Isabelle Thill is the founder of the Yoga Conference Luxembourg and a highly experienced yoga teacher. She is the former owner of Yogaloft Luxembourg, Exhale Yoga in Cape Town and Luxembourg, and a former resident teacher at Jivamukti Yoga Paris.

Her passion for yoga has taken her across the globe, exploring a rich diversity of styles in destinations such as India, New York, Miami, Shanghai, Tokyo, South Africa, and Kenya. After countless workshops, retreats, and teacher trainings, she remains deeply inspired by the practice. She credits her development to the extraordinary mentors she has met along the way, each leaving a significant mark on her teaching approach.

Isabelle discovered Vipassana meditation while in South Africa, a practice that has since become part of her daily life. Yoga, for her, is both a source of courage to be true to herself and a force for making the world a better place. Above all, her two children remain her most important teachers.

She is married to Mike Koedinger.

Daniel co-founded Tenzing, a corporate finance boutique, in 2007. Since 1998, he has played an active role in a wide range of ventures as a founder, investor, board member, and advisor.

His professional journey began in the late 1980s at Société Générale in London, where he built a career in investment banking, ultimately serving as Managing Director and Head of Fixed Income and Derivatives.

Daniel holds an Executive MBA from TRIUM, a global program jointly run by NYU Stern, HEC Paris, and the London School of Economics. He is fluent in English, French, German, and Luxembourgish, with a basic command of Spanish.

Beyond business, Daniel is committed to causes addressing extremism and injustice. A passionate skier, cyclist, and swimmer, he also enjoys live music in all its forms.

As editor, Afsaneh combines compelling storytelling and visuals to make the climate crisis accessible, while highlighting the systemic issues that have led to the environmental emergency and other societal challenges.

Her educational background, which includes a BBA in Finance at James Madison University, USA and Masters in Fashion Merchandising at Polimoda in Florence, Italy and Journalism at City University, London enables her to interconnect these diverse topics seamlessly. She has previously served as the editor of nico magazine and associate publisher of Twin Magazine, while contributing to various other publications.

In 2019, recognizing a gap in climate coverage, Afsaneh launched Icarus Complex, one of the first independent magazines dedicated to the climate crisis, with the slogan “an in-depth look at issues surrounding climate change.” The goal was to merge outstanding journalism with compelling visuals and make the climate crisis accessible to the general public by avoiding scientific jargon.

Afsaneh is of Iranian descent, born in Luxembourg, and has lived in various countries around the world, shaping her universalist worldview and approach. She currently serves on the board of three companies in addition to her work at the media non-profit she founded.

Jeremy Leslie runs magCulture, a platform celebrating editorial creativity. Launched in 2006 as a blog, magCulture now comprises a specialist magazine shop in central London (with associated online shop), an online journal featuring magazine reviews and interviews with magazine makers, an events programmes covering London and New York, and a podcast. Jeremy has written four books about editorial design and regularly contributes to the creative press and conferences.

Consultancy roles include art direction and design for clients and strategic advice to publishers and advertisers. Recent clients have included Luxembourg’s leading independent publisher Paperjam and new British magazine launch Translator. magCulture also runs a student programme, working with local and international courses in design, journalism and marketing.

Jeremy is an awarded member and ex-trustee of D&AD and an elected member of AGI. In 2018 he was awarded the Mark Boxer Award by the British Society of Magazine Editors, given for services to the magazine industry.

Mike Koedinger is a Luxembourg-based media entrepreneur and citizen philanthropist, best known as the founder and CEO of Paperjam, the country’s leading business media company. Since 2000, Paperjam has provided independent and influential busines journalism, and since 2008, the Paperjam Club has grown into Luxembourg’s largest private business network.

A member of Luxembourg’s Press Council since 2016, Koedinger was elected Chairman of EMMA – the European Magazine Media Association in 2023, where he advocates at the EU level for media freedom and diversity while promoting fair regulation to ensure the sustainability of free press in Europe. In 2026, he launched the Mike Koedinger Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to media integrity and democratic resilience in the face of disinformation and digital disruption.

Chairman of the foundation, he is married to Isabelle Thill, and is a passionate vegetarian and yoga practitioner.