Samantha Cristoforetti is an Italian astronaut who has worked for the European Space Agency (ESA) since 2009. She was born in Milan in 1977 and graduated in mechanical engineering from the Technical University of Munich. Prior to joining the ESA, she worked as an engineer in the Italian Air Force.

In November 2014, Cristoforetti flew to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of Expedition 42/43, becoming the first Italian woman in space. She spent 200 days in space where she carried out numerous European and international experiments in orbit during her mission and helped to maintain the ISS.

Cristoforetti is currently still an ESA astronaut and is involved in various projects related to space exploration and research. She is also a member of the European Astronaut Corps, a group of astronauts who work together on missions for the ESA.

Samantha Cristoforetti is an accomplished astronaut who has made significant contributions to space exploration and research. In 2019 Samantha was serving as a commander for NASA’s NEEMO23 mission during a 10-day stay in the world’s only undersea research station, Aquarius.

Daniel Humm is the Chef and Owner of Make It Nice, a New York-based hospitality group behind Eleven Madison Park and Eleven Madison Home. In 2021, Daniel made the decision to reopen Eleven Madison Park post-pandemic as a completely plant-based restaurant. In October 2022, it became the first and only vegan restaurant in the history of the Michelin Guide to receive a three-star rating.

Over the course of Daniel’s tenure, he and Eleven Madison Park have received numerous accolades, including four stars from The New York Times, seven James Beard Foundation Awards (including Outstanding Chef and Outstanding Restaurant in America), first awarded three Michelin Stars in 2011, and reaching the #1 spot on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list in 2017.

He is the author of ‘Eleven Madison Park: The Cookbook,’ ‘I Love New York: Ingredients and Recipes,’ ‘The NoMad Cookbook’ and ‘Eleven Madison Park: The Next Chapter.”

Sammy Basso is an Italian 27-year-old man affected by Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome, the older in the world by now. He is the spokesperson of the Sammy Basso’s Italian Association for Progeria and the International Ambassador of the Progeria Research Foundation. Being a molecular biologist, he uses to live his own disease in two different and complementary ways: the patient one and the researcher one. In fact, he is involved on representing the patients with Progeria but also on studying this disease both molecularly and medically. He is well known in his country and around the world for his commitment on scientific disclosure on Progeria and rare disease in general. He is also asked to speak about life dignity in relation with the disease, enlightening the importance of working together as team. During the pandemic he was part of the regional and national task force for the scientific disclosure regarding Covid19.

Ann Young Lee (CORE, CEO and Co-founder) has over 20 years of experience managing large-scale humanitarian responses including community-led sustainable development, emergency relief, urban planning and reconstruction, local governance and beyond. Alongside Sean Penn in 2019, Lee co-founded CORE, an evolution of Penn’s J/P HRO, an organization born in response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Since 2016, Lee has spearheaded CORE’s successful transition into a resilience-building INGO, responding to humanitarian and natural emergencies in Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, Latin America, throughout the United States, Ukraine, and beyond.

Before CORE, Lee worked with UNOCHA, the Secretary General’s World Humanitarian Summit, and CHF. At the Women’s Refugee Commission, she developed a gender-sensitive emergency assessment tool, CLARA, now used by INGOs worldwide. Lee, recipient of the prestigious 2009 SID Truman award, authored “Livelihoods in Emergencies: A Double-Edged Sword.”  Lee holds an MA in Urban Planning (NYU) and an MA in Economics & Conflict Management (Johns Hopkins University, SAIS).

Sean Penn is a two-time Academy Award®-winning actor, filmmaker, author and has become an American icon in a career spanning over four decades.

First established in January 2010 by Penn as J/P HRO in the immediate aftermath of the catastrophic Haiti earthquake, the emergency relief nonprofit renamed CORE (Community Organized Relief Effort), continues to bring immediate aid to underserved communities across the globe. 

Having traveled to Ukraine numerous times over the last two years, Penn co-directed SUPERPOWER, a documentary capturing the “David and Goliath” struggle between President Zelensky’s Ukraine and Putin. As a filmmaker, Penn’s esteemed work includes the Academy Award® nominated INTO THE WILD, FLAG DAY, THE PLEDGE and his debut film THE INDIAN RUNNER.

As an actor, Penn has been nominated five times for the Academy Award® as Best Actor winning twice for MYSTIC RIVER and MILK. Upcoming, Penn is starring in two independent features: Christy Hall’s DADDIO, and Jean-Stephane Sauvaire’s BLACK FLIES.

Jessie Inchauspé is a French biochemist and author. She is on a mission to translate cutting-edge science into easy tips to help people improve their physical and mental health. In her first book, Glucose Revolution, a #1 international bestseller translated into 40 languages, she shared her startling discovery about the essential role of blood sugar in every aspect of our lives, and the surprising hacks to optimise it. Jessie is the founder of the wildly popular Instagram account @GlucoseGoddess, where she teaches over one million people about transformative food habits. She holds a BSc in mathematics from King’s College, London, and an MSc in biochemistry from Georgetown University.

Carolina Dybeck Happe serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of GE. In this role, she is responsible for leading GE’s overall financial activities and global finance organization, and has been a driving force behind the company’s transformation into three industry-leading, global investment-grade public companies, in the critical sectors of healthcare, energy, and aerospace. Her efforts were critical to the Company’s successful spin off of GE Healthcare and $100 billion debt reduction. She also leads the company’s core Digital Technology function and serves as an executive sponsor of GE’s women’s network. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Ericsson and previously served as a director of Schneider Electric and E.on.

Prior to joining GE, Carolina served as the Chief Financial Officer at Maersk, where she executed a substantial deleveraging plan and reshaped the company’s portfolio to deliver more profitable growth. She also spent 16 years at Assa Abloy, including seven as Chief Financial Officer, during which she helped the company deliver total shareholder return of 170 percent and played a key role in transforming the company into a global, digitally enabled leader across multiple domains.

Trevor Noah is the most successful comedian in Africa and was host of the Emmy® Award-winning “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central for seven years. “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” broke free from the restraints of a 30-minute linear show, producing engaging social content, award-winning digital series, podcasts and more for its global audience.

Trevor served as the Grammy Awards host for three consecutive years, with the 2023 show garnering the highest viewership since 2020. A 2020 Grammy nominee himself, his stand-up special “Trevor Noah: Son of Patricia” was nominated for best comedy album. He has written, produced, and starred in 12 comedy specials, including 2022’s “I Wish You Would,” and has sold out stand-up comedy shows, including his current “Off The Record” World Tour.

Trevor is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller “Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood. The book received the Thurber Prize for American Humor and two NAACP Image Awards. Trevor is writing a new untitled book scheduled for Fall 2023. Trevor’s new book is a gorgeously illustrated and moving modern fable for readers of all ages about forgiveness, acceptance, and the secret to solidarity.

He is now developing and producing diverse, high-quality creative content with Day Zero Productions, Trevor’s joint venture with Paramount Global. Noah also launched the Trevor Noah Foundation to improve equitable access to quality education for underserved youth in South Africa.

Draymond Jamal Green Sr. (born March 4, 1990)[1] is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Green, who plays primarily at the power forward position, is a four-time NBA champion, a four-time NBA All-Star, a two-time member of the All-NBA Team, a seven-time member of the All-Defensive Team and a two-time Olympic gold medalist. In 2017, he won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award and led the league in steals.

Green grew up in Saginaw, Michigan, and he played college basketball for Michigan State, where he helped the Spartans earn two Final Four appearances and a Big Ten tournament championship in 2012. Throughout his four-year college career, Green earned conference and national honors, including Big Ten Conference Sixth Man of the Year as a sophomore and consensus All-American and NABC National Player of the Year honors as a senior. He was drafted 35th overall in the 2012 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors and later played a key role on the Warriors’ 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2022 championship teams.