Hilary Sutcliffe (Chair)

Hilary is the Director of MATTER, an UK based think tank which promotes the understanding of Responsible Innovation, particularly the appropriate use of new and emerging technologies, such as nanotech, biotech, genomics, synthetic biology and advanced materials.

MATTER seeks to encourage the appropriate use of these innovative technologies for social benefit, promote strong governance and the ongoing involvement of stakeholders. Its multi-stakeholder steering group and collaborative, independent approach make it an important voice in this critical area.

Her expertise includes governance, public involvement, multi-stakeholder initiatives, corporate responsibility and communications.

Hilary was previously a non-exec director of the Ethical Investment Research Service, spent over 10 years on Amnesty UK Business Group and currently serves on the External Advisory Board of the University of Michigan Risk Science Centre in the USA and on the Advisory Board of the Institute of Innovation Research Manchester Business School, University of Manchester.

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Dr. Susan Cozzens

Dr. Susan E. Cozzens is the Vice Provost for Graduate and Undergraduate Studies. Dr. Cozzens came to Georgia Tech in 1998 as the Chair of the School of Public Policy, where she is still a professor. She also served as Associate Dean for Research in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. She received her bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University and her Ph.D. from Columbia University. Dr. Cozzens’ is a recipient of Rensselaer’s Early Career Award, a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Dr. Cozzens' research interests are in science, technology, and innovation policies in developing countries, including issues of equity, equality, and development. She is active internationally in developing methods for research assessment and science and technology indicators. Her current projects are on water and energy technologies; nanotechnology; social entrepreneurship; pro-poor technology programs; and international research collaboration.

Dr. Cozzens has served as a consultant to the Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy of the National Research Council, Office of Science and Technology Policy, National Science Foundation, Institute of Medicine, Office of Technology Assessment, General Accounting Office, National Cancer Institute, National Institute on Aging, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Institute on Occupational Safety and Health, and on advisory committees for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (Liberal Education and the Sciences, EPSCOR Evaluation), the National Academy of Sciences (NSF Decision-making for Major Awards), and the Office of Technology Assessment (Human Genome Project), as well as many research policy organizations outside the United States.

Charles-Francois Gaudefroy

Charles-Francois Gaudefroy is Research and Development Vice-President at Unilever. He has joined Unilever in France in 1990 and held various positions in Product, process and packaging development, and worked in France, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.

His current role is Vice-President Research and Development, Global Regulatory Affairs, Consumer Confidence and Sustainability. He is responsible for compliance of Unilever products and developing strategies for a regulatory framework that helps building trust of Consumers, customers and stakeholders in Unilever brands, products and technologies.

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Dr. David Santillo

Dr David Santillo is a Senior Scientist with the Greenpeace Research Laboratories, based at the University of Exeter in the UK. David is a biologist and analytical chemist with almost 20 years experience in providing scientific advice and analytical services to Greenpeace offices worldwide, over a wide range of issues. He has also worked at the interface between science and policy on a diversity of subjects, including marine environment protection, chemicals regulation, geoengineering, nanotechnology, ocean acidification and the interpretation and application of precaution and sustainability. David is currently a member of the UK's Chemicals Stakeholder Forum, the Reference User Group for the IAEA's International Ocean Acidification research co-ordination initiative and the Advisory Group for the 2014 Climate Engineering Conference, among other bodies, and has a keen interest in responsible research and innovation.

Dr. Doris Wolfslehner

Doris Wolfslehner holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Vienna. Presently she is the Head of the Secretariat of the Austrian Bioethics Commission at the Austrian Federal Chancellery. She is member of the Bioethics Committee at the Council of Europe (DH-BIO) and the Forum of National Bioethics Committees of the European Union. She regularly works as an ethics evaluator at national and international level and is lecturing at the University of Vienna.