Our Speakers Include
Giancarlo
Canzanelli, engineer of 64 years old, is currently the ILS LEDA (International
Links and Services for Local Economic development Agencies) CEO. ILS LEDA is an
organization which works for several UN agencies and National Governments for
promoting and supporting territorial economic development strategies and
agencies (www.ilsleda.org) ... more |
Athar Hussain is Director of the Asia Research Centre at the London School of Economics. He has held visiting appointments at the Department of Economics, MIT and at the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University and Zhongshan University Guangzhou, Stockholm University (Sweden), Namur University (Belgium) and International ... more |
Hans-Martin Zademach is Professor of Economic Geography at the Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt since 2009. Prior he was appointed at the University of Munich and visiting scholar at the University of Prague, the Copenhagen Business School and the London School of Economics. He holds a Master of Science in Local Economic Development from LSE (2001) as well as a Master of Business Research (2004) and a doctorate degree ... more
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Carlien van Empel has been working on LED with and for the International Labour Organization (ILO) since 1998. As a specialized agency of the United Nations, ILO’s goal of Decent Work for All is reflected in LED strategies through its focus on growth, poverty reduction and social inclusion. The ILO is assisting its constituents in developing and implementing LED strategies in a wide range of economic, social and political ... more
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Hyun Bang Shin is Lecturer in Urban Geography at the
London School of Economics and Political Science. He is also an
Associate at the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE and an
Associate Researcher at the White Rose East Asia Centre, University of
Leeds. He was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Social Policy Research
Centre, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (2002-2003) ... more |
Before joining the GSMA Development Fund, I worked on international
development programs and public sector financing for 10 years. I joined
GSMA because I wanted to opportunity to leverage the reach of the
private sector and the speed and influence of mobile technology to have a
positive impact on communities in the developing world ... more |
Susan Steed is a researcher in the Valuing What Matters Team at the new economics foundation (nef). Most of the projects she has done at nef have been around impact measurement, including development of Social Return on Investment. She is interested in practical applications of economics and is a founder member and director of the Brixton Pound, the first urban community currency ... more |
Sylvia is an alumnus of the 2003-2004 MSc in Local
Economic Development. She also holds master's degrees in Political
Science and Social Sciences from the University of Amsterdam. Last year,
Sylvia finished her PhD on devolution and the rescaling of governance
at the London School of Economics. During her time at the LSE, she has
lectured on regional and local economic development ... more |
A UK national, John has
over 20 years’ experience in economic development at strategy and senior
operational level. He specialises in economic development, investment promotion
and inward investment strategies: defining and analysing target markets re awareness
and perceptions, clarifying and refining core objectives and operational plans ... more |
A Swedish national, Christina has 18 years' of direct experience in economic promotion. She was a co-founding member of Invest in Sweden agency in 1995 and founded Invest in Sweden UK being its executive director until 2005. She was instrumental in setting up Invest in Spain and mentored the executive’s during the start-up year of the agency in 2006 ... more |
