Finally, we are very grateful for the generous patronage of the Swiss Agency for
Development and Cooperation (SDC), the Canton de Vaud, the City of Lausanne,
the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), the ICRC, and the conference
sponsors. Their support and their partnership are critical for bringing us to reflect on
how technological innovation can lead to stronger social impact and lead the way
toward more suitable development at global level.
Scientific Committee and Session Leaders
Pankaj Agarwal, Panitek AG, Liechtenstein
Bipasha Baruah, Western University, Canada
Justin Bishop, University of Cambridge, UK
Jennifer Brant, Innovation Insights, Switzerland
Leo Anthony Celi, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Center, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Albrecht Ehrensperger, University of Bern, Switzerland
Marie-Valentine Florin, International Risk Governance Council, Switzerland
Zach Friedman, LIGTT: Institute for Globally Transformative Technologies, USA
Ashok J. Gadgil, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Mini Govindan, The Energy and Resources Institute, India
Sachiko Hirosue, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Silvia Hostettler, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Tunde Kallai, PASRI—ANPR, Meta Group, TR-Associates Ltd, Switzerland
Prabhu Kandachar, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Walter Karlen, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Denisa Kera, University of Singapore, Singapore
Bertrand Klaiber, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Papa Amadou Konte, Dakar City Municipality, Senegal
Paula Lytle, The World Bank, United States
Temina Madon, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Charles Martin-Shields, George Mason University, USA
Kinsuk Mitra, InsPIRE Network for Environment, India
François Münger, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Switzerland
Hung Nguyen-Viet, Hanoi School of Public Health, Vietnam
Vipan Nikore, Cleveland Clinic and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Ermanno Pietrosemoli, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics,
Italy and Fundación “EsLaRed,” Venezuela
María Catalina Ramírez, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
Federico Rosei, University of Quebec, Canada
Hans Schaffers, Aalto University, Finland
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Development and Cooperation (SDC), the Canton de Vaud, the City of Lausanne,
the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), the ICRC, and the conference
sponsors. Their support and their partnership are critical for bringing us to reflect on
how technological innovation can lead to stronger social impact and lead the way
toward more suitable development at global level.
Scientific Committee and Session Leaders
Pankaj Agarwal, Panitek AG, Liechtenstein
Bipasha Baruah, Western University, Canada
Justin Bishop, University of Cambridge, UK
Jennifer Brant, Innovation Insights, Switzerland
Leo Anthony Celi, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Center, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Albrecht Ehrensperger, University of Bern, Switzerland
Marie-Valentine Florin, International Risk Governance Council, Switzerland
Zach Friedman, LIGTT: Institute for Globally Transformative Technologies, USA
Ashok J. Gadgil, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Mini Govindan, The Energy and Resources Institute, India
Sachiko Hirosue, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Silvia Hostettler, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Tunde Kallai, PASRI—ANPR, Meta Group, TR-Associates Ltd, Switzerland
Prabhu Kandachar, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Walter Karlen, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Denisa Kera, University of Singapore, Singapore
Bertrand Klaiber, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Papa Amadou Konte, Dakar City Municipality, Senegal
Paula Lytle, The World Bank, United States
Temina Madon, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Charles Martin-Shields, George Mason University, USA
Kinsuk Mitra, InsPIRE Network for Environment, India
François Münger, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Switzerland
Hung Nguyen-Viet, Hanoi School of Public Health, Vietnam
Vipan Nikore, Cleveland Clinic and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Ermanno Pietrosemoli, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics,
Italy and Fundación “EsLaRed,” Venezuela
María Catalina Ramírez, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
Federico Rosei, University of Quebec, Canada
Hans Schaffers, Aalto University, Finland
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