Karim thrives on working with governments, communities, content creators and aspiring leaders to solve complex issues together and translating public policy and challenging briefs into effective campaigns. By building teams made up of new talents and senior professionals and designing systems that add value, he focuses on delivering impact and change. As a generalist and cross-functional leader, he acts as a connector and a bridge and he is ready to leverage his unique blend of in-house and agency experience. Over the past few years, he spent much of his time shuttling between London, Tunis and Baghdad. He worked and volunteered in the Middle East, Maghreb, Europe, the USA and Brazil for a diverse range of government clients, institutions and organisations including the United Nations, the Obama Campaign, Meta, the French Chamber of Commerce and now ThinkYoung. He is an avid coffee drinker, curious about photography and visual arts, committed podcasts listener, keen headspace app user and loves a good long run.

Roberta Pellegrino is an entrepreneur and co-founder of Ludwig, a tech platform that has reached 200 million users worldwide since its launch in 2015. She holds a PhD in Economics, Management, and Quantitative Analysis, along with degrees in Philosophy and Cognitive Science. Her passions encompass data analysis, digital humanities, and epistemology. Roberta has taught Entrepreneurship and the Economy of Innovation and was a visiting scholar at the Wharton School of Economics from 2015 to 2017, where she focused on topics like technology transfer and strategy. Ludwig's journey has been featured by international media, including TechCrunch US. Roberta is deeply interested in the opportunities presented by generative AI and is mindful of its impacts on future work, knowledge access, and its associated risks. She was part of the 2024 cohort of women awarded by the EIC with the leadership program and was a Women Tech EU fellow in 2023.

COO & co-founder di Ludwig.guru, PhD in public management e avvocato specializzato IT/IP Law. Europeista convinto appassionato di AI ethics, copyright e privacy.

I'm an Italian multidisciplinary professional based in Palermo, merging an information engineering background with design methodologies and social innovation. With expertise in sustainable mobility, open innovation and digital transformation, I lead projects at the intersection of technology and urban development. Co-founder of PUSH design lab and MUV B-Corp, I currently apply service design at the Department for Digital Transformation of the Italian Government while researching ICT solutions for sustainable cities through my PhD work. With over 20 scientific publications, I regularly teach in academic courses and deliver professional training workshops across Europe. I actively contribute to the innovation ecosystem as a mentor for various design events, hackathons, and initiatives.

Dottore Commercialista and revisore legale since 2018. Since 2021, I have been President of the Young Entrepreneurs of Confcommercio Palermo. In 2023, I was elected National Vice President of the Young Entrepreneurs of Confcommercio. Starting from 2020, I have served as the representative for the province of Palermo and later for the Sicily region for the environmental association Plastic Free ODV. I am a partner in Scalia Group Srl, a family-owned company operating in the luggage and leather goods sector. In 2024, I founded the association Metropolitree ODV, which focuses on urban reforestation. In 2025, I joined the board of Palermo Mediterranea APS, a business community of entrepreneurs.

Elena Militello, Head of Research, Legal, and Network at Fondazione Marea. Sicilian by origin, a citizen of the world. Researcher in transnational law and Visiting Scholar at the Center for European Studies at Harvard, since 2020, she has been the Founder and President of "South Working – Working from the South," an initiative that promotes new job opportunities for Southern Italy.

Francesca Capoccia is a journalist who works on fact-checking and debunking at Facta. For other newspapers, she writes about sports and gender issues, with a focus on human rights. She published Protagoniste? Donne, informazioni e cultura (2024) with Aras Edizioni, and previously served as editor-in-chief of the web magazine The Bottom Up.

Graduated in Public, Business Communication and Advertising, Giorgia Manuela Duro brings with her years of experience in marketing and a deep passion for the digital world and startups. Her career has been marked by innovative projects that blend creativity and strategy, with the goal of enhancing Magnisi’s brand image and expanding its market presence. With strong expertise in digital communication and multichannel campaign management, Giorgia leads Magnisi’s marketing team toward tangible results, leveraging new technologies to reach and engage the audience.

Marco Morana received his Laurea degree and the Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from the University of Palermo, Italy, in 2007 and in 2011, respectively. He is currently an associate professor of computer engineering at the University of Palermo, where he is teaching "Algorithms", "Optimization Techniques" and "Operating Systems". His current research interests include parallel and distributed computing, social network analysis, cyber security, intelligent data analysis for user profiling, data fusion and reasoning in smart environments.