Pamela served as Devex News correspondent in Geneva. She is a journalist, editor and journalism trainer with 30 years experience in the United States, Eastern and Western Europe, Africa and the Middle East who specializes in development and human rights reporting.

Pamela Bella Nyamutoka Katooro is the Africa regional director for the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction. She is also the director of gender at the Digital Frontiers Association. As a digital finance practitioner, she has designed digital financial inclusion programs for rural people and particularly women-led SMEs to strengthen their market and supply systems for increased profitability and income.

Pamina Firchow is an associate professor of coexistence and conflict at Brandeis University’s Heller School for Social Policy. Previously, she was assistant professor of conflict analysis and resolution at George Mason University, as well as a Senior Jennings Randolph Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace in 2016. Her main research interests surround the study of the international accompaniment of communities affected by mass violence and the localization of international development and peacebuilding aid. She has published widely on participatory approaches to design, the measurement and evaluation of transitional justice, reconciliation, and peacebuilding interventions.

Pape Amadou Gaye is president and CEO of IntraHealth International. For over three decades, he has advocated for, built, and leveraged strong partnerships with governments, NGOs, and the private sector to catalyze change and enable health workers to better serve communities in need. A native of Senegal, Gaye is a powerful advocate for family planning—especially in West Africa—as a high-impact solution to address health and population challenges.

The Paris Dialogue is a joint initiative led by AFD, CEB, ICC, IEA, OECD, OIF, and UNESCO, with active support from the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and the City of Paris. It is founded on the shared commitment of Paris’s major international institutions to strengthen their collaboration in generating ideas and actions that advance science, global public goods, and sustainable development.

Sir Partha Dasgupta is the Frank Ramsey Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Cambridge and the 2016 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement Laureate. He has spent nearly most of his professional life working on poverty and inequality issues. His cutting-edge research covers welfare and development economics, the economics of technological change, population, environmental and resource economics, game theory and the economics of malnutrition. In 2002, he was named Knight Bachelor by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for services to economics.

Pat Garcia-Gonzalez is CEO of The Max Foundation, an organization dedicated to accelerating health equity by delivering medication, technology, and services to patients facing cancer and other critical illnesses. Since 1997, Max has helped more than 100,000 patients with cancer and rare diseases access the treatment they need.

Patricia Conboy is head of global ageing, advocacy and campaigning with HelpAge International.

Patricia Espinosa is the executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change. She took office in 2016 after working as Mexico's ambassador to Germany since 2012. From 2001 to 2002, Ms. Espinosa was minister of foreign affairs of Mexico from 2006 to 2012, bringing more than 30 years of experience at highest levels in international relations, specialized in climate change, global governance, sustainable development, gender equality and protection of human rights.

Dr. Patricia Mechael is principal and policy lead at HealthEnabled, an Africa-­based not-for-­profit that helps governments integrate lifesaving digital health solutions into their health systems. She also is the executive vice president for the Personal Connected Health Alliance and a visiting professor at Princeton University. @PattyMechael @HealthEnabled