Kimmorley is a renewable energy expert and a social entrepreneur. Founding the UN award-winning Pollinate Energy, she is a leading voice in the development of renewable energy in Australia and India. She spoke at the UNFCCC COP 19 and has been recognized by the Financial Review as one of Australia’s 100 Women of Influence. She has worked in the renewable energy industry for the last 8 years advising private equity investing in the region and running the tender process for the NSW Government’s 100-MW Solar Flagship Program.

Carlo Figà Talamanca is the CEO and owner of SGFE, an international award winning social business, which produces clean and sustainable charcoal from biomass waste. Talamanca is also a member of the Board of Directors of the European Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia and the chairman of Eurocham’s Green Business Committee. He obtained a Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Rome and he started his professional career in in the consulting business in Italy, joining the international technology transfer group INNOVA S.p.A.

Anthony Halog joined the UQ from the University of Maine, where he was an assistant professor in Industrial Ecology. His research focuses on the sustainability of the human-nature complexity through understanding the nexus of material and energy systems.

Tatiana Gallego-Lizon started at ADB in 2002 under the Young Professionals Program. Between 2002 and 2014, Tatiana led project development and implementation work in South Asia and Southeast Asia and selected policy and strategy development assignments for ADB. Before ADB, she was Senior Environmental Engineer with GlaxoSmithKline in the United Kingdom and a researcher at Imperial College at the University of London, Shell, and Norsk Hydro. She holds a PhD in Environmental Engineering and a Master of Engineering in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College at the University of London.

After studies of Agricultural Mechanization and Business Administration in the Czech Republic, Pavel Cech started his carrier with Lafarge in 1995 in Supply Chain and in what then used to be called Resource Recovery, which evolved into industrial ecology and, which has become the main point of his future occupation. He has worked in the Czech Republic, Nigeria, Jordan, the Philippines, and Malaysia on various positions.

Dewi Bramono is the Deputy Director of Sustainability and Stakeholder Engagement of APP Indonesia. Bramono is responsible in driving and monitoring the implementation of standards and global best practices that improve the sustainability of APP’s operations in Indonesia. She is a key contributor to the development of policies, guidelines and systems required to help the organization in achieving its sustainability goals throughout its operation and that of its suppliers.

Marc Buckley is a serial entrepreneur and has owned 12 companies and been involved as a partner in 6 International family businesses. He comes from 5 generations of German organic farmers and 3 generations of European Hydroponic gardeners. He is an International expert in the Agriculture, Food and Beverage Industry. Marc is an International Climate Speaker trained by Al Gore, TEDx speaker, Kinnernet Speaker, Green Brand Educator, and a Industry Innovation Expert.

Shouqing Zhu leads and coordinates WRI’s work related to promoting sustainability in the financial system in the People’s Republic of China, which focuses on improving the environmental and social performance of Chinese investments, both overseas and domestic. He has served as a team leader for the Green Finance Task Force of the People’s Bank of China, the international coordinator for the Green Finance Task Force of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED), and team leader for PRC green finance studies of the Asian Development Bank.

Md. Fazlul Hoque has 20 years of experience in the Knitwear industry, and was the president of the Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers & Exporters’ Association for 6 years. He was also the President of Bangladesh Employers Federation and Director of the International Apparel Federation. In these roles, he has travelled extensively and has developed a strong understanding of the requirements of major markets and customers. Plummy Fashion Ltd.

Geoffrey Muldoon handles responsibility for managing a regional multi-national coastal fisheries a program and for establishing and building an Asia-Pacific regional seafood platform to bring together regional and international seafood producers and buyers and use market-based tools. He has accumulated more than a decade of experience working in fisheries and aquaculture sectors across the Asia-Pacific and joined WWF in 2008, firstly as a Strategy lead coordinating the Coral Triangle Programs Coastal Fisheries initiative.