Category: speakers

Mr. Gyawali, Academician of Nepal Academy of Science and Technology, is Chair of Inter Disciplinary Analysts (IDA), a guest senior research scholar at International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria, and former Chair of Nepal Water Conservation Foundation. His research interests lie at the interdisciplinary interface of technology-society which he examines from perspectives of […]

Dr. Weerakoon is the Executive Director of the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS) with research and publications covering areas related to macroeconomic policy, regional trade integration, and international economics. She has extensive experience working in public policy engagement with the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL), as a consultant to international organizations and […]

Dr. Khatun is the Executive Director at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), a civil society think tank in Bangladesh. She is also a Non-resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, a think tank based in the USA.​ She did her postdoctoral research at Columbia University, USA, and undertook joint research with Professor Jeffrey Sachs. […]

Mr. Kabir is currently working as a Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Policy Dialogue. Senior Research Associate, Centre for Policy Dialogue​. ​His areas of research interest are Macroeconomics, Climate Change, Environmental Economics, Energy Economics, Monetary Economics, Financial Economics, and Tourism Economics with theoretical application and theoretical development. He is also skilled in qualitative […]

Dr. Wignaraja is the Professorial Fellow in Economics and Trade at Gateway House in Mumbai and a Visiting Senior Fellow at ODI in London (formerly Overseas Development Institute). He is also a Board Member of the Geopolitical Cartographer and holds a visiting appointment at the National University of Singapore. His previous senior roles include Advisor to the Sri […]

Dr. Ganga Tilakaratna is a Research Fellow and Head of Poverty and Social Welfare Policy Research at the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS). Her research and publications cover areas related to social protection, financial inclusion, poverty, SDGs and labor. She has 20 years of research experience and has led several research projects […]

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Hanaa Singer-Hamdy of Egypt as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Nepal, with the host Government’s approval. She took up her post on 1 January. Ms. Singer-Hamdy has worked for close to 30 years across development and humanitarian contexts at various senior management and strategic leadership roles. She served […]

Ms. Baršauskaitė leads IISD’s work on trade and the green transition, including research and advisory work with governments on the role of trade policy in industrial decarbonization and green energy transition and the fight against major environmental challenges, such as plastic pollution. During her 15-year diplomatic career at the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ieva […]

Dr. Trachtman is Professor of International Law at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Recent books include “Advanced Introduction to International Trade Law” (Elgar 2020), “Collected Essays: Trade Law, Domestic Regulation, and Development” (World Scientific 2015), “The Future of International Law: Global Government” (Cambridge 2013), “The Tools of Argument” (Createspace 2013),” The International Law […]

Mr. Samuel has around thirty years of experience and expertise in strengthening human rights, democratic governance, and sustainable development in India, the Asia-Pacific region, and globally. His work combined policy research, advocacy, capacity building, institution building, strategic leadership, and social mobilization across the world. He has been working in leadership roles in the United Nations, […]