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Smart Cities Forum

Thursday, October 22, 2020 · 6:00 a.m. · Eastern Time (US & Canada)
About This Webinar

The Smart Cities Forum Aims to move the largest global corporate greenhouse gas emitters to reduce emissions along value chains, improve corporate governance frameworks to articulate executive decisions.

The forum will address strategies to understand how firms can be assessed along their sector based decarbonization pathways toward a future transportation to connect communities. The Smart Cities Expo & Forum forges new relationships between buyers and suppliers with current and potential investments in green economy space.

Agenda
  • (12:15 pm - 12:45 pm EDT NY) A Green Economy for All | Moderator: Kofi Adu Domfeh, Journalist and Climate Reality Leader,Ghana | Panelist: Dr. Mohamed Gamal Kafafy, Head of the Global Committee Ministerial Panel Discussion (WGGS) & President of World Green Economy Council (WGECO) | October 28, 2020
  • (1:00 pm - 1:30 pm EDT NY) The Role of the Real State Industry in the Green Economy | Bekhruz Nurnazarov, Real Estate Expert, EMAAR | October 28, 2020
  • (1:30 pm - 3:45 pm) Networking and Lunch Break
  • (3:45 pm - 4:20 pm EDT NY) Green Economy and Entrepreneurship | Moderator: Mr. Roberto C. Arnold, Founder, Alpha Prime Consulting| Panelist: Mr. Ramiro Cavazos, President & Ceo, USHCC / Mr. Tayde Aburto, President and CEO, US Business Association E-commerce | October 28, 2020
  • ( 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm EDT NY) Access to Climate Finance | Mrs. Andrea Rodriguez, Climate Finance Expert, AVINA | October 28, 2020
  • (9:15 am - 9:45 am EDT NY) Advancing Sustainable Cities: Renewables as the Key to the Climate, Energy, and Mobility Transition| Mrs. Lea Ranalder, Project Manager and Analyst, REN21 | October 29, 2020
  • (10:00 am - 10:30 am EDT NY) Redesign the Economic System to Deliver Well- Being for People and Planet | Dr. Yannick Beaudoin, Director- General, Ontario and Northern Canada with the David Suzuki Foundation | October 29, 2020
  • (10:45 am - 11:15 am EDT NY) Challenges and Barriers for Fast Decarbonisation of the Energy Sector in Central Europe | Mr. Petr Hlobil, Director, CEE Bankwatch Network | October 29, 2020
  • (11:15 am - 12:30 pm EDT NY) Networking & Lunch Break
  • (12:30 pm - 1:00 pm EDT NY )Information & Development of Smart Cities | Haider Herez Yousif, Director of Quality Information and Development, Ministry of Electricity, Iraq | October 29, 2020
  • (1:15 pm - 1:45 pm EDT NY ) Advancing the Hispanics Role in the Development of Smart Cities | Moderator: Jose Perez, President, Hispanics in Energy | October 29, 2020
  • (2:45 pm - 3:15 pm EDT NY ) Chambers of Commerce as Key Partners for Renewable Energy | Moderator: Deyanira Martinez, DeyaMedia Corp| Panelist: Oscar Alexis Mejias, President, Rhode Island Hispanic Chamber of Commerce | October 29, 2020
Who can view: People who attended or registered for the webinar only
Webinar Price: Free
Webinar ID: c7740a6684b4
Featured Presenters
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Head of Intergovernmental Committee of WGGS & President of World Green Economy Council (WGECO)
Mohamed G. Kafafy holds a PhD in Engineering Management, Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), MBA, Master of Science (MSc) and BSc in Mechanical Engineering with honor. As well as Certifications such as: Certified Quality Director, Certified International Arbitrator, Certified Supply Chain Expert and Certified Management Consultant (CMC). Also, He holds fellowships of the: American Academy of Project Management, International Association of Engineers, American Association of Higher Education, Institute of Business Development, and Institute of Management Consultants (FIMC) as well as recognized Member of Accreditation Council for Business School Programs (ACBSP). In December 2010 Dr. Mohamed Kafafy received the US President’s Award from the President Barack Obama and in 2015 Appreciation Award from WAFUNIF Official United Nations Organization. Distinguished Professor awards from San Juan De La Cruz University and Azteca University. Honorary Doctor of Science awards from Newport University and St-Clements University for Outstanding Achievements to Energy & Sustainable Development.

Dr. Kafafy has international reputation as an expert with over 25 years of experience; he offers both an academic and practical approach to energy & sustainable development, through his operational and managerial experience in different industries and as an educator and consultant of several governmental, non-governmental, academic, and corporations around the world.
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Dubai Real Estate Expert and Sales Manager at Metropolitan Premium Properties
Bekhruz Nurnazarov is a Dubai Real Estate Expert and Sales Manager at Metropolitan Premium Properties where he manages a team of property consultants. He is known for his statistics-driven approach to the real estate industry and the provision of comprehensive investment appraisal, risk management, and capital budgeting. He is the graduate of Masters of Science in Economics, who came to Dubai, UAE as a tourist back in 2013; falling in love and seeing a huge potential in the local property market, he joined and has been doing real estate activities ever since.
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President & CEO, United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Ramiro Cavazos is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Previously, he served as the President & CEO of the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce for 10 years. He has a strong expertise in economic
development, having served as the Director of Economic Development for the City of San Antonio, Director of Research and Economic Development for the University of Texas Health Science Center, and as the Global Public Affairs Manager for the Levi Strauss Company and Foundation for the Texas, Mexico, and Latin America Region. Ramiro has a Masters of Public Administration from St. Mary’s University and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Government from The University of Texas at Austin. A native of Weslaco in the Rio Grande Valley, he is a 7th generation Texan. Ramiro and his wife Christa are parents of two boys, 14 and 11 years-old.
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CEO, the United States Business Association of E-Commerce
Tayde Aburto CEO of the United States Business Association of E-Commerce. Tayde holds a Bachelor's in Economics and a Master's Degree in Marketing. Tayde has demonstrated passion for promoting businesses through education, technology, and the use of the Internet as a business tool to help build more prosperous communities. Tayde is committed to helping businesses grow and compete more effectively in domestic and global markets.
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Regional Bureau Editor, Media General Ghana
Kofi Adu Domfeh is a multiple award-winning Development Journalist, Media Trainer, Climate Reality Leader and Global Goodwill Ambassador.

He is currently a Regional Bureau Editor at Media General Ghana, leading a team to provide compelling editorial and news content for TV, Radio and Online.

He is also the Ghana Bureau Chief of Africa Climate Reports, a leading African online newspaper focused on climate change, environment and sustainable development.

His reporting assignments span news, feature and documentary projects in Cameroon, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Peru, Russia, Senegal, South Africa, Spain, Tanzania, UAE, Uganda, USA, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

He is a two-time recipient of the African Climate Change and Environment Reporting (ACCER) Award.

Domfeh founded the Climate Livelihoods and Agriculture Platform (CLAP Gh) as a unique collaborative platform for all interest groups to gather, share knowledge and take action on climate, landscape and agriculture.
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Climate Finance Expert, AVINA
Andrea is an international expert with 10 years of experience in climate-related finance, policy and governance. Andrea is an environmental lawyer with two master degrees in Sustainable Development and Environmental Law. She currently manages the Climate Action Program at Fundacion Avina, a Latin American Foundation that promotes sustainability through collaborative processes, helping State and Non- state actors implement their climate change commitments and access climate finance to support their climate priorities and needs.
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Project Manager and Analyst, REN21
Lea Ranalder is a Project Manager at REN21, the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century, coordinating the research on the Renewables in Cities Global Status Report. Previously at REN21, Lea worked on, and co-authored reports on the status of renewable energy in South and East Africa and Latin America; she also supported the International Renewable Energy Conferences in South Africa and Mexico. Prior to REN21, Lea worked on public support for energy planning and at a Swedish environmental NGO where she initiated divestment campaigns. She holds a M.Sc. in Environmental Science from Lund University.
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Director-General, Ontario and Northern Canada with the David Suzuki Foundation
Yannick Beaudoin is Director-General for Ontario and Northern Canada with the David Suzuki Foundation. He brings a ‘new economics for transition’ lens to the organization to enable the transformation of Canada towards social and ecological sustainability. Until recently, he was Chief Scientist of GRID-Arendal, a center collaborating with the United Nations, located in Norway. From circular economy to the SDGs, he has worked to enable placed-based sustainability approaches all over the world. He applies an art of change and participatory social processes to a variety of themes that include: adaptation to uncertain climate futures; embedding of local, traditional and indigenous knowledge in policy-, decision- and choice-making; promoting a transition to a sustainable relationship between society and Nature. Activities involve working with governments, local communities, industry, academia and other actors to design societal systems, processes and approaches that increase human well-being while preserving and enhancing Nature. Most recently, Yannick has been facilitating conversations with decision makers across Canada, highlighting various examples of beyond-GDP economics. Yannick holds a Phd in Marine Geology from the University of Toronto and a Masters in Economics for Transition from Schumacher College/University of Plymouth in the UK.
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Campaigns Director, CEE Bankwatch Network
Petr Hlobil is a graduate of the Technical University in Brno. Since 1991 he has worked at NGOs (Children of the Earth, Greenpeace) on energy and climate issues. From 1996 he has been working with CEE Bankwatch Network, currently as Campaigns Director, with a focus on Multilateral Development Banks and EU Funds energy and mining sector investment, well as public participation in decision making. Since 2000 he has been a member of the Board of Partnership Foundation, board of Greenpeace Czechia since 2014, and in years 2010-7 he served in the Board of Climate Network Europe. In the years 2003-4 he was a member of the Advisory Panel to World Bank Extractive Industries Review.
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Energy Consultant Engineer
HAIDER HEREZ YOUSIF
Chief engineer (Energy Consultant Engineer)
Pos. Now : Director of Quality, Information and Development.
Maintenance , operation and planning engineer in power plants for 20 years and still in Ministry of Electricity – Iraq.
Planning and Procurement Engineer for World Bank projects in Iraq .
Planning and Procurement Engineer for Japanese International Cooperation Agency JICA projects in Iraq.
Member of American International Academy for High Education and Training (AIAHET)
Interested in spreading the culture of renewable energy throughout the Arab region and manages many sites on the social networks in this regard and writing various articles and attend conferences and exhibitions regarding energy and renewable energy solutions. Giving lectures and participating in research in the field of renewable energy. have training certificates in the management of energy projects from Japan, Denmark Germany, Italy, Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt (renewable energy) and the World Bank , UNDP.
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Co-founder, President and CEO of Hispanics In Energy
José L. Pérez is co-founder, President and CEO of Hispanics In Energy, a national non-profit organization since 2012 designed to drive Hispanic inclusion in America’s all the above energy industry. He has convened energy policy forums in Washington D.C., Illinois, Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, Michigan, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Minnesota, Ohio, Washington D.C., Arizona and California. It is headquartered in Sacramento, CA.

In collaboration with the National Association of Regulatory Commissioners (NARUC), Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU), Hispanics In Energy received approval for a Resolution to encourage state utility commissions to connect utility executives with executives of Hispanic Serving Institutions in their state to increase Latino energy STEM graduates.

Pérez is also owner and publisher of the Latino Journal (Founded in 1996), a non-partisan media company which provides an independent analysis of public policy and government from a Latino perspective. The Latino Journal celebrated its 24 years in business in 2020 with its popular Latino Leaders Reception. Through the publication, Jose built strong national relationships with elected and appointed public officials at the federal, state and local levels.
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CEO, DeyaMedia Corp
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Chief Executive Officer, Rhode Island Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
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Founder, Alpha Prime Consulting
Roberto is a US Army Veteran. He served for over 15 years in which he was able to travel the world which included deployment in Iraq and Afghanistan.  He holds a Bachelor in Business Management degree from Westwood College. Roberto is the Founder of Alpha Prime Consulting, a firm that focuses on helping small businesses from inception to growth with an emphasis on educating business owners in infrastructure, leadership, management and governance. He is the Co-Founder and Chief of Operations of Imperio Technologies, a firm that specializes in helping small businesses that are developing, established, and/or are seeking growth within their executive leadership- all through the power of Artificial Intelligence. He is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Multicultural Business Alliance, a nonprofit organization established to support minority Women, Men, and Veterans with their businesses.  This alliance was created to address the unique circumstances minority business owners encounter, create space for learning, as well as provide support so that each member may achieve their mission. Roberto serves as the Commander of The American Legion Post 30 in Pomona, CA.
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senior manager of Small Business Engagement for Southern California Edison
senior manager of Small Business Engagement for Southern California Edison, one of the nation's largest utilities serving over 15 million residential and business customers in southern and central California. She leads the strategy for external engagement to SCE’s 295,000 small business customers to promote participation in energy saving programs such as demand response and energy efficiency. She is also instrumental in the development of go to market strategies for the adoption of electric vehicles which help California’s air quality and the achievement of the state’s GHG reduction goals. Knowing that electric vehicle charging stations are key to EV adoption, her team works with multi-unit dwelling owners and small business customers encouraging participation in SCE’s Charge Ready incentive program. She also oversees SCE’s economic development program to attract, retain and expand small, medium and large businesses in California.

Krystal joined SCE in 2010 and has more than 18 years of business to business sales and service experience. She has worked with all business sizes including large industrial, fortune 500 as well as mid-size and small business customers. Krystal holds an MBA from the University of LaVerne and a Bachelor of Arts in Communications (magna cum laude) from The Ohio State University.
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Former Senior Consultant Department of Energy,
Senior Consultant Department of Energy, (2019-Present)
As a senior consultant for the department of Economic Impact and
Diversity, advised the Director on projects and initiatives to increase awareness of
the mission of the agency and the department.
The Equity in Energy Initiative: Developed and Held stakeholders meeting at DOE
Headquarters with leaders in the Hispanic, Asian Pacific Islanders, Native
Americans and Alaska Natives and African American communities, to roll out the
Equity and Energy Initiative and receive feedback on the initiative and other
energy related issues effecting the communities. Four Stakeholder meeting were
held with 150 individuals participating. The meetings also included other DOE
offices that outlined opportunities in their departments.
Outreach: During 2019, ED took the Equity in Energy Initiative on the road to
Educate, Inform, and to receive feedback on the initiative. Concentrating on
organizations with a substantial membership base, leveraged conventions, forums
and annual meetings. Was able to have the Director of ED invited as a keynote
speaker by various stakeholder and industry organization. The Director was able
to get the message out on Equity in Energy to over 6,000 small business,
community leaders, educators and industry leaders in attendance at these
conferences and forums. In addition assisted the Director at events presented by
DOE Office of Small Disadvantage and Underutilized Business, (OSDUB), Small
Business Forum and Expos with MSI’s HBCU’s, HACU and Tribal Colleges and
Universities in highlighting the Equity in Energy Initiative.

Presidential, Gubernatorial, and Mayoral appointee
 Chairman, US Small Business Administration’s Conference of the Americas
(2003 – 2007)
 Member, US Tourism Board (2003 – 2007)          
 Member, US President’s Export Council        (2001 – 2007)    
 Member, US Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee (2001 – 2007)              

 Commissioner and Vice-President, San Francisco Redevelopment Agency (1993
– 1998)
 Commissioner, California Small Business Development Board (1993 – 1995)    
 Commissioner, San Francisco Parking and Traffic Commission (1992 – 1993)  
 Commissioner, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Commission (1991 – 1992)
 Member, San Francisco Mayor’s Task Force on 911 Emergency Services (1990
– 1991)

Assistant Administrator, Office of International Trade, US Small Business
Administration (2001 – 2007) GS-301-15 
During my tenure as the Administrator’s Principle advisor on International Trade,
educational and technical assistance, risk management and finance programs
SBA loans to exporters increased from 425 to a record 3500 loans that supported
over $1 Billion in sales.

Chairman, Hispanic Business Roundtable Institute (2015 – 2019)       
 Board Member, Valley Economic Development Corporation (L.A.) (2015 –
Present)                                    
 Board Treasurer, 60 Plus Foundation (2014 – Present)         
 Secretary, Board of Directors; Chair, International Committee - The Latino
Coalition (2007 – 2019)
 Director, Washington, DC Office, The Latino Coalition (2012 – 2019)          
 Trustee and Chair, Capital Campaign Committee, Mexican Museum of SF (1998
– 2002)       
 Chairman, Region 1, US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (1992 – 1998)       
 Board Member, California Chamber of Commerce (1993 – 1995)    
 Board Member, Mission Economic Development Association (1992 – 1993)
 Chairman, California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce (1991 – 1996)
 Board Member, Pan American Society of California (1989 – 1992)
 Chairman, San Francisco Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (1989 – 1991)
 Board Member, Mission Federal Credit Union (1989 – 1990)
 Board Member, Golden Gate Chapter, American Red Cross (1989 – 1991)
 Board Member, San Francisco Small Business Network (1985 – 1990)
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