With over thirty years of experience in the area of interreligious and intercultural dialogue, primarily as an academic researcher and educator, the highlights of Prof. Brodeur’s career include the development of an interdisciplinary research team on Islam, pluralism and globalization at the University of Montreal (Canada), focusing on past and present intra- and inter-religious, as well as inter-civilizational and inter-worldview forms of dialogue. An esteemed author and multilinguist, Prof. Brodeur has received numerous prestigious awards, including fellowships, scholarships, research grants and prizes during his distinguished career. He won 1st Prize for the Social entrepreneurship venture plan competition at the University of Notre Dame Mendoza Business School (2005) and received an "Interfaith Visionary Award" from the Temple of Understanding (2010).

Heidi Rautionmaa provides trainings on interfaith issues for teachers, religious communities and youth. She has 20 years of experience in organizing interfaith activities at the grassroots level in Finland and at the international level. Heidi has served as a Global Council Trustee of United Religions Initiative and a co-chair of Religions for Peace European Women of Faith Network. Currently Heidi is a Board member of European Network on Religion & Belief, a Committee member of Religions for Peace (RfP) European Women of Faith Network, consultant for Religions for Peace Europe and an ambassador of the Parliament of World's Religions. She also chairs the RfP Women of Faith Network and Faiths Without Borders (Uskot ilman rajoja ry) in Finland. Furthermore, she is a project planner for teacher training at the faculty of educational sciences at the University in Helsinki, providing study material for inter worldview education. She is also writing her PhD thesis on pedagogy within inter worldview education.