Dr. FernandoQuevedo,aGuatemalannational,wasappointeddirectorofICTPinOctober2009.

Dr.Quevedoisawell-knowntheoreticalparticlephysicistwithwide-rangingresearchinterestsinstringtheory,phenomenologyandcosmology.Hewasawardedthe1998ICTPPrizeinrecognitionofhisimportantcontributionstosuperstringtheory.

He was born in 1956 in Costa Rica and obtained early education inGuatemala.HeobtainedhisPhD fromtheUniversityofTexasatAustin in1986underthesupervisionofNobelLaureateStevenWeinberg.Followinga

stringof researchappointmentsatCERN,Switzerland,McGillUniversity inCanada, InstitutdePhysiqueinNeuchatel,Switzerland,andtheLosAlamosNationalLaboratory,USA,aswellasabrief term as professor of physics at the UNAM (Mexican National Autonomous University),Mexico,Dr.QuevedojoinedtheDepartmentofAppliedMathematicsandTheoreticalPhysicsattheUniversityofCambridge,UK,in1998,whereheiscurrentlyProfessorofTheoreticalPhysicsandFellowofGonvilleandCaiusCollege.

Diana Alarcón is the Chief of the Development Strategy and PolicyAnalysisUnitof theDevelopmentPolicyandAnalysisDivision (DPAD)in the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs(UN/DESA). She leads thewriting team for theWorld Economic andSocialSurveyandhascontributedtoseveralreportsbytheSecretary-GeneralonissuesrelatedtotheUnitedNationsdevelopmentagenda.Dianaco-ledthecreationoftheMDGGapTaskForcein2008andthesubsequentpublicationoftheMDGGapReport.Shehadaleadingrolein thecreationof theUNTaskTeam for thePost2015Development

AgendaandinthepreparationoftheinitialanalyticalinputsfromtheUnitedNationssystemtotheinter-governmentalprocessesthatdefinedthe2030AgendaforSustainableDevelopment.BeforejoiningUN/DESA,Dianaworked10yearsintheInter-AmericanDevelopmentBankandhasexperienceworkingatUNDPand the ILO.ShehasaPhD inEconomics fromtheUniversityofCalifornia,RiversideandhastaughtinseveralUniversitiesbothinMexicoandtheUnitedStates.

Eduardo Zepeda is inter-regional policy coordinator of theDevelopmentPolicyandAnalysisDivision,DepartmentofEconomicandSocialAffairsatthe United Nations General Secretariat. He was previously a seniorassociateintheTrade,Equity,andDevelopmentProgramattheCarnegieEndowment for International Peace, where his research focused onemployment,poverty,anddevelopmentpolicy.

Prior to joining the Endowment, Zepeda was senior researcher at theInternational Poverty Centre of UNDP in Brasilia, Brazil, taught at theUniversidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Azcapotzalco in Mexico City, and

servedastheeconomicandsocialpolicycoordinatorintheAnalysisUnitoftheChiefofStaffintheOfficeofthePresidentinMexico.HewasalsoavisitingfellowattheCenterforU.S.-MexicanStudiesattheUniversityofCaliforniaatSanDiego.

Dr.H-HolgerRognerholdsanMScinindustrialengineering(1975)andaPhDinenergyeconomics(1981).Formostofhiscareer,hehasbeenengagedincomprehensive energy system analysis, energy modelling and integratedresourceplanning.UntilhisretirementfromtheInternationalAtomicEnergyAgency(IAEA)in2012,hedirectedtheIAEAprogrammeonCapacityBuildingandNuclearKnowledgeMaintenanceforSustainableEnergyDevelopment.Dr. Rogner holds positions of Affiliate Professor, Royal Institute ofTechnology(KTH),Stockholm,SwedenandSeniorResearchScholarattheInternational Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Laxenburg,

Austria.

Mark Howells directs the division and holds the chair of EnergySystemsAnalysis (KTH-dESA) at theRoyal Instituteof Technology inSweden, and is an Honorary Affiliate Prof at the University ofTechnologyinSydneyandEditorinChiefofEnergyStrategyReviews.KTH-dESAspearheadsthedevelopmentofsomeoftheworld'spremieropensourceenergy,resourceandspacialelectrificationplanningtools.MarkhehaspublishedinNatureJournals;coordinatestheEuropeanCommission's think tank for Energy; is regularly usedby theUnitedNations as a science-policy expert; and is a key contributor toUNDESA's'ModellingToolsforSustainableDevelopmentPolicies'.HisdivisioncontributestoeffortsforNASA, IRENA,ABBtheWorldBank

andothers. Prior to joining KTH-dESAhehas an awardwinning careerwith the InternationalAtomic Energy Agency. Mark's graduate and post-graduate studies were undertaken at theUniversityofCapeTown,SouthAfrica.Withinthattimehewasalsoan internationalresearchaffiliateatStanford'sProgramonEnergyandSustainableDevelopment: spokesperson for the

WorldEnergyCouncil'sstudentprogram;leadRSA'sIntegratedEnergyPlanning(IEP)processaswellasothernationalinitiatives.

Dr.ClaudiaOctavianoisGeneralCoordinatorforClimateChangeMitigationat the National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change of the FederalGovernmentofMexico.Sheoverviewsscientificandtechnicalresearchthatsupports climate mitigation policy in Mexico, including the work for theNational GHG Emissions Inventory, emissions projections and low-carbondevelopmentpathways.Priortothisappointment,shewasapost-doctoralAssociateattheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology(MIT)JointProgram

ontheScienceandPolicyofGlobalChangewheresheresearchedontheeconomicsoflarge-scaleintegrationofrenewableenergy.Shehasalsoworkedonthedesignofenvironmentalregulationsfortheelectricityandoilsectors,asformerDeputyDirectorforOilRefiningandElectricityattheMinistryofEnvironmentandNaturalResourcesofMexico.ShehasconsultedfortheWorldBankand the UN on energy policy in Latin America. She holds a PhD in Engineering Systems:Technology,ManagementandPolicyfromtheMIT,aMastersinEnvironmentalSciencefromYaleUniversityandaB.A.inEconomicsfromMonterreyInstituteofTechnology.

RodolfoLacyistheDeputySecretaryofPlanningandEnvironmentalPolicyatMexico’sMinistryofEnvironmentandNaturalResources (SEMARNAT).He holds a PhD in Science and Environmental Engineering from theMetropolitan Autonomous University in Mexico (UAM) and a M.S. inEnvironmentalPlanningfromMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology(MIT).He coordinated and edited the first State of the Environment report in

Mexicoandisauthorofthebook“AirQualityintheValleyofMexico”.In1994hewasawardedaRockefeller Foundation fellowship in the program Leadership for the Environment andSustainableDevelopment -LEAD.He is the foundingPresidentof theEnvironmentalEngineersAssociation of Mexico, former Head of Advisors to the Minister of SEMARNAT, ResearchCoordinator for Energy and Environmental Projects at theMarioMolina Center, andGeneralDirectorforandControlofEnvironmentalPollutionattheMexicoCityGovernment,amongotherpositionsinthepublicsector.

Monica Nogara is the Head of Programme Development in the CapacityDevelopmentOfficeofUNDESAsinceSeptember2015.Priortothatshehelddifferent positions in the Office of Ecosoc Support and Coordination(OESC\UNDESA) focusing on a variety of issues, from economic policyanalysis,toaideffectiveness,andcapacitybuilding.ShealsoconsultedwiththeWorld Bank on financing for development issues andwith UNFPA oncapacity development. Ms. Nogara holds a Bachelor's degree in PoliticalSciencefromtheUniversityofPaduaandaMaster'sdegreeonInternational

EconomicPolicyfromColumbiaUniversity.

Yann Loic Tanvez works as an Energy Specialist with the World BankSustainableEnergyDepartment, StrategyandOperations. Since joining theBankin2012Yannhasbeenfocusingonpublicsectorinnovationsandprivatesector development strategies supporting energy access and clean energyscale-upglobally.Yannalsocurrently leadsthepracticeworkonopendataand analytics aiming at leveraging data innovations towards accelerating

progresstowardsuniversalaccesstoaffordable,reliable,sustainableandmodernenergy.PriortojoiningtheWorldBankGroup,Yannheldvariouspositionsintheprivateandnon-governmentalsectors, including as advisor to CEOs and Executive Committees of major global energycompanies. French national, Yann holds bachelor and master degrees in law from Lyon IIIUniversity, a BA in classic philosophy from Paris I Sorbonne University as well as a MA ininternationalaffairsfromtheInstituted´EtudesPolitiquesofParis–SciencesPo.

Dr LUONG Van Khoi, Deputy Director General, National Cantre for Socio-economicInformationandForecast(NCIF),MinistryofPlanningandInvestment,Vietnam.Dr.LUONGVanKhoiisastandingMemberofExpertsandConsultantsGroupofMinisteroftheMinistryofPlanningandInvestment;amemberoftheGlobalThinkTankPlanningCommitteeoftheGlobalThinkTankCommunity;ThePresident,ScientificCommitteeoftheNCIF.

Dr LUONG,VanKhoi is acting as a policy adviser for the governmentofVietnam.His subjectexpertise includesMacroeconomics andMicroeconomics, International economics, EconomicGrowth,EnterpriseinEconomicDevelopment,InvestmentEffectivenessAnalysis,SMEPromotionandLocalEconomicDevelopment,Productivityandcompetitiveness,andmodelling.

He has extensive field experiences in studying macroeconomic and microeconomic issues inVietnam, aswell as forecastingworld economic developments andmeasuring the impacts of

world economic development and international integration on Vietnamese economy. BeforemovingtotheNationalCentreforSocio-economicInformationandForecastofVietnam,hehasworkedfortheDepartmentofInvestmentProjectAppraisalandAgencyforSMEDevelopmentwithhismaintasksinvolvedappraisingandprovidinghisadvicetotheMinister,PrimeMinisterandtheNationalAssemblyofVietnamtoapproveinvestmentprojects,andprovidingsupportsofthestatetothedevelopmentofsmallandmediumsizedenterprisesinVietnam.

MaríadelPilarGarridoGonzaloViceministradePlanificaciónyPolítica Económica. Estudió Ciencias Políticas, la Maestría enCiencias Políticas y Gobernabilidad Democrática de laUniversidad de Costa Rica y la Maestría en DesarrolloInternacionalde laUniversidaddeDublin, Irlanda.TambiénhacomplementadosuformaciónconcursoseneconomíaaplicadayeconometríaenelKingsCollegeofLondon.Habla5 idiomas:

español,inglés,francés,alemánymandarín.

Anteriormente,sedesempeñabacomoconsultoraparaelProgramadeNacionesUnidasparaelDesarrollo (PNUD) y la Diputació de Barcelona en procesos de planificación participativasubnacionalyderechoshumanos.TambiénhatrabajadocomoinvestigadoraparalaUniversidaddeCostaRica,FunpademyelParquedelaLibertadentemasdepolíticasocial,participaciónyacceso a la información, y empoderamiento económico y político de poblacionesvulnerabilizadas.

Entre sus responsabilidades principales como viceministra, se encuentran la de coordinar lasecretaríatécnicadelosObjetivosdeDesarrolloSostenibleenCostaRica,coordinarelprocesode adhesión al Comité deGobernanza Pública de laOCDE, actuar como punto focal ante laComisiónEconómicaparaAméricaLatinayelCaribeparaelConsensodeMontevideo,yapoyarelprocesoderecuperación,enelcomponentedereactivacióneconómicapost-HuracánOtto.

Dr Kristen MacAskill is the Course Director for the ConstructionEngineering Master's programme at the Laing O'Rourke Centre forConstruction Engineering and Technology in Cambridge University'sEngineeringDepartment.SheoriginallytrainedasacivilengineerandthencompletedaMastersdegreeinEngineeringManagementinNew

Zealand.ShehasalsoobtainedanMPhilinEngineeringforSustainableDevelopmentandaPhDfromCambridgeUniversity,whereherresearchbasewasintheEngineeringDepartment'sCentreforSustainableDevelopment.Beforereturningtoarole inacademia,Kristenhasworkedasaconsultingengineerinboththewaterandtransportsectors.Herexperiencecoversvariousareasof infrastructure development, including strategic level options assessment, post-earthquake

damageassessment,infrastructuredesign,projectmanagementandsustainabilityassessment.Inadditiontoherworkonthemastersprogramme,Kristenteachesasustainabledevelopmentcoursetoengineeringstudentsfromacrossthedepartment.Hercoreresearchfocusisintheareaofdisasterriskreductionandpost-disasterrecovery,exploringhowgovernancearrangementsimpactontherecoveryprocessandthesubsequentemphasisgivento'buildingbackbetter'.

TacoNiet,graduatedwithhisM.A.Sc.fromtheUniversityofVictoria(Canada)in2002andhasbeenteachingmechanicalengineeringattheBritishColumbia InstituteofTechnology(Canada) forthe lasttwelve years. He feels strongly that we need to focus on thesustainabilityof theentireenergy systemandnotassume thataspecificprojectissustainablejustbecauseitislabelled‘renewable’,‘clean’or‘green’.

Taco’sresearchonenergysystemsmodellingfocussesonsustainabilityinhowweprovideenergyservices.Hiscurrentworkconsidersthesystemlevelimplicationsofutilizingvariablerenewableenergyforelectricitygeneration.Whennotworking,Tacoenjoyssailing,campingandhiking.

María Amparo Martínez Arroyo holds a Bachelor in Biology and aMaster on Sciences from the National University Autonomous ofMexico(UNAM)andaPhD.inEcologyfromUniversityofBarcelona,Spain(CumLaudeHonors)CumLaude.PhD.MartinezArroyoworkedasDirectoroftheCenterforAtmosphericSciences(CAS)oftheUNAMfrom 2009 to August 2013, and is still Senior Researcher andAtmospheric Aerosols Group Coordinator. Has been pioneer in thestudy of atmosphere-biosphere interactions in aquatic systems,

analyzingphotosynthesisprocesses(carbondioxidecaptureandoxygenproduction),aswellasemissionandbiogeniccatchingofothergasesclimaticallyactive(dimethylsulphide,methane)incontinental, coastal and marine ecosystems. Ph.D. Amparo Martinez is an expert inenvironmentalproblemsanalysis,andintherelationsbetweenscienceandsociety.

Thisresearchlinehasallowedhertocontributetodifferentaspectsinthescienceapplicationtopublicmanagement.Also,hascollaborated,forexample,inthedesignandimplementationoftheNationalCleanBeachesProgram;intheelaborationofascientificstrategyfortheestablishmentofaMarineProtectedNaturalAreasnetworkinNorthAmericatotheClimateChange;andhasleadtheClimateChangeissuesintheScience,TechnologyandInnovationintheCitizensAgenda,amongseveralacademic,scientificandlegislativeinstitutions.DuringthetimesheworkedattheCAS, she designed and launched, among other projects, the network of Atmospheric

Observatoriesinuniversities.Herresearchincludestheeffectsofclimatevariabilityandclimatechangeonaquaticandterrestrialecosystemsandthepossiblescenariosofevolutionoftheseunder different climatic and environmental conditions. María Amparo Martínez Arroyo haspublishedarticlesininternationaljournals,bookchapters,papersandtechnicalreports.Shehasparticipated in different research projects with national and international funding. She hasdirectedbachelor,masteranddoctoralthesis.Also,shehasparticipatedinseveralactivitiesofscientificdisseminationandcapacitybuilding.

PatrickvanWeerelt isat theHeadofOfficeatUnitedNationsSystemStaffCollege(UNSSC)-KnowledgeCentreforSustainableDevelopment.

Patrick has extensive capacity development, policy and programexperience in the field of sustainable development, democraticgovernance and human rights and has served at HQ, Regional andcountrylevelfortheUnitedNations.PriortojoiningtheUNSystemStaffCollege in Turin in 2011, Patrick served as UNDP Practice Leader for

DemocraticGovernanceinWest-andCentralAfrica(basedinDakar)covering23countriesinthesub-region,andasSeniorHumanRightsAdviseratUNDPHQinNewYork.HebeganhisUNcareeratUNOHCHRinGenevafollowingwhichhemovedtoUNDPinSouthAfrica.Patrickisalawyerbytrainingandalsoserved(from2006-2009)asAdjunctProfessoratWashingtonCollegeofLaw,AmericanUniversity,WashingtonD.C.Heismarriedwithtwochildren.

Mr. Sahele Tamiru Fekede is a senior energy analyst at theMinistry ofWater, Irrigation and Energy of the Federal Democratic Republic ofEthiopia since October 2009. He had previously served at the nationalelectricityregulator,theEthiopianElectricityAgency,invariouspositionsspecializing in the technical regulation of the electric power sector,includingtechnicalinspectionsofpowerplantsandnetworkcomponentsforcompliancewithsafetyandtechnicalstandards.Hestartedhiscareer

as a distribution engineer at the national electricity utility, the Ethiopian Electric PowerCorporation.

ProfessorDeepakSharmaistheDirectoroftheCentreforEnergyPolicy(CEP),intheSchoolofSystems,ManagementandLeadership,FacultyofEngineering and Information Technology (UTS). He hold a bachelor’sdegree in electrical engineering and master’s and doctoral degrees inenergy economics and policy. He has more than thirty-five years ofprofessional experience in academia, public and private sectors. He isactivelyengaged in teaching, research,andconsultingon infrastructureandenvironmentalpolicythemes–innationalandglobalcontexts.Suchthemes include energy-water-economy-climate change interfaces;environmentalpolicy analysis; evaluationof infrastructure investments;

infrastructure regulation; energy and water market reforms; industry productivity; andinstitutions,governanceandpoliticaleconomy.He iscurrentlyco-ordinatingamajor researchprojectfocusingonEnergy-Food-Watersecuritychallengeinaglobalcontext.Thegeneraltenorofhisworkismultidisciplinary,policyoriented–underpinnedbyarecognitionofthesignificanceofglobalcultural,politicalandgeo-strategiccontexts.Hehasconsultedextensivelyforseveralnationalagencies,regionalgovernments,andmultilateralinstitutions(includingtheWorldBank,OECD, Asian Development Bank, International Atomic Energy Agency) – on a range ofinfrastructurepolicythemes.

AdrianTompkinsisaresearchscientistintheEarthSystemPhysicssectionofICTPand(subjecttopendingUNESCOapproval)SeniorVisitingResearchFellowintheSchoolofMathematical,PhysicalandComputationalSciences(WalkerInstitute)attheUniversityofReadingintheUnitedKingdom.

Hisresearchinterestsfocusoncloudandconvectiondynamicsandphysics,andtheirrepresentationinweatherforecastandclimatemodels.

Inadditionheexaminehowtropicalweatherandclimate is representedand predicted in thesemodels, especially at seasonal timescales. A keyquestion is how weather prediction and climate models can be betterappliedindevelopingcountries,particularlyconcentratingontheirusefor

healthimpacts.SomeofthisworkhasbeencarriedintheframeworkoftwoEUFP7projectsonclimateandhealth,namelyQWeCIandHEALTHYFUTURES.

HepresentlyservesasamemberontheWorldClimateResearchProgramme(WCRP)WorkingGrouponSeasonaltoInterannualPrediction(WGSIP).Hehasalsobeenrecentlyelectedtothescientificadvisorycommittee(SAC)oftheWestAfricanScienceServiceCenteronClimateChangeandAdaptedLandUse(WASCAL)

Nebojsa Nakicenovic is Deputy Director General/Deputy CEO oftheInternationalInstituteforAppliedSystemsAnalysis(IIASA)andformerFull Professor of Energy Economics at the Vienna University ofTechnology.

HewasborninformerYugoslavia,isoriginallyfromMontenegro,andacitizenofAustria.MostofhisyouthhespentontheAdriaticcoastinthefamily’s villagehighup in themountains,while his professional life hespent in the U.S., Germany, Japan and mostly Austria. Through hispersonal and professional experiences he is acutely aware of thechallenges posed to developed and developing nations from climate

change, devoting much of his career to understanding these impacts and their respectivemitigationandadaptationoptions.

Nebojsa Nakicenovic primary research focus has been on how energy-systems can betransformedtowardasustainablefuturewithinplanetaryboundaries.Thisincludesstrategiesforsuccessfultechnologydiffusion,financingandadoptionconsistentwithlocalcircumstancesandwith theobjectiveof improvinghumanequity andwellbeing.Hiswork is especially basedoncomprehensive assessments of energy technologies and scenarios such as those oftheMillenniumEcosystemsAssessment(MEA)(2005)andtheGlobalEnergyAssessment(GEA),(2012). GEA was the first ever fully integrated assessment analyzing energy challenges,opportunitiesandstrategiesfordeveloping,industrializedandemergingeconomiesandprovidedthescientificbasisfortheSustainableEnergyforAll(SE4ALL)initiative,ofwhichheisanadvisor(MemberoftheUNSecretaryGeneralHigh-LevelTechnicalGrouponSustainableEnergyforAll,andtheUNSecretaryGeneralAdvisoryGrouponEnergyandClimateChange).

MostrecentlyNebojsaNakicenovicwasProjectLeaderoftheAustrianPanelonClimateChangeAssessmentReport(APCC-ARR14)whichrepresentsthefirstcomprehensiveanalysisofclimatechangeinAustria,includingclimateimpacts,vulnerability,andmitigationoptions.Forthis,theIPCCapproachwasappliedtoanationallevelassessment,rootingitdeeplyinthetraditionsofIPCCandrelatedworkssuchasGEA.HehasbeenengagedintheworkoftheIntergovernmentalPanelonClimateChange(IPCC)invariousrolessinceitsinception.

Nebojsa Nakicenovic has published more than 300 publications and has served on over tenJournalEditorialBoards.Hisscientificcontributionshaveenrichedthedebateandtheknowledgeon the links between climate and development, the synergies of the pillars of sustainabledevelopment,theurgentneedtobuildandstrengthenbridgesbetweenscienceandpolicy,andmost importantlythepressingneedforatransformativeagendaasaconduit toasustainableworld.

DrPaulDeane isaPost-docResearcher in theEnergyPolicyandModellingResearchGroupattheUniversityofCollegeCork,Ireland.Hehasbeenworkingin the energy industry for approximately 9 years in both commercial andacademic research. Paul completed an Eirgrid funded PhD in April 2012researchingthetopicofPumpedHydroEnergyStorage.Hisresearchinterestsinclude modeling the technical and economic impacts of renewablegenerationonpowersystemsusingPLEXOS,fullenergysystemmodelingusing

TIMES,storageandemergingtechnologies.

Prof. Jürgen-Friedrich Hake is Head, Systems Analysis and TechnologyEvaluationatForschungszentrumJülichandProfessorforEnergyPolicyandEnergyEconomyatAachenUniversityofAppliedSciences.HereceivedhisDiplomainMathematics/PhysicsfromBielefeldUniversity.

Dr.ReilyistheCo-DirectoroftheJointProgramontheScienceandPolicyof Global Change and a Senior Lecturer in the Sloan School ofManagementatMIT. Muchofhisresearchcareerhasfocusedontheeconomics of climate change, including modeling of energy use andgreenhouse gas emissions and the impacts of climate change onagricultureaswellasconsiderationofagricultureandforestrysinks.Hehaspublishednumerousarticlesontheeconomicsofclimatechangeandonotherissuesrelatedtonaturalresources,technology,andenergyuse

andsupply.HewasaprincipalauthorfortheIPCCSecondAssessmentReportandhasservedonmanyUSFederalgovernmentandinternationalcommittees.HewastheCo-ChairoftherecentUSNationalAgriculturalAssessmentonClimateChange,publishedasabookAgriculture:ThePotential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change, Cambridge University Press,2002.PriortojoiningMITin1998,hespent12yearswiththeEconomicResearchServiceofUSDA,mostrecentlyastheActingDirectorandDeputyDirectorforResearchoftheResourceEconomicsDivision.HehasbeenascientistwithBattelle'sPacificNorthwestNationalLaboratoryandwiththe Institute for Energy Analysis, Oak Ridge Associated Universities. He received his Ph.D. ineconomicsfromtheUniversityofPennsylvaniain1983andholdsaB.S.ineconomicsandpolitical

sciencefromtheUniversityofWisconsin.HeisamemberoftheAmericanEconomicsAssociationandtheAmericanGeophysicalUnion.

EmanuelaColombohas achievedbothaPhD inEnergetic andaNuclearEngineeringMSc at Politecnico diMilano in Italywhere she is currentlyAssociate Professor in “Engineering for Cooperation andDevelopment”and“AdvancedThermodynamicsandThermoeconomics”andserveattheDepartment of Energy . She has also been covering the role ofRector’sDelegatetoCooperationandDevelopmentatPolitecnicodiMilanosince2005

Shegainedaconsiderableworkingexperienceindifferentindustrialenergysectorsworking for Ansaldo Energia”,“ABB Research”, Fluent France and

FluentItaliabranchesofFluentInc.(nowANSYS-FLUENT).

In2001shehasmovedtoanacademiccareerwhereherinterestwasoriginallyfocusedonheattransferdevicesandprocessesforpowergeneration,turbulencephenomenologyandmodelling.

Overthe lastdecadeshehasbeendevelopingastrong interest inthe interrelationsbetweenEnergy,EnvironmentandSustainableDevelopment,accesstoenergyindevelopingcountriesandadvancedexergymethodologiesforperformanceandimpactevaluationofenergysystemsareothertopicsofhighinterest.

Sheiscurrentlythescientificcoordinatorof4EuropeanprojectsandoneinternationaltenderonGreenInnovation(Egypt),SustainableEnergyEngineering(Kenya,TanzaniaandEthiopia),WaterEnergyandFoodnexus(Egypt),ModernEnergyservices inrefugeecamps(Lebanon,Somalia,RCA and Colombia) and Capacity Building in Engineering (Tanzania). She is also working onconsultancyandadvocacyprojectsonaccesstoenergyfordifferentItalianprivateplayersandNGOsactiveinMozambique,Malawi,Congo,Angola.Sheisauthorofmorethan120scientificpapers,63ofwhichareinScopus(H-index,andco-authorofthebook“RenewableEnergyforUnleashingSustainableDevelopment”bySpringer.

In linewiththis interest in2004shewasoneofthefoundersofEngineersWithoutBorderinMilan.Forherpersonalandprofessionalinterest,in2005shewasnamedRector’sDelegatetoCooperationandDevelopmentatPolitecnicodiMilanowheresheisstillworkingforpromotingthe role of the academic education and research in coping the complex challenges of globaldevelopmentandhumanpromotion.

Since 2007 she is coordinator of a Network of Universities focus on Cooperation andDevelopment(CUCS)whichincludes29Universities.In2009shehasbeenawardedbytheClub

MilleMigliaFoundationinItalyas“courageousintelligence”forherresearchinterestandsocialcommitmentindevelopingcountry.

Forherexperienceonenergyforsustainabledevelopment,sheworkedasinternationalexpertfortheUnitedNation IndustrialDevelopmentOrganisation(UNIDO)andfortheAfricaEuropeenergyPartnership(AEEP).In2011SheintroducedanewpathintheMSdinEnergyEngineeringfocus on “Energy for Development” at Politecnico diMilano and she promoted an honoursprogrammefortheSchoolsofEngineeringfocuson“EngineeringforSustainabledevelopment”topromoteglobaldimensionswithinengineeringeducationlaunchedin2015.In2012shehasbeennamedChairholderoftheUNESCOCHAIRonEnergyforSustainableDevelopmentassignedtotheDepartmentofEnergyandadjunctprofessorattheNelsonMandelaAfricanInstituteofScienceandTechnologyinArusha.In2016ShehasbeenappointedbytheItalianConferenceofthe Rector (CRUI) as representative of the academic systemwithin the “National Council forCooperation and Development”. Shewasmember of the Sustainable Development panel ofElectricitéDeFrance(EDF)from2012to2016.

DrLinusMoforisaSeniorEnvironmentalAffairsOfficerinchargeofenergy, infrastructure and climate change at the African ClimatePolicyCentreoftheUnitedNationsEconomicCommissionforAfrica,basedinAddisAbaba,Ethiopia.HejoinedtheCommissionfromtheInternationalRenewableEnergyAgency(IRENA)whereheworkedasarenewableenergyinnovationandtechnologyanalyst.BeforejoiningIRENA,LinuswasanindustrialdevelopmentexpertwiththeEnergy

andClimateChangeBranchoftheUnitedNationsIndustrialDevelopmentOrganization(UNIDO)inVienna.PriortoworkingwithUNIDO,hewasaseniorlecturerandconsultantattheCentreforEngineeringResearchandEnvironmentalApplicationsattheUniversityofGlamorgan(nowtheUniversityofSouthWales)inUK.

FrancescoGardumijoinedKTHdivisionofEnergySystemsAnalysis(dESA)asa Post-Doc researcher in February 2016. His research focuses on thedevelopmentandapplicationofenergysystemsmodelsforlong-termenergyplanning and integrated water-energy planning. He is currently thecommunitymanagerofOSeMOSYS–OpenSourceEnergyModellingSystem.HealsoworksinthescientificcoordinationofHorizon2020modellingproject

REEEM(LCE21),dealingwiththeroleoftechnologiesinEUenergytransitionpathwaysto2050.In2009hegothisBachelor'sdegreeandin2012theMaster'sdegree,bothinEnergyEngineering

atPolitecnicodiMilano.Duringhisstudies,hecarriedouttheErasmusProgrammeatInstitutoSuperiorTecnico,Lisboa,andtheresearchfortheMaster'sthesisatTUDelft,theNetherlands.HegotthePhDinEnergyandNuclearScienceandTechnologyatPolitecnicodiMilanoinFebruary2016,witharesearchaboutthe integrationofshort-termflexibilityconstraints into long-termenergysystemmodels.DuringhisPhDhealsotaughtasatutorinEngineeringandCooperationforDevelopmentMasterCourseandasanassistantinHeatandMassTransferBachelorCourse.