leadership women and the un
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Leadership Women and the UN Face-To-Face Element
Bangkok, Thailand
11 – 15 November 2019
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The Programme at a Glance
The Leadership, Women and the UN Programme aims to promote the expansion and renewal of prevalent paradigms of leadership and ensure a more
gender-balanced workplace across and beyond the UN system.
The programme is designed for highly experienced UN women professionals at P4 – P5 levels. It unfolds as a journey to prepare a community of leaders to
thoughtfully work through the challenges and opportunities for women in leadership roles.
The programme is tailored to explore: different leadership approaches and their situational application, the gender and cultural dimensions of leadership,
dynamics of power, influence and negotiation and deeper personal-professional coherence and self-awareness to develop a set of skills and competencies
for transformative and charismatic leadership.
The methodology of the programme is dynamic - combining interactive lectures by experts with discussion and consultation, practical exercises, peer-
exchange and networking, individual and group reflection and follow-up community building initiatives.
The programme is delivered by an outstanding faculty composed of renowned speakers from different sectors: academic experts, practitioners, professional
facilitators, and senior UN officials. In this manner, the Leadership, Women and the UN Programme encourages lateral thinking and cross-fertilization.
Learning Objectives
As a result of this programme participants will:
Demonstrate a better understanding of different approaches to leadership, as well as gender aspects of leadership and challenges and opportunities for
women in UN and international leadership roles;
Exercise greater self-awareness of individual strengths and areas for development, while exploring personal leadership style preferences to unlock their
authentic leadership style through 360-degree leadership and personality assessment and coaching;
Apply an enhanced set of skills and competencies in communication for transformative and charismatic leadership, effective negotiation and influencing to
act as change agents and contribute to a more agile and effective UN;
Implement personal leadership action plans with a focus on growth objectives;
Benefit from continued exchange with a strengthened system-wide network of women leaders and booster webinars.
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Agenda Group I
Monday 11 November Tuesday 12 November Wednesday 13 November Thursday 14 November Friday 15 November
Leadership for Change Gender Dimensions of Leadership Leadership, Influence and Gender Political Acumen, Leadership
Influence and Strategic Negotiation
Building Community and
Action Planning
8.00 Welcome and Introduction
Dr. Ariane Sabet
Learning Portfolio Manager, Knowledge
Centre for Leadership and Management,
UNSSC
Dr. Beverly Hyman
Executive Coach and Facilitator
9.00 Welcome Remarks
Dr. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana Executive
Secretary of the United Nations Economic
and Social Commission for Asia and the
Pacific (ESCAP)
10.00 Leadership and Innovation: A
Framework for Managing Change
Prof. John Luiz
Business School, University of Sussex
Group and individual photos
8.00 Introduction to the Day 8.15 Leading Social Innovation
Ms. Ada Chirapaisarnkul
Founder of the Thai Young Philanthropist
Network (TYPN)
9:45 Women’s Leadership and the UN
Mr. Mohammad Naciri
Regional Director of UN Women for Asia
and the Pacific
8.00 Introduction to the Day
8.15 Leadership Influence and Gender
Prof. John Antonakis Faculty of Business and Economics – Department of Organizational Behaviour, University of Lausanne
8.00 Introduction to the Day
8.15 Political Acumen, Leadership
Influence and Strategic Negotiation
Dr. Beverly Hyman Executive Coach and Facilitator
8.00 Introduction to the Day
8.15 Action Planning
10.00 Leadership Reflections
Ms. Tomoko Nishimoto
ILO's Assistant Director-General and
Regional Director for Asia and the
Pacific
11.30 Personal Commitments
11.45 Closing
LUNCH 11.30-12.30 LUNCH 11.30-12.30 LUNCH 11.30-12.30 LUNCH 11.30-12.30 LUNCH 12.00-13.00
12.30 Leadership and Innovation: A
Framework for Managing Change
Prof. John Luiz
Business School, University of Sussex
16.00 Reflection
16.30 Close
17.00 Welcome cocktail at The
Raweekanlaya Bangkok Wellness
Cuisine Resort
12.30 Activating your Individual and Collective Power Dr. Ariane Sabet
Ms. Joni Simpson
Senior Specialist Gender, Equality &
Non-Discrimination, ILO
Ms. Deepa Bharathi
Chief Technical Adviser, SAFE and
FAIR, ILO
15:00 Leadership Reflections
Ms. Lek Chailert
Save Elephants
16.00 Reflection
16.30 Close
12.30 Leadership Influence and
Gender
Prof. John Antonakis
Faculty of Business and Economics –
Department of Organizational
Behaviour, University of Lausanne
15.30 Thai Traditional Dance and
Perfumery Powder Garlands
Ms. Achiraya Thamparipattra
CEO of HiveSters
Grandma from Nang Loeng community
Auntie from Koh Sarn Chao community
17.00 Close
18.00 Self-funded dinner at the
Savoey
12.30 Political Acumen, Leadership
Influence and Strategic Negotiation
Dr. Beverly Hyman
Executive Coach and Facilitator
16.30 Reflection
17.00 Close
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Agenda Group II
Monday 11 November Tuesday 12 November Wednesday 13 November Thursday 14 November Friday 15 November
Leadership for Change Gender Dimensions of Leadership Political Acumen, Leadership
Influence and Strategic Negotiation
Leadership, Influence and
Gender
Building Community and
Action Planning
8.00 Welcome and Introduction
Dr. Ariane Sabet
Learning Portfolio Manager, Knowledge
Centre for Leadership and Management,
UNSSC
Dr. Beverly Hyman
Executive Coach and Facilitator
9.00 Welcome Remarks
Dr. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana Executive
Secretary of the United Nations Economic
and Social Commission for Asia and the
Pacific (ESCAP)
10.00 Leadership and Innovation: A
Framework for Managing Change
Prof. John Luiz
Business School, University of Sussex
Group and individual photos
8.00 Introduction to the Day 8.15 Leading Social Innovation
Ms. Ada Chirapaisarnkul
Founder of the Thai Young Philanthropist
Network (TYPN)
9:45 Women’s Leadership and the UN
Mr. Mohammad Naciri
Regional Director of UN Women for Asia
and the Pacific
8.00 Introduction to the Day
8.15 Political Acumen, Leadership
Influence and Strategic Negotiation
Dr. Beverly Hyman Executive Coach and Facilitator
8.00 Introduction to the Day
8.15 Leadership Influence and Gender
Prof. John Antonakis Faculty of Business and Economics – Department of Organizational Behaviour, University of Lausanne
8.00 Introduction to the Day
8.15 Action Planning
10.00 Leadership Reflections
Ms. Tomoko Nishimoto
ILO's Assistant Director-General and
Regional Director for Asia and the
Pacific
11.30 Personal Commitments
11.45 Closing
LUNCH 11.30-12.30 LUNCH 11.30-12.30 LUNCH 11.30-12.30 LUNCH 11.30-12.30 LUNCH 12.00-13.00
12.30 Leadership and Innovation: A
Framework for Managing Change
Prof. John Luiz
Business School, University of Sussex
16.00 Reflection
16.30 Close
17.00 Welcome cocktail at The
Raweekanlaya Bangkok Wellness
Cuisine Resort
12.30 Activating your Individual and Collective Power Dr. Ariane Sabet
Ms. Joni Simpson
Senior Specialist Gender, Equality &
Non-Discrimination, ILO
Ms. Deepa Bharathi
Chief Technical Adviser, SAFE and
FAIR, ILO
15:00 Leadership Reflections
Ms. Lek Chailert
Save Elephants
16.00 Reflection
16.30 Close
12.30 Political Acumen, Leadership
Influence and Strategic Negotiation
Dr. Beverly Hyman
Executive Coach and Facilitator
16.30 Reflection
17.00 Close
18.00 Self-funded dinner at the
Savoey
12.30 Leadership Influence and
Gender
Prof. John Antonakis
Faculty of Business and Economics
– Department of Organizational
Behaviour, University of Lausanne
15.30 Thai Traditional Dance and
Perfumery Powder Garlands
Ms. Achiraya Thamparipattra
CEO of HiveSters
Grandma from Nang Loeng
community
Auntie from Koh Sarn Chao
community
17.00 Close
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SPEAKERS’ PROFILES
Dr. Beverly Hyman
Executive Coach and Facilitator
Dr. Beverly Hyman is President of Beverly Hyman, Ph.D. and Associates, an international organizational development and
training firm in business over 25 years. With offices in New York City Dr. Hyman and her Associates provide consulting on
performance appraisal systems, leadership and organizational development, executive coaching, communications training,
team building and facilitation to international firms and organizations and their boards. Representative clients include:
UNICEF, UNDP, NYC’s Metropolitan Transit Authority, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harvard and Princeton University.
Dr. Hyman has been providing successful coaching for candidates for the RCAC and for HC for UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF,
OCHA, IOM, UNOPS. At the UNSSC she also provides negotiations skills training and training for senior UN women leaders.
Some recent UN projects include: Design of the ARC, the new performance appraisal system for RC’s and UNCT’s, a
Training Needs Assessment for UN Safety and Security, and development of Mission and Vision consensus for the UN
Logistics Base in Brindisi amongst all key stakeholders in preparation for the base’s civilian staff review.
Dr. Hyman has travelled to UN country offices and peacekeeping missions worldwide. Dr. Hyman holds her Ph.D. in Media,
Culture and Communication from New York University. She is the author of 3 books and has had her own television interview
programme. She serves as a Trustee of New York University.
Ms. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana
Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission (ESCAP)
Ms. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana was appointed Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in September 2018. Prior to joining ESCAP. She was Professor of Economics
at Universitas Padjadjaran in Bandung, Indonesia. Since 2016, she has served as Director for the Center for Sustainable
Development Goals Studies at Universitas Padjadjaran and Vice Chair of the Indonesian Academy of Sciences.
She also serves on the Governing Board of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), and member
of the Indonesian Academy of Sciences (Akademi Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia - AIPI), the Forum of Statistics Community.
Furthermore, she serves at the International Advisory Board of the Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies and is Council
Member of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI).
Ms. Alisjahbana earned her Bachelor degree in Economics and Development Studies from Universitas Indonesia,
Indonesia, a Masters degree in Economics from Northwestern University, USA and a Ph.D in Economics from
University of Washington, USA. She was awarded the Mahaputra Adipradana Order (Bintang Mahaputra
Adipradana) from the Republic of Indonesia, honorary brevet from the Indonesian Navy and honorary flight wing
from the Indonesian Air Force.
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Prof. John Luiz
Professor of Management University of Sussex
Prof. John Luiz is Professor of International Business at the School of Business, Management and Economics at the University
of Sussex, and Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of Business (GSB) at the University of Cape Town, specializing in
emerging markets.
Previously, he served as a Professor and Director of International Relations at the GSB. He was a Professor at the Wits Business
School (served in various capacities including as their Director of International Programmes and as Academic Director), and
was Executive Dean in the Faculty of Management at the University of Johannesburg. Mr. Luiz has published in excess of 100
publications including over 75 articles in leading journals. He is the co-author and/or editor of several books published by
Macmillan, Pearson and Oxford University Press, over 20 book chapters, and the co-author of an award-winning case study on
sustainable development.
Besides the Ph.D., Mr. Luiz has completed various other programmes including the Cambridge Advanced Programme on
Development Economics at Cambridge University, the Wharton Global Faculty Development Programme, and Strategic
Management at the Harvard Business School. He is a member of various professional bodies and was President of the
Economic Society of South Africa 2014-2016.
Ms. Ada Chirapaisarnkul
Founder of the Thai Young
Philantropist Network & Managing Director at
TaejaDotCom
Ms. Ada Chirapaisarnkul is a pioneer in the fields of social entrepreneurship and social investment in Thailand. She founded
and manages the Thailand Young Philantropist Network, which is a platform to engage young and determined professionals
with a shared mission to make positive changes in society. The community counts over 2,700 young leaders working on
strengthening civil society in Thailand.
In 2012 she also co-founded taejai.com, a fundraising website aiming to nurture a culture of strategic giving. The Thailand Young
Philantropist Network has also created Life Hero, which advocates education equity through scholarships. Many of her projects
focus on piloting innovative new financing tools such as "giving circles", as a form of crowdfunding for pro bono, skills-based
volunteering. The focus of the network lies on empowering children from the least privileged socioeconomic backgrounds in
Thailand.
Through Life Hero access to formal education becomes accessible for many young learners. The network researches better
alternatives for transforming the life of youths and works closely with Unicef. It explores skills training and job matching which
not only enables access to education but also offers direct links to long-term employment.
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Mr Mohammad Naciri
Regional Director/ UN
Women Regional Office for
Asia and the Pacific
Mr. Mohammad Naciri has been recently appointed as the Regional Director of UN Women for Asia and the Pacific. From
2015 to 2018, he was the Regional Director of UN Women in the Arab States. From 2012 to 2015, Mohammad Naciri was the
Deputy Regional Director for UN Women in the Arab States.
Mohammad has extensive experience in the region and in gender and development issues. Prior to joining UN Women,
Mohammad was the Deputy Country Director of UNDP in Yemen, where he supported the country in the formulation of its
Gender Strategy and the Gender Responsive Budgeting process. He has worked in Kuwait, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and
Cambodia, dealing with issues from human trafficking to ethnic cleansing.
A national of Morocco, Mohammad holds a master’s degree in Public Administration and International Development from
the Harvard University, as well as a master’s degree in Social Anthropology from the University of Oxford. He also has a
Master's degree in Business Administration from the Arab Academy for Science and Technology in Alexandria-Egypt.
Ms. Joni Simpson
Senior Specialist Gender, Equality & Non-
Discrimination, ILO for Asia and the Pacific
Ms. Joni Simpson is a Senior Specialist on Gender, Equality and Non-Discrimination at the International Labour Organization
(ILO) based in Bangkok, Thailand. She was ILO’s Global Coordinator and Specialist in Women’s Entrepreneurship Development
and Entrepreneurship Education in Geneva for seven years. Her current work focuses on women and youth in relation to
entrepreneurship development and entrepreneurship education. Her work aims at supporting the inclusion of marginalized
populations in society.
In her current role, she provides technical guidance and supports on gender equality, non-discrimination and women’s economic
empowerment approaches to ILO constituents and partners for policies and programmes relating to jobs and entrepreneurship.
She sits on an Expert Committee for the Global Women Entrepreneur Leaders Scorecard.
Over and above her work at the ILO, she has more than ten years of experience in Community Economic Development and
Community Credit micro finance, working on building accessible and adapted resources and advocating for inclusive services
in Entrepreneurship Development. Ms. Simpson holds a Master's degree in Cultural anthropology in addition to an Education
degree.
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Ms. Deepa Bharathi
Chief Technical Advisor Safe & Fair: Realizing
women migrant worker’s rights and opportunities in
the ASEAN region International Labour
Organisation Regional Office for Asia
and the Pacific
Ms. Deepa Bharathi is Chief Technical Advisor for Safe & Fair: Realizing women migrant worker’s rights and opportunities
in the ASEAN region project of ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. She joined ILO in November 2016, in
Bangladesh and has been working closely with ILO consitutients and social dialogue partners, other UN Agencies in
implementing the activities of ILO projects.
Prior to joining ILO, Ms. Bharathi was the Regional Programme Manager in UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the
Pacific, based in Bangkok. She has been managing regional programmes, such as the CEDAW Southeast Asia Programme.
From 2010 - 2016, she has worked with regional human rights bodies in the ASEAN Commission on the Protection and
Promotion of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC), the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights
(AICHR), the ASEAN Committee for Women (ACW), and she managed the ASEAN Regional Human Rights Mechanisms
Project in UN Women Regional office for Asia and the Pacific. She provided technical and management support to UN Women
Afghanistan Country Office and UN Women Bangladesh Office.
In a career spanning 21 years, Ms. Bharathi has worked on policy formulation, programme management, grassroots level
organizing, advocacy, lobbying and campaigning related to gender equality, women’s rights, and worker’s rights in Asia.
A national of India, Ms. Bharathi holds a Bachelors and Master’s degree in Mathematical Statistics from Delhi University, India
and a Human Rights Law Certificate from the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Ms. Lek Chailert
Founder Save Elephants
Foundation
Ms. Lek Chailert founded the Elephant Nature Park, a sanctuary and educational outreach centre for rescued elephants.
With passion and respect for her country’s national symbol, and the knowledge that they were becoming endangered. For
that reason, Ms. Chailert began advocating for the rights and welfare of the Asian elephants in Thailand.
Due to her hard work and determination, her voice is now internationally recognized. In addition to several documentaries
produced by National Geographic, Discovery, Animal Planet and the BBC, she has also won many honorary awards.
She has formed the Save Elephant Foundation and a dedicated team works by her side to protect the Asian elephant.
The Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton invited Ms Chailert to Washington, DC in 2010 to honour her as one of six
Women Heroes of Global Conservation.
Ms. Chailert has earned honorary degrees from Rajabhat Chiang Mai University. The National Geographic documentary Vanishing Giants highlighted her work with the Asian elephant.
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Prof. John Antonakis
Professor of
Organizational Behaviour & Director of PhD
Programme at University of Lausanne
Prof. John Antonakis is of Swiss, Greek, and South-African nationality. He is Professor of Organizational Behavior, and
Director of the Ph.D. Programme in Management in the Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Lausanne,
Switzerland. He received his Ph.D. from Walden University in Applied Management and Decision Sciences specializing in the
psychometrics of leadership. He was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Psychology at Yale University focusing on
leader development and expertise. His current research focuses on charisma, predictors of leadership, and research methods.
Professor Antonakis is Editor in Chief of The Leadership Quarterly. He has previous served as associate editor for The
Leadership Quarterly and Organizational Research Methods, and is on the boards of several top academic journals including
the Academy of Management Review and the Journal of Management. He is a fellow of the Society of Industrial and
Organizational Psychology as well as the Association for Psychological Science.
Furthermore, he has published in prestigious academic journals such as Science, Psychological Science, Academy of
Management Journal, Intelligence, The Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Operations Management, Journal of Management,
Harvard Business Review, Academy of Management Learning and Education.
Ms. Tomoko Nishimoto
ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional
Director for Asia and the Pacific
Ms. Tomoko Nishimoto has served as the ILO’s Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific
since January 2015. As such, she oversees the ILO’s operations in 34 of the ILO's 36 member States in Asia and the Pacific
(work in Japan and Myanmar is overseen by the ILO's Headquarters in Geneva).
A key part of her role is to stimulate and foster dialogue between social partners (governments, workers and employers)
across Asia-Pacific, helping them to develop and implement coherent strategies that address intertwined issues of sustainable
development.
Ms. Nishimoto has more than 30 years of experience in the UN system. She has held senior management positions in
UNDP, UNICEF and UNEP (UN Environment), in both field offices and at agency headquarters. Prior to joining the ILO,
she served as the Director of the Division for Regional Cooperation (2010-14) at the UNEP Headquarters in Nairobi,
providing UNEP’s six Regional Offices with leadership, guidance and oversight, and spearheading UNEP’s engagement
with stakeholders, other UN agencies and major organizations.
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UNSSC Design, Development & Facilitation Team
Dr. Ariane Sabet
Learning Portfolio Manager, UNSSC
Knowledge Centre for Leadership and Management
Dr. Ariane Sabet is Learning Portfolio Manager in the KCLM at UNSSC. She is responsible for the design and delivery of the
UN Leadership Exchange for colleagues at the USG and ASG level, the UN Leaders Programme for Directors, and the
Leadership, Women and the UN Programme, as well as a range of other high-impact initiatives. Maintaining and expanding
academic partnerships, she manages the MBA in Managing International Organisations, in collaboration with the University of
Stellenbosch.
Prior joining UNSSC, Ms. Sabet served as faculty at Norwich University’s Master of Arts in Diplomacy, focusing mainly on Global
Diplomacy and State-Sponsored Terrorism. Previously, she held academic positions in Slovakia, Switzerland and the United
States in the areas of International Relations, Political Science and Management. She brings over 20 years of experience in
international organizations, academia, education, and private sector ventures.
Ms. Sabet holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from St. Gallen University, Switzerland, where she specialized in Political and
Leadership Ethics and an MA in International Relations from the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, spending
part of her studies at Harvard and Columbia Universities.
Ms. Georgiana Ward-Booth
Associate Fellow, UNSSC Knowledge Centre for
Leadership and Management
Ms. Georgiana Ward-Booth is Associate Fellow in the KCLM at UNSSC. Together with Dr. Ariane Sabet, she works on the
design, development, and delivery of leadership programmes including the Leadership, Women and the UN Programme, the
UN Leaders Programme, the UN Leadership Exchange and tailor-made leadership development initiatives.
She is experienced in working on international research and knowledge sharing initiatives related to social and criminal justice.
Prior joining the UNSSC, Georgiana has worked as a research fellow for international universities and research centres,
including for the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) where she contributed to the
design and facilitation of various capacity-building and training initiatives.
Ms. Ward-Booth holds an MA degree in International Peace and Security from King’s College, London. She has been engaged
in various discourse analysis projects at the academic level, and she is passionate about socially engaged contemporary artistic
narratives. Since 2018, she is part of the Executive Council of African Art Dialogues, a not-for-profit organisation that provides
a discoursive platform on contemporary African art to strengthen the relationships between art professionals, academics, social
and cultural actors for a thorough, nuanced and expanded conversation.
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UNSSC Learning Support Team
Ms. Marli Amorim
Programme Assistant, UNSSC Knowledge
Centre for Leadership and Management
Ms. Marli Amorim joined the former Resident Coordinator System Team of UNSSC in October 2005. She comes from Brazil.
Before joining the UNSSC, Ms. Amorim had one year’s work experience (2004-2005) as a secretary support at the ITCILO.
She is a law graduate, however, her main field in the past 15 years has moved on to something that she considers more
challenging.
The command of secretarial techniques and expertise in computer programmes have allowed her to make an immediate
contribution but technology cannot substitute for some personal skills that is why assistants will continue to play a key role
within the organizations
Ms. Alexandra Giordano
Individual Contractor UNSSC Knowledge
Centre for Leadership and Management
Ms. Alexandra Giordano has recently joined the UNSSC team. She provides the secretarial support collaborating with KCLM
department. Before joining the UN System Staff College Ms. Giordano has worked at ITCILO starting from 2014.
She graduated in economics from the Moscow Institute of Business and Law and languages from the University of the Russian
Academy of Education.
Ms. Giordano is Russian and speaks fluently in English, Italian while studying Spanish.
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Ms. Anna Geldermann
Intern, UNSSC Knowledge Centre for Leadership and
Management
Ms. Anna Geldermann recently joint the UNCCS team as an intern. She supports the KCLM team with drafting proposals
and learning needs assessments as well as course evaluation in several UNSSC management and leadership courses.
Ms. Geldermann holds a master’s degree in Cultural Studies – Digital Art and Media from Leuphana University as well as a
bachelor’s degree in educational sciences and media education from the University of Cologne.
She worked in several educational projects in eastern Africa after spending one year as a social volunteer in Kigali, Rwanda.
Ms. Geldermann is particularly interested in the collaboration between media, culture, society and learning experiences.
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List and Contacts of Speakers
First Name Last Name Email
John Antonakis [email protected]
Deepa Bharathi [email protected]
Lek Chailert [email protected]
Ada Chirapaisarnku [email protected]
Beverly Hyman [email protected]
John Luiz [email protected]
Mohammad Naciri [email protected]
Tomoko Nishimoto [email protected]
Ariane Sabet [email protected]
Joni Simpson [email protected]