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Organizational Members
The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) provides innovative learning solutions to individuals, organizations and institutions to enhance global decision-making and support country-level action for shaping a better future.
Representative
Mihoko Kumamoto
Head of Hiroshima Office, UNITAR
Japan
The Lemelson Foundation was established by Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson in 1992 with the vision of cultivating future generations of inventors to create a better world. After twenty-five years of giving, the Foundation continues to be led by the Lemelson family. To date we have provided more than $290 million in support of our mission.
For twenty-five years, The Lemelson Foundation has supported the people and systems needed to cultivate the next generation of inventors solving local and global challenges.
Representative
Cindy Cooper
Programs Officer
United States of America
Petrus Communications is a multi-award winning international agency that specialises in linking our clients – engineering and business employers – with students and the global education community. Kirsten founded Petrus in France in 2005 and now leads a team of 30 research, communication and digital communication experts creating and implementing projects world-wide.
In partnership with the GEDC, Petrus has created the Industry Forum, which brings together leading engineering and technology employers and deans from around the world for dialogue, to network, and to share knowledge and good practice, developing the next generation of engineering experts and leaders. The 3 editions to-date of this invitation-only, highly interactive event have addressed themes such as developing socially conscious engineering and tech graduates for the future, building trust and authentic, inclusive communication skills as well as strategies to improve cross border, open-innovation through agile university-industry collaboration.
