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Keynote Speakers

Oliver Lacey-Hall

Head, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Mr. Oliver Lacey-Hall is currently Head of the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). He has 25 years experience in humanitarian work, with an initial focus on refugee issues followed by coordination and communications work, mixed with project and programme management. Prior to taking up his current post in March 2011 he was Deputy Director of OCHA's Communications and Information Services Branch in New York. Previous work experience includes humanitarian coordination and response issues in China, Viet Nam, Indonesia, Iraq, Croatia, Armenia and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the UN Development Programme, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the European Commission. He has also managed the UN's Disaster Assessment and Coordination Team for Asia Pacific (2002 to 2005), was responsible for the OCHA's information management team and spearheaded development of OCHA's surge capacity mechanisms.

Tony Marjoram

United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)

Tony Marjoram is a Programme Specialist and responsible for the Engineering Sciences Programme at the Basic and Engineering Science Division of theScienceSector of UNESCO. Prior to moving to UNESCO Paris he was responsible for engineering, technology and information technology programmes at the UNESCO Office, Jakarta - the regional office for science and technology in the Asia-Pacific region. Dr Marjoram has worked for UNESCO since 1993, before that he was a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne, and has also worked at the universities of the South Pacific and Manchester. He has a BSc in mechanical engineering, an MSc in science and technology policy and PhD focusing on technology for development.

Kerry Pinkstone

Generation One, Director Policy & Research

Kerry was born in Blacktown, NSW and grew up in Western Sydney before moving with her family to Tweed Heads to attend High School. Kerry attendedGriffith University (Gold Coast) where she completed a Bachelor of Business and a Bachelor of Exercise Science.

Kerry has extensive experience in the area of social policy, having been an Adviser to Ministers, Shadow Ministers and the Leader of the Opposition in the areas of families, community services, Indigenous Affairs, disability and carers, sport, women, youth, philanthropy and corporate social responsibility.
Kerry has also worked with several leading event management companies on events including the Noosa and Mooloolabah Triathlons, the Mother's Day Classic Fun Run, motor sports races, and Weetbix Kids Try-athlon series.Kerry is currently working towards completing her Masters in Public Policy. Kerry's passion for ending the disparity:

"Education was the set of keys that I had to work hard for. I never questioned the reward - I knew that those keys were the future to unlocking the doors of opportunity. Every year of study and experience was another set of keys that would allow me to continue to unlock doors for the rest of my adult life.The reason I joined GenerationOne was to make sure others had the opportunity to gain their own set of keys - to open their own doors of opportunity, and walk through them confidently into a better life. One of their choosing."

Kerry will be presenting Generation One’s latest policy “Skills and Training for a Career” which is being presented to the Australian government on the 14^th of November 2011.

Jennifer DeBoer

Vanderbilt University's Peabody College of Education

Jennifer DeBoer is currently undertaking the International Education Policy doctoral program in the Leadership and Policy Studies department at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College of Education. Her research interests include the use of technology as a tool for education in resource-deficient areas and the structuring of engineering training programs for development. Her current work addresses the association between home and school resources and achievement.

She completed her undergraduate degrees in mechanical engineering and foreign languages at the Massachusetts

Institute of Technology. While there, her work included engineering camps for students in China and Trinidad and Tobago, a study of adjustable acoustics in performance halls, and the design of a solar-powered well pump for implementation in Lesotho.

After completing her bachelors’ degrees, she spent two years working in international education. She conducted research on computers and self-directed education in New Delhi with the Hole-in- the-Wall project, which puts computer terminals in under-served areas across India. She completed an assignment at the Fordham Foundation, a prominent domestic education policy think tank in Washington, D.C. and worked with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs. Prior to beginning Vanderbilt's graduate program, she conducted research on the development of the current formal engineering diploma programs in Tunisia.

She has been a member of the Student Platform for Engineering Education Development (SPEED) since 2007 and was recently re-elected as a member of the executive committee of the International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES).

Andrew Lamb

CEO, Engineers Without Borders U.K.

Andrew’s first taste of engineering in international development was at a talk run by a fledging student club in Cambridge called Engineers Without Borders.He was a second year undergraduate in 2002, and very soon got involved in fundraising. After graduating, Andrew worked with the University of Cambridge Office for Community Affairs and co-founded the Humanitarian Centre in his spare time. He worked for more than three years with disaster relief organisation RedR, including working at their office in Nairobi. He is the technical editor of the UNESCO Engineering Report and a Visiting Lecturer for the Engineering and Technology Board. Andrew became Chief Executive of EWB-UK in December 2008 after winning a World of Difference grant from the Vodafone Foundation.

Lizzie Brown

CEO, Engineers Without Borders Australia 

Lizzie Brown is the CEO of Engineers Without Borders Australia (EWB-A). Lizzie graduated as an Environmental Engineer from The University of Queensland in2002. Since then, she has worked as a consulting engineer in Australia and Austria, developing water quantity and quality management plans for projects in the urban development and mining sectors. Before becoming the CEO of EWB-A, she spent a number of years as the Director of Education, Training and Research. Through this role, Lizzie is responsible for coordinating EWB's education initiatives for members, university students and schools and providing support for chapter education activities.

Todd Sampson

CEO Leo Burnett, Co-Creator Earth Hour

CEO of Leo Burnett, Sydney, Todd is the co-creator of the Earth Hour initiative. Last year his agency was named Agency of the Year five times in different publications. Away from work, he enjoys mountain climbing and has completed an unguided ascent to the top of Mount Everest.
His current clients at Leo Burnett Sydney include Assistance Dogs, Amstel, Caltex, Canon, Colgate Palmolive, Colonial First State, Diageo, ebay, Energy Australia, GIO, Heineken, Nestle, NRMA, Procter & Gamble (Herbal Essence & Max Factor), Rabobank, Samsung and WWF.

Sourabh Phadke

Independent WASH Educator & Appropriate Building Specialist

Sourabh works in the areas of ecology, education and shelter in India. His work has not only passed on skills to many in the mechanics of alternative building design, WASH education, ecology and concepts of sustainability - but challenged many in the nexus between community development and design. He is part architect, part philosopher, part educator, but totally committed to the people and land of India.

Tim Jarvis

Senior Associate Sustainability, Arup

Tim is a Senior Associate, with sixteen years environmental consultancy, and twelve years international environmental project management experience principally in the mining, manufacturing, defence and agriculture sectors. Specialist disciplines include environmental auditing/site assessment, EIA, legal reviews, natural resource management, EMS design and implementation, and provision of sustainability advice to the corporate and overseas development sectors. He holds Masters degrees in both Environmental Science and Environmental Law and is an internationally certified environmental auditor.principally in the mining, manufacturing, defence and agriculture sectors. Specialist disciplines include environmental auditing/site assessme

In addition, Tim is committed to finding pragmatic solutions to environmental issues related to climate change mitigation and adaptation and sustainable land management. He uses his public speaking engagements, documentary films and books about the polar expeditions he undertakes to promote progress in these areas as well as contributing to dialogue via various fora. He works as a senior sustainability adviser on multilateral aid projects for organisations including the World Bank, Asian Development Bank & AusAID and sits on a number of charity advisory boards

Tim was conferred a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for services to environment, community and exploration in the 2010 Australian honours list and was made a Fellow of the Yale World Fellows Program, 2009 based on his international leadership in the field of environmental sustainability.

Sally Dominguez

Inventor, writer, advocate for innovation

Fifteen years practising architecture plus her significant international accomplishments in product design place Sally Dominguez at the forefront of sustainability and innovation in Australia. She is the inventor of multiple products from conception to production and market. More information about Sally's background and activities can be found at www.sallydominguez.com