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.

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

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

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

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