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As an Independent Psychologist, Siobhain O’Riordan PhD, is a chartered psychologist and chartered coaching psychologist, a chartered scientist, founder chair and a fellow of the International Society for Coaching Psychology (ISCP). She is a certified principal business psychologist of the Association for Business Psychology, a fellow of the International Stress Management Association UK and an honorary member of the Institute of Health Promotion and Education. She is an ISCP Accredited Supervisor. Siobhain is also an experienced trainer, examiner, and supervisor.
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Dr. Philani Mthembu is Executive Director at the Institute for Global Dialogue, an independent foreign policy think tank based in Tshwane (Pretoria), South Africa. Prior to joining the IGD, he pursued a joint doctoral programme (Dr. rer. pol.) with the Graduate School of Global Politics, Freie Universität Berlin (Germany), and the School of International Studies at Renmin University, Beijing (China). The focus of his dissertation was on the rise of emerging powers as sources of development cooperation in Africa, for which he was awarded Magna Cum Laude.
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Project Leader for BE Ministry for Social Integration. I have studied political science and European politics.
I have worked for several years in the field of think-tanks at Belgian and EU level, working exclusively on EU social and employment policy. This work has led me to produce more than a dozen publications.
I have recently joined the Belgian Ministry in charge of Social Inclusion and the fight against poverty where I coordinate several EU public policies in the field of social inclusion. I am also in charge of preparing the EU Belgian Presidency 2024 within my Ministry.
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Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of Lifelong Learning, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Psychologist and Master in Local and Regional Development, with PhD studies in Political Science at Sorbonne-Nouvelle Paris 3.
Consultant at the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Former Executive Secretary of the UNESCO/MOST National Liasion Committee (Uruguay). Academic Coordinator of various UNESCO/MOST Summer Schools in Latin America and the Caribbean (Uruguay, Argentina, Perou, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Panama, Guatemala).
Author of numerous publications on Research & Policy issues, including UNESCO/MOST books and documents.
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I am a professional with more than 15 years of working in the intersection of continuing and lifelong education, government, business and international development sectors. I am also professionally trained in capability building, executive education (open and customised), higher education management, research and consultancy, and lifelong education programmes. I am currently a PhD Education student at the University of Strathclyde (Scotland) with professional appointments at the University of Glasgow (Scotland).
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Dr. Panagiotis Barkas is a Policy Officer / Economist for European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). He is an academic economist and policy analyst, whose work and research focuses on the design and implementation of economic policy and reforms, at both national and international level.
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Dr Rahman is an M&E expert that brings a range of experiences in research, evaluations and training in the South Asian region. With over 18 years of global experience, Dr Rahman has either conducted or managed over 100 baseline and 30 final evaluations on a range of themes including Livelihood, DRR & CC, Emergency Response, Extreme Poverty, Women Empowerment, Social Inclusion, gender inclusive development, capacity building within NGOs. Dr Rahman gained a PhD in Sociology in 2018, and besides M&E and Gender based research, has written and supported projects on livelihood.
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Currently working as a Project Officer for Climate Smart Agriculture unit at FANRPAN. Msc. Agricultural Economics. 7 years of experience in leadership training, project management, agricultural development, conflict management, research and report writing.
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Samir Saran is President, ORF; Curator, Raisina Dialogue, India's premier conference on geopolitics and geoeconomics and Founder, CyFy, India’s annual conference on cybersecurity and internet governance. He is Member, India-CEO Climate Action Group and Global Risks Advisory Board at WEF. He has served as Commissioner, Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace and is a member of the Board of Directors at ORF America.
Samir's research focuses on global governance, technology and media, climate and energy policy. Author of four books and has edited multiple monographs & publications.