Agenda

Rosie McDonald is an E-waste Data Associate at the International Telecommunication Union. Her work focuses on e-waste data and statistics capacity building activities as part of the Global E-waste Statistics Partnership. Previously she worked as a greenhouse gas researcher on the land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector of the UK national greenhouse gas inventory. She has experience of working within outreach, widening participation for first generation students and STEM enrichment in a higher education setting. She is also an active member of ITU’s Youth Task Force.  

She holds a PhD in Environment Sciences from the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, an MSc in Environmental Protection and Management from The University of Edinburgh, and a BSc in Geography from the University of Aberdeen.

Head of UpLink and Member of the Executive Committee for the World Economic Forum. Previously served as Head of the Forum Foundations and prior to that as the Head of the Forum of Young Global Leaders at the World Economic Forum. Formerly, Small Funds Initiative Coordinator for the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment; has also spent several years as a French Teacher at the Trinity Pawling School. MBA with a specialization in International Organizations from the University of Geneva and completed undergraduate studies at Kenyon College with a BA in Economics. Interests: spending time in the Alps skiing and hiking; playing competitive football in the local leagues.

Deborah is the Founder of dmb crew and its flagship initiative Games for Good, which focuses on helping studios and industry harness games for social impact. She was a driving force behind the Green Mobile Game Jam which reached more than 100 Million gamers about climate change, and consults for UN Environment's Playing for the Planet. She’s a media professional with more than a decade of experience, first as a print and tv journalist and then as a producer and content guru in games at Xbox and Space Ape. She is a Special Effect Ambassador, was named one of the Top 100 Women in Games in 2019, winner of the MCV Career Mentor of the Year Award, and nominated for the h100 Awards: Games in 2018. She has been a speaker at conferences around the world including Gamescom, devcom, Twitchcon, Unity for Humanity, Insomnia, ESI, Pax East PGC and more. She loves this industry, good storytelling, bad tv, and sparkling juice drinks.

Elliot is an aspiring Carbon Warrior on a mission to promote sustainability and peace. He is currently the head of US Business Development and Partnerships at Carbonbase, a climate change fintech startup that rewards businesses and individuals for eliminating their carbon footprint and fighting climate change. He is also the Executive Organizer of the Greenlight Festival, which is a Climate Conference helping hundreds of thousands of students access opportunities working in climate, sustainability, and environmental justice. 

Elliot was a Schwarzman Scholar at Tsinghua University in Beijing where he studied International Business Sustainability and Carbon Management, and wrote his graduate thesis on CCUS Opportunities in China. Elliot has served in the military, worked in the nonprofit and public sectors, and more.

My name is ASIWAJU, Imoleayo Samuel,- a current student of Erasmus Mundus Master’s program which requires me to study in France, the UK and Sweden. I am studying Green Networking and Cloud Computing. 

I am currently focusing and researching how current digital technologies can be sustainable in line with SDG 7, 9 and 13. As a current researcher in the field of Green ICT, I look beyond developing “just digital technologies” but making sure the technology is sustainable and energy-efficient to the minimum level. 

On a personal note, I am actively a member of ISNAD-Africa a non-profitable organization that helps African students and researchers interested in research for sustainable energy, climate change, and conducts enlightenment and advocacy programmes in Africa.

I also serve as an ICT associate at Erasmus Mundus Association managing the ICT related work for the association.

I am a multiple award winner and also served in different organisations as a volunteer.

Nala Amirah is a youth climate highschool advocate who focuses on responsible consumption roles in climate action and youth empowerment. She has founded Green Welfare Indonesia; a youth-led non-profit organisation focusing on environmental and social sustainability through advocating against unethical livestock farming and voice out for sustainable urban agriculture. She is also the Ambassador of ASEAN youth organisation and recently serves as the core team of Re-Earth Initiative to champion intersectional environmentalism and the role of social justice in climate change, Moreover, she has also spoken in various dialogues, including UNEP and European Union.

Francis Xavier Inyangat is a member of Generation Connect Africa (GC-AFR) Youth Envoy  at the International Telecommunications Union - Africa Telecommunications Union (ITU-ATU) . 

Xavier is a Bachelor of Computer Engineering holder from Busitema University with undying passion for digital technology, innovation and youth activism.

He is a fellow at Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT), MasterCard scholar and an avid youth innovator and mentor at STEMi Makers Africa and Makerere University Innovation & Incubation Centre(MIIC). In short, I am a digital Changemaker.

Lara Rudar is a 17-year-old environmental advocate and virtual reality artist. As one of the 20 Official UAE Ambassadors for Nature, she is currently working closely with Emirates Nature-WWF to create digital environmental initiatives that provide youth in the UAE with the experiences, knowledge, and skills to become future change-makers and environmental leaders. She is also the Education Coordinator at the Re-Earth Initiative, an international youth-led climate organization.