Sean Whelan is the Economics Correspondent of RTE News, a post he has held since the end of 2009. Prior to that he spent 10 years in Brussels as the stations Europe editor, reporting in the evolution of the EU treaties, the launch of the single currency and a wide variety of stories from across the continent, including migration, terrorism and globalization. In the nineties he was a roving…
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Ana Helena Chacón is the Vice President of Costa Rica. Through the Social Council and the Innovation and Human Talent Council of the Presidency, she coordinates Ministries and public institutions in their effort to reduce poverty and achieve social development. Vice President Chacón has held positions in both private and public institutions, where she consistently defended human rights. She…
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Dr. Aisa Kirabo Kacyira of the Republic of Rwanda is the Deputy Executive Director and Assistant Secretary-General for UN-HABITAT. In this role, she has been providing critical leadership to promote sustainable cities and human settlements globally engaging widely with governmental and non-governmental actors. Among her many important responsibilities, Dr. Kacyira is supporting Dr. Clos in…
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Dr. Jan Mischke is a senior fellow at the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), McKinsey’s business and economics research arm, based in Zurich. He joined MGI in 2010 to lead its work on competitiveness and growth in Europe, and on infrastructure broadly defined on a global basis. In addition to in-depth analyses of more than 10 countries and a series of reports on Europe, he has led global efforts on…
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Mr. Sriram Kalyanaraman joined as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of National Housing Bank on 13th July, 2015. He started his career with Sundaram Finance. In Standarad Chartered Bank he created and was heading the home loan business as GM – Mortgages and Auto and moved on to Deutsche Bank. Mr. Kalyanaraman established Deutsche Bank retail lending and SME portfolio in the…
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Prof. Tanja Miščević, is the Head of the Negotiating Team for the Accession of the Republic of Serbia to the European Union and an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences in Belgrade. Before that she was the Director of the European Integration Office of the Government of Serbia, a member of the Negotiating team for Stabilization and Association Agreement negotiations, and Head…
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Edson Hurtado is a journalist, writer, poet, and activist. He was born in Vallegrande, Bolivia, in 1980. Mr. Hurtado is author of two books of poems (2007-2008). In 2010, thanks to the support of the Simon I. Patiño Cultural Center of Santa Cruz, he published a biographical research “I will not love again. The history of the Taitas from Beni”. “Being Gay in Times of Evo Morales” (AYNI, 2011) is…
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Tu Thanh Nguyen (Nguyễn Thanh Tú), Doctor of Laws, is Director General of the Department of Civil and Economic Laws, Ministry of Justice of Vietnam. He was Deputy Director General of the Department of International Law, Ministry of Justice of Vietnam; Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, Lund University, Sweden; Lecturer at Ho Chi Minh City School of Law; Trainee at the Intellectual…
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Born and raised in Namibia, Elron is an engineer and entrepreneur specializing in the country's energy sector. Elron was part of the strategic and technical team that help with the restructuring of the electricity industry in Namibia and the formation of first privately operates distribution and supply company. He served as part of the Executive team's General Manager of Commercial Services…
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Roland Fomundam, founder and CEO of Greenhouse Ventures (GHV) is a seasoned social entrepreneur. Over the past eight years, he devoted his time to finding lasting solutions to tackle challenges facing Africa’s agricultural communities that make up ‘65 percent of Africa’s labor force and account for 32 percent of gross domestic product’ (FAO). Roland started GHV, to address these challenges,…
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