Alka Sharma
Senior Adviser, Department of Biotechnology Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt of India
The World BioEconomy Forum 2023 features prestigious speakers, all representing different areas of expertise within the bioeconomy. The programme is based on four theme areas of the World BioEconomy Forum. The program will consist of presentations and high level panel discussions.
Senior Adviser, Department of Biotechnology Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt of India
Senior Advisor for Regulatory Affairs in the Office of the Secretary at USDA
Senior Director, Biotechnology & Analysis, dsm-firmenich
Commissioner, State of Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry
Natural Resources Deputy, Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Director, Natural Resource Markets & Economic Development, Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry
Corporate Strategy & Business Development, DMC Biotechnologies
Research Manager at Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)
Executive Director, Government & Industry Affairs at American Forest & Paper Association
Founder & Chief Strategy Officer at Genera Energy Inc.
Agricultural Inspector, Research Division, Bioeconomy, Agriculture Knowledge & Innovation Systems
Senior Advisor in the U.S. Department of State’s Office of the Special Envoy for Critical and Emerging Technology
SVP, Head of Innovation Biomaterials, Stora Enso
Regional Managing Director for Latin America, The Nature Concervancy
Biodiversity & Natural Capital Specialist, Inter America Development Bank (IADB)
Principal Consultant, Biobased Markets, Market-Intell LLC
Permanent secretary, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment
Senior Environmental Finance Specialist at World Bank Group
Executive Director, Engineering Biology Research Consortium, Engineering Biology Research Consortium
Senior Director, Public Impact, Ginkgo Bioworks
VP, Public Affairs at UPM
Senior Fellow, Federation of American Scientists
Associate Professor, Michigan State University
Program Scientist on the BioFutures Program, Schmidt Futures
Global Sector Lead, Forest and Wood Products, Manufacturing Agribusiness & Services Department, International Finance Corporation
Commercial Counsellor, Embassy of Finland in Washington DC
Agricultural Counsellor at the Delegation of the European Union to the United States of America
Ambassador of Finland to the United States
Environment Team Lead, Head of Environment and Social Management Unit, Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment (OCB) at FAO
Manager of the Clean Energy Ministerial Biofuture Campaign
Co-Chair of the International Advisory Council on Global Bioeconomy (IACGB)
Board member, World Bioeconomy Forum
Professor at Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)
Founder and CEO, World BioEconomy Forum
Chair, World Bioeconomy Association
Professor of Practice Forest Biomaterials, Michigan Technological University
Professor Emeritus, Antwerp University Senior Advisor, World Bioeconomy Forum
Policy Analyst, OECD
Board member, National Environment Council, Vice Chairperson, Biotechnology Society of Tanzania, Advisory Board, World BioEconomy Forum
Author & Corporate Chief Economist EMEAI Strategy Development Senior Director EMEAI Sustainability Chair, Dow
Membership Director – World BioEconomy Circle, World BioEconomy Forum
Senior Research Fellow, Imperial College London Advisory Board, World BioEconomy Forum
Research professor, VTT Industrial Biotechnology