Keynote speakers
Plenary

H.E. António Guterres
United Nations

H.E. Gro Harlem Brundtland

Jean-Pascal van Ypersele
UCLouvain

Doreen Bogdan-Martin
International Telecommunication Union

H.E. Abdulla Bin Touq Al Marri
United Arab Emirates

H.E. Zuhal Demir
Flemish government

H.E. Reem Ebrahim Al Hashimy
United Arab Emirates

Dirk Fransaer
VITO

H.E. Paolo Gentiloni
European Commission

H.E. Manuel Heitor
Portugal

Hindou Ibrahim
Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad

H.E. Jan Jambon
Government of Flanders

H.E. Zakia Khattabi
Federal Government of Belgium

Kyoung-Woong Kim
GIST, Korea

Ajay Mathur
The Energy & Resources Institute

H.E. Jairam Ramesh
Member of Rajya Sabha (Upper House)

Ortwin Renn
Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies

Jeffrey Sachs
Columbia University

Nikhil Seth
UNITAR

H.E. Virginijus Sinkevičius
European Commission

Nisia Trindade Lima
Fiocruz

Satya Tripathi
UN Environment Programme
Speakers
Plenary

Khaled Al Hashmi
The National Space Science and Technology Center

Hussain Mohammed Al Mahmoudi
American University of Sharjah Enterprises

Iana Aranda
ASME- Engineering for Change

Frank Aswani
African Venture Philanthropy Alliance (AVPA)

Antoni Ballabriga
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA)

Kehkashan Basu
Green Hope Foundation

H.E. Abdulla Bin Touq Al Marri
United Arab Emirates

Jacob Bossaer
Bosaq

Anthony Bud Rock
Global Water

Pascal Canfin
European Parliament

H.E. Peter Claes
Embassy of Belgium in the United Arab Emirates

Dino Corell
UN ILO

Diane D’Arras
IWA

Hans Daems
Hitachi

Jan De Jaeck
ING

Philippe De Smedt
CEFIC

Koenraad Debackere
KU Leuven

Ludo Diels
University of Antwerp

Saori Dubourg
BASF SE and Value Balancing Alliance

Walter Eevers
VITO

Gao Fu
Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Paulo Gadelha
Fiocruz

Enrico Giovannini
Alleanza Italiana per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile (ASviS)

Heide Hackmann
International Science Council

Ibrahim Hafeezur Rehman
VITO Arabia Science and Technology

H.E. Manuel Heitor
Portugal

Philip Heylen
Ackermans & van Haaren

Guo Huadong
Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth

H.E. Zakia Khattabi
Federal Government of Belgium

Kaarina Kolle
WWF

Agnes Lawrence Kijazi
Tanzania Meteorological Agency

Nisia Trindade Lima
Fiocruz

Paras Loomba
Global Himalayan Expedition

José López-Portillo Romano
Q Element

Egbert Lox
Umicore

Hakan Lucius
European Investment Bank

Pär Lundström
The Swedish Installation Federation

Pierre Majoux
Solar Impulse Foundation

Christiane Malcorps
Solvay

Veronica Manfredi
European Commission

Crystal Mogensen
The Maa Trust

José M. F. Moura
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

Michiharu Nakamura
Japan Science and Technology Agency

Leonhard Nima
Studio Nima

Erik Novaes
AB InBev

Paul O'Callaghan
Blue Tech Research

Maryanne Ocholo
Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs

Ifeanyi B. Orajaka
Green Village Electric Projects

Deepak Pant
VITO

Michaela Pawliczek
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit

Sirpa Pietikainen
European Parliament Group of the European People’s Party

Alberto Pototschnig
Florence school of regulators

Hacina Py
Société Générale

H.E. Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti
African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States

Bruno Reyntjens
VITO

Anne-Christine Ritschkoff
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

Richard A. Roehrl
UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs

Carola Schwank
Siemens Stiftung

Mark Sisouw de Zilwa
ING

H.E. Per Sjaastad
European Union

Aissata Sow
Mastercard Foundation

Špela Stres
Transfer Center for Jožef Stefan Institute

Soumya Swaminathan
WHO

Vaughan Turekian
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine

Dirk Van Hertem
KU Leuven

Kris Van Nijen
Global Sea Mineral Resources

Francesca Vanthielen
Moderator

Kris Verhellen
Extensa

Michael Webber
Engie

Thomas Wyns
VUB

Ada Yonath
Weizmann Institute of Science

David Zenner
Elia Group