Dr. Corey Seemiller is a professor in the Department of Leadership Studies in Education and Organizations at Wright State University. She is the author of The Student Leadership Competencies Guidebook, a prominent resource for developing youth and college student leadership programmes. Dr. Seemiller is also the co-author of several articles as well as four books on Gen Z, including Generation Z: A Century in the Making, Generation Z Goes to College, Generation Z Leads, and Generation Z Learns. She also co-authored the 'Gen Z Voices on Voting' research report and the 'Campus of Tomorrow' report. Dr. Seemiller recently led the Global Gen Z Study, where she worked with 91 research collaborators from around the globe to better understand Gen Z in a post-COVID world. Participants from 81 countries took part in the study, and the research will be published in Gen Z Around the World with Emerald Publishing. Her fifth study looks at generational trends in the workplace, and the findings will be featured in Generations in the World of Work, which will be published with SAGE Publishing. Dr. Seemiller’s work has been featured on NPR and in The New York Times, Time, Newsweek, and several other news publications and academic journals. She has also been interviewed for podcasts as well as TV and radio shows worldwide, and has engaged in market research consulting for Fortune 10, 50, and 500 companies. Her highly popular TED Talk on Gen Z at TEDxDayton showcased how Gen Z is making a difference in the world, and has been watched by more than a quarter million viewers.

Isabel Farchy is the founder and CEO of the Creative Mentor Network, a non-profit organisation that tackles the skills gap by bringing students and workplaces closer together.

Dr. Naeema Pasha is the research lead at MKAI and a leading expert in inclusive leadership and behavioural science. Previously the director of the Institute for the World of Work at Henley Business School, she conducted groundbreaking research on the effects of race equity, Gen Z, the four-day week, AI, and other mega-trends impacting work. She is recognised as one of the top global influencers in AI ethics and is regarded as a thought leader in inclusive leadership within the HR community. Her co-authored book, Futureproof Your Career: How to Lead and Succeed in a Changing World, has garnered widespread acclaim.

Izzy Wharton is a senior strategist, trend forecaster, editor, and futures consultant with expertise in sustainability and innovation in design. Committed to re-imagining systems and structures, she's worked across multiple sectors with some of the world’s best-known brands on research and strategy projects as well as insights content.

Sabrina Faramarzi is an international journalist, trend analyst, and data storyteller. Her work explores patterns across sociocultural phenomena through a future-focused lens, with an interest in new media development and storytelling innovations. Faramarzi has worked and written for publications such as The New York Times, The Guardian, Vogue Business, Wired, and VICE, and has helped brands such as Google, Meta, Airbnb, Lush, Tempur, Regus, and GSK to create relevant content for their audiences. She founded Dust in Translation, a boutique creative storytelling agency helping organisations build and produce innovative, data-driven content and communications strategies.