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Professor; Jean Monnet Chair ad personam
Prof. Sharon Pardo (Ph.D., Ghent University, Faculty of Political and Social Studies) is a Jean Monnet Chair ad personam in European studies in the Department of Politics and Government at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, the Chair of the National Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence – the Centre for the Study of European Politics and Society (CSEPS), as well as the Chair of the Bologna Training Centre (BTC) at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He is the co-editor of Europe and the World book series by Lexington Books. Prof. Pardo is an adjunct fellow at the National Centre for Research on Europe (NCRE), University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and a member of the Board of the Israel Council on Foreign Relations (ICFR). His research interests focus on the legal and political dimensions of European Union foreign and security policy. Prof. Pardo also has significant interest in the development of the Euro-Mediterranean region and in Israeli-European Union relations. He has published widely on these issues and is the author of Normative Power Europe Meets Israel: Perceptions and Realities (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2015), and the co-author (with Joel Peters) of Israel and the European Union: A Documentary History (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2012, 2014) and Uneasy Neighbors: Israel and the European Union (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2010). Prof. Pardo teaches courses on the European integration process, diplomacy and public international law.
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Dr. Elizabeth O'Day is the CEO and founder of Olaris Therapeutics a pharmaceutical company that develops precision medicines for diseases with little to no treatment options and dismal survival rates. Olaris technology will fundamentally change how these diseases are treated and diagnosed. Dr. O'Day is also the founder of Lizzard Fashion, an apparel company that uses fashion to promote science. Like feedback loops studied by scientists, science inspires fashion and fashion supports science. Partial Lizzard proceeds support cancer research. Additionally, Dr. O'Day initiated Proyecto Chispa (Project Spark), which recycles electronics and uses the resale of parts to build computer centers in orphanages throughout Latin America. She is also the founder of "Women in Science & Technology" (WST) at Boston College. WST is in its 7th year and has provided over 500 high-school-aged females and college students the opportunity to learn about careers in science. Dr. O’Day received her PhD from Harvard University. where she was a National Science Foundation fellow. She was one of eleven America scientists awarded a Winston Churchill fellowship and received a Master’s of Philosophy in Chemistry from the University of Cambridge. She has a Bachelors of Science degree from Boston College in Biochemistry. She was awarded all of the nation’s top undergraduate research honors (Beckman scholar, Goldwater Scholar, Churchill Fellow, NSF Fellow, National Institute of Chemistry Excellence Award).
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Frank Fredericks is the founder of World Faith, a global interfaith development organization, and Mean Communications, a digital agency. After graduating from NYU, Frank worked in the music industry, managing artists such as Lady Gaga. In 2006, he founded World Faith, a youth-led interfaith organization active in 15 countries. As an active blogger, Frank has contributed to the Huffington Post, Washington Post, and Sojourners. Frank has been interviewed on Good Morning America, NPR, and New York Magazine. He is an alumnus of the IFYC Fellowship, Soliya Fellowship, AMENDS at Stanford, YouthActionNet Fellowship, and the Ariane de Rothschild Fellowship. Frank resides in New York with his wife, fervently reading, cooking, learning a language at any given time, and performing as a musician and songwriter. Frank is a Global Shapers Community Scholarship recipient at Oxford's Said Business School.
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CREATIVE - COMMITTED - COMMUNICATIVE - Content Creator experienced in copywriting, design, basic photography & videography - News Junkie, hungry for information, 24/7 monitoring of the web, on-the-spot communication skills, quick decision-making, good judgment, ability to be calm in the face of stress, ability to think globally - Community Manager & Facilitator: Resourceful, able to connect people and stimulate discussion, firm but empathetic, witty but professional. - Customer-oriented: strong communication skills, desire to solve others' problems, ability to troubleshoot and know where to pass a complex question - Project Manager: Strong organization skills, vision, ability to negotiate, convince and make data-based decisions. - Marketing Analyst who conducts data analysis, gets excited from opinion polls, extremely curious. - Expert who likes to share expertise on social media best practices
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Author of 'Hyperthinking', Phil Weiss is an entrepreneur and strategic thinker who has been working with leading corporations for the past two decades. He speaks for corporate and business audiences around the world on range of topic related to disruption, innovation and technology. He founded ZN (www.zn.be) the leading digital agency working with companies, political institutions like the European Commission and Parliament and organisations on how to use the Internet to integrate and transform business and communication. He works with such household names as Toyota, Microsoft, Sony, Sanofi Pasteur, UCB and various industry associations. His Hyperthinking model was developed to enable the ZN team and their clients manage rapid change and innovation to adapt their strategies and structures to the age of networks. Whilst studying Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford, Philip Weiss launched two college magazines, started the first student radio station on a full FM licence in the UK, and received the Young Achievers Award from HM the Queen. In 2009, Philip helped co-found TEDxBrussels (tedxbrussels.eu). He was chairman of IABC Europe (International Association of Business Communicators: http://europe.iabc.com/) in 2012 and organised Eurocomm, the regional conference of the organisation in Brussels. In 2012, he wrote the book 'Hyperthinking', defining the mindset needed to survive and thrive in the age of networks. Information on the book can be found at www.hyperthinking.net. He blogs at hyperthinker.com. In 2013 he spoke at TEDxGateway in Mumbai (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kFziFmP_-k) and at TEDxULB in Brussels in 2014 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgTivMHlfpc). Specialties: Hyperthinking, e-campaigning, strategic thinking, internet communication
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Gulika Reddy is a human rights lawyer and the Founder of Schools of Equality. She is currently a Human Rights LL.M. Fellow at Columbia University. In the past, she has worked with lawyers, non-profits and academic institutions on the rights of: women and children, indigenous communities, climate refugees, and slum-dwellers.
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Franklin Morales is a Panamanian, internationally experienced professional, specialist in youth leadership and talent development. He is a Political Attaché for the Embassy of Panama to the United States of America, also coordinating one of the main educational programs of the Panamanian Government with this country. In 2009 he worked as Global Sales and Marketing Manager for AIESEC International, as the first Panamanian to be part of the leadership team of the largest youth driven organisation in the world. Following that, in 2010, he joined the Global Talent Management team of Electrolux in Sweden where he coordinated the corporation’s internship program. In 2012 he returned to Panama where he joined a prestigious legal firm as Marketing and Communications Director. There, he also cofounded a social project with the objective of developing leadership skills in young students in Panama.
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Nuclear Engineer, Giovanni studied in Italy and Sweden in the Polytechnic Universities ofTurin and Milan and in KTH of Stockholm. Then he started working in France on new reactors design for a challenging project concerning Generation IV Nuclear Reactors. Joint CERN, Geneva, on medical applications of CERN technologies, developing new generations of particle accelerators for cancer treatment. Co-founder of Bizanami, a web-based platform providing help and support in every step of the company development - from the idea to the final product - thanks to an automatic software in a web based platform. With this tool, every aspiring entrepreneur without access to mentors and incubators will find a way to develop his business idea. Head of the Italian Delegation at the Youth Summit of the G20 in Sydney 2014.
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Adam is the Managing Director of EU40, the network of young Members of the European Parliament, and a Special Advisor to MEP Franc Bogovic and MEP Sorin Moisa. He has worked as a consultant inside the European Parliament for ten years, serving more than a dozen MEPs from different political groups in this time, including Vice-President of the European Parliament, Alexander Alvaro for eight years. He started his career in Brussels as the Programme Director of the European Union of Jewish Students and was the Director of the European Affairs Office of B’nai B’rith International (with HQ in Washington D.C.), which he helped establish in Brussels. He has taught Political Science theory to first year students at the University of Aachen (RWTH Aachen) and holds a Master’s degree in Political Science, Economy and Development Studies.
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Isaac Castro is an immigrant entrepreneur and Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Emerge, a consumer technology company building a new product category to bridge distance and time—by leveraging sight, sound, touch and brain activity, all powered by an emotion AI platform. Emerge has been named as Technology Pioneer 2022 by the World Economic Forum. Isaac was recognized as Innovator Under 35 by MIT Technology Review for the invention of a medical device for more effective cancer treatment. As a World Economic Forum's Global Shaper, Isaac actively worked on inspiring youth and fostering peace and reconciliation in Colombia, work for which he was invited to participate and speak at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos. Isaac is an advocate for human connection, mental health, and sustainable access to technology. Isaac’s work has been endorsed and featured by institutions such as the World Economic Forum, MIT, European Parliament, Institut Choiseul for International Politics and Geoeconomics, Fast Company, and in media and publications worldwide. Isaac holds a master's degree in telecommunications engineering, and he is a graduate of Google-sponsored Singularity University at NASA Research Park in Silicon Valley.
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Serial entrepreneur specialized in the mobile industry. At the age of 16 and after two early projects, co-founded Geeksphone, the first European brand to launch Android to the market (2009) and the worldwide pioneer with Mozilla's Firefox OS (2013). Went on to start Blackphone, an award-winning privacy-centred smartphone manufacturer which was acquired by Silent Circle in 2015. Also co-founder of journalism start-ups Neupic and StoriesON, and board member of VR studios Future Lighthouse and Emerge. Former Young Adviser to Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission, and currently VP of Business Development for Snips.ai I have spoken about youth empowerment and entrepreneurship, cybersecurity, data privacy and the future of mobile industry in world-class venues like Davos, Mobile World Congress, MIT EmTech and Pioneers Festival.
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