> Steering Committee 2012 of the Millennia2025 Foundation

Latin America - Middle East - North America - United Nations

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Latin America

Rosa Alegria 

Futurist, Graduated at the University of Houston, Clear Lake, co-chair of the Brazilian Node of the Millennium Project, Research Director of the Futures Group at the Sao Paulo Catholic University, Executive Director of Mercado Etico, the Brazilian Version of Ethical Markets, a multimedia platform on sustainability and corporate social responsibility, created by Hazel Henderson. Consultant and facilitator of innovation and change process, responsible for the initiative and for the white paper called “Women Foresight Study” under the responsibility of the Millennium Project. Represents Latin America in the IFG International Foresight Group based in Germany and also is Latin American research associate of Kairos Institute based in Sweden. Member of the international editorial board of Shaping Tomorrow, a trends website originated in England.

Together with Thais Corral (CEMINA - Center of Women Studies – Rio, Brasil) and Hazel Henderson, coordinated ICONS 2003 – International Conference on Indicators of Quality of Life and Sustainability, held in Curitiba, Brasil. Also coordinated in 2004 the Millennium Project Planning Committee in Sao Paulo, followed by the International Conference Tech Futures.

Consultant for several business foresight projects, such as NIC – Shared Intelligence Group, a multiclient research studying the future of the consumerism and the Cooperative Advantage as the new frontier of economic development. Media activist, cofounder of the Movement Media for Peace and member of IVOHOPE – Images and Voices of Hope. Editor of the trends newsletter Radar 21.

São Paulo, Brazil

Publications 

Some studies and papers

1) Women in the media: subject and object;

2) 2010s: the consumer of the next decade;

3) The appreciative perspective of the future (Journal of Futures Studies);

4) Living in the country of the future;

5) The future beyond brands;

6) Technological flowers: women and technology in the 21st century. 

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Concepción Olavarrieta 

Studies:

Foreign relations, Law, Strategic Planning, Future Studies.

Experience:

35 years experience working with Mexican public and private social sectors all over Mexico, Chile and US.

Charges:

President, CEO and Director of different firms, trusts and government agencies.

Fields:

Economic and strategic planning, tourism development, foreign trade, marketing, commercialization, publishing and future studies.

Great vision, feasibility and marketing studies:

more than 200.

Creator of the Stockexchange Social Land and the Millennium Award and the Global Millennium Prize for youngsters all over the world. 

Mexico, Mexique.

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Raquel Zabala

Professional staff member, Policy analyst, Undersecretariat of Water Resources, Ministry of Federal Planning, Public Investment and Services of Argentina;

Member of the Latin American Center for Globalization and Prospective -CeLGyP;

Member of the Argentina Node of the WFUNA Millennium Project;

Member Latin American Center for Globalization and Prospective-CeLGyP Argentine Node of The Millennium Project,

Vice president Argentina Water Forum – Country Water Partnership - GWP - Global Water Partnership,

Coordinator Interdisciplinary Working Group "Action for Water" – Madariaga Foundation

Teaching and research: Water Policy, Integrated Water Resources Management, 

National University of La Plata

Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Middle East

Hind Almualla 

Responsable de l'Unité de l'Innovation, Gouvernement de Dubai;

Présidente du Noeud des Emirats Arabes Unis, Projet Millennium de la Fédération mondiale des Associations pour les Nations Unies (WFUNA)

Dubai, Emirats Arabes Unis

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Sawsan Sadek 

Docteur es Sciences;

Enseignante Contractuelle à plein temps à l'Université libanaise, Institut Universitaire de Technologie à Saida au département Génie des Réseaux Informatiques et Télécommunications (GRIT)

Chehim, Liban 

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North America

Elizabeth Florescu 

Elizabeth Florescu is Director of Research of the Millennium Project of the World Federation of UN Associations. She has worked with the Project since 1997.

She is the production manager of the annual State of the Future reports, is co-author of "Environmental Crimes, Military Actions, and the International Criminal Court" and "Analysis of the UN Millennium Summit Speeches", and is one of the principal members of the Millennium Project's team working on the environmental security monthly scanning reports assessing possible worldwide environmentalrelated issues that might trigger future international regulations and/or modifications to the existing ones.

She also designed and managed the Project's on-line Delphi process and is now cooperating with Ted Gordon on the Real Time Delphi. Originally from Romania, she presently lives in Calgary, Canada.

Elizabeth has also lived and worked in Washington D.C. (USA), Montreal (Canada), Budapest (Hungary), and Arad (Romania). She is a graduate of the Romanian Academy of Economic Studies (Bucharest), specialization planning and computer sciences. 

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Theodore J. Gordon 

Senior Fellow, WFUNA Millennium Project;

Washington, USA

Developments to Improve the Status of Women - Millennia2015 Global Experts Study

"Developments to Improve the Status of Women" is a Millennia2015 Global Experts Study. Conducted using the Real Time Delphi technique provided by The Millennium Project, it was designed to collect opinions about gender-sensitive issues: those that are not yet sufficiently addressed or resolved, those that are emerging or might grow in importance in the next two decades, as well as policies, strategies, challenges and barriers to improving the status of women worldwide and in specific regions or cultures. The 74 pages study also considers the organizations that exist or should be established to address them. The horizon is 2018.

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Hazel Henderson 

Author, futurist , environmental and media activist

St. Augustine, FL, USA

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United Nations

Gloria Bonder

Psychologist (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina), M.A. in Education (Department of Education, University of Cambridge, England).

Founder and Director of the Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Women's Studies Program, University of Buenos Aires.

Since 2001 she directs the Center of Gender, Society and Policies based in the Latin American Post Graduate Institute of Social Sciences – FLACSO, Argentina.

Within this Center she coordinates two Regional Programs:

- The UNESCO Regional Chair on Women, Science and Technology in Latin America;

- The E-learning Master's Program on Gender, Society and Public Policies (PRIGEPP).

Organizer of the UNESCO Regional Forum: “Women, Science and Technology in Latin America: Diagnoses and Proposals", Bariloche, Argentina, 1998. (Preparatory meeting for the UNESCO WORLD CONFERENCE ON SCIENCE, Budapest, 1999).

Tinker Visiting Professor at the Women's Studies Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison, January to May 2001.

Consultant on Women, Science and Technology for several national, regional and international organizations such as: DAW, United Nations, Women and Development Unit, ECLAC and the Office of Science and Technology, OAS, IDRC/CRDI, UNICEF, UNIFEM, UNDP and UNESCO.

Coordinator for Latin America & the Caribbean of the WSIS Gender Caucus (2003-2005).

Creation and implementation of a Continuing Education Virtual Environment for Training trainers for the development of gender fair social and education programs (FOCO). Provides virtual courses, multimedia training resources and on line mentoring.

Among other projects she developed and coordinated the Virtual Research and Training Program for Latin American Women Researchers in Biomedical / Health Sciences, in collaboration with the Fogarty International Center.

She has developed several research projects and publications on gender issues in science and technology health, education, and youth.

Member of the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on Gender, Women and Health, OPS/PAHO.

Member of the Steering Committee of the UNDESA GAID (Global Alliance for ICT and Development of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affair).

Coordinator of the International Taskforce on Women and ICT (ITF UNGAID).

Selected Member of the Network of Iberoamerican Women Leaders organized and coordinated by the Women's Institute of Spain - Instituto de la Mujer de España - and Fundación Carolina, Spain.

Recognized as one of the “60 Women of the World” selected by UNESCO” for her contributions to the work of UNESCO during its 60 years of existence; representing the voices, aspirations and visions of many women around the world.

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 Joan Dzenowagis 

Senior Scientist, Evidence et information pour les politiques,

World Health Organization / Organisation mondiale de la Santé

Geneva, Switzerland

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Pera Wells 

Secretary-General of the World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA)

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