care, Business, Government and NPO’s, locally and internationally.
Her ground-breaking doctoral (MDX) research in supervision, led the way for supervision in the coaching profession. With 21 years of research and practice in the TCC school, she has founded the Integral Africa approach and I U (Ubuntu) framework which expands Africa’s wisdom into the western approaches. This work has been cultivated through the flagship Integral Practitioner Coaching and Leadership – a public online offering as wells as in business, health, higher education and international NPO’s where the exploration of the inner world of being aligns to outer impact for individuals, teams and organisations. Teaching and learning with Dr Susanne Cook Grueter internationally, has led to current research and application in leadership maturity. Her social activism expresses itself in her work of supporting others to become developmentally deliberate through nuanced design and emergence for collaboration as a systemic whole and as an effective means for embodiment. |
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Paul van Schaik is the Founder of integralMENTORS & Integral Urban Hub, Founder iUH Publishing, co- founder Integral Without Borders, a founding member of the Integral Institute, and Principal Associate / Founder of iSchaik Development Associates. He has 45+ year experience of working in international development – with extensive experience in the education, health, and infrastructure sectors. He is a UK trained and Registered Architect with extensive global experience doing pioneering work with passive solar energy in the 1970s in Africa, and tutored at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, London. As Principal Associate of iSchaik Development Associates he worked with national governments, bilateral and multilateral development organisations, and international NGOs to bring an integrally informed approach to programme development, implementation and evaluation, either directly or through the training of operational staff.
He was an Advisor and Consultant to DFID UK, Danida Denmark, European Union, KfW/GTZ Germany, Sida Sweden, UNICEF, World Bank among others with extensive experience of working and living in Asia, Africa, Europe and Middle East. As mentor he works with individuals and small groups to develop a deeper understanding of integral praxis enabling them to become more integrally informed practitioners. He has co-hosted Integral without Borders gatherings in Perpignan (France), Istanbul (Turkey), South Africa and London (England). |
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Anne-Marie Voorhoeve is a Founder/Strategist, social architect, and expert in facilitating Mesh-working and the integral transformation of society into a sustainable world. She is a recognised Evolutionary Leader, chief creative director for the Club of Budapest (COB), co-founder of The Hague Center for Global Governance, Innovation and Emergence and of The Hague Center for Field Inquiry.
She is a core team member of Integral City Meshworks Ltd, WholeWorld-View, One Humanity Institute, co- producer of World Unity Week, and a certified expert in Spiral Dynamics, Art of Hosting and SQ21 spiritual intelligence. She enjoys designing and supporting complex multi-stakeholder projects that commit to meaningful and ambitious goals. Anne-Marie is a weaver of many intergenerational networks and initiatives, holding a higher purpose for heart-centered governance and emergence for humanity. |
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Dr. Violeta Bulc is multiple entrepreneur, academic, author and systems architect. Held various positions in the telecoms industry, including Telekom Slovenia and Telemach. Former owner and Chief Executive Officer, Vibacom, engaged in work on sustainable and innovative business solutions. Former Deputy Prime Minister of Slovenia, with ministerial responsibility for development, strategic projects and cohesion. Since November 2014, European Union Commissioner for Transport. As Commissioner, has placed priority on digitalization, decarbonization and innovation in transport.
Violeta is a many times awarded innovator, consultant and University lecturer; author of books, book chapters and professional articles. Violeta is a founder and curator of global Ecocivilisation Movement, which has representatives in more than 50 countries. Her mission is serving life and have a joy in her heart along the way. |
