Daphrose Ntarataze Baramapama

Daphrose Ntarataze Baramapama is Ambassador for Creators of Peace International and Project Director of Muntunuwundi Peace Circles & Development Programme in Burundi.

Farai Maguwu

Farai Maguwu is the founding Director of the Centre of Natural Resource Governance (CNRG), a leading organization in Zimbabwe. In 2011, he was arrested for his human rights work and detained for 40 days by the government. Later that year, Human Rights watch awarded him with the prestigious Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism. Farai is a PhD candidate at the School of Developmental Studies, University of Kwazulu Natal and holds an MA in Peace and Conflict Studies and an MA in Peace and Governance.

Iqbal Singh Bains

Iqbal Singh Bains is the current Additional Chief Secretary under State Government of Madhya Pradesh. He has over 30 years of experience as a member of India’s premier civil service, the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and has worked in a wide range of government departments, from energy to rural development to aviation. In 2012 he was responsible for conceptualizing and implementing the Public Service Delivery Guarantee Act in Madhya Pradesh, the first of its kind in India.

Achim Wennmann

Dr. Achim Wennmann is an expert on the economic perspectives of violent conflict, peace mediation and peacebuilding with years of experience in conflict response: peace processes, conflict prevention, and violence reduction.

Natasha Borenko

Natasha Borenko was born in Siberia, Russia, graduated in Psychology at Novosibirsk State University in 2008 and obtained an MA in Dramaturgy at St. Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy in 2013. Original plays and adaptations were staged in theatres of various cities in Russia.

Nicole Pitter Patterson

A senior international development advisor with 20+ years of expertise in both the public and private sectors, Nicole Pitter Patterson has focused her career in the areas of community-based entrepreneurship, SME growth and social enterprise development. Nicole is Co-Founder of the Caribbean Girls Hack (and Co-Founder former Girls in ICT Day Caribbean Hackathon), focused on bridging the gender digital divide in the Caribbean, engaging and upskilling girls and young women across a total of 5 countries since 2017.

Anne-Catherine Melnotte

Convinced that digital transformation is a true opportunity for personal and company growth Anne-Catherine Melnotte juggles every day with the strategic organizational change journey her company developed while empowering her colleagues with new methods to create a highly responsible data-driven strategy.

Peace N. Kuteesa

Peace N. Kuteesa is the founder Zimba Women which provides tools and technology platforms, business training and mentorship for women-led SME's enabling them to manage and scale their businesses in Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda.

Peace has worked on technical IT projects for international organizations like U.S Mission Uganda, World Bank and United Nations for over 10 years.

Laura Tocmacov Venchiarutti

Laura Tocmacov Venchiarutti heads impactIA. The foundation operates the concrete applications of Artificial Intelligence on work in a sustainable approach.

Can you explain Blockchain to us? - Win a free conference pass

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The first step to building trust in a digital future starts with understanding it: Stephanie and Rainer want to understand how blockchain works.

Help them understand it so well that they could explain it themselves. The best explanation will WIN* a conference pass to the Caux Forum event Ethical Leadership in Business in Caux Switzerland this summer from 27-30 June 2019, including 3-night stay in the beautiful Caux Palace overlooking lake Geneva and the Alps!

Post your 90 seconds explanation as a video/audio on twitter, linkedin or facebook with the hashtags #explainblockchain #CauxForum .

Deadline: 27 May 2019 midnight! The winner will be contacted by 3 June 2019. 

GOOD LUCK!

 

* Deciding what is a “best explanation” is at the discretion of the organizing team. Please note that no prize substitutions or equivalent cash payments will be made and there is no juridical way to claim your prize.

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