DSDS 2014 Speakers
- Heads of State
- Nobel Laureates
- Ministers
- Government
- Institutions
- Corporate
- Media
Heads of State
H.E. Mr Bharrat Jagdeo,
Former President,
Guyana
HE Mr Göran Persson,
Former Prime Minister, Sweden
Lord John Prescott,
Former Deputy Prime Minister & Member of Parliament, House of Lords, UK
HE Ms Tarja Halonen,
Former President, Finland
HE Mr Danny Faure,
Vice President, Seychelles
Nobel Laureates
Mr Kofi Annan,
Chairman, Kofi Annan Foundation & Former Secretary–General, United Nations
Dr Yuan Tseh Lee,
Nobel Laureate & President, International Council for Science
Ministers
HE Ms Ana Paulo Samo Gudo Chichava,
Deputy Minister for the Coordination of Environmental Affairs, Mozambique
HE Mr Belete Tafere Desta,
Minister of Environment and Forest, Ethiopia
HE Prof Ephraim Kamuntu,
Minister of Water and Environment, Uganda
Rt Hon'ble Gregory Barker,
Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change, UK
HE Mr Henri Djombo,
Minister of Forestry Economy and Sustainable Development, Congo
HE Mr Jorge Moreira da Silva,
Minister of Environment, Spatial Planning and Energy, Portugal
HE Mr Juhan Parts,
Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications, Estonia
HE Mr Lars Andreas Lunde,
State Secretary (Deputy Minister) of Climate and Environment, Norway
HE Dr Oyun Sanjaasuren,
Minister of Environment and Green Development, Mongolia
HE Dr Raphael Edou,
Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Reforestation, Benin
Prof Rolph Payet
Minister for Environment and Energy, Seychelles
Hon'ble Prof Silas Lwakabamba,
Minister of Infrastructure, Rwanda
HE Mr Lyonpo Yeshey Dorji,
Minister of Agriculture & Forests, Bhutan
Dr Farooq Abdullah,
Hon'ble Minister of New and Renewable Energy, India
Mr Salman Khurshid,
Hon'ble Minister of External Affairs, India
Hon'ble Mass Axi Gai,
Minister of Fisheries and Water Resources, Gambia
HE Dr Thet Thet Zin,
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry, Myanmar
Government
Dr Ajay Mathur,
Director-General, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Government of India
Mr B K Chaturvedi,
Member, Planning Commission, Government of India
Mr Heherson Alvarez,
Commissioner, Climate Change Commission, Philippines
Mr John Bryson,
Head, Bryson Climate Initiative, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars & Former Secretary of Commerce, USA
Rt Hon'ble John Gummer, Lord Deben, Former Secretary of State for Environment & Member of Parliament, House of Lords, UK
HE Mr Marcin Korolec,
Secretary of State, Government Plenipotentiary for Climate Policy & President of COP19/CMP9, Poland
Mr Montek Singh Ahluwalia,
Hon'ble Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Government of India*
HRH Prince Mostapha Zaher,
Director-General, National Environmental Protection Agency, Afghanistan
Dr Remi Quirion,
Chief Scientist, Fonds de Recherche du Quebec
Mr Amitabh Kant,
CEO and Managing Director,
Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation
Mr Rajeev Kher,
Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, India
Mr Surender Kumar,
Secretary, Department of Science, Technology and Environment, Government of Tripura, India
Mr Arunendra Kumar,
Chairman, Railway Board, Ministry of Railways, India
Mr Ajai Malhotra,
Former Ambassador of India to Russia
Dr S K Sarkar,
Secretary (Personnel), Department of Personnel and Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, India
Mr Gireesh Pradhan,
Chairperson, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission
HE Mr Dasho Paljor J Dorji,
Special Advisor, National Environment Commission, Bhutan
Mr Muhammad Irfan Elahi,
Chairman, Planning and Development Board, Government of Punjab, Pakistan
HE Mr Graco Ramírez Garrido Abreu,
Governor of Morelos, Mexico
Institutions
Dr R K Pachauri,
Director General, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
Dr Annapurna Vancheswaran,
Director, Sustainable Development Outreach Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
Mr Achim Steiner,
Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) & UN Under- Secretary–General
Mr Ajay Vir Jakhar,
Chairman, Bharat Krishak Samaj (Farmers' Forum, India)
Mr Alexandre Meira da Rosa,
Manager, Infrastructure and Environment Department, Inter–American Development Bank
Mr Ali Tauqeer Sheikh,
CEO, LEAD Pakistan & National Program Director and Asia Regional Director, CDKN
Dr Anindya Chatterjee,
Asia Regional Director, International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Ms Anne Paugam,
CEO, Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
Mr C Dasgupta,
Distinguished Fellow, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
Dr Carlos Lopes,
Executive Secretary, UNECA & UN Under–Secretary–General
Dr David Molden,
Director General, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
Dr Fatima Denton,
Officer In–Charge, African Climate Policy Center, Special Initiatives Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
Prof François Mancebo,
Full Professor, IRCS (International Research Center on Sustainability) – IATEUR Rheims University
Dr Georges Valentis,
Managing Director, Veolia Environment Institute
Mr Guido Schmidt–Traub,
Executive Director, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network
Mr Gyan Chandra Acharya,
Under–Secretary–General & High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States
Mr Hideaki Domichi,
Senior Vice President, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
Prof Hironori Hamanaka,
Chair, Board of Directors, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
Mr Howard Bamsey,
Director General, Global Green Growth Institute
Dr Ines Dombrowsky,
Head of Environment and Resource Policy, German Development Institute
Mr Jack Andraka,
Inventor
Mr Jake Schmidt,
International Climate Policy Director, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Prof Jeffrey D Sachs,
Director, Earth Institute & Special Advisor to the United Nations Secretary General (via Video)
Dr Jim Yong Kim,
President, The World Bank Group
Mr John A Beed,
Mission Director, USAID India
Dr Kandeh K Yumkella,
Special Representative of the UN Secretary–General for Sustainable Energy for All & Chief Executive Officer of the Sustainable Energy for All Initiative
Dr Kazuhiko Takeuchi,
Vice–Rector, United Nations University
Mr Lance Ignon,
Managing Director, Public Relations, Citizen Group
Dr Leena Srivastava,
Vice Chancellor, TERI University
Dr Ligia Noronha,
Executive Director (Research Coordination), The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
Ms Lise Grande,
UN Resident Coordinator & Resident Representative, United Nations Development Programme India
Prof Luigi Paganetto,
President, Economics Foundation, University of Rome Tor Vergata
Dr Naoko Ishii,
CEO & Chairperson, Global Environment Facility
Prof Nebojsa Nakicenovic,
Deputy Director General, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Mr Nitin Desai,
Distinguished Fellow, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
Mr Onno RÜhl,
Country Director, India, The World Bank
Prof Pavel Kabat,
Director General & CEO, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Prof Petteri Taalas,
Director General, Finnish Meteorological Institute
Dr Pradeep K Khosla,
Chancellor, University of California, San Diego
Dr Prodipto Ghosh,
Distinguished Fellow, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
Dr Shiv Someshwar,
Director, Climate Policy, Center on Globalization and Sustainable Development, Earth Institute, Columbia University & Senior Advisor, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network
Mr Takehiko Nakao,
President, Asian Development Bank
Mr Tim Nuthall,
Media Manager, European Climate Foundation
Ms Tomoyo Nonaka,
Chairperson, NPO Gaia Initiative
Prof Veena Sikri,
Convener, South Asia Women's Network (SWAN) & Vice Chairperson, South Asia Foundation (SAF–India)
Mr Vikram Singh Mehta,
Chairman, Brookings India
Mr Adam Koniuszewski,
Chief Operating Officer, Green Cross International
Dr Bindu N Lohani,
Vice President, Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development, Asian Development Bank
Corporate
Mr Assaad Razzouk,
Group Chief Executive Officer, Sindicatum Sustainable Resources
Dr Zubin Varghese
Senior Director, Innovation and Advanced Engineering, Ingersoll Rand
Media
Sir Jonathon Porritt,
Founder–Director, Forum for the Future
Mr Nitin Sethi,
Senior Assistant Editor, The Hindu
Mr Karma Paljor,
Business Editor and Senior Anchor, CNN-IBN
