Daniel Hires is an activist, social entrepreneur, and ecosystem builder who currently serves as Chief Marketing Officer of the Inner Development Goals Foundation.

Born in Asia and raised between Germany and the US, Daniel has been a prominent global voice for impact-driven innovation and collective leadership since 2010.

For nearly two decades, he pioneered and co-founded initiatives that blended tech, innovation, sustainability, and human-centered design to drive meaningful change.

As a father of a young daughter, Daniel dreams of a future where we regenerate the natural world, nurture our inner ecologies, and uplift our collective spirit. So in addition to his executive role, he facilitates transformational experiences, mentors young activists and impact entrepreneurs, and speaks globally on social innovation, collective leadership, and regenerative futures.

Audrey Tang
TIME100 Most Influential People in AI (2023), is Taiwan’s Cyber Ambassador and served as its first digital minister (2016-2024). A self-educated tech prodigy, Tang revitalized Haskell and Perl, co-founded g0v, and shaped platforms like vTaiwan. She aided the Sunflower Movement, helped shape Taiwan’s COVID-19 response, and protected its 2024 elections from cyber threats.

David Kennedy is Manley O. Hudson Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Institute for Global Law and Policy at Harvard Law School where he teaches international law, international economic policy, legal theory, law and development and European law. His research uses interdisciplinary materials from sociology and social theory, economics and history to explore issues of global governance, development policy and the nature of professional expertise.

Jin Young Lim is the author of The Dao of Flow: A Journey to Discover the Ancient Wisdom of Water, a book that integrates classical texts with his experiences in Daoism, Zen, tea culture, agriculture, conservation, art, history, geography, politics, and social economics. He is a graduate of Waseda University, a Schwarzman Scholar, a Taijiquan instructor, and co-founder of the Spawo Foundation, a nonprofit working on holistic education, sustainability, health and wellness, and cultural preservation in the Himalayas. Jin Young is currently pursuing his PhD in East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies at UC Santa Barbara.

Joel H. Rosenthal is president of Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs and the editor-in-chief of the Ethics & International Affairs journal published by Cambridge University Press. As a nonprofit leader and scholar, he works to empower ethical action, with a particular focus on U.S. foreign policy, issues of war and peace, human rights, and pluralism. Joel’s first book “Righteous Realists” is an examination of the political realists who shaped post-World War II America in the nuclear age. He received his Ph.D. from Yale University and BA from Harvard University. Please visit CarnegieCouncil.org and subscribe to the Carnegie Ethics Newsletter to access the latest content and events examining critical issues at the intersection of ethics and international affairs.

Markus Gabriel, Philosopher, Professor at the University of Bonn Born in 1980 in Germany. A philosopher. At the age of 29, he became the youngest full professor in the history of the philosophy department at the University of Bonn, which boasts a tradition of over 200 years. While rooted in the tradition of Western philosophy, he has gained global attention by advocating "New Realism." He also serves as an international visiting fellow at the Stanford Humanities Center. He has appeared on numerous television programs, including NHK E-Tele's "Philosophy in the Age of Desire." His many books include "Why the World Does Not Exist" (Kodansha Sensho Metier, 2018), "I Am Not My Brain: Philosophy of Mind for the 21st Century" (Kodansha Sensho Metier, 2019), and "New Existentialism" (Iwanami Shinsho, 2020)