Speakers

Meet our speakers

The Virtual Pavilion gathers speakers ranging from policy experts, government officials, civil society, and thought leaders.

Jorge Sicilia Serrano

BBVA

Chief Economist

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jorge-sicilia-b054221/

Steven R. Smith

Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter

Tipping Points Research Impact Fellow

https://uk.linkedin.com/in/steven-r-smith-9a8a2878

Viktoria Spaiser

University of Leeds

Associate Professor

https://www.linkedin.com/in/viktoria-spaiser-b0389b206/

Marc Spieler

NVIDIA

Senior Managing Director

https://www.linkedin.com/in/spieler/

John D. Sterman

MIT, Sloan School of Management

Jay W. Forrester Professor of Management, Professor, MIT Institute for Data,...

https://mitsloan.mit.edu/faculty/directory/john-d-sterman https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnsterman/

Hugh Stevenson

Office of International Affairs at Federal Trade Commission

Chair of Committee on Consumer Policy

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hugh-stevenson-76a1aa74/

Simon Stiell

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change...

Executive Secretary

https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-stiell-95a7a7b/

Gunnar Stiesch

MAN Energy Solutions SE

Chief Technology Officer, Member of the Executive Board

https://www.linkedin.com/in/gunnar-stiesch/

Cassie Sutherland

C40 Cities

Managing Director, Climate Solutions and Networks

https://www.c40.org/our-team/cassie-sutherland/

Cecilia Tam

International Energy Agency

Acting Head of Energy Investment Unit

https://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilia-tam-8bbb456b/

Jonas Teusch

OECD

Economist

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonas-teusch-5a0bb649/

Simon Touboul

OECD

Economist/Policy Analyst

https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-touboul/

marie Tremolieres

OECD

Head of Unit

https://www.linkedin.com/in/marie-tremolieres-dr-987010b/

Kata Tüttő

European Committee of the Regions

Deputy Mayor of Budapest

Jo Tyndall

OECD

Director, Environment Directorate

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jo-tyndall-6b3b10b3/

Woochong Um

ADB - Asian Development Bank

Managing Director General

Vanessa Ushie

African Development Bank (AfDB)

Acting Director, African Natural Resources Management and Investment Centre...

Kurt Van Dender

OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration

Acting Head of the Tax Policy and Statistics Division

Reinhilde Veugelers

KU Leuven University and Brugel

Professor, Department of Management, Strategy and Innovation (KU Leuven) and...

https://www.linkedin.com/in/reinhilde-veugelers-57b6523/

Nancy Wambugu

National Irrigation Authority of Kenya

AG. Deputy Director Transport in Kiambu County Government

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancy-wambugu-364b88142/

Eleanor Webster

Mission Innovation

Head of Secretariat

https://www.linkedin.com/in/eleanor-webster/

Daniel Wetzel

International Energy Agency (IEA)

Head of Tracking Sustainable Transitions Unit

https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-wetzel-00934634/

Peta White

Deakin University

Associate Professor in Science and Environmental education

https://www.deakin.edu.au/about-deakin/people/peta-white

Veronique Willems

SMEunited

Secretary General

https://www.linkedin.com/in/veroniquewillems/

Anita Wreford

Lincoln University

Professor

https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitawreford/

Justin Wu

HSBC

Managing Director, Co-Head of Climate Change Asia Pacific

https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-wu-5a45527/

Serdar Yilmaz

World Bank

Practice Manager for the Public Finance and Procurement Unit

Christopher Yip

University of Toronto

Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering

Alan Young

Materials Efficiency Research Group

Director

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-young-7118a6b/

Georg Zachmann

Bruegel

Senior Fellow