HOLCIM @ ONE YOUNG WORLD 2024

Alyssa-Amor is an Architeer - a multidisciplinary designer of environmentally conscious, energy-efficient, and resilient architecture: architecture that reflects a deep reverence for nature and our interconnectedness with the world in which we live. With an MEng(Hons) in Structural Engineering and Architecture, her dual backgrounds and specialization in Building Information Modelling (BIM) have fostered a passion for delivering architecture that is in constant pursuit of next-level intelligence through optimization and synergistic design. 

Alyssa-Amor also works as a LEED and WELL advisor, and Sustainability Analyst for SOCOTEC US, with special consideration to the sustainable certification of buildings in hot and humid climates. She draws on this experience and knowledge base to further infuse her work with a consideration for, and sensitivity to, human-centric, wellness-based design. 

She is a TED Speaker, TED Ambassador, and winner of the TED Idea Search Latin America; A New Era, where she shared the importance of teasing architectural inspiration from indigenous vernaculars and how learning from the past can help shape a more secure future. In her boutique architectural studio, she designs with the belief that in our pursuit of one of the most basic human rights - the right to shelter- we should do so whilst stepping as lightly and as respectfully across our physical and cultural landscapes as we can. She was recently named as one of TIME’s Next Generation Leaders, and is currently working on some exciting needle-shifting projects, one of which is futureCity[x], a moonshot vision proposing solutions to the issues of rapid urbanization and forced migration exacerbated by climate change throughout the Global South.

Isaac Rayon is a mathematical physicist from the University of Guadalajara, specializing in data analysis and artificial intelligence from the University of Montreal and geospatial information analysis from CentroGeo CONACYT. He has taken business courses at Loyola Marymount University, MIT, and Babson College. In 2023, he was selected as a Young Leaders of the Americas fellow to represent Mexico in Washington D.C. Isaac has worked for multinational companies such as IBM and Didi, applying his expertise in data analysis. In 2024, he was selected to participate in a program by the Madrid City Council in Spain. 

Founder of Blau, a Mexican technology company focused on waste management and circular economy, part of the 500 Global portfolio. His startup aims to make the entire waste management chain traceable and efficient, reducing its environmental impact. Blau Corp provides technology to governments and waste management companies to improve decision-making and generate accurate information.

Lucy Lyons is Co-founder and CEO of Kestrix, the ‘Google Maps of heat loss’ using thermal drones and AI to map heat loss in buildings and generate energy retrofit plans. Since its founding in 2022, Kestrix has raised >$1.5M in funding and mapped 1,700+ homes for heat loss on behalf of major housing providers like Clarion, Peabody, and Places for People. Lucy is a Sigma Squared fellow, joining a community of the world’s most ambitious founders under 26, and was listed in Forbes 30 under 30 for technology in 2024. She holds an M.Sc from Oxford in Sustainability, Enterprise, and the Environment and a B.A. from New York University.

Lyantoniette Chua is a Senior Policy Advisor and Fellow at the Center for AI and Digital Policy, Washington DC. Lyan also founded The Ambit, an AI Governance initiative representing the Global Majority, sitting as its Global Convenor. Recently, she co-founded AISA (aisafety.asia): Advancing governance and policies of AI Safety in Asia, starting with Southeast Asia. 

Among the 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics for 2024, Lyan is an AI Governance pioneer, mentor, and speaker from the Philippines - putting her background in the arts (philosophy) and sciences (computer engineering) full circle. 

Outside work, Lyan is mostly found either in milongas dancing tango or holding tea ceremonies. Before tango came to her life, she’s often seen in bouldering sites or top rope climbing walls. 

Lyan is 27, in pursuit of ikigai.

With nine years of experience in Urban Planning and Urban Studies, Pongpisit Huyakorn specializes in community-based planning, disaster risk reduction, social enterprise, and stakeholder engagement. His international work spans Thailand, Japan, and Italy, focusing on addressing inequality, enhancing community resilience, and facilitating bottom-up planning processes with local communities, academic institutions, and governments. He currently serves as a faculty member at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at Chulalongkorn University and is the president of the Urban Studies Institute Foundation and the board member of the Ford Resource and Engagement Center Bangkok. 

In 2018, Pongpisit founded the Urban Studies Lab (USL) with the vision to create cities and communities where all people can live a good life, supported by the Ford Motor Company Fund. USL is dedicated to providing research and consulting services, higher education programs, and functioning as an urban living lab aimed at launching impactful initiatives for urban communities. As USL’s director, he has led significant projects, including Bangkok urban poverty alleviation research, smart city initiatives, COVID Relief Bangkok, and the founding of Placemaking Thailand. He has successfully raised and managed over 1 million USD, impacting over 200,000 people across various Thai cities. 

An accomplished educator, Pongpisit has taught a wide range of courses, such as Disaster Management Planning, Community-based Planning and Design, Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Organizational Development & Leadership for Urbanists and Urban Design with Public-Private Partnership. His courses integrate his extensive practical experience with academic insight, preparing a new generation of urban planners and designers for the challenges of modern urban environments.