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Planning Meeting    Geneva, Switzerland: 27 May, 2010

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28-29 May, 2010
Geneva International
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First GSCF
Held 5-6 June, 2009


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Dr. Marielza Oliveira
Associate Director for Governance,
UN Institute for Training and Research, Geneva

   


Dr. Kathleen Reid-Martinez
Senior Advisor Global Hope Network International
   


Marshall Sitten
IOMBA Director University of Geneva
Communications Director, GFSC 2009 Organizing Committee

   


Christopher Strebel
UNESCO, Geneva
   


Rebecca Tarlau
UC Berkeley, CA
Becktar's Travels -- Blog    




Kristen von Hoffmann
President. Greenfox Schools, Cambridge MA
A sustainability organization providing education
solutions to help schools and school districts go green.

International Sustainability Education
for the 21st Century

Kristen von Hoffmann and June Gorman, 2010  [3 page pdf file]


Dr. Daniel Warner
Director, Centre for International Governance
the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva,
a self-described “product of the US education system.”
Executive Director for the Program of
International Organizations.


Dr. Jeya Wilson
Citizen of South Africa and the world, has enjoyed a distinguished career
in development work, business and international politics and education.
Currently teaches at the University of Geneva’s IOMBA programme.
Former President of the Oxford Union; Director of Business Partnerships,
United Nations Development Programme and CEO Durban Chamber
of Commerce, passionately involved in combating HIV/AIDS.
“Intolerance is the greatest threat facing our generation."


Dr. Ajume Wingo
Professor of Political Philosophy, University of Colorado, Boulder.
Associate of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute at Harvard University.
Working with a collection of over fifty students to design an alternative
system of elections for African and Middle East nations, using education
as a primary component of this new model. A native of Cameroon,
describes his views on education and the need to educate global leaders
with a spirit of civic responsibility, “I consider politics as an alternative
to violence and anyone who chooses violence has chosen a totally
different means that has nothing to do with politics.
No, violence is not politics by another name.”


Confirmed Attendees / Meeting Participants
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Dr. Marielza Oliveira, Associate Director for Governance,
UN Institute for Training and Research, Geneva.
Dr. Kathleen Reid-Martinez, Senior Advisor Global Hope Network International
Marshall Sitten, IOMBA Director University of Geneva
Christopher Strebel, UNESCO, Geneva
Rebecca Tarlau, UC Berkeley CA
Kristen von Hoffmann, President. Greenfox Schools, Cambridge MA
Dr. Daniel Warner, Director. Centre for International Governance
Dr. Jeya Wilson, Geneva
Dr. Ajume Wingo, UC Boulder, CO


Invited, but not able to attend
Dr. Salem Al-Agtash, Senior Advisor on ICT and Technology, TAG-Org
The Honorable Esther Brimmer, Assistant Secretary.
International Organization Affairs, US Dept. of State
Tom Corcoran, Co-Director. Consortium for Policy Research in Education,
Teachers College, Columbia University
Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond. School of Education, Stanford University
Dr. Manuel Escudero, Special Adviser United Nations Global Compact Head,
PRME Secretariat Executive Director, Research Center for the Global Compact
Dr. Prabhu Guptara, Executive Director, Organisation Development Wolfsberg
The Platform for Executive & Business Development. Ermatingen, Switzerland
Dr. Sophie Huber, Managing Director Center for International Governance
Van Jones, Director. Green for All, Center for American Progress Washington, DC
Jonah Leher. Wired. New York
Dr. Safwan M. Masri. Columbia University. Amman, Jordan
Dr. Illah Nourbakhsh, The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
His Excellency T.S. Powdyel, Minister of Bhutan
Dr. Sabri Saidam, Advisor to President Mahmoud Abbas,
Former Minister of Telecom and IT. Ramallah, Palestine
Chan Kei Thong, President, Leadership Development Inc., Beijing


Naval Post-Graduate School -- Faculty, Staff and Students
Dr. Leonard Ferrari (Co-Organizer)
Executive Vice President and Provost
Dr. Walter Christman, Director, Geneva Operations
Joseph LoPiccolo, Executive Director for ITACS
Tom Hazard, Operations Officer, GPPAG
Rosa Akbari
T. Foard Copeland

TEF Planning Meeting Co-hosts

Dr. Leonard A. Ferrari
Executive Vice President and Provost
Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, California

   


Talal Abu-Ghazaleh
Chairman, TAG Business College, German-Jordanian University
   



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