Carlos Nobre is a Senior Scientist at the National Institute of Space Research (INPE) and is currently the Director of the newly created Earth System Science Center at INPE. He is also the Chair of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme Scientific Committee. He was the director of the Brazilian Center for Weather Forecasting and Climate Studies (CPTEC-INPE) from 1991-2003 and participated as a Program Scientist for the Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA) from 1996- 200. Dr Nobre is a Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and of the Academy of Sciences of the Developing Countries (TWAS), professor of Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions at INPE’s doctoral program in Meteorology.

Dr. Nobre graduated in Electrical Engineering from Instituto Tecnológico da Aeronáutica (ITA) in 1974 and did his PhD in Meteorology at the Institute of Technology (MIT), US.

In 2014 Prof. Fengling Zhang became one of Linkoping University's two Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers, ranking among the top 1% most cited in her subject field and year of publication, and earning her the mark of Exceptional Impact as certified by Thomson Reuters.

Prof. Zhang's work centers on organic based solar cells made from organic solutions which, compared to silicon based solar cells, have an advantage in their low cost. Layer structure organic solar cells based on organic materials can also be printed on flexible substrates and be semi-transparent for installation on windows.

For full scale production the solar cell is printed using a rotary press on a continuous substrate, leading to a high production speed and low production cost.

Researcher at the Universidad Nacional de Quilmes (UNQUI). His works on politics and measurement of science, technology and innovation, and bioeconomics have been published in national and international scientific journals. He has also written chapters on books, books and research reports on these subjects. He has been a professor at the Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires and the UNQUI, and has dictated lectures as Visiting Professor in other latin-american universities. He has worked as Specialist in charge of the Programa de Política CTI of the UNESCO for Latin America and the Caribbean, Specialist in the Buenos Aires Office of the ECLAC and consultant of other international organizations, such as the IBD, the ILO, the UNICEF, the WIPO, the PAHO and the World Bank. Also, he has participated in multiple international conferences as lecturer or panelist.

Johan Schot is Professor of Global History and Sustainability Transitions at the Utrecht University Centre for Global Challenges. He is Academic Director of the Transformative Innovation Policy Consortium (TIPC) and the Deep Transitions research project coordinated from the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex Business School.

Omar Hernández, is a Public Information Officer at the United Nations Academic Impact initiative and focal point on Sustainable Development Goals and institutions of higher education. Previously he served as Volunteer and Conference Management Specialist at the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat and as a Consultant for the Education for Justice initiative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Moreover, Omar volunteered with the Liaison Office of the United Nations Agency for Palestine Refugees and also with the World Federation of United Nations Associations, as well as for the United Nations Association of Venezuela. Furthermore, for almost five years, Omar worked in his home country, Venezuela, as an International News Analyst and Editor in a local newspaper, including various assignments as a Temporary Correspondent at the United Nations in Geneva covering the Human Rights Council and the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. In addition to this and also in Venezuela, Omar taught for a decade and a half at the Andrés Bello Catholic University, courses of International Journalism, International Public Law, and International Human Rights Law, while providing training to civil society on UN human rights mechanisms and being an Advisor of student delegations in Model UN conferences. At the same time he was an active member of the Academic Council on the United Nations System conducting research on a wide range of issues on multilateral diplomacy and international affairs. Omar has a Master’s degree in Cooperation for Development with Specialization in International Humanitarian Aid, a Diploma of Advanced Studies in Freedom of Expression and Right to Information, and a Bachelor’s degree in International Studies.

Dr. Silvia S. Martins, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Columbia University, is a psychiatrist and epidemiologist. She graduated from UFPR’s Medical school in January 1998, then did her Psychiatry Residency and PhD training at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, followed by postdoctoral training in Drug Dependence Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University. She currently is the Director of the Substance Use Epidemiology Unit of the Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and of the Policy and Health Initiatives on Opioids and other Substances interdisciplinary group (PHIOS). She is also the co-director of the NIDA T32 Substance Abuse Epidemiology Training Program in the department. She has co-authored >220 peer-reviewed epidemiological and substance use articles (>100 first or senior-authored), 80 of them led by her current or former mentees. She has served as principal investigator of multiple US National Institutes of Health funded grants since 2006. She has received several awards for her research and mentoring, including, in 2021, the Interdisciplinary Association of Population Health Sciences Mentoring Award. Also in 2021 she was selected as one of the School's 2021-2023 Tow Leadership Scholars and she received one of Columbia’s 2021 Calderone Health Equity awards. Her current research focuses on consequences of medical and recreational marijuana laws in the U.S; the synergistic effects of opioid policies and marijuana policies on opioid-related harm outcomes, the relationship between unemployment insurance and substance use disorder; and drug overdoses in Latin America.

Vanessa G. Nadalin works as a tenured researcher at the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA) since 2009, focusing on the interface between academic research and the desing, monitoring and evaluation of Brazilian Federal government public policies´. Vanessa has a PhD in Economic Theory at the University of São Paulo. Her fields of interest are Urban Economics, Urban Policy, Housing and Urban Mobility.