Padmashree Gehl Sampath is Chief of the Technology and Innovation
Report Series Taskforce at the United Nations Conference on Trade
and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva, Switzerland. Prior to this, she
has worked as a Researcher at the United Nations University-MERIT
and as Assistant Professor on International Development and
Innovation at the Open University, UK. Her research interests
include trade, industrial policy and development issues, and has
published several journal publications, book chapters and four
authored books. She holds a Bellagio Residency and an award from
the Rotary International in India.
Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka is Director of the Monitoring and Research
Division, UN-HABITAT, Kenya; a Professorial Fellow in Innovation
and Development, United Nations University- MERIT, The Netherlands
and Visiting Professor of Innovation and Development at The Open
University, UK. His research interests are in Science Technology,
Innovation Policy and Systems in Late Development, Innovation
Systems in Industry Small and Medium Enterprises, industrial
clusters in Developing Countries and latecomer Industrialization
and Economic Development. He has published several books in
addition to journal articles and other works. He is a board member
of several academic journals and programmes including the
STEPS-IDS, Sussex, UK. He is a fellow of the Nigerian Academy of
Engineering.
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