Sherri Hope Culver

Sherri Hope Culver is Director of the Center for Media and Information Literacy at Temple University, USA where she is a professor of instruction in the Klein College of Media and Communication and directs the Certificate in Children’s Media. Sherri is a Fulbright Scholar and currently serves on the UNESCO Global MIL Alliance board as the academic and research representative. She produces and hosts the podcast Kids Talk Media.

Marjolaine Chirpaz

Marjolaine Chirpaz is the Creative Partnerships Manager at Opal, the screen time app. She joined the Opal team in April, bringing with her a wealth of experience from co-founding the first French agency dedicated to TikTok, where she led a talented team of 20 while simultaneously pursuing her studies in economics in Paris. Now, at Opal, she channels her expertise into combating screen addiction, a mission fueled by her firsthand observations of the troubling effects of intense social media use. Marjolaine is dedicated to helping users find a healthier balance with their digital devices.

Kenneth Schlenker

Kenneth Schlenker is founder and CEO of Opal, the #1 screen time app.

Prior to Opal, Kenneth held roles as a product manager and founder of a wide variety of companies:

• Founder and CEO of online marketplace ArtList, which was acquired by artnet (FRA:ART) in 2017. Kenneth became CMO of artnet.

• Product Marketing Manager for Google in New York and Paris, where he worked on quantitative analysis to improve Maps, YouTube, and Adwords.

• General Manager of Bird (global leader in micro-mobility), where he started international operations in 2018, built Bird's largest market globally (Paris), and helped the organization scale from a US-only business to a predominantly European business.

• Co-founder and Product partner of Stellar Base, a software studio and product consultancy.

• Speaker on subjects that include digital mindfulness, micro-mobility, smart cities as well as art market technology and innovation.

Kenneth works remotely and lives with his wife Alexi and son Micah between Paris and NYC, with frequent visits to the Alps and LA.

Kenneth received a master’s degree in finance and strategy and a BA in Political Science from Sciences Po Paris, and spent the rest of his life learning to think like an engineer.

Mario Sgarrella

Mario is the founder of unpluggo.ch, digital liberator, trainer and keynote speaker. For over a decade, he worked in marketing, PR, advertising and lobbying. He regularly used social media to gather vast amounts of data on the “engagement” of target audiences in order to re-target them with intrusive messages. And in his free time, he was addicted to social media. Then his son Luca was born. It was a wake-up call: the “net” discovers that you’ve become a father and bombards you with all kinds of baby products, ads and suggestions. Too much was too much. He cancelled all his social media accounts and took control of my smartphone notifications, emails and instant messages. And he started unpluggo: Switzerland’s first digital wellness centre.

Dr. Tracy Dennis-Tiwary

Linde Kouwenhoven & Nini Fritz

Hello from Australia! We are Linde & Nini, the co-founders of the Digital Detox game eyeConnect - stronger than wifi. As self-renowned Digital Detox experts (...at least Nini wrote her master thesis about it), we are on a mission to make the world a more meaningfully connected place.

Because we believe that real connection is what happens in between two wifi signals and therefore we invented a conversation-sparking card game that is created to make real people more exciting than social media. From Australia into the world we want to raise awareness that the best things in life happen when we look up from our phones.

Amy Lester

Amy Lester is a proud Torontonian excited to help bring Global Day of Unplugging to Canada. She’s a User Experience Designer with a background in social work, and she brings an empathy-first approach to building experiences that support real human wellbeing. Amy works on the Offline.now team as Content & Design Coordinator, focused on helping people find their own digital balance and connect with support when they need it. Learn more about Offline.now’s approach in the Digital Balance Hub HERE, and explore supports for your journey offline in the Expert Directory.

Eli Singer

Eli Singer is the founder of Offline.now (https://offline.now), a global platform and community helping people build healthier relationships with screens. He’s the author of Offline.now: A Practical Guide to Healthy Digital Balance and works with communities, organizers, and partners to make unplugging feel practical, social, and repeatable year-round. You can learn more about his work at Offline.now, and read his primer on digital burnout and getting your energy back HERE.

Eric Bourgault

Eric Bourgault is the founder of DigiPause, a revolutionary and disruptive nature-based wellness-by-design concept that bridges the gap between health and wellness in the digital age. His entrepreneurial vision is inspired by his personal journey through 20 years of online addiction. Passionate about the healing power of travel and the age-reversing benefits of digital detox, he is an early pioneer of the digital detox movement and a living encyclopedia on the subject.

His passion and lifelong commitment to making wellness accessible to everyone are evident in the projects and social initiatives he has created worldwide. Notably, he spearheaded the first National Day of Unplugging in Canada and the first Digital Wellness Day in India. With a unique multidisciplinary background in social work, education, and tourism, combined with a holistic toolbox and creative visionary mindset, Eric is shaping the future of wellness for service providers in the hotel industry.

As a solution-oriented experience designer, community builder, and innovator in nature-based preventive methods, he connects hotelier offerings with the evolving demands of modern travelers. Eric is also a charismatic and eloquent artist, author, poet, laughter yoga teacher, and certified speaker with over 10 years of stage experience, renowned for his ability to convey his message with unmatched effectiveness.

Mia Ljungberg Nevado

Mia Ljungberg Nevado is the founder of the LookUpMovement. A movement to inspire people to turn off their phones and to be fully present in the moment. LookUp organizes phone free experiences and events in Scandinavia with some of the best artists, galleries, chefs, authors, psychologists and musicians etc to remind people of the joy of seeing, listening, learning, tasting and experiencing something beautiful and interesting without the disturbance of the phone.

Gavino Puggioni

Digital Wellbeing coach and founder of Logout Livenow, first Digital Detox Tour Operator in Europe.

Chris Flack

UnPlug Co-Founder Chris Flack has over 20 years in tech and organisational behaviour consulting and holds an MSc in Organisational Psychology from DCU. He is a LinkedIn learning instructor, accredited as an All-Stars Thought Leader in Behaviour Change, and a lead teacher at the Digital Wellness Institute. Chris, having experienced first-hand the detrimental effects of information overload and the 'always on' culture, is a sought-after speaker globally. He has delivered keynotes at 150+ leading organisations, and speaks regularly at the UN and the University of Cambridge. His research areas of interest are attention management and workplace loneliness.

Laura Wyatt-Smith

Laura Wyatt-Smith is an International Coaching Federation certified coach, speaker and author with twenty years’ experience in leadership at some of the UK’s foremost children and family organisations, including as a current trustee for the UK’s national charity for working parents, Working Families. She is also a certified digital wellness educator, a Churchill Fellow, qualified teacher and author of 'Screensaver: A Judgement-Free Guide to Your Child’s First Smartphone'. Laura, a mum of two, lives in London, where she runs a free little library from outside her home, and loves outdoors family adventures in her campervan, Captain Barnacles. For further support or information about Laura visit www.laurawyattsmith.com.

Charity Aisha

English/Literature Teacher who cares about childhood and humane technology that builds on human ability.

Calvin Odera

Digital Wellness Advocate, Community Organizer a passionate Social Worker and Founder of the Digital Health And Education Network -Kenya. “I believe it takes a village for impactful sustainable change to occur!”

Michelle Pietrzak-Wegner

Michelle Pietrzak-Wegner is a Tokyo-based licensed somatic psychotherapist, certified international yoga therapist, and a certified nature & forest therapy guide who promotes ‘slow practices’ for city dwellers to connect with self, community, and the land. Partnering with Global Day of Unplugging as the Director in Japan she is excited to create opportunities for the communities in Tokyo and throughout Japan to unplug and connect with one another.

Mihai Dumbravă

I’m a learning instigator with 20+ years of experience in skill development and performance training. Technology has always been my partner  a powerful tool that helped me grow impact and deliver results.But I’ve also seen how thin the line is between productive use and constant distraction, between empowerment and digital overload. Now, as AI becomes part of everyday life, I believe conscious tech education is no longer optional. We don’t need less technology  we need better awareness, clearer boundaries, and smarter habits.

Through Smarteris.org, I promote digital consciousness for individuals, teams, and organizations that want performance without losing clarity.