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Elias Towe

Professor, Carnegie Mellon University

Elias Towe is professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Materials Science and Engineering.  His research is in optics and quantum photonics for applications in computing, communications, sensing,  and solar energy. He was educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (…

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education

Elizabeth DavisAlibayeva

Assistant Director, Institute of Education, American University of Central Asia

Elizabeth develops mentoring materials and teaches in the graduate teaching program of the American University of Central Asia. Prior to this, she has taught in US, Guatemala, and Kyrgyzstan, including seven years as a K-12 administrator.  She holds a master’s degree in teaching reading…

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education

Elizabeth King

Non-resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

Elizabeth M. King is a nonresident Senior Fellow at Brookings Institution, editor of Journal of Development Effectiveness, and Adjunct Professor at Georgetown and University of the Philippines. She was the World Bank's Global Director for Education and Vice-President for Human Development…

   Topic(s): Education, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Elizabeth Petheo

Asia Pacific Regional Representative & Associate Principal, Miyamoto International

Elizabeth Petheo (EMBA’14) brings over 15 years of experience in a range of disaster resiliency programming from work in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, Asia, and Europe. She has worked on issues such as disaster response, urban disaster risk reduction and risk management, and rural food…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Environment
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action

Ellis Penning

xpert Nature Based Solutions and Aquatic Ecology, Deltares

Dr. Ellis Penning is an expert on Nature Based Solutions, aquatic ecology, and eco hydraulics at Deltares (Delft, The Netherlands). She has over 21 years of experience and a Ph.D. in Ecohydraulics. Ms. Penning heads the strategic research line on Nature Based Solutions within Deltares. Ms.…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Emdadul Haque Chowdhury

Vice Chancellor, Bangladesh Agricultural University

Prof. Chowdhury currently has been appointed as Vice-Chancellor of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh. Formerly he worked for the capacity building activities of BAU. Professionally Prof. Chowdhury is a teacher and working as Professor at BAU. He published over 200 scientific…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Enamul Mazid Khan Siddique

Interim Country Director, Oxfam

Enamul Mazid Khan Siddique is a development practitioner based in Bangladesh. He has been working in South Asia for the last 12 years on climate justice and a rights-based approach to natural resource management. Right now, he is working as Interim Country Director for Oxfam in Bangladesh.

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action

Eric Ju Yoon Kim

CEO & Co-Founder, Dot Inc. (RoK)

Eric Ju Yoon Kim, a South Korean national and a University of Washington graduate is the founder of Dot – a company making an active Braille smartwatch meant for blind people. ​Kim's first encounter with the barriers blind people face came when someone showed him a braille Bible as a university…

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education

Erika Budiarti Laconi

Head, Science Techno Park, IPB and PRIME STEP IPB-Project Implementation Unit (PIU) Head, Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB), Indonesia

Erika Budiarti Laconi has been a lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Animal Husbandry at IPB University for 37 years. She has published numerous papers on feed science and technology and has served as vice rector for innovation and business at IPB University from 2018 to 2022.  She…

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education

Erum Mariam

Executive Director, BRAC Institute of Educational Development, BRAC University

Erum Mariam is the Executive Director of BRAC IED (Institute of Educational Development) BRAC University, in Bangladesh. Mariam completed her PhD in Education from Cambridge University in 2008. She has extensive experience in scaling up education interventions both nationally and globally and was…

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education