CVs of Speakers and Moderators

Speakers and Moderators
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Marcus V. Alves
Director, Brazilian Forest Service, Brazil
Marcus V. Alves is Deputy Director-General of the Brazilian Forest Service and
since 2011 Director of Forest Policy and Economics. He further held the positions
of Executive Manager of Forest Planning and Director of Strategic Planning.
He worked for twenty-five years as a research scientist at the Forest Products
Laboratory and served as its Head for eleven years. Marcus V. Alves holds a degree
in Forestry from the University of Brasília and a Ph.D. in Forest Science from the
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
Dr. Jürgen Blaser
Professor for International/Tropical Forestry and Climate Change, Bern University
of Applied Science, Switzerland
Next to his assignment at the Bern University of Applied Sciences, Dr. Jürgen
Blaser also acts as Global Advisor on Forests to the Swiss Agency for Development
and Cooperation. Between 2002 and 2011, he was the head of the Forest and
Environment Team and Vice-Director of Swiss Intercooperation. From 1996 to
2001 he was Senior Forestry Advisor at the World Bank. Previously, he worked in
international forest development cooperation with assignments in Latin America,
Africa, Asia and Russia. Dr. Jürgen Blaser was chair of the International Tropical
Timber Organisation and led the development of the Status of Tropical Forest
Management Reports 2005 and 2011. More recently, he has advised the World Bank
on the design of the Forest Investment Programme and the Forest Carbon
Partnership Facility. Dr. Jürgen Blaser has served on the Boards of CIFOR, Tropenbos
and Tropical Forest Foundation and is member of the Sustainability Panel of
Precious Woods.
Dr. Hadi Daryanto
Secretary General, Ministry of Forestry, Indonesia
Before being appointed Secretary General, Dr. Hadi Daryanto was Chairman of
the ASEAN Product Working Group on Wood Based Panel and held different
positions within the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry. Dr. Hadi Daryanto worked
as Senior Expert on the Strengthening Management Capacity Project for the GTZ
(now GIZ) and contributed to numerous workshops, trainings and seminars.
He obtained a PhD in Advanced Wood Science and Technology from E.N.S.E.M
Grand École Nancy/France.
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Professor Lars G. Josefsson
Chairman, Bioelectric Solutions LGJ AB, Sweden
Lars G. Josefsson is a Swedish manager who currently holds different positions
including: associate of the Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand K.G., non-executive
Board-member of the Robert Bosch GmbH and Holmen AB, Chairman of the
Board of Green Circle Bioenergy Inc. and Burntisland Fabrication Ltd., Director of
Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners Limited., member of the Board of GermanSwedish Chamber of Commerce, Chairman and Managing Partner of BioElectric
Solutions LGJ AB, Founder of Biomass for Electricity Initiative and Foundation,
member of the board of trustees of Hand in Hand International. He formerly
served as president and CEO of the Swedish energy company Vattenfall AB and
was president of Eurelectric, the European Industry Association in Brussels until
2011. Besides, Lars G. Josefsson has taught as Honorary Professor in Physics at the
Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus and was appointed energy climate
advisor to the German Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2006 to 2007.
Christopher Knight
Assistant Director Sustainability and Climate Change, PricewaterhouseCoopers
(PwC), United Kingdom
Christopher Knight is a trained scientist with years of experience across a range
of industry sectors and specializes among others on forest carbon projects and
markets, as well as sustainable forest management and finance. Since 2004, he
has been a member of the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Sustainability and
Climate Change team leading the work on forestry, ecosystems and biodiversity.
He represents PwC on several international REDD and conservation finance
working groups. His current projects include a global financial governance review
for the Forest Stewardship Council and the Strategic Review of Sustainability in
the Tropical Timber Sector in support of the Dutch Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH).
Dr. Charlotte Streck
Director, Climate Focus
Dr. Charlotte Streck is an internationally recognized expert on the law and policy
of sustainable development, climate change and emissions trading. She advises on
the regulatory framework of international and national climate policy, with
particular expertise on the consideration of forestry agriculture and land use in
climate change regulation. Dr. Charlotte Streck directs the consultancy Climate
Focus and is responsible for the management of the company’s forestry and
agricultural focal area. She coordinates and delivers advisory services on
international climate policy, agriculture and forestry. Dr. Charlotte Streck further
reads environmental law and diplomacy in frequent lectures and is a prolific
writer and publisher.
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