October 2013

October was a busy speaking month with, International Renewable Energy Agency, UN Internet Governance Forum, Global Food Security and Sovereignty Forum and a lecture at UNC on MDGs to SDGs.

 

Felix Dodds speaking at the IRENA workshop on Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy.

 

Felis Dodds speaking at the UN Internet Governance Forum in Bali

Confirmation of speakers for the Nexus-Water-Energy-Food-Climate Conference - March 3rd-7th in Chapel Hill North Carolina are coming in:

 

• Albert Butare: Co-chair of Bonn Nexus Conference and former Rwanda Energy Minister

•  Adnan Z. Amin: Director General, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

• Elizabeth Thompson: former UN Assistant Secretary General and Coordinator for Rio+20

• Jamie Bartram; Director Water Institute University of North Carolina

• Michael Schmitz: Executive Director of ICLEI US

• Hans Herren: President and CEO Millennium Institute and 2013 Right Livelihood winner

• Maruxa Cardama: Communitas Executive Project Coordinator

• Jonas Monast: Director of Climate and Energy Program at the Nicolas Institute Duke

• Felix Dodds: Co-director of Nexus 2014 Conference

• Diego Rodriguez: Program Manager for the World Bank

• Hannah Stoddart: Head of Oxfam Head of Economic Justice Policy Team

• Zak Bleicher: Partnership Officer, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

• Aneri Patel: Senior Associate, Energy Access at the United Nations Foundation

• David Rothschild: Principal, Portfolio Team Skoll Foundation

• Lyle Estill: Co-founder of Piedmont Biofuels

• Gary Lawrence: AECOM Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer

• Stuart Orr: Head of Water Stewardship at WWF International

• Anders Berntell: Executive Director, 2030 Water Resources Group

• Steve Waygood: Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Aviva Investors

• Geoffrey Lipman: Former Assistant Secretary General, UN World Tourism Organization

• Joachim von Braun: Director of the Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn

• Lidia Brito: Director of Science Policy and Capacity Building for Natural Sciences, UNESCO

• Johan Kuylenstierna: Executive Director for the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)

• Joshua Tewksbury:  Director, Luc Hoffmann Institute

Side events registration will start 14th of October