Don Maruska.

Don Maruska is an entrepreneur, Master Certified Coach, and author of “Solve Climate Change Now: Do What You Love for a Healthy Planet.” He uses a proven attraction model to help thousands of people around the world match what they love to do with what’s needed for a healthy future. He has a special interest in nature-based solutions for sustainability.

Previously, Don created and led a nationwide coaching program serving 10,000 professionals a year. He’s also the author of “How Great Decisions Get Made: 10 Steps to Reach Agreement on Even the Toughest Issues,” “Take Charge of Your Talent: Three Keys to Thriving in Your Career, Organization, and Life,” and eBook “Grow and Enjoy Your Business: Proven Tools for Success.”

Prior to his coaching career, Don was founder and CEO of three Silicon Valley companies, earning a National Innovator Award. Early in his career, he managed projects with McKinsey & Company serving public and private sector clients. The first in his family to attend college, Don earned his BA magna cum laude from Harvard and his MBA and JD from Stanford University.

Don has appeared on over thirty radio and television interview programs. Fast Company, Inc., Entrepreneur, and other leading publications quote him as an expert. Audiences around the world appreciate the engaging style of his keynote speeches and workshops.

Don and his family live on the shores of Morro Bay on the Central Coast of California.           

Don Maruska on Climate Change: Do What You Love for a Healthy Planet

Maya Hey.

Maya Hey is a postdoctoral researcher at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, studying the ways that we live with microbes like bacteria, moulds, and yeast. She’s the author of the forthcoming book Singing with Invisible Worlds: fermenting sake on microbial timeand is a recent recipient of a Formas Early-Career grant on a project about microbial innovations and the future of food systems.

https://heymayahey.com/ 

Olli Kantanen.

Olli Kantanen has been Finland’s Ambassador to Sweden since 1 September 2025.

Olli Kantanen has been employed by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland since 1994. Most recently, Kantanen served as Director General of the Euro-Atlantic Department. Previously, he worked as Director General of the Department for Europe (2022–2024) and Deputy Director General of the same department (2018–2022). From 2014 to 2018, he served as Finland’s Ambassador to Riga. Before that, Kantanen has served as Director of the Unit for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and he has held a number of different EU-related positions both at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and at the Embassy of Finland in Tallinn (2001-2004) and in Berlin (1997-2001).

Olli Kantanen holds a master’s degree in social sciences from Åbo Akademi University. He also holds a degree in European Studies from Tilburg University in the Netherlands. His hobbies include outdoor sports, especially cross-country skiing, cycling, orienteering, and running.

Melina Shannon-DiPietro.

Melina Shannon-DiPietro is Executive Director of MAD (Danish for food). MAD is a global nonprofit on a mission to share the knowledge, tools, and inspiration essential to creating more delicious, just, and regenerative food systems. Prior to MAD, Melina was a director at Friends of the High Line, the organization that transformed an abandoned elevated rail line into one of New York City’s beloved public parks. Melina began her work in food as co-founder of the Yale Sustainable Food Program, where students, faculty, and chefs reimagined college dining halls, built a college garden, and created new academic work around food and the environment. Melina grew up in Albany, New York, USA, and now lives in the countryside outside of Copenhagen, Denmark.

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