Moderators
Senior Board Director, US National Academy of Sciences
Dr. Vaughan Turekian is the Senior Director for Science Technology and Sustianbility at the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, where he develops strategic directions for harnessing science and innovation to meet sustainability challenges at local and global...
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Speakers
Chief Science Adviser, Office of the Prime Minister of New Zealand
Sir Peter Gluckman is the first Chief Science Advisor to the Prime Minister of New Zealand, having been appointed in 2009. He is also Special Science Envoy for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He is Chair of the International Network for Governmental Science Advice; a network...
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Director General and Chief Executive Officer, International Institute for Applied System Analysis
Pavel Kabat, Director General of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Pavel Kabat became the 10th Director of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in February 2012. As Director General Professor Kabat is the Chief Executive Officer...
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Infrared Beamline Scientist, SESAME
Dr. Gihan Kamel is the Infrared Beamline Scientist at SESAME (Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East), on leave from the Physics Department, Faculty of Science at Helwan University in Egypt, where she is also a lecturer of Physics. She obtained...
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President-Elect, International Council for Science (ICSU)
Daya Reddy was born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. He obtained his BSc in Engineering from the University of Cape Town in 1973, and PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1977. He has been an academic staff member at the University of Cape Town since 1979, and served as dean of...
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Assistant Director General for Natural Sciences, UNESCO
Flavia Schlegel took up her duties as Assistant Director-General (ADG) for the Natural Sciences on 1 October 2014. She is the holder of a Medical Doctorate obtained in May 1992 from the University of Zurich in Switzerland and a Master’s Degree in Organizational Development obtained...
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