Berni Hanel (Founder)
As a father, he lives what he believes—raising his children on a farm in the Black Forest where art and life are inseparable.
As a researcher, he discovers the power of wonder.
As an entrepreneur, he builds companies that put children at the center.
As a philosopher, he argues that our future depends on reconnecting with the childlike consciousness we've forgotten.
Tamara Will (Communication)
As a mother, she turns conversations with her son into movements—creating the Entsiegelwettbewerb that now spreads across Germany.
As an educator, she shows children and adults alike that self-efficacy grows through action—replacing stones with plants, doubt with doing.
As a communicator, she gives form to ideas that need to be heard—making visible what becomes possible when people believe they can change things.
Franz Walter (Strategy)
As a father, he shares the wilderness with his children—teaching them to see stories in landscapes before they learn to capture them.
As a photographer and filmmaker, he travels the world in search of narratives that can only be told through images.
As a designer, he has worked on one question for nearly 20 years: How do we see what isn't there yet? The World Child Forum is his answer to the gap between vision and reality.
Werner Pommerenke (Organisation)
As a father, he fills his children's lives with music and stories—not as entertainment, but as language for what matters.
As a host, he creates places where encounters become possible—in Svedlanda near Bullerbü, people meet who would never sit at the same table elsewhere.
As a connector, he brings together what belongs together—people, music, ideas, and the seriousness with which he takes play.
