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Adrian Gault
Position: Chief Economist from the CCC
Description: Adrian joined the secretariat of the Committee on Climate Change in May 2009, where he is responsible for analytical work looking at UK greenhouse gas emission reduction potential and costs. Prior to joining the CCC secretariat, Adrian has substantial experience of energy and environmental issues – as an economist in Department for Transport, the Energy Group at DTI(now part of DECC) and in the Treasury tax team.
Mark Jacobson
Position: Director of Atmosphere and Energy Program at Stanford
Description: Pioneering researcher in the field of energy and environment. His findings have formed the basis of US legislation and policy. His published work covers everything from the affects of aerosols, to coauthoring the first plan to power the world for all purposes with wind, water, and sunlight (WWS). He is a recipient of the American Meteorological Society Henry G. Houghton Award. [B.S. Civil Engineering, B.A. Economics, and M.S. Environmental Engineering Stanford University. M.S. and Ph.D. Atmospheric Science, UCLA]
Kevin McCullough
Position: Chief Operating Officerof nPower
Description: COO of a leading UK integrated energy company. In addition to this he is Chair of Horizon Nuclear Power – the joint venture established between RWE npower and E.ON to develop nuclear power generation in the UK. He has recently been appointed Chair of the Welsh Assembly Government’s Energy & Environment Sector Panel.Also appeared on Channel 4's program, Undercover Boss.
David Hone
Position: Senior Climate Change Advisor of Shell
Description: Senior climate change adviser for Shell, as well as the Chairman of the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA). He works closely with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and has been a lead contributor to many of its recent energy and climate change publications. He is the author of a climate change blog on behalf of Shell. He has a degree in chemical engineering and has also worked in Australia, the Netherlands.
John Balsdon
Position: Partner at Herbert Smith LLP
Description: John is a partner at Herbert Smith LLP, specialising in the energy sector. He has over fourteen years experience of working in emerging markets with a focus on the Russia, having spent 10 years in Moscow. He specialises in energy finance with an emphasis on oil & gas, ranging from project financing to syndicated export led oil & gas receivables. He has worked on multi-billion $ deals with Gazprom, Total and Sinopec to name but a few. He is currently working on the two largest energy deals in the world. John is Warwick Law School alumni.
James Lull (US)
Position: Author and Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies at San Jose State University, California, specializing in media and cultural studies.
Description: Dr. James Lull (San Jose, CA) is an international authority and commentator on the impact of mass media, communications technology, and popular culture. His contribution to the field ranges from having published ten books, a multitude of journal articles, chapters, and essays. His appearance as a commentator stretches across several media outlets such as: CNN, CNN Headline News, and the BBC. His essays have been published in the Los Angeles Times, International Herald Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, and elsewhere. He has lectured across a spectrum of universities around the world and is currently professor emeritus of Communication Studies at San Jose State University.
Benjamin Barber
Position: American Political Theorist and Author of best seller Jihad v Macworld and Professor , USA
Description: Benjamin R. Barber is a Distinguished Senior Fellow at Demos, president of the Interdependence Movement, and Walt Whitman Professor Emeritus at Rutgers University. Dr. Barber is the author of 17 books, including the classic Strong Democracy, the international best-seller Jihad vs. McWorld and most recently, Consumed. Dr. Barber appears frequently in broadcast media and domestic and international news publications, and he consults regularly with political and civic leaders in the U.S. (President Bill Clinton, Governor Howard Dean) and around the world (Germany, U.K., Libya, Finland, Syria). He writes and speaks on a wide variety of questions connected to democracy and citizenship, including the arts, education, globalization, terrorism, and the new politics of the Middle East and North Africa.
Simon Anholt
Position: Independent Policy Advisor to Heads of State, Heads of Government and Cabinets
Description: Simon Anholt has advised more than 40 nations and numerous cities and regions, on enhanced economic, political and cultural engagement with other countries. He was a member of the UK Foreign Office’s Public Diplomacy Board for 10 years, and has advised institutions including the UN World Tourism Organisation, the World Economic Forum, the World Bank, NATO, the United Nations, WIPO, the International Trade Centre, the International Olympic Committee, the International Security Assistance Force, the World Travel and Tourism Council, the European Union, the World Technology Network. Anholt devised the concept of nation brand in 1996 and is the founder and publisher of the annual Anholt-GfK Roper Nation Brands Index™, theAnholt-GfK Roper City Brands Index™ and the Anholt State Brands Index, surveys which use a panel of over 30,000 people to monitor global perceptions of 50 countries, 50 cities and 52 States of the Union. He was awarded the Nobels Colloquia Prize for Economics in Trieste in 2009 and the Prix d'Excellence du Forum Multiculturel pour un Développement Durable, at the Palais de la Découverte, Paris, in 2010. Anholt is the author of many books including the best-selling book, Another One Bites The Grass, and most recently Places: Image, Identity and Reputation.
Charles Tripp
Position: Author and Professor of Politics of the Middle East at SOAS University
Description: Charles Tripp is Professor of Politics with reference to the Middle East, at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. His research interests include the nature of autocracy, state and resistance in the Middle East and the politics of Islamic identity. He is the author of: Islam and the Moral Economy: The Challenge of Capitalism (Cambridge University Press, 2006); A History of Iraq (Cambridge University Press, 2007) and the joint author of Iran and Iraq at War (I.B. Tauris, 1988) and of Iran-Saudi Arabia Relations and Regional Order (IISS, 1996). He has recently completed a book examining the politics of resistance in the Middle East, The Power and the People: Paths of Resistance in the Middle East (to be published by Cambridge University Press in 2012). In the run up to the war against Iraq, Professor Tripp was part of a small team that visited 10 Downing Street in order to advise the prime minister, Tony Blair, on the consequences of going to war
Nadim Shehadi
Position: Previously the Director for Lebanese Studies at Oxford, he is currently an assoicate fellow on Chatham's House's Middle East and North Africa Programme and is also an academic visitor at St Antony's, Oxford
Description: His recent publications include 'Lebanon: the Futile Victory', 2008, and Palestinain Refugees: a Regional Perspective, 2009.
Ziya Meral
Position: Researcher on the Middle East, Writer and PhD candidate in Politics at the University of Cambridge
Description: Ziya Meral is a London based Turkish analyst, writer and a PhD candidate in Politics at the University of Cambridge. He is currently a Research Associate at the Foreign Policy Centre. He worked as a human rights advocate with a focus on religious freedom in the Middle East and North Africa, ran advocacy campaigns and lobbied various governments on individual cases and thematic issues. He delivered talks and lectures in leading academic institutions and conferences around the world, spoke at briefings and consultancies at the UK House of Commons and House of Lords and the U.S. Congress. He is a frequent commentator on the Middle East issues in international and British media, including live interviews on Al Jazeera and BBC World TV programs
Nicola Pratt
Position: Professor on International Politics of the Middle East
Description: Prior to becoming a Professor, Nicola lived and worked in Egypt for several years on projects concerning human rights and democratisation and speak Arabic. Her research and teaching interests are located in the intersections between the politics of the Middle East and feminist international relations theory. Her research interests links to her activism in the international peace/anti-war movement and she has been a regular speaker at various meetings of social movement/voluntary groups. Previously, she was also Associate Editor of the British Journal of Middle Eastern Studiesfor 6 years.
Dr. Cathia Jenainati
Position: Member of the English and Comparative Literature Department at Warwick.
Description: She currently teaches a module on Comparative Perspective on Arabic Literature and is publishingpers on fiction written by Arab authors who deal specifically with the political dimenstion of collective memory and collective amnesia. She is also in the process of creating the Warwick Database of Arabic Resources, which will focus in its first phase on Egypt, Syria and Labanon and will then be expanded to include Lybia, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Algeria.
Andre Campbell
Position: Founder & Managing Director of Enfuse Youth Ltd.
Description: Andre Campbell is an award winning entrepreneur, consultant and TV presenter. He is the founder and Managing Director of Enfuse Youth Ltd, a youth enterprise education service dedicated to making young people enthusiastic about their future careers. Through his journey from humble beginnings to national and international recognition, he has gained powerful insights and experiences into how we can benefit the lives of others whilst moving forward ourselves.
Sean Swarner
Position: Founder & Managing Director of CancerClimber.org
Description: Sean Swarner is an individual who has truly re-defined what human beings can achieve if they set their minds to it. Despite being diagnosed with two different types of cancer, he has climbed the highest peaks in the world in addition to completing the 2008 Ford Ironman Championships. An author, founder of his non-profit organisation CancerClimber and the 2007 recipient of the Don’t Ever Give Up award, he continues to devote his time to ensuring that many others benefit from his incredible life and find the hope and inspiration to write their own success story.
John Bell
Position: Founder & Managing Director of Johnbellspeaker.com
Description: John Bell is internationally recognised as one of the best motivational speakers in the world. With over 25 years of experience and a Masters in Education, he has dazzled, entertained and above all inspired students from across the globe with his words. An author of over 25 books, a former stage hypnotist and stand-up comedian he has used all of his life experiences to master the technique of motivating everyone to believe that they can go on to accomplish anything.
Joel Trachtman
Position: Lecturer at Fletcher School, USA
Research interest: International economic law, including international trade, finance, migration, investment, and business law.
Professional activities: Joel P. Trachtman is a Professor of International Law at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Massachusetts. He has served as a member of the editorial boards of the American Journal of International Law, European Journal of International Law and Journal of International Economic Law, and as a consultant to the OECD, UNCTAD, USAID, World Bank, and APEC. He previously held positions as Chairman of the International Economic Law Interest Group of the American Society of International Law, and has served as Honorary Secretary of the International Law Association (American Branch). His primary research interest is international economic law, including international trade, finance, migration, investment, and business law. His recent books include “The International Law of Economic Migration: Toward the Fourth Freedom,” “Ruling the World: Constitutionalism, International Law, and Global Governance,” and “The Economic Structure of International Law.”
Stephen Pattison
Position: Director of ICC UK
Description: Stephen Pattison was appointed Director and CEO of ICC UK at the start of 2011. Prior to taking up this position, he was Managing Director of International Business Development at Dyson. Until 2007 he held various posts at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, including Director of International Security and Head of the UN Department. Stephen holds degrees from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and from 2003-4 was a Fellow in International Relations at Harvard. He has broadcast media experience with both UK and overseas outlets.
Oliver Bakewell
Position: Co-Director of the International Migration Institute and a James Martin Fellow. Currently at Oxford University
Description: Oliver Bakewell holds a PhD and MSc in Development Studies from the University of Bath and a BA in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge. He has spent many years working with migrants and refugees both as a researcher and as a practitioner with a range of development and humanitarian NGOs. Prior to joining IMI, he was the Senior Researcher at INTRAC – the International NGO Training and Research Centre. Oliver’s research interests include migration, diasporas and global development; social theory and migration; ‘forced’ versus ‘voluntary’ migration; African migration; borderlands; identity papers; migration discourses; Zambia; and Angola.
James Perrott
Position: Solicitor at Price water house Coopers Legal
Description: James is a Senior Manager in PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal’s Global Immigration Team working closely with the Head of the Team. The Team has 600 immigration practitioners in 118 countries. A UK qualified solicitor, James has had experience with a wide range of corporate immigration issues and has been advising on immigration matters for more than ten years. He manages several large corporate accounts and provides strategic immigration consultancy advice to a variety of major companies, particularly in the financial and consulting sectors. He has supported a number of high profile companies through the sponsor licence application process, the introduction of the new Points Based System (PBS) and has worked with them to ensure compliance under the new system and in particular, with regard to the requirements under the new illegal working legislation.
He has been heavily involved in the evolution of the PBS, drafting discussion papers on behalf of the Home Office on key policy areas such as advertising, internships and settlement. James has also led client discussion groups with the Home Office and Government Ministers on immigration and works closely with various groups including London First and the CBI. James is a Member of the Immigration Law Practitioners Association's Economic Migration Sub Committee and is a regular speaker at conferences
Alp Mehmet
Position: Vice President at Migration Watch
Description: Mr Mehmet arrived from Cyprus aged 8. Educated at Parmiter's Grammar School, Bethnal Green and Bristol Polytechnic. He was successively an Immigration Officer (1970-1979), an Entry Clearance Officer at the British High Commission in Lagos (1979-1983); and a member of HM Diplomatic Service (1983-2008), serving at the FCO in London, Romania, Germany and Iceland twice, the second time as Her Majesty's Ambassador. He has been vice-chair of Migration Watch UK since May 2011
