The group of experts on the panel represented varied disciplines, ranging from biomimicry (Janine Benyus, president of The Biomimicry Institute); to industrial design and branding (Yves Behar, founder and chief designer of fuseproject); to South Asian politics (Mohammed Waheed, the vice president of the Republic of the Maldives). Startup culture was represented by Jessica O. Matthews, co-founder and CEO of Uncharted Play, which has invented a soccer ball that generates electricity to light an LED light or charge a cell phone. Read the full story on SmartPlanet here.