THE CLIMATE GAME CHANGE

SPEAKERS

	Keynote Speaker Angela Cropper, Angela Cropper joined UNEP as the Deputy Executive Director in February 2008. Ms. Cropper brings to UNEP profound experience in environmental policy, analysis and negotiations combined with high-level engagement in intergovernmental environmental negotiations and processes as well as a strong sense of vision and strategy setting. She also brings strong leadership and management qualifications and experience. Starting her career as an economist, Ms. Cropper has also held senior positions with the Caribbean Community and Common Market Secretariat (CARICOM) and the World Conservation Union (IUCN) followed by positions as interim Executive Secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity and as Senior Adviser on Environment and Development with the United Nations Development Programme.

	Anders Nordström, Director General of Sida. Mr. Nordström has earlier worked as Deputy Director General for the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Geneva and as a medical doctor, trained at the Karolinska Institute and the Red Cross.

	Noeleen Heyzer, Under-Secretary General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). Ms. Heyzer has championed institutional change and development effectiveness positioning ESCAP as the regional hub assisting countries to build the economic and social foundations for inclusive and sustainable societies in the Asia Pacific region.

	Mr. Rae Kwon Chung, Climate Change Ambassador, Republic of Korea. Ambassador Chung is the chief negotiator for climate change issues representing the Republic of Korea since May 2008. Read full bio here…

	Dr. Chua Thia-Eng Chair of the East Asian Seas Partnership Council of the Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA)Dr. Chua is also serving concurrently as a member of Research Council and Visiting Fellow of the Ocean Policy Research Foundation of Japan, Chair Professor at the Coastal and Ocean Management Institute of Xiamen University (China) and Associate editor of the Oceans and Coastal Management Journal.

	Dr. Johan Schaar Director, Commission on Climate Change and DevelopmentPrior to his assignment with the Commission, Dr Schaar led the tsunami recovery operation of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Geneva between 2000 and 2005. He was Head of the Division for Humanitarian Assistance and Conflict Management at Sida, Stockholm.

	Meine van Noordwijk Principal Scientist and Chief Science Advisor at World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)For the past 15 years Meine van Noordwijk worked on land use change in the tropical forest margins of Indonesia, combining studies of environmental impact with analysis of livelihood options, institutions for rewarding upland poor for the environmental services they provide (RUPES) and the global ASB Partnership for Tropical Forest Margins. He served as ICRAF Regional Coordinator Southeast Asia 2002-2008.

	Jerry Velasquez Senior Regional Coordinator for UN/ISDR Asia & PacificJerry previously worked for the United Nations Centre for Regional Development, the United Nations University, the Global Environment Information Centre, the UNEP Division of Global Environment Facility Coordination, and the UNEP Division of Environmental Law and Conventions. He wrote the book "Innovative Communities: People Centered Approaches for Environmental Management in Asia and the Pacific" published by the UNU Press in December 2005.

	James Gifford is Executive Director of the PRI and has been guiding the initiative since its inception in November 2003. He was also a member of the Global Reporting Initiative Working Group that developed the Environmental Sector Supplement for the finance sector.

	Mr. Octavio B. Peralta Mr. Peralta is presently the Secretary General of the Manila-based Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP), the focal point of 100 development banks and other financial institutions engaged in the financing of sustainable development in 40 countries in the Asia-Pacific region. ADFIAP is a non-governmental organization in consultative status with the United Nation’s Economic and Social Council. He is presently Co-Chair of the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative’s Asia-Pacific Task Force Outreach Group.

	Mr. Ravi Fernando (Sri Lanka) is currently Director for Corporate Branding & Strategic Sustainability at MAS Holdings Ltd on the Board of MAS Fabric Park and is also the CEO of the Sri Lanka Institute of Nano Technology. He is the United Nations Global Compact Focal point for Sri Lanka and a member of the UNGC Human rights working group. He won a “Global Strategy Leadership award” at the World Strategy Summit for his work on Ethical branding for the Sri Lankan Apparel and Tea sectors in 2007.

	Mr. Sumeth Laomoraphorn Mr. Sumeth Laomoraphorn is presently the President of C.P.Intertrade Co.,Ltd., and Executive Vice President of the International Trading Group, Choroenpokapan Group in Thailand. He was Executive Board Member of the International Chamber of Commerce and Deputy Secretary General of the Thai Rice Exporters Association.

	Prof Johan Rockstrom Johan Rockstrom is Professor in natural resources management at Stockholm University and executive director of Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) and Stockholm Resilience Centre. He has over twelve years of research and development work in developing countries, with more than 40 scientific publications in areas of water resource management, agricultural development, environmental management, systems research and resilience research.

	Ms Teresa Au Head of Corporate Sustainability Asia Pacific Region,The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited.Ms Teresa Au is responsible for driving the overall direction and strategies of Corporate Sustainability (CS) in Hong Kong and across the 20 countries / territories in the Asia Pacific Region where HSBC has business operations in. Ms Au has over 20 years of experience in the financial service industry in Hong Kong and the Asia Pacific Region. She is appointed by the Trade and Industry Council of the Hong Kong SAR Government as a member of the Hong Kong Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation. Lately, she is appointed by the Chief Executive of Hong Kong to be a member of the Advisory Council on the Environment and the Environmental Impact Assessment Committee to review Hong Kong??s key development projects and environmental legislations.

	Sunita Narain is an Indian environmentalist and political activist as well as a major proponent of the Green concept of sustainable development. Narain has been with the India-based Centre for Science and Environment since 1982. She is currently the director of the Centre and the director of the Society for Environmental Communications and publisher of the fortnightly magazine, Down To Earth.

	PROF. IJAZ HOSSAIN, Ph.D. (UCL) Dr. Hossain has over 15 years of experience in the field of chemical engineering with an emphasis on energy and environment. Since 1990, he has been heavily involved in Climate Change activities, pertaining especially to energy related matters. He is Advisor to the Department of Environment, GoB on Climate Change particularly on GHG emission inventory, mitigation options and CDM. He is Advisor to the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, GoB, on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. He has worked as a Climate Change expert for many international organizations such as IPCC, UNFCCC, UNDP Headquarters, UNEP.

	Dr. Ursula Schaefer-Preuss Ursula Schaefer-Preuss is Vice-President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development. She is responsible for ADB's Regional and Sustainable Development Department, Economics and Research Department, and the Office of Cofinancing Operations. Prior to joining ADB, she was the Director-General of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development in Bonn/Berlin, Germany.

	Michael Bjarhov Director of Government & Industry Relations, Asia Pacific Ericsson, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Michael Bjarhov has a Masters in Electronic Engineering from Chalmers University in Sweden. He has over 30 years of international experience from various management positions, in the IT as well as the telecom industry. From 2003 to 2007, he was managing different Ericsson initiatives to address the challenges of increased mobile voice and data penetration in developing markets

	A. Atiq Rahman Dr A. Atiq Rahman is the Executive Director of Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) and a Lead Author of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) Chapter-19 on “Assessing Key Vulnerabilities and the Risk from Climate Change”. He played a leading role in UNCED, Rio, 1992, Intergovernmental Negotiations on Climate Change (INC) session and all the Conferences of Parties and Climate Summits in Kyoto, 1997 leading to Kyoto Protocol. Read full bio here…

	Mr. Sasja Beslik Mr. Beslik is Head of Responsible Investments & Corporate Governance. He is currently responsible for managing concept of responsible investments and corporate governance activities for a leading retail asset manager in Sweden, Banco Funds. Between 2004 and 2006, Mr Beslik was working as a global Head of Engagement for ABN AMRO Asset Management focusing on key environmental, social and governance issues for major global holdings. During 2007, Mr Beslik was rated as most influential person under age of 40 in Sweden by a business magazine Shortcut.

	Rohan M. Parikh Rohan holds a masters degree in civil engineer from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and is passionate about energy efficiency and renewable energy. As the head of Green Initiatives at Infosys, Rohan is responsible for driving Infosys from a position of compliance to leadership in the five tracks of energy, water, emissions, waste and biodiversity. In his previous capacity Rohan has been involved in design and planning of buildings and campuses in the US and the Indian subcontinent.