PEOPLE

Calestous Juma is Professor of the Practice of International Development and Director of the Science, Technology, and Globalization Project. He holds a Ph.D. in science and technology policy studies and has written widely on science, technology, and the environment.

 Professor of African and Diaspora education, comparative and international education, social institutions, African social history, and the study of gender in the Africana Studies at Cornell University.

Since 2002, Professor Chen has been the President of China Agricultural University. Professor Chen was appointed as Vice Governor of Guangxi Province in 2008, in charge of agriculture, rural development as well as science and technology in the province. He is holds his professor position and his laboratory in China Agricultural University.

Mateja Dermastia is CEO of Anteja ECG in Slovenia. She is an internationally-recognized authority on industrial clusters,
innovation and competitiveness policies, strategies and programmes.

Susan Hockfield, former president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is the Marie Curie Visiting Professor at the Harvard Kennedy School for 2012–2013. She is a member of the Belfer Center Board.

Professor in the Energy and Resources Group; professor of Public Policy, Goldman School of Public Policy; professor of Nuclear Engineering; director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory.

Head of Fragile States Unit, African Development Bank.  Margaret Kilo holds a PhD in International Development Education from Stanford University and a Masters in Sociology of Education from the University of London Institute of Education.

Hiroyuki Kubota is the current Executive Advisor to DG, Rural Development Department of the Japan International Cooperation Agency.

Prof. Dr. Magdy A. Madkour, is the Head of Biotechnology, Arid Lands Agricultural Research Institute, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Egypt. He was the Assistant Director General for International Cooperation at the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) from 2004 - 2006.

Dr Mangeni is Director of Trade, Customs and Monetary Affairs, with the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) a regional economic community of 19 member states with headquarters in Lusaka Zambia.