Secretary General of Myanmar National Commission for UNESCO and Rector of Yangon University of Foreign Languages.

I am responsible for the Science Sector of the Portuguese National Commission for UNESCO, since 1994. I am Member of the Portuguese National Committee for IGCP of UNESCO, member of the National Committee for the MAB Programme, Member of the Portuguese National Committee for the Mathematics of Planet Earth. I also belong to to the team responsible for the national award L'ÓREAL Portugal for "Women in Science". I am also the Coordinator of the Portuguese Forum of the UNESCO Global Geoparks and catalyst for the Working Group - Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development of the Global Geoparks Network and Vice-President of the Advisory Committee of the Global Geoparks Network. I also belong to the International Association for the Promotion of Geoethics (invited researcher about UNESCO Global Geoparks). I have also belonged to the Portuguese National Committee for IOC during seven years assisting its President, Professor Mário Ruivo. I also have a seat in several Portuguese UNESCO Chairs in the field of natural and social sciences. I am also involved in capacity building training courses about the scientific programes of UNESCO and about the reation of new UNESCO Global Geoparks. I am finishing my PhD this year about the UNESCO Global Geoparks and the Agenda 2030.

Ag. Deputy Secretary General, Research and Resource Mobilization and Programme Director Social and Human Sciences, Kenya National Commission for UNESCO

As founder and president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), recognized as the world’s top think tank for science and technology policy, Robert D. Atkinson leads a prolific team of policy analysts and fellows that is successfully shaping the debate and setting the agenda on a host of critical issues at the intersection of technological innovation and public policy. He is an internationally recognized scholar and a widely published author whom The New Republic has named one of the “three most important thinkers about innovation,” Washingtonian Magazine has called a “tech titan,” Government Technology Magazine has judged to be one of the 25 top “doers, dreamers and drivers of information technology,” and the Wharton Business School has awarded him the “Wharton Infosys Business Transformation Award.” A sought-after speaker and valued adviser to policymakers around the world, Atkinson’s books include Big is Beautiful: Debunking the Mythology of Small Business (MIT Press, 2018); Innovation Economics: The Race for Global Advantage (Yale, 2012), and The Past And Future Of America’s Economy: Long Waves Of Innovation That Power Cycles Of Growth (Edward Elgar, 2005). He also has conducted groundbreaking research projects and authored hundreds of articles and reports on technology and innovation-related topics ranging from tax policy to advanced manufacturing, productivity, and global competitiveness.He has testified before the United States Congress more than 30 times