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SCIENCE SUMMIT 2024: 17 - 27 September, New York

  • This Programme exclusively outlines the Science Summit events in New York from September 17th to 27th.
  • Participation is free of charge, but registration is required.
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Featured Speakers

avatar for Rémi Quirion (moderator)

Rémi Quirion (moderator)

Office of the Chief Scientist of Québec
Chief Scientist of Quebec
avatar for Yewande Alimi

Yewande Alimi

Africa CDC
avatar for Peter Atadja, Ph.D.

Peter Atadja, Ph.D.

Landcent
avatar for Frédéric Destrebecq

Frédéric Destrebecq

European Brain Council
Executive Director
avatar for Henriette van Eijl

Henriette van Eijl

European Commision, DG Research and Innovation
avatar for Dan Edwards

Dan Edwards

Managing Director, Science Group
avatar for Dwita Nitoya Esterini

Dwita Nitoya Esterini

Harvard Medical School
MMSc in Global Health Delivery
avatar for Rajendra Pratap Gupta

Rajendra Pratap Gupta

Health Parliament
avatar for Alice Higiro

Alice Higiro

Ministry of ICT and Innovation, Rwanda
avatar for Shevin Jacob

Shevin Jacob

Director, STAIRS Network, Uganda
Chief Scientific Officer, STAIRS; Reader, Liverpool School of...
avatar for Bernardo Mariano Jr.

Bernardo Mariano Jr.

Office of Information and Communications Technology, United Nations
avatar for Jean Kaseya

Jean Kaseya

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention
avatar for Michael Makanga

Michael Makanga

Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking
avatar for Motlalepula Matsabisa

Motlalepula Matsabisa

University of the Free State, South Africa
Professor and Pharmacology IKS Research Director
avatar for Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri

Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri

Shakti Regeneration Institute, Open Origin
Founder

Speakers

M

MD

avatar for Nishka

Nishka

UNGA Youth Parliament Lead
avatar for Marcel Tanner (Co-Chair)

Marcel Tanner (Co-Chair)

Swiss Academy of Sciences
President and High Representative EDCTP
avatar for Aarti Gupta (Convener)

Aarti Gupta (Convener)

Wageningen University
Professor of Global Environmental Governance
BY

Benjamin Young (Convenor)

avatar for Bleddyn Rees (Convenor)

Bleddyn Rees (Convenor)

ECHAlliance - The Global Health Connector
avatar for Dominic Forson (convenor)

Dominic Forson (convenor)

Landcent
Digital & Technology Innovation Lead
avatar for Dr. Selamawit Hirpa (Convenor)

Dr. Selamawit Hirpa (Convenor)

Addis Ababa University, School of Public Health
DG

Dr. Garry Sotnik (Convenor)

HK

Hatice Kirmaci (Convenor)

avatar for Irene. O Aninye, PhD (Convenor)

Irene. O Aninye, PhD (Convenor)

Society for Women's Health Research
avatar for Jose Jackson-Malete (Convenor)

Jose Jackson-Malete (Convenor)

Michigan State University (MSU)
Co-Director of the Alliance for African Partnerships
avatar for Marleen Temmerman (Convenor)

Marleen Temmerman (Convenor)

The Aga Khan University, Kenya
Professor
MA

Ms. Aaliyah Shah (Convenor)

PJ

Prof. Jude Kong (Convenor)

SM

Sonia M. R. Oliveira (Convenor)

SM

Swati Mehta (Convenor)

YS

Yatendra Satija (Convenor)

avatar for Dr Jennifer Molwantwa (Keynote)

Dr Jennifer Molwantwa (Keynote)

Water Research Commission, South Africa
CEO
avatar for Julie Makani (MD, PhD, FRCP, FTAAS)

Julie Makani (MD, PhD, FRCP, FTAAS)

Imperial College London
Principal Investigator
avatar for Kirsty Tinto (moderador)

Kirsty Tinto (moderador)

U.S. Antarctic Program Data Center
avatar for Aminda Smith (Moderator)

Aminda Smith (Moderator)

Michigan State University
AS

Ashish Sharma (moderator)

avatar for Carol Bardi (moderator)

Carol Bardi (moderator)

University of Münster
avatar for Claudia Zoani (Moderator)

Claudia Zoani (Moderator)

claudia.zoani@enea.it
Researcher - METROFOOD-RI Coordinator
GQ

Giampaolo Queiroz Pellegrino (Moderator)

avatar for Lara Pandya (moderator)

Lara Pandya (moderator)

Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking
Senior Strategic Partnerships Officer
avatar for Majdi Osman (Moderator)

Majdi Osman (Moderator)

OpenBiome
avatar for Tony Milanzi (Moderator)

Tony Milanzi (Moderator)

Michigan State University
avatar for Carla Mitchell (Sharpe)

Carla Mitchell (Sharpe)

South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO), South Africa
Africa Programme Manager
avatar for Priscilla Haguma (STAIRS)

Priscilla Haguma (STAIRS)

Makerere University and a MSc in Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
avatar for Ain Aaviksoo

Ain Aaviksoo

HeBA
avatar for Samantha Abrams

Samantha Abrams

JA

Jana Abu-Alhaija

EA

Ehsan Abualanain

avatar for Adamu Addissie

Adamu Addissie

Addis Ababa University, School of Public Health
avatar for Alejandro Adem

Alejandro Adem

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
President
KA

Kristina Adorjan

Swiss Brain Health Plan
avatar for Amine Idriss Adoum

Amine Idriss Adoum

AUDA-NEPAD
Director of Infrastructure and Energy, Industrialisation, Trade and...
YA

Yevgeniya Afanasenko

PS

Prof. Stephen Agong

AAS
Treasurer
avatar for Gurvinder Ahluwalia

Gurvinder Ahluwalia

avatar for Dr Mohammed Hussein Ahmed

Dr Mohammed Hussein Ahmed

Head of the Apparatus of Supervision and Quality Assurance, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research - Kurdistan Regional Government (Panelist)
avatar for Tahmeed Ahmed

Tahmeed Ahmed

icddr,b
DT

Dr. Tade Aina

African Higher Education and Research program, Carnegie Corporation of New York
Senior Program Director
avatar for Tomohiro AKIYAMA

Tomohiro AKIYAMA

Uehiro Research Center for Japan Environmental Studies
avatar for Dr. Mohammad Al-Saidi

Dr. Mohammad Al-Saidi

Associate Professor at the College of Public Policy at HBKU
DD

Dr. Dena Al-Thani

Associate Professor and Head of the Information and Computing Technology Division at Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation
SD

Sheikh Dr. Mohamed Bin Hamad Bin Jassim Al-Thani

avatar for Katalin Alfoldi

Katalin Alfoldi

COST | European Cooperation in Science and Technology
avatar for Dr Guled Abdijalil Ali

Dr Guled Abdijalil Ali

Federal Ministry of Health and Human Services, Somalia
Director General
avatar for Dr. Muez Ali

Dr. Muez Ali

Research and Policy Lead, Earthna: Center for a Sustainable Future
avatar for Mera Alnaimi

Mera Alnaimi

avatar for Nicole Althaus

Nicole Althaus

ECHAlliance - The Global Health Connector
avatar for Eliah Aronoff-Spencer, MD, PhD

Eliah Aronoff-Spencer, MD, PhD

University of California San Diego
Professor of Medicine and Design
MD

Ms. Deana Arsenian

Carnegie Corporation of New York
avatar for Christos Arvanitidis

Christos Arvanitidis

LifeWatch ERIC
CEO
avatar for Tasia Asakawa

Tasia Asakawa

Federation of European Neuroscience Societies
avatar for Isak Asare

Isak Asare

Indiana University
Co-Director, Cybersecurity and Global Policy Program
JU

Juliana (Ulyana) Bakhtsizina

avatar for Mr Fernand Eanes Bale

Mr Fernand Eanes Bale

UN Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM), Ivorian National Mapping Agency (CIGN) at Bureau National d'Études Techniques et de Développement (BNETD), Côte d'Ivoire
Co-chair UN-GGIM, Director CIGN
avatar for Amna Baloch

Amna Baloch

Government of Pakistan
Career Diplomat
avatar for Amir Banifatemi

Amir Banifatemi

avatar for Lampová Barbora

Lampová Barbora

Czech University of Life Sciences (CZU)
CD

Convenor: Domingos Barbosa

avatar for Tim Barker

Tim Barker

Kooth
avatar for Kyle Barnes

Kyle Barnes

Valuufy Inc.
CEO & Co-founder
avatar for Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

Ropes & Gray, LLP
Partner
avatar for Andrew Barnhill

Andrew Barnhill

IQVIA
avatar for Boris Barov

Boris Barov

Pensoft Publishers
Project and business developer and stakeholder engagement lead
avatar for Michele Barry, M.D., FACP, FASTMH

Michele Barry, M.D., FACP, FASTMH

Stanford University
avatar for Xiye Bastida

Xiye Bastida

avatar for David Battaglia

David Battaglia

Supervisory Research Physical Scientist, Functional Materials Team National Energy Technology Laboratory
avatar for Carlos Batthyány

Carlos Batthyány

Institut Pasteur de Montevideo
avatar for Alexander Bazarchyan

Alexander Bazarchyan

National Institute of Health of Armenia
avatar for Debbie Beck

Debbie Beck

Perkins&Will
HM

H.E. Ms. Nardos Bekele-Thomas

AUDA-NEPAD
avatar for Nastasia Belc

Nastasia Belc

Institutul national de cercetare-dezvoltare pentru bioresurse alimentare (IBA)
CV

Convenor Vidvuds Zigismunds Beldavs

avatar for Hilina Belete

Hilina Belete

Hilina Enriched Foods, Ethiopia
avatar for Dr. Radhouane Ben-Hamadou

Dr. Radhouane Ben-Hamadou

Marine Conservation and Restoration MARESCO research team
Associate Professor at Qatar University
avatar for Dr. James Benedict

Dr. James Benedict

Left Tackle Capital and the BeDoWin Institute
avatar for Dror Benshetrit

Dror Benshetrit

Founder Supernature Labs and Bioplanning Institut
avatar for Julia Anna Bielicki

Julia Anna Bielicki

Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Infection Prevention and Control at the University of Basel Children’s Hospital
avatar for Frank Biermann

Frank Biermann

Utrecht University
avatar for Steipa Bituila

Steipa Bituila

Indian Institution of Technology Delhi
avatar for Marianna Bledsoe

Marianna Bledsoe

Biopreservation and Biobanking
CD

Convenor Dr. Peter Bloomfield

avatar for Linda Goler Blount, MPH

Linda Goler Blount, MPH

Black Women’s Health Imperative
avatar for Dr. Michael Bodunrin

Dr. Michael Bodunrin

University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
AESA-RISE Postdoc Fellow
avatar for Lidia Borrell-Damian

Lidia Borrell-Damian

Science Europe
avatar for Roelf Botha

Roelf Botha

South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO), South Africa
Manager of Geodesy Programme
avatar for Autumn Boylan

Autumn Boylan

Office of Strategic Partnerships - California Department of Health Care Services
Deputy Director
avatar for Ishaan Brar

Ishaan Brar

WAFF Youth Delegate
avatar for Rick Bright

Rick Bright

Former United States Deputy Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response and the Director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) and Lancet Commissioner
avatar for Prof. Lidia Arthur Brito

Prof. Lidia Arthur Brito

UNESCO
avatar for Dr. Aisha K. Brooks, DNP, MPH, RN, FAAN

Dr. Aisha K. Brooks, DNP, MPH, RN, FAAN

US Public Health Service
avatar for Mr Nicholas Brown

Mr Nicholas Brown

United Nations Global Geodetic Centre of Excellence (UN-GGCE), Germany
Head of Office
avatar for Heleen Bruggink

Heleen Bruggink

Mind Our Future! Critical Youth on Solar Geoengineering
avatar for Marc Buckley

Marc Buckley

CEO Alohas Eco-Center, futur/io institute, Regenerative Futurist, Impact Circle World Economic Forum
avatar for Prof David Bullock

Prof David Bullock

University of Illinois
avatar for Rumaitha Al- Busaidi

Rumaitha Al- Busaidi

Vice President, Environment Society of Oman
avatar for Nici Bush

Nici Bush

Chief Innovation, Science & Technology Officer, Mars
avatar for Alex Cahana

Alex Cahana

ImpactRooms
Founding Partner
avatar for Richard M. Carpiano

Richard M. Carpiano

University of California, Riverside
Professor of Public Policy
avatar for Lauren Carter

Lauren Carter

Deputy Team Lead & Head of Engagement Cluster
LN

Luis Neves - GeSI CEO

avatar for Laurent Chapon

Laurent Chapon

Associate Laboratory Director for Photon Sciences Argonne National Laboratory
avatar for Aritro Chatterjee

Aritro Chatterjee

Dubai College
avatar for Sophie Chen

Sophie Chen

Harvard University
AC

Abigail Chiang

Palos Verdes Peninsula High School
avatar for MUNKHZUL Chimid-Ochir

MUNKHZUL Chimid-Ochir

College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences, Flinders University, South Australia
SC

Sohini Chowdhury

The Michael J. Fox Foundation
avatar for Dr Emily Choynowski

Dr Emily Choynowski

Co-Founder and Director of Operations, Forum for Open Research in MENA (Convenor)
Head of Publishing
avatar for Angela Chukwu

Angela Chukwu

University of Ibadan Research Foundation, Nigeria
avatar for Prof. David Collingridge

Prof. David Collingridge

The Lancet Oncology
Editor-in-Chief
avatar for Lynne Corner

Lynne Corner

UK's National Innovation Centre for Ageing
Director
avatar for Professor Sir Tumani Corrah

Professor Sir Tumani Corrah

Africa Research Excellence Fund
Founder and Co-President
avatar for Damaris Critchlow

Damaris Critchlow

MDPI
Head of Editorial Engagement
JC

Josefina Cruzat

BrainLat, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez
avatar for Sophie D'Amours

Sophie D'Amours

rectrice@ulaval.ca
avatar for Dagvadorj Damdin

Dagvadorj Damdin

Climate Change and Development Academy of Mongolia
avatar for Alexander Yaw Debrah

Alexander Yaw Debrah

Faculty of Allied Health Sciences Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
avatar for Linda Batsa Debrah

Linda Batsa Debrah

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
avatar for Mrs Marion Delport

Mrs Marion Delport

Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP)
avatar for Klaas Deneudt

Klaas Deneudt

Flanders Marine Institute
Head of Marine Observation
DD

Deborah Denno

Fordham University
AD

Abhay Deshpande

Associate Laboratory Director, Nuclear and Particle Physics Brookhaven National Laboratory
RD

Rajinder Dhamija

National Task Force on Brain Health, Government of India
DD

Daiwik Dhar

avatar for Dr Mohamed Diatta

Dr Mohamed Diatta

Sherpa to the President of Senegal on the AIP High-Level Panel, Co-Host of the UN 2026 Water Conference
CS

Convenor Sasha Dickinson

avatar for Rita Akosua Dickson

Rita Akosua Dickson

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
avatar for Suzanne Dickson

Suzanne Dickson

European Brain Council
JD

Julie Dirwimmer

Office of the Chief Scientist of Québec
avatar for Ravit Dotan

Ravit Dotan

Ethics and AI expert, Better Tech
CEO
avatar for Rowan Douglas

Rowan Douglas

Howden
CEO Climate Risk and Resilience
avatar for Rui Duarte

Rui Duarte

MDPI
Head of Public Affairs
avatar for David Ewing Duncan

David Ewing Duncan

avatar for Rachel Dunscombe

Rachel Dunscombe

openEHR / Imperial College of London
avatar for Prof Pascaline Dupas

Prof Pascaline Dupas

Princeton University
avatar for Dr Lamis Yahia Mohamed Elkheir

Dr Lamis Yahia Mohamed Elkheir

Co-director and Training Lead, African Reproducibility Network (AREN) and Senior Lecturer University of Khartoum, Sudan (Panelist)
avatar for Geraldine Patrick Encina

Geraldine Patrick Encina

avatar for Ariunaa Enkhtur

Ariunaa Enkhtur

Center for Global Initiatives, Osaka University
avatar for TELMEN Erdenebileg

TELMEN Erdenebileg

United Nations Development Programme Mongolia
avatar for Hani Eskandar

Hani Eskandar

International Telecommunication Union
Head, Digital Services Division
avatar for Brian J. Esposito

Brian J. Esposito

CEO Diamond Lake Minerals
avatar for Harris Eyre

Harris Eyre

Brain Capital Alliance
Lead
CO

Convenor Olayinka Fagbemiro

avatar for Professor Ahmed Hassan Fahal

Professor Ahmed Hassan Fahal

Vice-President of the Federation of Arab Scientific Research Councils, Professor of Surgery, The Mycetoma Research Centre, University of Khartoum
avatar for Dr Faisal

Dr Faisal

avatar for Dr. Khalid Fakhro

Dr. Khalid Fakhro

Sidra Medicine
Chief Research Officer at Sidra Medicine, Professor of Genomics and...
DK

Dr. Khalid Fakhro

Chief Research Officer at Sidra Medicine, Professor of Genomics and Precision Medicine at the College of Health and Life Sciences, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
avatar for Mosoka P. Fallah, PhD, MPH, MA,

Mosoka P. Fallah, PhD, MPH, MA,

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)
avatar for Prof. Nadia Al-Mudaffar Fawzi

Prof. Nadia Al-Mudaffar Fawzi

Marine Science Centre, University of Basrah, Iraq
Emeritus Professor
avatar for Maria Fernandes-Whaley

Maria Fernandes-Whaley

National Metrology Institute of South Africa (NMISA)
avatar for Montserrat González Ferreiro

Montserrat González Ferreiro

EGI Foundation
Senior Strategy and Innovation Officer
avatar for Christiana Figueres

Christiana Figueres

co-founder Global Optimism, former Executive Secretary of UNFCCC, known as the powerhouse of the Paris Agreement
avatar for Aleksandra Filipovic

Aleksandra Filipovic

Sharing Progress in Cancer Care
EF

Erica Fischer

avatar for Kenneth Fleming

Kenneth Fleming

The Lancet Commission on Diagnostics
Steering Committee
avatar for Lorenza Fluks

Lorenza Fluks

Human Sciences Research Council
BF

Bernard Foing

JF

Joseph Fokam

Chantal BIYA International Reference Centre for Research on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Management (CIRCB)
VF

Valeria Foncea

avatar for Mathilde Forslund

Mathilde Forslund

Transform Health
Executive Director
avatar for Le’Kiesha French-Merritt

Le’Kiesha French-Merritt

Future in Color Institute
Founder
avatar for Francisco Javier Moreno Fuentes

Francisco Javier Moreno Fuentes

Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
avatar for Lili Fuhr

Lili Fuhr

Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
avatar for Abhay Gaidhane

Abhay Gaidhane

Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education of Research, Wardha, India
faculty
RG

Rajeev Gambhir

EG

Eric García-López

Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas de Toledo (UCLM)
avatar for Shaima Gargash

Shaima Gargash

Special Climate Envoy, Director of Energy & Sustainability, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
JM

James Mitchell Garvie

Southern Company
avatar for Rachael Umazi Gedion

Rachael Umazi Gedion

avatar for Wes Geisenberger

Wes Geisenberger

avatar for Sefonias Getachew

Sefonias Getachew

Addis Ababa University, School of Public Health
avatar for Evelyn Gitau

Evelyn Gitau

Science for Africa Foundation
avatar for Muluken Gizaw

Muluken Gizaw

Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
avatar for Jeffrey I. Gordon

Jeffrey I. Gordon

Washington University in St. Louis
NG

Nina Goyal

Martin County High School
avatar for Jonathan Granoff,

Jonathan Granoff,

President of the Global Security Institute, United Nations Representative for Nobel Laureates
CM

Convenor Mark Graves

CA

Convenor Anne-Marie Green

OpenBiome
avatar for Peter F. Green

Peter F. Green

Deputy Laboratory Director, Science and Technology; Chief Research Officer; and Alliance Senior Vice President National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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