INNOVATION DAY

Friday, October 16, 2009

Calestous Juma
Professor, Harvard Kennedy School

REBOOTING ECONOMIC GROWTH IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Entrepreneurship in the Age of Technological Abundance

Professor of the Practice of International Development
Director, Science, Technology, Globalization Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
View Calestous Juma's Web Page at Harvard

Calestous Juma is Professor of the Practice of International Development and Director of the Science, Technology, and Globalization Project. He also directs the Agricultural Innovation in Africa Project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He is a former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity and Founding Director of the African Centre for Technology Studies in Nairobi, and he also served as Chancellor of the University of Guyana. He has been elected to several scientific academies including the Royal Society of London, the US National Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, and the UK Royal Academy of Engineering. He has won several international awards for his work on sustainable development. He holds a PhD in science and technology policy studies and has written widely on science, technology, and environment. He teaches courses in developmental policy as part of the MPA/ID Program. He is lead author of Innovation: Applying Knowledge in Development. He is editor of the International Journal of Technology and Globalisation and International Journal of Biotechnology.