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Team Timbuktu uses organic and recycled plastic fabrics in their activewear line to create high-performance fabrics, without the usage of petroleum and high-energy output. 73 percent of their activewear are made from recycled plastic. Thus far, 75,000 bottles has been recycled into its activewear fabric, reducing dependence on fabrics made from oil and recycling single use plastics. The company focuses on sustainable and ethical sourcing of its products without compromising high-quality style. They only partner with factories that are ethical and environmentally responsible, with annual surprise audits of partner facilities. Team Timbuktu's activewear line has been featured in Elle, Marie Clarie, Sportsluxe and other media outlets. 

Ioannis Ieropoulos is the Professor of Bioenergy and Self-Sustainable Systems and Director of the Bristol BioEnergy Centre, at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory, University of West England. He focuses on waste utilization and energy autonomy. Professor Ieropoulos produced the EcoBot family of robots, which are powered by microbial fuel cells (MFCs) fed on organic waste, with the latest self-sustainable robot, Row-bot.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is the grantor of the "Urine-tricity/Pee Power" project, which is advancing the MFC technology for Developing World Countries. Pee Power has been used to provide lighting for toilet blocs at schools in Uganda and Kenya. In addition to these installations, the technology can be installed in refugee camps, slums and places where there is no or limited access to an energy source. Pee Power applications are evolving with continuing research. It plans to be proofed on a commercial scale. This clean energy innovation has been featured in leading media outlets including the Economist, BBC Future, Science Daily, Reuters and Washington Post. 

Philip Napoli is a Professor of Public Policy and Faculty Affiliate with the DeWitt Wallace Center for Media & Democracy at Duke University. He is the author of Social Media and Public Interest: Media Regulation in the Disinformation Age. His previous books include: Audience Evolution: New Technologies and the Transformation of Media Audiences, Communications Research in Action: Scholar-Activist Collaborations for a Democratic Public Sphere (with Minna Aslama), Audience Economics: Media Institutions and the Audience Marketplace, Media Diversity and Localism: Meaning and Metrics, and Foundations of Communications Policy: Principles and Process in the Regulation of Electronic Media. His research has been supported by organizations such as the Ford Foundation, the Democracy Fund, the Benton Foundation, the National Association of Broadcasters, the American Television Alliance, and the Social Science Research Council. 

Professor Napoli’s expertise has been featured in news outlets including, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, NBC Nightly News and NPR. He is an Op-ed contributor for Wired magazine. He has been invited to speak at the U.S. Senate, the Federal Communications Commission, and Harvard's Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy.

Eric S. Kim is Assistant Professor of Psychology at University of British Columbia. He is a Visiting Scientist and Research Affiliate with the Lee Kumon Sheung Center for Health and Happiness, at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University’s Institute for Quantitative Social Science.

With a key focus being on purpose, his research aims to identify, understand, and intervene upon the dimensions of psychological well-being that reduce the risk of age-related conditions. Professor Kim has published papers in a variety of academic journals including, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Preventive Medicine, American Journal of Epidemiology, Health Psychology, and the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. Many of these studies have been featured in various news outlets including: the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, CBS News, BBC News, NPR, Time Magazine, and The Washington Post.

He was also recognized as one of Forbes 30 Under 30 in Healthcare (Top 30 Innovators Under the Age of 30), one of the Top 30 Thinkers Under the Age of 30 by Pacific Standard, a American Journal of Epidemiology’s Article the Year recipient, American Psychological Association Division 20 Springer Early Career Achievement Award, and an Association for Psychological Science (APS) Rising Star. 

Ashton Applewhite has been recognized by The New York Times, National Public Radio, the New Yorker, and the American Society on Aging, as an expert on ageism. She blogs at ThisChairRocks.com, and has written for Harper's and The Guardian, and The New York Times. She has been named as a Fellow by the Knight Foundation, The New York Times, Yale Law School, and the Royal Society for the Arts. In 2015, she was included in a list of 100 inspiring women who are committed to social change.

Dr Guy Leschziner is a leading neurologist and authority on the science of sleep. He is a consulting neurologist at the London Bridge Hospital, the Cromwell Hospital and within the Department of Neurology and Sleep Disorders Centre at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals. He is clinical lead for the Sleep Disorders Centre, Guy's Hospital, one of Europe's largest sleep units, and Professor of Neurology at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London. He has published over sixty peer-reviewed scientific publications and the neurology section editor for Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine (Elsevier). In addition, he is the editor of the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Sleep Medicine (Oxford University Press). Dr Leschziner is the author of The Nocturnal Brain: Nightmares, Neuroscience and the Secret World of Sleep. He is a presenter of Mysteries of Sleep and The Compass: The Senses on BBC Radio 4 and World Service and Secrets of Sleep for Channel 4.

Christina Maslach is a Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. She is recognized as the research pioneer on burnout and created the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) that is the most widely used measure of job burnout. She has written award-winning articles and books, including “The Truth About Burnout” and a forthcoming book on how to make the world of work a better place, to be published by Harvard University Press. She is the Vice-Provost for Undergraduate Education at the University of California, Berkeley. In addition to numerous awards, the impact of her research has earned the official recognition of burnout, as an occupational phenomenon with health consequences, by the World Health Organization. 

In her work, Gretchen Rubin draws from cutting-edge science, the wisdom of the ages, lessons from popular culture, and her own experiences to explore how we can make our lives happier, healthier, more productive, and more creative. She is the author of many books, including the blockbuster New York Times bestsellers Outer Order, Inner Calm, The Four Tendencies, Better Than Before and The Happiness Project. Her books have sold over 3.5 million copies worldwide, in more than thirty languages. The Happiness Project spent two years on the bestseller list. On her top-ranking, award-winning podcast Happier with Gretchen Rubin, she discusses happiness and good habits with her sister Elizabeth Craft. She is a regular columnist for O, The Oprah Magazine and makes regular appearances on CBS This Morning. 

Alyssa Dver is CEO of the American Confidence Institute & Chair of the ERG Leadership Alliance. She is the author of “Confidence is a Choice: Real Science. Superhero Impact." Her book has been endorsed by leading experts at Harvard, MIT, Wharton and other prominent universities. She is also the “In Confidence” podcast co-host. A Boston Best Speaker, Alyssa teaches at Wharton’s Innovation Center, advises at the MIT’s Trust Center, and judges the Stevie’s Women in Business & Best Employer awards.

Kevin White is an Emmy Award-Winning producer, director, and writer. He founded Full Frame Productions and co-created the non-profit, Filmmakers Collaborative SF. Kevin has produced and directed dozens of films that have been screened in the many of the leading film festivals including Berlin Film Festival and San Francisco Film Festival. His work has received multiple awards including Emmys, CINE Golden Eagles, ACE Awards, while also being broadcasted on PBS, National Geographic, Discovery, Bravo, BBC, ZDF, and Arte. Kevin received the Harold Gilliam Award for Environmental Reporting from the Bay Institute for How On Earth video series.