Paris, 31 May-1 June Who's Who of E71066

Paris, 31 May-1 June Who's Who of E71066

Paris, 31 May-1 June Who's Who of E71066 Willem Adema Senior Economist, Employment, Labour and Social Affairs OECD Willem Adema is a Senior Economist in the OECD Social Policy Division. Working with colleagues across the OECD he was project manager of the OECD Gender Initiative leading up its final report Closing the Gender Gap Act Now released in December 2012 and the OECD Gender Data Portal. He also leads a team of analysts of Family and Children policies which prepared the Doing Better for Families publication released in April 2011 and continues to update the on-line OECD Family database, and its Child well-being module. He is also responsible for the OECD Social Expenditure database which was most recently updated in November 2012. He has written extensively on a wide range of social and family policy issues and was editor of the first issue of Society at a Glance: OECD Social Indicators in 2001. Mr. Adema was project manager and editor of the OECD Babies and Bosses Reviews on the reconciliation of Work and Family Life as completed in 2007 and from late 2005 until early 2008, he was Head, Asian Social and Health Outreach working closely with the Joint OECD/Korea Policy centre. He was responsible for the OECD Labour Market and Social Policy Reviews of Chile (2009), Israel (2010) and Russia (2011). Mr. Adema graduated from the Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, and holds a doctorate from St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford. Yann Algan Dean, School of Public Affairs Sciences Po, France Yann Algan is the Dean of the School of Public Affairs and Professor of Economics at Sciences Po. His research focuses on the Collaborative and Digital Economy and Public Action 3.0. He also specialises on social capital and well-being in relation to individual outcomes and economic behaviour, with particular attention to the role of education, culture, and institutions. His work incorporates methods from psychology, sociology, and economics, including randomized evaluations of public policies. He is a member of the OECD High- Level Expert Group on Well-Being, and is affiliated with CEPR and IZA. His awards include the Best French Young Economist (2009), and his books on trust and French society have been awarded Best French Economics Book and French Essay (2009) and Best French Economics Book, Prix Lycéen (2013). In 2010 he was awarded an ERC Starting Grant for his project ³Trust´In 2015, he received a second ERC grant, a consolidator one, for the project ³Sowell´on Social Preferences, Well-Being, and Policy. Who's Who of E71066 Rolf Alter Director, Public Governance and Territorial Development OECD Mr. Rolf Alter is Director for Public Governance and Territorial Development of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris. He leads a team of 230 staff to support governments in improving their public sector performance for inclusive growth and the competitiveness of their economies. Key areas include institutional reform, innovation, transparency and integrity in the public sector, results-oriented budgeting, regulatory reform, and the economics of regions and cities. Under his leadership, the Directorate pursues a programme of co-operation with a wide range of non-member countries and is engaged with international institutions to advance the research on empirical evidence and good policy practices of public sector economics and governance. Previously, Mr. Alter was Chief of Staff of OECD Secretary-General Mr. Angel Gurría. He joined the OECD in 1991. Throughout his career with OECD he held different positions in the Economics Department, Department of Financial, Fiscal and Enterprise Affairs, and the Office of the Executive Director of the OECD. Prior to joining the OECD, Mr. Alter was an economist in the International Monetary Fund, in Washington D.C. He started his professional career in 1981 in the German Ministry of Economy. He is currently a member of the Global Agenda Council of the World Economic Forum, and a Member of the Advisory Group of the WEF Risk Report. In 2015, he joined the UN High Level Panel on Water. Mr. Alter holds a doctorate degree from the University of Goettingen, Germany, following post-graduate work in Germany and the United States. Alejandro Aravena Executive Director ELEMENTAL, Chile Alejandro Aravena graduated in Architecture from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in 1992 and established his own practice in 1994, working mainly on institutional buildings. Since 2001 he has served as Executive Director of ELEMENTAL, a ³do tank´ focusing on projects of public interest and social impact, in partnership with the Pontificia Universidad Católica and the Chilean oil company COPEC. Alejandro is the 2016 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate, and the Director of La Biennale di Venezia 15th International Architecture Exhibition, Reporting from the Front. Mr. Aravena¶s work includes a wide range of social housing projects following Elemental¶s principles of incrementality; buildings including the Siamese Towers for Digital Technology, the UC Innovation Center, the St. Edward¶s University Residence in Texas, the Shanghai Novartis Campus; city planning projects such as the Sustainable Reconstruction Plan for Constitución after the 2010 earthquake in Chile, or the Sustainable urban Plan for the mining town of Calama, Chile; and the Santiago Metropolitan Promenade and Children¶s Park. His projects have been recognised by awards such as London Design Museum¶s Designs of the Year (2015), Zumtobel Global Award (2014), Index Award (2011) and the Silver Lion at the XI Venice Biennale (2008). His work has also featured in the São Paulo Biennale (2007), the Milan Triennale (2008), the Venice Architecture Biennale (2008 and 2012), at MoMA, New York (2010) and the MA Gallery in Tokyo (2011). Mr. Aravena was a Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of Design of Harvard University (2000-2005) and has been an International Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) since 2010. He was named one of the 20 New Heroes of the World by Monocle magazine. Who's Who of E71066 Ana Marie Argilagos Senior Advisor, Just Cities Initiative/Metropolitan Opportunity Unit Ford Foundation, United States Ana Marie Argilagos has been conceptualising, implementing and scaling community development programmes and process innovations for over 20 years. She is currently a Senior Advisor at the Ford Foundation's the Metropolitan Opportunities initiatives and a professor of urban planning at New York University. Previous to that she served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Office for International & Philanthropic Innovation at the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development. Ms. Argilagos¶s prior position was as Deputy Chief of Staff in the Secretary¶s Office at the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development where she oversaw agency operations. For 8 years, she served as Senior Program Officer at the Annie E. Casey Foundation, a foundation dedicated to serving low- income populations living in Indian Country and along the U.S.-Mexico border. Ms. Argilagos has a great track record within both the public and non-profit sectors. From Educational Programs Manager at the National Association of Hispanic Journalists to the Director of the New Workplace for Women Project at the National Council of La Raza, Ms. Argilagos is an entrepreneurial thinker with proven success in leading interdisciplinary teams and bridging diverse agendas for the betterment of the public. Ms. Argilagos received her BA in International Relations from The American University and her Master¶s in Public Administration from Harvard University. Gylfi Arnbjörnsson President of Icelandic Confederation of Labour (ASI) ASI - Icelandic Confederation of Labour Gylfi Arnbjörnsson is the President of ASI, The Icelandic Confederation of Labour. He has a Master¶s degree from Copenhagen Business School in Regional economics and public administration and political processes. He was the head of the department for business and economics at the upper secondary school in Saudarkrokur, a researcher in regional economics on a grant from the Science fund, an economist and co-director at the Labour Market Institute, appointed as Chief Economist at ASÍ, Chief Executive Officer at EFA Holdinghf., appointed as General Secretary at ASI in August 2001 and elected as President for the organisation in October 2008. Mr Arnbjörnsson has been the member of many boards, committees and working groups both domestically and internationally in relation to his work. He acted as Vice-president of NFS, Council of Nordic Trade Unions in 2013 and its President in 2014. Currently he is on the board of the Executive Committee of the ETUC and deputy member of the Executive Committee of the ITUC. Who's Who of E71066 Ali Aslan TV Host & Journalist Deutsche Welle, Germany Ali Aslan is a seasoned television presenter and journalist. He has worked for global news networks such as CNN, ABC News, Channel News Asia and Deutsche Welle TV, where he hosted the international talk show ³Quadriga³In addition to his distinguished career in journalism, Aslan has also served as a Policy and Media Advisor to the German government, including the Foreign Office. Aslan has been named a Young Leader by the American Council on Germany, the BMW Foundation, the German Marshall Fund, the Bertelsmann Foundation, the Munich Security Conference, the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the Atlantik-Bruecke. He is the first German recipient of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations International Fellowship and an alumnus of the Koerber Network Foreign Policy. Aslan holds an M.A. in Journalism and a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University. He received his B.A. in International Politics from Georgetown University. Laurent Auguste Senior Executive Vice President, Innovation and Markets Veolia Environnement Laurent Auguste started his career in 1991 in Tokyo. He joined Veolia in 1995 as area manager in Northern France. In 1999, after an initial positioning in Shanghai, he founded and led Veolia¶s water activity in South Korea, then in 2002 in Japan.

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