PLENARY SESSION 2
Strategies for Promoting Innovation

Nebojsa Nakicenovic [Moderator]

Current position:

Deputy Director General and Deputy CEO, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and Full Professor of Energy Economics, Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien)

Country:

Austria

Career history:

2009-2014
Member of the Advisory Council of the German Government on Global Change (WBGU)
2005-2012
Member of the UN Secretary General’s High-Level Technical Group on Sustainable Development for All Director of the Global Energy Assessment
2009-2011
Member of the Scientific Steering Committee, Global Carbon Project (GCP)
1997-2000
Member of the UN Secretary General Advisory Group on Energy and Climate Change
2001-2005
Convening Lead Author of the IPCC Special Report on Emissions Scenarios,
Coordinating Lead Author, IPCC Fourth and Second Assessment Report; Lead Author of Fifth and Third Assessment Report; Coordinating Lead Author of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment,
Serves on numerous advisory boards and editorial board of eight scientific journals.

Areas of expertise:

Long-term patterns of technological change, economic development and response to climate change and, in particular, the evolution of energy, mobility, and information and communication technologies

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Richard K. Lester

Current position:

Japan Steel Industry Professor and Head of the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT)
Faculty Chair and Founding Director of the Industrial Performance Center, MIT
Advisor to corporations, governments, foundations and non-profit groups

Country:

United States

Career history:

1979-
Member of the MIT faculty
1979
Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering, MIT
Author
Unlocking Energy Innovation. Innovation – The Missing Dimension. Making Technology
Work
Applications in Energy and the Environment. The Productive Edge: A New Strategy for Economic Growth. Made in America. Made By Hong Kong. Global Taiwan. The Future of Nuclear Power. Etc

Areas of expertise:

Innovation, productivity, and competitiveness. Local, regional, and national systems of innovation. Nuclear technology innovation, management, and control. Nuclear fuel and waste management and disposal. Energy policy. Electric power systems. The economic role of the university.

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Ogunlade R. Davidson

Current position:

Dean of Post-Graduate Studies at University of Sierra Leone
Former Co-Chair of WGIII of IPCC and Former Minister of Energy and Water Resources, Sierra Leone

Country:

Sierra Leone

Career history:

Co-Chair of WGIII of IPCC and a leading energy expert in Africa.
Co-Chair of Steering Committee of the Global Network on Energy for Sustainable Development (GNESD)

2000-2003
Professor and Director of the Energy and Development Research Centre (EDRC), of University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Areas of expertise:

African Energy Systems and Policies, Power sector reform, Renewable Energy policy, Mitigation of Climate Change and on National Climate Change strategy

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Naoko Ishii

Current position:

CEO and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility (GEF)

Country:

Japan

Career in Toshiba Corporation:

2010-2012
Deputy Vice Minister of Finance of the Government of Japan
2006-2010
Country Director for Sri Lanka and the Maldives, The World Bank
2004-2006
Japan's Director for Bilateral Development Finance
2002-2004
Japan's Director  for coordination with Multilateral Development Banks

Areas of expertise:

Economics, Sustainable development and Environment

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