
Who Attends?
- General Participants: 18-32 year olds
- Area experts from the private and public sectors: Invited to showcase their successful practices and highlight new innovations and new ground-breaking business models and methods that successfully address the development needs in different societies.
- High-level speakers and guests
Honorary guests and speakers for the Global Innovation Forum include:
Keynotes:
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H. E. Cheick Sidi Diarra
United Nations Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States |
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Diane Watson
United States Congresswoman
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Joseph Klimavicz
Chief Information Officer and Director for High Performance Computing and Communications, US Department of Commerce, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration |
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Arbogast, Tod
Director, Sustainable Business, Dell Inc |
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Clark, Woodrow
Founder, Clark Strategic Partners |
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Criel, Geert
Consul General, Consulate of Belgium in Los Angeles |
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Decarlo, Mark
President, GreenHouse Videos |
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Delgadillo, Rocky
Attorney, Los Angeles City
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Donner, Paige
Journalist, writer and filmmaker, Greening Hollywood on HuffingtonPost.com
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Feo, Ed
Partner,
Co-chair Project Finance and Energy Group,
Head, Alternative Energy Practice,
Former member, Global Executive Committee
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
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Finney, Tal
Counsel to and Member of Board of Directors, Iceland America Energy
Founding Partner, Dongell Lawrence Finney LLP |
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Flowers-Ewing, Christine
Executive Director, Keep California Beautiful |
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Heppe, David
Managing Director, Environmental Capital Group |
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Intriligator, Michael
Professor of Economics, Political Science, and Policy Studies,
University of California at Los Angeles, Senior Fellow, Milken Institute |
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Katz, Nurit
Sustainability Coordinator, University of California at Los Angeles
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Kim, Jinah
Correspondent, NBC news and KNBC in Los Angeles
Co-owner, WorldWise Productions |
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Lechner, Rich
Vice President, Energy and Environment, IBM |

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Liberman, Adi
Principle and Founder, Adi Liberman & Associates |
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Little, Caroline
CEO, North America for Guardian News and Media |
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Loveland, Tricia
Director of Aviation Infrastructure Policy & Strategy, The Boeing Company |
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Marks, Allan
Partner, Global Project Finance Department of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP |
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Meo, Dominic
Principal Associate, Manager
Environmental Compliance and Resource Management
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Pal, Rick
CEO, AirGenerate Inc. |
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Pomares, Raul
Portfolio manager, Portfolio Management Group of Guggenheim Investment Advisors
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Ramos, Alegre
Interior Designer, Green Living Expert, LEED AP
Allied Member, ASID |
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Redmond, Nate
Partner, Rustic Canyon Partners |
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Rodrigues, Gene
Director of Energy Efficiency, Southern California Edison Company
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Rogers, Elizabeth
Founder, Shift Your Habit, LLC |
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Ruiz, Cynthia
Commissioner, City of Los Angeles Board of Public Works
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Shegerian, John
President, Electronic Recyclers
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Stocks, Christian
Consul General, Consulate General of Germany in Los Angeles |
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Tekin, Hakan
Consul General, Consulate of Turkey in Los Angeles |
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Treiman, Jaak
Consul General, Consulate of Estonia in Los Angeles
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Weber, Tory
Manager of Business Performance
Energy Efficiency Division
Southern California Edison Company |
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Weiss, Daniel
Co-founder and Managing Partner, Angeleno Group LLC |
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