Adrian Watson
Adriana del Aguila Panduro
Arnold Vardanyan
Elizabeth Garduza
Fatma Shakarchi
Juliana Nogueira
Kai Xiang Kamrul Hasan Shawon
Dr Kanishka
Mamta Nayak
Marie-Anne Assanvo
Mehwish Kareem
Nongabisa Mkhabela
Ola Gomaa
Oluwaseun Adeolu
Saad Uakkas
Samwel Maphie
Sara Milenkovska
Shenae Jonas
Stephen Francis
Vasuki Kuppu Rama Subramanian
Wesley Roodt
Willy Pedroso Aguiar
Yan Ching Hermione Mok
Just Bee-ing
Environment
Bangor University
Adrian has been working in the field of environment and natural resources management focusing on biodiversity, climate change and youth development at the community, national and international levels for the last decade. He pursued a BSc in Geography and Zoology U.W.I Mona and is now pursuing an MSc in Conservation and Land Management at Bangor University.
Adrian’s presentation, titled ‘Just Bee-ing’, will follow his entrepreneurship journey thus far within his social enterprise - Honai Beez Apiary, a small scale start-up focused on sustainable beekeeping to combat climate change and beekeeping training of youths from low-income families and wards of the state.
Instagram: @Adrimarto Twitter: @watto_a Facebook: Adrian Watson
Arts as a human right to face a changing world.
Culture, Media and Communications
Birkbeck, University of London
Adriana is a cultural manager, theatre producer and the co-founder of the cultural organization, Vivero de Dramaturgia. Adriana is an art lover and supporter of what it generates in people. Adriana's presentation discusses the relevance of art as a human right, how it is an essential part of the development of human beings and why it is a means to tackle the challenges of a changing world.
Instagram: @adri.del.aguila
Algorithmic Governance and Human Rights
Law and Human Rights
University of Edinburgh
Arnold is a Chevening scholar from the Republic of Armenia - A young scientist and legal expert studying LLM in Human Rights at the University of Edinburgh. Arnold's presentation talks about the relationship between the “black box” of algorithmic governance or so-called “algorithmic authority” and respect for human rights.
Facebook: Arnold Vardanyan Academic profile: Arnold Vardanyan Linkedin: profile
How Design Can Save Our Future
Technology
Elizabeth is an architect from Mexico interested in intersectional and participatory design and the use of traditional construction materials and processes on behalf of adequate housing. Elizabeth's presentation will question how design heavily links to people and why understanding it and shifting our way of thinking is how we can save our future - by creating worlds within our world.
Twitter: @elizagarduza LinkedIn: Elizabeth Garduza Flota Instagram: @elizagarduza / @acciondiseno
How Phones and Artificial Intelligence Could Prevent Blindness in the Middle-East?
Health
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Fatma is a clinical doctor from Baghdad, Iraq, with formal training in entrepreneurship and software engineering.
She focuses on utilizing medicine, entrepreneurship, and software to seek innovative public health solutions. Fatma's project aims to investigate the use of health technologies in eye care (such as mobile Health, Artificial Intelligence, telehealth) in the Middle East, to enable ophthalmologists to access innovative tools that serve them in eliminating blindness.
LinkedIn: FatmaShakarchi Instagram: Fatmashakarchi
A voice to early childhood
Development
University College London
Juliana is a Brazilian paediatric dentist and a MSc candidate in Infancy and Early Childhood Development. Her focus is studying parental education policies to reduce intra-family violence suffered by Brazilian children.
Juliana aims to develop an academic research application to identify vulnerability and risk of violence against children and show the relationship between smacking, Early Childhood Development and Agenda 2030.
Instagram: @ajunogueira and @cuidanteparentalidade
Civil Society and Data Justice
University of Cambridge
Kai is a researcher and journalist from Singapore who works on issues at the intersection of data and society, such as censorship, surveillance, and data-driven inequality.
Kai's presentation focuses on key forms of data injustice encountered in Singapore, as well as the ways in which civil society actors in Singapore have been working against them.
Twitter: teo_kai_xiang LinkedIn: flyingkai Instagram: flying.kai
Youths as Initiators of 'Building Better': Challenges and Way Forward
University of Manchester
Kamrul is the Co-founder and Head of Innovation and Development at Youth For Change Bangladesh.
Particularly interested in exploring more about youths as ‘agents of change’, Kamrul's presentation focuses on how youths are contributing as ‘initiators of development’ in Bangladesh, highlights the existing challenges, and concludes by suggesting a possible way forward in a global context.
LinkedIn: kamrulshawon
From Global Business to Global Health perspective: Tethering the Strategic and Development Policy to Public Health Needs
Public policy
University of Liverpool
Dr. Kanishka completed her studies in Dental Sciences, PGD (Public Health) and became a civil servant in Government of India. Dr. Kanishka is currently pursuing a MSc in Operations and Supply Chain Management from the University of Liverpool.
Her research proposal focusses on public health policy and its integration with policy planning of facilitating environmental factors, along with the significance of a robust and unified global policy response.
Twitter: @DrKanishka4 LinkedIn: dr-kanishka-kumar
Water Security for Inclusive Growth in East Africa
Cardiff University
Mamta is a dynamic change-maker and champion of bringing water security for marginalised communities through promoting environmental justice and participatory governance. Her project evaluates the urban water situation in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia in the context of Sustainable Development Goal 6 (access of water to all) and identifying impediments to regional water security.
Twitter: @mishunayak LinkedIn: mamta-nayak Instagram: @beneath_starlitsky Facebook: mishu.nayak
Myrhann ESL Library
Education
University of Stirling
Marie-Anne Assanvo-N'Guessan is an Ivorian woman, passionate about languages and soft skills education for young learners and adults of francophone Africa. She craves to offer the same opportunities to others. Her ESL Library project aims at training English graduates to teach English as a second language to young people through reading, while enabling learners to bond with their families using English.
LinkedIn: marie-anne-g-assanvo-n-guessan Twitter: MarieAnneNguess Facebook: assanvonguessan Facebook: MyrhannFoundation
Mapping Education for Sustainable Development in HEIs: A comparative study in the United Kingdom and Pakistan
University of Bristol
Mehwish is a Chevening scholar from Pakistan, studying MSc Marketing (Digital) at the University of Bristol. Passionate about sustainable development and giving back to society, Mehwish's presentation aims to map the BSc and MSc courses offered by HEIs in the United Kingdom and Pakistan that address Sustainability (whether Social Responsibility or Ethics) in their curricula.
Twitter: @MehwishKareem
Building Back Healthier, Stronger, Together
University of Nottingham
Nongabisa is a passionate healthcare professional who dreams of a world where access to quality and affordable healthcare will be uniform across the world. The pandemic has shown us that Universal Health Coverage, strengthening primary health care services and working together is in everyone's best interests for global cohesion, economic productivity, and a healthier world.
LinkendIn: nongabisa-mkhabela
EdTech Designers' Role in Improving Environmental Sustainability
Ola Gomaa is a Chevener, a sustainability activist and an educator. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Education and an MBA in International Business, she is also currently pursuing MA In Education technology at the IOE. Her dissertation discusses the process of design for sustainability and education technology through a systematic review in order to pave the way for future researchers and designers to achieve more sustainable innovation in EdTech designs to enhance education while saving the planet.
LinkedIn: olagomaa
Assessing the delivery gap between teachers and students experiences on life and learning skills in the classroom.
A passionate educator and consultant who strongly believes that quality education is directly and indirectly proportional to economic prosperity, good-governance, reduced inequalities, security and justice in the country.
Oluwaseun's presentation seeks to examine the delivery gap experienced between learners and teachers on the 21st century life and to explore solutions for closing these gaps.
LinkendIn: oluwaseun-adeolu Instagram: seunzukki Twitter: @seunzukki
Solving the world's problems one community at a time
LSHTM
Saad is a TEDx speaker, Diana awardee, One Young World ambassador, UNESCO young researcher, climate and health advocate, and a public health masters' student in LSHTM. Saad's presentation will talk about the community-led approach, its value in optimising interventions, and simple steps to start adopting this approach in our future work.
LinkedIn: saaduakkas
Creating safe environments: addressing sexual violence against adolescent girls in Kiketo DC, Manyaran region
University of Leeds
Samwel Maphie is the founder and Executive Director of ECAN Tanzania, a grassroots organization empowering women and girls to defy the odds and reach their full potential. He is currently pursuing an MA in Social and Public Policy at the University of Leeds.
His presentation will focus on the critical role of unleashing the power of local agencies in creating a safe environment for addressing sexual violence against girls. He will use Mother and Child Protection Committees as a reference from Tanzania.
Instragram: Samwel_Maphie
LinkedIn: Samwel Maphie
Facebook: Samwel maphie
Twitter: @samwelernest90
Building better societies through transnational feminism
London School of Economics
Sara Milenkovska is a human rights activist focusing on gender equality. Her field of research is focused on gender-based violence and transnational feminist practices. Transnational feminist methods offer places for the collaborative process, global solidarity - and most importantly for transnationally comparative examples which can be used globally to improve policy implementation.
Instagram: @smilenkovska
Drugs and Criminal Law: How Harm Reduction practices can reduce drug overdoses
Swansea University
Shenaé Jonas is pursuing an MA in Applied Criminal Justice and Criminology with a special focus on child justice, organized crime and offender rehabilitation. Her overarching goal is to contribute to crime prevention strategies. The objective of this presentation is to promote harm reduction as a tool to curb fatal overdoses globally and to highlight the need for a health and human rights-based approach to treating people who use drugs problematically.
Instagram: @shenaejonas
Twitter: @Thecrimstudent
Building better bridges between academic research and education policy development and implementation
Public Policy
Stephen is a Jamaican scientist, multidisciplinary educator and youth rights advocate who believes firmly in the use of education as the key tool for securing social justice. His presentation examines the gap between academic research and policy implementation and explores means of closing that gap, with emphasis on the role of early career researchers.
LinkedIn: stephenlfrancis Instagram: stephenlfrancis witter: @stephenlfrancis
C5 - Change Can Change Climate Change
University of Reading
Vasuky is a medical doctor turned bureaucrat with a wide experience in working for lifestyle changes for sustainability. A nature lover, passionate about climate change mitigation, global unity, human welfare and happiness, Vasuki's project showcases an alternate nature-based lifestyle that prioritises on holistic wellbeing to create carbon neutral self-sustainable, zero-waste communities by promoting local economy, regenerative agriculture, social entrepreneurship and minimalism.
Instagram: @KVasuki Facebook: K Vasuki Twitter: @KVasuki
Story in our DNA: How Cinema Has and Will Change the World
University of Westminster
Wesley is a South African filmmaker, television producer, teacher and current Chevening Scholar, completing an MA in Film Television and the Moving Image at the University of Westminster. In his presentation, Wesley will preach the power of story, citing examples of films that have changed the world, from protest documentaries against barbaric laws to superhero blockbusters uniting the world during a global pandemic.
Instagram: @PositivelyNegative YouTube: Wesley Roodt, Positively Negative
Empowered in technologies for a better future: digital platforms and social change
Born in Havana, Willy is an investigator of Communication for Development and Information Inequalities who has worked as an assistant professor at the University of Havana and consultant for international NGOs. In his presentation, Willy addresses the challenge of promoting true citizen participation through technology which will only be possible through policies and initiatives to eradicate info-poverty and promote empowerment.
Instagram: @willy.pedroso
Transforming UK’s food system be healthy, resilient and sustainable – Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic
University of Aberdeen
Hermione is curious about everything. She is determined to disseminate knowledge, create impact and develop innovation for shaping a prosperous, energetic, liveable and sustainable city. The presentation serves as an open-dialogue discussion opportunity to identify, explain and envision how the UK laws and policies transform its food system be healthy, resilient and sustainable.
LinkedIn: Hermione Mok Facebook: Hermione Mok Twitter: @HermioneMok