Speakers
Last update: 30 April 2014
Invited speakers for the opening ceremony
| Brian Walker, President of the Resilience Alliance Board |
| John Kabayo, Coordinator of the Drought Resilience Platform, Intergovernmental Authority on Development, Horn of Africa |
| Jean-Pierre Halkin, Head of Unit on Rural Development, Food Security, Nutrition, Directorate General for Development and Cooperation - EuropeAid |
| Cees Wittebrood, Head of Unit Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection ECHO.B.3 - East, West and Southern Africa, Indian Ocean |
| Jean-Marc Châtaigner, Directeur général adjoint de la Mondialisation, du Développement et des Partenariats, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs | ||
Invited speakers for plenary dialogs
| Johan Rockström is Professor in Environmental Science with emphasis on water resources and global Sustainability at Stockholm University, and the Executive Director of Stockholm Resilience Centre |
| Melissa Leach is a social anthropologist specialising in environmental and science-society issues and is the Director of the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Sussex |
| Terry Hughes , Professor, is an ARC Federation Fellow at James Cook University (JCU) and Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies. |
| Fikret Berkes is Distinguished Professor and Canada Research Chair Natural Resources Institute University of Manitoba, Canada. |
| Neil Adger is Professor in Geography. He teaches, supervises graduate students, and researches in the areas of environmental geography, ecological and institutional economics, and global environmental change. |
| Luca Alinovi is the Officer-in-Charge and Senior Emergency and Rehabilitation Coordinator of the Food Agricultural Organization of the United Nations |
Last update: 30 April 2014