Previous Fora / 2013

Speakers

Chairs, plenary speakers, facilitators and thematic speakers

ÁDER, János

President of Hungary
CV
ALLAN, Jacqueline

Science and Technology Policy Division, OECD
CV
ALLEN, Richard M.

Director, Berkeley Seismological Laboratory
CV
ALVAREZ-LASO, Pilar

Assistant Director General for Social and Human Sciences, UNESCO

CV
AMNAN, Zurina

CEO, Bionas
CV
ARAGÃO, Carlos Alberto

Director, National Research Center for Energy and Materials, Brazil
CV
ARBER, Werner

Nobel Laureate
CV
ARIMOTO, Tateo

Professor and Director, STI Policy Program, National Graduate Institute for Polocy Studies, Japan
CV
BAI, Chunli

President, Chinese Academy of Sciences
CV
BARBOSA CORTEZ, Luíz Augusto

Professor, State University of Campinas
CV
BARRITEAU, Eudine

Deputy Principal, University of the West Indies

President of UNESCO’s General Conference

President of UNESCO’s General ConferencePresident, UNESCO General Conference
CV
BARROS, Ricardo Paes de

Strategic Secretary, Secretariat of Strategic Affairs of the Presidency of the Republic, Brazil
CV
BEIRÃO, Paulo

Coordinator, Global Research Council
CV
BINDIR, Umar Buba

DG, National Office for Technology and Promotion, Nigeria
CV
BITAN, Dan

Co-director, Israeli-Palestinian Science Organization
CV
BOGYAY, Katalin

President of UNESCO’s General Conference

President of UNESCO’s General Conference

Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Hungary to the UN- New York

Former President of UNESCO General Conference

CV
BOJÁR, Gábor

President, Graphisoft SE
CV
BOKOVA, Irina

Director General, UNESCO
CV
BRITO, Lidia

Director, Division of Science Policy and Capacity-Building, UNESCO

President of UNESCO’s General Conference

President of UNESCO’s General ConferencePresident, UNESCO General Conference
CV
BURN, John

Professor, Newcastle University, Human Variome Project
CV
Cabral, Sergio

Governor of the City of Rio de Janeiro
CV
CENTENO, Julio César

Professor, University of Los Andes
CV
CHEN, Chusheng

Vice President, University of Science and Technology of China

President of UNESCO’s General Conference

President of UNESCO’s General ConferencePresident, UNESCO General Conference
CV
DALTON, Gordon

Chair, International Consortium of Research Staff Association
CV
DAVIDOVICH, Luiz

Director, Brazilian Academy of Sciences
CV
DE LA REY, Cheryl

Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of Pretoria

CV
DURRANI, Tariq

Vice President, the Royal Society of Edinburgh
CV
DWEIK, Hasan

Co-director, Israeli-Palestinian Science Organization
Vice President for Science and Society
Professor of Polymer Science and Technology & Industrial Chemistry

CV
DZINOTYIWEYI, Heneri

Minister of Science and Development of Zimbabwe
CV
EL BELTAGY, Adel

President, Governing Board of the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM)
Chair, International Dryland Development Commission (IDDC)
CV
FELMER, Patricio

Professor, University of Chile
CV
GLOVER, Anne

Chief Scientific Advisor to President of the European Commission
CV
GÖRGENS, Johann

Professor of Chemical Engineering, Stellenbosch University
CV
GRADIN, Bernardo

CEO, GranBio

CV
GRATTAPAGLIA, Dario

Researcher, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
CV
GUIMARÃES, Jorge

President, Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel

President of UNESCO’s General Conference

President of UNESCO’s General ConferencePresident, UNESCO General Conference
CV
GUIMARÃES, Roberto

Professor of Political Science and Environmental Politics, Getulio Vargas Foundation

CV
GUSTAFSSON, Bengt

Uppsala University
CV
HALLSCHMID, Manfred

Department of Medical Psychology and Behavioural Neurobiology, University of Tübingen

CV
HAMILTON, Marlene

Former Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of the West Indies

President of UNESCO’s General Conference

President of UNESCO’s General ConferencePresident, UNESCO General Conference
CV
HIGGINS, Julia

Senior Research Investigator, Imperial College
CV
HOLFORD, Mande

Assistant Professor, The City University of New York

CV
HYNES, Martin

Chief Executive, European Science Foundation
CV
JOHNSTON, David

Director, Joint Center for Disaster Research
CV
JUMA, Calestous

Director, Science, Technology, Globalization Project
CV
JUNK, Wolfgang

Professor, National Amazonian Research Institute
CV
KABAT, Pavel

Director, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
CV
KALONJI, Gretchen

Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences, UNESCO
CV
KRAMER, Barnett

Director, National Cancer Institute

CV
KURODA, Reiko

Tokyo University of Science
ex-VP of ICSU, SAB of UN SG on global sustainability
CV
LAVADENZ, Fernando

Health, Nutrition and Population, The World Bank

CV
LÉNA, Pierre

President, Foundation La main á la Pâte
CV
LESHNER, Alan I.

Chief Executive Officer, AAAS
CV
LI, Yingrui

Chief Executive Officer, BGI Americas
CV
LOTZ-SISITKA, Heila

Professor, Rhodes University

President of UNESCO’s General Conference

President of UNESCO’s General ConferencePresident, UNESCO General Conference
CV
LOVEJOY, Thomas

Chair, Scientific Technical Advisory Panel do Global Environment Facility
CV
MANSFIELD, Shawn

Canada Research Chair, University of British Columbia
CV
MAY, Zelmira

Consultant on Water Sciences, Regional Office for Science for Latin America and the Caribbean, IHP, UNESCO
CV
McBean, Gordon

President Elected, ICSU
CV
McNULTY, Claire

Director of Science, Education and Society, British Council
CV
McNUTT, Marcia

Editor-in-Chief, Science
CV
Mello, Luis Eugênio

Director, Technological Institute of Vale
CV
MILOSLAVICH, Patricia

Joint Coordinator, Census of Marine Life Caribbean Regional Committee

CV
MUELBERT, José

Director, Oceanography Institute, Federal University of Rio Grande

CV
MURENZI, Romain

Executive Director, TWAS
CV
MURRAY, Virginia

Head of Extreme Events and Health Protection, Health Protection Agency
CV
NADER, Helena

President, Brazilian Society for the Promotion of Science
CV
NATH, Indira

Director, LEPRA - Blue Peter Research Centre
CV
NEHER, Eva-Maria

XLAB Experimental Laboratory for Young People in Göttingen
CV
NOBRE, Carlos

Secretary, Secretariat of Research and Development Policies and Programmes, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Brazil
CV
ODADA, Eric

Director, United Nations University Regional Centre for Water Education
CV
ONISHI, Takashi

President, Science Council of Japan (SCJ)
CV
ONO, Yuichi

Professor, International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University

CV
PÁLINKÁS, József

President of World Science Forum
President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS)

Professor of physics, University of Debrecen (UD)
CV
PALIS, Jacob

President, Brazilian Academy of Sciences
CV
PANDOR, Naledi

Minister of Home Affairs, South Africa
CV
Pathak, ARDHENDU

Head, Innovation Cell, Airbus
CV
PEARCE, Ellen

CEO, Career Development Organization
CV
PEDROTE, Luciano

Manager, Inteligence and Technology,Embraer

CV
PENA, Sérgio

Professor, Federal University of Minas Gerais
CV
PIERCE, John

Chief Bioscientist, BP
CV
POLIAKOFF, Martyn

Foreign Secretary, Vice President, Royal Society
CV
RAO, CNR

Scientific Advisor to the Prime Minister of India
CV
REDDY, Daya

President, Academy of Sciences of South Africa
CV
REYERS, Belinda

Chief Scientist, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
CV
ROSSWALL, Thomas

Professor emeritus and Chairman, Independent Science Panel of the CGIAR Research Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
CV
ROUSSEFF, Dilma

President of Brazil
CV
SEDEROFF, Ron

Professor, North Carolina State University

CV
SERAGELDIN, Ismail

Director, Library of Alexandria
CV
SHECHTMAN, Dan

Professor of Materials Science, Israel Institute of Technology, Nobel Laureate
CV
SHISANA, Olive

President, International Social Science Council
CV
SIMCOCK, Alan

Joint Coordinator, UN Group of Experts of the Regular Process

CV
SOMERVILLE, Chris

Director, Energy Biosciences Institute, Berkeley
CV
SOMLYÓDY, László

Professor, Department of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

CV
SOUVANNAVONG, Oudara

Senior Forestry Office, Food and Agriculture Organization

CV
STENECK, Nicholas

Director, Research Ethics and Integrity Program, Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research
CV
TADEU, Carlos

Executive Manager for Pre Salt, Petrobras
CV
TER MEULEN, Volker

Co-Chair, The Global Network of Science Academies
CV
TRANVIK, Lars

Professor, Uppsala University
CV
TUNDISI, José Galizia

President, International Institute of Ecology
CV
TUREKIAN, Vaughan

Chief International Officer, American Association for the Advancement of Science
CV
VAL, Adalberto

Director, National Institute of Amazonian Research
CV
VALDÉS, Jorge Luis

Head, Ocean Science Section, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

CV
VAN DER WIELEN, Luuk

Distinguished Professor for Biobased Economy, TU Delft
CV
VIOTTI, Eduardo

Legislate Advisor, Science, Technology and Innovation, Brazilian Senate
CV
Watson-Wright, Wendy

Assistant Director General, Executive Secretary, UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

President of UNESCO’s General Conference

President of UNESCO’s General ConferencePresident, UNESCO General Conference
CV
WERNER, Hans Grosse

Executive Director, Instituto Forestal

CV
WINNACKER, Ernst

Secretary General, Human Frontier Science Program
CV
WOODMAN, Ronald

President, National Academy of Sciences of Peru
CV
WU, Jiarui

Vice-president, Shanghai Advanced Reseach Institute
CV
XIE, Guanghui

CV
ZHANG, Linxiu

Deputy Director, Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy
CV