The third edition of the Biosecurity Diplomacy Workshop for Young Scientists from the Global South will gather 30 young scientists, emerging leaders in biosafety and biosecurity, from 15 different countries in the Global South.
Participants
- Ifeoluwa Alabi – Nigeria
- Erikan Baluku – Uganda
- Viana Victoria Barceló-Pérez – Cuba
- Sofia Benchat – Morocco
- Nguessan Jean-Eudes Beugre – Ivory Coast
- Zargham Nawaz Butt – Pakistan
- Fatima Dantanko – Nigeria
- Lydia Samba Eyase – Kenya
- Mohammed Jibriel – Sudan
- Leodymar Hulipas Jorduela – Philippines
- Guilherme Engelberto Kundlatsch – Brazil
- Ani Manukyan – Armenia
- Raymond Mayanja – Uganda
- Saima Mohsin – Pakistan
- Teddy Rowell Mondres – Philippines
- Hafsah Muhammad – Pakistan
- Benson Musinguzi – Uganda
- Kamesh Narasimhan – India
- Joseph Nkodyo – Uganda
- Judith Okolo – Nigeria
- Evanna Ramdhan – Trinidad and Tobago
- Shrestha Rath – India
- Maria Josee Reyes – Nicaragua
- Wasim Sajjad – Pakistan
- Rahuldeep Singh – India
- Rodel Jonathan Vitor II – Philippines
- Marion Njeri Wachira – Kenya
- Conghui Wang – China
- Jing Xue – China
- Augusta Zuokemefa – Nigeria
Experts – 1st session:
- Izumi Nakamitsu, United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
- Ambassador Lotte Knudsen, European Union Delegation to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
- Daniel Feakes, Biological Weapons Convention Implementation Support Unit
- Grisselle del Carmen Rodriguez Ramirez, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Panama to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
- Remi Bacouillard, United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
- Alex Lampalzer, Biological Weapons Convention Implementation Support Unit
- Nancy Connell, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
- Lizeka Tandwa, Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics, University of the Witwatersrand
Experts – 2nd session:
- Filippa Lentzos, King’s College London
- Maria Garzon Maceda, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
- Stephanie Norlock, International Federation of Biosafety Associations
- James Robert Wakungwi Sakwa, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology
- Mayra Ameneiros, King’s College London
- Suryesh Namdeo, DST Centre for Policy Research, Indian Institute of Science
- Maryam Sani, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control
- Fatima Aziz, Aga Khan University, Pakistan
Experts – 3rd session:
- Clarissa Rios Rojas, University of Cambridge
- Tessa Alexanian, iGEM Foundation
- Kenza Samlali, Winner of the 2021 Next Generation for Biosecurity Competition
- Nduhuura Elicanna, Winner of the 2021 Next Generation for Biosecurity Competition
- Julie Stern, Winner of the 2021 Next Generation for Biosecurity Competition
Experts – 4th session:
- Dr. Amber Murch, UK Ministry of Defence
- Dr. Cedric Invernizzi , Spiez Laboratory
- Gigi Gronvall, Johns Hopkins University
- Leifan Wang, Tianjin University
- James Revill, UNIDIR
- Alisha Anand, UNIDIR
Experts – 5th session: