Participant

The IPU Science for Peace Parliamentary Meeting will be held from 11 to 13 September 2023 at the International Centre for Interdisciplinary Science and Education (ICISE) in Quy Nhon, Vietnam. Participants will be accommodated in a nearby hotel and access to a shuttle.

Participation:

  • Members of the Committee on Middle East Questions
  • Members of the Working Group on Science and Technology
  • Representation of the heads of the Geopolitical Groups
  • Chair of the Board of the Forum of Young Parliamentarians
  • Chair of the Bureau of Women Parliamentarians
  • Parliamentarians from the parliaments of the CIP-G5 Sahel
  • Vietnamese parliamentarians

The costs associated with the participants accommodation and meals will be covered by the organisers. Participants are expected to pay for their own travel to and from Vietnam.

Where possible, participants should have a basic level of English to allow interactions amongst themselves during group work, mealtimes, and informal activities. In line with IPU guidelines, we will strive to obtain a gender-balanced cohort of participants with strong regional diversity. Specific care has been placed in ensuring a gender and regionally balanced panel of speakers and tutors for participants during the duration of the Schools.

List of participants and speakers

No. Participant Country Affiliation/ Session
01 Abdelwahad Driouche Morocco Staff of Parliament - Moroccan House of Representatives
02 Aboubacar Kabre Burkina Faso MP - Burkina Faso
03 Agnes Vadai Hungary MP - High-Level Advisory Group on CT/VE (Vice-Chair)
Moderator of Workshop session on Best legislative practices on Mekong region
04 Albert Kambire Burkina Faso Staff of Parliament - Burkinabé Transitional National Council
05 Amanda Loeffen UK Chief Executive Officer at Human Right 2 Water
Speaker at the sessions on Human rights-based approach to water security and peace; Promoting water security through citizen science; Parliamentary Network on Water.
06 Bahouba Norbert Tankoano Burkina Faso Executive Secretary - CIP G5 Sahel
07 Bora Seng Cambodia Staff of Parliament - Cambodian National Assembly
08 Carlos Álvarez Pereira Italy Vice-President of the Club of Rome, Founder of the Innaxis Foundation and Research Institute
Speaker at session on Science and politics
09 Chandara Khut Cambodia MP - Cambodia
10 Châu Nguyễn Xuân Quang Viet Nam Vice Director at the Environment and Natural Resources Institute of the Vietnam National University HCM
Speaker oat the workshop session on Legislative best practices in the Mekong region
11 Christine Ouedraogo Tapsoba Burkina Faso Chairperson of the Administrative Board of Gourma Water Agency
Speaker at the workshop on Legislative best practices in the Sahel
12 Colin Craig Ireland Associate Legal Officer and SHERLOC expert on database of legislations at UNODC
Speaker at the workshop on Parliamentary network on water
13 Denis Naughten Ireland MP - Working Group on Science and Technology (Chair)
Speaker at the sessions on Science and politics; Promoting water security through citizen science
14 Florian Thevenon Switzerland Wastewater and water quality consultant at UN Habitat
Speaker at session on Innovation in water technology for water security
15 Hamad Al-Ahmadi Qatar Staff of Parliament - Qatari Shura Counil
16 Hanh Bui Thi Hong Viet Nam MP - Viet Nam
17 Hubert Julien-Laferrière France MP - Committee on Middle East Questions (President)
18 Jean Trần Thanh Vân Viet Nam Director of ICISE and President of the Rencontres de Vietnam
19 Kamal Ait Mik Morocco MP - Forum of Young Parliamentarians
20 Karim Abdel Razik Egypt Director of Arab Parliamentary Diplomacy Center, Arab Parliament
21 Khaled Mashfiq Bangladesh UNOSAT Programme Specialist and Regional Liaison
Speaker at the session on Planet of water: Earth Observation Programmes as a tool to monitor water
22 Lan Hieu Nguyen Viet Nam MP - Viet Nam
23 Lê Kim Ngoc Viet Nam Co-Director of ICISE
24 Linda Tomasini France Space Applications Expert, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Toulouse
Speaker at the session on Planet of water: Earth Observation Programmes as a tool to monitor water
25 Marine Hermes Switzerland Consultant, Peace and Security, IPU
Moderator of session on Multilateral, regional and bilateral water diplomacy for transboundary water cooperation
26 Maurizio Bona Italy Former Advisor to the Director General of CERN, Professor at University of Pavia, Italy
Speaker and moderator at the session on Science and politics
27 Mohamed Anouar Bouchouit Algeria MP - Forum of Young Parliamentarians
28 Mohammed Al-Ahbabi Qatar MP - Standing Committee on Peace and Security (President)
29 Mokhtar Omar Egypt Senior Advisor to the IPU Secretary General
Speaker at the session on Science and politics
30 Monder Bouden Algeria MP - High-Level Advisory Group on CT/VE
31 Nguyễn Đức Hải Viet Nam Vice-President of the National Assembly of Viet Nam
32 Nguyen Van Sanh Viet Nam Professor at the University of South Can Tho
Speaker oat the workshop session on Legislative best practices in the Mekong region
33 Oliver Mumbuna Amutike Zambia MP - Committee on Middle East Questions
34 Ho Quoc Dung Viet Nam Secretary of Binh Dinh Provincial People's Committee
35 Quan Vu Hai Viet Nam MP - Viet Nam
36 Remy Kinna Australia Legal officer at UN Water Convention Secretariat
Speaker at Multilateral, regional and bilateral water diplomacy for transboundary water cooperation
37 Ross Smith Australia Director at Hydrobiology
Remote Speaker at the workshop session on Legislative best practices in the Mekong region
38 Samantha Murphy USA Programme Manager Consultant at UNDPPA Innovation Cell
Remote Speaker at the workshop session on Legislative best practices in the Middle East region
39 H.E. Shawn Steil Canada Ambassador of Canada to Viet Nam
Speaker at Multilateral, regional and bilateral water diplomacy for transboundary water cooperation
40 Tasnim Jberi Tunisia Consultant, Science, IPU
Moderator of Promoting water security through citizen science
41 Tatsujiro Suzuki Japan Member of the Council of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
Keynote Speaker at the High-level opening session
42 Thuy Le Toan France Earth Observation Senior Scientist, Centre d'Etudes Spatiales de la Biosphere, Toulouse
Speaker at the session on Planet of water: Earth Observation Programmes as a tool to monitor water
43 Tran Thanh Son Viet Nam Vide-Director of ICISE
44 Trần Thuc Viet Nam Chairman of the Vietnam Association of Meteorology and Hydrology
Speaker oat the workshop session on Legislative best practices in the Mekong region
45 Winslow Waven Seychelles MP - Seychelles