Speakers at the 2012 Global Innovation Summit

Ade Mabogunje is a senior research scientist in the School of Engineering at Stanford University. He is currently investigating ways by which practices from science, engineering, art, psychology, and economics can be turned into useful design theories to guide the building of sustainable innovation ecosystems in less industrialized economies.
Alberto de Palacio is Deputy General Director for Investment Banking at Nacional Financiera (Nafin), and President of both the Mexican Fund of Funds and Mexico Ventures Fund of Funds. He previously worked for Bancomer in numerous directorial capacities, including Process Redesign, Business Banking, Credit Recovery, and Investment Banking. Prior to joining Nafin, de Palacio headed the area of financial assets and businesses commercialization at Servicio de Administración y Enajenación de Bienes.
Alex Dehgan is the Science and Technology Adviser to the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, and heads the Office of Science and Technology within the new Bureau of Policy, Planning, and Learning. He previously worked at the Department of State as a Senior Scientist and Policy Adviser to the Science Adviser to the Secretary of State, working on science diplomacy issues with the Muslim world.  
Alistair Nolan works in the OECD’s Directorate for Education, co-managing work on the development of a strategy for an OECD-wide quantitative assessment of adult competencies. He specializes in all aspects of public policy towards entrepreneurship, with a focus on the links between firm creation and the development of local and regional economies. Nolan is the author of the 2003 OECD book Entrepreneurship and Local Economic Development, which details program and policy guidance for governments.
Beatrice Gakuba is CEO of Rwanda Flora, a socially responsible flower business that trains genocide survivors and HIV/AIDS orphans, and one of Rwanda’s most thriving businesses. After 20 years in integrated rural development and poverty alleviation with the United Nations, Gakuba returned to her native Rwanda, purchased, and transformed Rwanda Flora. She is multilingual and holds a MSc. in Human Nutrition and Food from Howard University in Washington, DC, and a diploma in Business Management.
Bill Reichert is Managing Director of Garage Technology Ventures, a leading seed-stage and early-stage venture capital fund, based in Silicon Valley. Before joining Garage, Reichert was a co-founder and senior executive at several early-stage, venture-backed technology companies. He has also worked at McKinsey & Co., the World Bank, and Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.  Bill holds a BA from Harvard University and a MBA from Stanford University.

Boukary Savadogo is the Manager of the Division of Education, Science, and Technology of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and manages AfDB’s portfolio of operations in education and training, science and technology for the 53 Regional member countries. He began his career in the Office of the Minister of National Education in Burkina Faso, and has served in numerous managerial and leadership capacities at the Centre Africain d’Etudes Supérieures en Gestion in Senegal.
Carlos Guaipatin is a Senior Specialist in the Competitiveness and Innovation Division at the Inter-American Development Bank with more than 10 years experience in the field of private sector development. His work includes projects promoting clusters and value chains, small and medium enterprise development, technology and innovation, entrepreneurship and local economic development. He graduated with a degree in Economics from the Catholic University of Ecuador and has a Masters in Economics from Georgetown University.
Carol Dahl is Executive Director of the Lemelson Foundation and a leader in supporting inventors and invention toward improving lives in the U.S. and developing countries. Previously, Dahl served as founding Director of the Global Health Discovery Program and Director of Staff for the Global Health Program at the Gates Foundation. She has also held director roles at Biospect Inc., the National Cancer Institute and the National Center for Human Genome Research.

Cassandra Thomassin is the Program Manager for the Global Social Benefit Incubator (GSBI) at Santa Clara University’s Center for Science, Technology and Society (CSTS). Prior to joining CSTS, she worked in commercial construction, but changed her career while pursuing graduate studies at Santa Clara University.

Thomassin has been with CSTS since 2010 and, in her current role, manages the recruitment, application, and selection process for the GSBI, and operations for the entire Silicon Valley program.

Daniela Benavente joined INSEAD eLab in November 2010. She is Lead Researcher and Project Manager of The Global Innovation Index. She served as anEconomic Advisor at the cabinet office of the President ofChile and as a trade and intellectual property specialist andnegotiator at the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and of Economy of Chile.

She holds a PhD in International Economics from the Graduate Institute (with highest honours), and Master’s degrees from Columbia University (Fulbright and Dean’s Scholar) and Sciences-Po Paris.
Edward Jung founded Intellectual Ventures after leaving Microsoft Corporation where he was chief architect and advisor to executive staff. Before joining Microsoft, he ran the Deep Thought Group, and consulted to and wrote software for NeXT Computer, Apple Computer and its Advanced Technology Group, and the Open Software Foundation. He also consults to the Asia Pacific Federation, Aspen Institute, China Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, World Economic Forum and World Health Organization.
Fernando Fabre is the President of Endeavor Global.  Previously he served as the Managing Director of Endeavor Mexico and was a part-time faculty professor of Entrepreneurship at Anahuac University. In 2009 he became a Kauffman Fellow by the Center for Venture Education in Silicon Valley, CA. Fabre holds a master degree in Economics from Claremont Graduate University in California; and an MBA and BA in Managerial Economics from Universidad Anahuac del Sur.

Francisco Manrique, President of Soluciones Inmobilarias, has 35 years of experience in real estate and construction. Under his leadership as President to the President’s Forum, the development of Columbia’s Alliance University has led to CONNECT Bogota Region, a public-private initiative of 23 universities and 25 private companies promoting Innovation in Science and Technology. Manrique holds a BS in Civil Engineering and a MS in Construction, both from Purdue University.
Frederick Samitaur-Smith and his wife, Laurie, are founders of Samitaur Constructs. They are architects and urban developers driven by a vision to improve the human condition: by developing blighted urban areas to revitalize communities, create jobs and inspire all people, particularly underserved populations, through excellence in the arts and sciences.  Their work is credited with the renaissance of Culver City, California, “transforming an industrial wasteland into an architectural wonderland.”
Gerardo Corrochano is Director for Financial and Private Sector Development (FPD) for the Europe and Central Asia Region of the World Bank, and Director of FPD Global Practice in Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship. He previously held operational positions in Latin America and Europe.  Prior to joining the Bank, he pursued studies in economics and finance at the Universidad del Pacifico (Peru), Rochester Institute of Technology, and George Washington University.

Ghada Amer is the vice president of the Arab Science and Technology Foundation (ASTF) and an associated professor of electrical engineering at Benha University. She has assumed leadership roles in multiple programs, including as women’s project manager, L’Oréal-Unesco fellowship pan Arab project manager, and the Iraq Research and Development Initiative project manager. Amer holds a BS in Electrical Engineering, and a MS and PhD in Electrical Power and Machines from Cairo University.
Gianluca Dettori is the founder and president of dPixel, a consulting firm specializing in Hi-Tech venture capital advisory. He started his career as a manager in Italia Online (Olivetti), and has served as General Manager of Lycos Bertelsmann, founder and CEO of Vitaminic, a platform for digital music distribution, and Head of Mergers & Acquisition, and Vice Chairman of the Board for the Buongiorno Group.
Hernán Fernández Lamadrid is one of the founding partners of Angel Ventures Mexico, the leading Angel Investment Network in Mexico. He has been one of the architects of a sustainable business model for an Angel Investment Network, which has capitalized 9 projects worth over 9.2 million USD. Fernández Lamadrid holds a BA in Law from the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico and a MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Jim Pooley is Deputy Director General for Patents at the World Intellectual Property Organization, with responsibilities for the Patent Cooperation Treaty, the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents, innovation promotion and technology transfer. He previously worked as a lawyer in private practice, served as President of the American Intellectual Property Law Association and the National Inventors Hall of Fame, and taught as an Adjunct Professor at Boalt Hall Law School.
Joe Bradley works for the World Intellectual Property Organization as a Counsellor in the WIPO Co-ordination Office in Brussels, strengthening relations between WIPO, the European Institutions and Brussels-based IP stakeholders. He previously worked for the UK Diplomatic Service at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London and at Embassies and Missions in Geneva, Berlin, Vienna, Lusaka and Lisbon. Bradley has an MBA from the Open University is studying part-time for a PhD.

Juan Carlos Navarro is a Science and Technology Principal Technical Leader in the Competitiveness and Innovation Division in the Inter-American Development Bank where he works on the design and implementation of lending programs in education, science, technology and innovation in 20 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Before joining the Bank he was a consultant to several international organizations and a professor at the Institute of Higher Administration Studies in his native Venezuela.
Katie Petersen is a manager in Advancing Innovation for the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. She directs one of the Foundation’s newest projects, iStart, a community for business plan competitions, and manages the iBridge Network, a program of the Kauffman Innovation Network. Peterson is closely involved with setting the strategic direction of the iBridge Network as well as ensuring site features and functionality accurately reflect members’ demands.

Krista Donaldson is the CEO of D-Rev, a non-profit technology company with the mission of improving the health and incomes of people living on less than $4 per day.  Donaldson has worked at the intersection of design and international development for more than fourteen years. At D-Rev, she has managed the development and scaling of Brilliance, a device to treat babies with severe jaundice, and the ReMotion JaipurKnee, a prosthetic knee.
Mark Grobmyer is Chairman of the Global Technology Deployment (GTD) Initiative that assists technology companies with financing and accelerating their deployment internationally. Grobmyer also works on a Blue Ribbon Climate Panel related to the UN Foundation. He has previously served as Chairman of the World Leaders Symposium Committee, and as senior advisor to the NASA Launch Initiative to the International Center for Sustainable Development, the American Gas Association, and the American Society of Association Executives.
Megan Clark is the Chief Executive of CSIRO. She began her career as a mine geologist and worked in mineral exploration, mine geology, research and development management, venture capital and technical strategy with Western Mining Corporation. More recently she served as Vice President, Health, Safety, Environment, Community and Sustainability with BHP Billiton. She is a member of the Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and Innovation Council, and a Trustee of the Science Industry Endowment Fund.
Nawsheen Elaheebocus is a Senior Human Development Officer at the African Development Bank based in Tunisia,  serving as the Bank’s point person on Science, Technology and Innovation, and managing the Human Capital Development Strategy. She previously worked in World Bank’s Paris and Washington offices in the Communications, Health and Education Departments. Of Mauritian nationality, Elaheebocus speaks fluent English, French, and Creole, conversational Spanish, Hindi and Urdu and can read and write Arabic.
Neha Misra is an Energy Economist with experience in energy security, climate change and human development. She is passionate about women’s empowerment and community mobilization for scaling innovative applications of solar power in the developing world. She served as the North America focal point for the Lighting a Billion Lives Campaign, a commitment with the Clinton Global Initiative to replace kerosene and paraffin lanterns with solar lighting devices.
Nola Masterson, Managing Director of Science Futures Management Company, is a biotechnology industry leader and forward thinker with 35 years of business experience in the life sciences industry and in venture capital investment. She previously worked as a Venture Partner with TVM Capital GmbH in Germany, and was the first biotech analyst on Wall Street for Drexel Burnham and Merrill Lynch.
Nour Khrais is the Founder and CEO of Maysalward, and Chairman of Jordan Gaming Task Force with more than 11 years of international experience in the Online and Mobile Value Added Services. Prior to forming Maysalward, Khrais worked in a multicultural environment between VAS companies in Jordan, Dubai, Egypt, Qatar and France. He holds a Master in International Business, Global Marketing and Internationalization, Diploma in Mobile Telecommunication and Bsc of Agriculture Engineering.
Ossama Hassanein is Senior Managing Director at Newbury Ventures. He has managed over $1 billion of international technology funds in diverse roles including EVP of Berkeley International in San Francisco, Chairman of Technocom Ventures in Paris, President of Newbridge Networks Holding in Canada, and Chairman of the Rising Tide Fund in Silicon Valley. In the last 15 years, he was chairman or co-founder of six leading-edge digital communication startups in the US, UK and France.
Paul Basil is Founder and CEO of Villgro Innovations Foundation and an Ashoka Fellow. Paul has spent over a decade incubating more than 50 innovative enterprises and has contributed to building the social enterprise eco-system in India. Among his key achievements are Unconvention, India’s leading conference on innovation and social entrepreneurship; Wantrapreneur, a social business plan competition, and a Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship that focuses on research and education.

Peter A. Singer is Chief Executive Officer of Grand Challenges Canada and Director at the Sandra Rotman Centre (University Health Network and University of Toronto), Professor of Medicine at University of Toronto, and the Foreign Secretary of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. Singer has advised the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the UN Secretary General’s office, the Government of Canada, Pepsico, BioVeda China Venture Capital Fund, and several African Governments on global health.

Phil Wickham serves as the President and CEO of the Kauffman Fellows Program at the Center for Venture Education in Palo Alto, CA. He is a veteran venture investor and startup entrepreneur, and has shepherded more than 30 investments, including Ikanos, Web Methods, Com21, Emergent, and Trilibis. Phil currently serves on the board of S2 Technologies, Trilibis, and Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs, and advises TL Ventures and the Creandum fund in Stockholm.
Philip Auerswald is an associate professor at George Mason University’s School of Public Policy and a senior fellow at the Kauffman Foundation. Since 2010, Auerswald has served as an adviser to the Clinton Global Initiative on topics related to job creation, education, and market-based strategy. He is also an associate at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University and author of The Coming Prosperity: How Entrepreneurs are Transforming the Global Economy.

Randall Kempner is ANDE’s Executive Director and oversees its extensive program and policy agenda that includes efforts to develop standardized social and environmental metrics for impact investment and the $1m ANDE Capacity Development Fund.

Prior to joining ANDE, Kempner served as Vice President for Regional Innovation at the U.S. Council on Competitiveness. He holds a MBA and MPA from the University of Texas and a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University.
Renee Kaplan is Chief Strategy Officer and oversees programs at the Skoll Foundation. Her professional background includes eight years at Microsoft in corporate and international marketing –spending considerable time in India, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East emerging markets. As an entrepreneur, she was active in Young Entrepreneurs Organization and was named to the“40 Under 40” list by the Puget Sound Business Journal recognizing the region’s next generation of visionary business leaders.
Rick Samans is Executive Director of the Global Green Growth Institute, headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.  He previously served in a variety of roles in government, the private sector, and research institutions and remains Senior Policy Adviser to the World Economic Forum, Non-resident Senior Fellow for International Economic Policy at the Center for American Progress and Chairman of the Climate Disclosure Standards Board.  He is the author of a range of publications on international economic policy.
Rohit Shukla is CEO of the Larta Institute. He has worked in the high technology industry as an entrepreneur and founder of his own small company, and as executive director of The Presidents’ Roundtable in Los Angeles. He was involved in the creation of the regional technology alliances (RTA’s) to facilitate funding for both high-profile and grass roots projects, and was selected to direct the Los Angeles chapter of the RTAs (Larta).

Saad Andary is the Second Vice-Governor of the Banque du Liban and a member of the Bank’s Central Council and of the Open Markets Committee. He chairs the joint BDL-BCC Financial Stability Committee, and the Scientific, Technical, and Ethical Qualifications Committee. Andary previously held several senior executive positions in the financial sector including, Deputy General Manager (BBAC), General Manager (Kuwaiti Interests for Financial Investments), and Head of Treasury (Arab Bank, Lebanon).
Shaukat Abdulrazal is the Executive Secretary of the Kenya’s National Council for Science and Technology and the Chairman of the African Technology Policy Studies. He is also a member of the Kenya National Economic Social Council and Professor of Animal Science at Egerton University.  Abdulrazal received his MSc and PhD from University of Aberdeen, UK, and Post-doctorate training from Shimane University, Japan where we was Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences.
Shigeo Okaya is the Director of Research Partnership for Sustainable Development Division of the Japan Science and Technology Agency. He has previously served in numerous directorial positions, including in the MEXT Offices of Evaluation and International Cooperation Policy,  the METI OFfice of International Nuclear Affairs, and as the Science/Nuclear Attaché to the Japanese Embassy in Washington, DC. Okaya holds BS and MS degrees in Nuclear Engineering from Kyoto University, and a MBA from Stanford University.
Stanley P. Kowalski is Professor of Law and Director of the International Technology Transfer Institute (ITTI) at the Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property at UNH-Law. ITTI is dedicated to advancing science, technology and innovation in developing countries via education, outreach and capacity building in intellectual property (IP) management, technology transfer and patent information analysis.
Susana García-Robles is the Principal Investment Officer in charge of MIF Early Stage Equity Group, MIF/FOMIN (Multilateral Investment Fund). Since 1999, she has created and guided seed/venture capital investments for MIF/FOMIN in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as entrepreneurship strategy. She holds Master’s Degrees in International Economic Policy (Columbia University) and Philosophy and Education (Catholic University of Argentina), and is frequently invited to speak on venture capital, impact investment, entrepreneurship and women’s issues.
William Colglazier was appointed Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State in 2011. He has served as Executive Officer of the National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council, Professor of Physics at the University of Tennessee, AAAS Congressional Science Fellow, and Research Scientist at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and the Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.