Speakers
Invited Speakers
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Dr. Lidia Borrel-Damián
Secretary General of Science Europe, Brussels, Belgium
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Prof. Dr. Felix Dapare Dakora
President, African Academy of Sciences, Kenya, and South African Research Chair in Agrochemurgy and Plant Symbioses, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa
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Dr. Patrick Degeorges
Director of The École normale supérieure de Lyon’s Anthropocene Curriculum
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Dr. Simeon Ehui
Regional Director, Sustainable Development for Africa, The World Bank
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Prof. Dr. Janet Hering
Director of the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science & Technology (EAWAG)
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Prof. Dr. Renato S. Maluf
Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Prof. Dr. Michael E. Mann
Distinguished Professor, Department of Meteorology & Atmospheric Science, Penn State University
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Dr. Jing Meng
Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management, University College London
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Prof. Dr. Joël Mesot
President of ETH Zurich
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Dr. Natalia Mykhaylova
Founder & CEO of WeavAir
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Dr. med. Antonella Santuccione Chadha
CEO and Co-founder at Women's Brain Project pro bono; Biogen
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Dr. Mathis Wackernagel
Co-creator of the Ecological Footprint; President of Global Footprint Network
Keynote Speakers
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Dr. María del Mar Alonso-Almeida
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain
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Ms. Dhawala Ananda
University of South Australia
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Ms. Puja Banerjee
Department of Geography, University of Mumbai
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Ms. Sujayita Bhattacharjee
Department of Geography, University of Mumbai, India
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Dr. Juan Antonio Carrasco
Universidad de Concepcion
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Dr. Damiana Chinese
University of Udine
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Dr. Samuel Chng
Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, Singapore University of Technology and Design
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Mr. Kevin Dillman
PhD Candidate - Environment and Natural Resources University of Iceland
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Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hamid Doost Mohammadian
Professor for International Sustainability Management and Futurism , German University of Applied Sciences (FHM), Bielefeld, Germany
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Mr. Benjamin Jacobsen
Chemnitz University of Technology
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Ms. Mashael Kamran
Oxford Brooks University
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Dr. Zhaowen Liu
Delft University of Technology
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Prof. Dr. Viktorija Mangaroska
Faculty of Engineering- Architecture, International Balkan University
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Dr. Samuele Marinello
En&Tech Interdipartimental Center of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
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Mr. Antonio Martínez Raya
Research and Teaching Assistant at UNED —National University of Distance Education.
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Prof. Dr. Zhanna Mingaleva
Perm National Research Polytechnic University
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Mr. Kameswara Satya Prakash Oruganti
High Impact Research Lab, School of Computer science and Engineering, Faculty of Innovation and Technology, Taylor’s University, Malaysia.
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Dr. Daniela Palmas
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México (UAEM)
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Dr. René Parra
University San Francisco de Quito
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Dr. Ana Pego
Energy consultant, researcher at Nova University, Lisbon
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Dr. Wendy Purcell
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Mr. Gowthamraj Rajendran
Research Scholar, High Impact Research Lab, School of Computer science and Engineering, Faculty of Innovation and Technology, Taylor’s University, Malaysia
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Dr. Rashmi Sadana
Associate Professor of Anthropology, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, George Mason University
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Prof. Gonzalo Salazar
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
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Ms. Namrata Shah, founder and owner of Landart.Studio
Boston Architectural college, APIED
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Mr. Naoki Takayama
Institution of engineering, NAGOYA University
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Prof. Dr. Lakshmi Thilagam Natarajan
Kalasalingam School of Architecture, Kalasalingam Academy of Education and Research, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Dr. Stavros Triantafyllidis
The Citadel, Military College of South Carolina
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Prof. Elaine Vazquez
Department of construction industry, University of Rio de Janeiro
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Prof. Dr. Wann-Ming Wey
Department of Real Estate and Built Environment, National Taipei University
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Prof. Dr. Longbin Zhu
Nanjing Tech University
Selected Speakers "Food Security & Agriculture"
Name: Dr. Cynthia Akwei
Affiliation: Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, England
Bio: Dr Cynthia Akwei is the Head of the International Business, Management and Strategy (IBMS) group and the programme leader for PhD training and Development at Liverpool Business School, Liverpool John Moores University. Her main research interests are in the areas of strategic planning and implementation, sustainability and sustainable development, stakeholder management and engagement, international business, governance, public management and policy in emerging economies. She has published in many journals such as Thunderbird International Business Review, Journal of Small Business Management, Production Planning & Control; Politics and Policy and Project Management Journal.
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Name: Prof. Dr. G M Monirul Alam
Affiliation: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur, Bangladesh
Bio: Mr Alam holds a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Environmental Economics from the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. He is the faculty member of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Bangladesh. He is also an Adjunct Research Fellow at USQ. He has more than 15 years of research and teaching experience. Dr Alam has over 50 publications in his credit. He also worked for FAO, IRRI, ICACS and KGF in different capacities. His current research focuses on climate change, food security and vulnerability, and value chain analysis. He is also serving on the editorial board of a couple of international scholarly journals. He was awarded many scholarships and awards including the ‘UGC Gold Medal’ for his outstanding research contributing.
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Name: Ms. Rizka Amalia
Affiliation: IPB University, Indonesia
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Name: Professor Carlos Eduardo de Almeida Ramoa
Affiliation: Business School, Post-Graduate Programme in Administration, Research Group in Sustainability and Management (GESeG) at University of Vale do Itajaí (Univali), Brazil
Bio: Professor Carlos Eduardo de Almeida Ramoa is a lecturer and researcher in the Business School, Post-Graduate Programme in Administration, in the Research Group in Sustainability and Management (GESeG) at University of Vale do Itajaí (Univali), Brazil. His research is interdisciplinary and focuses on management, sustainable development, strategy and consumer behavior in business and tourism studies.
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Name: Prof. Dr. Jane Ambuko
Affiliation: Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, Kenya
Bio: Prof. Jane Ambuko is an Associate Professor of Horticulture at the Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi. She holds a B.Sc. Agriculture, M.Sc. Horticulture from University of Nairobi and a PhD in Agricultural Sciences (Pomology and Postharvest Major) from Tsukuba University (Japan). Her area of specialisation is Postharvest Science and Technology. Her research and outreach activities focus on adaptation, validation and promotion of postharvest technologies/innovations to preserve postharvest quality and reduce losses.
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Name: Prof. Dr. Xosé Armesto-López
Affiliation: University of Barcelona, Spain
Bio: Associate Professor at the Department of Geography of the University of Barcelona. He has developed his academic career mainly focusing on different aspects of Geography essentially dedicated on rural areas: his main research topic is related with the postproductivist new rural approach with special emphasis in organic and local agriculture. Other research interests are the relationship between agro food production and tourism and global change in relation with different socio-economic aspects.
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Name: Dr. Petra Bättig -Frey
Affiliation: ZHAW School of Life Sciences and Facility Management, Switzerland
Bio: Dr. Bättig- Frey is a Lecturer in Sustainability communication, at Institute for Natural Resources University of Applied Sciences, ZHAW. She is teaching in environmental communication and environmental mediation for bachelor and master students and manages different projects with the subjects narrative environments, exhibitions, evaluations, and target orientation of communication projects.
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Name: Dr. Adriana Bessa
Affiliation: Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
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Name: Dr. Florjan Bombaj
Affiliation: Mediterranean University of Albania, UMR Innovation, France
Bio: Dr. Florjan Bombaj is a Lecturer at the Department of Economics, Mediterranean University of Albania and Associated Researcher, Equaliter team, at UMR Innovation, France. He holds a Master of Research, Montpellier Supagro; an M.BA., Sciences Po Paris/MINES ParisTech, and a PhD in Economics, Montpellier SupAgro. He is teaching Competition Economics, Monetary Economics and Strategic Management. His research interest is related to endogenous economic development based on the mobilization and activation of local and specific resources, adapted to disadvantaged mountainous territories. His current research is focused more on the sustainability of value chains by analysing resource governance modalities that affect the functioning of production systems at the local and national level.
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Name: Dr. Clara Brandi
Affiliation: German Development Institute (DIE) (TBC)
Bio: Clara Brandi is a Senior Researcher at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE). She holds a PhD from the European University Institute, an MPhil in Politics from the University of Oxford and a Diplom in economics from the University of Freiburg, where she received the Hayek Award. She works on global governance and sustainable development, with a focus on international trade and its interplay with the environment. Her recent publications have appeared in journals such as The World Economy, World Development, Global Environmental Politics and Climate Policy. She is a lecturer at the University of Duisburg-Essen and also teaches at the University of Bonn.
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Name: Dr. Elisabeth Bürgi Bonanomi
Affiliation: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern
Bio: Elisabeth Bürgi Bonanomi, Dr. iur., Attorney at Law, is a senior lecturer in sustainability and law and a senior researcher/policy advisor at the Centre for Development and Environment (CDE) and the law faculty of the University of Bern. She is also affiliated with the World Trade Institute. Her research focuses on sustainability governance, policy coherence for sustainable development theory, sustainable trade in agriculture; trade and climate, commodity trade-related illicit financial flows, as well as CSR and business enterprises in a transnational context. Among others, she is leading the SNF-financed research project ‘Sustainable Trade Relations for Diversified Food Systems’. http://www.nfp73.ch/en/projects/governance/sustainable-trade-relations-for-diversified-food-systems
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Name: Dr. Kareem Buyana
Affiliation: Urban Action Lab of Makerere University, Uganda.Department of Geography, Geo-informatics and Climatic Sciences.College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
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Name: Prof. Dr. Patrick Caron
Affiliation: Vice-President, International Affairs of the University of Montpellier, France, and Founding Member of the CGIAR System Board
Bio: Geographer, currently Vice President of the University of Montpellier and President of Agropolis International, Patrick Caron was Director-General of CIRAD (2010-2016). He chaired the High Level Panel of Experts of the UN Committee on Food Security (2015-2019). He is a member of the Science Group for the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit.
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Name: Dr. Mónica de Castro-Pardo
Affiliation: Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain
Bio: Mónica de Castro is lecturer on Finance at the Department of Business Economics in the University Rey Juan Carlos (Spain). She’s specialist on the development of multi-criteria models to the management of protected areas and she has recently formed part of the research group of the “Cátedra de Parques Nacionales” in Spain, developing a methodology to the valuation of ecosystem services of the Spanish Network of National Parks. At this moment she’s working on the research line “Ecosystem services, sustainable rural development and protected areas”.
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Name: Prof. Dr. Tatiana Bouzdine Chameeva
Affiliation: University of Vermont
Bio: Dr. Tatiana Bouzdine-Chameeva, a Senior Professor of Information and Decision Sciences at KEDGE Business School (Bordeaux, France), holds a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Moscow State University (Russia), she defended the two habilitation thesis – in IS and in management sciences. Tatiana has been involved in interdisciplinary studies with research teams from US, UK, Germany, Australia and Switzerland on a wide range of subject areas related to data envelopment analysis and economic performance, sustainability and life cycle analysis. Tatiana received honorary membership and awards from the prestigious JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science). She publishes in top journal such as Decision Sciences, European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Wine Business Research, Journal of Service Management, and Management International. For many years, Tatiana was a leader of the Wine & Spirits Management academy research team in Bordeaux and developed an affinity with this particular sector through numerous professional projects on decision analysis and decision-making applied to wine sector.
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Name: Ms. Canxi Chen
Affiliation: Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health (IFNH), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich), Switzerland
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Name: Dr. Camila Colombo de Moraes
Affiliation: Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Departamento de Engenharia de Produção (DEP/UFSCar), Brazil
Bio: Camila Colombo de Moraes holds a PhD in Production Engineering from the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar / Brazil). Master in Production Engineering (Unesp) and graduated in Business Administration (Unesp). She has experience in the following topics: Supply Chain Management, Food waste and loss and resilience in the supply chain.
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Name: Mr. Hartmut Derler
Affiliation: FH JOANNEUM University of Applied Sciences, Graz, Austria
Bio: Since October 2017 I'm working as a junior researcher at FH Joanneum, Department Engineering, Institute for Applied Production Sciences, Sustainable Food Management. Currently I'm a PhD candidate at the Institute of Systems Sciences, Innovation and Sustainability Research, University of Graz, Austria. I'm conducting trans- and interdisciplinary research in the areas Sustainability Sciences, Food and Agricultural Studies. I'm holding a bachelor degree in environmental system sciences and a master degree in sustainable development.
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Name: Dr. Arya Hadi Dharmawan
Affiliation: IPB University, Indonesia
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Name: Prof. Dr. Andy Dougill
Affiliation: Executive Dean, Faculty of Environment, and Director, AFRICAP, University of Leeds, UK
Bio: Andy Dougill is an applied environmental change researcher & academic leader with experience across Africa integrating soil science, ecology, climate services and environmental social science studies. He has a leading role in trans-disciplinary research projects focused on food system resilience and climate change, including GCRF AFRICAP, SWIFT and FSNet-Africa projects.
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Name: Dr. Santiago Fernandez de Cordoba
Affiliation: UNFSS Coordinator, UNCTAD
Bio: Santiago Fernandez de Cordova is a Senior Economist at UNCTAD and Coordinator of the United Nations Forum on Sustainability Standards (UNFSS). He has been a trade policy expert for over 20 years, particularly on market access issues, standards and structural adjustment. He advises government on economic development, trade negotiation and promotion. He participated as a speaker on economic development and trade liberalization at over 200 conferences worldwide. He is Visiting Professor in Universidad de Navarra Center for International Development and was a Visiting Scholar at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. He is the Editor of the 3rd UNFSS Flagship on “Voluntary Sustainability Standards, Trade and Development” and the 4th UNFSS Flagship on “Scaling up VSS through Sustainable Public Procurement and Trade Policy”. Furthermore, he has published the book “Coping with Trade Reform” (Palgrave – McMillan), as well as numerous studies on economic development and trade policy. He is the lead editor of the UNFSS Flagship series, including the 3rd Flagship on “ Voluntary Sustainable Standards, Trade and Sustainable Development”. He has also served as expert and consultant for the World Bank, OECD and World Trade Organization. Prior to joining at the United Nations, he worked in management consulting and investment banking. Santiago holds an MBA from the University LUISS Guido Carl and a degree in Economics from Universidad de Navarra.
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Name: Prof. Dr. Louise Fresco
Affiliation: President, Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands, Vice-Chair of the Scientific Group for the 2021 Food Systems Summit
Bio: Louise O. Fresco is the President of the Executive Board of Wageningen University & Research in The Netherlands. Louise combines a long academic career as a professor at Wageningen and other institutions with an extensive involvement in policy and development, with many programs in Africa, Asia and Latin America and teaching in Sweden, Belgium and the US. Louise O. Fresco is a member of eight Scientific Academies and holds four honorary doctorates. Ten years of her career were spent at the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN. She is a non-Executive Director on the board of Syngenta as well as of various philanthropies while previously she served on the supervisory boards of companies like Rabobank and Unilever and at the board of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Her successful book “Hamburgers in Paradise, the stories behind the food we eat” was translated in several languages. In total she published thirteen books of fiction and non-fiction, and she also writes a bi-weekly column in NRC, the leading evening paper of The Netherlands. She presented a six-part documentary on food and development for Dutch public television (to be found in translation on her website www.louiseofresco.com).
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Name: Dr. Ingrid Fromm
Affiliation: Bern University of Applied Sciences, School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, Switzerland
Bio: Dr. Ingrid Fromm is a research associate and lecturer in international agriculture at the Bern University of Applied Sciences, School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, where she teaches in the Bachelor and Master’s programs. She holds a PhD in Development Economics from the University of Leipzig, Germany and a BSc. in Agriculture from Zamorano University in Honduras. Her work focuses on global value chains and their impact on economic, environmental and social development. For the past 15 years, Dr. Fromm has focused on value chain research in multi-country trade commodities such as coffee, cocoa, banana and palm oil as well as in local value chains such as fresh vegetables, potatoes and pulses. She has conducted research and consultancies in numerous developing countries in Latin America, West Africa, and Asia.
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Name: Dr. Alessandro Galli
Affiliation: Global Footprint Network
Bio: Alessandro is the Director of the Mediterranean-MENA Program at Global Footprint Network. His research focuses on analyzing the historical changes in human dependence on natural resources and ecological services through sustainability indicators and environmental accounting methods. Previously, he has been working as technical advisor with the Environment Agency Abu Dhabi (EAD) and the Emirates Wildlife Society (EWS-WWF) on the Al Basama Al Beeiya (Ecological Footprint) Initiative in the United Arab Emirates. Alessandro holds his PhD degree in Chemical Sciences from Siena University. He has been invited as MARSICO Visiting Scholar at University of Denver, CO, USA (April 2011) and as Erasmus Mundus Visiting Academic at Cardiff University (2016-2018). Alessandro is co-author of several publications (h-index = 24) including 50 articles in peer-reviewed journals, the articles “Global Biodiversity: Indicators of Recent Declines” and “A mid-term analysis of progress toward international biodiversity targets” published in the leading journal Science, and the WWF's 2008, 2012, 2016, 2018 and 2020 Living Planet Reports. He is also among the main authors of Montenegro’s National Strategy for Sustainable Development 2016-2030, which was adopted in July 2016. Alessandro is member (elected) of the Biodiversity Indicator Partnership’s Steering Committee, Board Member of the MEET Association, a WEALL Research Fellow as well as member of the Scientific Committee of the MedSea Foundation and of the Editorial Board of the Journals Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, Resources: Natural Resources and Management, Frontiers in Energy Research and Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems.
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Name: Dr. Mario Giampetro
Affiliation: ICREA Research Professor Institute of Environmental Science and Technology Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Spain
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Name: Dr. Sepo Hachigonta
Affiliation: Director, National Research Foundation, South Africa
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Name: Mr. Abdul-Latif Iddrisu
Affiliation: University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Italy
Bio: Abdul-Latif Iddrisu is a Ghanaian national who is a passionate advocate for economic empowerment of the vulnerable in society. After finishing his first degree in the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana, he works as a development worker for several years. Within this period he served in various capacities and in numerous projects implemented by SEND West Africa, Action Aid Ghana, Action on Voluntary Child Aid, USAID, DFID, Participatory Development Associates, and Innovation for Poverty Action. He later proceeded to pursue a Masters degree in University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Italy. After graduation, Abdul-Latif joined APS Bank, an ethical bank in the Maltese Island that operate strictly within the Environmental, Social and Government (ESG) banking model.
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Name: Dr. Gilmar Henz
Affiliation: Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, Brazil
Bio: Graduated in Agronomy (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil), MSc and PhD in Plant Pathology (University of Brasília, Brazil). He had worked as a Scientific Researcher in Postharvest Pathology for the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) at the Vegetables Crops Unit from 1989 to 2009. He has large research experience with Plant Pathology, Postharvest Sciences and Horticulture. He also had experience in scientific publishing, and hold the position of Chief Editor of "Horticultura Brasileira" journal from 2001 to 2007. From 2004 to 2008, he helded the position of Deputy Head for Technology Transfer and Communications at Embrapa Vegetables Crops. From 2010 to 2014, he was appointed as Agricultural Attaché to the Brazilian Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa. From 2014 to 2015 he worked at the International Relations Secretariat of the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture. In 2015 he joined the Strategic Intelligence Unit at Embrapa Headquarters, a think tank devoted to develop studies on agriculture, economic and social analysis. He also served on the Technical Committee on food losses and waste coordinated by the former Brazilian Ministry of Social Development. Presently, he is the Embrapa's focal point to the national team responsible for the SDG 12.3 in Brazil.
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Name: Dr. Johanna Jacobi
Affiliation: Centre for Development and Environment, University of Bern, Switzerland
Bio: Johanna Jacobi is a geographer and a biologist who works at the Centre for Development and Environment of the University of Bern. She lives and works in Bolivia, where she conducts research on food system sustainabilty, social-ecological system resilience, and agroecology. After a postdoctoral research project on agroforestry systems at the University of California, Berkeley, she now coordinates the Swiss r4d project "Towards Food Sustainability", working in South America and Africa. Her research interests are related to the interactions of humans with the rest of nature from a political ecology perspective, as well as the transdisciplinary co-production and use of knowledge. In South America and Africa, Johanna has been involved in research on soybean production, cocoa and coffee, including sustainable livelihoods, agrobiodiversity and pesticides.
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Name: Dr. Suaad Jassem
Affiliation: Department of managerial and Financial Sciences Al-Zahra College for Women Sultanate of Oman , Muscat
Bio: Dr. Suaad Jassem works as a lecturer under the department of Managerial and Financial Sciences at Al-Zahra College for Women in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. She has a PhD degree in accounting from the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur-Malaysia. She holds a Master in Science of Accountancy from the University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq. She has a bachelor degree in Science of Accountancy from Al-Turath University college, Baghdad, Iraq. She has over ten years of teaching experience and has contributed, organized and presented papers in international conferences. Her articles have been published in ISI and SCOPUS indexed journals. Her teaching portfolio revolves around managerial and financial accounting. She expertise in Management Accounting Techniques, Sustainability Management Practices and Environmental Sustainability.
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Name: Dr. Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg
Affiliation: Director, African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD), Kenya
Bio: Dr. Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg is the Director of African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD). She is a 2018 Tutu Fellow, has been honored as a Champion of Change by the Obama White House, named one of the 100 Most Influential Africans by New African magazine, recognised as a Ford Foundation Champion of Democracy, awarded a United Nations Intercultural Innovation Award, and has named one of Kenya’s Top 40 Women Under Age 40. Dr. Kamau-Rutenberg holds a PhD & Masters degree in Political Science from the University of Minnesota, a Bachelors in Politics and a Doctorate of Humane Letters (Honoris Causa) from Whitman College.
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Name: Dr. Farai Kapfudzaruwa
Affiliation: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Bio: Farai Kapfudzaruwa is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Pretoria’s Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship (CAS). He also coordinates and manages the Education for Sustainable Development in Africa (ESDA) initiative at the United Nations University (UNU) in Tokyo, Japan. The ESDA initiative comprises of three Masters programmes in sustainable development and the Next Generation Research (NGR) project being implemented in collaboration with 23 leading African universities. Farai is also responsible for coordinating a new initiative on African Youth Entrepreneurship in partnership with leading African graduate schools of business. From 2015-2017, Farai was a JSPS-UNU fellow at UNU-IAS. His research focused on the 2030 Agenda (SDGs), with particular emphasis on governance and linking the global vision with national implementation strategies in the Asia-Pacific and Africa. He holds a PhD in Business and Political Science from the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Name: Dr. Boniface Kiteme
Affiliation: Centre for Training and Integrated Research in ASAL Development (CETRAD)
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Name: Prof. Dr. Lise Korsten
Affiliation: Co-Director, DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security, University of Pretoria
Bio: Prof Korsten is currently the Co-Director of the Department of Science and Innovation/ National Research Foundation, Centre of Excellence in Food Security. She is also responsible for the food safety research programme within the DSI/NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security.  She is an editor of Springer Food Security and is chairing the International Society for Plant Pathology Task Force on Global Food Security. Prof Korsten has focussed her research mainly on complementary fields of postharvest technology and food safety as related to international trade and food systems in fresh produce. She has been able to establish research teams in food safety, postharvest pathology, biocontrol and mushroom and fruit health. As a team, they have been able to develop several innovative technologies to reduce diseases and prevent product contamination. The value of her research programmes can best be illustrated by sustainable industry and international funding. She has been closely involved in research programmes funded by the Water Research Commission, Gauteng Department of Agriculture, Various fruit industries such as avocado, mango, table grape and citrus, DSI/ FPEF Postharvest Innovation and other international projects such as the USA PEER, 7th EU Framework and several NRF bilateral programmes i.e. SA Austria. One important project focussed on the Impact of climate change and globalisation on the safety of fresh produce – governing a supply chain of uncompromised food sovereignty. Prof Korsten has also developed one of the first biocontrol products in South Africa in 1992 that was patented, registered, commercialised and licenced. An alternative mushroom casing material has also been developed by her team using waste products that has since been licenced for commercial production.  Prof Korsten has trained 25 PhD, 53 Masters and 39 BSc Hons students in her career and has published 143 peer-reviewed papers, 27 book chapters and 21 full-length conference papers as well as 150 popular papers.
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Name: Prof. Dr. Andrea Lago da Silva
Affiliation: Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Departamento de Engenharia de Produção (DEP/UFSCar), Brazil
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Name: Professor Tomaz Langenbach
Affiliation: Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
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Name: Ms. Belinda Li
Affiliation: Simon Fraser University, Canada
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Name: David Lin
Affiliation: Global Footprint Network
Bio: David Lin leads Global Footprint Network’s research team, and contributes to the production, development, and improvement of the National Footprint Accounts. Prior to joining Global Footprint Network, David earned his Ph.D. and worked as a post-doctoral researcher in the Systems Ecology Laboratory at the University of Texas at El Paso. His research focused on integrating models of ecosystem function with land cover change analysis in Arctic ecosystems. David is a native of California, and holds a BS in ecology, behavior, and evolution from the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Name: Dr. Aymara Llanque-Zonta
Affiliation: Universidad Mayor de San Simon, Bolivia Pos Doc associate CDE -UNIBE
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Name: Prof. Dr. Lindiwe Majele Sibanda
Affiliation: Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture
Bio: Professor Lindiwe Majele Sibanda is the Director of the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) Centre of Excellence in Food Security (ACoE), hosted at the University of Pretoria in collaboration with the Universities of Nairobi, Kenya and Ghana, Legon. She has served as CEO of FANRPAN and Vice-President of AGRA for more than 15 years. Prior to her appointment as ACoE Director she was a Research Fellow at the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship at the University of Pretoria. She serves as the Co-chair of the Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture (GACSA), is a member of the SDG Target by 2030 Champions on Reducing Food Loss and Waste, and a Commissioner for the EAT-Lancet Commission on Sustainable Healthy Food Systems. She works closely with Wageningen University and Research to prepare the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) 2021 report to inform the United Nations 2021 Food Systems Summit.
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Name: Prof. Dr. Margaret Mangheni
Affiliation: Department of Agricultural Extension, Makerere University, Uganda
Bio: Dr. Margaret Najjingo Mangheni is an Associate Professor of Agricultural Extension and Innovation Studies at Makerere University Uganda. She leads gender integration into the agriculture curriculum at Makerere and the Gender Responsive Researchers Equipped for Agricultural Transformation (GREAT) project (www.greatagriculture.org) which builds capacity for gender-responsive plant breeding in Sub Saharan Africa. She is a member of the steering committee of the African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) and African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS).
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Name: Dr. Stefan Mann
Affiliation: Research Station Agroscope, Federal Office of Economics, Switzerland
Bio: Stefan Mann studied agriculture and pursued one PhD in Agriculture and another in Econommics. He chairs the Socioeconomics research group at the Federal Research Station Agroscope, Tänikon
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Name: Ms. Dyah Mardiyaningsih
Affiliation: IPB University, Indonesia
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Name: Dr. Christina Marouli
Affiliation: Environmental Studies , Deree - The American College of Greece
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Name: Dr. Luciana Marques Vieira
Affiliation: Fundação Getúlio Vargas / Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo - (FGV/EAESP), Brazil
Bio: Luciana Vieira holds a PhD in Agricultural and Food Economics by the University of Reading, UK and is a Professor at the Department of Production and Operations Management at Fundação Getulio Vargas, São Paulo, Brazil. Luciana co-ordinates several research projects sponsored by Brazilian and international agencies on topics related to food security and food supply chains. She was a Visiting Scholar at Texas Pan-American University (2009) and Brown University (2010), both in the US and a Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex (UK) in 2012-2013. She is currently a Senior Fellow at Kings College London supported by a grant from the British Academy of Social Science.
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Name: Dr. Stefano Marras
Affiliation: FAO Consultant, and Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow-designate, FSNet-Africa, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Bio: Stefano Marras (Ph.D. in Urban Studies) is a food system expert at the FAO and a Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow-designate at FSNet-Africa. He worked in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, authored FAO reports on food systems, food security, nutrition in West Africa, and edited the book Street Food. Culture, Economy, Health, Governance (Routledge).
Name: Prof. Dr. Inmaculada Martinez-Zarzoso
Affiliation: University of Goettingen, University Jaume I
Bio: Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso (orcid.org/0000-0002-3247-8557) is Apl Professor at the University of Göttingen (Germany) and board member of the International Network for Economic Research (INFER) and the Centre for Global Migration Studies (CEMIG). She is the author of two books and of more than 90 articles in academic journals, including the Journal of International Economics and the Review of International Economics, in the fields of international and development economics.
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Name: Prof. Dr. Axel Marx
Affiliation: Deputy Director Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, Belgium
Bio: Axel Marx is Deputy Director Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, University of Leuven. He studied in Leuven, Hull and Cambridge and holds a PhD from the University of Leuven. Axel Marx has managed over 50 funded research projects including multi-team and international projects and acted as a consultant to several national and international governmental organizations including the European Parliament, the European Commission, the Committee of the Regions, International Labour Organization, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, United Nations Forum on Sustainability Standards, OECD, IDEA, and the Belgian, Dutch and German Governments and private organizations. His academic publications (150+) have appeared in four dozen leading international peer reviewed journals and 6 languages (English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese). He recently co-edited books on Global Governance of Labor Rights (Edward Elgar with J. Wouters, G. Rayp & L. Beke, 2015); Global Governance Through Trade (Edward Elgar with J. Wouters, B. Natens & D. Geraets, 2015) and edited a Research Collection on Global Governance (Edward Elgar, 2019 with J. Wouters). He was guest co-editor for special issues in International Labour Review (2016), Global Policy (2017) and Sustainability (2019). He is on the editorial board of Chinese Journal of Global Governance, Politics and Governance and Sustainability and has papers reviewed for more than 40 journals. As a guest lecturer he has thought at European University Institute, China University of Political Science and Law and several European universities. His research interests include voluntary sustainability standards (VSS), sustainable development, human rights, global governance, governance through trade, EU trade policy and comparative case methods. He has been working on VSS for more than 15 years and has published on the emergence, development, design and effectiveness of VSS.
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Name: Dr. Daniele Eckert Matzembacher
Affiliation: UFRGS, Brazil
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Name: Prof. Dr. Julian May
Affiliation: Director, DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security, and UNESCO Chair in African Food Systems, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Bio: Julian May is the Director of the NRF-DSI Centre of Excellence in Food Security at the University of the Western Cape and holds the UNESCO Chair in African Food Systems. He is an economist and has worked on options for poverty reduction including public nutrition, land reform, social grants, information technology and urban agriculture in Africa and in the Indian Ocean Islands.
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Name: Ms. Fideline Mboringong
Affiliation: WWF Cameroon
Bio: Fideline Mboringong is Business and Extractive Industries Assistant at World Wide Fund for Nature Cameroon. She holds a Masters in International Relations (Environmental Management and Sustainable Development) from the International Relations Institute of Cameroon and Ca Foscari in Italy. Her work is focused on policy Analysis, participatory Community Based Natural Resource Management, promoting sustainability in Agricultural Value Chains (Cocoa and palm oil) and rights-based approach to conservation.
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Name: Prof. Dr. Cheikh Mbow
Affiliation: Director, Future Africa Institute, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Bio: Professor Cheikh Mbow is the Director of the Future Africa Institute at the University of Pretoria. He served at the World Agroforestry Centre Climate change Unit. He is an Adjunct Professor at Michigan State University's Department of Forestry. He led the Food Security Chapter of the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land.
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Name: Professor Eduardo de Sá Mendonça
Affiliation: Department of Agronomy, University Federal do Espírito Santo | UFES
Name: Dr. Melody Mentz-Coetzee
Affiliation: Senior Researcher, FSNet-Africa, University of Pretoria, South Africa (SA)
Bio: Dr. Mentz-Coetzee has extensive experience in the monitoring and evaluation of capacity building and leadership development, with an emphasis on gender and agriculture in the context of development in Africa.
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Name: Dr. Neginsadat Mirvahedi
Affiliation: Geography and Rural Planning, Department of Human Geography, Earth Science Faculty, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
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Name: Dr. Elizabeth Mkandawire
Affiliation: Coordinator, United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) Hub for SDG 2, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Bio: Elizabeth Mkandawire is the Coordinator for the UN Academic Impact Hub for SDG2 and a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Well-being at the University of Pretoria. Her areas of specialisation are gender, food security, and nutrition policy. 
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Name: Dr. Stellah Mukhovi
Affiliation: University of Nairobi, Kenya
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Name: Ms. Emily Mutea
Affiliation: University of Bern, Switzerland
Bio: Emily Mutea has completed her Ph.D. Geography and Sustainable Development at University of Bern, Switzerland, and MA. Environmental Planning and Management at the University of Nairobi, Kenya. My research interests concern sustainable development in the context of debates about food systems and commercialization, rural development, environmental and ecosystem health, land use change, resource access, use, and control using comparative, participatory and interdisciplinary approaches, working with smallholder farmers in rural areas of Eastern Africa.
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Name: Ms. Sithembile Ndema Mwamakamba
Affiliation: Programme Lead, Climate-Smart Agriculture, FANRPAN
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Name: Mr. Takahiko Narukawa
Affiliation: Tohoku University
Bio: The current affiliation of Mr. Narukawa is the Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tohoku University. He is affiliated to the Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition (JSSSPN)
Name: Mr. Fakhrizal Nashr
Affiliation: IPB University, Indonesia
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Name: Dr. Mariella Nocenzi
Affiliation: Sapienza University of Rome – Dept. of Communication and social Research
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Name: Mr. Pascal Ohlhausen
Affiliation: Department of Education for Sustainable Nutrition and Food Science, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
Bio: Scientific Officer in the Department Education for Sustainable Nutrition and Food Science, Technische Universität Berlin (Germany). M.A. Business Ethics and CSR Management. Fields of work and research: Sustainable nutrition (esp. fair trade, organic, seasonality), consumer behavior / behavioral economics (esp. nudging), corporate social responsibility.
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Name: Professor Onyukwu Onyukwu
Affiliation: Institute for Development Studies, University of Nigeria Enugu Campus, Enugu, Nigeria
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Name: Dr. Ricardo Cristhian Morales Pelagio
Affiliation: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Bio: Economist from the Autonomous University of Veracruz and International Trade by the National Polytechnic Institute, Both at Mexico; master in finance and doctor in management science from the National Autonomous University of México (UNAM). Full time professor at the UNAM and member of the Management and Sustainability Seminar; graduate professor in finance and business valuation; academic mentor for UNAM at the Global Investment Research Challenge organized by the CFA Institute. Speaker, panelist and lecturer at national and international conferences, as well as author of book chapters and articles in peer-reviewed research journals
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Name: Prof. Dr. Justin Pita
Affiliation: Executive Director, West African Virus Epidemiology (WAVE), Ivory Coast
Bio: Justin PITA is the Executive Director of Central and West African Virus Epidemiology (WAVE), a Research and Development Program funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He is a Plant Virologist, an Adjunct Professor at the Pennsylvania State University (USA) and a Professor at Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny (Côte d’Ivoire).
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Name: Dr. Gustavo Porpino
Affiliation: Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, Brazil
Bio: Gustavo holds a PhD in Business Administration / Marketing major, from Getulio Vargas Foundation (São Paulo – Brazil), and he was a visiting scholar at Cornell University (USA), where he conducted studies about food consumption behavior with emphasis on consumer food waste. He received an award for his paper on consumer food waste at the International Food Marketing Research Symposium in 2015. He has worked for the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) since 2006 and he has lead two projects in the Sector Dialogues European Union – Brazil about food waste. He also served on the Technical Committee on food losses and waste coordinated by the former Brazilian Ministry of Social Development and collaborates with several initiatives in the areas of circular economy and food security, including projects from SESC, WWF Brazil and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Currently, he is part of the RD&I team from Embrapa Foods and Territories.
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Name: Ms. Audina Amanda Prameswari
Affiliation: Graduate School of Human Science and Humanities, Hokkaido University, Japan
Bio: Audina Amanda Prameswari, an Indonesian who has completed her master degree in the Graduate School of Human Sciences and Humanities, Hokkaido University, Japan, with research interest in political ecology and environmental sociology. She has been involving herself in many development projects mostly covering issues about rural livelihood, palm-oil politics, and climate change adaptation mechanisms.
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Name: Prof. Dr. Claire Quinn
Affiliation: Theme Lead, GCRF-AFRICAP and Co-Principal Investigator, FSNet-Africa, University of Leeds, UK
Bio: Dr Claire Quinn is an Associate Professor in Natural Resources Management, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, UK. She is an environmental social scientist with over 20 years of experience working on interdisciplinary projects in Africa. Her research advances understanding of social-ecological systems focusing on: 1) smallholder livelihood vulnerability, adaptation and resilience; and 2) knowledge and governance for climate smart agriculture.
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Name: Mr. Faris Rahmadian
Affiliation: Researcher at Center for Agricultural and Rural Development Studies (CARDS)
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Name: Dr. Rodrigo Rudge Ramos Ribeiro
Affiliation: Getulio Vargas Foundation
Bio: International Ph.D. in Tropical Ecology from the University of Alicante in Spain, Master in Energy and Environmental Management from the University of Aveiro in Portugal and Graduation in Engineering by the Institute Maua of Technology in Brazil. He presently works at the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) in Brazil in projects related to the agriculture sector, disaster, and environmental issues. Recently he was invited as a promising young researcher to the Future Earth "Emergent Risks and Extreme Events – Reducing Disaster Risks under Environmental Change" Knowledge-Action Network Scoping Workshop, held in the United Nations University (UNU) in Tokyo in 2017 and in the International Council for Science (ICSU) in Paris in 2018.
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Name: Mr. Rodrigo Rupérez
Affiliation: Director General en Vortex Bladeless
Bio: Rodrigo Rupérez is a consultant for UNCTAD and the Andean Community on sustainability and clean energy issues. He has worked on developing and implementing sustainable development projects in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Perú. Also in the Caribbean region as a consultant for CARICOM. His expertise and interests include trade and development regarding VSS, sustainable value chain, business development and renewable energies. He holds an MBA from IESE Business School."
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Name: Prof. Dr. Tonia Ruppenthal
Affiliation: Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Germany
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Name: Ms. Rei Saito
Affiliation: Tohoku University
Name: Dr. Christian Robin
Affiliation: Deputy Head Trade Promotion at Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO, Bern, Switzerland
Bio: Christian Robin serves as Deputy Head of Trade Promotion at the Swiss State Secretariat of Economic Affairs (SECO). One of his main task is to oversee and manage the suite of initiatives supported by the Swiss Government aimed at strengthening private, voluntary sustainability standards in global value chains. He worked at several positions within SECO’s Department for Economic Cooperation and Development, among other as Head of the Country Program in Peru. Before, Christian worked as a consultant in different South American countries managing and monitoring development projects in the realm of sustainable trade and economic integration. He holds a PhD in Political Science of the Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS) of the University of Zurich.
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Name: Dr. Antonio Santoro
Affiliation: Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry - DAGRI, University of Florence, Italy
Bio: Antonio Santoro, PhD, is Research Fellow at the Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI) of the University of Florence (Italy), where he teaches Forest Resources and Landscape Monitoring. He participated in two special projects of the Ministry of Agricultural Policies, including the research on the National Catalogue of Historic Rural Landscapes, and in two landscape restoration projects on behalf of the FAI (Italian Environment Fund). As a freelancer he carried out consultancy for the FAI (Italian Environment Fund), for ISMEA, for the UNESCO WHL dossier of the Valdobbiadene Hills, and he participated in the working group for the Management Plan of the UNESCO site Portovenere, Cinque Terre and Islands. He has published scientific articles on landscape planning, forest management, traditional agroforestry systems in international scientific journals. He is reviewer for different scientific journals and a Guest Editor for the journal Sustainability. He participated in national and international conferences.
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Name: Dr. Elliot Woolley
Affiliation: Loughborough University
Bio: Dr Woolley's research interests are in the field of resource-efficient manufacturing, particularly energy consumption within factories. His technical expertise lies within optical detection and process technologies. Dr Woolley also has an interest in the reduction of food waste throughout the supply chain, including at the consumer level and he is developing systems that enable the food industry to help the consumer waste less food.
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Name: Prof. Dr. Hettie Schönfeldt
Affiliation: Co-Director, ARUA Centre of Excellence in Food Security, and SARChI Chair in Nutrition, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Bio: Professor Schönfeldt’s research focuses on linking nutrient quantity and quality of foods to sustainable food systems for attaining nutrition and food security for all. She publishes evidence on why country specific food composition data is essential to make it possible to interpret the dietary outcomes of countries. She serves as scientific advisor to AFROFOODS, a network on the African continent, forming part of IUNS/UNU/FAO INFOODS Task Force.
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Name: Prof. Dr. Luca Secondi
Affiliation: University of Tuscia - Department for Innovation in Biological, Agro-Food and Forest Systems (DIBAF), Viterbo - Italy
Bio: Luca Secondi is Associate Professor of Economic Statistics at the University of Tuscia (Viterbo), Department for Innovation in Biological, Agro-Food and Forest Systems (DIBAF). Since November 2019 he has been appointed as Rector’s Delegate for national and international ranking positioning. He obtained his PhD in Applied Statistics at the University of Florence in 2009. Since 2013 he has been lecturer of Statistics, Mathematics, Business and Applied Statistics both in undergraduate and PhD courses. He was also trainer at Eurostat for the course “Quality of model based estimates” (January 2018). Visiting Researcher at the Department of Economics of the American University in Washington DC and the Infometrics Institute (Washington DC), the Shanxi University in China (Taiyuan), the Jiangxi University in Nanchang (China) and within the Erasmus+ teaching program at the University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain). In the period 2013-2016 he was responsible of the University of Tuscia’s local unit for the national FIRB 2012 research project “Development of innovative models for multiscale monitoring of ecosystem services indicators in Mediterranean forests” funded by the Italian Ministry of Education and Research. He currently holds the role of task leader and support for the coordination of the H2020 LOWINFOOD project (November 2020 - February 2025) He covered roles as research consultant and expert for Luiss Business School, Milan Polytechnic University, University of Florence and the Italian National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institute (ANVUR). His research interests - which lead to more than 60 publications - have mainly been focused on: i) statistical analysis of demand and consumer behaviour, with specific reference to food waste and consumption practices towards circular economy; ii) measures of quality of life, households' living conditions and subjective well-being, with specific reference to the individuals' restorativeness and relationships towards environmental urban and peri-urban ecosystems; iii) impact analysis and simulation
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Name: Dr. Naser Shafieisabet
Affiliation: Shahid Beheshti University
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Name: Dr. Dorcas Stella Shumba
Affiliation: Lecturer Women’s University in Africa
Bio: Dr Dorcas Stella Shumba is an Environmentalist who is passionate about using smart technology to promote sustainable and equitable development in Africa. She is a 2020 Africa Innovation Fellow (powered by WomenEng and the Royal Academy of Engineering) and a 2020 LeadTech Fellow (powered by Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, AWIEF and the PCuriosity lab). Dr Shumba is also a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Development Studies at the Women’s University in Africa.
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Name: Dr. Julia Sokol
Affiliation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States of America
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Name: Prof. Dr. Aldo Stroebel
Affiliation: Executive Director at National Research Foundation, Johannesburg Area, South Africa
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Name: Prof. Dr. Frans Swanepoel
Affiliation: Professor in Agricultural Transformation Africa; Director International Strategic Partnerships, University of Pretoria, South Africa
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Name: Mr. Hiroshi Takenaka
Affiliation: Tohoku University
Name: Dr. Andréia Tecchio
Affiliation: Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
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Name: Professor Tomoyuki Makino
Affiliation: Tohoku University Graduate School of Agricultural Science Laboratory of Soil Science, Japan
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Name: Ms. Sonja Trachsel
Affiliation: ZHAW School of Life Sciences and Facility Management, Switzerland
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Name: Prof. Dr. Paola S. Vera
Affiliation: Research Division of the Faculty of Accounting and Management, National Autonomous University of Mexico (FCA, UNAM)
Bio: Economist from the Autonomous University of Baja California, Master in finance and Doctor in Management from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Full-time professor at the UNAM Faculty of Accounting and Management (FCA). Member of the National System of Researchers of the National Council of Science and Technology. Member of the Advisory Committee of the University Program of Studies on Asia and Africa, UNAM. Line of research "Management, sustainability and complexity" in which the gender perspective is included. Director of the Management and Sustainability Seminar of the Research Division, FCA-UNAM. Author of several publications in chapters, articles and presentations, and coordination of collective books. Likewise, director undergraduate and postgraduate theses at UNAM and other universities.
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Name: Dr. Eliseo Vilalta-Perdomo
Affiliation: Aston Business School, Aston University
Bio: Eliseo is Senior Teaching Fellow in Service Operations Management at Aston Business School. His research focuses on how to improve individual and collective performance, in those cases where the alignment of aims and preferences is not possible, unattainable or even unnecessary. He is currently studying the development of sustainable communities of micro-producers, so that they are more resistant to global and / or local logistical challenges. He is exploring different human and technological interfaces, within different supply arrangements, that may increase the propensity of individuals to collaborate. In short, his current research is at the intersection of issues such as human performance, technology and sustainable operations. Eliseo is totally committed to the development and maintenance of international links with universities and professional organizations around the world, with a special emphasis in Latin America. Consequently, he maintain collaborative networks and links with academic and professional institutions and companies, mainly in Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Spain, where he has developed projects and given conferences and short courses.
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Name: Mr. Leopold Wambersie
Affiliation: Global Footprint Network
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Name: Mr. Ali Yansyah Abdurrahim
Affiliation: Human Ecology Researcher Research Center for Population Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)
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Name: Mr. Shinji Yawata
Affiliation: Tohoku University
Bio: Shinji Yawata is a Graduate Student from Tohoku University, Graduate School of Agricultural Science. He was a former member of Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University.
Name: Dr. Mohammad Razzak
Affiliation: Department of Management at Sultan Qaboos University in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
Bio: Dr. Mohammad Razzak is an Assistant Professor under the Department of Management at Sultan Qaboos University in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. He is also an Adjunct Professor at University of Malaya, Faculty of Business and Accountancy. Dr. Razzak obtained his Ph.D with distinction in Entrepreneurship and Family Business Management from the University of Malaya. He has an MBA and bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the United States of America. He has several decades of involvement with academic teaching and industry experience. His research interests are connected to entrepreneurship and application of advanced technology.
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Name: Daiane Johann
Affiliation: University of the Vale do Itajaí
Bio: Daiane Johann is a PhD student in Administration and Tourism at the University of Vale do Itajaí - Univali and researcher at the Business School, Postgraduate Program in Administration, at the Research Group on Sustainability and Management (GESeG) at the University of Vale do Itajaí (Univali ), Brazil. Master of Business Administration from Faculdade Meridional – IMED, Brazil.
Name: Ms. Christina Larrea
Affiliation: International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Bio: Cristina Larrea is the Lead of the Sustainability Standards program at the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD). She has 18 years of experience working in the fields of economic inclusion and sustainability with vulnerable populations in developing countries, including women, Indigenous People and agricultural small and medium-sized enterprises. Her career path includes seven years of fieldwork with rainforest community-based organizations in Chiapas, Mexico, leading initiatives for sustainable natural resources management in agroforestry systems (coffee, timber, corn, livestock), while supporting agribusiness development and market access of local enterprises. In previous roles, Cristina contributed to the creation of an internationally recognized framework to measure the social, economic and environmental impacts of investments in agricultural enterprises, and led initiatives to improve rural enterprises’ bankability to access finance. Cristina holds a Master’s degree in International Development from the School of Development Studies at the University of East Anglia, an Executive Development Course from McGill, and a Bachelor in Business Administration. She has authored and co-authored a number of publications in the field of sustainable development, including evaluation of public policy. Prior to joining IISD, Cristina had served as the Senior Project Developer Consultant with the Global Green Growth Institute, Senior Project Manager with the Finance Alliance for Sustainable Trade and Regional Director for an Oxfam Novib’s local partner in Chiapas.
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Name: Marcel Mballa-Ekobena
Affiliation: Marcel Mballa-Ekobena Sloan Fellow - London Business School Director at Foundation MEM
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Name: Professor Philippe Forêt
Affiliation: Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University Zurich
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Name: Mr. Christoph Ratz
Affiliation: Social Research and Methodology Group, University Basel
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Name: Dr. Felicitas Schneider
Affiliation: Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute of Market Analysis, Germany, coordinator of MACS-G20 FLW Initiative
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