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GFHS-2024
The Distinguished Speakers of GFHS 2024
• Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury, Chairman of Global Forum on Human Settlements, Former UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative
• Ambassador Harold Adlai Agyeman, Permanent Representative of Ghana to the United Nations, Vice Chairman of the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly
• Dr. Ivor Richard Fung, Chief of Staff, Office of the President of the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly
• Ambassador Odo Tevi, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Vanuatu to the United Nations
• H.E. Agnes Chimbiri-Molande, The Permanent Representative of the Republic of Malawi to the United Nations
• H.E. Dr. Tapugao Falefou, Permanent Representative of Tuvalu to the United Nations • H.E. Lachezara Stoeva,Permanent Representative of Bulgaria to the United Nations
• Ambassador Osama Abdel Khalek, Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations
• Ambassador Keisha A. McGuire, Special Adviser to the78th President of the UNGA on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, UNGA office
• Ms. Paola Albrito, Director of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
• Mr. Choudhury Rudra Charan Mohanty, Environment Programme Coordinator, United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD)- DSDG/UN DESA
• Mr. Jamil Ahmad, Director, New York Office, United Nations Environment Programme
• Prof. Fnu Oudom, Trade Commissioner of The Republic of Vanuatu to New York, United State of America, Honorary Chairman of Global Forum on Human Settlements, Co-Chairman of Global Human Settlements Foundation
• Mr. Charles Karangwa, Head of the Nature-based Solutions Management Hub, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
• Dr. Tageldin Ibrahim Hamad, Vice Chairman of Global Forum on Human Settlement (GFHS) ,Co-Chairman of Global Human Settlements Foundation
• Mr. Haifeng Lyu, Co-founder & Secretary General, Global Forum on Human Settlements
• Ms. Toni-Shae Freckleton, Chief, New York Liaison Office, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
• Ms. Lisa Flavia Garcia, Regional Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), United States
• Ms. Verónica Delgadillo, Mayor of Guadalajara, Mexico
• Mr. Julio Alak, Mayor of La Plata, Argentina
• Mr. David West, Mayor of Richmond Hill, Canada
• Ms. Jin Yan, Secretary, Pan’an County Committee of the Communist Party of China, Zhejiang Province
• Dr. Arab Hoballah, Senior Sustainability Expert, former Chief, Sustainable Consumption and Production, UNEP
• Dr. Ralph Wahnschafft, Independent Advisor on Sustainable Development Policies, Global Forum on Human Settlements (GFHS)
• Prof. Haifan Lin, Founding Director, Stem Cell Research Center, Yale University, Member of the National Academy of Sciences, Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Prof. Carlos Moreno, Scientist and Professor at IAE - Paris1 Sorbonne University
• Mr. Edward Glaeser, Department Chair, Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics, Harvard University
• Ms. Elisabeth Belpaire, President, International Society of City and Regional Planners
• Mr. Billy Grayson, Chief Initiatives Officer, The Urban Land Institute (ULI)
• Dr. Fedra Vanhuyse, Head of Division - Societies, Climate and Policy Support, Stockholm Environment Institute
• Dr. Serge Salat, President, Urban Morphology and Complex Systems Institute, Paris, France, Senior Advisor to the UN and World Bank, Leading Expert of International Green Model City Standards 3.0
• Dr. Christine Lemaitre, Chief Executive Officer, German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB)
• Jiacuo Rinpoche, Founder of International Future LeadersAlliance HongKong (IFLAHK), Initiator of Charity Fundunder China Population Welfare Foundation
• Mr. Stéphane Pouffary, Chief Executive Officer and Honorary President, ENERGIES 2050, France
• Prof. Hitesh Mehta, President, HM Design
• Dr. Tijana Tufek Memišević, ISOCARP Board and Scientific Committee Member
• Dr. Wafa Al-Daily, ISOCARP Board Member and WomenIn-Planning, and President of the International MetropolitanFellowship
• Mr. John Michael LaSalle, Senior Program Associate, Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance, Climate Policy Initiative
• Ms. Charlotte Brynielsson, Sustainability Strategist, Viable Cities, Royal Institute of Technology
• Dato’ George Guo Bingting, Co-founder of International Future Leaders Alliance HongKong (IFLAHK)
• Ms. Marina Khoury, Partner, DPZ CoDESIGN, United States
• Mr. Li Geng, Chief Financial Officer, Country Garden Pacificview Sdn Bhd, Malaysia
• Mr. Wang Duoxiao, President of Mianyang Ruiyang New Materials Technology Development Co., Ltd., China
• Ms. Kritika Kharbanda, Head of Sustainability, Henning Larsen
• Prof. Lin Leng, World-Renowned Immunology Biochemist, Senior Research Scientist, School of Medicine, Yale University
• Dr. Sofie Sandstrom Jaffe, Permanent Observer of IUCN to the United Nations
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