Vanessa Keith, MArch, MIA, is a licensed architect and the Principal of Studioteka, an award-winning design firm she founded in 2003. Based in New York, Studioteka approaches design through a multidisciplinary lens spanning architecture and technology, economic and social development, and urban and environmental concerns. Keith's work has been featured in design publications such as Metropolis, Landscape Architecture Magazine, Frame, Hinge and more, as well as in numerous print and media interviews. She is also the winner of a 2023 Sachs Program for Art Innovation Grant at the University of Pennsylvania, where she will lead a series of workshops as a visiting artist in residence.

Keith is especially interested in visionary solutions to the issues faced by cities as they adapt to climate change, as well as in design-oriented technical and engineering responses to environmental challenges. Her book, 2100: A Dystopian Utopia—The City After Climate Change, develops case studies of 14 cities around the world in 2100, employing emerging tech and innovative techniques to tackle the climate crisis. Her passion for climate action and research interests in eco-, Afro-and Indigenous futurism have led her to harness the immersive power of VR and AR to create life-affirming, socially just, and sustainable tomorrows. Year 2180, a VR game in-development inspired by the book, is featured on Netflix, The Future of Skyscrapers and recently won the 2023 Sundance Stars Collective Imagination Award. 

Dr. Rohit Jigyasu is a conservation architect and risk management professional serving as Project Manager on Urban Heritage, Climate Change, and Disaster Risk Management at ICCROM. Jigyasu previously served as UNESCO Chair at the Ritsumeikan University Institute for Disaster Mitigation of Urban Cultural Heritage in Japan. He was elected President of ICOMOS-India from 2014–2018 and of ICOMOS’s International Scientific Committee on Risk Preparedness from 2010–2019. A Member of ICOMOS’s Executive Committee since 2011, he served as its vice president from 2017–2020. Rohit previously worked with organizations including UNESCO, UNISDR, the Getty Conservation Institute, and the World Bank.

Rob Woodside is Director of Conservation and Estates at English Heritage, responsible for the conservation and maintenance of the National Heritage Collection, which includes 420 of the most significant historic properties in England. He has a strong interest in climate change issues and the implications for heritage conservation, and initiated the Coastal Connections project in partnership with World Monuments Fund Britain. Woodside has also advised the British Council, ICCROM, Global Heritage Fund, Turquoise Mountain, and the Centre for Historic Houses of India.

Alex joined World Monuments Fund Britain in 2023 to lead the Coastal Connections Project, a joint venture with English Heritage to share expertise and best practice in addressing impacts of climate change on coastal heritage sites around the world. A geographer with a global profile in geospatial sciences and cartography, he brings over two decades of interdisciplinary experience in university teaching, publishing and research. A Fellow of the British Cartographic Society, the Royal Geographical Society, the Royal Society of Arts and the Society of Antiquaries, he is also Senior Research Associate at Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (University of Oxford) and Honorary Reader in Cartography and Geographic Information Science at Canterbury Christ Church University.