Elisa Liberatori Prati, is the Chief Archivist of the Bank Group and the Sr. Manager of the Knowledge & Information Services Unit in the Information & Technology Solutions (ITS) vice-presidency of the World Bank, in Washington, DC. In this position, Elisa leads the Bank Group Archives as Chief Archivist, the Bank Group Library, the Internal Documents Unit, the Records/Information Management Program, the ITS…
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Soazic Elise Wang Sonne, is a final year PhD fellow in Economics and Governance at the United Nations University (UNU-MERIT) in Maastricht, The Netherlands. She is currently a visiting scholar at the University of California-Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences (BITSS) where she has been working since early 2016 as a catalyst; promoting and advocating for an increased adoption of openness and…
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Timothy Herzog, is a Data Scientist at the World Bank, where he is working on several fronts to expand the Bank’s highly successful Open Data Initiative, and advance similar efforts in other countries. Tim is the project lead for the Bank’s open data website and the open data toolkit, and helps to manage the Bank’s open data catalog. He has conducted research on topics such as open data for National Statistics…
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Thanos Giannakopoulos, is the Principal Librarian of the United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library, at the UN Headquarters in New York. He envisions the UN Library as a global open knowledge community and under his leadership, several knowledge products have been developed; including the recent release of the United Nations Digital Library and several communication, outreach and training strategies.
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Lola is a seasoned media veteran, with a career as a writer and television correspondent, covering key events in entertainment, popular culture and politics for the New York Times, CNN, NBC, MSNBC, BET, MTV, VH1 and Al Jazeera . She’s interviewed First Lady Michelle Obama, George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Lupita Nyong’o, Jon Stewart and Oprah Winfrey. Lola currently hosts "Entertainment Weekly…
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Richelieu is the Senior Litigation Specialist at the Integrity Vice Presidency of the World Ban where he works to fight corruption in World Bank financed projects. At age 13 he became a refugee when war broke out in his native Liberia. How he escaped poverty and war, ending up at Harvard University for law school and working at the World Bank, is an inspiring story of hope and survival against…
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Beatriz is president of Otero Strategy Group, an innovative consulting practice integrating education, health, human services, and community development supports, with a focus on socially responsible policy and practice. Prior to this, Ms. Otero was appointed and served for four years as Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services for the Government of the District of Columbia. She is also the…
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Maimuna is the founder and CEO of Teach For Bangladesh, an organization dedicated to eradicating educational disparity in Bangladesh by developing a generation of visionary and values-driven leaders. As a 2009 Teach For America corps member, Maimuna taught secondary school math at a public charter school in southeast Washington, D.C. Prior to starting Teach For Bangladesh, she worked at a human…
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Adrian Orr is the Chief Executive Officer of the Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation, the Crown entity that manages the New Zealand Superannuation Fund. Adrian was appointed CEO in 2007. Alongside his role as CEO, Adrian is Chair of the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF) and Chair of the Pacific Pension and Investment Institute (PPI). He is a Member of the Focusing Capital…
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Ram Kumar Gupta serves as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment, India. His responsibilities include social security of workers, the International Social Security Agreement, and the Employees Provident Fund Organization—the largest organization in the country for retirement plans. In addition, he is involved in a major labor reforms initiative launched by the Indian government to…
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