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Nelson is a consultant with more than 25 years of experience, director and co-founder of Decisiones Logisticas Group.
Through this consulting firm, he has developed more than 120 projects in supply chain analysis, including network design, redesign process in inventory, transportation, sourcing, production, planning, mathematical modeling, analytics and other tools of operations research, like decision support system for national and multinational companies in Colombia, Mexico and Peru.
Furthermore, he is an undergraduate and postgraduate professor in mathematical modeling, optimization and logistics at UNIANDES, UNISABANA, ICESI, among other universities. He is also the author of several publications in different magazines.
Cristina Martín won the Supply Chain Innovation Challenge: Private sector award for USYNCRO, a Blockchain and AI platform to impulse Digital Logistics Corridors worldwide.
Cristina is a chemical engineer with an Executive MBA from IE (Universidad Internacional de Excelencia), she is certified as a Transport and Air Freight Operator. She established ATML, a freight forwarding company, 19 years ago and currently serves as CEO of Usyncro, an award-winning multimodal solution named the best Technology Platform 2023 by Trade Finance Global.
She actively contributes to various industry groups, serving as the Digitalization group coordinator for the Spanish Freight Forwarders Association, a board member of the ALASTRIA network, and Logistics and Transport coordinator within the Blockchain Cluster of the Community of Madrid.
She holds a position in the Technology Commission of ALACAT, an association of freight forwarders in Latin America, and co-leads the Industry and Logistics Forum of the Spanish Association of Female Executives and Board Members, EJEandCON
Rohan Masakarola is the founder and CEO of Shippers' Academy Colombo and Shippers' Academy International, Australia; as well as a UNESCAP certified lecturer on global supply chains and logistics where he has served as SG to many international institutions and government boards.
He is also Lead Consultant of the Maritime Advisory Programme, with U.S. State Department and the Colombo Plan on capacity development.
Rohan has over 30 years of experience through factory floor to the global commerce (exports-imports) and ports, logistics and distribution systems and policy advocacy.
Formerly, he served as a logistics consultant to ITC Geneva, as well as chairman of the National Exports Strategy on logistics to the Export Development Board of Sri Lanka. He has also been a working group member of the ICC in Paris, on trade terms development (INCOTERMS).
Rohan's work includes policy related experiences in Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Singapore, Australia, Myanmar.
Sheldon L.A. Mc Lean is the Coordinator of the Economic Development Unit at the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN ECLAC), based at the Sub-Regional Headquarters in Port-of-Spain which has responsibility for 25 Caribbean countries.
Mr. Mc Lean has previously served as Regional Trade Policy Advisor at the Caribbean Community Secretariat. He has over 20 years of experience in the areas of trade and trade-related development policies; structural transformation and economic diversification.
He has authored numerous research papers on current and emerging trade and development issues for small economies, including de-risking, regional integration, public debt, tourism diversification and climate finance.
Mr. Mc Lean is a graduate of the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, having earned both a BSc. Agricultural Economics and MSc. Agricultural Economics, specializing in Policy Development, from that institution.
Alan McKinnon is Professor of Logistics in the Kuehne Logistics University, Hamburg, Germany and Emeritus Professor at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.
Over an academic career spanning 45 years he has conducted research on many different aspects of logistics and supply chain management, publishing extensively in journals, books and reports.
He has advised several governments, parliamentary committees and international organizations, including the World Bank, International Transport Forum and European Commission. He was chair of the World Economic Forum’s Logistics and Supply Chain Council, a member of the EU's High Level Group on Logistics and chair of the Transport Advisory Group of the EU’s Horizon 2020 research programme. Much of his research has focused on the environmental sustainability of logistical activities.
He was a lead author of the transport chapter in the IPCC's 5th Assessment report and has written a book on Decarbonizing Logistics and a World Bank report on Decarbonizing Logistics in Lower Income Countries.
Jean-Cedric Meeus works with UNICEF as Global Chief of transport for all supplies from an end-to-end perspective. Over the years his work has focused on improving supply chains with UNICEF since 2001 and before with NGOs.
Since 2001, Jean-Cedric performed in different Supply chain functions based in Mozambique, HQ NY (Supply Emergency Response Officer), HQ Copenhagen (Chief Emergency Supply Manager), Dakar Regional office of Western and Central Africa as regional (RO Supply Chain manager). More recently he was seconded to the Gaza UN Special envoy as Supply Chain Advisor.
Prior to UNICEF, Jean-Cedric performed as Supply and Program Technical Specialist with MSF for 9 years in different countries. Jean-Cedric has led and managed emergency operations and Supply chain teams in a wide range of global humanitarian crises and development programs.
Through Jean-Cedric's different positions he managed pharmaceuticals, immunization, health, education, and WASH commodities to be delivered from origin to beneficiaries.
Professor Maximo Quibranza Mejia is the eighth President of the World Maritime University (WMU), a university established within the framework of the IMO and a global centre of excellence for maritime and ocean education, research, and capacity building.
He is the first President from Asia and the first President who is a graduate of WMU. As the Chief Executive Officer, Professor Mejia oversees and directs the academic programmes, operations, and administration of the University.
With over three decades of professional and academic experience, Professor Mejia is a passionate international advocate for the promotion of safe, secure, sustainable, and efficient shipping on clean oceans.
Dr Antonis Michail is Technical Director at the International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH) and coordinator of the World Ports Sustainability Program (WPSP). As such, Dr Michail supervises the work of the IAPH Technical Committees on Climate and Energy, Risk and Resilience and Data Collaboration and oversees all initiatives under the WPSP umbrella.
Dr Michail is an engineer in background with 20 years of professional experience on port environmental and sustainability management. Before joining IAPH, Antonis worked for 8 years as Senior Policy Advisor on sustainability and safety matters at the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO). Since 2003 and until 2017, Antonis has been involved in the EcoPorts network of ports from various posts, including managing projects and coordinating the network's activities and development.
Mr Shingo Miyake, a national of Japan, joined the ILO Decent Work Team and Office for the Caribbean in July 2015, as Labour Law and International Labour Standards Specialist. He assists governments, employers'; and workers'; organizations to improve their labour legislation.
Mr Miyake joined the ILO in 2001 and has been working in the field of international labour standards since then. He has worked as a Legal Officer at ILO Headquarters in Geneva for over 11 years. He also served at the ILO Sub-Regional Office for South-East Asia and the Pacific in Manila, the Philippines, and at the ILO Office in Jakarta, Indonesia.
He holds a Bachelor's degree in International and a Master of Laws degree.
Ms. Amina J. Mohammed is the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group.
Prior to her appointment, Ms. Mohammed served as Minister of Environment of the Federal Republic of Nigeria where she steered the country’s efforts on climate action and efforts to protect the natural environment.
Ms. Mohammed first joined the United Nations in 2012 as Special Adviser to former Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with the responsibility for post-2015 development planning. She led the process that resulted in global agreement around the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the creation of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Ms. Mohammed began her career working on the design of schools and clinics in Nigeria. She served as an advocate focused on increasing access to education and other social services, before moving into the public sector, where she rose to the position of adviser to four successive Presidents on poverty, public sector reform, and sustainable development.
Ms. Mohammed has been conferred several honorary doctorates and has served as an adjunct professor, lecturing on international development. The recipient of various global awards, Ms. Mohammed has served on numerous international advisory boards and panels.