Dr. Nabaz is an Engineering Economist, he has an MSc and a PhD in IT Engineering from Seoul National University (Seoul, South Korea). He has another PhD degree in Economics from Swiss Management University (Zurich, Switzerland). He was a Vice President for Academic Affairs, Knowledge University, and the Head of Economics Department at the University of Kurdistan Hewler. He was also worked as a faculty of business in University of Liverpool in the UK. Dr. Nabaz Khayyat has worked for the United Nation Mine Action Program (UNOPS) as an Information Officer, he held a similar position in Mine Advisory Group (MAG), and worked as an Information Management Advisor to the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources- Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq. Dr. Nabaz is very active in research, he has numerous publications (published books and journal articles) in international journals, he also supervised numerous students in their master and PhD studies both from University of Liverpool and the University of Kurdistan Hewler.

Sergio Aldana has a Doctor of Philosophy in Energy Engineering from Seoul National University, South Korea, he has an MA in International Trade and Economic Cooperation with a Concentration in Korean Economy and Development Cooperation (from Kyung Hee University, South Korea), and a BA in Business Administration (from Universidad Rafael Landívar, Guatemala). He served for 19 years at the Instituto Nacional de Electrificación -INDE- (National Electrification Institute), where he started as Technical Assistant of the Technical Advisor of the General Management of the Institute. During the last 11 years of his career, he assumed the position of Chief of Section (Assistant Manager) of the Rural Electrification Management Office where he worked as Chief of Section, and also as Chief of the Electricity Distribution Department. Dr. Sergio served as Director and Professor of Master Programs in Economics at Universidad Rafael Landívar during the period 2015-2017. He also worked as a consultant in administrative and financial audits, working for the Fideicomiso para el Desarrollo Local de Guatemala -FDLG- (Local Trust Fund for the Development of Guatemala) supported by the Swedish International Development Agency -SIDA.

A business counselor with a big interest in business communications and management who focuses on providing highly valuable and practical solutions to problems.
Tawar holds an Executive Masters degree in Business Administration and a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Natural Resources Engineering. Also, she holds a certificate of Study of United States Institutes in the New Media and Communications from Washington State University.
She is Interested in the business world and development programs, digital marketing and social media management, and providing practical communications solutions.

A Software Engineering worked for Korek Telecom, MidyaTech for ICT Solutions, and the University of Kurdistan Hewler. He has 11 years of experiences in the field of providing IT solutions and Development.
Working in the higher education sector for more than 10 years made him expert in eLearning, Online Teaching Technologies and tools and University Management Systems. Shamal has worked on different projects from different sectors such as Banking, Residency, Schools, Universities, NGOs, Logistics, and Personals. His experience is mostly covering Custom Software Development, Web Development(Custom Websites and Web Applications), Mobile App Development, Emails, Time and Attendance System, IT Consultations, System Administrations, Project Management, Host and Domain Services and Cloud Services.
He has developed and managed so far about 60 projects. He also has a big passion for renewables and keenly aware of the challenges we face globally due to climate change.

A sustainability fanatic and a Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineer, graduated from Korea University in Seoul, South Korea, currently he is pursuing an MSc.
in Climate and Energy Engineering at Korea University. Mohammed is passionate about renewable energy technologies with a focus on solar energy conversion systems and applications. He is also working as researcher at the Advanced Energy Conversion Materials and Devices lab at Korea University, where highly efficient solar cells are designed. Mohammed dedicates his time and strength to shift the world's direction towards a balanced and sustainable future.

Kayla currently majors in Civil Engineering with specific interest in Transportation, Green Buildings, and Renewable Energy. Kayla is an environmental activist. Her past projects include the following (1) Spearheading fundraisers namely ‘Run for Life’, a 5-km mini-marathon to raise awareness for sustainable living and ‘Plogging’, and a street clean-up challenge event. (2) With specific focus on energy and climate, she co-organized a renewable energy tour in Seoul for both locals and foreigners sponsored by KEEC, (3) Planned a curriculum for educating elementary students on climate change in partnership with the Climate Scouts program, (4) Arranged environmental campaigns on her university campus. Kayla has represented youth in her region at the CEM/MI Youth Leaders Forum. Currently, she is working with Student Energy to engage young people for the Global Youth Energy Outlook.

Hamed Alavi is an expert in Management and Law. His career path can be divided into three different phases of humanitarian activities, business development and academia. He started his journey in Iran as team leader with UNHCR and Assistant to Voter Education Officer with IOM. In 2005 he joined Schering AG, the German pharmaceutical company as Area Manager in Tehran, Iran. Three years later in Georgia, he entered the academic world with Caucasus University as International Project Director and Faculty Member. Ever since, he is an active academician, researcher and consultant in Europe and the Middle East. Among others, he worked with Caucasus Business School (Georgia), Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia), Riga Business School (Latvia), Thomas More University (Belgium), Lazarski University (Poland), Warsaw University of Economics (Poland), Donetsk State University of Management (Ukraine), AkDeniz University (Turkey) and University of Kurdistan Hawler (Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq). He holds a PhD in Management from Estonian Business School, Estonia. PhD in Law from Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain. LLM in Maritime and Energy Law from University of Oslo, Norway. LLM in International Trade Law from University of Torino, Italy. Advanced Master in European and International Studies from CIFE France. MBA with Specialization in International Management together with Executive Diploma in Management Consulting from Grenoble Graduate School of Business, France and Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from Azad University Iran. His  areas of interest are mostly interdisciplinary and can be summarized but not limited to: International Business and law, Trade Finance, Supply Chain Finance, Project Finance, Energy, Education, Sustainable Development and Advocacy. 

Almas Heshmati is Professor of Economics at Jönköping University. He held similar positions at the Sogang University, Korea University, Seoul National University, University of Kurdistan Hawler, and the MTT Agrifood Research (Finland). He was Research Fellow at the World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), The United Nations University during 2001-2004. From 1998 until 2001, he was an Associate Professor of Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics. He has a Ph.D. degree from the University of Gothenburg (1994), where he held a Senior Researcher position until 1998. His research interests include applied microeconomics, globalization, development strategy, efficiency, productivity and growth with application to manufacturing and services. In addition to more than 200 scientific journal articles he has published books on EU Lisbon Process, Global Inequality, East Asian Manufacturing, Chinese Economy, Technology Transfer, Information Technology, Water Resources, Landmines, Power Generation, Renewable Energy, Development Economics, World Values, Poverty, well-being and Economic Growth. He has conducted research for governments and NGO’s related to economics, higher education and well-being.

Lars Hartvigson is presently working as Director of International Development cooperation at Jönköping International business School at Jönköping University, Sweden. He has been into international partnership programs since the late 1980-ies working with funding, designing, managing, implementing, reporting, and evaluating such programs in various development sectors. The last ten years he has been responsible for international partnerships with some prominent African Universities in Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Mozambique developing their capacity to train PhDs in the disciplines of management and economics. In addition, Lars has designed and implemented inclusive and participatory leadership programs for senior managers within in the civil society in Southeast Europe and Ethiopia. In post war former Yugoslavia countries, an intervention was designed and implanted to address capacity building of and among young people using partnerships between Swedish universities and Local universities to train young people in leadership and conflict transformation. This intervention later became a UN best practice working with young people. Lars Hartvigson been working in a variety of countries and cultural contexts and are familiar with funding and reporting systems and mechanisms used by most funding agencies. Lars Hartvigson has taken a particular interest in inclusive and participatory approaches to achieve sustainable results and to link sustainable outcomes with necessary policy adaptation.

Awat is a seasoned and motivated public official currently works as a director general at the Iraqi Presidency, specializing in fostering positive relations among coworkers. Awat holds a bachelor degree in electrical engineering (1987-1991) from Almustansiriya University in Baghdad. with over 25 years in both public and private sectors, Awat has experience in management consultation, team building, professional development, and strategic implementation. He also worked in the media and pursued different positions such as general director in two broadcasting corporations, and a member of the trustees board in the Iraqi media and communication commission (MCC).