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Director General, WIPO.
Daren Tang, a national of Singapore, began his six-year mandate as Director General of the
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on October 1, 2020. Prior to his
appointment as WIPO Director General, he served as Chief Executive of the Intellectual
Property Office of Singapore (IPOS), driving the strategic transformation of IPOS in support
of Singapore’s innovation-based economy.
Between 1997 and 2012, before joining IPOS, Daren Tang held different legal positions
within the Attorney-General’s Chambers and the Ministry of Trade and Industry of
Singapore. In 2016, he received the Public Administration Medal from the Prime Minister's
Office Singapore for outstanding efficiency and competence in the service of his country.
Daren Tang is a graduate of the National University of Singapore (Bachelor of Law, Honors)
and the Georgetown University Law Center (Master of Laws, Distinction). He also attended
the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. He is fluent in English
and Chinese.
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Professor, Resources and Environmental Policy, Director of the Institute for
Sustainable Resources, University College of London (UCL), United Kingdom.
Paul Ekins has a Ph.D. in economics from the University of London and is Professor of
Resources and Environmental Policy at the UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources at
University College London. He has extensive experience consulting for business,
government and international organizations. Paul Ekins’ academic work, published in
numerous books, articles and scientific papers, focuses on the conditions and policies for
achieving an environmentally sustainable economy.
He was Director of the Green Innovation Policy Commission, which published its report in
2020, and is now Director of the Nature-Positive Innovation Commission, which will publish
its report in early 2022. In the UK New Year’s Honours List for 2015 Paul Ekins received an
OBE from Her Majesty the Queen “for services to environmental policy”.
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Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Sibö, The Netherlands.
Alejandro Ortega is Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Sibö, a company that
develops innovative, functional and clean food ingredients from insects. He is driven by
curiosity, technology, entrepreneurial spirit and sustainability. He is a leader and
experienced entrepreneur, with a solid background in technology industry, marketing and
publicity, sales, entrepreneurship and lean management, corporate communications and
development of team capacities.
He has a vast experience in business development focusing on marketing and sales
management. Alejandro is also a TED speaker and Fulbright Alumni.
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Inventor and President of the Board, BNL Clean Energy, Switzerland.
Mikael Rüdlinger is the President and CEO of BNL Clean Energy since January 2009. He is
leading the development of zero emission clean energy and zero waste clean infrastructure
for commercial, industrial and utility solutions and sustainable development. Based on his
inventions, the BNL Group has developed new game-changing, serially manufactured, zero
emission clean energy and zero waste clean infrastructure plants for a wide range of
combustible feedstock, including biomass, coal, lignite, plastics and waste.
The zero emission clean energy plant is environmentally-friendly and complies with all 21th
century regulations. It produces no smoke, no CO2, no odor, no air pollution and no climateeffects.
Instead, it converts internal combustion gases into clean synthetic fuels, i.e. new raw
material for chemical processing and refineries, replacing fossil fuels.
He holds a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture.
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Professor, Berlin University of Technology and Economics, Germany.
Elisabeth Eppinger is professor for sustainability and textile technology at the University of
Applied Sciences for Technology and Economics Berlin (HTW Berlin). She leads the
interdisciplinary research project Intellectual Property Models for Accelerating Sustainability
Transitions with researchers from Freie University Berlin, Indian Institute of Science,
University of Cambridge and University of Lund (https://ip4sustainability.org/).
Over the last decades, she has been researching sustainable innovation, technology
transitions and innovation collaboration with a focus on the role of intellectual property rights.
She holds a PhD in innovation studies, a master in Science and Technology Studies, and an
engineering degree in textile technology. Prior to conducting academic research, she gained
experience in R&D in the chemical and textile industry sectors in Japan, Australia, and the
Netherlands.
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Chief Technology Officer, GreenMomentum, Mexico.
Rafael has more than 25 years of experience in the Cleantech sector, working as consultant for international organizations such as USAID, WWF, Zennström Philanthropies, ADF, GIZ, Breakthrough Energy, amongst others. He is co-founder of GreenMomentum Inc., a market intelligence and innovation company, focused on the Latin American market, and co-founder of Cleantech Challenge Mexico, Latin America’s top green business acceleration program, supporting almost 1,400 Cleantech start-ups since 2010. He is also Secretary of Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Solar Energy National Association (ANES).
His passion for Cleantech began when he became part of the first Mexican Solar Racing Car Team \"Tonatiuh\", and later, he joined the Aurora Solar Vehicle Association, during his master’s degree in Australia.
Rafael is a Mechanical Engineer from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and has a Master’s in Engineering from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Australia.
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Director and Advisory Board Secretary, UNFCC Climate Technology Centre and
Network (CTCN), Denmark.
Rose Mwebaza (PhD) is the Director of the CTCN, which is the implementing arm of the
UNFCCC Technology Mechanism. She has over 20 years’ experience providing policy
advice on a wide range of climate change, environment, and sustainable development
issues. She has previously served as Chief Natural Resources Officer at the African
Development Bank and held leadership positions within the UN Development Programme.
Dr. Mwebaza was a Lecturer at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, for 10 years, serving
as the Head of Department for Commercial Law and Deputy Dean of the Law School.
Ms. Mwebaza holds a PhD in Environment and Natural Resource Governance from
Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia; a Master’s Degree in International Comparative
Law (With a Certificate of Academic Excellence) from the University of Florida, U.S.A and a
Bachelor of Law Degree (LL.B, Hons.) from Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
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Director, Global Business Inroads (GBI), India.
Leena Pishe Thomas is the Director of Global Business Inroads. She has two decades of
experience in the field of International Business, Technology and Project Management in the
Climate Change Mitigation, Energy, Environment, Transport, Biotech and ICT sectors
working with various US, European and Asia-Pac organizations.
Leena established Global Business Inroads (GBI) in September 2009 to assist and serve
Government, NGOs, Financial Institutions, and Private Sector organizations with their
technology, sustainable energy, environment project development, market access and
international business needs. GBI is present and actively connecting technology companies
and innovation ecosystems to new markets across India, Europe, UK, USA, Africa and SE
Asia. GBI has worked with 200+ technologies – managing their entry and commercialization
into India and helping Indian start-ups access US, South and SE Asia and EU markets.
Leena has been appointed as the Co-Chair for the SME Technology Development Centre
and has been invited by the SME Chamber of India to be the honorary member
of the National Advisory Council of the Chamber for the period of 3 years. She has also
been instrumental in the implementation in the European Commission’s pilot initiative called
the Europe – India Innovation Partnership (EIIP) and EU-Sri Lanka Innovation Partnership
(EU-SLIP), which aims at fostering innovation and ultimately provide access for international
technology transfer.
She holds a B.A. (Honors) in History and Economics from Lady Shri Ram College for
Women, University of Delhi and followed that up with business management from ICFAI,
Hyderabad.
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Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Republic of
Moldova to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva.
H.E. Ms. Tatiana Molcean is serving as Ambassador of the Republic of Moldova in Geneva
since September 2020. Her current mandate includes a wide range of areas, both related to
the multilateral issues ranging from security, human rights, to trade, intellectual property
rights, infrastructure, and sustainable development, as well as bilateral cooperation with the
Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein. In October 2021, she was
appointed as Chair of the WIPO General Assembly for a two-year term.
Previously to her posting in Geneva, Ambassador Molcean served for 3 years as State
Secretary (Deputy Minister) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Republic of Moldova. In this
capacity, one of the priorities of the mandate was dedicated to the development of
multilateral relations and cooperation with international organizations, including with WIPO.
Ambassador Molcean is a career diplomat, who joined the Diplomatic Service of the Republic
of Moldova in 2004. She speaks Romanian, English, French and Russian.
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