Albert Motivans is the Head of Data and Research for Equal Measures 2030, a civil society and private sector-led data and advocacy initiative. He develops innovative approaches to identify and visualise new and existing sources of development data and to strengthen the technical capacity of national advocates to use data to improve policies and development outcomes. He led the design and analysis of the most comprehensive global tool to measure the status of girls and women - the SDG Gender Index - which was launched in June 2019. Prior to joining Equal Measures 2030, he led education statistics at the UNESCO Institute for Statistics where he oversaw the compilation of the global education database and efforts to communicate, visualise and analyse data. He has worked in the fields of data and development for the UNICEF Office of Research and the U.S. Census Bureau and has published widely on the use of data to inform policies in child welfare, education, and gender equality. He is a member of various global technical task forces, advisory groups and is an elected member of the International Statistical Institute.

Alessandro Annoni is the Head of the Digital Economy Unit at the European Commission – Joint Research Centre. His unit provides techno-socio-economic research in support to Digital Transformation analysing, among others, data value chains and the conditions relating to their development. The Unit is also responsible for the European Observatory for Artificial Intelligence (AI Watch) and ensures the technical coordination of the INSPIRE Directive aiming at the development of the European Spatial Data Infrastructure.  Alessandro graduated in Physics from the University of Milan and before joining the EC in 1997, he worked for two decades in the private sector managing companies specialised in Remote Sensing, Geomatics, Software and Information Systems development.  Alessandro is member of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Program Board and has been awarded the 2013 Ian McHarg Medal of the European Geosciences Union reserved for distinguished research in Information Technology applied to Earth and space sciences. In 2016 he received the Digital Earth Science and Technology Contribution Award from the International Society for Digital Earth for outstanding contribution to advancing the development of Digital Earth.

Alex Simoes is a software developer with over 10 years of data visualisation and data management experience. He is a founding member of Datawheel [datawheel.us] and graduate of the MIT Media Lab, where he focused on creating data decision-making tools and using visual techniques to understand data. As part of his master's thesis, he developed The Observatory of Economic Development [oec.world], a public data platform used to visualize world trade flows with 50 years worth of data from more than 200 countries and 5,000 products. He has led the development of DataViva [legacy.dataviva.info], a collaborative planning tool for subnational governments in Brazil, Data USA [datausa.io], the largest and most comprehensive representation of U.S. data online and Trade Estonia [data.stat.ee], a recently launched trade data platform for Statistics Estonia.

Angel Hsu is a professor, researcher, writer and speaker who spends much of her time analyzing large datasets to develop policy solutions to the world's most pressing environmental problems, such as climate change and air pollution. As she writes: "I work between the push and pull of data science and public policy, and this passion drives me to explore how new technologies, analytical techniques and communication strategies can improve governance and lead to better environmental outcomes in rapidly developing countries like China." Hsu is jointly appointed at Yale-NUS in Singapore at Yale's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. She founded and directed Data-Driven Yale, an international team of interdisciplinary researchers, scientists, programmers and visual designers. Under her direction, Data-Driven Yale works collaboratively with scholars and practitioners around the world to collect, transform and communicate information, creating new knowledge and policy tools designed to make the world greener and healthier. Her work has been published in scientific journals like Nature and Nature Climate Change and featured in media like The Economist and the New York Times.

Bogdan Atanasiu is an economic analyst at the European Commission DG Energy, Economic Analysis and Financial Instruments Unit. Since 2015 he worked on the elaboration of the Energy Union monitoring framework, coordinating the preparation of a relevant set of indicators and scoreboard presented in the State of the Energy Union Reports and through the online visualisation tool on DG Energy website. More recently, he contributed to the assessment of the draft National Energy and Climate Plans of the EU Member States and is currently involved in the preparation of the e-platform for future progress reports towards 2030 climate and energy objectives. He is also responsible for the statistical and data related activities acting as statistical and local data correspondent of DG Energy and being in charge with the production of the annual publications Energy Statistical Pocketbook and energy statistical datasheets. Bogdan is electrical engineer with a Ph.D. in renewable energy, having prior work experience of about eleven years in renewable energy research at the Romanian Research Institute for Electrical Engineering and of other eleven years on end-use energy efficiency at the JRC's Institute for Energy and Transport – Renewable Energy Unit, Institute for European Environmental Policy and Buildings Performance Institute Europe.

Carlo Lavalle (PhD) has over 25 years of experience in modelling and data analysis for policy applications. Since 1990, he is with the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. He is involved in scientific policy support in the field of urban and regional development. Carlo coordinates the development of the LUISA Territorial Modelling Platform and of the European Commission Knowledge Centre for Territorial Policies.

Carlos Carrasco is a researcher at IESE Business School and Partner – Chief Data Scientist at EIXOS Economic Observatory. His work focuses on the intersection between data (Data Science, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning) and decision-making in cities and organizations. He has published different academic publications and has participated in books on economics, management, and urban strategy. He is also a lecturer at various business schools, where he teaches Data Science courses. He has studied at Pompeu Fabra University, the Johns Hopkins University, the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Harvard University.

Doris Mpoumou is the current Director and AU Representative of Save the Children African Union Liaison and Pan Africa Office, based in Addis Ababa.  Doris is a human rights and social justice advocate with over 20 years of experience in high level advocacy, policy analysis, and coalition building on issues as diverse as peace and security, violence against women and girls including child marriage, global governance, and sexual and reproductive health and rights. In her native Congo-Brazzaville, Doris initiated a reform of the penal Code to include gender based violence crimes. Before joining Save the Children, Doris served in various leadership positions including at the International Planned Parenthood Western Hemisphere Region in New York where among other priorities she advocated for strong gender, child and human rights perspectives in the negotiations of the Sustainable Development Goals. Doris also served as the first Director of the International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect civilians against war crimes and crimes against humanity. Prior to this position, Doris co-led advocacy efforts that led to the creation of UN Women.

Fábio Duarte is a research scientist at MIT Senseable City Lab, where he leads projects including Roboat (a fleet of autonomous boats for Amsterdam) and Underworlds (using robots to monitor public health through the sewage system). Fábio is also responsible for the data visualization team at MIT Senseable City Lab, and his research work has been published in Science Robotics and IEEE Internet of Things, and exhibited at Cooper Hewitt, in New York, and Science Museum London.

Giorgia Boldrini, cultural and creative industries expert, has designed and coordinated since 2010 the 'Incredibol!' project, an innovative and integrated support scheme for the creative sector in Emilia-Romagna Region, lead by the City of Bologna, Italy. Her main research interests are creating links between traditional knowledge, cultural heritage, cultural activities and creative industries through an integrated and cross-sectoral approach. She has been involved as expert and speaker in many international projects and initiatives.

Guillaume Lafortune is the SDG Index Manager at Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN). Previously, he served as an economist at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) working on public governance reforms and statistics. He was one of the lead advisors for the production of the 2015 and 2017 flagship statistical report Government at a Glance. He also contributed to analytical work related to public sector efficiency, open government data and citizens’ satisfaction with public services. Earlier, Guillaume worked as an economist at the Ministry of Economic Development in the Government of Quebec (Canada). Guillaume holds a M.Sc in public administration from the National School of Public Administration (ENAP) in Montreal and a B.Sc in international economics from the University of Montreal.

Harsh Vijay Singh is the Project Lead at the System Initiative on Shaping the Future of Energy at the World Economic Forum. Harsh has a strong interest in the energy sector, with more than seven years of experience in diverse roles. He worked on key initiatives on improving access to electricity in off-grid areas and conducted research for energy efficiency policy design in India. More recently, he led strategic marketing activities for GE's Water business in India, with responsibility for market development in new areas like energy neutral wastewater treatment and urban water-energy nexus. He also has keen interest in development economics, and has worked on development research projects at organizations like World Bank and Poverty Action Lab. He earned his bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, and masters in Public Administration concentrating on energy policy from Columbia University.

Jan Burck is senior advisor for low-carbon strategies and energy and project leader for climate indices at the NGO and Think Tank Germanwatch. He has developed the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) in 2005 and presented the CCPI since then every year at the UN Climate Summits. He was for six years team leader of the German and EU climate policy at Germanwatch and is responsible for different studies at Germanwatch. He is co-author of the Brown to Green Report and the Allianz Climate and Energy Monitor. Jan likes to be with his family, hiking and mountain biking. Jan studied Geography, Political Science, Ethnology and Chemistry at the Universities of Bonn and Mainz.

John Dagevos has studied regional and macroeconomics at Tilburg University, where he graduated cum laude in 1984. Since 2003 he works at Telos, first as senior researcher, later as managing director. From 2015 he is the director of Telos. Telos is the leading organisation in the Netherlands on monitoring sustainable development at local and regional levels. John has a very broad experience as a manager, professor, researcher, speaker, consultant and board member of different types of organisations. He is experienced in the field of sustainable development, local and regional socio-economic development, policy evaluation research (efficiency and effectiveness of different kind of policies) and especially in developing monitoring instruments. He worked on numerous assignments in the Netherlands and abroad. Besides working at Telos/Tilburg University he is also working as an adjunct professor sustainable community development at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver Canada and at Memorial University Newfoundland Canada.

Lewis Dijkstra is the Head of the Economic Analysis Sector of the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy in the European Commission. He is the editor the Cohesion Reports, which analyse economic, social and environmental issues in EU regions and cities. His latest work and publications cover topics such as regional quality of government, urban economic development, regional economic and demographic projections and the definition of cities. He works closely with the OECD, the World Bank, the European Environmental Agency, the Joint Research Centre and Eurostat. With these partners, he has launched projects on regional competitiveness, business demography, regional well-being, transport and demography among others. He holds a PhD in Urban and Regional Planning from Rutgers University, New Jersey, a MSc in Urban and Regional Planning from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a BA in Political Science from the University of Ghent, Belgium.

Marine Siva is a Policy Officer at the Commission for Economic Policy (ECON) of the European Committee of Regions (CoR) in Brussels. She specialises in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), ensuring the follow-up of the CoR opinion "SDGs: a basis for a long-term EU strategy for a sustainable Europe by 2030".  She contributes to raising awareness through events and stakeholders involvement, and regularly provides technical expertise on this topic to CoR members and hierarchy. She also actively works on the monitoring of the SDG implementation process at regional and local level. Prior to ECON, Ms Siva promoted development cooperation with third countries at the CoR, coordinating the NICOSIA initiative with Libyan municipalities, and co-organising with DG DEVCO a major event on decentralised cooperation with mayors from developing countries.  She has gained extensive experience in EU external affairs from working at the French Permanent Representation to the EU, as well as at the Brussels office of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region. She holds degrees in European Affairs and EU International Relations from King's College London and the College of Europe.

Negussie Dejene is presently working as senior technical officer with the African Child Policy Forum (ACPF), which is a pan-African policy and advocacy center on child rights.  Current key responsibilities include: undertake and contributes to the design and implementation of child related researches that meet rigorous academic and ethical standards; documenting and synthesizing research findings and presenting these through high-quality reports; publish research findings; contribute to the development of high quality programmes; keep abreast of new and emerging research techniques and best practices; contribute to the  development of relevant policies; develop sound monitoring frameworks and survey/assessment methodologies. Before joining ACPF, he worked with the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia for more than 15 years and has extensive experience in planning, designing, testing and execution of socio-economic surveys, data analysis and report writing. He authored and co-authored various research papers such as: The African report on child wellbeing 2018: progress in the child-friendliness of African governments; Child-Friendliness Index (CFI): revisited, 2018; The African report on child wellbeing 2016: bridging the gap between policy and practice; and a range of statistical and analytical reports at the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia. Negussie has a Bachelor and a Master’s degree in statistics.

Pierre de Boisséson is a Junior Economist in the Gender unit of the OECD’s Development Centre, studying how discriminatory social norms are perpetuating gender inequalities and exploring women’s empowerment opportunities through the Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI). Prior to joining the OECD, Pierre worked for three years at the World Bank in the US, Mexico, and various African countries. As part of the Poverty Department, he developed econometric models and multidimensional poverty indices. He holds a Master’s degree from ESCP Europe in Paris, and a Master’s degree in International Development from the School of Foreign Service (MSFS) of Georgetown University in Washington DC.

Ray Perrault is Distinguished Computer Scientist in SRI International’s Artificial Intelligence Center, of which he was Director for 30 years. His main research interests are in natural language processing and speech act theory. He was co-Principal Investigator of the CALO Project, a large, multi-institutional, DARPA-funded project whose objective was to build an intelligent office assistant that learns through interaction with its user and the world. Several technologies developed on that project, including Siri, have been transitioned to commercial and military applications. He is a Fellow of AAAI and AAAS, has been President of IJCAI and ACL, co-Editor-in-Chief of the Artificial Intelligence Journal, and received the IJCAI Donald E Walker Distinguished Service Award.  He is a member of the Steering Committee of the AI Index Project, part of Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered Intelligence. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer and Communication Sciences from the University of Michigan.

Shamnaaz B. Sufrauj is an international consultant at the African Trade & Policy Centre of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa where she works on regional integration in Africa and is improving the methodology of the Africa regional integration index; she also leads on the African continental free trade area (AfCFTA) national strategies for small island states. She holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Trento, an MBA from the Université de Poitiers and a bachelor’s in economics from Bangalore University. She held teaching and research positions at the University of Trento and the Cà Foscari University Venice among others. She is well-versed in the fields of international trade, small island economies, labour and regional economics, and uses econometric tools as well as specialist tools such as network analysis among others. She has practical work experience as a business consultant supporting SMEs development and as a training and development coordinator managing nation-wide projects in agriculture and tourism. She is fluent in English, French and Italian.

Simon Mevel is currently working as an Economic Affairs Officer for the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). Prior to joining the UN in 2011, he had been working successively for the Centre d’Etudes Prospectives et d’Informations Internationales (CEPII), the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the World Bank. He has over 15 years of experience in assessment of trade and environmental reforms with a focus on development issues, and more than 40 publications to date. He has developed and conducted a number of capacity building programmes, particularly on trade policy analysis, in Africa, Asia and Latin America. He also managed development assistance programmes for African countries.

Yannick Vuylsteke is the Head of the Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG) at the Mo Ibrahim Foundation where he is responsible for the development, improvement, production and delivery of the bi-annual IIAG. Yannick co-manages the Foundation’s research team, contributing to the Foundation’s other research projects, and also maintains oversight of the Foundation’s work with partners on data projects to increase coverage and improve quality of African governance data. Previously Yannick worked at Transparency International on the Business Integrity Programme, carrying out in-house research and working on indices measuring transparency, corruption and governance issues in the private sector, and the development and improvement of indicators measuring corporate transparency and reporting. He has also worked at the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI). Yannick obtained his BA from the University of Leeds and holds an MA in International Studies and Diplomacy from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.