Renato Pichler is the Founder of V-Label GmbH, a project he initiated in 1996. Renato has been working full-time for the spreading of the vegan-vegetarian way of life since 1993. On that year, he founded Swissveg to help shape the vegan movement in Switzerland. From 2005 to 2012, Renato was the president of the European Vegetarian Union, and on 2010 he founded the Animal Party in Switzerland. Renato has published several books and is often invited by the media to speak publicly on the topic of meat consumption, vegetarian or vegan nutrition.

Silvia Recchia is one of the activists of the Italian Vegetarian Association. AVI has played a fundamental role in her life. It has been a meeting point for all Italian vegetarians, vegans, and sympathizers, and it is there that AVI meetings and debates have increased her desire to know more about animal rights history. She has been a vegetarian since 2010, and after joining Avi she turned vegan in the last few years. She brings a change in her life and in other people's lives who stands on her side. She is one of the many who wants to respect life and inspire the change.

Matthias Rohra started at ProVeg in 2015 (then still called VEBU) as Head of Business. In 2017, he took on the role of Chief Operating Officer as part of ProVeg's internationalization. Since June 2020, he has been leading ProVeg e.V. in Germany as new Managing Director. Not only his profound knowledge of market developments and consumer wishes, but also his strategic and strong management skills predestine him for this position. Previously, Matthias worked for many years as a marketing expert and manager at Coca-Cola and McFit, among others. Matthias has been eating an animal-free diet for over 26 years (vegan for 8 years) and enjoys cooking plant-based dishes in his free time.

Barbara Zöchbauer went vegan overnight and founded her company veganmarketing.at a year an a half after that. With her business idea, she wants to encourage companies to discover the fast-growing vegan market on the one hand, and offer strategic marketing without bullshit bingo to already vegan companies on the other. Her appeal: the existing range of a company is often very easy to veganize. You only have to deal with it once! With a vegan offer, a company not only addresses vegan people, but also vegetarians, flexitarians, lacto- and ovo-intolerant people, health-conscious people, climate protectionists, ... the target group is much larger than you think!

Noah Hyams is a serial entrepreneur who launched VEGPRENEUR to bring together and support entrepreneurs and investors building sustainable, plant-based businesses around the world. Through VEGPRENEUR, Noah has interviewed and brought together founders, investors, and thought-leaders in the plant-based space. Most recently Noah was featured on Bloomberg Radio where he talked about the state of the plant-based economy. Noah has been invited to speak and mentor in entrepreneurship classes at New York University, the City University of New York, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

https://www.vegpreneur.org/

Basak Oker has more than 15 years of experience in marketing, innovation, digital business and consumer insight generation. She joined Givaudan Taste & Wellbeing division in 2015 as the Category Manager for Beverages; she was named Head of Consumer & Sensory Insights in 2020 and was appointed Marketing & CSI Director Europe in April 2022. Prior to joining Givaudan, she held various marketing and innovation roles in FMCG companies within the personal care and toy industries.

Basak holds an MBA from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and a BA in Business Administration from Koc University in Istanbul.

Enric Urrutia is the Director of the specialised media Bueno y Vegano. He produced and directed the documentary film La Barbacoa (2012), nominated for the Gaudí Awards, presented at the Goya Awards and premiered at movie theatres in Madrid and Barcelona. He is also the Director of the specialised publications Bio Eco Actual, Master Organic and El Botiquín Natural, among others.

Nicholas Bawtree was born in Tuscany in one of Italy's first "agriturismo", called Rendola Riding. At the age of ten he started a magazine for the guests, "Il Folio di Rendola", and ran it for twenty years. His dream of becoming a journalist, took him through school newspapers, local and national magazines, and it was crowned with the Italian monthly magazine Terra Nuova (www.terranuova.it), for which he started working in 2006, and where he currently holds the position of editor-in-chief. He has always been passionate about environmental issues, but also about creating new spaces of free expression, and in this regard he created the "straw theatre" format, widespread in Italy and abroad (www.strawtheatre.com).

Katrina Fox is an award-winning journalist, conversion copywriter, content creator, PR consultant, founder of VeganBusinessMedia.com, host of the Vegan Business Talk podcast and author of Vegan Ventures: Start and Grow an Ethical Business, the first global book providing success strategies for aspiring and existing vegan business owners. She has written extensively for niche and mainstream media for 25 years on animal advocacy and ethical business and was a regular Forbes contributor specialising in writing about vegan and plant-based businesses. A vegan of 26 years, Katrina helps vegan business owners to create a strong personal brand and become in-demand thought leaders through her membership program Vegans in the Limelight. She loves glitter, sequins and disco. www.veganbusinessmedia.com

Luisa has 30 years of expertise in the development of organic and sustainable food and non-food products, as an organizer of trade shows, congresses and other events in Europe and beyond. From 1988 to 2006 she worked as an organizer and new sectors' developer for the SANA Show held in Bologna, Italy. From 2006 to 2015 she ran four EU international projects for the promotion of Organic Italian food in extra EU countries, aside to three international projects of the Italian Ministry of Economy, for the promotion of Organic Made in Italian food in third countries. In 2012 she co-published the Organic Agriculture Handbook for Il Sole 24 Ore editor. Since 2015, she has been a freelancer, operating as Italian market developer for Global Retail Brands, the international trade and distribution magazine, as well as sales for V-Label Italy. Her focus is substaining the development of green and circular economy globally.

(Raw Daughter - blogger and author)

Nikoleta Kováčová is a Slovak food blogger and author of the first Slovak vegan cookbook Slovegán 1 & 2. Both of her parents worked in a gastronomy, and even though it didn't look like that for a long time, she followed in their footsteps and fell in love with food. But only after she became a vegan in 2013. Nikoleta worked for years as a model but also in marketing, as a copywriter, creative mind and as a photographer. In 2019 she published her first cookbook and this year she is already working on a third Slovegán cookbook. She also works as a spokesperson for ProVeg Czechia and currently lives in Prague.

Mitzi is a snob. She's always loved to be surrounded by beautiful, inspiring things and, in turn, create beautiful things herself. She finds she's the happiest when she is in the midst of old buildings, delicious food, art history, gorgeous fabrics, or antique furniture. Okay, so we’ve got the “snob” thing down. What about the “compassion” part? When she was 14 years old, she chose to stop eating meat and in 2014 she took the next step and went vegan. Nothing has given her more contentment in life than aligning her daily choices with her ethical beliefs! Still, her love for aesthetically pleasing surroundings, fashion, and travels, as well as exquisite food, never went anywhere, so she’s spent those past years of her life searching for ways to satisfy her craving for opulence while trying to do the least harm. Her goal is to show you that it’s more than possible to live a life full of kindness for other beings and our planet, while not giving up on enjoyment. That a compassionate lifestyle is not deprivation, but rather a gift. That it’s possible to be a Compassionate Snob.

Ana started her plant-based journey 6 years ago, after a thyroid cancer. She started researching what was best for herself, so it didn't return. Two years later she had a work accident that forced her to change her life. She started to study more, taking different plant-based cuisine courses, and became more and more curious. She decided to create Versão Verde to share what she had learned, with tricks to help demystify the plant-based cuisine, new recipes every week and ways to eat healthy and plant-based, without compromising on flavour.

Katleen is an interior architect living the VaVaVoom vegan life in Mechelen, Belgium. She loves to speak out about veganism. Her Instagram feed 'Karneno' blends the perfect amount of fun, humour, activism and information. Come for the delicious plant-based recipes and stay for the cute (adopted) chickens!

Kathy is vegan and is studying both film production and nutritional sciences in Vienna. She has a passion for everything vegan and eco friendly. She started to set her focus on mental health and veganism which she shares on her small Instagram page with the main message being that a healthy and balanced relationship with food and your body is the key to a happy future.

Karolína Rathousová, known under the nickname Dewii, started blogging at the age of 18. More than 10 years later she's still spreading veganism and other important topics through her social media with the mindset that the change in the world starts with you.

Sofia created her page "Naba na Cozinha" to share her homemade vegetarian and vegan recipes that are easy to make

Once Upon A Cream became the largest cruelty free & vegan beauty blog in Austria and was amongst the most known German speaking vegan beauty blogs. Daniela, the author of the blog, has been vegan since 2011 and always had a big heart for animals and make-up. When becoming a vegan mom in 2017, the focus of Once Upon A Cream broadened as well and now covers all of her three passions: vegan beauty, animal rights and vegan parenting.

Janine Oliveira is 22 years old, fascinated by photography and cooking, has a degree in photography, doesn’t eat meat since 2005 and started her Instagram account, GreenTaste Cuisine in 2018.

Her project started at a time when everyone was fragile because of covid, she needed to distract herself from the anxiety she suffered for many years. This and her love for animals, diet and lifestyle and the desire to change the world and inspire people made her start this project.

GreenTaste Cuisine is a project that unites vegan recipes and photographs of her authorship. She wants to inspire people that want to implement a plant-based diet or who already follow it but don't know what to cook! Thanks to her own project she has been vegetarian since 2021 and almost vegan now!

She believes that if we want to make a difference in the world, we should do it invitingly.

The main focus of the project is to attract people with the flavours they are used to, showing that it is possible to have equally tasty typical plant-based meals, especially typical Portuguese dishes!

Melani and Mariana, or Mint and Meri, are two sisters and entrepreneurs from Germany running a company and a vegan food blog together. They are focused on mental and physical health and love to travel, eat good food, and try out new things all the time. 

Filipa Saraiva is a Portuguese content creator. She shares her love for the plant-based lifestyle, as well as other topics related to a balanced life, such as sustainability, mental health and movement through dance and yoga.

Filipa has a degree in Artistic Studies and a Masters in Film Project Development. She also teaches jazz dance and flexibility classes to kids, and recently launched her winter ebook "Comfort Food", with 32 warm and cozy vegan recipes. She believes in small and gradual changes with a long term impact, and hopes to help inspire others in the pursuit of better choices and powerful habits for the people's health, for the environment and the ethical and egalitarian treatment that animals deserve.

Sascha is a Vegan Content Creator and Magazin Publisher (Online & Offline). Think Vegan is about Vegan Food, Travel & Lifestyle. To show others how easy it is to live Vegan is awesome. Becoming a vegan in 2013 was the best decision of his my life. It is amazing for him to see the transformation of the Vegan Movement in the last 9 years, and he is proud to be part of this movement.

On her channel @veganfindsaustria, Sonja displays the variety of vegan products available in Austria, introduces local restaurants with plant-based options, and informs her followers about animal rights and the many benefits of going vegan. With the aim of showing people how multifaceted yet easy a vegan lifestyle is, Sonja started her channel in early 2018, only weeks after going vegan herself. By now her account has become one of Austria's largest Instagram channels with a vegan focus.

Helena is a 37-year-old pharmacist from Portugal, currently getting her Phd in sustainability sciences. Although she loves her job, cooking is one of her biggest crushes. About 18 years ago, she became a vegetarian and since then her kitchen has become her lab bench. She recently created her Instagram profile where she shares recipes of the dishes she makes at home and also of the vegetarian and vegan dishes she eats in restaurants.

Krysta Paramithi is the founder of veganhome.gr, the largest 100% vegan lifestyle blog in Greece. She has been vegan since the birth of her child in 2011. She has been involved in several cooking projects as a chef/pastry chef/caterer, and currently works as a blogger, restaurant menu development consultant, teaches cooking, and is the co-founder and co-producer of Europe’s biggest vegan festival, Vegan Life Festival.