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Bearing in mind the relationship between research and practice in development, several practitioners
urged researchers to remain humble and never lose sight of the project goal, acknowledging that the
balance between self-interest and the interest of the poor can often be a difficult one to achieve.
Technology is still too often regarded as a magic bullet. However, it was also emphasized that scientific
and technological knowledge is necessary, even though not sufficient, to solve current problems.
Scientists are only a segment in the life and use of a technology. They also need to consider how the right
partners can be involved to implement the necessary steps for the sustainable use of the technology.
Lessons learned from projects that have failed are also necessary, even though all parties concerned do
not usually take this into account.
Technology must be context and user specific: it must take into consideration as many cultural
specificities, demands and needs as possible. However, a compromise must be reached between both
adapting to local needs and scaling up, and starting everything from scratch.
Other results from the workshops call for interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary 6 research and projects,
development of local research capacity and incentives, feasibility studies that include beneficiaries from
the start, business models to implement new technologies as well as training the local population in their
use.
The importance of quality education to support research at a local level was seen as central as it will lead
to the transformation of mentalities and visions, especially environmentally. Moreover, with education,
visions will be transformed into reality. Education will build scientific and technical skills and develop the
social support necessary to apply them and to build up conviction and commitment to pursue
sustainable development.
Knowledge will also help the end users to choose between alternative services and options that are
adapted to their specific context. Education and knowledge will strengthen the importance of searching
not only for immediate benefits, which is habitually the case with the end users, but also for long-term
benefits.
A sustainable technology may not be accepted by the local population or supported by politics. A new
technology could therefore be used as a means of both raising awareness regarding ecological aspects
and supporting lobbying in favour of appropriately adapted policies.
The inherent complexity of contexts and situations prompt us to speak of appropriate strategy instead of
only appropriate technology. A strategy will also bring a long-term vision and again support the fact that
technology alone is not enough to reduce poverty. Therefore, interdisciplinarity and an integrated vision
of the whole situation and its complexity are crucial.
THEME 2: Towards a Sustainable Integrated Development? Partnerships and Systems
These reflections lead us to think of systems that can bring all these elements together.
Sustainable development must be fostered by systems which integrate strategies, knowledge and
policies. The application of new scientific methodologies can influence the development of national and
regional public policies.
For integrated sustainable development, interdisciplinarity is again crucial, as is the awareness of the
importance of all the actors involved. This stretches to the government and the implementation of
coherent policies. Transdisciplinarity translates into time and effort which must be built into the project
milestones; it is not limited to the different scientific domains but rather signifies the collaboration of all
actors concerned. This mix should also support a better connection with what happens in the field.
6 See selected papers from Bolay, J.-C., Schmid, M., Tejada, G., Hazboun, E. (Eds.), (2012). Technologies and
Innovations for Development: Scientific Cooperation for a Sustainable Future. Paris: Springer-Verlag, 333p.

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In the context of partnerships, it was underlined that power issues play an extremely important role and
often represent one of the main obstacles to development and efficient partnerships.
Partnerships that worked well were described as a long-term perspective, with sufficient resources for
capacity building, delegation and sharing of power amongst actors. Sustainable partnerships are those in
which all partners bring their specific knowledge and know-how, where the diverse goals of the
stakeholders are aligned and where there is the right balance of communication and mutual trust.
Research has to be part of an integrated program of development. Coming back to education, awareness
raising is therefore needed for all actors and not only for local communities and developing countries
partners.
THEME 3: Technology: Transfer or Co-Creation? Knowledge Sharing and Empowerment
Co-creation was described as a new approach where users of technology play an increasingly pivotal
role. Innovation and interest in co-creation were considered the most important elements. Innovation by
cooperation acknowledges recognition and scope for mutual learning. Appropriate innovation should
focus on solutions that are not dependent on high quality infrastructures and which can be tailored to
resource poor settings. Innovation was defined as marked by flexibility and therefore important where
there are trial and error elements due to continually changing environmental conditions.
The evolution of developing countries and local level research capacities should be central to allow
innovation, empowerment and co-creation. Knowledge sharing shifts attention away from the purely
technological aspects of research to the broader organizational, economic and social aspects which are
today, in many cases, a more important factor behind innovation. Even if it was mentioned that the
private sector can play an important role in innovation it was also discussed that in the field of public
goods and social services (education, health...), innovation should be promoted and supported by the
public sector.
In knowledge sharing, it was noted that the challenge of the use of intellectual property management is
an important issue, together with the challenge of taking into account local knowledge in research.
In some projects it was shown that, with an uptake of technology - leading to increased productivity and
poverty reduction - emerges the risk of an increased divide between the poor and the extremely poor.
New divides are reinforced as not everyone has the chance to adopt, or to learn how to benefit from the
technology. So even in knowledge sharing examples, side effects can appear. Therefore, accompanying
measures need to be put in place for broader uptake opportunities.
At the end of the day and in many cases, knowledge transfer was considered as more important than
technology transfer.
Science, Technology and Innovations and Sustainable Development
(Source: UNESCO, Lidia Brito)

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Q19: Side events, posters
Side events had a lot of success and 67.5% of participants attended at least one. The display area with
the posters was evaluated good (45.9%), satisfying (33%) and disappointing (16.5%).
Q21 & Q22: Usefulness of the conference and participation in future edition
Of the 117 replies received, 60.7% found the conference to be useful and 35% very useful and 96.6%
would like to participate in the next conference. This result shows that the conference proved to be a
success. A good dynamic is in place and the next conference should continue to support and help to
develop new networks.
Q23 & Q24: Benefit of the conference
Another very good result is that 62.3% think that the conference offers something new that they did not
find in other scientific conferences. The benefits included interdisciplinarity (66%), networking and
collaboration opportunities (39.4%), the variety of session types (32%) and the relevance of the program
content to current challenges of science and development practices (32%). This represents a great
achievement for the conference and its goals.
Q25: Conference program for future editions
For the next conference, participants suggest to have more time for discussion and debates (53.5%), to
keep the number of side events (40%), plenary session (52.7%), and workshops (42%) as in 2012. A
tendency is to ask for less presentations and increasing time for discussion and side events.
Q26: Achievement of conference objectives
The conference was perceived to have successfully reached the specific objectives it had set as follows:
1. To allow new multidisciplinary and international partnerships among researchers and
knowledge users (including NGOs, private sector, public collectivities, international
organizations, etc.) was successful
2. To drive new research projects and training programs with a focus on improving the
appropriation of technologies for sustainable development and poverty reduction
3. To increase the awareness of knowledge exchange and participatory approaches by
bringing researchers and knowledge users together at the initial stages of the
definitions of research questions
4. To set new directions for research, knowledge and capacity development needs related
to sustainable technologies
54.8%
47.0%
60.2%
59.0%
The most successful objectives appear to be 3 and 4. Objective 2 seems to be less successful, maybe
because it was the most ambitious. It could be emphasized in the next conference.
Q27: Benefits gained from attendance at Tech4Dev 2012
Participants benefited from new contacts and opportunities for future collaboration (64.6%), sharing
experiences and lessons learnt (63.7%), and ideas and directions for new projects (48.7%) as well as
gaining new skills (38.9%). It was deemed that the benefits obtained would be useful in sharing
information, best practices and skills gained with other colleagues or partners (54.5%), sharing
information with new contacts met (43.6%), influencing work and approach of their organization (36.4%)
and developing new collaborations (32.7%). Again this shows that the conference was a great success
and that it met its general goal.
Open-ended feedback
Concerning open-ended feedback, mention was made that there were too many workshops and
presentations or that the presentations should be more focused such as on a finished project with clear
lessons learnt. Many participants asked to organize more side events instead of workshops.
Many suggestions were made to have a forum after the conference that will allow discussions on how
the conference inputs had applied to different contexts; this will permit follow-up, continuous discussion
as well as enhancing new collaborations.

FINGER, Matthias
Matthias Finger is Professor of Management of Network Industries at EPFL since 2002;
he also directs the transport area of the Florence School of Regulation since 2010. He
holds a PhD in political science from the University of Geneva and has been an
assistant professor at Syracuse University (New York), an associate professor at
Columbia University (New York) and Professor of Management of Public Enterprises at
the Swiss Federal Institute of Public Administration. He is also a member of both the
Swiss railways and Swiss electricity regulatory authorities. His main research interest
is on the liberalization, re-regulation, and governance of infrastructures in the
transport, energy, and communications sectors. He is the co-editor-in-chief of the
Journal Competition and Regulation in Network Industries.
GESLIN, Philippe
Philippe Geslin is Professor and Laboratory Manager of the EDANA
Anthropotechnological Laboratory at the University of Applied Sciences in
Switzerland, specialization Industrial Design Engineer. He is Associate Professor at the
Institute of Ethnology, University of Neuchâtel, where he is in charge of the
anthropotechnological specialization. Philippe Geslin was educated at the Sorbonne
University and the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris. He is the
author of a PhD in social anthropology and ethnology conducted under the direction
of Maurice Godelier. During the preparation of his first Master Degree, he spent a
year at Columbia University in New York. Alongside his second Master Degree, he was
trained in ergonomics at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers in Paris under
the direction of Alain Wisner which he was the assistant. He completed a post
doctorate in cognitive science at the School of Cognitive Sciences, University of Sussex
at Brighton, UK. For 20 years he developed the anthropotechnology field research and
operates in different countries, mainly on environmental projects in Africa, Latin
America, Europe and Greenland.
JAUBERT, Ronald
Professor at both Geneva’s Graduate Institute and Lausanne University’s Faculty of
Geosciences and Environment, Ronald Jaubert is also associate researcher at the
Mediterranean and Orient Research Centre (CNRS-University Lumière Lyon 2). He
researches agricultural policies, water management, desertification and
pastoralization in the Middle East, North and West Africa. Among others, he coedited
Les marges arides du Croissant fertile. Peuplements, exploitation et contrôle
des ressources en Syrie du nord (2006).
MICHEL, Claudia
Claudia Michel is Coordinator for Knowledge Sharing and Learning at the National
Centre for Competence in Research (NCCR) North-South. This involves acting as an
agent between researchers, policymakers, and practitioners in order to transfer the
most important research results into practice. She developed a monitoring and
learning instrument for better understanding the effectiveness of NCCR North-South
research. As a Senior Research Scientist at the Centre for Development and
Environment (CDE) of the University of Bern, she is concerned with the issue of
innovation in sustainable development. She holds a PhD in Geography (Social and
Political Geography) and was a member of the Swiss Graduate School in Gender
Studies 2002–2005. Her field experiences include two years of collaboration on a
Bolivian project under the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC
(Watershed Management, Cochabamba, 1994–1997).

MORAND, Catherine
A journalist, Catherine Morand worked for several years in West Africa, based in
Abidjan, as the correspondent of Swiss and international media. Upon her return to
Switzerland, she joined the Information and Communication team of the Swiss section
of Amnesty International and took part in several international missions. Since 2005,
she is a member of the managing committee of SWISSAID, a Swiss aid organization
active in cooperative development, and manages its French-speaking branch in
Lausanne. She can still be regularly found in the field and writes articles and chronicles
for various media.
SCHNEIDER, Daniel
Daniel Schneider is a qualified civil engineer HES, HEIG-VD in Yverdon-les-Bains. After
3 years in the Swiss private construction industry, he attended a specific education in
cooperation development by CEAS. He spent 4 years in Burkina Faso as a volunteer
and developed workshops focusing on the promotion of renewable energies and
production of appropriable technologies. Back in Switzerland in 1987, he assumed the
role of project manager and has been the director of the CEAS – Foundation of the
Albert Schweitzer Ecological Center of Neuchâtel, an international NGO since 1996.
Member of the Technical Committee of FEDEVACO for fifteen years, he currently
chairs the Technical Committee of Latitude 21, the Federation of Cooperation in
Neuchâtel, of which he is also member of the board. In 2010, he co-authored with
Patrick Kohler of the "Anti-Poverty Innovation Guide" published by Editions Favre.
STOCKLI, Bruno
For the past 20 years, Bruno Stöckli has worked in various areas pertaining to both
development cooperation and research partnerships. He received his doctorate at the
Institute of Agricultural Economics of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich,
and was involved in research work in West Africa for several years. As part of his
activity as a consultant, Bruno Stöckli addressed a number of macroeconomic and
research policy issues. During ten years he was heading a team at the Swiss Coalition
of Development Organizations which is responsible, on behalf of the Swiss
Confederation, for debt relief programs in developing countries. He is actually
following and analyzing development topics with an emphasis on poverty reduction,
civil society participation and development effectiveness. From 2005 until the end of
2001, Dr. Bruno Stöckli shared the presidency of KFPE.

Theme Session
Title of Paper Type of Grant
Awarded
Country
of Origin
ID First Name Last Name Organization /
Institution
YES / FULL THEME 1 Human Settlement
81 Trymore Muderere University of Zimbabwe ZW Co‐mimicking technology with the genius African
termites for urban sustainability: Case of Eastgate,
YES / FULL THEME 3 Human Settlement
Zimbabwe
Mulakalapalli Gitam University IN New Dynamics in Integrated Sustainable Urban
Environmental Management ‐ An Educational Approach
62 Satya Venkat
Prasad
THEME 2 Health and
Environmental Risks
YES / PARTIAL
(Flight only)
100 Michael W. Musa Ahmadu Bello University NG Indigenous Resource Management Technologies from
Northern Nigeria: New Frontiers for Research in Poverty
Reduction and Sustainable Rural Development
NP Community Bio‐digesters Meeting Rural Energy Need YES / FULL THEME 1 Energy ‐ Rural Solutions
YES / FULL THEME 1 Energy ‐ Rural Solutions
IN Decentralized Distributed Generation to Achieve
Universal Rural Electrification in South Asia
78 Charushree Nakarmi Biogas Sector Partnership
Nepal
163 Kapil Narula Indira Gandhi Institute of
Development Research
THEME 1 Energy ‐ Rural Solutions
YES / PARTIAL
(Flight only)
NP Rural Cold Storage as Post‐Harvest Technology System
for Marginalized Agro‐Based Communities in Developing
Countries
KE Fighting the Cycle of Poverty: Solar Lanterns and Unique
Partnerships
256 Mahesh Neupane Department of Water
Supply and Sewerage,
Government of Nepal
YES / FULL THEME 2 Energy
13 Joseph Nganga Renewable Energy
Ventures (K) Ltd
YES / FULL THEME 2 ICT, Resource Mgmt. &
Sustainability
227 Dao Ngo Urban Rural Solutions VN The role of ECOCOM in local development: an attempt to
enrich partnerships for sustainable development
YES / FULL THEME 2 Human Settlement
20 Julius Oketch Chongqing University KE Crime Prevention through Urban and Environmental
Design: A Proposal for Slum Upgrading in Korogocho‐
YES / FULL THEME 3 ICT, Resource Mgmt. &
Sustainability
Kenya
IN E‐Agriculture: A Modern Transfer Technology Tool for
Food Security and Poverty Alleviation in India
Pal G.B. Pant University of
Agriculture & Technology
159 Mahendra
Singh
YES / FULL THEME 3 Education and
Cooperation
IN Building capacity through Research, Development,
Demonstration and Deployment (RDD&D) collaboration:
Evidence from the transfer of low carbon energy
339 Prosanto Pal The Energy and Resources
Institute
YES / FULL THEME 2 ICT, Resource Mgmt. &
Sustainability
YES / FULL THEME 3 Technology and
Innovation
technologies in India
X28 Benedique Paul Quisqueya University HT Technology and institutions: Theoretical aspects of
institutional innovation and its deficiency in Haiti
232 Fernanda Rojas Marchini FogQuest: Sustainable CL Fog Collection Technology Transfer and Co‐Creation
Water Solutions
projects in Falda Verde, Chile and Tojquia, Guatemala
THEME 2 ICT, Resource Mgmt. &
Sustainability
YES / PARTIAL
(Flight only)
IN Water, Broadband and Lighting: A Sustainable Delivery
Model for Rural and Sub‐Urban Communities
313 SANTOSH WellSpring Resources
Private Limited
186 Ashoke Kumar Sarkar Birla Institute of
IN Quantifying Accessibility to Healthcare in Rural Areas YES / FULL THEME 2 Health and
Technology and Science
Environmental Risks
92 Temilade Sesan Independent Consultant NG What's Cooking? Evaluating Context‐responsive YES / FULL THEME 1 Energy and Climate
Approaches to Stove Technology Development in Nigeria (Missed Flight)
Change
and Kenya

Theme Session
Title of Paper Type of Grant
Awarded
Country
of Origin
ID First Name Last Name Organization /
Institution
YES / FULL THEME 1 Human Settlement
THEME 2 ICT, Resource Mgmt. &
Sustainability
YES / PARTIAL
(Flight EU + Hotel)
THEME 1 Energy and Climate
Change
YES / PARTIAL
(Flight only)
YES / FULL THEME 3 Human Settlement
YES / FULL THEME 2 Human Settlement
196 Sidde Gowda S.J.C. Institute of
IN Poverty, migration and household environmental
Techonology,
problems in third‐world countries‐a case study of slums
Chikkaballapura
in Bangalore Metropolitan City
251 Sergiy Smetana Ukraine National
UA Environmentally Safe and Economically Friendly
Academy of Sciences
Multidisciplinary Industrial Technologies as Innovative
Approach towards Sustainable Dev.
134 Falendra Sudan University of Jammu IN Mitigating Climate Change and Small Farmers'
Kumar
Vulnerability through Artificial Glacier Technology:
Experiences from Cold Desert of Leh in North‐West
Himalaya, India
374 Arunava Dasgupta School of Planning and IN Himalayan Vernacular Technologies ‐ Sustenance and
Architecture, New Delhi
Continuity: Collaborative Engagements and Future
Directions
175 Tom Sanya University of Cape Town ZA Subversion from within? altruism, institutional culture
and technologies for development
THEME 2 Human Settlement
YES / PARTIAL
(Train EU + Hotel)
ID Gotong‐royong in Urban Settlement as Local Knowledge:
an Alternative to Sustain Urban Future?
Institut Teknologi
Indonesia
269 Adiyanti Sutandyo‐
Buchholz
TOTAL ‐ SDC Sponsorship
TOTAL ‐ Ville de Lausanne Sponsors
Continent
3%
Background
GRAND TOTAL [ SDC + Ville de Lausa
ACADEMIC [21]
IO [1]
9%
AFRICA [11]
31%
NGO [6]
11%
AMERICAS [5]
PRIVATE [4]
ASIA [18]
52%
PUBLIC [3]
17%
EUROPE [1]
60%
14%
3%
Conference Session
3%
6% 6%
17%
Conference Theme
Education & Cooperation [2]
Energy (Rural, Climate Change) [6]
Health & Environmental Risks [2]
Human Settlement [10]
ICT, Resource Mgmt., Sustainability [12]
Technology & Innovation [2]
THEME 1 [11]
31%
29%
THEME 2 [14]
6%
34%
THEME 3 [10]
40%
28%
Water & Sanitation [1]

Vice-President of
Academic Affairs, EPFL
Associate of Landolt
& Cie, Swiss Private
Bankers
GILLET, Philippe
Philippe Gillet completed his undergraduate studies in Earth Science at Ecole normale
supérieure de la rue d’Ulm (Paris). In 1983, he obtained a PhD in Geophysics at
Université de Paris VII and joined Université de Rennes I as an assistant. Having
obtained a State Doctorate in 1988, he became a Professor at this same university,
which he left in 1992 to join Ecole normale supérieure de Lyon.
The first part of his research career was devoted to the formation of mountain ranges
– particularly of the Alps. In parallel, he developed experimental techniques (diamond
anvil cells) to recreate the pressure and temperature prevailing deep inside planets in
the lab. These experiments aim at understanding what materials make up the
unreachable depths of planets in the solar system.
In 1997, Gillet started investigating extraterrestrial matter. He was involved in
describing meteorites coming from Mars, the moon or planets which have
disappeared today and explaining how these were expelled from their original plant
by enormous shocks which propelled them to Earth. He also participated in the NASA
Stardust program and contributed to identify comet grains collected from the tail of
Comet Wild 2 and brought back to Earth. These grains represent the initial minerals in
our solar system and were formed over 4.5 billion years ago. He has also worked on
the following subjects:
- Interactions between bacteria and minerals.
- Solid to glass transition under pressure.
- Experimental techniques: laser-heated diamond anvil cell, Raman spectroscopy,
X-ray diffraction with synchrotron facilities, electron microscopy.
Philippe Gillet is also active in science and education management. He was the
Director of the CNRS Institut National des Sciences de l’Univers (France), the President
of the French synchrotron facility SOLEIL and of the French National Research Agency
(2007), and the Director of Ecole normale supérieure de Lyon. Before joining EPFL, he
was the Chief of Staff of the French Minister of Higher Education and Research.
LANDOLT, Pierre
Pierre Landolt has been a member of the Board of Directors at Novartis AG since
1996. He qualifies as an independent Non-Executive Director. He is a member of the
Corporate Governance and Nomination Committee. Mr. Landolt is currently Chairman
of the Sandoz Family Foundation and oversees the development of the foundation in
several investment fields. He is a Director of Syngenta AG. He is a partner with
unlimited liabilities of the Swiss private bank Landolt & Cie. In Brazil, Mr. Landolt
serves as President of the Instituto Fazenda Tamanduá, the Instituto Estrela de
Fomento ao Microcrédito, AxialPar Ltda and Moco Agropecuaria Ltda. In Switzerland,
he is Chairman of Emasan AG and Vaucher Manufacture Fleurier SA, Vice Chairman of
Parmigiani Fleurier SA, and is on the Board of the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable
Agriculture, Switzerland. He is a Director of EcoCarbone SA, France, and Swiss
Amazentis SA. He is also Vice Chairman of the Montreux Jazz Festival Foundation in
Switzerland.
Mr. Landolt graduated with a bachelor’s degree in law from the University of Paris-
Assas. From 1974 to 1976, he worked for Sandoz Brazil SA. In 1977, he acquired an
agricultural estate in the semi-arid Northeast Region of Brazil and, over several years,
converted it into a model farm in organic and biodynamic production. Since 1997, Mr.
Landolt has been Associate and Chairman of AxialPar Ltda, Brazil, an investment
company focused on sustainable development. In 2000, he cofounded EcoCarbone SA,
France, a company active in the design and development of carbon-sequestration
processes. In 2007, he co-founded Amazentis SA, Switzerland, a startup company
active in the convergence space of medication and nutrition.

MUNCH, Jean-Bernard
An international consultant, Jean-Bernard Münch has worked in the field of
broadcasting all his life. He obtained a PhD in political sciences from the Institut
Universitaire de Hautes Etudes Internationales in Geneva. He then studied financial
management at Oxford and St-Gallen.
He started at the SRG SSR (Swiss Radio and Television) in 1969 as assistant to the
director of the Télévision Suisse Romande. He rose within the ranks to become
director of finances and management in 1981. From 1990 until 2002, he was the
General Secretary of the European Broadcasting Union, an association of national
broadcasters. Appointed president of the SRG SSR in 2002, he occupied that position
until 2011. As of 1st January 2012, he is the president of the Swiss Commission for
UNESCO.
Jean-Bernard Münch defends broadcasting in a highly competitive market. He has
advised many organizations, amongst others in central and eastern Europe, as well as
in Africa. He also represents the Eurosport Consortium. He has always committed
himself to ensuring a strong cultural offer in the media and to promoting cultural
diversity, as much at the national as international levels.
NICOLELIS, Miguel
While Dr. Nicolelis is best known for his achievements in developing Brain Machine
Interfaces (BMI) and neuroprosthetics in human patients and non-human primates, he
has also developed an integrative approach to studying neurological and psychiatric
disorders including Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, schizophrenia and attention deficit
disorder.
Dr. Nicolelis’ research has been highlighted in MIT Review’s Top 10 Emerging
Technologies. He was named one of Scientific American’s Top 50 Technology Leaders
in America and is a recipient of the Whitehead Scholar Award; Whitehall Foundation
Award; McDonnell-Pew Foundation Award; the Ramon y Cajal Chair at the University
of Mexico and the Santiago Grisolia Chair at Catedra Santiago Grisolia. In 2007, Dr.
Nicolelis was honored as an invited speaker at the Nobel Forum at the Karolinksa
Institute in Sweden – returned in 2011 as a featured speaker at the first Nobel
symposium to highlight brain machine interface research. He was awarded the
International Blaise Pascal Research Chair from the Fondation de l'Ecole Normale
Supérieure and the 2009 Fondation IPSEN Neuronal Plasticity Prize. Dr. Nicolelis is a
member of the French and Brazilian Academies of Science and has authored over 180
manuscripts, edited numerous books and special journal issues, and holds three US
patents.
SOETE, Luc
Luc Soete (15 September 1950, Brussels) is Director of the United Nations University
research and training institute: UNU-MERIT located in Maastricht, The Netherlands
and Professor of Internal Economic Relations and Director-Dean of the Maastricht
Graduate School of Governance (MGSoG) at Maastricht University. He is a member of
the Advisory Council for Science and Technology Policy (AWT) and the Royal Dutch
Academy of Science (KNAW).
Luc Soete graduated in economics from Ghent University, Belgium. He obtained a
DPhil in economics from Sussex University where he worked as senior research fellow
at the Science Policy Research Unit in the late 70’s and 80’s. From 1984 until 1985, he
was visiting associate professor at the Department of Economics at Stanford
University, USA. In 1986, he joined the new Faculty of Economics and Business
Administration (now called the School of Business and Economics) at Maastricht
University as professor of International Economics Relations. In 1988 he set up the
research institute MERIT (Maastricht Economic Research centre on Innovation and
Technology) which merged under his direction in 2005 with UNU-INTECH to become
UNU-MERIT. In 2010, he became Director-Dean of the Maastricht Graduate School of
Governance of Maastricht University. He is a member of the Board of the Maastricht
School of Management (MSM) and the Belgian media company Concentra.
President, Swiss
Commission for
UNESCO
Founder & Scientific
Director, Edmond and
Lily Safra International
Institute for
Neuroscience Natal
Director, United
Nations University,
Economic and Social
Research Institute on
Innovation and
Technology

Continent Institution/Organization Position
Country
of Origin
First Name Last Name Country of
Residence
Anna CROLE-REES CH CH EUROPE CRC4change Senior consultant
Daniel CURNIER CH CH EUROPE Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) Programme Global Changement Climatique
Marija CVETINOVIC CH CH EUROPE Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) PhD Student, CODEV
Martin DAHINDEN CH CH EUROPE Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) Director-General
Philippe DAHINDEN CH CH EUROPE Fondation Hirondelle - Media for Peace and Human Dignity
Antonin DANALET CH CH EUROPE EPFL / A3 EPFL Alumni Doctoral Assistant, Transportation and Mobility Laboratory / Board Member
Rudolf DANNECKER CH CH EUROPE HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation Board Member
Mahmoud DASSER CH CH EUROPE ITRI COM Consultant
Barbara DE ALMEIDA CH CH EUROPE -
Sonia DE LA CRUZ CH CH EUROPE Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) DRR Network Moderator
Lucas DE MONCUIT CH CH EUROPE International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Junior Climate Change Policy Analyst
Denis DECOSTERD CH CH EUROPE Ville de Lausanne Head of Office
Stéphane DECOUTERE CH CH EUROPE Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Adjoint du Président
Aline DEPRAZ CH CH EUROPE Ville de Lausanne Project Manager
Jean-Bernard DUBOIS CH CH EUROPE Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) Programme Global Changement Climatique
Mr. DUMONT CH CH EUROPE -
Marco FERRONI CH CH EUROPE Syngenta Foundation Executive Director
Jean FREYMOND CH CH EUROPE Network for Governance, Entrepreneurship & Development President
Jean-Marc FROEHLICH CH CH EUROPE Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Coll. Sci., Laboratory of Ecohydrology
Jean-Phillippe GIGON CH CH EUROPE Landolt & Cie Director
Edgard GNANSOUNOU CH CH EUROPE Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Head of BPE
François GOLAY CH CH EUROPE Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Professor, Geographic Information Systems Laboratory
Margarita GOMEZ CH CH EUROPE Université Catholique de Louvain Doctoral Student
René GREINER CH CH EUROPE Ass. Lukla-Chaurikharka Vice-President
Manfred GROSSRIEDER CH CH EUROPE Centre for Agricultural Bioscience International (CABI) Agricultural Advisor
Nicolas GUERIN CH CH EUROPE Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Journalist, School of Basic Sciences
Pierre GUNTERT CH CH EUROPE SUNRISE Initiateur projet EBP
Nadine GUTHAPFEL CH CH EUROPE NET Nowak Energie & Technologie AG Verantwortliche REPIC Plattform
Amelie HAUSSER CH CH EUROPE Ingénieur du Monde / EPFL President
Eileen HAZBOUN CH CH EUROPE Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) UNESCO Chair Administrator, CODEV
Doris HERRMANN CH CH EUROPE Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Program Manager, CODEV
Christoph HESS CH CH EUROPE Biovision Foundation Strategy Consultant
Matthias HOFER UK CH EUROPE Novartis Animal Health UK Ltd. Head Global Aqua
Christophe HUG CH CH EUROPE Fondation Antenna Technologies Responsable du projet Energy et de la communication scientifique
Suzanne HUMBERSET FR CH EUROPE RITIMO International - Rinoceros Directrice
Caroline HUWILER CH CH EUROPE Institute for Development, Environment and Energy (IDE-E) Managing Director
Rodolphe IMHOOF CH CH EUROPE Swiss Commission for UNESCO Secretary General
Thomas JANSSENS CH CH EUROPE PERCITECH SA
Pedro Miguel JIMENEZ CH CH EUROPE Technical University of Cartagena Lecturer
Felicitas KESSELRING CH CH EUROPE AL-Center Senior Partner
Bertrand KLAIBER CH CH EUROPE Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Project Manager, CODEV
Elias KOST CH CH EUROPE Greenpeace Project Koordinator
Lukas KUHN CH CH EUROPE Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Adjunct Professor, School of Life Sciences
Pierre LANDOLT CH CH EUROPE Landolt & Cie Associate
Catherine LANDOLT CH CH EUROPE Landolt & Cie
Charlotte LANDOLT CH CH EUROPE Landolt & Cie
Yolanda LEYEL CH CH EUROPE University of Applied Science Rapperswil Project Manager
Christian LOHRI CH CH EUROPE EAWAG Aquatic Research Project Officer
Sonja LOOSLI CH CH EUROPE -
Stéphane LOVEY CH CH EUROPE Landolt & Cie Director
Akos LUKACS CH CH EUROPE ökozentrum Projekt Manager
Raphael LUTHI CH CH EUROPE Ingénieur du Monde / EPFL Vice President
Jon-A. LYS CH CH EUROPE KFPE - Commission for Research Partnerships with Developing Countries Executive Secretary
Ravinder MALIK CH CH EUROPE International Water Management Institute Senior Researcher - Economics
Charles MARMY CH CH EUROPE Ingénieur du Monde / EPFL Member
Nicolas MATHIEU CH CH EUROPE Swiss Commission for UNESCO Secretary-General
Benjamin MICHELON CH CH EUROPE Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Collaborateur, CODEV
Catherine MORAND CH CH EUROPE SwissAid Journaliste
David MORARD CH CH EUROPE VALPERCA SA Administrator

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Rudolf MOSER CH CH EUROPE PERCITECH SA President
Jean-Bernard MUENCH CH CH EUROPE Swiss Commission for UNESCO President
Viviana MUNOZ TELLEZ CH CH EUROPE Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) PhD Candidate, Chair in Economics and Management of Innovation
André MUSY CH CH EUROPE Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Honorary Professor
Felix NICOLIER CH CH EUROPE Syngenta Foundation Retired (Former Deputy CEO)
Stefan NOWAK CH CH EUROPE NET Nowak Energie & Technologie AG Coordinateur
Alain NUSSBAUMER CH CH EUROPE Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Professor, Steel Structures Laboratory
Stanley NYONI CH CH EUROPE One Future One Planet International Cordinator
Carolina OBREGON CH CH EUROPE Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois (CHUV) Cheffe de projet de recherche, Service de pneumologie
Serena PANTANETTI CH CH EUROPE Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Intern, CODEV
Isabella PASQUALINI CH CH EUROPE Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Lecturer/PhD Student, Doctoral Program in Architecture and Sciences of the City
Agnès PFISTER CH CH EUROPE Aide et Action Suisse Responsable Communication
Nathalie PICHARD CH CH EUROPE Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Deputy General Secretary for Academic Affairs
Serge PICHARD CH CH EUROPE Landolt & Cie Director
Jean-Yves PIDOUX CH CH EUROPE Ville de Lausanne City Counselor
Eric PLAN CH CH EUROPE CleantechAlps COO
Brigitte PORTNER CH CH EUROPE University of Bern PhD Student, Centre for Development and Environment
Gabriel PRETRE CH CH EUROPE Sandoz Family Office SA Administrator
Cesar PULGARIN CH CH EUROPE Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Professor, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering ISIC
Claude REGAMEY CH CH EUROPE Fondation Antenna Technologies
Alexandre REPETTI CH CH EUROPE Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Project Manager, CODEV
Chris RINSCH CH CH EUROPE AMAZENTIS SA Director
Nathalie RIZZOTTI CH CH EUROPE Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) UNESCO Chair Coordinator, CODEV
Ursina RODER CH CH EUROPE Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Program Manager, CODEV
Pierre ROSSEL CH CH EUROPE Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Senior Scientist, Management of Technology Section
Michel ROULET CH CH EUROPE Terre des hommes Resource Person on Nutrition
Matthias RUETSCHI CH CH EUROPE SIG Ingenieur projet
Joaquin SALAZAR CH CH EUROPE Université de Lausanne Student
Marie SCHARLIG CH CH EUROPE Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) Aide humanitaire et CSA / Division Asie et Amérique
Magali SCHMID CH CH EUROPE Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Collaboratrice scientifique, CODEV
Daniel SCHNEIDER CH CH EUROPE Centre Ecologique Albert Schweitzer (CEAS) Directeur
Daniel SCHURER CH CH EUROPE Creative Footprint
Usha SELVARAJU CH CH EUROPE The International Platform on Sport and Development (www.sportanddev.org) Project Manager
Christian SINOBAS CH CH EUROPE PlaNet Finance COO
Alejandro STEIN CH CH EUROPE Intertronco SA Director
Beat STOLL CH CH EUROPE Université de Genève Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer, Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine
Nicole STOLZ CH CH EUROPE CARITAS Program Coordinator
Samuel STUCKI CH CH EUROPE Paul Scherrer Institut Laboratoire d'énergétique et des cycles de matières
Zora URECH CH CH EUROPE Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Programme Coordinator
Cory VENTRES-PAKE CH CH EUROPE Université de Genève Student
Juan David VILLEGAS GOMEZ CH CH EUROPE Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Doctoral Assistant, Gnansounou Group
Corinne WARIDEL CH CH EUROPE Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Administrative Deputy, CODEV
Fiona WHITEHEAD CH CH EUROPE Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Secretary, CODEV
Julien WOESSNER CH CH EUROPE Fondation Charles Léopold Mayer pour le Progrès de l'Homme Program Manager
Daniel WYSS CH CH EUROPE Skat Foundation Architect and Settlement Planner
Ms. YAGGI CH CH EUROPE -
Christian ZANELLA CH CH EUROPE Landolt & Cie Associate
Daniel ZENHAEUSERN CH CH EUROPE -
Stefan ZIEGLER CH CH EUROPE United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Project Manager Barrier Monitoring Unit
Hannes ZIMMERMANN CH CH EUROPE First Climate (Switzerland) AG Research Assistant
Claudia ZINGERLI CH CH EUROPE ETH Zurich Climate-KIC Education Lead
Ruth ZUEBLIN CH CH EUROPE SENS International Foundation Marketing & Project Management
Christian ZURBRUEGG CH CH EUROPE EAWAG Aquatic Research Head of the Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries Department
Aidatou SAKHO CH CI AFRICA Ingénieur du Monde / EPFL Treasurer
Fernanda ROJAS MARCHINI CL CL AMERICAS FogQuest: Sustainable Water Solutions/Universidad Adolfo Ibañez Tech Facilitator/GIS Analyst
Ricardo CHAVARRIAGA CH CO AMERICAS Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Research Scientist, Defitech Foundation Chair in Non-invasive Brain-machine Interface
Lina Maria DIAZ SANCHEZ CO CO AMERICAS Universidad de Los Andes Student
Sara Maria GUZMAN ORTIZ FR CO AMERICAS Université de Grenoble PhD Student
Elizabeth LEON CO CO AMERICAS Universidad EAN professor

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Residence
Juliana LEON CH CO AMERICAS EREP SA Project Officer
Maria del Pilar MEJIA ECHEVERRI FR CO AMERICAS Foundation for Multidimensional Education Consultant/Associate
Margarita PACHECO ES CO AMERICAS Polytechnic University of Catalonia Advisor, UNESCO Chair on Sustainability
Danute RICO CH CO AMERICAS One Future One Planet Coordinator - Switzerland
Cristina RUALES CERON CH CO AMERICAS Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Doctoral Program in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Ana PERIC CS CS EUROPE University of Belgrade Teaching assistant, Faculty of Architecture
Barbara BECKER CH DE EUROPE ETH Zurich Managing Director, North-South Centre
Claudia NEUBAUER FR DE EUROPE Fondation Sciences Citoyennes Director
Reinhard SCHOLL CH DE EUROPE International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Deputy Director, ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau
Norbert STEINHAUS DE DE EUROPE Science Shop International Science Shop Contact Point
David CHRISTENSEN DK DK EUROPE Aalborg University PhD Fellow
Carlos BETANCOURT ES ES EUROPE Polytechnic University of Catalonia Advisor, UNESCO Chair on Sustainability
Jordi MORATO FARRERAS ES ES EUROPE Polytechnic University of Catalonia Coordinator, UNESCO Chair on Sustainability
Gizaw Desta GESSESSE ET ET AFRICA Amhara Region Agricultural Research Institute Senior Researcher, Soil and Water Management
Helene APOTHEKER CH FR EUROPE Fondation du Festival de Jazz de Montreux
Sabrina CAMP CH FR EUROPE International Telecommunication Union (ITU) ITU Membership Officer
Damien CONCORDEL FR FR EUROPE IBM France Assistant en communications
Juliette DECOSTER FR FR EUROPE Terre des hommes Program Officer
Guillaume DEFLAUX LB FR EUROPE Terre des hommes Resource Person on Information Systems
Celine DUPUY CH FR EUROPE Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Coordinatrice, CODEV
Camille DUSSOUILEZ FR FR EUROPE Arcalpin Trainee
Philippe GILLET CH FR EUROPE Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Vice-President of Academic Affairs
Abigaïl KERN CH FR EUROPE Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Scientific Collaborator, CODEV
Sylvie LACROUX CH FR EUROPE Université de Grenoble Institut Urbanisme
Chloé LECOMTE FR FR EUROPE Grenoble National Institute of Polytechnics PhD Student
Pierre PHILIPPE CH FR EUROPE Terre des hommes Program Director Deputy
Benjamin FIAFOR GH GH AFRICA Farm Radio International Regional Field Manager
Bénédique PAUL HT HT AMERICAS Université de Quisqueya Enseignant-Chercheur
Adiyanti SUTANDYO DE ID ASIA Institut Teknologi Indonesia Lecturer on unpaid leave
Arun Sam AMIRTHAM CH IN ASIA SWISS MANGO Executive Director
Deepak ASHWANI DK IN ASIA Aalborg University Master's Student
Shaijumon C.S. IN IN ASIA Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology Reader in Economics
Arunava DASGUPTA IN IN ASIA School of Planning and Architecture Associate Professor, Department of Urban Design
P.C. LAKSHMINARAYAN IN IN ASIA BGS Polytechnic Principal
Sambit MALLICK IN IN ASIA Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Assistant Professor
Kalpana MURARI IN IN ASIA -
Kapil NARULA IN IN ASIA Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research PhD Scholar
Mahendra Singh PAL IN IN ASIA G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology Professor
Prosanto PAL IN IN ASIA The Energy & Resources Institute (TERI) Senior Fellow
MSV. PRASAD IN IN ASIA Gitam University Associate Professor, Gitam Institute of Management
SANTOSH IN IN ASIA WellSpring Resources Private Limited Co-Founder
Ashoke SARKAR IN IN ASIA Birla Institute of Technology and Science Professor
SIDDEGOWDA IN IN ASIA S.J.C. Institute of Techonology Chickballapura Associate Professor
Falendra Kumar SUDAN IN IN ASIA University of Jammu Associate Professor
Riccardo BIGONI IT IT EUROPE University of Brescia PhD Candidate, CeTAMB
Maurizio BONA CH IT EUROPE CERN - European Organisation for Nuclear Research Advisor to the Director-General, International Organizations
Martina BRECCIAROLI CH IT EUROPE The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Marco CANIATO IT IT EUROPE University of Brescia PhD Candidate, CeTAMB
Gabriele CASSETTI IT IT EUROPE Politecnico di Milano Researcher
Enrico CHESTA FR IT EUROPE CERN - European Organisation for Nuclear Research Head of Technology Transfer and IP Management Section
Francesca DE FILIPPI IT IT EUROPE Politecnico di Torino Director Research and Documentation Centre in Technology, Architecture and City in DC
Francesca FANNI CH IT EUROPE Università della Svizzera Italiana PhD student
Walter FRANCO IT IT EUROPE Politecnico di Torino
Laura MACCIONI IT IT EUROPE - Freelance Architect
Stefano MANDELLI IT IT EUROPE Politecnico di Milano Researcher
Irene MAROCCO IT IT EUROPE Politecnico di Torino Research Fellow
Giuseppe QUAGLIA IT IT EUROPE Politecnico di Torino
Nicola TOLLIN UK IT EUROPE University of Bradford Research and Knowledge Transfer Fellow
Francesco VITALI IT IT EUROPE University of Brescia PhD Candidate, CeTAMB

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of Origin
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Joseph NGANGA KE KE AFRICA Renewable Energy Ventures (K) Ltd. CEO
Julius OKETCH CN KE AFRICA Chongqing University Master's Degree Candidate
Soojin KIM US KR ASIA Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
Kyungsun LEE KR KR ASIA Seoul National University Student
Yongjin PARK KR KR ASIA LG Electtonics Inc. Chief Researcher
Samson KATENGEZA MW MW AFRICA United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Research Assistant
Collen ZALENGERA UK MW AFRICA Loughborough University PhD Researcher
Pilirani Cynthia ZALENGERA UK MW AFRICA - Quantity Surveyor
Francisco SZEKELY CH MX AMERICAS IMD International Professor, Sandoz Chair
Gabriela TEJADA CH MX AMERICAS Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Scientist, CODEV
Lidia BRITO FR MZ AFRICA United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Director, Division of Science Policy and Capacity Building
Michael W MUSA NG NG AFRICA Ahmadu Bello University Agricultural Sociologist (Senior Research Fellow)
Bassey UBONG NG NG AFRICA Federal College of Education (Technical), Omoku Deputy Provost
Sytse DE MAAT CH NL EUROPE Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Doctoral Program in Architecture and Sciences of the City
Sabine RAKOTOMALALA CH NL EUROPE Terre des hommes Resource Person on Psychosocial
Kiran KAPHLE NP NP ASIA Nepal Commerce Campus Lecturer of Economics
Brijesh MAINALI SE NP ASIA Royal Institute of Technology Researcher
Charushree NAKARMI NP NP ASIA Biogas Sector Partnership Nepal Manager
Mahesh NEUPANE NP NP ASIA Government of Nepal Engineer, Department of Water Supply and Sewerage
Michael CANARES PH PH ASIA HNU Center for Local Governance Assistant Professor
Mariola SAAR ZA PL EUROPE Department of Science and Technology, South Africa Responsible for Sustainable Livelihoods
Konstantin FEDOTOV CH RU EUROPE Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation
Yves HABUMUGISHA BI RW AFRICA Food for the Hungry Country Director
Bella ROSCHER CH SE EUROPE WWF Project Manager
Harry SANDBERG CH SE EUROPE -
Metka HERCOG CH SI EUROPE Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Scientific Collaborator, CODEV
Pape Kane DIALLO SN SN AFRICA Aide et Action Internationale Head for West Africa
Bashir MOHAMED TZ TZ AFRICA Women and Children Help Age Foundation (WOCHAF) Coordinator
Sergiy SMETANA UA UA EUROPE Ukraine National Academy of Sciences Leading Engineer, Institute of Nature Management Problems and Ecology of NASU
Tom SANYA ZA UG AFRICA University of Cape Town Architecture Senior Lecturer
Naomi ANTONY UK UK EUROPE SciDev.Net Assistant News Editor
Anya BOYD ZA UK EUROPE University of Cape Town Senior Research Officer, Energy Research Centre
Paul CASTLE CH UK EUROPE Syngenta Foundation Communications Manager
Kira CUSACK CH UK EUROPE SORANE SA Energy and Environment Consultant
Al Moataz HASSAN AE UK EUROPE United Arab Emirates Univesity Assistant Professor
Jonathan LEDGARD KE UK EUROPE The Economist / EPFL Journalist
Karen SCRIVENER CH UK EUROPE Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Director Laboratory of Construction Materials
Natalie CEPERLEY CH US AMERICAS Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Doctoral Program in Environment, Environmental Fluid Mechanics Laboratory
Matthew GARCIA US US AMERICAS American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science & Technology Fellow
Alejandro GOMEZ PALMA FR US AMERICAS Institute for Development, Environment and Energy (IDE-E) Lead Policy Advisor
Chelsea HAINES CH US AMERICAS International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Shauna JIN NL US AMERICAS Technical University Delft PhD Researcher
Jamie JONES US US AMERICAS Kellogg School of Management Associate Director of Social Enterprise
Charles MARTIN-SHIELDS US US AMERICAS George Mason University Doctoral Candidate, School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution
Gary PRINZ CH US AMERICAS Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Postdoctoral Researcher, Steel Structures Laboratory
MacKenzie RAWCLIFFE US US AMERICAS University of Maine Graduate Student
Yedida WOLFE IL US AMERICAS Tel Aviv University Harold Hartog School on Government and Policy
Luisa BERNAL CH VE AMERICAS United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Policy Specialist
Alexis FERRER VE VE AMERICAS Zulian Institute of Technology Head of Research
Dao NGO (Thi Bich) VN VN ASIA Urban Rural Solutions (URS) Chief of Planning Section
Sibonginkosi MAPOSA ZA ZA AFRICA Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Researcher
Innocent CHIRISA ZW ZW AFRICA University of Zimbabwe Senior Lecturer
Trymore MUDERERE ZW ZW AFRICA University of Zimbabwe Student
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