Emmanuel Argo

Emmanuel Argo is a French national. He has over 40 years of professional experience. Was a business manager, then a senior lecturer at the Faculty of law, Economics and Management Sciences at the University of Rouen, France. He worked as legal expert in a Law firm in Paris.

As an international Advisor, has served in various institutions in The Caribbean, Europe, Africa and Asia-Pacific.
In addition, he served as an expert to the Social and Economic Committee of the European Union in Brussels.

Thus, was involved in 2005 in The Commission for Africa established in London by then Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Between his various contributions to G8 Civil summit, was involved in 2006 in Moscow as a Rapporteur général in a conference held by Russian President Vladimir Putin, where he brought recommendations to cut high taxes and commissions on money transfer worldwide.

In 2007 at Berlin, was a speaker with Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus on the importance of remittances in the global economy. He created the international neologism Remitt@nces endorsed by Nobel Peace laureate Lech Wałęsa.

Currently Emmanuel Argo is developing a business project on ‘‘Remittances matters’’. He is a member of Chatham House - The Royal Institute of International Affairs (United Kingdom) and the AFCHAM – The African Chamber of Commerce based in Shanghai (China). In France he is the President of le Continuum Economique et Culturel des Terroirs; France.

Colins Imoh Edozie

He taught peace studies at The University of Toledo and California State University, Sacramento.

Professionally, he obtained his doctoral degree from the University of Toledo, USA, An MA in Conflict Transformation and Organizational Leadership from Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, USA and an MPhil in Environmental Management and Sustainability from the University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.

He was the pioneer coordinator of the Africa Network of Young PeaceBuilders, a strong network of about 200 youth-based organization involved in Peacebuilding, human rights and good governance working from the UNOY Peacebuilders Foundation International Secretariat in the Netherlands.

He served as the Partners for Peace (P4P) Project Manager, a network whose mission is to build social capital around Peacebuilding. P4P is an initiative of Chevron Inc, USA.

He is an Advisory Board Member of the International Institute for Peace Education (IIPE); Board Secretary, African Peace Fellows –California State University, Sacramento. He is on the editorial board of In Factis Pax journal of peace education and social justice.

He has written articles and book chapters in his areas of interest. He has consulted for various organizations globally, notably on development and governance.

Juan R. Jaramillo

He has a Ph.D. and MS in Industrial Engineering from West Virginia University and he earned a BS in Civil Engineering and a BS in Geological Engineering from Escuela de Ingeniería de Antioquia in Medellín, Colombia. He also is a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and has certified more than 100 individuals as yellow, green, or black belts.

Juan previously worked at Farmingdale State College and Albany State University in Georgia. In these institutions he led the design of an undergraduate program in Business Analytics and Supply Chain programs.

He has been involved in the INFORMS Innovative Applications in Analytics Award since its inception in 2012. He has been a judge, chair (2017-2019) and Co-Chair (2020-2022) of IAAA. He received the inaugural Michael Gorman Award for his contribution to the Analytics Society of INFORMS in 2020.

His areas of expertise are Operations, Analytics and Artificial Intelligence. He has multiple publications in these areas, and he has been the keynote speaker and panelist at some conferences in USA and Latin America.