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Lamei Luo

Deputy Director, International College Chongqing University of Education

Ms Lamei graduated from South West University in 2015 and got a Doctor’s degree in Educational Management, and graduated from University of Sheffield in 2017 and got a Masters’ degree in Educational Policies and Practice. Currently she is engaged in research on education internationalization,…

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Lant Pritchett

Research Director, Research on Improving Systems of Education

Mr. Pritchett is a development economist from Idaho. He graduated from BYU in 1983 and from MIT with a PhD in Economics in 1988. He worked with the World Bank from 1988 to 2007. He taught at the Harvard Kennedy School from 2000 to 2018 (with some leaves) and is now affiliated with Oxford's…

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

Lasse Leponiemi

Executive Director & Co-founder, HundrED

Lasse Leponiemi is a Partner and the Head of Operations at HundrED, a company focusing on educational innovations. He is also supporting Idealist Group as the Head of Operations. Lasse has been working with youth education and career planning since 2003. In 2008, he founded an e-student counseling…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Education, Health
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals, Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

Laurent Antoni

Manager, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives

Laurent Antoni is a business manager of French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission ("Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives"​). It is a public body established in October 1945 by General de Gaulle. A leader in research, development, and innovation, the CEA…

   Topic(s): Energy, Environment, Public-Private Partnership, Transport
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

Lay Phallin

Deputy Director General, Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training, the Kingdom of Cambodia

Ms. Lay is deputy director general of DGTVET, Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training in Cambodia. Ms. Lay oversees the TVET development policy and strategy and guides to operationalize the TVET policies. Ms. Lay has been a key government counterpart staff of the ADB-financed Skills for…

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

Leena Krokfors

Professor, University of Helsinki (Finland)

Dr. Leena Krokfors is a full Professor of Education (2004-) in the Department of Teacher Education, University of Helsinki, Finland. She is also a Vice Dean of Academic Affairs at the Faculty of Behavioral Sciences (2010-). Professor Krokfors has been active in the international research community…

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Leotes Lugo Helin

Education Manager, UNICEF Learning Innovation Hub, UNICEF

Leotes has over 15 years of professional experience in the field of Education, including 10+ years working with UNICEF Regional Offices, and Country Offices as Chief of Education and with UNESCO Institute of Statistics/UNESCO Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau in Bangkok. Leotes brings strong expertise…

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

Lerwen Liu

Associate Professor, Nanyang Technological University (NTU)

Lerwen is a passionate educator and entrepreneur in driving sustainability transformation. She adopts a convergence approach to promote trans-disciplinary collaborative efforts (the STEAM approach) in developing scalable solutions using life cycle thinking mindset, STEM knowledge and…

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

Leta Kami

CEO, Tonga Development Bank

Ms Kami joined the Bank in 1989 as a Business Advisor and within 4 years managed a large outer-island branch and led effective teams in HR, Operations and Lending. In 2006, she was promoted to Executive roles in Operations and Risk Management. In September 2013, she became the first female Managing…

   Topic(s): Public-Private Partnership
   SDG: Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Libby Paholski

Functional General Manager, SMEC International’s Environment and Social Development Group

Libby Paholski is currently the Functional General Manager for SMEC International’s Environment and Social Development Group in the South East Asia & Pacific Division. She brings over 25 years of professional expertise in community development projects from planning, policy development,  …

   Topic(s): Economics, Public-Private Partnership
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth