Dr. Alistair Cockburn is one of the creators of the Manifesto for Agile Software Development and the world's pre-eminent expert in use cases and agile methodologies. He was voted one of the "The All-Time Top 150 i-Technology Heroes" in 2007. He helped creating the Declaration of Interdependence, the International Consortium for Agile, and most recently, founding the Heart of Agile. He travels the world consulting, coaching, and teaching, but in his spare time dancing, learning languages, and sitting underwater.

Holding a master’s degree in Strategic Design, Carla believes in the collaborative potential of people to turn cities into better and more sustainable places. For 6 years, she has developed social innovation projects based on design, working on strategies, platforms and services to improve urban systems and quality of life in cities. As an example, in one of her projects, she traveled around 9 cities in the Brazilian semi-arid region, co-creating new futures for and with the local youths. Her company, Talking City, focuses on improving public services based on collaboration with citizens, with one of the main initiatives being the Safe City Movement - a safety innovation laboratory for the City of Porto Alegre. She is a member of the Ocupe & Abrace(Occupy and Hug) Collective (who works in the cultural and environmental occupation of “Praça da Nascente” city park in São Paulo) and she is a Professor in undergraduate and graduate programs at IED-SP and in the MBA Branding Innovation of Faculdades Rio Branco.

Paulo Caroli has more than 20 years of experience with software development, working at various corporations from Brazil, India, USA and other across Latino America. In 2000, he discovery the Extreme Programming and, since then, focused his experience on Agile & Lean processes and practices. He joined ThoughtWorks at 2006 and worked as Agile Coach, Trainer, Project and Delivery Manager. He has a bachelor's degree in Computing and master in Software Engineering, both at PUC-Rio. Caroli is passionate about innovation, entrepreneurship and digital products. He is software engineer, writer, speaker and an exepctional facilitator.

An independent Agile Guide and Coach that has been programming computers for 35+ years. He is a pioneer of the Mob Programming approach to teamwork in software development, and one of the founders of the "#NoEstimates" discussion on Twitter. He works with teams to create an environment where everyone can excel in their work and lives.