Andrew Dana Hudson is a speculative fiction writer, sustainability researcher, and futurist. He's the author of Our Shared Storm: A Novel of Five Climate Futures, as well as dozens of stories appearing in publications like Slate Future Tense, Lightspeed Magazine, Escape Pod, Grist, and more. His research, partnering with institutions like the Arizona State University Center for Science and the Imagination and Luleå University of Technology in Sweden, uses speculative fiction to explore the entwined social and technical dynamics of future scenarios. He has been invited to speak at top conferences and venues, such as the Museum of the Future in Dubai, Re:Publica in Berlin, and C2MTL in Montreal.

Adam Flynn is a writer, researcher, and strategist exploring intersections between complex systems and complex humanity. He has experience in shaping perceptions around emerging technology and a particular interest in how we talk about the future (or don't). His past work includes helping the California Department of Public Health launch the first major public health campaign around e-cigarettes and popularising solarpunk as a genre of speculative fiction.

Keisha Howard, the founder and CEO of Sugar Gamers, leads the world's longest-running inclusive gaming and tech community. A visionary and two-time TEDx speaker, she consults for major tech brands like Microsoft's Xbox and Google on inclusive strategies while also driving social change and innovation in gaming and technology.

Tessa Love is a writer whose work focuses on the undertones of culture and human experience. Her work has been featured in Outside Magazine, The Believer, Longreads, BBC, and more. She is also a cultural researcher and trend analyst specialising in youth behaviours and insights. She has produced reports, articles, white papers, and films that have informed the strategies of some of the world’s biggest brands, and she previously served as the editorial director of Western Europe for the global youth insights and research agency YPulse.