CONCURRENT SESSION
Cooperation between Developing and Developed Countries
Ismail Serageldin [Chair]
Current position:
Director, Library of Alexandria, also chairs the Boards of Directors for each of the BA's affiliated research institutes and museums. He serves as Chair and Member of a number of advisory committees for academic, research, scientific and international institutions.
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.
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
Unggul Priyanto
Current position:
Chairman of 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
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
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.