Conference Participants
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Ameenah Gurib-Fakim
Distinguished Scholar
Sixth President of the Republic of Mauritius and the country's first female head of state.
Mark Walport
Distinguished Scholar
Former Director of the Wellcome Trust and Government Chief Scientific Adviser (GCSA) for the UK government.
Peggy Hamburg
IAP Co-president
Former Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Frances Separovic
Distinguished Scholar
Biophysical chemist internationally.
Helena B. Nader
Distinguished Scholar
Emeritus Professor specializing in the molecular and cell biology of glycoconjugates.
Thomas Elmqvist
Distinguished Scholar
Professor in Natural Resource Management and a leading figure in urban ecology and sustainability science.
Anne Ephrussi
Distinguished Scholar
Discovered that the accumulation of oskar RNA at the posterior pole of the Drosophila egg is essential for defining the posterior of the future embryo.
Gianfranco Pacchioni
Distinguished Scholar
Pioneer in applying first-principles calculations to heterogeneous catalysis.
Karen B. Strier
Distinguished Scholar
Leading primatologist known for long-term research on the muriquis (woolly spider monkeys).
Francis-André Wollman
Distinguished Scholar
His work focuses on the biogenesis, regulation, and evolution of oxygen photosynthesis.
Masresha Fetene
IAP Co-president
Former State Minister, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Conference Speakers
Abdelmajid Ben Amara
Head of the Federation of Arab Scientific Research Councils
Adel Daoud
Young Academy of Sweden, Sweden
Ahmet Nuri Yurdusev
President, Association of Academies and Societies of Sciences in Asia
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim
former President, Republic of Mauritius
Anne Ephrussi
Emerita Director, European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany
Aram Simonyan
Member, Global Young Academy; Associate Professor, ISEC National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Armenia
Ashley Bear
Director, Committee on Women in Science, Engineering and Medicine, U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, United States of America
Ashutosh Sharma
Indian National Science Academy, India
Asma Ismail
IAP Board Member, Malaysia
Avela Majavu
South African Young Academy of Science, South Africa
Batgelder Gantuya
Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Mongolia
Brando Okolo
Senior Advisor, Science, Technology and Innovation, New Partnership for Africa's Development (AUDA-NEPAD), African Union
Carina Geldhauser
Executive Committee Member, Global Young Academy
Celestin Mutuyimana
Swiss Young Academy, Switzerland
Clement Meier
Swiss Young Academy, Switzerland
Encieh Erfani
Perimeter Institute, Canada
Ercan Öztemel
Member, TÜBA Artificial Intelligence Working Group, Türkiye
Frances Separovic
Foreign Secretary, Australian Academy of Science, Australia
Francis-André Wollman
Vice-President for International Affairs, Académie des Sciences, France
Gina El-Feky
Acting President of the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Egypt
Giovanna Lima
Programme Manager, DORA
Gloria Dubner
Co-Chair, InterAmerican Network of Academies of Sciences
Gregorio Velasco Gil
Coordinator of the Pastoralist Knowledge Hub, FAO
Helen Eenmaa
Estonian Young Academy of Sciences; Young Academies Science Advice Structure; Science Advice for Policy by European Academies, Estonia
Helena B. Nader
President, Brazilian Academy of Sciences, Brazil
Heli Valtna
Estonian Young Academy of Sciences, Estonia
Helle Porsdam
Professor of History and Cultural Rights, University of Copenhagen
Hervé Lekuya
Alumnus, IAP-Young Physician Leaders; Founding Member, DR Congo Young Academy of Sciences, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Hiba Baroud
Member, Global Young Academy; Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Vanderbilt University, United States of America
Ian Wiggins
Director of International Affairs, The Royal Society, United Kingdom
Ismail Serageldin
Co-Chair, Board, Nizami Ganjavi International Center; Emeritus Librarian of Alexandria, Egypt; former Vice-President, World Bank Egypt
Jaak Sikk
Estonian Young Academy of Sciences, Estonia
Jenny Rivers
Director of Research & Development, Barts Health NHS Trust, United Kingdom
Joseph Moses Oleshangay
Legal and Human Rights Centre, Tanzania
Julia Wilson
Wellcome Sanger Institute, United Kingdom
Justine Nzweundji
Member, Global Young Academy; Deputy Director, Research, Valorization and Innovation, Institute of Medical Research and Medicinal Plants Studies; Member, Steering Committee, Africa Chapter, International Network for Government Science Advice, Cameroon
Karen B. Strier
Co-Chair, Inter-American Network of Academies of Sciences; Member, National Academy of Sciences, United States of America
Kei Kano
Young Academy of Japan, Japan
Léa Nacache
International Science Council
Lise Øvreås
incoming President, EASAC
Mahouton Norbert Hounkonnou
President, Network of African Academy of Sciences, Benin
Majid M. Al-Sadek
Director of Egyptian National STI Network
Marcelo Knobel
Executive Director, The World Academy of Sciences, Italy
Mark Walport
Foreign Secretary and Vice-President, The Royal Society, United Kingdom
Masresha Fetene
IAP Co-President
Mathijs Vleugel
Chair, CoARA National Chapter Germany
Mayank Vatsa
Indian National Science Academy, India
Mohamed Hassan
President, Sudanese National Academy of Sciences, Sudan
Mostafa Shawrav
Chair, Marie Curie Alumni Association; former Co-Chair, EU Science Diplomacy Alliance, Austria
Moustafa Refaat
Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Universities, Egypt
Mürsel Dogrul
President, Turkish Young Academy, Türkiye
Muzaffer Şeker
President, Turkish Academy of Sciences, Türkiye
Natalia Manola
CEO, OpenAIRE AMKE
Nishant Chakravorty
Indian National Young Academy of Science, India
Noel de Miranda
Young Academy of the Netherlands; Young Academy of Europe; Young Academies Science Advice Structure, Netherlands
Orsolya Valkó
Scientific advisor, HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Hungary
Ourania Kosti
Executive Director, IAP-DC Secretariat Office
Palesa Sekhejane
Deputy Executive Dean, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Walter Sisulu University, South Africa
Paweł Rowiński
President of ALLEA
Peter McGrath
Coordinator, IAP-Trieste Secretariat Office
Phoebe Koundouri
Athens University of Economics and Business & University of Cambridge, Chair ae4ria.org, Co-Chair UN Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR)
Ramia Al Bakain
The University of Jordan, Jordan and TWAS Young Affiliate Network
Robbert Dijkgraaf
President-elect, International Science Council; Distinguished University Professor, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Rohini Srivathsa
Indian National Science Academy, India
Saana Jukola
Young Academy Finland, Netherlands
Saja Al Zoubi
Dalhousie University, Canada
Sandeep Sandhu
Executive Director, Global, Investment & Insights, UK Business Connect, Member, UK Young Academy, United Kingdom
Sebastian Porsdam Mann
Assistant Professor, Center for Advanced Studies in Bioscience Innovation Law at the University of Copenhagen; Visiting Associate Professor, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Shakila Thangaratinam
Vice-President International, Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
Sophia Nordt
Research Associate, IAP-DC Secretariat Office
Stefan Constantinescu
Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium; Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences; Romanian Academy; Academia Europaea; Federation of European Academy of Medicine; Science Advice for Policy by European Academies, Belgium
Stella Tsani
Associate Professor, University of Athens; Member, Global Young Academy, Greece
Stephanie Burton
Council Member and former Interim President of the Academy of Science, South Africa
Surinder Singh
Australian Academy of Science, Australia
Tarmo Soomere
Estonian Academy of Sciences; Academia Europaea; International Science Council, Estonia
Thomas Elmqvist
Programme Director EASAC
Thomas Krieg
German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Germany
Tony Yang
Professor in Health Policy, George Washington University, United States of America
Vaughan Turekian
Executive Director, U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, United States of America
Ying Goh
Public Health Medical Officer, California Department of Health Care Services, United States of America (TBC)
Zeliha Koçak Tufan
Turkish Academy of Sciences, Türkiye
Zsolt Molnár
Head of Department, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), Hungary