Chief Guest

H.E. Hon. William Samoei Ruto, PhD., C.G.H.
President and Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces - Republic of Kenya
Cabinet Representatives

Hon. Prof. Njuguna S. Ndung'u, CBS
Cabinet Secretary - National Treasury & Economic Planning

Hon. Simon Kiprono Chelugui, EGH
Cabinet Secretary - Cooperatives and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Host Agency
Keynote Speakers

Prof. Charlotte Watts
Chief Scientific Advisor, Research and Evidence Directorate - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sian Rasdale
Head of Global Science-Deputy Director - Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office

Rohit Vadhwana
Deputy High Commissioner and DPR to UNEP and UN-Habitat - High Commission of India, Nairobi

Lauren Landis
Representative and Country Director - World Food Programme, Kenya Country Office
Speakers

Susie Kitchens
Deputy Director - Global Research and Innovation, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Dr. Watu Wamae
Research Engagement Manager and Lead of the Health Innovation Platform at the Africa Oxford Initiative (AfOx) - University of Oxford

Josephine Ndambuki
Chief Manager, Business Development and Innovation - Konza Technopolis Development Authority

Dr. Michael Nzungi
Manager, Public Sector Scaling Action Lab, East Africa - Results for Development

Phyllis Wakiaga
Senior Private Sector Development Advisor - Tony Blair Institute for Global Change

Prof Nyokabi Kamau
Executive Director - The Centre for Parliamentary Studies and Training (CPST)

Charlene Migwe-Kagume
Regional Program Lead for East Africa (Consultant) - Development Gateway

Dr. Emmy Chirchir
Science, Tech & Innovation Adviser - UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
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Josphine Ndambuki
Chief Manager, Business Development and Innovation - Konza Technopolis Development Authority

Eva Kimani
Project Manager- Enterprise Development - MDF Training and Consultancy Eastern and Southern Africa (MDF-ESA)

Prof Peter Ng’ang’a Muchiri
DVC Academic Affairs & Research - Dedan Kimathi University of Technology

Rahab Mureithi
Partnership and Resource Mobilization - Konza Technopolis Development Authority