Rembrandt Zegers is a researcher and organisational consultant well acquainted with the Tavistock Group Relations approach. He noticed the influence of nature while ‘doing’ conferences. With his background in Biology, he started to investigate this influence. Now years later this is the first GR conference that makes a conscious effort to experience and reflect on relating to nature from the perspective of the membership of a temporary organisation. Rembrandt was awarded a PhD for researching the lived experience of relating to nature in different (economic) people practices of working in and with nature.

Rebecca Nestor is a researcher, lecturer, organisational consultant, facilitator and coach, offering support for those facing the climate crisis at work and in the community. She trains and supervises facilitators of Climate Cafés, and offers talks and support for organisations. She is a visiting lecturer on the Tavistock Centre's systems-psychodynamic doctorate on organisational consultancy and leadership, and completed her own doctorate there on the dynamics in climate change organisations. She is a board member of the Climate Psychology Alliance, and currently its co-chair. She is developing her relationship with the Thames and Cherwell rivers in Oxford, where she lives.

Niels van Steenbergen is an organisational psychologist and nature activist. He supports leaders and teams in recognising and addressing the unconscious dynamics that can make a work culture unsafe. Combining psychological insight with a connection to the natural world, he invites people to rediscover balance, awareness, and responsibility in their relationships with others and with nature. Niels is the author of Stress-Free Leadership: Successful Collaboration in 7 Steps - how leaders can create healthy, sustainable workplaces through understanding the hidden forces that shape behaviour and organisational culture.

Kay is a therapist and has over 20 years experience of working in Group Relations Conferences. She says; ‘The Tavistock Group Relations approach is a powerful tool for understanding organisational dynamics. ‘Meeting Nature’ promises to extend the reach of this valuable model to the more than human which resonates deeply with my own recent direction of travel.’ In the last decade, Kay has gradually shifted her focus to try and align her practice more closely to the times we are in – facilitating groups and offering one to one support for those trying to re dress the balance and connect with the wider eco system we humans have so often ignored.

Rachel Amato is a systemic practitioner in organisational transformation, an executive coach and a facilitator of leadership development, with a background in systems psychodynamics among other approaches. She comes from a family of agronomists, humanitarians, and nature lovers, and grew up on an agricultural research station in Africa as well as in the maize fields of Mexico. After 33 years in Paris, she has now migrated to peace and nourishment in a large garden by a river in the French countryside.

Anna-Rosa is an industrial and organisational psychologist. She works with individuals, teams and organisations, navigating transformation and complexity. Her approach integrates organisation development, depth psychology, systems psychodynamics and embodied awareness to illuminate the unconscious dynamics shaping systems and leadership. As a faculty with the ISCP Climate Change Coaching program. ‘I view inner development and ecological change as inseparable. I’m drawn to this conference’s invitation to include the more-than-human world as coparticipant in learning - deepening our capacity to listen, respond, and act with integrity within living systems.’

Joost Levy is a psychologist and educationalist with extensive experience in organising and conducting Group Relations conferences in which participants learn to deepen their research skills with regard to the dynamic relationship between themselves and groups. He works as an organisational consultant, coach and therapist in his own company. His relationship with nature largely takes place at sea, where the elements of water, wind, currents, navigation and human capacity must be balanced as optimally as possible.