Speakers

Inspiring

Whether the topic is reducing your footprint, maintaining a good well-being or impact measurement - practical tips and effective stories will be told on Impact Day! More than 150 speakers are expected to take part in the festival. Soon we'll announce the next speakers.

Jos de Blok
Buurtzorg, CEO

Jos de Blok
Buurtzorg, CEO

Jos de Blok is the founder and CEO of Buurtzorg (neighborhood nursing), a Dutch organization with more than 15.000 employees, offering community based (home) care services to more than 80.000 patients a year. Founded in 2006 with one team of four nurses, Buurtzorg has transformed home-based health care and it has created an innovative method for nursing care at home.

As a community based and client centered organization, Buurtzorg connects highly qualified licensed nurses and clients to create positive and proactive solutions that are effective, holistic, and sustainable. Organized in small autonomous teams of up to 12 nurses within a neighborhood-sized care area, Buurtzorg nurses bring groundbreaking synergy and experti se in a direct and connected relationship between caregiver and client. Buurtzorg has succeeded in reducing administrative burden for nurses, improving quality of care and raising work satisfaction for their employees (Buurtzorg was awarded five times employer of the year in the Netherlands).

Buurtzorg is supported by an innovative IT system and works without management structure. Internationalizaion started by launching in countries like Sweden, Japan, China, Austria, Germany, Denmark, France and UK.Jos de Blok is a nurse by education and considered a change agent in the Netherlands when it comes to the organization of community based (home) care. Before he established Buurtzorg he had several senior management positions in home care organizations including director Innovations for medical services.
Jeremy Schwartz
Former CEO & MD of Coca-Cola, L'Oreal, Pandora and The Body Shop

Jeremy Schwartz
Former CEO & MD of Coca-Cola, L'Oreal, Pandora and The Body Shop

Renowned for fusing sustainability with commerciality, Jeremy Schwartz is an expert in innovation, management and sustainability having held senior roles at some of the world’s biggest brands including Coca-Cola and L’Oréal. As a speaker, he offers businesses the opportunity to improve their brand, while putting sustainability and innovation at the heart of what they do. Jeremy’s insightful speeches shed light on how organisations can put the protection of the environment at the core of their operations without forfeiting profitability.

Jeremy graduated from the University of Cambridge after completing a degree at the University of Sheffield. He then moved into the world of business and was named Marketing Director of L’Oréal in 1992. During his five years with the health care brand, he relaunched the ‘Because I’m worth it’ slogan and established it worldwide. In 1997 he became Director of Innovation and Marketing at Coca-Cola. While in this position he created Coke Black, which over time has evolved to be Coca-Cola Zero and became a $1billion product. Jeremy’s career continued to progress and in 2002 he was tasked with halting a 10-year decline as Director of Brand Marketing at Sainsbury’s. Tackling the challenge head-on he delivered a 5% growth in sales for the 2005 financial year and set the platform for the business to experience 20 continuous quarters of growth and recruit six million new customers.

Continuing in the food industry, he became the CEO of The Sauce Co. He achieved award-winning success as the company was the Best New Supermarket Brand and Best Chilled Soup in the Supermarket Quality Food Awards, Winner of the Grocer. Branded Excellence Award. He held this role while holding a position on the Board of Trustees of The Against Malaria Foundation. Over 10 years after leaving the company he became Managing Director of L’Oréal. Again, as he has done throughout his career Jeremy experienced great success. He drove the company forward to become the number one cosmetic company in the UK after 30 years of being number two or three. He has also been the CEO of The Body Shop, where he launched the Enrich Not Exploit campaign, the companies promise to support a greener more sustainable planet. He was also largely responsible for making 100% of the products vegan, creating incomes for indigenous people and protecting endangered rainforests. The success of the business saw it win the World Retail Awards for Responsible Retailer. In 2018 he was named Joint CEO of Pandora and oversaw a £145million cost-saving programme and boosted the brand’s sales. More recently he became the Chairman of Sustainability and Inclusion at Kantar, Senior Advisor for McKinsey Business Transformation and Non-Executive Director of Revolution Beauty.
Anete Garoza
1MTN, Co-Founder and Chief Climate Officer

Anete Garoza
1MTN, Co-Founder and Chief Climate Officer

Anete Garoza is a highly regarded international climate lawyer and Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient. She co-founded and currently serves as the Chief Climate Officer of 1MTN, a startup on a mission to restore one million hectares of degraded land in Africa by 2030.

Anete’s expertise in climate law is evident through her extensive involvement in the Voluntary Carbon Market, where she has advised on projects spanning afforestation, agriculture, and nature restoration. Additionally, she provides invaluable guidance to governments on implementing Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.

Driven by her profound passion and a sense of urgency, Anete co-founded 1MTN to focus on high-quality nature-based carbon removal projects in Africa, effectively combating climate change and biodiversity loss and fostering equitable development.

Beyond her professional achievements, Anete actively raises awareness and advocates for sustainable development and climate law. Her advocacy efforts centre around catalysing the development of carbon removal projects, promoting investments in nature-based solutions, and advocating for robust regulatory frameworks, with a particular emphasis on social co-benefit accounting.

Anete’s insights have been shared on global platforms such as COP27, the World Economic Forum, Africa Climate Summit 2023, and New York Climate Week. As a representative of 1MTN at the UAE Independent Climate Change Accelerator and the Ambassador of Nairobi in the esteemed Top Tier Impact Network, she builds bridges between impactful investments and sustainable solutions for Africa.
Jaan Aru
University of Tartu, Associate Professor

Jaan Aru
University of Tartu, Associate Professor

Jaan Aru is an associate professor at the University of Tartu working on neuroscience, artificial intelligence, and the effect of technology on the human mind. He has published over 50 international scientific articles and two national bestsellers about the brain and creativity. For his efforts in popularizing science, he has received the national science communication prize in Estonia, twice. In 2019 he received the Young Scientist Prize from the President of Estonia.
Mohammed Qahtani
Qahtani_Speaks, Founder

Mohammed Qahtani
Qahtani_Speaks, Founder

World Champion of public speaking 2015. Five times TEDx speaker. Co-Founder of the Saudi Stuttering Association.
Rasma Saule
UAB HRX, CEO

Rasma Saule
UAB HRX, CEO

Over two decades of logistics experience, complemented by degrees in geography and transportation law, as well as an EMBA. Recently certified by the Oxford Leading Sustainable Corporations Programme demonstrates hers commitment to blending logistics with sustainability.
Marius Banaitis
UAB VAATC, Environmental Specialist

Marius Banaitis
UAB VAATC, Environmental Specialist
Erinch Sahan
Doughnut Economics Action Lab, Business & Enterprise Lead

Erinch Sahan
Doughnut Economics Action Lab, Business & Enterprise Lead

Erinch is the business and enterprise lead at Doughnut Economics Action Lab. His work focuses on transforming the deep-design of businesses to enable them to pursue regenerative and distributive strategies. Working with over 300 businesses, he created the Doughnut Design for Business tool, which enables businesses to engage with Doughnut Economics.

Erinch has a background in leadership across business, NGOs and government. He served as the chief executive of the World Fair Trade Organization, and previously spent 7 years at Oxfam leading campaign and programme work, including the Behind the Brands scorecard. Erinch has also worked at Procter & Gamble, the Australian government and established a furniture business.

Erinch is a board member of the Social Enterprise World Forum, fellow at the Post Growth Institute and a senior associate at Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. He holds degrees in finance and law and an honorary doctorate from Oxford Brookes University.
Clover Hogan
Force of Nature, Founder

Clover Hogan
Force of Nature, Founder

Clover Hogan is a climate activist and the founder of Force of Nature – the youth non-profit mobilising mindsets for climate action. She has worked alongside the world’s leading authorities on sustainability, consulted within the boardrooms of Fortune 50 companies, and counselled heads of state. Her TED talk, ‘What to do when climate change feels unstoppable’, has been viewed 2 million times.
Charles Ogilvie
Ocean Energy Pathway, Executive Director

Charles Ogilvie
Ocean Energy Pathway, Executive Director

Dr Charles Ogilvie OBE is a sustainability leader, entrepreneur, and political strategist. His career spans business; through advisory roles at major multinationals, successful startups in the renewable energy and energy services sectors, and politics where he was Special Advisor on Climate Change and Energy to the UK Government during the period they adopted their world leading Net Zero Target.

Charles has held senior roles in government including as the Strategy Director for the UK at COP26, helping a Conservative government to successfully host the world’s leading climate event; and as an international advisor, working with the UAE government as Strategic Counsel to the COP28 Presidency.

He is passionate about the importance of understanding the intersection of politics, business, and sustainability and is currently building Ocean Energy Pathway, a not-for-profit platform aiming to accelerate the deployment of offshore wind projects in emerging markets, as well as acting as advisor to a range of philanthropic and private clients across the global sustainability space. Charles brings excellent experience navigating the complexity of business aligned and centrE-right politics to achieve climate wins, and believes building resilient strategies for the transition both in business and for campaigners requires detailed political economy analysis as well as market insight.
Giedre Skucaite
Lendager, Sustainability Consultant, Constructing Architect MAK, BIM Manager

Giedre Skucaite
Lendager, Sustainability Consultant, Constructing Architect MAK, BIM Manager

I represent Lendager – an architectural studio and a collective force for positive change. As an architect and sustainability consultant, my journey is fueled by the belief that today’s challenges are opportunities to shape a resilient future. At Lendager, we navigate the complexities of sustainable architecture, harmonizing nature, science, and aesthetics to forge cost-efficient and future-proof solutions with a very high focus on waste materials, their unrevealed potential in the building industry, and the circular economy. We innovate, experiment, and strive to make a positive impact.
Jani-Mikael Kuusisto
The Warming Surfaces Company, Co-Founder & CEO

Jani-Mikael Kuusisto
The Warming Surfaces Company, Co-Founder & CEO

Jani-Mikael Kuusisto is Co-founder & CEO of The Warming Surfaces Company Oy, a 11/2022 spin-out from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. He is a seasoned, internationally experienced, business development professional at the cross-sections of the physical and digital worlds; with over 20 years in the field of printed and flexible electronics. Jani-Mikael has held business development and managerial positions in both large organizations Valmet/Metso and VTT, as well as executive positions in a few start-ups – e.g. Ynvisible Interactive Inc. He holds an MSc. Economics & Business Admin. from Helsinki School of Economics & Business Administration (now Aalto Uni).
Vitalija Impolevičienė
Sorainen, Attorney at Law, Co-Head of ESG service

Vitalija Impolevičienė
Sorainen, Attorney at Law, Co-Head of ESG service

I am an attorney-at-law, a member of Sorainen Finance & Insurance team, and co-head of the ESG service group in our firm. Having practised law since 2003, I have extensive experience in the field of regulation of the financial and insurance sectors, product development, distribution and related disputes. I advise clients on sustainable finance and ESG-related matters.
Janez Potocnik
UNEP International Resource Panel, Co-Chair

Janez Potocnik
UNEP International Resource Panel, Co-Chair

Dr Janez Potočnik is an economist graduated from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. He served as Director of the Institute of Macroeconomic Analysis and Development in Ljubljana. He was appointed Head of Negotiating Team for Accession of Slovenia to the EU and served as Minister responsible for European Affairs. In 2004 he joined the European Commission as Commissioner responsible for Science and Research. In 2010 he became Commissioner for Environment. After the mandate he was appointed as a Co-Chair of UNEP Environment International Resource Panel. He is also Partner at SYSTEMIQ.
Alistair Starling
European Diplomats, Managing Director

Alistair Starling
European Diplomats, Managing Director

Alistair Starling is a former UK Diplomat, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, where he assisted companies to trade and invest internationally for 10 years. He is multilingual, and levers his 20 year private sector / 10 year government sector, Business Development, Design and Innovation experience to achieve results within 1st, 2nd and 3rd sector organisations. Alistair’s native language is English. He is also fluent in Italian and German, plus intermediate French. Alistair worked in the founding teams of other start-ups, in the recruitment sector (The Cambridge Hub), internet design sector (IconMedialab), and therefore understands the pace and focus of the commercial sector. Alistair led complex government sales development across Europe and Africa for a world famous brand – Cambridge. He has two Master degrees (one from the University of Cambridge), and an Undergraduate Degree in the creative industries. Alistair is a confident public speaker, has presented numerous times on TV, and fosters active communities of contacts across Europe. In 2020, he founded European Diplomats, a diplomatic consultancy offering B2G and G2B services, where he acts as a Managing Director.
Loic van Cutsem
Beeodiversity, Director Partnerships

Loic van Cutsem
Beeodiversity, Director Partnerships

Loic is a passionate changemaker, curious learner and proud father.
Loic combines 20+ years of experience in CSR, Sustainability Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship both in the private and non-profit sector. He served as sustainability director for a listed company, co-founded several social enterprises and developed various support instruments for social enterprises, including an incubator, a crowdfunding platform and a global scaling support program.

Loic leads Partnerships and Development at BeeOdiversity, a nature-tech company.

BeeOdiversity help companies and cities to regenerate biodiversity and reduce pollution with unique monitoring solutions, data insights and tailored advice. We currently work with 100+ clients in 20 countries, monitoring over 120.000 hectares. For example, our BeeOmonitoring solution uses bees acting as natural drones to monitor pollutants, plant biodiversity and the impact of an activity.
Mihkel Jugaste
Graanul Invest, CSO

Mihkel Jugaste
Graanul Invest, CSO

Mihkel is the Chief Sustainability Officer and a Management Board Member at Graanul Invest, one of the biggest bioenergy producers in the world and one of the largest independent renewable energy producers in the Baltic Sea region. In his role, Mihkel is responsible for overseeing value chain sustainability and ESG aspects in all four countries that the company currently operates in. He is also responsible for the group’s quality management systems and contract execution. Mihkel holds a BEng (Hons) in Civil Engineering from the University of Exeter and an MSc in Environmental Management and Cleaner Production from the Tallinn University of Technology.
Ariane Coulombe
CDP, Head of Disclosure Europe

Ariane Coulombe
CDP, Head of Disclosure Europe

Ariane Coulombe is the head of European Disclosure at CDP. CDP is an international non-profit organisation that runs the global disclosure system for companies, investors, cities, states and regions to manage their environmental impacts. She has a background in political campaigning and in advising publicly listed European companies on ESG topics and policies.
Aleksei Turovski
Zoologist

Aleksei Turovski
Zoologist

Aleksei Turovski is an Estonian zoologist and ethologist, specialising in parasitology and zoosemiotics. As a renowned animal expert, he has appeared on many Estonian radio and TV programmes.
Mikkel Schlesinger
CEBRA, Partner & Architect

Mikkel Schlesinger
CEBRA, Partner & Architect

Mikkel Schlesinger, a partner and architect at CEBRA architecture, brings over two decades of expertise in design and construction both within Denmark and internationally.

Renowned for his leadership on several of CEBRA’s celebrated projects, Mikkels portfolio includes the forward-thinking sustainable development in Nye, the Al Hosn masterplan and mosque, the innovative Experimentarium, and the visually striking Iceberg residential complex.

Additionally, his visionary approach is evident in the co-creation of the Reduction Roadmap, a collaborative effort with CEBRA, EFFEKT, and Artelia, aimed at steering the building industry towards compliance with the Paris Agreement and the Planetary Boundary for Climate Change. This pioneering initiative has successfully rallied over 500 leading organizations and companies within Denmark to advocate for building codes that follow climate science, demonstrating Mikkel’s commitment to sustainable and environmentally responsible architecture.
Guntars Logins
Alpha Partners, Sales, Business & Leadership Trainer

Guntars Logins
Alpha Partners, Sales, Business & Leadership Trainer

Guntars Logins is a professional with 12+ years of experience in sales and sales leadership in the USA, Canada, Australia, Great Britain and the Baltics. He works with leading companies in different industries to elevate their sales and business performance. Guntars also teaches Sales courses at Stockholm School of Economics in Riga and ISM University of Management and Economics in Vilnius.
Evelin Heiberg
Orkla Eesti, Sustainability Manager

Evelin Heiberg
Orkla Eesti, Sustainability Manager

Evelin Heiberg is the Sustainability Manager in Orkla Eesti. She takes care that sustainability is integrated into all the activities and is an integral part of business decisions in the company. Having worked in food industry for over two decades and having MSc in food technology, she understands the importance of sustainable development on all fronts and the big role food system plays in it.
Peep Pitk
Fibenol, Chief Development Officer

Peep Pitk
Fibenol, Chief Development Officer

Leading the way in a unique wood fractionation concept to shift the materials and chemical industry from fossil to bio-based raw materials.
Johannes Tervo
The Upright Project, Head of Partnerships

Johannes Tervo
The Upright Project, Head of Partnerships

Environmental engineer from Finland building a new type of quantification model for the net impact of companies. We are on a mission to update the tools of today’s capitalism and build tangible incentives for companies to optimize their positive impact in the world.
Reet Aus
Aus Design and Upmade, Founder

Reet Aus
Aus Design and Upmade, Founder

Reet is a recognized fashion designer and environmental activist. She’s an advocate of valuable recycling and sustainable design, whose goal is to make the fashion world more ethical and develop a revalued fashion environment. Raising awareness, saving resources, sustainability, recycling, reducing the environmental impact are the keywords that resonate with her and for which Reet considers the effort and motivated contribution as a society to be critically important both here in Estonia and on a global level.
Sven Nuum
Boost Yourself, Co-Founder

Sven Nuum
Boost Yourself, Co-Founder

Co-founder of Boost Yourself, Marketing School Nullist and GraceFit, and creator of the “How to start a micro-business, work independently and be your own boss” course.
Jānis Kronis
Kvadrifrons, Actor

Jānis Kronis
Kvadrifrons, Actor

Actor who tries his best to be politically and socially active citizen.
Liina Randpere
Olliina, Owner

Liina Randpere
Olliina, Owner

Liina Randpere is a professional host (that includes events, TV, radio), an entrepreneur and trainer.
Domas Dargis
Eika, CEO

Domas Dargis
Eika, CEO

Domas Dargis has been the General Manager of EIKA from 2014. Since 1993, the EIKA group has built more than 6,000 apartments and 600,000 m2 of premises. EIKA, having started its activities with repair works, a building materials store and the construction of individual houses, moved to the development of business centres stretching into the sky and entire residential communities, up to today. Now alongside its natural activity – real estate development – the company develops technologies, reorienting its activities to the principles of sustainability and manufactures solar energy products. It also develops and manages hospitality and public infrastructure projects, owns investment funds and invests abroad, and is one of the largest philanthropists in the country.

Domas is one of the main initiators of the PropTech movement in the Lithuanian and Baltic markets. Now he is chairman of the board of PropTech Lithuania, and also an active member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) Lithuania.

Before joining the EIKA team, Domas worked at one of the largest real estate consulting and broker companies in the world, Cushman &Wakefield in London, for three years. He acquired international experience in developing and managing shopping centres and in real estate fund management in this company. Domas completed his business management studies at King’s College London, in the UK.
Rugilė Matusevičiūtė
Sustain Academy Lietuva, Content Manager

Rugilė Matusevičiūtė
Sustain Academy Lietuva, Content Manager

Rugilė Matusevičiūtė is a sustainability and climate communications specialist, “Sustainable Lithuania” project leader, as well as an author for TV, radio and podcast shows about sustainability.
Epp Kärsin
The Pleasure Expert

Epp Kärsin
The Pleasure Expert

Epp Kärsin is a well-known sex educator in Estonia who is passionate about teaching people to be aware of their sexual health and make informed choices about their sexuality. She has a unique approach to sex education, emphasizing the importance of self-love and self-awareness. Epp’s interest in sexuality started from a young age, and she has since studied anatomy, physiology, and Chinese medicine, among other subjects.

Epp is a self-taught sex educator who has gained knowledge and experience through her own exploration of sexuality. She offers workshops and lectures on various sexual health topics, aiming to fill the gap in the Estonian education system regarding sexual health education. Her mission is to help people understand that sexuality is a wonderful part of life, and that being aware of it can empower individuals to live their lives as they desire. Epp believes that love can save the world and that sexual health education is a crucial part of that process.

Photo by: Erlend Štaub, Kroonika.
Mark Skljarov
WasteLocker, CEO

Mark Skljarov
WasteLocker, CEO

Meet Mark, a 23 year old cleantech entrepreneur and a researcher at the University of TalTech. Mark is the founder and the CEO of WasteLocker, a startup focused on providing a real-time and verifiable wasteflow consultancy based on a unique sensor module technology. With an equally passionate team, he has already inspired businesses in the banking, telecom, and retail sectors, as well as the municipalities and EU institutions. WasteLocker adheres to and promotes the “beautiful”, “sustainable”, and “together” part of the circular economy.

Mark’s entrepreneurial journey is paralleled with research work at TalTech focusing on investigating pollution distribution in the urban setting, and how cities can be designed more sustainably with the use of computational science. For the techies out there, he does computational fluid dynamics in the urban environment and seeks to optimize the efficiency of the simulations.

Away from his professional commitments, Mark enjoys reading, doing sports, and being in nature. He just loves solving complex challenges, and combining it with some jogging, swimming or occasional snowboarding.
Lukas Paltanavicius
Cycle to Farms, Founder

Lukas Paltanavicius
Cycle to Farms, Founder

The Cycle to Farms is an active advocacy project that documents regenerative farmers’ realities across the EU, the Middle East, and Africa by cycling from farm to farm.
Karin Lepp
Council of Europe Development Bank, Country Manager

Karin Lepp
Council of Europe Development Bank, Country Manager

Currently holds a post of Country Manager at the Council of Europe Development Bank, a multilateral development bank with an exclusively social mandate.
She has been coordinating banking operations, developing financing opportunities, managing sovereign relationships, and supporting public and private sector projects in Europe, Western Balkans and Türkiye.
Her previous professional experience also include positions in EU Intellectual Property Office and Estonian Financial Supervision Authority. Holds degrees in finance and economics, from the University of Tartu and the University of Southern Denmark.
Meelis Lang
Helmes, Chief Innovation Officer

Meelis Lang
Helmes, Chief Innovation Officer

Meelis Lang, Chief Innovation Officer in Helmes, unites people, technology and business. He is one of the leading experts in green software discussion in the Baltics.

Meelis has software industry experience for 30+ years, developing complex innovative solutions, leading teams, and managing business. He is leading the innovation of a high performance digitalization company, and coaching technology leaders. For 15 years he delivered large scale complex business critical solutions for both startups and corporations for the IT, logistics, finance and healthcare industry. Sustainability in software development has always been Meelis´s passion.

He holds a degree in engineering from TalTech University, Estonia, and Executive MBA degree from Aalto University, Finland.
Kemal Ozturk
KWOTA, Marketing and Partnership Lead

Kemal Ozturk
KWOTA, Marketing and Partnership Lead

Partnership and Marketing Lead for CleanTech Startup KWOTA. Unveiling and delving into how waste of resources is our biggest enemy when tackling climate issues.
Andrus Treier
Environmental Investment Centre, CEO

Andrus Treier
Environmental Investment Centre, CEO

Andrus Treier is the CEO of Environmental Investment Centre (EIC), he has led the organisation for more than four years. EIC is a provider of innovative, smart and impactful solutions in the Estonian environmental landscape. With the support of EIC and various sources of financing, more than 27,000 environmental projects have been carried out with a total of more than 2.9 billion euros in grants. In addition, EIC sets up and leads projects and initiatives to enhance the good state of environment and to search and offer additional funding for environmental actions to meet the climate goals of Estonia.

Previously, Andrus Treier has led the government owned guarantee and loan institution Kredex. He has been a CEO and CFO in multiple companies and worked as an auditor and consultant in an international business consulting firm KPMG. He has a master’s degree in strategic management from University of Tartu.
Rihards Treijs
GEMOSS, Project Manager

Rihards Treijs
GEMOSS, Project Manager

Hi! I’m Rihards, an energized and creative soul who’s passionate about sustainability and making a difference. With a deep connection to the family business: GEMOSS, I lead our journey toward greener practices and ecological innovation. My projects, like the Workshop Park, serves as a hub where artists, craftsmen, and families come together to create with sustainability in mind. At GEMOSS, my mission merges with our corporate ethos, demonstrating how creativity and sustainable development can coexist, inspiring change, and fostering a stronger bond with nature. Through these endeavors, I aim to embody the change I wish to see, driving GEMOSS and its community towards a more sustainable future.
Rain Tunger
Progressioon, CEO

Rain Tunger
Progressioon, CEO

Rain Tunger is a versatile entrepreneur, musician, and inspirational speaker. He is well-known for leading renowned Tallinn restaurants, including Rataskaevu 16, Väike Rataskaevu, and ÜLO, to TripAdvisor’s top spots consecutively for 10 years, accumulating more 5-star reviews than their top 10 competitors combined. As a motivational speaker, he has made a significant impact on over 150 companies, emphasizing hospitality, leadership, and personal growth.

Rooted in authenticity and mindfulness, Rain’s journey goes beyond culinary success. He spent 18 years hosting the dance music show “Progressioon” on national Radio 2 and has a cherished role as a DJ in Estonia.

Furthermore, Rain has strongly focused on self-development and mindfulness, exploring various practices, including the art of authenticity and genuine connection known as ‘Circling,’ which he learned in Holland. Today, he serves as an official guide and instructor in this practice. According to Rain, we are all inherently in the service of others, whether we consciously acknowledge it or not, and he considers this a privilege.”
Signe Hansen Glud
USE LESS, Certified Style Coach & Colour Consultant

Signe Hansen Glud
USE LESS, Certified Style Coach & Colour Consultant

Signe is a former fashion designer turned certified style coach & colour consultant from Denmark. She is here to help you increase your style confidence and learn to do more with less!

Signe will take on stage virtually.
Andrus Purde
Outfunnel & Little Green Fund, CEO

Andrus Purde
Outfunnel & Little Green Fund, CEO

Andrus Purde is co-founder and CEO of Outfunnel and a cleantech angel investor with Little Green Fund. Prior to that, he was Pipedrive’s first head of marketing and one of the early marketing leaders of Skype. On his spare time Andrus organizes standup comedy events with Komeediklubi. Occasionally, he even cracks jokes himself.
Eero Sikka
Sikka Training & Consulting, Coach & Consultant

Eero Sikka
Sikka Training & Consulting, Coach & Consultant

Eero’s purpose in life is to raise awareness and help people connect to the Self to shift the consciousness from ego-system to eco-system awareness – the wellbeing of all. He has 20 years of leadership experience heading B2B Business in Telia. As a leadership consultant and coach Eero has been supporting larger organisations in improving their organisational performance for 10+ years in 10 different countries in Europe and Asia.
Dr. Carri Ginter
Sorainen, Partner

Dr. Carri Ginter
Sorainen, Partner

Carri is the partner responsible for the international Dispute Resolution Team at Sorainen and Jean Monnet Professor of EU law at Tartu University. He has been an avocat conseil of the Embassy of France in Estonia for 15 years.

Carri has successfully represented the European Commission in the Court of Justice of the EU, Tallinn city, largest political party, ministers and members of parliament. In 2006 he won the biggest successful state liability case against Estonia for illegally expropriated fuel. He was one of three experts pleading in Estonian Supreme Court en banc in the constitutional review of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) Treaty.
Rainer Pesti
22Kraadi, Co-Founder

Rainer Pesti
22Kraadi, Co-Founder

Rainer, is the enthusiast of circular economy business models. With an educational background in IT Rainer has made contributions to e-marketing and digital service development in banking sector and Traditional Industry. For over a decade, Rainer has been an part of the Swedish environmental company, Ragn-Sells. During this time, he has held leading roles in Marketing, PR&PA, and Brand management. Las 2-years he has been leading the development team. Their strategy is clear: to turn circular solutions and climate ambitions into a competitive edge. This encompasses the development of low carbon footprint materials, CO2 capturing, and pioneering urban mining technologies to extract critical raw materials from waste.