Editor-in-chief and managing director of Kolumna, a digital news magazine in the Lindau region.

Professor of International Urban Planning and Design (KIT).

Partnerships Principal at Via Mobility Germany.

Coordinator for local transport at the ver.di trade union, trade union secretary for the federal specialist group for buses and trains.

Head of Extremism Prevention, Terrorism/Extremism Research Unit at the Federal Criminal Police Office.

Daniel Fluhrer, Mayor for Construction, is responsible for planning and construction, property management, land management and the Zoologischer Stadtgarten (city zoo).

Dr Jens Foell has a PhD in neuropsychology, is an editor, bestselling author (‘Foellig nerdiges Wissen’) and works in the MAITHINK X science editorial team.

Department of Sociology and Social Psychology, University of Cologne.

Computer scientist, entrepreneur and open source expert. Co-CEO of the Heinlein Group.

Bündnis 90/Die Grünen parliamentary group, spokesperson for climate-neutral transport and justice, Baden-Württemberg State Parliament.

Vice President for Transfer and International Affairs at KIT.

Head of the Communication and Media Research research group at Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences. Professor at the Institute of Social Sciences at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf.

Professor of Administrative Law with a focus on Municipal Law, Harz University of Applied Sciences, former Mayor of Goslar.

Sabine Knierbein is Professor of Urban and Cultural Studies at TU Wien and heads the Interdisciplinary Centre for Urban Culture and Public Space.

Project manager and deputy coordinator of the Mobility and Migration Research Group, Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography.

Professor of Urban and Mobility Geography at the Institute of Geography and Geoecology at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).

President of the Baden-Württemberg Association of Cities and Towns and Lord Mayor of the City of Karlsruhe.

Journalist, innovation manager, programme advisory board member for Deutsche Bahn and spokesperson for the advocacy group Independent Living (ISL e.V.) for accessible tourism.

Professor of Sociology of Rural Areas, University of Göttingen/University of Kassel.

Professor of Science Communication and Academic Director of the Studium Generale.

Minister for Regional Development and Housing in Baden-Württemberg.

Architect, urban planner and city councillor in Stuttgart, committed to socially just, ecological urban development.

Holder of the Chair of Journalism with a focus on media structures and society, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt.

Climate researcher, scientific author and science slammer. MAITHINK X science editorial team.

Politician, economist and, from 2020 to 2025, mayor of the Bergisch city of Wuppertal.

Institute for Media Studies, University of Tübingen.

Politician and former Lord Mayor of the City of Munich.

Federal Youth Spokesperson for the ADFC

Urban planner, former Deputy Mayor of Vienna and now an internationally active consultant for urban transformation.

Journalist and visiting professor at the College of Europe, author of ‘Das Prinzip Trotzdem – Warum wir den Journalismus vor den Medien retten müssen’ (The Principle of Despite – Why We Must Save Journalism from the Media).