As Above, So Below

Elizabeth Zhivkova is a cultural and educational producer, environmental advocate and co-founder of research-led platform ZEITGEIST19.

Her work is concerned with research and implementation of conscious creation and exploring new regenerative
strategies for positive change and a more responsible future. In her multidisciplinary practice Elizabeth investigates in depth cultural and biodiversity preservation, empowering communities, experiential learning and eco-psychology.

Ersin Han Ersin is an artist, director and creative director of London based experiential artist collective Marshmallow Laser Feast.

Ersin’s art practice combines a wide range of disciplines including sculpture, installation, live performance and mixed reality. His work illuminates the hidden natural forces that surround us, inviting participants to navigate with a sensory perception beyond their daily experience. In these spaces, the known physical world is removed to reveal networks, processes and systems that are at once sublime, underpinned by research, and fundamental to life on Earth.

Jan Hans Georg Pachner is the Secretary General of the One Ocean Foundation.

Born in Austria, he began his career in hotel management and in 2007 spearheaded the international development of Yacht Club Costa Smeralda from the Mediterranean to the Caribbean. After spending 14 years of working for His Highness the Aga Khan, President of the YCCS on various international projects, Jan contributed to the establishment of the One Ocean Foundation. Since then, Jan Pachner has played a key role in growing the Foundation's international network, activities and credibility as an authority promoting the blue economy alongside OOF's annual international conference the "Blue Economy Summit".

Milestones such as the scientific research publications "Business for Ocean Sustainability Report" as well as "Ocean Disclosure Initiative", the first rating framework dedicated to industrie's impacts on the ocean environment, are just a few of the latest accomplishments as well as various publications as co-author on scientific papers. Jan is an "Advisor" to CDP, a "Hot Spot Champion" by Mission Blue of Dr. Sylvia Earle, for the Foundations project aiming to recognise the Canyon of Caprera, to an Important Marine Mammal Area. He serves frequently as a public speaker in Ocean / Blue Economy related conferences and events, is periodically invited at Bocconi University and is a member of The Explorers Club in New York.

Ken Kostel is Director of Research Communication at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution