CONCURRENT SESSION
Cooperation between Developing and Developed Countries

Ismail Serageldin [Chair]

Current position:

Director, Library of Alexandria

Country:

Egypt

Career History:

2010-2011
Professor, International Chair Savoirs contre pauvreté, Collège de France
  • Distinguished University Professor, Wageningen University, the Netherlands
  • Co-Chair of the African Biotechnology Panel (with Calestous Juma)
2005-2006
Member of the High Level Group (HLG) of the Secretary-General’s UN initiative for the alliance of Civilizations
2002-2004
Co-Chair, The Inter-Academy Council Panel on Capacity building in Science and Technology
1998-2002
Chairman, Youth Employment Summit (YES) Campaign
  • Special Advisor, The World Bank
2000/2001
Distinguished Visiting Professor, American University in Cairo (AUC)
1998-2000
Chairman, World Commission for Water in the 21st Century
  • Vice President of The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS)
1996-2000
Chairman of the Global Water Partnership (GWP)
1995-2000
Chairman, Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest (CGAP), a microfinance program
1994-2000
Chairman, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
1992-2000
Vice President of the World Bank till July 2000, (for Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development, from October 1992 to March 1998, and for Special Programs from March 1998 to July 2000)

Areas of expertise:

Biotechnology, rural development, sustainability, and the value of science to society. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from Cairo University and Master's degree and a PhD from Harvard University and has received over 30 honorary doctorates.

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Guy Caruso

Current position:

Senior Adviser, Energy and National Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Country:

United States

Career history:

2002-2008
Administrator of the Energy Information Administration (EIA)
1998-2000
Senior adviser in the Energy and National Security Program at Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Former director of the Office of Market Analysis, Department of Energy (DOE)
Former director of the Office of Oil and Natural Gas Policy in the Office of Domestic and International Energy Policy, DOE
Former director of the Office of Energy Emergency Policy Evaluation, DOE
Former international energy economist in the Office of Economic Research, Central Intelligence Agency
Former director of the National Energy Strategy project for the U.S. Energy Association

Areas of expertise:

Energy markets, Oil and natural gas, Energy Security

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Unggul Priyanto

Current position:

Chairman of the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT)

Country:

Indonesia

Career history:

2010-2014
Deputy Chairman for Technology of Information, Energy, and Material in BPPT
2003-2010
Director of Energy Resources development Technology in BPPT
2001
PhD in Engineering for Optimization of Coal Liquefaction from Kyushu University
1991
Master's degree in Science for Integrated Design of Chemical Plant from the University of Leeds
1985
Graduated from Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB)

Areas of expertise:

Energy, electricity

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Nobuo Tanaka

Current position:

Former Executive Director, International Energy Agency (IEA)
Member of High-Level Panel on CDM Policy Dialogue, UNFCCC
Global Associate for Energy Security and Sustainability,
Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ),
Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, the University of Tokyo

Country:

Japan

Career history:

2013-Present
Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, the University of Tokyo
2011-Present
Global Associate for Energy Security and Sustainability, Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ)
2007-2011
Executive Director, International Energy Agency(IEA)
1973-2007
A number of high-ranking positions in Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry(METI), including Director-General of the Multilateral Trade System Department

Areas of expertise:

The bilateral trade and economic issues of Industry, Trade and Energy

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Avigad Vonshak

Current position:

Professor, Ben Gurion University, Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research

Country:

Israel

Career history:

Dean for International Academic Affairs, Ben Gurion University (BGU)
Director of the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research (BIDR) at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
Founder and director of the Albert Katz International School for Desert Studies at BIDR-BGU
Professor Vonshak is a faculty member of the algal biotechnology lab in the institute for Dry land agriculture and biotechnology at BIDR-BGU

Areas of expertise:

Sustainable development of drylands through new innovative biotechnologies that increase water-use efficiency as compared to conventional agricultural methodologies

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Jim Falk

Current position:

Professorial Fellow, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, The University of Melbourne
Visiting Professor to the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies of Sustainability
Professor Emeritus, The University of Wollongong

Country:

Australia

Career history:

2005-2011
Director, Australian Centre for Science, Innovation and Society, University of Melbourne
2000-2004
Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Science and Technology Studies, Victoria University, Australia
1996-1999
Pro Vice-Chancellor, Academic, University of Western Sydney
1985-1996
Professor of Science and Technology Studies and Head of Department of Science and Technology Studies, University of Wollongong

Areas of expertise:

Dynamics, impact and management of science and technology in society.

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