Markus Reymann is Director and Co-founder of TBA21–Academy. Between July 2011 and today, he has initiated and conducted numerous expeditions; each trip is designed as a collaboration with invited artists, scientists and thinkers who are eager to embark on oceanic explorations. In December 2015 at COP21 Markus Reymann announced TBA21–Academy’s latest program The Current – the exploratory soul of TBA21- that was conceived to raise awareness about today’s most urgent ecological, social, and economic issues.