The Global Summit V

At 6’7”, Edgard Gouveia, Jr. towers over most people. An early career in professional volleyball in Brazil, his native country, was soon exchanged for training at the University of Santos in Architecture and Urban Planning. Upon graduation, he and his colleagues co-founded the Elos Foundation, an architectural firm dedicated to community activism. Pursuing their social mandate, they founded the Warriors Without Weapons program in... Read More →

Bringing a decade of technology innovation and new business development, project management, and investor relations to the co-creation of Welight & the Welight Institute, Pedro is social entrepreneur, serving as both a guardian of eco-systems, and hands on leader of mission critical initiatives across Brazil. "Welight is a global social enterprise, run by love driven people, that will deliver the best that technology can offer, so that... Read More →

"Being part of this common-Unit is an unraveling of myself in deep freedom to play, sing, create, share, breathe ... cooperate. You can dream without fear of being happy. Feel the courage to come and go, feel, cry, smile and cherish. A unique experience! " | | | | • Partner and Executive Director of the Cooperation Project. | • Educator and Musician. | • Post-graduate degree in Cooperative Games UNIMONTE . - Santos / SP... Read More →

Ever rising to the challenge of co-creating a thriving world, Melanie is the passionate social architect behind The Global Summit series and founder of facilitating organization, Empowerment WORKS, which supports year round impact.  Through early life studies in mainland China, Melanie's eyes were opened to the need for mass collaboration in locally-led solutions. She identified Empowerment WORKS' flagship approach, "7 Stages to... Read More →