{"id":19033,"date":"2021-11-25T13:14:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T12:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.gstic.org\/dubai\/?page_id=19033"},"modified":"2021-11-25T13:42:03","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T12:42:03","slug":"speakers-climate-2021","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/speakers-climate-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate speakers 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1>\n\t\tThe G-STIC team\n\t<\/h1>\n\t   \t<ul id=\"menu-thematic-speakers-2021\"><li id=\"menu-item-19068\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/speakers-climate-2021\/\" aria-current=\"page\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Climate speakers 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-19067\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/speakers-education-2021\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Education speakers 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-19066\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/speakers-energy-2021\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Energy speakers 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-19065\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/speakers-health-2021\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Health speakers 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-19064\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/speakers-oceans-2021\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Oceans speakers 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-19063\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/speakers-water-2021\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Water speakers 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-19062\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/speakers-circular-economy-2021\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Circular economy speakers 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-19061\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/speakers-ict-2021\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">ICT speakers 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-19060\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/speakers-entrepreneurship-2021\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Entrepreneurship speakers 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">\u00d7<\/a>\n\t\t<ul id=\"menu-thematic-speakers-2022\"><li id=\"menu-item-19068\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/speakers-climate-2021\/\" aria-current=\"page\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Climate speakers 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-19067\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/speakers-education-2021\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Education speakers 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-19066\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/speakers-energy-2021\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Energy speakers 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-19065\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/speakers-health-2021\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Health speakers 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-19064\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/speakers-oceans-2021\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Oceans speakers 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-19063\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/speakers-water-2021\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Water speakers 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-19062\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/speakers-circular-economy-2021\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Circular economy speakers 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-19061\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/speakers-ict-2021\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">ICT speakers 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-19060\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/speakers-entrepreneurship-2021\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Entrepreneurship speakers 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<h2>MEET WORLD-RENOWNED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS DURING THE G-STIC CONFERENCE JANUARY 2022<\/h2>\n<h3>Get inspired by real-life examples of technological solutions for the SDGs<\/h3>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/hans-bruyninckx\/\" content=\"Hans Bruyninckx\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-06-15\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-11-18\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/Hans-Bruyninckx-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\" \"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/>   \n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/person-placeholder.png\" alt=\" \"\/>\n\n  \t        Climate\n      \t  \t  \t  \t        Plenary\n\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/hindou-ibrahim\/\" content=\"Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-04-12\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-09-08\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/Hindou-Oumarou-Ibrahim-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Hindou  Oumarou Ibrahim\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Hindou  Oumarou Ibrahim \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Hindou  Oumarou Ibrahim \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUnited Nations\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>SDG Advocate\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/Hindou-Oumarou-Ibrahim-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Hindou  Oumarou Ibrahim\"\/>\n     Hindou  Oumarou Ibrahim\n\tUnited Nations \n    \tSDG Advocate\n\n  \t        Circular Economy\n      \t        Climate\n      \t  \t        Entrepreneurship\n      \t        ICT\n      \t  \t  \t  \t  \t        Plenary\n\n    \tMeet  Hindou  Oumarou Ibrahim\n            <p>24\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting Inclusivity and digital technologies in support of the coexistence of humanity with nature during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratisation of technology: indigenous values &#038; the future of digitalisation<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim is an environmental activist and member of Chad&#8217;s pastoralist Mbororo community, a UN Sustainable Development Goal Advocate and Conservation International Senior Fellow. <\/p>\n<p>Hindou began advocating for Indigenous rights and environmental protection at age 16, founding the Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad (AFPAT) to introduce new income revenue activities for women and collaborative tools such as 3D participatory mapping to build sustainable ecosystems management and reduction of nature-based resource conflicts. Her vision is to grow support for both traditional knowledge and science to improve resilience to climate change especially for rural communities.  <\/p>\n\t\t<!-- .pp-content-posts -->\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/hans-bruyninckx\/\" content=\"Hans Bruyninckx\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-06-15\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-11-18\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/Hans-Bruyninckx.jpg\" alt=\"Hans  Bruyninckx\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Hans  Bruyninckx\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEuropean Environment Agency\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Executive Director\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/hindou-ibrahim\/\" content=\"Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-04-12\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-09-08\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/Hindou-Oumarou-Ibrahim.jpg\" alt=\"Hindou  Oumarou Ibrahim\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Hindou  Oumarou Ibrahim\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUnited Nations\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>SDG Advocate\n\t\t<!-- .pp-content-posts -->\n\t<h2>HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH TOP EXPERTS DURING THE G-STIC CONFERENCE JANUARY 2022<\/h2>\n<h3>Get new insights about technological solutions for the SDGs<\/h3>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/davar-ardalan\/\" content=\"Davar Ardalan\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-04-12\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-09-27\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/Davar-Ardalan-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Davar  Ardalan\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Davar  Ardalan \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Davar  Ardalan \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIVOW AI, Inc.\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Founder\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/Davar-Ardalan-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Davar  Ardalan\"\/>\n     Davar  Ardalan\n\tIVOW AI, Inc. \n    \tFounder\n\n  \t        Circular Economy\n      \t        Climate\n      \t  \t        Entrepreneurship\n      \t        ICT\n      \t  \t  \t        Plenary\n\n    \tMeet  Davar  Ardalan\n            <p>24\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting Cultural values and shared assets. Contextual technological intelligence for the future during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratisation of technology: indigenous values &#038; the future of digitalisation<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Davar Ardalan is the founder and chief storytelling officer at IVOW &#8211; intelligent voices of wisdom. Realizing that there is a gaping hole in AI algorithms that will define our future stories, Davar created IVOW, to champion culturally conscious data strategies across multiple industries from academia to development and enterprise. <\/p>\n<p>Ardalan, who is also an Executive Producer at National Geographic, served as co-chair of the Cultural Heritage and AI track at ITU&#8217;s AI For Good in 2020. Prior to this, she was Deputy Director of the White House Presidential Innovation Fellowship Program in Washington D.C. and before that a long-time journalist at NPR News, where she was Senior Producer of the Identity and Culture Unit. <\/p>\n<p>Ardalan, who has also served as Managing Editor at Hanson Robotics, has been recognized with a NASA Team Leadership award for Space Apps, a Gracie Award from the American Women in Radio and Television and a shout-out in the comic strip Zippy. In May 2014, she was the recipient of a United States Ellis Island Medal of Honor, for individual achievement and for promoting cultural unity.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/katrin-arning\/\" content=\"Katrin Arning\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-06-11\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-11-18\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/person-placeholder.png\" alt=\"Katrin  Arning\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Katrin  Arning \n\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t        \t\t\t\t(TBC)\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Katrin  Arning \n\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t        \t\t\t\t(TBC)\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHochschule Ansbach \n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Professor for Business Psychology\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/person-placeholder.png\" alt=\"Katrin  Arning\"\/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/katrin-arning-a961a4167\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>\n     Katrin  Arning\n  \t  \t  \t  \t  \t        (TBC)\n\tHochschule Ansbach  \n    \tProfessor for Business Psychology\n\n  \t        Climate\n      \t        Energy\n\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/gileno-gurjao-barreto\/\" content=\"Gileno Gurj\u00e3o Barreto\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-11-18\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-11-18\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/11\/Gileno-Gurjao-Barreto-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Gileno Gurj\u00e3o  Barreto\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Gileno Gurj\u00e3o  Barreto \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Gileno Gurj\u00e3o  Barreto \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSerpro\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>CEO\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/11\/Gileno-Gurjao-Barreto-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Gileno Gurj\u00e3o  Barreto\"\/>\n     Gileno Gurj\u00e3o  Barreto\n\tSerpro \n    \tCEO\n\n  \t        Circular Economy\n      \t        Climate\n      \t  \t        Entrepreneurship\n\n    \tMeet  Gileno Gurj\u00e3o  Barreto\n            <p>19\/01\/2022<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting The digital transformation of Brazil through Gov.br during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The democratisation of technology: living the change in a post-pandemic world<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/stan-chen\/\" content=\"Stan Chen\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-04-19\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-09-08\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/Stan-Chen-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Stan  Chen\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Stan  Chen \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Stan  Chen \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRecycleGO\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>CEO &#038; Co-Founder\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/Stan-Chen-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Stan  Chen\"\/>\n     Stan  Chen\n\tRecycleGO \n    \tCEO &#038; Co-Founder\n\n                        Circular Economy\n                        ICT\n  \t  \t        Climate\n      \t  \t        Entrepreneurship\n      \t  \t  \t  \t  \t        Plenary\n\n    \tMeet  Stan  Chen\n            <p>24\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting Integrity of platform based social and economic models during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratisation of technology: indigenous values &#038; the future of digitalisation<\/a> session.<\/p>\n            <p>25\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting Distributed Ledger Technology for transparency and accountability in the recycling system during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/circular-economy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Digital technologies for urban mining<\/a> session.<\/p>\n            <p>26\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting Technical expert during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratisation of technology: understanding young people<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>An eco-entrepreneur, Stan&#8217;s passion for sustainability along with 20+ years of experience in the recycling industry has provided the knowledge needed to design and develop ever-innovative solutions for the recycling industry, the economy, and the environment. <\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/nibal-idlebi\/\" content=\"Nibal Idlebi\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-06-17\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-11-18\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/Nibal-Idlebi-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Nibal  Idlebi\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Nibal  Idlebi \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Nibal  Idlebi \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUN-ESCWA \n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Chief of Innovation\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/Nibal-Idlebi-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Nibal  Idlebi\"\/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nibal-idlebi-34410921\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>\n     Nibal  Idlebi\n\tUN-ESCWA  \n    \tChief of Innovation\n\n  \t        Circular Economy\n      \t        Climate\n      \t  \t        Entrepreneurship\n      \t        ICT\n      \t  \t        Plenary\n\n    \tMeet  Nibal  Idlebi\n            <p>19\/01\/2022<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting Combatting the digital divide to build inclusivity during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The democratisation of technology: living the change in a post-pandemic world<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/zitouni-ould-dada\/\" content=\"Zitouni Ould-Dada\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-04-08\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-11-18\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/Zitouni-Ould-Dada-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Zitouni Ould-Dada\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Zitouni Ould-Dada \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Zitouni Ould-Dada \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFAO\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Deputy Director Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/Zitouni-Ould-Dada-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Zitouni Ould-Dada\"\/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/zitouni-ould-dada-71170543\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>\n     Zitouni Ould-Dada\n\tFAO \n    \tDeputy Director Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment\n\n  \t        Circular Economy\n      \t        Climate\n      \t  \t        Entrepreneurship\n      \t        ICT\n      \t  \t        Plenary\n\n    \tMeet  Zitouni Ould-Dada\n            <p>19\/01\/2022<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting Harnessing the power of innovation for nature and people during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The democratisation of technology: living the change in a post-pandemic world<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/deepak-pant-2\/\" content=\"Deepak Pant\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-09-01\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-09-24\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/Deepak-Pant-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Deepak Pant\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Deepak Pant \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Deepak Pant \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVITO\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Senior Scientist\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/Deepak-Pant-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Deepak Pant\"\/>\n     Deepak Pant\n\tVITO \n    \tSenior Scientist\n\n                        Climate\n                        Energy\n\n    \tMeet  Deepak Pant\n            <p>26\/10\/2021, 16:00 &#8211; 17:30 GST (Dubai)<\/p>\n            <p>Chairing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Research and policy perspectives on CO2 as a resource<\/a> session.<\/p>\n            <p>24\/10\/2021, 16:00 &#8211; 17:30 GST (Dubai)<\/p>\n            <p>Chairing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CO2 capture and utilisation (CCU) in the Middle-East<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Deepak is a senior scientist at the Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO). He is currently working on electrosynthesis and resource recovery, specifically the design and optimisation of (bio)electrochemical cells for CO2 conversion and microbial electrosynthesis.<\/p>\n<p>Pant has a PhD in environmental biotechnology and has 150 peer-reviewed publications (h-Index 61; &gt;11300 citations), 6 books (edited), 6 patents and 35 book chapters to his credit.<\/p>\n<p>He is also a member of various scientific communities such as ISMET (elected board member), ISE, BES, BRSI (Fellow), RSC, IFIBiop and AMI.<\/p>\n<p>Deepak is the editor of &#8220;Bioresource Technology Reports&#8221; and serves as an Editorial board member for the journals Bioresource Technology, ACS Sustainable Chemistry &amp; Engineering iScience, Scientific Reports, Molecules, World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Electronic Journal of Biotechnology, Biofuel Research Journal, and Heliyon and Frontiers in Environmental Science.<\/p>\n\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/sandra-piesik\/\" content=\"Sandra Piesik\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-04-08\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-11-24\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/Sandra-Piesik-1-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Sandra Piesik\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Sandra Piesik \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Sandra Piesik \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t3 Ideas B.V.\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Director\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/Sandra-Piesik-1-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Sandra Piesik\"\/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dr-sandra-piesik\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>\n     Sandra Piesik\n\t3 Ideas B.V. \n    \tDirector\n\n  \t  \t        Circular Economy\n      \t        Climate\n      \t  \t        Entrepreneurship\n      \t  \t        ICT\n      \t  \t  \t        Plenary\n\n    \tMeet  Sandra Piesik\n            <p>19\/01\/2022, 10:00 &#8211; 11:15 GST (Dubai)<\/p>\n            <p>Chairing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The democratisation of technology: living the change in a post-pandemic world<\/a> session.<\/p>\n            <p>24\/10\/2021, 16:00 &#8211; 17:20 GST (Dubai)<\/p>\n            <p>Facilitating the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratisation of technology: indigenous values &#038; the future of digitalisation<\/a> session.<\/p>\n            <p>26\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting Partners and co-creators during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratisation of technology: understanding young people<\/a> session.<\/p>\n            <p>24\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting The democratisation of technology and the indigenous values of nature during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratisation of technology: indigenous values &#038; the future of digitalisation<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/ji-hee-son\/\" content=\"Ji-hee Son\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-07-20\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-11-18\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/katleenvandormael\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Katleen Vandormael\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Ji-Hee-Son-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Ji-Hee Son\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Ji-Hee Son \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Ji-Hee Son \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGreen Technology Center\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Senior Researcher\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Ji-Hee-Son-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Ji-Hee Son\"\/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jihee-son-788209134\/?originalSubdomain=kr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>\n     Ji-Hee Son\n\tGreen Technology Center \n    \tSenior Researcher\n\n  \t        Climate\n      \t  \t        Energy\n\n\t\t<!-- .pp-content-posts -->\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/davar-ardalan\/\" content=\"Davar Ardalan\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-04-12\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-09-27\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/Davar-Ardalan.png\" alt=\"Davar  Ardalan\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Davar  Ardalan\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIVOW AI, Inc.\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Founder\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/katrin-arning\/\" content=\"Katrin Arning\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-06-11\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-11-18\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/03\/male-person-placeholder.png\" alt=\"Katrin  Arning\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Katrin  Arning\n\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t        \t\t\t\t(TBC)\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHochschule Ansbach \n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Professor for Business Psychology\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/gileno-gurjao-barreto\/\" content=\"Gileno Gurj\u00e3o Barreto\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-11-18\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-11-18\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/11\/Gileno-Gurjao-Barreto.jpg\" alt=\"Gileno Gurj\u00e3o  Barreto\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Gileno Gurj\u00e3o  Barreto\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSerpro\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>CEO\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/stan-chen\/\" content=\"Stan Chen\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-04-19\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-09-08\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/Stan-Chen.jpg\" alt=\"Stan  Chen\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Stan  Chen\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRecycleGO\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>CEO &#038; Co-Founder\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/nibal-idlebi\/\" content=\"Nibal Idlebi\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-06-17\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-11-18\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/Nibal-Idlebi.jpg\" alt=\"Nibal  Idlebi\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Nibal  Idlebi\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUN-ESCWA \n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Chief of Innovation\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/youssef-nassef\/\" content=\"Youssef Nassef\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-04-08\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-11-18\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/Youssef-Nassef.jpg\" alt=\"Youssef  Nassef\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Youssef  Nassef\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUNFCCC\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Director Adaptation \n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/zitouni-ould-dada\/\" content=\"Zitouni Ould-Dada\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-04-08\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-11-18\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/Zitouni-Ould-Dada.jpg\" alt=\"Zitouni Ould-Dada\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Zitouni Ould-Dada\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFAO\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Deputy Director Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/deepak-pant-2\/\" content=\"Deepak Pant\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-09-01\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-09-24\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/Deepak-Pant.jpg\" alt=\"Deepak Pant\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Deepak Pant\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVITO\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Senior Scientist\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/sandra-piesik\/\" content=\"Sandra Piesik\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-04-08\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-11-24\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/Sandra-Piesik-1.jpg\" alt=\"Sandra Piesik\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Sandra Piesik\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t3 Ideas B.V.\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Director\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/ji-hee-son\/\" content=\"Ji-hee Son\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-07-20\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-11-18\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/katleenvandormael\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Katleen Vandormael\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Ji-Hee-Son.png\" alt=\"Ji-Hee Son\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Ji-Hee Son\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGreen Technology Center\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Senior Researcher\n\t\t<!-- .pp-content-posts -->\n\t<h2>WORLD-RENOWNED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS<\/h2>\n<h3>G-STIC Conference October 2021<\/h3>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/amani-abou-zeid\/\" content=\"Amani Abou-Zeid\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-10-04\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-10-04\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/10\/Amani-Abou-Zeid-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Amani Abou-Zeid\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/>H.E. Amani Abou-Zeid \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tH.E. Amani Abou-Zeid \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAfrican Union Commission\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/10\/Amani-Abou-Zeid-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Amani Abou-Zeid\"\/>\n    H.E. Amani Abou-Zeid\n\tAfrican Union Commission \n    \tCommissioner for Infrastructure and Energy\n\n                        Climate\n                        Energy\n  \t  \t  \t  \t  \t  \t        Plenary\n\n    \tMeet H.E. Amani Abou-Zeid\n            <p>25\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting  during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Role of NDCs in concerted efforts to achieve climate goals<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Amani Abou-Zeid is the newly elected Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy at the African Union Commission (AUC). She is in charge of sectors covering Energy, Transport, Tourism and ICT. Prior to joining the AUC, Abou-Zeid has served for more than 30 years in leadership roles at top-tier international organisations, such as the African Development Bank (AfDB), UNDP and USAID, with a focus on infrastructure and energy programmes.<\/p>\n<p>Over her career, Abou-Zeid has amassed a rare mix of experience from across Africa, France, UK and Canada. She has managed large and complex development programmes, including the largest operations portfolio of the African Development Bank (AfDB). An Egyptian national, Abou-Zeid speaks French, English, Arabic and Spanish. She is a trained telecommunications engineer with an MBA in project management from the French University for African Development (Universit\u00e9 Senghor), a Masters of Public Administration from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in Social and Economic Development from University of Manchester, UK. She also has a degree in Arts from Universit\u00e9 Sorbonne-Paris IV. <\/p>\n<p>Abou-Zeid has received numerous international awards and recognition for her leadership and excellence, including the honour of &#8220;Officier de l&#8217;Ordre de Wissam Alaouite&#8221; from His Majesty King Mohamed VI of Morocco and being recognised as a World Young Leader by the European Union.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/lazarus-chakwera\/\" content=\"Lazarus Chakwera\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-09-24\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-10-04\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/Lazarus-Chakwera-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Lazarus Chakwera\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/>H.E. Lazarus Chakwera \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tH.E. Lazarus Chakwera \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRepublic of Malawi\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>President\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/Lazarus-Chakwera-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Lazarus Chakwera\"\/>\n    H.E. Lazarus Chakwera\n\tRepublic of Malawi \n    \tPresident\n\n                        Climate\n                        Energy\n  \t  \t  \t  \t  \t  \t        Plenary\n\n    \tMeet H.E. Lazarus Chakwera\n            <p>24\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting  during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">High-level governmental session: shaping a post-pandemic world<\/a> session.<\/p>\n            <p>25\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting  during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Role of NDCs in concerted efforts to achieve climate goals<\/a> session.<\/p>\n            <p>26\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting  during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Closing session: dialogue with the G-STIC co-hosts and strategic partners<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Lazarus Chakwera is a Malawian theologian and politician who has been President of Malawi since June 2020. In addition to the Presidency, he is also self-appointed to the cabinet as Minister of Defence. Mr Chakwera has been leader of the Malawi Congress Party since 2013, and was previously Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly following highly controversial elections held on 21 May 2019, which were overturned by the Constitutional Court. He was appointed chairman of SADC on 17 August at the SADC 41st Annual Summit held on 9 August to 19 august in Lilongwe, Malawi. He was President of the Malawi Assemblies of God from 1989 to 14 May 2013.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/rose-mwebaza\/\" content=\"Rose Mwebaza\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-06-11\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-10-19\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/Rose-Mwebaza-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Rose  Mwebaza\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Rose  Mwebaza \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Rose  Mwebaza \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClimate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) \n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Director\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/Rose-Mwebaza-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Rose  Mwebaza\"\/>\n     Rose  Mwebaza\n\tClimate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN)  \n    \tDirector\n\n                        Climate\n                        Energy\n  \t  \t  \t  \t  \t  \t  \t  \t        Plenary\n\n    \tMeet  Rose  Mwebaza\n            <p>25\/10\/2021, 15:45 &#8211; 17:15 GST (Dubai)<\/p>\n            <p>Chairing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enablers and hurdles for accelerating NDC implementation<\/a> session.<\/p>\n            <p>26\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Panelist on Dialogue on sustainable development with the G-STIC co-hosts and invited guests during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Closing session: dialogue with the G-STIC co-hosts and strategic partners<\/a> session.<\/p>\n            <p>25\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting  during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Role of NDCs in concerted efforts to achieve climate goals<\/a> session.<\/p>\n            <p>25\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting Opening remarks during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enablers and hurdles for accelerating NDC implementation<\/a> session.<\/p>\n            <p>25\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting Closing remarks during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enablers and hurdles for accelerating NDC implementation<\/a> session.<\/p>\n            <p>26\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting Welcome during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ensuring a climate resilient recovery after COVID-19 (hosted by CTCN)<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Rose Mwebaza is the Director of the CTCN and brings 20 years&#8217; experience providing policy advice on a wide range of climate change, environment and sustainable development issues. She has previously served as Chief Natural Resources Officer at the African Development Bank and held leadership positions within the UN Development Programme. Mwebaza was a Lecturer at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, for 10 years, serving as the Head of Department for Commercial Law and Deputy Dean of the Law School.<\/p>\n<p>Mwebaza holds a PhD in environment and natural resource governance from Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, a master&#8217;s degree in international comparative law (with a Certificate of Academic Excellence) from the University of Florida, U.S.A and a bachelor&#8217;s degree in law (LL.B, Hons.) from Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/hindou-ibrahim\/\" content=\"Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-04-12\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-09-08\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/Hindou-Oumarou-Ibrahim-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Hindou  Oumarou Ibrahim\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Hindou  Oumarou Ibrahim \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Hindou  Oumarou Ibrahim \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUnited Nations\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>SDG Advocate\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/Hindou-Oumarou-Ibrahim-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Hindou  Oumarou Ibrahim\"\/>\n     Hindou  Oumarou Ibrahim\n\tUnited Nations \n    \tSDG Advocate\n\n  \t        Circular Economy\n      \t        Climate\n      \t  \t        Entrepreneurship\n      \t        ICT\n      \t  \t  \t  \t  \t        Plenary\n\n    \tMeet  Hindou  Oumarou Ibrahim\n            <p>24\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting Inclusivity and digital technologies in support of the coexistence of humanity with nature during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratisation of technology: indigenous values &#038; the future of digitalisation<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim is an environmental activist and member of Chad&#8217;s pastoralist Mbororo community, a UN Sustainable Development Goal Advocate and Conservation International Senior Fellow. <\/p>\n<p>Hindou began advocating for Indigenous rights and environmental protection at age 16, founding the Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad (AFPAT) to introduce new income revenue activities for women and collaborative tools such as 3D participatory mapping to build sustainable ecosystems management and reduction of nature-based resource conflicts. Her vision is to grow support for both traditional knowledge and science to improve resilience to climate change especially for rural communities.  <\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/h-e-jairam-ramesh\/\" content=\"H.E. Jairam Ramesh\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-05-28\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-10-05\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/Jairam-Ramesh-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Jairam  Ramesh\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/>H.E. Jairam  Ramesh \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tH.E. Jairam  Ramesh \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFormer India Minister of Environment\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha)\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/Jairam-Ramesh-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Jairam  Ramesh\"\/>\n    H.E. Jairam  Ramesh\n\tFormer India Minister of Environment \n    \tMember of Parliament (Rajya Sabha)\n\n                        Climate\n                        Energy\n  \t  \t  \t  \t  \t  \t        Plenary\n\n    \tMeet H.E. Jairam  Ramesh\n            <p>25\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting  during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enablers and hurdles for accelerating NDC implementation<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Jairam Ramesh is a well-known economist, government official and senior pioneer of the Indian National Congress. He is a member of parliament representing Andhra Pradesh state, a position he has held since June 2004.<\/p>\n<p>In 2011, Jairam Ramesh was elevated to the Union Council of Ministers of India and appointed Minister of Rural Development and Minister of the new Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. Between May 2009 and July 2011, he was Minister of State at the Ministry of Environment and Forests.<\/p>\n<p>Ramesh has been a columnist for The Business Standard, Business Today, The Telegraph, The Times and India Today, and has also anchored a number of popular television programmes on business and the economy. In addition, Jairam Ramesh is the author of the books: &#8220;Making Sense of Chindia: Reflections on China and India&#8221; (2005), &#8220;Mobilising Technology for World Development&#8221; (Co-editor, 1979), &#8220;To the Brink and Back: India&#8217;s 1991 Story&#8221; (2015) and &#8220;Old History, New Geography&#8221; (2016).<\/p>\n\t\t<!-- .pp-content-posts -->\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/amani-abou-zeid\/\" content=\"Amani Abou-Zeid\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-10-04\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-10-04\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/10\/Amani-Abou-Zeid.jpg\" alt=\"Amani Abou-Zeid\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tH.E. Amani Abou-Zeid\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAfrican Union Commission\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/lazarus-chakwera\/\" content=\"Lazarus Chakwera\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-09-24\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-10-04\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/Lazarus-Chakwera.jpg\" alt=\"Lazarus Chakwera\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tH.E. Lazarus Chakwera\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRepublic of Malawi\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>President\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/rose-mwebaza\/\" content=\"Rose Mwebaza\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-06-11\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-10-19\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/Rose-Mwebaza.jpg\" alt=\"Rose  Mwebaza\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Rose  Mwebaza\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClimate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) \n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Director\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/hindou-ibrahim\/\" content=\"Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-04-12\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-09-08\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/Hindou-Oumarou-Ibrahim.jpg\" alt=\"Hindou  Oumarou Ibrahim\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Hindou  Oumarou Ibrahim\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUnited Nations\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>SDG Advocate\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/h-e-jairam-ramesh\/\" content=\"H.E. Jairam Ramesh\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-05-28\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-10-05\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/Jairam-Ramesh.jpg\" alt=\"Jairam  Ramesh\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tH.E. Jairam  Ramesh\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFormer India Minister of Environment\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha)\n\t\t<!-- .pp-content-posts -->\n\t<h2>TOP EXPERTS<\/h2>\n<h3>G-STIC Conference October 2021<\/h3>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/lina-ahmed\/\" content=\"Lina Ahmed\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-06-25\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-07-14\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/Lina-Ahmad-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Lina  Ahmad\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Lina  Ahmad \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Lina  Ahmad \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tZayed University\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Associate Professor at CACE\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/Lina-Ahmad-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Lina  Ahmad\"\/>\n     Lina  Ahmad\n\tZayed University \n    \tAssociate Professor at CACE\n\n  \t        Circular Economy\n      \t        Climate\n      \t  \t        Entrepreneurship\n      \t        ICT\n\n    \tMeet  Lina  Ahmad\n            <p>26\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting Partners and co-creators during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratisation of technology: understanding young people<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Lina Ahmad is currently employed as an Associate Professor and Assistant Chair at the College of Arts and Creative Enterprises, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi. Ahmad holds a master&#8217;s degree (MArch) from the Architectural Association in London. She has over 10 years of professional experience as an architect working across different sectors and project stages. <\/p>\n<p>Ahmad&#8217;s work has been exhibited extensively, including at the UAE&#8217;s National Pavilion at the 14th International Architecture Exhibition, Venice Biennale. <\/p>\n<p>In 2015, she published a book titled &#8220;Cellular &#8216;Network&#8217; City&#8221; which presents an investigation into the realm of algorithmic architectural design. <\/p>\n<p>Lina&#8217;s work has been published and presented at various conferences around the world. She is passionate about modern heritage and is an advocate of digital fabrication technology, the concept of &#8220;design by making&#8221; in the design studio and its impact in regional higher education and the UAE creative industry.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/rashid-ali-abdallah\/\" content=\"Rashid Ali Abdallah\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-09-22\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-10-12\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/Rashid-Ali-Abdallah-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Rashid Ali Abdallah\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Rashid Ali Abdallah \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Rashid Ali Abdallah \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAfrica Energy Commission\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Executive Director\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/Rashid-Ali-Abdallah-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Rashid Ali Abdallah\"\/>\n     Rashid Ali Abdallah\n\tAfrica Energy Commission \n    \tExecutive Director\n\n                        Climate\n                        Energy\n  \t  \t  \t  \t  \t  \t        Plenary\n\n    \tMeet  Rashid Ali Abdallah\n            <p>25\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Panelist on Debate during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Solutions to overcome data scarcity for NDC&#8217;s<\/a> session.<\/p>\n            <p>25\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting  during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Role of NDCs in concerted efforts to achieve climate goals<\/a> session.<\/p>\n            <p>25\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting  during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Solutions to overcome data scarcity for NDC&#8217;s<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Rashid Ali Abdallah has been executive director of the African Energy Commission (AFREC) since November 2018. He has more than 20 years of experience in energy, sustainable development and environmental policy at national, regional and continental level. Prior to joining AFREC, Abdallah served as the Head of the Energy Division within the African Union Commission&#8217;s Department of Infrastructure and Energy. <\/p>\n<p>In his current role, Abdallah spearheads and leads the delivery of AFREC&#8217;s work programmes and strategy, in cooperation with the African Union Commission and African member states, based on continental, regional and national priorities. <\/p>\n<p>A Sudanese national, Abdallah has bachelor&#8217;s degrees in mechanical engineering (from the University of Khartoum) and project management (from the University of Birmingham, UK) and  a Post Graduate Diploma in energy engineering from Khartoum University.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/davar-ardalan\/\" content=\"Davar Ardalan\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-04-12\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-09-27\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/Davar-Ardalan-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Davar  Ardalan\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Davar  Ardalan \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Davar  Ardalan \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIVOW AI, Inc.\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Founder\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/Davar-Ardalan-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Davar  Ardalan\"\/>\n     Davar  Ardalan\n\tIVOW AI, Inc. \n    \tFounder\n\n  \t        Circular Economy\n      \t        Climate\n      \t  \t        Entrepreneurship\n      \t        ICT\n      \t  \t  \t        Plenary\n\n    \tMeet  Davar  Ardalan\n            <p>24\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting Cultural values and shared assets. Contextual technological intelligence for the future during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratisation of technology: indigenous values &#038; the future of digitalisation<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Davar Ardalan is the founder and chief storytelling officer at IVOW &#8211; intelligent voices of wisdom. Realizing that there is a gaping hole in AI algorithms that will define our future stories, Davar created IVOW, to champion culturally conscious data strategies across multiple industries from academia to development and enterprise. <\/p>\n<p>Ardalan, who is also an Executive Producer at National Geographic, served as co-chair of the Cultural Heritage and AI track at ITU&#8217;s AI For Good in 2020. Prior to this, she was Deputy Director of the White House Presidential Innovation Fellowship Program in Washington D.C. and before that a long-time journalist at NPR News, where she was Senior Producer of the Identity and Culture Unit. <\/p>\n<p>Ardalan, who has also served as Managing Editor at Hanson Robotics, has been recognized with a NASA Team Leadership award for Space Apps, a Gracie Award from the American Women in Radio and Television and a shout-out in the comic strip Zippy. In May 2014, she was the recipient of a United States Ellis Island Medal of Honor, for individual achievement and for promoting cultural unity.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/jacques-vandermeiren\/\" content=\"Luc Arnouts\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-06-11\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-09-27\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/Luc-Arnouts-240x0-c-default.jpeg\" alt=\"Luc  Arnouts\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Luc  Arnouts \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Luc  Arnouts \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPort of Antwerp \n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Director International Relations &#038; Networks\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/Luc-Arnouts-240x0-c-default.jpeg\" alt=\"Luc  Arnouts\"\/>\n     Luc  Arnouts\n\tPort of Antwerp  \n    \tDirector International Relations &#038; Networks\n\n                        Oceans\n                        Climate\n                        Energy\n  \t  \t  \t  \t  \t  \t  \t        Plenary\n\n    \tMeet  Luc  Arnouts\n            <p>26\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Panelist on Debate during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flemish ports as a breeding ground for low CO2 emission technologies<\/a> session.<\/p>\n            <p>26\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Panelist on Q&#038;A during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/oceans\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sustainable Ports<\/a> session.<\/p>\n            <p>26\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting  during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/oceans\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sustainable Ports<\/a> session.<\/p>\n            <p>26\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting  during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flemish ports as a breeding ground for low CO2 emission technologies<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Since obtaining his master&#8217;s degrees in law from the University of Antwerp and in general management from the University of Ghent, Luc Arnouts has continually been active in the port and logistics sector. His career and gaining of operational experience in stevedoring, warehousing and ocean freight forwarding began at the logistics company Group Katoennatie. From there, he moved to SGS-Group Belgium, where he was General Manager of SGS-Van Bree, a member of the Central Management Committee and the Strategic Committee, and in charge of SGS&#8217;s logistics and port handling business in Belgium. In 2000, Arnouts joined the leading European airport handling company Aviapartner as VP of Cargo Handling Europe and a member of its Central Board.<\/p>\n<p>In 2007, Luc Arnouts moved to the Antwerp Port Authority as its Chief Commercial Officer. Since 2017, he has been its Director of International Relations and Networks.\u00a0And as Vice President, he is a member of the Management Board. Alongside these roles, Arnouts is also a member of the board of directors of Port of Antwerp International (a subsidiary of Port of Antwerp focussed on international consultancy, port management and participations in overseas port projects), a member of the board of directors of APEC (the Port of Antwerp&#8217;s training subsidiary), and president of the board of directors of RTC, an inland rail terminal.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/maija-bertule\/\" content=\"Maija Bertule\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-10-11\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-10-11\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/katleenvandormael\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Katleen Vandormael\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/10\/Maija-Bertule-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Maija Bertule\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Maija Bertule \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Maija Bertule \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUNEP-DHI Centre on Water &#038; Environment\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Senior Technical Advisor\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/10\/Maija-Bertule-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Maija Bertule\"\/>\n     Maija Bertule\n\tUNEP-DHI Centre on Water &#038; Environment \n    \tSenior Technical Advisor\n\n                        Climate\n\n    \tMeet  Maija Bertule\n            <p>26\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Panelist on Panel debate: role of climate technology in ensuring climate resilient recovery from COVID-19 during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ensuring a climate resilient recovery after COVID-19 (hosted by CTCN)<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Originally from Latvia, Maija is now based in Denmark and has been part of the UNEP-DHI Centre team for more than 6 years. She has a degree in international development and environmental planning. Her work over recent years has focused on supporting global monitoring and reporting of SDG 6, climate change adaptation, green infrastructure and strategic science, and indicator use for improved water management. Maija is part of the core team at the UNEP-DHI Centre, as well as the SDG indicator 6.5.1 team in UNEP, supporting countries in their reporting on integrated water resources management implementation.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/annemie-bogaerts\/\" content=\"Annemie Bogaerts\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-06-11\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-09-24\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/Annemie-Bogaerts-1-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Annemie  Bogaerts\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Annemie  Bogaerts \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Annemie  Bogaerts \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUniversity of Anwerp\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Professor Chemistry\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/Annemie-Bogaerts-1-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Annemie  Bogaerts\"\/>\n     Annemie  Bogaerts\n\tUniversity of Anwerp \n    \tProfessor Chemistry\n\n                        Climate\n                        Energy\n\n    \tMeet  Annemie  Bogaerts\n            <p>26\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting Cold plasma technology for CO2 conversion: a hot topic! during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Research and policy perspectives on CO2 as a resource<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Annemie Bogaerts is a full professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Antwerp and head of the research group PLASMANT (Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine &#8211; ANTwerp).<\/p>\n<p>Having obtained her master&#8217;s degree and PhD in chemistry from the University of Antwerp, in 1993 and 1996 respectively, her research focusses on the study of non-equilibrium plasmas by modelling and experimenting with plasma chemistry, plasma reactor design and plasma-surface interactions. Their eventual use is intended for sustainable chemistry and energy\/environmental applications, such as CO<sub>2<\/sub> conversion into value-added chemicals, N2 fixation and CH4 conversion, as well as plasma medicine (cancer treatment). Annemie Bogaerts has an ERC Synergy Grant for plasma catalysis for small molecule conversion (electrification of chemical reactions).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/hicham-bouzekri\/\" content=\"Hicham Bouzekri\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-09-22\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-10-12\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/Hicham-Bouzekri-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Hicham Bouzekri\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Hicham Bouzekri \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Hicham Bouzekri \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDevelopment and Industry Integration, MASEN\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Director of Research\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/Hicham-Bouzekri-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Hicham Bouzekri\"\/>\n     Hicham Bouzekri\n\tDevelopment and Industry Integration, MASEN \n    \tDirector of Research\n\n                        Climate\n                        Energy\n  \t  \t  \t  \t  \t        Plenary\n\n    \tMeet  Hicham Bouzekri\n            <p>25\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting  during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Role of NDCs in concerted efforts to achieve climate goals<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Hisham Bouzekri obtained his engineer diploma in electronics and communications from L&#8217;\u00c9cole Mohammadia d&#8217;Ing\u00e9nieurs in 1995. After two years working as a microelectronics industrial process engineer for SGS-Thomson in Casablanca, he was awarded a Fulbright scholarship in 1997 to join the Master of Science program at the University of Florida, from which he graduated in 1998. He went on to get a PhD in electrical engineering from Texas A&#038;M University in 2002. After graduating, Bouzekri was among the pioneers who established STMicroelectronics&#8217; Rabat Integrated Circuit Design Center, a first in Africa. <\/p>\n<p>Hisham Bouzekri held several management positions within STMicroelectronics and ST-Ericsson while concurrently holding an adjunct faculty position at Al Akhawayn University. Over the span of his 24 years of experience, he has co-authored a number of scientific publications and industry standards in wireless communications, and was elected an IEEE senior member. <\/p>\n<p>In 2013, Bouzekri joined Mascir management team, a Moroccan not-for-profit foundation conducting market-oriented R&#038;D in microelectronics, biotechnology &#038; nano-materials. He served as its Chief Executive Officer until 2016. <\/p>\n<p>Between 2017 and 2019, Bouzekri consulted with multiple national and international organisations, including the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (MASEN) and the United Nations &#8211; ESCWA, on establishing innovation and knowledge economy ecosystems. He currently serves as MASEN&#8217;s Director of R&#038;D and Industrial Integration. <\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/christian-breyer\/\" content=\"Christian Breyer\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-05-26\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-09-24\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/Christian-Breyer-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Christian  Breyer\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Christian  Breyer \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Christian  Breyer \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLappeenranta University of Technology \n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Professor\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/Christian-Breyer-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Christian  Breyer\"\/>\n     Christian  Breyer\n\tLappeenranta University of Technology  \n    \tProfessor\n\n                        Climate\n                        Energy\n\n    \tMeet  Christian  Breyer\n            <p>26\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting The new role of CO2: from harmful fossil emissions to raw material for sustainable products during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Research and policy perspectives on CO2 as a resource<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Christian Breyer is Professor for Solar Economy at LUT University, Finland. His main expertise is the integrated research of technological and economic characteristics of renewable energy systems, specialising in energy system modelling for 100% renewable energy on both local and global scale. Breyer&#8217;s team has published more studies on 100% renewable energy systems for countries or major regions than any other in the world. These cover integrated sector analyses with power, heat, transport, desalination, industry and negative CO2 emission options. Power-to-X investigations is one of his team&#8217;s core research fields. Christian has had more than 300 scientific papers published, of which more than 100 have been in scientific journals.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/stan-chen\/\" content=\"Stan Chen\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-04-19\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-09-08\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/Stan-Chen-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Stan  Chen\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Stan  Chen \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Stan  Chen \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRecycleGO\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>CEO &#038; Co-Founder\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/Stan-Chen-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Stan  Chen\"\/>\n     Stan  Chen\n\tRecycleGO \n    \tCEO &#038; Co-Founder\n\n                        Circular Economy\n                        ICT\n  \t  \t        Climate\n      \t  \t        Entrepreneurship\n      \t  \t  \t  \t  \t        Plenary\n\n    \tMeet  Stan  Chen\n            <p>24\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting Integrity of platform based social and economic models during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratisation of technology: indigenous values &#038; the future of digitalisation<\/a> session.<\/p>\n            <p>25\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting Distributed Ledger Technology for transparency and accountability in the recycling system during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/circular-economy\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Digital technologies for urban mining<\/a> session.<\/p>\n            <p>26\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting Technical expert during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratisation of technology: understanding young people<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>An eco-entrepreneur, Stan&#8217;s passion for sustainability along with 20+ years of experience in the recycling industry has provided the knowledge needed to design and develop ever-innovative solutions for the recycling industry, the economy, and the environment. <\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/cassius-chiwambo\/\" content=\"Cassius Chiwambo\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-10-15\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-10-15\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/10\/Cassius-Chiwambo-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Cassius Chiwambo\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Cassius Chiwambo \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Cassius Chiwambo \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGovernment of Malawi\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Director Ministry of Energy\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/10\/Cassius-Chiwambo-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Cassius Chiwambo\"\/>\n     Cassius Chiwambo\n\tGovernment of Malawi \n    \tDirector Ministry of Energy\n\n                        Climate\n                        Energy\n\n    \tMeet  Cassius Chiwambo\n            <p>25\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Panelist on Debate during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Solutions to overcome data scarcity for NDC&#8217;s<\/a> session.<\/p>\n            <p>25\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting  during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Solutions to overcome data scarcity for NDC&#8217;s<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Cassius Chiwambo is a Director at  Ministry of Energy in Malawi. He has vast experience in Petroleum and Minerals. Cassius has both Technical as well as Legal skills having done Masters of Mining at Curtin University in Western Australia, Energy and Mineral Law and Policy at Dundee University in Scotland. He is a final year PhD Student pursuing Energy and Petroleum Law at the same institution.<\/p>\n<p>He worked as an Acting Commissioner of Petroleum in Malawi from 2016 to June, 2020 before before appointed as a Director of Energy in July, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Cassius Chiwambo is the brain behind Malawi&#8217;s Upstream Petroleum Sector, having promoted the exploration of actual fuels and also Renewable Sources of Energy from Geothermal and others.<\/p>\n<p>He is currently championing the realization of 1000 MW to the National Grid in 4 years (From 2021 to 2024), which is an Industrial-Economical vision made by His Excellency Dr. Lazarus Mac Cathy Chakwera, the State President of Malawi and supported by Malawi&#8217;s National Planing Commission (NPC) and the Agenda 2063 on Universal Access to Electricity.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/cassius-chiwambo-2\/\" content=\"Cassius Chiwambo\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-10-20\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-10-21\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/10\/Cassius-Chiwambo-1-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Cassius Chiwambo\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Cassius Chiwambo \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Cassius Chiwambo \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGovernment of Malawi\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Director Department of Energy\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/10\/Cassius-Chiwambo-1-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Cassius Chiwambo\"\/>\n     Cassius Chiwambo\n\tGovernment of Malawi \n    \tDirector Department of Energy\n\n                        Climate\n                        Energy\n  \t  \t  \t  \t  \t        Plenary\n\n    \tMeet  Cassius Chiwambo\n            <p>25\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting Insights on the implementation of NDCs in Malawi during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enablers and hurdles for accelerating NDC implementation<\/a> session.<\/p>\n            <p>25\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting Q&#038;A and panel discussion during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enablers and hurdles for accelerating NDC implementation<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Cassius Chiwambo is a Director at  Ministry of Energy in Malawi. He has vast experience in Petroleum and Minerals. Cassius has both Technical as well as Legal skills having done Masters of Mining at Curtin University in Western Australia, Energy and Mineral Law and Policy at Dundee University in Scotland. He a final year PhD Student  pursuing Energy and Petroleum Law at the same institution. He worked as an Acting Commissioner of Petroleum in Malawi from 2016 to June, 2020 before before appointed as a Director of Energy in July, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Cassius Chiwambo is the brain behind Malawi&#8217;s Upstream Petroleum Sector, having promoted the exploration of actual fuels and also Renewable Sources of Energy from Geothermal and others. He is currently championing the realization of 1000 MW to the National Grid in 4 years (From 2021 to 2024), which is an Industrial-Economical vision made by His Excellency Dr. Lazarus Mac Cathy Chakwera, the State President of Malawi and supported by Malawi&#8217;s National Planing Commission (NPC) and the Agenda 2063 on Universal Access to Electricity.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/asit-das\/\" content=\"Asit Das\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-05-26\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-05-26\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/Asit-Das-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Asit  Das\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Asit  Das \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tReliance Industries Limited\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Head Refining R&#038;D\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/Asit-Das-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Asit  Das\"\/>\n     Asit  Das\n\tReliance Industries Limited \n    \tHead Refining R&#038;D\n\n  \t        Climate\n\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/simon-de-corte\/\" content=\"Simon De Corte\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-09-21\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-09-24\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/Simon-De-Corte-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Simon De Corte\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Simon De Corte \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Simon De Corte \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGhent University\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Kickstart manager for materials valorisation\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/Simon-De-Corte-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Simon De Corte\"\/>\n     Simon De Corte\n\tGhent University \n    \tKickstart manager for materials valorisation\n\n                        Climate\n                        Energy\n\n    \tMeet  Simon De Corte\n            <p>26\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Panelist on Debate during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flemish ports as a breeding ground for low CO2 emission technologies<\/a> session.<\/p>\n            <p>26\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting North-CCU-Hub: carbon capture and utilisation as part of the strategy for achieving climate neutrality in the North Sea Port during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flemish ports as a breeding ground for low CO2 emission technologies<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Simon De Corte has a PhD in environmental engineering from Ghent University, where he is currently its technology transfer advisor. He has been involved in the organisation of several regional, national and European innovation initiatives and communities related to circular economy. Bringing together research, industry and policy has always been at the core of his activities.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside his job at Ghent University, Simon is currently a programme manager at North-CCU-Hub, a joint initiative of industry, governmental actors and knowledge institutes in the North Sea Port area (ranging from Ghent in Belgium to Terneuzen and Vlissingen in The Netherlands) that&#8217;s developing a roadmap for carbon capture &amp; utilisation (CCU) in the region. Both commercial and innovative technologies are being deployed in project initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>North-C-Methanol is a first demonstration project that aims to produce 45,000 tonnes of green methanol per year, based on green hydrogen. Production of fuels, proteins and construction materials based on CCU are also currently being investigated. Simon is involved at both strategic and operational level.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/annick-de-ridder\/\" content=\"Annick De Ridder\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-10-12\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-10-18\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/10\/Annick-De-Ridder-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Annick  De Ridder\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Annick  De Ridder \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Annick  De Ridder \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPort of Antwerp \n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Chairman of the board of directors\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/10\/Annick-De-Ridder-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Annick  De Ridder\"\/>\n     Annick  De Ridder\n\tPort of Antwerp  \n    \tChairman of the board of directors\n\n                        Climate\n                        Energy\n\n    \tMeet  Annick  De Ridder\n            <p>26\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting Introduction during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flemish ports as a breeding ground for low CO2 emission technologies<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/subash-dhar\/\" content=\"Subash Dhar\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-10-14\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-10-14\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/10\/Subash-Dhar-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Subash Dhar\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Subash Dhar \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Subash Dhar \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUNEP DTU Partnership\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Senior Economist\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/10\/Subash-Dhar-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Subash Dhar\"\/>\n     Subash Dhar\n\tUNEP DTU Partnership \n    \tSenior Economist\n\n                        Climate\n\n    \tMeet  Subash Dhar\n            <p>26\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting Developing a national policy for deploying and scaling up e-mobility in Ghana during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ensuring a climate resilient recovery after COVID-19 (hosted by CTCN)<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Subash is a Senior Economist at UNEP DTU Partnership and a Senior Fellow at the Global Centre for Environment and Energy, Ahmedabad University. He is a Lead Author for the Transport Chapter in the ongoing sixth assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and was a contributing author for the fifth assessment of the IPCC. His research interests include sustainable urban transport, low carbon development in developing countries, technology transfer and climate change and he has published a number of peer-reviewed papers on these topics.<\/p>\n<p>He has extensive experience in implementing projects and proposal development. He was the project manager for the BMU funded Promoting Low Carbon Transport project in India and has been the Regional Coordinator for Asia within the Technology Needs Assessment project. He has experience of working with most countries within Asia Pacific region. He has been involved in promoting electric mobility in Asian cities as a means for reducing air pollution, improving access and reducing CO2 emissions.<\/p>\n<p>He has authored a number of guidebooks\/toolkits for capacity building in the area of technology transfer and low carbon transport including the UN Environment toolkit for Low Carbon Mobility Planning for cities.  He has also helped the Government of India in revising their &#8216;Comprehensive Mobility Plan &#8211; A toolkit&#8217; for the Indian cities. Subash holds a doctoral degree from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/walter-eevers\/\" content=\"Walter Eevers\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-05-21\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-09-24\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/Walter-Eevers-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Walter Eevers\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Walter Eevers \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Walter Eevers \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVITO\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Director of Research &#038; Development\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/Walter-Eevers-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Walter Eevers\"\/>\n     Walter Eevers\n\tVITO \n    \tDirector of Research &#038; Development\n\n                        Climate\n                        Energy\n\n    \tMeet  Walter Eevers\n            <p>26\/10\/2021, 14:00 &#8211; 15:30 GST (Dubai)<\/p>\n            <p>Chairing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flemish ports as a breeding ground for low CO2 emission technologies<\/a> session.<\/p>\n            <p>26\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Moderating Debate during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flemish ports as a breeding ground for low CO2 emission technologies<\/a> session.<\/p>\n            <p>24\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting CCU Matters: The importance of having abundant renewable energy for CCU solutions during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CO2 capture and utilisation (CCU) in the Middle-East<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Walter Eevers is Director of Research &amp; Development at VITO, Belgium. After obtaining his PhD in electrically conductive polymers from Antwerp University, he joined Nitto Europe where he was responsible for R&amp;D and business development until becoming General Manager of Techno-Marketing. Walter became involved in global technology sourcing and marketing by setting up multiple collaborations with universities and research institutes.<\/p>\n<p>In 2012, Eevers helped found Nitto Denko Europe Technical Centre in Lausanne as a company dedicated to research activities for medical devices. Eevers is also an external Expert and Vice Chair for the EU Commission, Conacyt (Mexico) and the Qatar Foundation for innovation programmes and projects. He is Vice-President of CO2 Value Europe, an industry association promoting and stimulating CCU.<\/p>\n<p>Eevers is also Chairman of the Board of EnergyVille, the collaboration between KU Leuven, University of Hasselt, IMEC and VITO for sustainable energy research. In his current position, he has stimulated several spinoffs from VITO and held board positions in them. As a visiting professor at University of Antwerp for polymer chemistry, he is guiding research activities in the field of biobased polymer developments.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/muftah-el-naas\/\" content=\"Muftah El-Naas\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-05-21\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-09-24\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/Muftah-El-Naas-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Muftah El-Naas\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Muftah El-Naas \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Muftah El-Naas \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tQatar University\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Director Gas Processing Center\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/Muftah-El-Naas-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Muftah El-Naas\"\/>\n     Muftah El-Naas\n\tQatar University \n    \tDirector Gas Processing Center\n\n                        Climate\n\n    \tMeet  Muftah El-Naas\n            <p>24\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting CO2 sequestration through Mineral Carbonation:  Current practice and future prospective during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CO2 capture and utilisation (CCU) in the Middle-East<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Currently a professor at Qatar University&#8217;s Gas Processing Center, Muftah H. El-Naas has also served as the Center&#8217;s Director and Chair of QAFCO. His areas of expertise include CO<sub>2<\/sub> capture, water purification, biotechnology, plasma technology and membrane separation. Most of his recent research work focusses on the development of new, environmentally friendly processes for the Oil and Gas industry.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/jorge-gascon-sabate\/\" content=\"Jorge Gascon\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-05-26\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-09-24\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/Jorge-Gascon-Sabate-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Jorge  Gascon\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Jorge  Gascon \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Jorge  Gascon \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Professor Chemical Engineering\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/Jorge-Gascon-Sabate-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Jorge  Gascon\"\/>\n     Jorge  Gascon\n\tKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology \n    \tProfessor Chemical Engineering\n\n                        Climate\n\n    \tMeet  Jorge  Gascon\n            <p>24\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting Towards efficient utilisation of Carbon Dioxide: the role of heterogeneous catalysis during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CO2 capture and utilisation (CCU) in the Middle-East<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Born in Huesca (Spain) in 1977, Jorge completed his master&#8217;s degree in chemistry in 2002 and his PhD <em>cum laude<\/em> in Chemical Engineering in 2006, both at the University of Zaragoza (Spain). He was post-doc (2006 to 2009), Assistant Professor (2010 to 2012), Associate Professor (2012 to 2014) and Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Professor (2014 &#8211; 2017) of Catalysis Engineering at TUDelft (NL). Since 2017, he has been Professor of Chemical Engineering and Director at the KAUST Catalysis Center. Recently, he was appointed Lead of the KAUST Circular Carbon Initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Gascon is a member of the board of the International Zeolite Association Commission on Metal Organic Frameworks. He has been the recipient of the prestigious VENI (2010), VIDI (2013) and ERC Starting (2013) personal grants and of the 2013 ExxonMobil Chemical European Science and Engineering Award. He is also a 2018 and 2019 Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited researcher. Jorge&#8217;s group at KAUST aims to develop and deploy sustainable technologies for the production of chemicals, energy carriers and new environmental applications. Process intensification, feedstock efficiency and reduction of energy usage are their main objectives.\u00a0With an H-Index of 81 and over 26,000 citations, he has published over 280 journal articles, 9 patents and several book chapters.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/leen-govaerts\/\" content=\"Leen Govaerts\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-04-08\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-09-22\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/Leen-Govaerts-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Leen Govaerts\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Leen Govaerts \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Leen Govaerts \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVITO \n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Unit Manager Smart Energy and Built Environment\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/Leen-Govaerts-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Leen Govaerts\"\/>\n     Leen Govaerts\n\tVITO  \n    \tUnit Manager Smart Energy and Built Environment\n\n                        Climate\n                        Energy\n  \t  \t  \t  \t  \t        Plenary\n\n    \tMeet  Leen Govaerts\n            <p>25\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting  during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Role of NDCs in concerted efforts to achieve climate goals<\/a> session.<\/p>\n            <p>25\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting Key findings of the deep dive session on data scarcity during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enablers and hurdles for accelerating NDC implementation<\/a> session.<\/p>\n            <p>25\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting Q&#038;A and panel discussion during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enablers and hurdles for accelerating NDC implementation<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Leen Govaerts holds a master&#8217;s degree in business engineering and an executive MBA. Having begun her career researching low carbon mobility at the VITO Research Institute for Sustainable Development, she is currently leading VITO EnergyVille&#8217;s research unit for Smart Energy and Built Environment, which deals with sustainable energy and urban sustainability. With an approach based around living labs, key research areas are long-term energy strategies and policy, energy district design and sustainable building concepts.<\/p>\n<p>Leen is an executive committee member for EnergyVille, an association of 400 researchers in sustainable energy and cities from VITO, KU Leuven, Imec and Hasselt University. She is the chairperson of BERA &#8211; Belgian Energy Research Alliance &#8211; and a member of the executive committee of EERA, the European Energy Research Alliance. She is involved in several international networks and has coordinated a number of European research consortia. Govaerts is also a recognised expert acting on behalf of the Flemish Government evaluating energy and sustainability aspects in relation to renewal of urban districts.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/diala-hawila\/\" content=\"Diala Hawila\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-10-11\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-10-11\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/katleenvandormael\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Katleen Vandormael\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/person-placeholder.png\" alt=\"Diala Hawila\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Diala Hawila \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Diala Hawila \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tInternational Renewable Energy Agency\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Programme Officer\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/person-placeholder.png\" alt=\"Diala Hawila\"\/>\n     Diala Hawila\n\tInternational Renewable Energy Agency \n    \tProgramme Officer\n\n                        Climate\n\n    \tMeet  Diala Hawila\n            <p>26\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Panelist on Panel debate: role of climate technology in ensuring climate resilient recovery from COVID-19 during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ensuring a climate resilient recovery after COVID-19 (hosted by CTCN)<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Diala has worked on various topics related to policy assessment, such as the study on renewable energy auctions &#8220;Analysing 2016 and Renewable Energy Auctions: A Guide to Design&#8221;, as well as socio-economic impacts of renewable energy via projects such as &#8220;Renewable Energy Benefits: Leveraging Local Capacity of solar PV and onshore wind&#8221;. Diala is one of the authors of IRENA&#8217;s regional market analysis on Southeast Asia. She obtained her master&#8217;s degree in engineering systems and management, focusing on sustainability and renewable energy, from the Masdar Institute in Abu Dhabi. Prior to that, she was a consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers, providing advisory services to government entities in fields such as energy and waste management.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/matthew-kennedy\/\" content=\"Matthew Kennedy\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-09-24\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-10-11\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/person-placeholder.png\" alt=\"Matthew  Kennedy\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Matthew  Kennedy \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Matthew  Kennedy \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCTCN\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Advisory Board Member\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/person-placeholder.png\" alt=\"Matthew  Kennedy\"\/>\n     Matthew  Kennedy\n\tCTCN \n    \tAdvisory Board Member\n\n                        Climate\n\n    \tMeet  Matthew  Kennedy\n            <p>26\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Moderating Panel debate: role of climate technology in ensuring climate resilient recovery from COVID-19 during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ensuring a climate resilient recovery after COVID-19 (hosted by CTCN)<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Matthew has 20 years of experience in the fields of sustainable energy, development, climate change mitigation &#038; adaptation, climate finance, mobility, innovation management and natural resource management. He&#8217;s currently leading Arup&#8217;s climate, carbon services and sustainability workstreams across Europe. This includes delivering carbon, environment and climate initiatives within infrastructure, buildings and cities, and shaping Arup&#8217;s decarbonisation roadmap aligned to a science-based target approach. <\/p>\n<p>Kennedy has engaged with the private sector on sustainable energy, transport and climate mitigation. He has also applied knowledge of climate financing architecture and mainstreaming climate resilience to multiple development sectors, and delivered technology needs assessments and market transformation measures in LDCs across Africa, South East Asia and the Middle East. He has collaborative experience of international finance organisations, development agencies, scientific and technical bodies, private sector entities, developing country counterparts, and civil society organisations.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/khampasong-khamvene\/\" content=\"Khampasong Khamvene\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-10-14\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-10-14\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/person-placeholder.png\" alt=\"Khampasong Khamvene\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Khampasong Khamvene \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Khampasong Khamvene \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMONRE\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Technical Officer Department of Climate Change\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/person-placeholder.png\" alt=\"Khampasong Khamvene\"\/>\n     Khampasong Khamvene\n\tMONRE \n    \tTechnical Officer Department of Climate Change\n\n                        Climate\n\n    \tMeet  Khampasong Khamvene\n            <p>26\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting Ecosystem-based adaptation and Power to Gas roadmap in Laos during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ensuring a climate resilient recovery after COVID-19 (hosted by CTCN)<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>He is Technical Officer, Department of Climate Change, MONRE. He is responsible for assisting in the field of climate change adaptation and climate vulnerability assessment. Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment is the National Designated Entity for Laos.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/norbert-klos\/\" content=\"Norbert Klos\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-06-25\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-07-15\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/Norbert-Kolos-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Norbert  Kolos\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Norbert  Kolos \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Norbert  Kolos \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t4CF Sp. z o.o.\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Managing partner\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/Norbert-Kolos-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Norbert  Kolos\"\/>\n     Norbert  Kolos\n\t4CF Sp. z o.o. \n    \tManaging partner\n\n  \t        Circular Economy\n      \t        Climate\n      \t  \t        Entrepreneurship\n      \t  \t        ICT\n\n    \tMeet  Norbert  Kolos\n            <p>26\/10\/2021, 09:30 &#8211; 13:00 GST (Dubai)<\/p>\n            <p>Facilitating the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratisation of technology: understanding young people<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Norbert Kolos is a managing partner of 4CF. For over a decade, he has headed its analytical team&#8217;s contributions to numerous studies and strategies for business, governmental bodies and international institutions, providing foresight, socio-economic and regulatory impact assessments. Norbert has also examined the future of manufacturing and related business (in the packaging, automotive and technology sectors&#8217; models) under Industry 4.0. <\/p>\n<p>In recent years, Norbert has led consulting projects in strategic planning for Norwegian government agencies such as Jernbaneverket, Innovasjon Norge and Kystverket, for the Polish Ministry of Investments and Development, and others. He has conducted workshops and training sessions for decision makers of large corporations and institutions. <\/p>\n<p>Norbert Kolos is currently the chair of the Polish node of The Millennium Project, an international foresight think-tank based in Washington, and a member of the World Future Society. He also teaches strategic foresight at the Naval Academy in Gdynia, having earned master&#8217;s degrees in both economics and management at the University of Warsaw.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/sergio-la-motta\/\" content=\"Sergio La Motta\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-10-11\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-10-11\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/katleenvandormael\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Katleen Vandormael\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/10\/Sergio-La-Motta-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Sergio La Motta\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Sergio La Motta \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Sergio La Motta \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClimate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN)\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Advisory Board\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/10\/Sergio-La-Motta-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Sergio La Motta\"\/>\n     Sergio La Motta\n\tClimate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) \n    \tAdvisory Board\n\n                        Climate\n\n    \tMeet  Sergio La Motta\n            <p>26\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting Introduction: the CTCN report during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ensuring a climate resilient recovery after COVID-19 (hosted by CTCN)<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Sergio La Motta is a member of the Advisory Board of the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN). He is also the Italian representative in the steering committee of Low Carbon Societies Research Network (LCS-RNet) and a member of the Italian National Competent Authority for the implementation of the Emission Trading System (ETS).<\/p>\n<p>Sergio has a degree in physics from the University of Pisa. He began his professional career in the photovoltaic laboratory at ENEA and has been a member of the Italian negotiation team for climate issues since 1997.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/filip-lefebre\/\" content=\"Filip Lefebre\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-09-28\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-09-28\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/Filip-Lefebre-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Filip Lefebre\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Filip Lefebre \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Filip Lefebre \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVITO\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Urban Climate Service Manager\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/Filip-Lefebre-1024x1024-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Filip Lefebre\"\/>\n     Filip Lefebre\n\tVITO \n    \tUrban Climate Service Manager\n\n                        Climate\n                        Energy\n\n    \tMeet  Filip Lefebre\n            <p>25\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Panelist on Debate during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Solutions to overcome data scarcity for NDC&#8217;s<\/a> session.<\/p>\n            <p>25\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting  during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Solutions to overcome data scarcity for NDC&#8217;s<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Filip Lefebre is a business developer and project manager in VITO&#8217;s Environmental Modelling business unit&#8217;s Climate Service team. This team delivers innovative, sustainable and scientifically sound products and services to better manage, predict and control our shared natural resources (air, water, land, soil, eco-systems), based on computer modelling and information technology. It specialises in the processing of past, present and future climate data into information and services suitable for use by customer-oriented organisations. The Climate Service Team&#8217;s expertise covers urban climate services as well as climate health, biodiversity and agriculture services.<\/p>\n<p>Filip has a PhD in physics of regional climate modelling of the Greenland ice sheet (2001) from the Catholic University of Louvain.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/leida-mercado\/\" content=\"Leida Mercado\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-09-24\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-10-14\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/Leida-Mercado-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Leida Mercado\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Leida Mercado \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Leida Mercado \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCATIE\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Leader Development Economy and Environment Research Program\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/Leida-Mercado-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Leida Mercado\"\/>\n     Leida Mercado\n\tCATIE \n    \tLeader Development Economy and Environment Research Program\n\n                        Climate\n\n    \tMeet  Leida Mercado\n            <p>26\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting Developing a circular economy at local level in Costa Rica during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ensuring a climate resilient recovery after COVID-19 (hosted by CTCN)<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Since 2013, Leida Mercado has held the position of Professor at the Tropical Agricultural and Higher Education Center (CATIE), as well as senior researcher for the Environment for Development Initiative (EfD). Leida has more than 20 years of experience providing policy advice on issues related to sustainable development, climate change, and the use of economics to improve environmental performance. <\/p>\n<p>Prior to working at CATIE, Mercado worked for 12 years as an environmental economics adviser at the United Nations Development Program and as environmental officer in the Venezuelan Ministry of the Environment. She has provided consultancy work for FAO, the World Bank, and the Inter-American Development Bank. <\/p>\n<p>Mercado has published various articles in high impact scientific journals, as well as technical reports and policy briefs aimed at conveying scientific data to support policymaking. Since 2018, she has been working on issues related to the circular economy.<\/p>\n<p>Mercado holds a PhD in Environment and Economics and a Master&#8217;s degree in International Agriculture from Cornell University, NY, U.S.A; as well as an engineering degree in Agriculture from the Central University of Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/jan-mertens\/\" content=\"Jan Mertens\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-06-11\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-09-21\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/Jan-Mertens-1-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Jan  Mertens\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Jan  Mertens \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Jan  Mertens \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tENGIE\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Chief Science Officer\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/Jan-Mertens-1-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Jan  Mertens\"\/>\n     Jan  Mertens\n\tENGIE \n    \tChief Science Officer\n\n                        Climate\n                        Energy\n\n    \tMeet  Jan  Mertens\n            <p>26\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Panelist on Debate during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flemish ports as a breeding ground for low CO2 emission technologies<\/a> session.<\/p>\n            <p>26\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting Hydrogen in the power sector and its role in climate neutrality during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flemish ports as a breeding ground for low CO2 emission technologies<\/a> session.<\/p>\n            <p>26\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting Loving the Alien: CO2 deserves our affection but save a seat for some other surprising climate change allies during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Research and policy perspectives on CO2 as a resource<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Jan Mertens is ENGIE&#8217;s Chief Scientific Officer (CSO), responsible for co-building ENGIE&#8217;s long-term vision on technologies, identifying key international research players in selected emerging technologies and initiating partnerships. <\/p>\n<p>His research activities cover topics related to life cycle assessment, emissions monitoring, carbon capture, carbon use and water footprinting, and he is the author of over 50 international peer-reviewed publications.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2019, Jan has also been Visiting Professor at the University of Ghent, working in the domain of sustainable electricity generation.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/musonda-mumba\/\" content=\"Musonda Mumba\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-04-12\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-11-18\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/Musonda-Mumba-1-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Musonda  Mumba \"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Musonda  Mumba  \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Musonda  Mumba  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUNDP, Rome Centre for Sustainable Development\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Director\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/Musonda-Mumba-1-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Musonda  Mumba \"\/>\n     Musonda  Mumba \n\tUNDP, Rome Centre for Sustainable Development \n    \tDirector\n\n  \t        Circular Economy\n      \t        Climate\n      \t  \t        Energy\n      \t        Entrepreneurship\n      \t        ICT\n      \t  \t        Plenary\n\n    \tMeet  Musonda  Mumba \n            <p>26\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting  during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The potential of biodiversity for achieving the SDGs<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Musonda Mumba, a Zambian National, is the Director for The Rome Centre for Sustainable Development under United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in close collaboration with Italian Government (Ministry of Environment and Ecological Transition). The Centre focuses on three priority areas notably: Climate Change, Sustainable Development and Nature Protection. In her role, she provides strategic leadership on these matters through convening, collaboration, connecting and co-creation as the world navigates complexity and uncertainty, with the aim of achieving the SDGs collectively. Her ambition is that this work is done with a Systems Thinking lens and also Systems Leadership. <\/p>\n<p>She has over 25 years&#8217; experience in environmental and conservation issues globally. She is the Chair of the Global Partnership on Forest and Landscape Restoration (GPFLR) and Vice-Chair for the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF). She is also the Founder of the Network of African Women Environmentalists (NAWE). <\/p>\n<p>She has published widely in various journals, newspapers, articles and contributed to book chapters. Before joining UNDP, Musonda was the head of United Nations Environment Programme &#8211; UNEP&#8217;s Terrestrial Ecosystems Programme and served in various roles over a period of 12 years. Before working for UNEP, Musonda worked for the Zambian Government, Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (in Switzerland), WWF (at International, UK and East Africa Regional Offices) and as such working with governments on Africa, Europe, Asia and Latin America. <\/p>\n<p>She received her BSc. Ed degree at University of Zambia (UNZA) and has a PhD from University College London (UCL) in Wetland Conservation and Hydrology. <\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/david-nevicato\/\" content=\"David Nevicato\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-06-11\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-06-30\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/person-placeholder.png\" alt=\"David  Nevicato\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t David  Nevicato \n\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t        \t\t\t\t(TBC)\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTotal\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>CCUS Business Development\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/person-placeholder.png\" alt=\"David  Nevicato\"\/>\n     David  Nevicato\n  \t  \t  \t  \t  \t        (TBC)\n\tTotal \n    \tCCUS Business Development\n\n  \t        Climate\n      \t        Energy\n\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/kacper-nosarzewski\/\" content=\"Kacper Nosarzewski\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-06-25\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-07-14\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/Kacper-Nosarzewski-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Kacper  Nosarzewski\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Kacper  Nosarzewski \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Kacper  Nosarzewski \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t4CF Sp. z o.o.\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Partner\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/Kacper-Nosarzewski-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Kacper  Nosarzewski\"\/>\n     Kacper  Nosarzewski\n\t4CF Sp. z o.o. \n    \tPartner\n\n  \t        Circular Economy\n      \t        Climate\n      \t  \t        Entrepreneurship\n      \t  \t        ICT\n\n    \tMeet  Kacper  Nosarzewski\n            <p>26\/10\/2021, 09:30 &#8211; 13:00 GST (Dubai)<\/p>\n            <p>Facilitating the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratisation of technology: understanding young people<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Kacper Nosarzewski is a partner at 4CF and a board member of the Polish Society for Futures Studies. As a NATO expert, he is an author of methodologies and facilitator of foresight projects for civilian and military clients. Kacper advises on strategic foresight enterprises and international institutions, such as UNESCO and UNDP. He led the Scenarios of National Development 2050 project for the Polish Ministry of Infrastructure and Development. <\/p>\n<p>Kacper has also managed projects for medium and large companies and government agencies around the world in the high-tech, food &#038; beverage, financial, logistics and defense industries. These include the Polish and Dutch Ministries of Defense, Brazilian mining corporations, the Republic of Colombia&#8217;s Ministry of Labour, Polish FMCG companies and government agencies in Tunisia and Norway. <\/p>\n<p>He is a member of the Polish branch of The Millennium Project &#8211; the world&#8217;s largest foresight think tank &#8211; and a member of the World Future Society, as well as being the author of various scientific articles, workshops and media commentaries on the future of industries, cities and companies. <\/p>\n<p>Kacper Nosarzewski currently teaches foresight at the Naval Academy, AGH University of Science and Technology, and has a seminar on future cities at the Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw. He is a graduate of the University of Warsaw and an alumnus of the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Programme. <\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/deepak-pant-2\/\" content=\"Deepak Pant\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-09-01\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-09-24\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/Deepak-Pant-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Deepak Pant\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Deepak Pant \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Deepak Pant \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVITO\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Senior Scientist\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/Deepak-Pant-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Deepak Pant\"\/>\n     Deepak Pant\n\tVITO \n    \tSenior Scientist\n\n                        Climate\n                        Energy\n\n    \tMeet  Deepak Pant\n            <p>26\/10\/2021, 16:00 &#8211; 17:30 GST (Dubai)<\/p>\n            <p>Chairing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Research and policy perspectives on CO2 as a resource<\/a> session.<\/p>\n            <p>24\/10\/2021, 16:00 &#8211; 17:30 GST (Dubai)<\/p>\n            <p>Chairing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CO2 capture and utilisation (CCU) in the Middle-East<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Deepak is a senior scientist at the Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO). He is currently working on electrosynthesis and resource recovery, specifically the design and optimisation of (bio)electrochemical cells for CO2 conversion and microbial electrosynthesis.<\/p>\n<p>Pant has a PhD in environmental biotechnology and has 150 peer-reviewed publications (h-Index 61; &gt;11300 citations), 6 books (edited), 6 patents and 35 book chapters to his credit.<\/p>\n<p>He is also a member of various scientific communities such as ISMET (elected board member), ISE, BES, BRSI (Fellow), RSC, IFIBiop and AMI.<\/p>\n<p>Deepak is the editor of &#8220;Bioresource Technology Reports&#8221; and serves as an Editorial board member for the journals Bioresource Technology, ACS Sustainable Chemistry &amp; Engineering iScience, Scientific Reports, Molecules, World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Electronic Journal of Biotechnology, Biofuel Research Journal, and Heliyon and Frontiers in Environmental Science.<\/p>\n\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/sandra-piesik\/\" content=\"Sandra Piesik\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-04-08\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-11-24\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/Sandra-Piesik-1-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Sandra Piesik\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Sandra Piesik \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Sandra Piesik \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t3 Ideas B.V.\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Director\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/Sandra-Piesik-1-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Sandra Piesik\"\/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dr-sandra-piesik\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>\n     Sandra Piesik\n\t3 Ideas B.V. \n    \tDirector\n\n  \t  \t        Circular Economy\n      \t        Climate\n      \t  \t        Entrepreneurship\n      \t  \t        ICT\n      \t  \t  \t        Plenary\n\n    \tMeet  Sandra Piesik\n            <p>19\/01\/2022, 10:00 &#8211; 11:15 GST (Dubai)<\/p>\n            <p>Chairing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The democratisation of technology: living the change in a post-pandemic world<\/a> session.<\/p>\n            <p>24\/10\/2021, 16:00 &#8211; 17:20 GST (Dubai)<\/p>\n            <p>Facilitating the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratisation of technology: indigenous values &#038; the future of digitalisation<\/a> session.<\/p>\n            <p>26\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting Partners and co-creators during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratisation of technology: understanding young people<\/a> session.<\/p>\n            <p>24\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting The democratisation of technology and the indigenous values of nature during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratisation of technology: indigenous values &#038; the future of digitalisation<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/volker-sick\/\" content=\"Volker Sick\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-05-26\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-09-24\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/Volker-Sick-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Volker  Sick\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Volker  Sick \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Volker  Sick \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUniversity of Michigan\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Professor Mechanical Engineering\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/Volker-Sick-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Volker  Sick\"\/>\n     Volker  Sick\n\tUniversity of Michigan \n    \tProfessor Mechanical Engineering\n\n                        Climate\n                        Energy\n\n    \tMeet  Volker  Sick\n            <p>26\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting Using CO2 as a resource: barriers and accelerators during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Research and policy perspectives on CO2 as a resource<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Volker Sick is the\u00a0DTE Energy Professor of Advanced Energy Research\u00a0and an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He leads the Global CO<sub>2<\/sub> Initiative at the University of Michigan that seeks to get CO<sub>2<\/sub> capture and use recognised and implemented as a mainstream climate solution.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/frans-snijkers-2\/\" content=\"Frans Snijkers\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-10-14\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-10-14\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/Frans-Snijkers-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Frans Snijkers\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Frans Snijkers \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Frans Snijkers \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVITO\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Programme Director G-STIC\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/Frans-Snijkers-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Frans Snijkers\"\/>\n     Frans Snijkers\n\tVITO \n    \tProgramme Director G-STIC\n\n                        Climate\n\n    \tMeet  Frans Snijkers\n            <p>26\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting Closing during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ensuring a climate resilient recovery after COVID-19 (hosted by CTCN)<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Frans Snijkers, Director of Cleantech Flanders and Programme Director of G-STIC, holds a bachelor&#8217;s degree in sciences from Hasselt University and a master&#8217;s degree in sciences (chemistry), from the Catholic University of Leuven.<\/p>\n<p>Frans Snijkers previously worked at Philips (now Philips Electronics nv.) for 14 years. He began his career as a scientific collaborator in research on thermionic cathodes, cathode ray tubes and innovative display technologies at the Philips Research Laboratories in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. This was followed by a 9-year period as a project manager in product and process development at Philips Display Components in Eindhoven.<\/p>\n<p>After 14 years in industrial R&#038;D, Snijkers became a researcher\/project leader and later team leader of the Ceramic Materials and Powder Metallurgy team at the Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO).<\/p>\n<p>In addition to project acquisition, he has played an active part in several international (mainly European) projects and projects for Flemish companies. He has organised and co-organised conferences, supervised jointly doctoral projects and is the author or co-author of about 100 scientific papers published in international journals and about a dozen patents.<\/p>\n<p>Frans Snijkers represents VITO on the Board of Directors of VLOOT, the Flemish umbrella organisation for technology providers.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/marco-sosa\/\" content=\"Marco Sosa\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-06-25\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-07-15\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/Marco-Sosa-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Marco  Sosa\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Marco  Sosa \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Marco  Sosa \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tZayed University\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Associate Professor and Chair of Design at CACE\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/Marco-Sosa-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Marco  Sosa\"\/>\n     Marco  Sosa\n\tZayed University \n    \tAssociate Professor and Chair of Design at CACE\n\n  \t        Circular Economy\n      \t        Climate\n      \t  \t        Entrepreneurship\n      \t        ICT\n\n    \tMeet  Marco  Sosa\n            <p>26\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting Partners and co-creators during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratisation of technology: understanding young people<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Marco Sosa is an Architect (RIBA), Associate Professor and Chair of Design at the College of Arts and Creative Enterprises, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi. He holds a bachelor&#8217;s degree (Hons) and postgraduate diploma in Architecture, as well as a master&#8217;s in Architecture of Rapid Change and Scarce Resources from the London Metropolitan University. In 2012, Sosa published a photography book about the oldest functional mosque in the UAE. He has also designed, participated in and curated exhibitions, nationally and internationally. <\/p>\n<p>In 2014, Marco was appointed Head of Design to the curatorial team for the First National UAE Pavilion at the 14th International Architecture Exhibition, Venice Biennale. Curated by Rem Koolhaas, this exhibition and its catalogue featured many of Sosa&#8217;s photographs. Sosa is interested in materials and their presence as space forming mediums that add materiality to a &#8220;place&#8221;, together with how to integrate digital fabrication techniques in the studio for Interior design learning.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/swenja-surminski-2\/\" content=\"Swenja Surminski\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-07-20\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-07-20\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/katleenvandormael\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Katleen Vandormael\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Swenja-Surminski-1-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Swenja Surminski\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Swenja Surminski \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Swenja Surminski \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClimate Change &#038; the Environment\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Deputy Director\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Swenja-Surminski-1-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Swenja Surminski\"\/>\n     Swenja Surminski\n\tClimate Change &#038; the Environment \n    \tDeputy Director\n\n                        Climate\n                        Energy\n\n    \tMeet  Swenja Surminski\n            <p>25\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting Designing a funding framework for the impacts of slow-onset climate change &#8211; Insights from recent coastal retreat experiences during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enablers and hurdles for accelerating NDC implementation<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Swenja Surminski is Deputy Director and Head of Adaptation Research at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, which is part of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Here, she oversees social science research projects on climate adaptation, climate change Loss and Damage and disaster risk finance, with a geographic scope ranging from the UK to developing countries. <\/p>\n<p>Swenja&#8217;s research investigates climate risk management and resilience strategies. It focusses on public policies, financial instruments and individual behaviour through a mix of inter-disciplinary approaches, integrating concepts from geography, climate science, economics and governance studies. <\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining LSE in 2010, Swenja spent more than ten years in the insurance industry working on climate and risks management, holding roles at companies such as Munich Re, Marsh Mc Lennon and the Association of British Insurers. Swenja was a Fulbright Scholar in the US, studying Ecological Economics and International Relations at the University of New Hampshire. She received a PhD in political science from Hamburg University for her work on &#8216;Climate Change and the Insurance Industry&#8217; in 2002.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/mark-tandy\/\" content=\"Mark Tandy\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-09-21\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-10-20\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/Mark-Tandy-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Tandy\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Mark Tandy \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Mark Tandy \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTOTALEnergies\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Senior Business Developer\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/Mark-Tandy-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Tandy\"\/>\n     Mark Tandy\n\tTOTALEnergies \n    \tSenior Business Developer\n\n                        Climate\n                        Energy\n\n    \tMeet  Mark Tandy\n            <p>26\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Panelist on Debate during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flemish ports as a breeding ground for low CO2 emission technologies<\/a> session.<\/p>\n            <p>26\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting Carbon capture and storage: the role of the port in development of a CO2 storage hub during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flemish ports as a breeding ground for low CO2 emission technologies<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Mark Tandy is a business development manager in the Carbon Capture and Storage team at TotalEnergies. Having worked in the energy sector since obtaining his MBA from the Sa\u00efd Business School at Oxford University, he has held a number of senior commercial management and director level positions, and worked on projects all over the world. This experience has given him a deep understanding of the practical application of business models and joint venture management.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to applying his transactional expertise, Mark has worked closely with regulators, policy makers and government, most recently as an active participant in the UK government&#8217;s consultation on CCS and low-carbon hydrogen business models. In his current role at TotalEnergies, to which he applies over 15 years of experience in CCS, Mark is responsible for new business and partnerships in the Middle East and Asia Pacific regions.<\/p>\n<p>TotalEnergies itself has been active since the late 1990s in the development of carbon capture, storage and utilisation (CCUS) to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Today, 10% of the company&#8217;s R&amp;D budget is allocated to relevant technologies. It also supports the Oil &amp; Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI), which manages an investment fund of over $1 billion for clean technologies, including CCUS. Alongside its flagship project in Norway, Northern Lights, the company is maturing a number of other CCS projects in Europe and other parts of the world.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/andrew-torn\/\" content=\"Andrew Torn\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-09-24\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-09-24\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/person-placeholder.png\" alt=\"Andrew Torn\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Andrew Torn \n\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t        \t\t\t\t(TBC)\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Andrew Torn \n\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t        \t\t\t\t(TBC)\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmirates Steel \n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Vice President &#038; CTO\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/person-placeholder.png\" alt=\"Andrew Torn\"\/>\n     Andrew Torn\n  \t  \t  \t  \t        (TBC)\n\tEmirates Steel  \n    \tVice President &#038; CTO\n\n                        Climate\n\n    \tMeet  Andrew Torn\n            <p>24\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting  during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CO2 capture and utilisation (CCU) in the Middle-East<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/jan-vaes\/\" content=\"Jan Vaes\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-05-21\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-09-24\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/Jan-Vaes-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Jan  Vaes\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Jan  Vaes \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Jan  Vaes \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVITO\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Program Manager Sustainable Chemistry\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/Jan-Vaes-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Jan  Vaes\"\/>\n     Jan  Vaes\n\tVITO \n    \tProgram Manager Sustainable Chemistry\n\n                        Climate\n                        Energy\n\n    \tMeet  Jan  Vaes\n            <p>26\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting Getting to carbon-neutral: electrifying nature&#8217;s carbon cycle during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Research and policy perspectives on CO2 as a resource<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Jan Vaes holds a master&#8217;s degree in materials science and engineering from KU Leuven (Belgium), where he also completed his PhD in electrochemistry. After four years as a corrosion consultant, providing advisory materials to the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, he joined imec as an R&amp;D engineer. In this role, he developed process steps for semiconductor and solar cell manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>Jan spent 2012 to 2018 as Technology Director at Hydrogenics, where his work on energy storage solutions led to the development of alkaline and PEM water electrolysis systems, from basic component research to full system integration. Since 2018, Jan has been a programme manager in Vito&#8217;s Sustainable Chemistry business unit, focussed on electrosynthesis of chemicals and e-fuels for energy storage.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/kathy-van-damme\/\" content=\"Kathy Van Damme\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-10-12\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-10-13\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/10\/Kathy-Van-Damme-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Kathy Van Damme\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Kathy Van Damme \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Kathy Van Damme \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPort of Ostend\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Board member\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/10\/Kathy-Van-Damme-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Kathy Van Damme\"\/>\n     Kathy Van Damme\n\tPort of Ostend \n    \tBoard member\n\n                        Climate\n                        Energy\n\n    \tMeet  Kathy Van Damme\n            <p>26\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Panelist on Debate during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flemish ports as a breeding ground for low CO2 emission technologies<\/a> session.<\/p>\n            <p>26\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting  during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flemish ports as a breeding ground for low CO2 emission technologies<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Kathy Van Damme is a board member of the Port of Ostend. With a strong background in the energy sector&#8217;s environmental and regulatory aspects, she has worked in this field for more than 15 years. Her broad scope of experience, all focused on ports and industry, includes technological developments for energy storage, energy transition, macro-economic consequences of climate change and investments in energy. Kathy Van Damme has also been a policy advisor on energy and environment at Fedustria and the European Panel Federation, and a manager at several energy companies in Flanders.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/dietrich-van-der-weken\/\" content=\"Dietrich Van der Weken\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-06-17\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-11-24\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/Dietrich-Van-der-Weken-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Dietrich  Van der Weken\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Dietrich  Van der Weken \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Dietrich  Van der Weken \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVITO\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>General Manager G-STIC\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/Dietrich-Van-der-Weken-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Dietrich  Van der Weken\"\/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dietrich-van-der-weken-3872286\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>\n     Dietrich  Van der Weken\n\tVITO \n    \tGeneral Manager G-STIC\n\n  \t        Circular Economy\n      \t        Climate\n      \t  \t        Entrepreneurship\n      \t        ICT\n      \t  \t        Plenary\n\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/dirk-vangeneugden\/\" content=\"Dirk Vangeneugden\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-09-24\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-10-08\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/Dirk-Vangeneugden-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Dirk Vangeneugden\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Dirk Vangeneugden \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Dirk Vangeneugden \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVITO\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Business Development Manager\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/Dirk-Vangeneugden-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Dirk Vangeneugden\"\/>\n     Dirk Vangeneugden\n\tVITO \n    \tBusiness Development Manager\n\n                        Climate\n\n    \tMeet  Dirk Vangeneugden\n            <p>24\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting CO2-capture using innovative solid adsorbents to facilitate industrial mineral carbonation during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CO2 capture and utilisation (CCU) in the Middle-East<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Dirk Vangeneugden is a project and business developer at VITO for sustainable materials and chemistry. He is strongly engaged in national and international R&amp;D projects on chemical catalysis and sorption. Fields of expertise include 3D printing, surface engineering and coating, as well as CO<sub>2<\/sub> capture and conversion. He is actively involved in technology transfers to industry and supporting spin-off initiatives.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/griet-verstraeten\/\" content=\"Griet Verstraeten\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-06-11\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-10-05\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/Griet-Verstraeten-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Griet  Verstraeten\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Griet  Verstraeten \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Griet  Verstraeten \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDepartment of Environment\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Policy Officer Climate Adaptation\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/Griet-Verstraeten-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Griet  Verstraeten\"\/>\n     Griet  Verstraeten\n\tDepartment of Environment \n    \tPolicy Officer Climate Adaptation\n\n                        Water\n                        Climate\n                        Energy\n  \t  \t  \t  \t  \t  \t        Plenary\n\n    \tMeet  Griet  Verstraeten\n            <p>24\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Panelist on Conclusions and panel statements during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/water\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Valuing water: Flanders&#8217; approach to prioritising water<\/a> session.<\/p>\n            <p>24\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting Blue-green measures for climate adaptation during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/water\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Valuing water: Flanders&#8217; approach to prioritising water<\/a> session.<\/p>\n            <p>25\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting Blue-green measures for climate adaptation during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enablers and hurdles for accelerating NDC implementation<\/a> session.<\/p>\n            <p>25\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting Q&#038;A and panel discussion during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enablers and hurdles for accelerating NDC implementation<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Griet Verstraeten works as a policy advisor on climate change adaptation in the Flemish Government Department of Environment and Spatial Development. She is also the lead expert for Belgium on the European Adaptation Strategy. <\/p>\n<p>In her role as policy advisor, Griet coordinates the work on local policy for Flanders carried out by the Flemish Task Force on Climate Change Adaptation and representatives from other Flemish Government departments (including agriculture and fisheries, mobility and infrastructure, economy and innovation, health, nature and forestry, environment, water, spatial planning). She is responsible for the development and implementation of the Flemish Plan on Climate Change Adaptation and for the communication, knowledge exchange and awareness-raising associated with it. <\/p>\n<p>Griet has a master&#8217;s degree in bioscience engineering (land and forest management) from KU Leuven, a master&#8217;s degree in urban planning from the University of Antwerp and over 20 years&#8217; experience in spatial planning, environmental policy, sustainable development and international cooperation. Verstraeten is an expert in international and European policies on climate change adaptation, with specific expertise on the implementation of nature-based solutions.<\/p>\n<p>Griet Verstraeten represents the Flemish Government in the Belgian national working group on climate change adaptation (under the national climate commission) and is an active member of Working Group VI, the network on climate change adaptation under DG Climate.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/eirik-waerness\/\" content=\"Eirik W\u00e6rness\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-09-22\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-10-19\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/Eirik-Waerness-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Eirik W\u00e6rness\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Eirik W\u00e6rness \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Eirik W\u00e6rness \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEquinor\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Senior Vice President and Chief Economist\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/Eirik-Waerness-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Eirik W\u00e6rness\"\/>\n     Eirik W\u00e6rness\n\tEquinor \n    \tSenior Vice President and Chief Economist\n\n                        Climate\n                        Energy\n  \t  \t  \t  \t  \t        Plenary\n\n    \tMeet  Eirik W\u00e6rness\n            <p>25\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting  during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Role of NDCs in concerted efforts to achieve climate goals<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Senior Vice President and Chief Economist in Equinor, group responsible for macroeconomics and energy and commodity market analyses, and head of strategy in mid- and downstream.<\/p>\n<p>Broad experience from government, academics and private sector companies, as advisor and in different leadership positions. In Equinor, leader of Corporate Strategy, Corporate Planning and Analysis, Economic Analysis in Upstream Norway, Energy Market Analysis in addition to current role.<\/p>\n<p>Currently non-executive member of the Board of Innovation Norway, and member of the Global Commission to examine Geopolitics of Energy Transformation, set up by IRENA, the International Renewable Energy Agency, as well as non-executive member of the Board of Centre for applied research at the Norwegian School of Economics.<\/p>\n<p>July 2016 &#8211; February 2018 non-executive member of the Board of the Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority (Finanstilsynet).<\/p>\nFrom 2014 in different energy initiatives under World Economic Forum, including special advisor for their work on energy architecture and member of the global council on the future of energy.<br \/>\nIn the period 2010-2013 member of the Executive Board of the Central Bank of Norway.\n<p>Previous work experience from the Centre for applied research at the Norwegian School of Economics, Norwegian Ministry of Finance, Total E&#038;P Norway, and P\u00f6yry Management Consulting\/Econ Centre for economic analysis.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/rywon-yang\/\" content=\"Rywon Yang\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-07-20\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-07-20\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/katleenvandormael\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Katleen Vandormael\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Rywon-Yang-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Rywon Yang\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Rywon Yang \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Rywon Yang \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGreen Technology Center\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Senior Researcher\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/Rywon-Yang-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Rywon Yang\"\/>\n     Rywon Yang\n\tGreen Technology Center \n    \tSenior Researcher\n\n                        Climate\n                        Energy\n\n    \tMeet  Rywon Yang\n            <p>25\/10\/2021<\/p>\n            <p> Presenting Innovative financing as a catalyst for climate technology transfer during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enablers and hurdles for accelerating NDC implementation<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Rywon Yang is a senior researcher in the Climate Technology Cooperation Division of the Green Technology Center-Korea. She has two main areas of research. One is linkages between technology and finance in climate change. The other is legal and regulatory aspects of climate technology transfer in developing countries. <\/p>\n<p>Rywon Yang has developed GCF projects (concept notes, readiness proposals) and implemented CTCN technical assistance projects on both adaptation and mitigation technologies for countries such as Bangladesh, Cambodia and Kenya. Previous to this, she worked for the Republic of Korea&#8217;s Ministry of Justice as a legal specialist. She participated in UNFCCC negotiations as a member of the Korean delegation, and examined the legal implications of negotiation texts for documents such as the Paris Agreement. <\/p>\n<p>Rywon has also led several legal technical assistance projects for revising legal and institutional frameworks, as well as organised capacity building trainings for legal professionals from developing countries, namely Laos, Paraguay and Papua New Guinea. She earned her master&#8217;s in law from University Pantheon-Sorbonne Paris I in France.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/ibon-zugasti-gorostidi\/\" content=\"Ibon Zugasti Gorostidi\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-08-19\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-09-06\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/08\/Ibon-Zugasti-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Ibon  Zugasti Gorostidi\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Ibon  Zugasti Gorostidi \n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Ibon  Zugasti Gorostidi \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tProspektiker &#8211; Millennium Project\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Director\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/08\/Ibon-Zugasti-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Ibon  Zugasti Gorostidi\"\/>\n     Ibon  Zugasti Gorostidi\n\tProspektiker &#8211; Millennium Project \n    \tDirector\n\n  \t        Circular Economy\n      \t        Climate\n      \t  \t        Entrepreneurship\n      \t  \t        ICT\n\n    \tMeet  Ibon  Zugasti Gorostidi\n            <p>26\/10\/2021, 09:30 &#8211; 13:00 GST (Dubai)<\/p>\n            <p>Facilitating the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/themes\/\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratisation of technology: understanding young people<\/a> session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Ibon Zugasti is an International Project Manager at LKS Cooperative (the Management Consulting Division of MONDRAGON Corporation), a Board Member of the Millennium Project Global Futures Think Tank, a Member of the Board of Foresight Europe Network &#8211; FEN, Deputy Director of the Foresight Iberoamerican Network &#8211; RIBER and Associate Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science. Ibon is also the Managing Partner\/Director in PROSPEKTIKER &#8211; European Institute for Futures Studies and Strategy and a member of the PREPARE Network.<\/p>\n<p>Since 1999, Ibon has led several high-impact consultancy and research projects in fields such as foresight, regional sustainable development, labour &amp; training and energy for different Governments around the world (including USA, Canada, UK, Colombia, Uruguay) and cities (including Montreal, Preston, New York City) and corporations (including Repsol, Telefonica, Iberdrola, Guggenheim, MONDRAGON). He has also advised the Committee of the Regions of the EU about the launching of a European Platform on Territorial Foresight. In the USA, Ibon advises the Bronx Cooperative Development Initiative (BCDI) in New York City and collaborates closely with the nationwide 1worker1vote movement.<\/p>\n<p>Ibon has co-authored several publications such as &#8220;The Future of Business Organizations and Cooperatives&#8221; (Millennium Project), &#8220;An initial assessment of territorial forward planning\/foresight projects in the European Union&#8221; (Committee of the Regions of the EU), &#8220;The Future of Work and Technology 2050&#8221; (Millennium Project) and related articles such as &#8220;Why the U.S. Needs More Worker-Owned Companies&#8221; (Harvard Business Review) and &#8220;Mondragon: Maintaining Resilience through Cooperative Strategies&#8221; (Oxford University). He also contributes to the Millennium Project&#8217;s annual &#8220;State of the Future&#8221; publication.<\/p>\n<p>Ibon attained his bachelor&#8217;s degree in business administration and his master&#8217;s in strategic management at the University of Deusto (Spain) and Marquette University (USA). He has taught strategic and cooperative management and foresight at international level at many universities and seminars (including Oxford University, TEC Monterrey, Singularity University and Yonsei University).<\/p>\n\t\t<!-- .pp-content-posts -->\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/lina-ahmed\/\" content=\"Lina Ahmed\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-06-25\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-07-14\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" 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content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/Davar-Ardalan.png\" alt=\"Davar  Ardalan\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Davar  Ardalan\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIVOW AI, Inc.\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Founder\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/jacques-vandermeiren\/\" content=\"Luc Arnouts\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-06-11\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-09-27\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" 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itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/hicham-bouzekri\/\" content=\"Hicham Bouzekri\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-09-22\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-10-12\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/Hicham-Bouzekri.png\" alt=\"Hicham Bouzekri\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Hicham Bouzekri\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDevelopment and Industry Integration, MASEN\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br 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itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/Asit-Das.jpg\" alt=\"Asit  Das\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Asit  Das\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tReliance Industries Limited\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Head Refining R&#038;D\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/simon-de-corte\/\" content=\"Simon De Corte\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-09-21\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-09-24\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/Simon-De-Corte.jpg\" alt=\"Simon De Corte\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Simon De Corte\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGhent University\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Kickstart manager for materials valorisation\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/annick-de-ridder\/\" content=\"Annick De Ridder\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-10-12\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-10-18\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/10\/Annick-De-Ridder.jpg\" alt=\"Annick  De Ridder\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Annick  De Ridder\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPort of Antwerp \n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Chairman of the board of directors\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/subash-dhar\/\" content=\"Subash Dhar\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-10-14\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-10-14\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/10\/Subash-Dhar.jpg\" alt=\"Subash Dhar\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Subash Dhar\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUNEP DTU Partnership\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Senior Economist\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/walter-eevers\/\" content=\"Walter Eevers\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-05-21\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-09-24\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/Walter-Eevers.jpg\" alt=\"Walter Eevers\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Walter Eevers\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVITO\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Director of Research &#038; Development\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/muftah-el-naas\/\" content=\"Muftah El-Naas\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-05-21\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-09-24\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/Muftah-El-Naas.jpg\" alt=\"Muftah El-Naas\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Muftah El-Naas\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tQatar University\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Director Gas Processing Center\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/jorge-gascon-sabate\/\" content=\"Jorge Gascon\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-05-26\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-09-24\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/Jorge-Gascon-Sabate.png\" alt=\"Jorge  Gascon\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Jorge  Gascon\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Professor Chemical Engineering\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/leen-govaerts\/\" content=\"Leen Govaerts\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-04-08\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-09-22\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/Leen-Govaerts.png\" alt=\"Leen Govaerts\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Leen Govaerts\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVITO \n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Unit Manager Smart Energy and Built Environment\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/khampasong-khamvene\/\" content=\"Khampasong Khamvene\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-10-14\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-10-14\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/03\/male-person-placeholder.png\" alt=\"Khampasong Khamvene\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Khampasong Khamvene\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMONRE\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Technical Officer Department of Climate Change\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/sergio-la-motta\/\" content=\"Sergio La Motta\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-10-11\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-10-11\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/katleenvandormael\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Katleen Vandormael\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/10\/Sergio-La-Motta.jpg\" alt=\"Sergio La Motta\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Sergio La Motta\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClimate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN)\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Advisory Board\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/filip-lefebre\/\" content=\"Filip Lefebre\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-09-28\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-09-28\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/Filip-Lefebre-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Filip Lefebre\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Filip Lefebre\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVITO\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Urban Climate Service Manager\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/leida-mercado\/\" content=\"Leida Mercado\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-09-24\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-10-14\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/Leida-Mercado.jpg\" alt=\"Leida Mercado\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Leida Mercado\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCATIE\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Leader Development Economy and Environment Research Program\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/jan-mertens\/\" content=\"Jan Mertens\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-06-11\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-09-21\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/Jan-Mertens-1.png\" alt=\"Jan  Mertens\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Jan  Mertens\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tENGIE\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Chief Science Officer\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/musonda-mumba\/\" content=\"Musonda Mumba\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-04-12\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-11-18\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/Musonda-Mumba-1.jpg\" alt=\"Musonda  Mumba \"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Musonda  Mumba \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUNDP, Rome Centre for Sustainable Development\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Director\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/youssef-nassef\/\" content=\"Youssef Nassef\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-04-08\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-11-18\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/Youssef-Nassef.jpg\" alt=\"Youssef  Nassef\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Youssef  Nassef\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUNFCCC\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Director Adaptation \n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/david-nevicato\/\" content=\"David Nevicato\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-06-11\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-06-30\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/03\/male-person-placeholder.png\" alt=\"David  Nevicato\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t David  Nevicato\n\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t        \t\t\t\t(TBC)\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTotal\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>CCUS Business Development\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/deepak-pant-2\/\" content=\"Deepak Pant\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-09-01\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-09-24\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/Deepak-Pant.jpg\" alt=\"Deepak Pant\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Deepak Pant\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVITO\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Senior Scientist\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/sandra-piesik\/\" content=\"Sandra Piesik\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-04-08\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-11-24\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/Sandra-Piesik-1.jpg\" alt=\"Sandra Piesik\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Sandra Piesik\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t3 Ideas B.V.\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Director\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/volker-sick\/\" content=\"Volker Sick\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2021-05-26\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2021-09-24\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC Dubai\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/Volker-Sick.jpg\" alt=\"Volker  Sick\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Volker  Sick\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUniversity of Michigan\n\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Professor Mechanical Engineering\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/dubai\/person\/frans-snijkers-2\/\" content=\"Frans Snijkers\" \/><meta 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