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Anisa Mirza is a software entrepreneur, passionate about the intersection of technology and social causes. A 2x founder, Mirza is a Y Combinator alum and named Forbes Top 30 Under 30 Social Innovators for 2016.

She is the Founder and President of Tiny Broadway, the leading education platform for arts and theatre experiences. Her first company, Giveffect, is the all-in-one software for nonprofits across North America, processing over $24 Million in donations annually. As Founder, and former CEO of Giveffect, Anisa turned a $120,000 investment into a company valued at $15 Million today. She continues to be a proud majority shareholder in Giveffect inc.

As an immigrant to America who is also the daughter of immigrants, Anisa hopes to inspire more women and minority founders to follow their passion and become creators of their own startups. She is a fierce voice for diversity in the startup community.

Originally from Canada, Anisa is Pakistani-Italian by heritage. She migrated to San Francisco, USA in 2015 after getting accepted into the prestigious Y Combinator program. In January 2020, Anisa moved to New York City where she currently lives with her boyfriend and two cats.

Anisa currently serves as an advisor and startup growth coach for business looking to tell better stories to enhance their sales. Anisa is a frequent public speaker and host of Startup Hour - a live stream show for founders, by founders.

Prateek Kanwal is a World Bank Scholar and did his Master in Public Policy (MPP) from the Harvard Kennedy School in United States. He did his undergraduate studies in Finance & Accounting from NMIMS, Mumbai. Over a period of last 10 years, he has worked across government, private and non-profit sector both nationally and internationally. This experience has allowed him to plan and execute key policies in the education sector. He is an international speaker and is invited frequently to deliver keynotes and join panel discussions on social sector reforms.

Dr. Christian Busch is the director of the Global Economy program at New York University's Center for Global Affairs, where he teaches on purpose-driven leadership, impact entrepreneurship, social innovation, and emerging markets. He is a Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics (LSE) and the co-founder of Leaders on Purpose, an organization convening high-impact leaders, as well as the Sandbox Network, a global community of young innovators active in over 20 countries. Previously, he served on the faculty of the LSE's Department of Management and as the inaugural Deputy Director of the LSE’s Innovation Centre.

Abhay Kumar or Abhay K. (born 1980) is an Indian poet-diplomat and India's 21st Ambassador to Madagascar and Ambassador to Comoros. He has served in different diplomatic capacities earlier in Russia, Nepal and Brazil. His published collections of poetry include The Seduction of Delhi, The Eight-Eyed Lord of Kathmandu, The Prophecy of Brasilia, The Alphabets of Latin America among others, while his edited books are CAPITALS, 100 Great Indian Poems, 100 More Great Indian Poems, New Brazilian Poems, The Bloomsbury Anthology of Great Indian Poems,The Bloomsbury Book of Great Indian Love Poems among others. He recorded his poems at the Library of Congress. His writings cover poetry, art, memoir, global democracy and digital diplomacy. His Earth Anthem has been translated into over 50 languages and was played at the United Nations to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Earth Day. He also wrote an anthem for SAARC spurring search for an official SAARC Anthem. He wrote a 'Moon Anthem' to celebrate the success of India's Moon Mission Chandrayaan-2. He has penned a 'Mars Anthem' to inspire the younger generation to explore our neighbouring red planet. He has also penned a Venus Anthem.

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An IIT-graduate with over 6 years of experience in Fintech, Rohit founded Decentro in his pursuit to help businesses reduce integration time by ~10X and capital expenditure by ~80%. Rohit co-founded his first venture Mypoolin in 2015 which was the country’s first social payments platform and a payments infrastructure provider. After raising two rounds of funding, Mypoolin was acquired by a California-based global payments player Wibmo in 2017, which in turn was acquired by Naspers-backed PayU in 2019.

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Xiangkun (Elvis) Cao (https://www.elviscao.com/) is an honoree by three 30 under 30 lists including Forbes’ 30 under 30 in Energy. His Ph.D. thesis at Cornell University centers around developing scalable photoreactors for solar fuel production, which is featured in the World Economic Forum's white paper as an energy innovation breakthrough of the past decade (2020). He was selected as a Young Scientist Attendee for the 70th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau, Germany (2020), was chosen as a Young Investigator Attendee for the 3rd World Laureates Forum in Shanghai, China (2020).

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Marie is a personal communication expert, author and TEDx speaker. She has been working at the intersection of communications and innovations for the past 10 years, with a career ranging from advertising to consulting and fashion. On a daily basis she helps managers and thought leaders transform their business and communicate better about themselves through consulting, training and a personal coaching practice. She is also a TEDx speaker and advocate for women empowerment and gender diversity. In addition to her work as a consultant, trainer and coach she teaches communications for startups at the Center for Entrepreneurship of Sciences Po Paris. Her first book was published in 2021 by French publisher Dunod: "I am the brand - personal communications for those who don't like to brag" (in French "La Marque, c'est moi - la communication personnelle pour celles et ceux qui n'aiment pas se mettre en avant.)

Manal is the co-founder and CEO of Eat Offbeat, a refugee-driven food company that delivers authentic meals conceived and prepared by refugees who now call New York City home. Manal moved to NYC to pursue a career in environmental affairs, but the Hummus she found on supermarket shelves led her on a different journey. She co-founded Eat Offbeat to help New Yorkers discover authentic cuisines from around the world all the while creating quality jobs. Eat Offbeat has since served over 250,000 meals in NYC and has been featured in media outlets including Forbes, The Guardian, the Huffington Post, Newsweek, Fast Company and others.

Dr. Marcus Ranney’s journey has led him from disease care, at the patient’s bed-side, to wellbeing, in some of the most extreme environments around the planet. Graduating from University College of London Medical School (UCL), his research has taken him to Mt. Everest, the Arctic Circle and the Alps. He has worked with fighter pilots whilst in the Royal Airforce and with astronauts whilst at NASA. Leaving the world of clinical medicine in 2010, his work now looks at the role of wellbeing in society and how technology can be crafted as a force for good. A keynote speaker and global health commentator, he has been a World Economic Forum’s Global Shaper, and more recently, appointed as a Senior Fellow to the Atlantic Council. Marcus is a keen athlete and long-distance marathon runner, also holding a Guinness Record for backwards running, and he most of all describes himself as a young hands-on father intent on making this world a better place for his two children.

Rahul Rana is a venture builder and investor with specialties in finance and astrophysics. He works for Lux Capital, a $2.5bn deeptech venture capital firm.

He is the author of Making Moonshots—a deep dive into the mindsets, philosophies, and strategies conducive to building moonshot companies. "Moonshot company" entails three things: taking an advanced science or deep technology and using it in a radical solution to solve a big problem in the world.