Claire Bergkamp is the CEO of Textile Exchange. A global non-profit driving positive impact on climate change across the fashion and textile industry, Textile Exchange is guiding a growing community of over 800 brands, manufacturers, and farmers to holistically understand, measure, and reduce the impacts of the raw materials they use. Since joining in 2020, Claire has helped the organization to drive forward a collective climate strategy for the industry, grounded in holistic systems thinking on the interconnected impacts of climate, soil health, water, and biodiversity. Prior to Textile Exchange, Claire was the Worldwide Sustainability and Innovation Director at Stella McCartney, leading the global environmental, human rights, and innovation strategy for the brand. Beyond placing Stella McCartney at the forefront of sustainable luxury, she shaped sustainability policies and practices for its former owner–the luxury group Kering–where she helped to define core tools such as its Environmental Profit and Loss. Claire also serves on the steering committee for the British Fashion Council’s Institute of Positive Fashion and has also been an instrumental part of the United Nations Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action since its inception. Her influence and expertise on environmental strategy within fashion have cemented her as a core voice in the sustainability conversation over the last ten years, as well as a leader in the call for collective, connected action.

Sonia Jeunet is the Education Director at Magnum Photos in London. She develops photography workshops and masterclasses and has worked with leading industry professionals and institutions such as the London College of Communication, Fujifilm, FUTURES, Photo Australia, among others. Prior to Magnum, she worked at Panos Pictures in London and NOOR in Amsterdam, as commissioning editor, photo editor, and project manager. She teaches regularly about professional practice and has given lectures at Westminster University, Photofusion, Minority Rights, Anadolu Kültür, and the Photography Foundation, among others.

Lorenzo Meloni, born in 1983, is an Italian photographer known for his depictions of conflict and its consequences on people and landscapes. Adopting a historicist’s approach towards his subjects, he aims to challenge the complex narratives around war, by processing and reflecting both past and contemporary social, political, and cultural contexts. Meloni’s photographs invite us to reflect on the recurring self-destructive patterns of human behavior throughout history and its devastating consequences on both the environment and humanity. He spent over a decade working in the Middle East and North Africa, devoting himself to long-term projects, including charting Libya after the fall of Gaddafi — from the country’s democratization processes and the proliferation of militias to the people smuggling of migrants. Meloni has covered 21st-century conflicts of historic significance, including those in Yemen, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria, as well as the latter’s impact on neighboring Lebanon. He has recently been chronicling the ongoing war in Ukraine. His monograph We Don’t Say Goodbye, published by Gost in 2022, draws on a decade of work covering the rise, reign, fall, and immediate aftermath of the Islamic State as a territorial entity. Meloni explores this period of recent history through a fragmented narrative, from the consequences of the Sykes-Picot Agreement — a 1916 British and French colonial treaty to divide former territories of the Ottoman Empire — to ongoing Western military and political intervention in the Middle East. We Don’t Say Goodbye was chosen as one of Time magazine’s Best Photo-books of the Year. In 2022, he started work on a project entitled “L’Arbre aux Papillons,” named after an invasive flowering plant introduced to Europe after the industrial revolution. The project aims to capture the precarious balance between urban and technological development, and man’s relationship with nature. Meloni’s photographs are held in prestigious public and private collections, including the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, the Collection Banco Sabadell, and the Incite project. His work has been exhibited and shown at festivals worldwide, including the Venice Biennale, Visa pour l’Image and Les Rencontres d’Arles. His work has also been published in prominent international publications, including Time magazine, The Times, Le Monde, Vanity Fair, and The Economist. In 2020, Meloni became a full member of Magnum Photos.

Sabiha Çimen was born in Istanbul, Turkey, in 1986. She is a self-taught photographer, focusing on women, Islamic culture, portraiture, and still life. Çimen graduated from Istanbul Bilgi University with an undergraduate degree in international trade and finance, and a master’s degree in cultural studies. In 2021, Çimen was honored with the Light Work Artist Residency. In 2020, she was named a W. Eugene Smith Fund recipient, was awarded the Canon Female Photojournalist Grant, and won second prize in the Long-Term Projects category at the World Press Photo Awards. In 2018, she won third prize in the PHmuseum Women Photographers Grant. For her debut book, Hafiz (2021), she received the Paris Photo/Aperture First PhotoBook Award. Çimen joined Magnum Photos in 2020, became an associate member in 2022, and a full member in 2024. She lives between Istanbul and New York.

Olya Kuryshchuk is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of 1 Granary, a global fashion education platform and creative network dedicated to amplifying the voices of fashion designers and driving positive industry change. 1 Granary uses its print, digital content, events, recruitment, and brand development programs to provide practical resources for the next generation of creative minds. Through the unique designer network built by 1 Granary, Olya is one of the industry’s leading experts in talent acquisition and development, scouting design talent, and building holistic brand strategies that encompass design, production, communication, and marketing. Olya is an associate lecturer at Central Saint Martins and a regular jury member at international design competitions.

Aditi Mayer is a visual storyteller, sustainability activist, and frequent speaker on topics of social and environmental justice. Her work explores the intersections of style, sustainability, and social justice. She has become a voice in the larger sustainability movement, approaching her work from multiple domains: from grassroots organizing in Downtown LA’s garment district to educating folks on the importance of diverse perspectives in building an equitable future. In 2020, she was named a Fulbright x National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellow and spent 2022 in India documenting the intersections of agriculture and artisan culture in relation to fashion. Her work has been celebrated in the likes of Vogue, National Geographic, The UN, The Guardian, Harper's Bazaar, ELLE, and more.