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The Virtual Pavilion gathers speakers ranging from policy experts, government officials, civil society, and thought leaders.

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Vicente Ruiz

OECD Development Centre

Economist, Territorial Development, Economic Transformation and Development...

Amir Safaei

GHG Protocol

Senior Manager

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amir-safaei-01761a6b?

Andres Sanabria

OECD

Coordinator, OECD Mining Regions and Cities Initiative

Ara Sargsyan

Ameriabank

Head of Financial Institutions Division

Stefano Scarpetta

OECD

Director for Employment Labour and Social Affairs

Mary Schapiro

Bloomberg

Vice Chair for Global Public Policy and Special Advisor to the Founder and...

https://www.linkedin.com/in/maryschapiro/

James Schofield

Industrial Transition Accelerator

Deputy Director

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesschofield/?originalSubdomain=nl

Atina Schutz

Micronesian Center for Sustainable Transport

Legal researcher

https://www.linkedin.com/in/atinamariaschutz/

Jesse Scott

Hertie School and the German Economic Research Institute...

Professor and Senior Fellow

PMS

Papa Madiaw Seck

West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA)

Coordinator of the IDA Donation Technical Assistance Project for the Financing...

Jerry Sheehan

OECD

Director, Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerry-sheehan-98511450/

Amanpreet Singh

MUFG Bank

Managing Director, ESG Finance, Asia Pacific

Tristan Smith

UCL Energy Institute

Associate Professor

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tristan-smith-76b3581a/

Jacob Smith

OECD

Economist, Tax and Environment Unit

HMS

H.E. Michaela Spaeth

Permanent Representation of the Federal Republic of...

Ambassador and Permanent Representative

Jane Stacey

OECD

Head of Tourism Unit

https://www.linkedin.com/in/janestacey/

Annika Stechemesser

The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

Postdoctoral Researcher

https://www.linkedin.com/in/annika-stechemesser-43798b12b

Yves Steinebach

Institutt for Statsvitenskap, Faculty of Social Science,...

Associate Professor

https://no.linkedin.com/company/unioslo-svfak?trk=public_post_follow-view-profile

Dag Strømsnes

Public Procurement Agency, Norway

Chief Procurement Officer

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dag-str%C3%B8msnes-16293820/?originalSubdomain=no

Swenja Surminski

Marsh McLennan

Managing Director Climate and Sustainability

https://www.linkedin.com/in/swenja-surminski-2a892729/?originalSubdomain=uk

Florence Syevuo

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Kenya Forum

Executive Director

https://www.linkedin.com/in/florence-syevuo-19564348/?originalSubdomain=ke

Thomas Tayler

Aviva Investors

Head of Climate Finance

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-tayler-61a39094/

Anastassia Tcherneva

ABN AMRO Bank N.V.

Head, Shipping & Intermodal Clients

Hiroyuki Tezuka

JFE Steel Corporation

Fellow

ATPT

Andrés Tomás Pica Téllez

Ministry of the Environment, Government of Chile

Head of the Climate Change Division, Ministry of the Environment

https://www.linkedin.com/in/andr%C3%A9s-pica-t%C3%A9llez-711a1237/?originalSubdomain=cl

Manuel Toselli

OECD Development Centre

Economist

https://www.linkedin.com/in/manuel-toselli-98a8ba1b/?originalSubdomain=fr

Jacek Truszczynski

European Commission DG GROW

Deputy Head of Unit ‘Net Zero Industries’

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacek-truszczynski-02a419262/?originalSubdomain=be

Janene Tuniz

United Nations

Associate Programme Officer, Sustainable Mobility Unit

Jo Tyndall

OECD

Director, Environment Directorate

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jo-tyndall-6b3b10b3

Falko Ueckerdt

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

National Energy Transitions Team Lead

https://www.linkedin.com/in/falko-ueckerdt-0942591ba/

KVD

Kurt Van Dender

OECD

Head of the Tax Policy and Statistics Division, Centre for Tax Policy

Zoé Vauquelin

Grdr-Migration, Citoyenneté, Développement

Urban Programmes Coordinator

https://www.linkedin.com/in/zo%C3%A9-vauquelin-903b6789/

Sarah Whitmee

London School for Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Kyle Wiens

iFixit

CEO

Nicole Wilke

German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate...

Head of Division, International Climate Action and International Energy...

MYV

Margarita Yépez Villareal

Datalat

Executive Director

https://www.linkedin.com/in/margarita-yepez-villareal/

Yuko Yoshida

Ministry of the Environment, Japan

Deputy Director, Climate Change Science and Adaptation Office, Global...

https://www.linkedin.com/in/yuko-yoshida-7100b3125

Winston Yu

World Bank

Water Practice Manager for the Europe and Central Region

HEZL

Holger Edisson Zambrano Loor

Ecuador Ministry of Environment

Education and Environment Director

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