Co-founder of the Centre for Inclusive Policy, Alexandre Cote has been working in the field of inclusive development for 20 years across Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Africa. He had the opportunity to actively participate in the negotiation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and ever since has been contributing to its implementation and monitoring.

Alexia Latortue is the Assistant Secretary of International Trade and Development for the United States Department of the Treasury. In this role, she oversees Treasury’s Offices of Climate Environment and Sustainable Infrastructure, International Development Finance and Policy, International Trade and Investment, and Technical Assistance. Previously she served as the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Deputy Chief Executive Officer overseeing the agency’s operations to deliver on strategic and programmatic priorities and leading the MCC team.

Alexis Bonnell has delivered aid in over 20 warzones, global disasters, and major transformation projects for the United Nations. At USAID, she co-founded the U.S Global Development Lab and served as the chief innovation officer. She was Google's emerging technology evangelist for public sector. She dedicates her time to helping organizations evolve.

Alexis Decosimo is the founder and executive director of Playing to Live! She received her master's in art therapy and clinical counseling at George Washington University and is currently working as an art therapist in Asheville, North Carolina, as well as pursuing her doctorate in public health at Eastern Tennessee State University. She specializes in trauma informed art therapy, program development and international work.

Most Rev. Alfred Adewale Martins was appointed the first bishop of Abeokuta Diocese in Nigeria in 1997. He was later elevated as archbishop and transferred to the See of Lagos, later becoming the Metropolitan. He studied philosophy for both his master's and doctorate degrees and held several leadership positions in the Nigeria Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Algy Williams is CEO of Every1Mobile which he established in 2010 having specialized in startups in emerging markets combining creative communications with technology. E1M is a mobile services and technology company specializing in ICT for development in emerging markets. The company works with international development agencies, business, NGOs and donors to achieve social change by building and running highly engaged online communities of interest and practice.

Al-hadji Kudra Maliro is a freelance journalist based in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. He covers conflict, Ebola outbreaks, and politics in the DRC.

Ali Alhajori is a rapid response coordinator for the Norwegian Refugee Council in Hajjah and Hodeidah, Yemen.

Ali Hayat is a monitoring and evaluation specialist at Management Systems International. He has worked on designing and conducting research projects focused on conflict, stabilization, political and economic development in over 20 countries, including Pakistan, Afghanistan and South Sudan. He did his Ph.D. coursework in Comparative Politics at the City University of New York.

Ali Ibrahim is a freelance journalist based in Nairobi. He has worked for local radio stations IQRA-FM and Pamoja-FM. He is also the founder of Skyrope, a community-based nongovernmental organization in the informal settlement of Kibera.