Meet The Creators
Miko Green
Miko Green is a cross-cultural convener and systems practitioner whose work spans technology, education, peace-building and the arts. Her earlier career included senior information-management and integration roles with GE Power Systems, followed by decades of work connecting young people, communities and cultures through hands-on learning, music, origami and international exchange. Today, she is a driving force behind The Age of Culture and Miko’s World, bringing these strands together around friendship, cultural continuity and meaningful intergenerational encounter.
Jude Currivan
Dr Jude Currivan is a cosmologist, futurist, author and co-founder of WholeWorld-View, whose work explores the relationship between science, consciousness and our understanding of an interconnected universe. She holds a Master’s degree in Physics from Oxford University, specialising in quantum physics and cosmology, and a PhD in Anthropological Archaeology from the University of Reading. The author of seven books, including The Cosmic Hologram and The Story of Gaia, she continues to develop the emerging field of unitive science, including through a 2026 discussion paper for the Club of Rome..
Mallika Auplish
Mallika Auplish is a global health strategist and entrepreneur with more than a decade of experience spanning health policy, financing, technology and innovation, including work with organisations such as the World Bank, WHO, UNICEF, Vital Strategies and Bloomberg Philanthropies. She is the founder and CEO of Vantro Health, an AI-native platform supporting pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medtech organisations navigating global market access, regulation, pricing and procurement. Her published work has appeared through The Lancet, BMJ and PLOS, while her work with TAOC brings a particularly useful lens to questions of AI, institutional judgement, health and the futures being shaped for younger generations.
Lida Sheraftmand
Lida Sherafatmand is an Iranian-born painter, writer and humanitarian artist whose work brings together art, peace-building, human flourishing and her academic background in International Relations. She is the founder of Florescencism, an artistic approach that uses the natural world, particularly flowers, as a language for resilience, healing and the flourishing of individuals and societies; her work has been exhibited internationally and has appeared in institutional publications and on official stamps. Within The Age of Culture, her practice also informs Painting With Lida and wider conversations about creativity, neuroaesthetics, wellbeing and what art can contribute to public life.