June 2011: "Reconciling poverty eradication and quality of the environment: what are the innovative solutions?"
Speakers' list and speeches
June 27th-28th, 2011 - Maison de la Chimie, Paris, France
More than 60 speakers from 15 different countries have participated in the conference. It was a unique occasion to share their expertise, analysis and concrete case-studies on the solutions to reconcile poverty eradication and quality of the environment.
Click on the speaker's name to read the speech / ppt or abstract (when available).
Under the patronage of:
- Christine Lagarde, Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry, France
With the introductory speeches of:
- Antoine Frérot, Chairman and CEO, Veolia Environnement (pdf - 33Ko)
- Dov Zerah, Director General, Agence Française de Développement (in French only, pdf - 26Ko)
With the exceptional participation of:
- Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize, Founder, Green Belt Movement (Kenya)
- Amartya Sen, Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, Economist, Harvard University (India)
And the participation in plenary sessions of:
- Raphaël Billé, Programme Director Biodiversity and Adaptation, Iddri (France)
- David Bresch, Head Sustainability and Political Risk Management, Swiss Re (Switzerland) (pdf - 601Ko)
- Joan Clos, Executive Director, UN-Habitat (Kenya) (pdf - 90Ko)
- Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity (Canada) (pdf - 15Ko)
- Philippe Kourilsky, Professor, Collège de France (pdf - 83Ko)
- Brice Lalonde, Executive Coordinator, UN Conference Rio +20 (in French only, pdf - 97Ko)
- Sylvie Lemmet, Director, DTIE, UNEP (France) (pdf - 11Ko)
- Trevor Manuel, Minister in the Presidency, National Planning Commission, represented by Kuben Naidoo (Republic of South Africa)
- Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Director General, IUCN (Switzerland) (pdf - 63Ko)
- Maria Nowak, Founding President ADIE, President European Microfinance Network (France)
- Sheela Patel, Founding Director SPARC, Chair Shack/Slum Dwellers International (India) (pdf - 2.1Mo)
- David Satterthwaite, Senior Fellow, Human Settlements, International Institute for Environment and Development (pdf - 596Ko)
- Ismail Serageldin, Director, Library of Alexandria (Egypt)
- Bjorn Stigson, President, WBCSD represented by Marcel Engel (Switzerland)
- Pavan Sukhdev, Founding Director, Gist Advisory (India) (intervention by videoconference)
- Kandeh Yumkella, Director General, UNIDO represented by Mohamed Dhaoui (in French only)
- Hui Xu, Director general, International Poverty Reduction Center in China (pdf - 572Ko)
And in thematic sessions:
- Cyprien Aholou, Project Manager Greater Lome project (Togo) (in French only, pdf - 1.7Mo)
- Oumarou Amadou, Coordinator, Gesforcom (Niger) (in French only, pdf - 6.5Mo)
- Rui Brito, Assistant Professor, University Eduardo Mondlane (Mozambique) (pdf - 1.6Mo)
- Jean-Pierre Cling, Professor in Economics, University Paris 13 (pdf - 398Ko)
- Constance Corbier-Barthaux, Research Division, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) (in French only, pdf - 1.2Mo)
- Bharat Dahiya, Human Settlements Officer, UN-Habitat, Bangkok Office (pdf - 1.6Mo)
- Maria Sabrina De Gobbi, Economist, ILO (Switzerland) (pdf - 108Ko)
- Christian De Gromard, Energy Project Manager, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) (in French only, pdf - 351Ko)
- Sonia Maria Dias, Waste sector specialist, Women in Informal Employment Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) (Brazil) (pdf - 449Ko)
- Marc Dufumier, Professor of Compared Agriculture and Farming Development, Agro Paris Tech (in French only, pdf - 41Ko)
- Janique Etienne, Deputy Director, Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
- Taghi Farvar, Former Chair of CEESP UICN, Chair, CENESTA (Iran)
- Helena Garcia Romero, Economist and researcher, Fedesarrollo (Colombia) (pdf - 382Ko)
- François Gemenne, Researcher, Iddri (France)
- Olivier Gilbert, Responsible for social innovations, Veolia Environnement (in French only, pdf - 2.3Mo)
- Alain Guinebault, Managing Director, GERES (France) (in French only, pdf - 4.2Mo)
- Harish Hande, Managing Director, Selco India (pdf - 14Ko)
- Matthew Hatchwell, Chef Executive, Wildlife Conservation Society Europe (UK) (pdf - 799Ko)
- Stephen Holness, Senior Manager for Strategic Park Planning and Development for South Africa National Parks (pdf - 4.7Mo)
- Guillaume Josse, Project manager, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) (in French only, pdf - 26Ko)
- Amir Kassam, Senior Adviser in sustainable intensification, FAO (Italy) (pdf - 1.4Mo)
- Mounir Lamine, Project Manager, NRH (Morocco) (in French only, pdf - 91Ko)
- Yann Laurans, Consultant, Ecowhat (pdf - 378Ko)
- Diana Mangalagiu, Professor, Reims Management School and Oxford University (pdf - 12Ko)
- Lorraine Mangones, Director, Association FOKAL (Haiti) (in French only, pdf - 1.3Mo)
- Julien Meimon, Project Officer for innovative financing, MAEE
- Sean Nazerali, Project Officer Quirimbas National Park, WWF (Mozambique) (pdf - 1.3Mo)
- Arba Jules Ouedraogo, Inspector of Service, ONEA (Burkina Faso) (in French only, pdf - 1.5Mo)
- Mauricio Perez Salazar, Former Financial Secretary, City of Medellin (Colombia)
- Virginie Rachmuhl, Responsible for Urban Programs, GRET (France) (in French only, pdf - 1.1Mo)
- M. Rakotondramanana, Executive Director, GSDM (Madagascar) (pdf - 1Mo)
- Kent Redford, Vice President of Conservation Strategy, Wildlife Conservation Society Institute (USA) (pdf - 12Ko)
- Jean-François Richard, Agricultural engineer, ex Agence Française de Développement (AFD) (in French only, pdf - 95Ko)
- Benoît Ringot, Veolia Grameen (in French only, pdf - 1.2Mo)
- Abdessamad Saddouq, Director for Participations and Partnerships, ONE (National Electricity Office) (Morocco) (in French only, pdf - 381Ko)
- Fabio Scarano, Executive Director, Conservation International Brazil (pdf - 1.5Mo)
- Lisa Schipper, Senior Research Fellow, Stockholm Environment Institute (pdf - 456Ko)
- Paul Van Aalst, Director, E+Co Europe (The Netherlands) (pdf - 340Ko)
- Gilles Vermot Desroches, Director for Sustainable Development, Schneider Electric (France) (in French only, pdf - 13Ko)