• Welcome to the Grand opening Night

    Opening

    19:30-21:30 | Mainstage

    WELCOME

  • Marcelo Ebrard

    MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS of Mexico

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    About Marcelo Ebrard

    Currently working as Minister of Foreign Affairs in Mexico, Marcelo Luis Ebrard Casaubón is best known for his environmental and civil-rights initiatives within Mexico City. After 6 years as mayor, he made the city cleaner, safer, and more environmentally friendly.

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  • Richard van der Laken

    Founder What Design Can Do

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    ABOUT RICHARD VAN DER LAKEN

    With his drive and energy, Richard van der Laken brought life to What Design Can Do as a co-founder back in 2010. As general director and tireless ambassador for WDCD, Van der Laken travels all over the world to spread the word.

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  • Alice Rawsthorn

    Design Critic

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    About Alice Rawsthorn

    Alice Rawsthorn is an internationally acclaimed design critic. She writes for the International New York Times, Frieze and her book Hello World: Where Design Meets Life explores design’s influence on our lives.

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  • Elena Reygadas

    Chef at ROSETTA

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    About Elena ReYgadAs

    Mexican chef Elena Reygadas was awarded the Veuve Clicquot Prize for Latin America’s Best Woman Chef. She uses what is locally available according to the seasons and likes to experiment with unexpected combinations.

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  • Carla Fernandez

    Fashion Designer

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    About Carla Fernandez

    Mexican fashion designer Carla Fernandez is the founder of Taller Flora, a fashion label that works with indigenous communities throughout Mexico. The aim of the label is to keep Mexican textile traditions from extinction and provide local artisans with an income.

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  • Mr. Brainwash

    Street artist & Filmmaker

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    About Mr. Brainwash

    For more than a decade Thierry Guetta, under his moniker, Mr. Brainwash, has been pushing the envelope of contemporary art. The orchestrated collision of street art and pop art has been his balancing act. The tipping point for Mr. Brainwash was his ground-breaking footage from the widely acclaimed documentary, Exit Through the Gift Shop.

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  • Ecolana

    Clean Energy Winner

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    About Ecolana

    Ecolana ( a winner of the Clean Energy Challenge) aims to be the ultimate guide for recycling in México City. The platform provides access to information and builds connections between two main types of communities: recycling heroes (citizens) and recycling centers (collectors). Next to these key players, they also encourage consumer brands to connect and add value to the city’s recycling chain.

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  • Nadya Tolokonnikova

    PUSSY RIOT

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    About Nadya TolokoNnikova

    Redesigning activism, Nadya Tolokonnikova expresses her views through political activism, feminist punk and controversial street art. She became well known throughout the world when she was arrested and sentenced in Russia in 2012 as part of the punk feminist group Pussy Riot.

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  • Steye Hallema

    Smartphone Orchestra

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    About Steye Hallema

    Steye Hallema is director, composer and inventor. With a background in computer animation, music, theatre and tech, he has the ability to combine the many different disciplines that are necessary in Virtual Reality.

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  • Cameron Sinclair

    Child Safety Pledge

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    About Cameron Sinclair

    Cameron is managing a dedicated team focused on ending child sexual abuse in the United States and helping to strengthen public programs. Partnering with NGOs, foundations and media companies to build a grassroots movements parents to help address this silent issue.

    For the past three years Cameron led social innovation at Airbnb, conceptualizing and developing a range of projects from livelihoods for resettled refugees, rural revitalization, house concerts, addressing systems for nomadic populations and developing marketplaces for traditional craftspeople in Japan.

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