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I am a currently a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Public Administration and Sociology (DPAS), Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences (ESSB) at Erasmus University (EUR) in Rotterdam, Netherlandsand a EU Marie Curie Research Fellow. I hold a PhD in governance (University of Tasmania, 2017) and MA in East Asian Studies, (Open University of Catalonia) and BA in Business and Economics Translation (UPF). I have 10+ years of academic and professional experience in the fields of sustainability governance, public marketing and public diplomacy.
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Nitish Shah is an advocate for sustainable and inclusive development across the globe. He's conducted finance research at George Mason University and his advocacy spans publishing 20+ reports in the EU commission and UN databases, and being a delegate in 9 UN conferences (69th UNCSW & many more). He's also the Co-Founder/Co-CEO of the Youth Sports Analytics Forum aimed at introducing historically underrepresented groups to data analytics tools partnering with organizations like NYU, UCF, and Duke and having raised more than $15k.
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Professor Kelvin Leong has published peer-reviewed journal papers, encyclopedia entries, book chapters, and conference papers across multiple disciplines, including Accounting, Criminology, Computer Science, Education, Engineering, and Management. He has served as a guest expert reviewer for leading journals. Beyond his role at Chester, Kelvin has chaired evaluation committees, served as an External Examiner for universities in Cyprus, Scotland, and Ukraine. He also writes a weekly newspaper column in Hong Kong.
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LL.B (National Univ of Singapore). LL.M (Lond), PhD (Lond). Current Chair in Global Intellectual Property Law at Queen Mary, University of London; former Director of Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute (2019-2023). Research areas: legal, socio-economic, and comparative aspects of IP law. Served as a consultant/given evidence to WIPO, UNESCO, UNCTAD, European Parliament, European Commission. Cited by: European Commission, OECD, UNCTAD, WIPO, WTO, Australian & Indian Government reports. See https://www.qmul.ac.uk/law/people/academic-staff/items/suthersanen.html
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Ajay Sawant is an award-winning ocean-climate communicator with nearly five years of experience in ocean advocacy, storytelling, and conservation. He is the Founder of Generation Artivism and President at ThinkOcean Society.
An awardee of the NAAEE EE 30 Under 30, the 2023 Youth Innovation Prize, the Canadian High Commission and MASH Foundation’s 29 for 29 honour, and the LeadNext 2025 Fellowship by The Asia Foundation, Ajay is also the High Seas Youth Ambassador for Asia.
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Avani Agarwal is a Borlaug Scholar and R&D Director at the Food Health Institute, leading global food security initiatives, including a World Food Forum hackathon. Affiliated with the UNESCO Perrin Institution, she drives policy discussions on sustainability. As a software developer, she pioneers AI-driven prosthetics for underserved communities, shaping the future of health, technology, and food systems.
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Mohamed Badouch is a PhD student in computer science at Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco. He received the master degree in information systems engineering from Cadi Ayyad University in 2017. His main research is in the areas of artificial intelligence, and machine learning.
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I am the Co-Founder/Co-CEO of the Youth Sports Analytics Forum (YSAF) and a current senior at Chantilly High School. I have conducted sports analytics research under Dr. Christophe Ley at the University of Luxembourg and am a member of the ZJYang lab at Vanderbilt University. My expertise lies in machine learning, sports, and policy, with a focus on applying data science to real-world sports problems. Through YSAF, I aim to inspire students, particularly those from underrepresented backgrounds, to explore careers in data science and sports analytics.