Speaker Bio

Ñawi K. Flores is a Runa Scholar and Thought leader of the Andean and Amazonian Kichwa, Kutakachi Nation. 

As a regenerative leader and systems designer, Ñawi promotes nature-based solutions that converge to transform social-ecological systems. His symbiotic indigeneity approach to Runa economics and Indigenous philosophy fosters regenerative organizations that value nature and social-centric business models.

Through his work, he co-designs new loops that safeguard heritage agroecology and promote a nature & social-centric value system. Ñawi’s vision is to regenerate symbiotic Indigeneity and catalyze regenerative economics designing interdependence partnerships between the private, public, and Local, Indigenous, and Descendant (LID) communities.