Dr. Iryna Brunova-Kalisetska has 17 years of work experience in prevention, transformation and reconciliation of identity-based conflicts. Since 2015, she has been facilitating dialogues for Ukraine OSCE with central, regional and local authorities, local NGOs and activists in Donbass. During 2017-2019, Dr.
Ferdaouis Bagga serves as the Policy Analyst for Africa with the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). Prior to joining USCIRF, Ferdaouis worked with the U.S. Department of State conducting conflict analysis and research on Libya. Earlier, she worked with the United States Institute of Peace for four years, where she supported grants programming in Africa and Latin America, rule of law work in Libya, and a Justice and Security Dialogue Program in the Sahel and Maghreb.
Neil Oliver is a Certified Professional Facilitator with experience of working with diverse groups across a wide range of sectors in the UK and internationally. Most of his experience comes from working with complex public sector organizations including the UK National Health Service. Since 2011 Neil has worked with the Caux Forum organizing conferences and providing training. This year Neil is part of the Tools for Change Makers organizing team. He has a particular interest in working with multi-cultural groups and teams.
With more than 30 years of experience in diplomacy, Colum Murphy is the president of the Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations. Specialized in the study of the roots of war and conflict, he served the cause of peace with the United Nations and the European Union. In the field of peace negotiation, he served in several wars, including those of Somalia, Liberia and the former Yugoslavia. He spent over four years in Sarajevo, and was, during the war, the United Nations Deputy Head of Political Affairs inside Bosnia.
Pekka Harju-Autti has a PhD in environmental technology, with an extensive focus into environmental awareness and people’s perceptions on environment in different countries globally. He is currently a ministerial advisor at the Ministry of the Environment, Finland. After finishing the PhD, Pekka founded a purpose-driven impact startup company Envirate, with a slogan ‘Humanity making peace with the mother earth’. The goal is to aim for no less than a planetary-scale change in how we monitor, relate to, and act for the environment, starting at the individual level.
Figuring out the next steps to implement in the GCSP’s Digital Transformation is how Carolyn Moncel and team spend most of their days.
Susanne Emonet is speaker and guest lecturer in St. Gallen, Geneva and Lucerne, startup judge at MassChallenge and expert for business model innovation, design thinking, and digital transformation. In her career, she has covered different industries, from smart camera systems, via automotive and med-tech to the internet of things – always with a focus on creating sustainable value. At Kudelski, where she is VP Business Development, she drives security for the internet of things, enabling trust in connected solutions for various industries.
Vijayendra Kadalabal calls himself a 'Non Conventional Educationalist' by profession and has spent more than 3 years working with the indigenous communities from the eastern state of India--Jharkhand. Originally, from the south of India, Vijay has spent his Masters' years in the western state of Maharashtra, earning one in Financial Economics from GIPE, Pune and another in Social Work from TISS, Mumbai, both institutions being among the best in India.
Nantisara Pipattanananti worked at an NGO focusing on educational projects in the Northeast of Thailand. Later she went to do her master in Peace, Conflicts and Development studies in Spain. During her study, she joined the Caux Interns program in 2012 and went to Afghanistan to write her master thesis about alternative education for women. Also, she joined the Caux Scholars program in 2014. Currently she is working at a US company in Spain that provides international payment solutions for students.
Being the coordinator of the CPS program of “Strengthening Civil Society for Nonviolent Conflict Resolution with state actors" in Ukraine, Felix Schimansky-Geier actively supports and collaborates with Ukrainian Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and social movements with a regional focus on East Ukraine (the Donbas). The aim of the program is to design and disseminate constructive models of conflict resolution with government agencies.