HeartMath European Symposium 3.0 · Speaker
Nipun Mehta
Founder, ServiceSpace Live Presenter
Live · Athens Giftivism Inner Transformation Compassion & AI
1.5M+
ServiceSpace Members
25+
Years of Volunteerism
100M+
Annual Hits at Peak
1
Obama Council Appointment
Biography
Designer of large-scale social movements rooted in small acts of service and powered by micro-moments of inner transformation.
Nipun Mehta left a promising Silicon Valley technology career at Sun Microsystems at age 25 to become a full-time volunteer. In April 1999 he co-founded ServiceSpace with four friends helping a homeless shelter build a website — under three radical constraints: no paid staff, no fundraising, and no impact measurement.
Over the next 25 years, that experiment grew into a global ecosystem of more than 1.5 million members delivering millions of dollars of service for free. ServiceSpace projects include DailyGood, KarmaTube, Smile Cards, Karma Kitchen, and many more — at peak, drawing more than 100 million annual visits.
Nipun has shared the stage with figures from Steve Wozniak to Elizabeth Gilbert to John Lewis. His UPenn commencement address has been read by millions. He has been honored with the Jefferson Award, the Dalai Lama’s Unsung Hero of Compassion award, and the 2019 Goi Peace Award. President Obama appointed him to a council on poverty and inequality, and Germany’s OOOM magazine named him one of the Top 100 Most Inspiring People of 2020.
At the HeartMath European Symposium 3.0, Nipun will share what 25 years of building a gift-economy movement has taught him about generosity, trust, community and the inner work that supports more sustainable organizations and societies.
Key Topics at the Symposium
01
Gift economy and the practice of giftivism
02
Purpose and generosity as forms of leadership
03
Technology in service of inner transformation
04
How small acts compound into large movements
Speaker Video
Speaker Introduction
Video coming soon
A short introduction from Nipun Mehta — available ahead of the Symposium.
Sessions at the Symposium
Keynote · Main Stage
Regenerative Forms of Capital: Building Sustainable Organizations and Societies
Day: Sunday, 1 November 2026
Time: 17:00 to 18:00
Duration: 60 minutes
Format: Online Keynote
Description: Nipun Mehta explores regenerative forms of capital and how generosity, trust, community, attention and service can support more sustainable organizations, societies and human systems.
Affiliations
ServiceSpace
Founder
ServiceSpace AI
Founder
Dalai Lama Foundation
Advisory Board
Greater Good Science Center, UC Berkeley
Advisory Board
Attend the Symposium
Join Nipun Mehta and 8 world-class speakers in Athens, October 30 – November 1, 2026.







