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Reboot2030 is presented by Nico Andreas Heller.
Nico is the founder and CEO of the Democracy School and is a seasoned strategist, moderator and coach. He is also a theatre director and an artist. Since establishing the Democracy School in 2003, Nico has worked closely with politicians and policy makers at the intersection of public and political management on democracy-promoting initiatives. As a theatre director and artist he is primarily interested in collaborative practices that cut across disciplinary boundaries. His creative output includes new theatre and live art productions, as well as site-specific and gallery installations.
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Chris Hamer is an Honorary Associate Professor in the School of Physics at the University of New South Wales. He obtained his PhD at the California Institute of Technology in 1972 and pursued a career in theoretical physics. He was formerly National Secretary of Scientists Against Nuclear Arms (SANA) in Australia and is currently President of the Coalition for a World Security Community. Chris joins us from Australia (Sydney), where he is based.
The major challenge he would like to address is the threat to democracy from a rising tide of autocracy in some quarters of the globe. He believes that the democracies of this world must unite to meet this challenge, and he argues that the formation of a World Security Community of democratic nations would be a logical and forward-looking response.
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John Bunzl is a political activist and businessman. In 2000, he founded the Simultaneous Policy (SIMPOL) Campaign, a way for citizens to use their votes to drive politicians towards global cooperation. It has supporters in over 100 countries and enjoys the backing of a growing number of parliamentarians around the world. He has authored or co-authored a number of books including The Simpol Solution (with Nick Duffell), Monetary Reform – Making it Happen!, People-centred Global Governance – Making it Happen! and Global Domestic Politics and published numerous articles on global governance. John joins us from the UK, where he is based.
John believes that solving global problems requires solutions to be implemented simultaneously by nations so that no nation loses out. He argues that solutions need to cover multiple issues, so what a nation loses on one issue it can gain on another, and that citizens need to use their vote to incentivise politicians to cooperate globally.
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Lene Rachel Andersen is an economist, futurist and 'bildung' activist. She has written 19 books, including The Nordic Secret (2017, w/ Tomas Bjorkman), Metamodernity (2019) and Bildung: Keep Growing (2020), and has won two Danish democracy awards, Ebbe Kløvedal-Reich Democracy Baton (2007) and Døssing Prisen, the Danish librarians’ democracy prize (2012). She is also a co-founder of Nordic Bildung, a Copenhagen-based think tank and is a full member of the Club of Rom. Lene joins us from Denmark (Copenhagen), where she is based.
Lene believes that we need 'bildung' in the original sense (not just education), so that everybody understands their society and the changes that are happening – and thus feels empowered to engage and make a difference. At present that is not the case. To get there, Lene believes, our current school systems need to rethink what they are doing.
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Roberto Castaldi is founder, CEO and Research Director of the International Centre for European and Global Governance (CesUE) as well as Associate Professor of Political Philosophy at eCampus University. He also co-edits Perspectives on Federalism and is the Director of EURACTIV Italy. Roberto joins us from Italy (Pisa), where he is based.
Roberto argues that, for the EU to prosper in the long term, it will need to abolish the principle of unanimity and become a fully-fledged federation, endowed with fiscal powers, a single external representation and defence capability and – to preserve our liberal democracy – effective mechanisms for the protection of the rule of law.
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Young-Jin Choi is Head of Impact at Vidia Equity, where he builds on his experience as Head of Research, Impact Investing, at Phineo gAG. Prior to Phineo, he worked for Monitor Group (now Monitor Deloitte) as a senior strategy consultant and before that as an investment manager in 3M's corporate venturing team. He holds degrees in mechanical engineering, management and PPE (philosophy, politics, economics). Young-Jin joins us from Germany (Munich), where he is based.
In order to accelerate the speed at which decarbonisation occurs, governments can utilize a variety of climate policies. One of the most transformative measures within that context is effective carbon pricing. To ensure both sustained public support and a just transition, Young-Jin argues that it is of critical importance to use a substantial share of carbon pricing revenues for a climate income.
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