Under the High Patronage of His Excellency The President of the Lebanese Republic

General Michel Aoun

The panels at BX Arabia 2019 will gather leading specialists and academics in behavioral economics and public policy experts from around the world.

Dr. Rima Afifi

Professor in the Department of Community and Behavioral Health at the College of Public Health, University of Iowa

Dr. Sumru Altug

Professor and Chair, Department of Economics, American University of Beirut

Julianne Birungi

Chief Communication for Development, UNICEF Lebanon

Dr. Saouma BouJaoude

Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, American University of Beirut, and member of the Nudge Lebanon Board of Trustees

Dr. Wandi Bruine de Bruin

Professor of Behavioral Decision Making (awarded with Leadership Chair), Leeds University Business School

Dr. Elizabeth Castle

Behavioral Insights Manager at the Department for Education, UK government

Dr. Rabih El Chammay

Head of the National Mental Health Program, Lebanese Ministry of Public Health

Dr. Mariam Chammat

Executive Advisor at the French Behavioral Insights Unit within the Interministerial Directorate for Public Transformation

Alexandra Chesterfield

Technical Specialist – Behavioral Science, UK Financial Conduct Authority

Dr. Liam Delaney

AIB Professor of Behavioural Economics, University College Dublin; Visiting Professor of Economics,
Stirling University

Dr. Barbara Fasolo

Associate Professor of Behavioral Science in the Department of Management, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Dr. Lori Foster

Professor of Industrial-Organizational Psychology, North Carolina State University

Ed Gardiner

Behavioral Design Lead, Warwick Business School

Dr. Samer Kabbani

Associate Professor of Medicine, Lebanese American University, and American Board Interventional Cardiologist

Dr. Mohamed El-Komi

Associate Professor at the Department of Economic and Director of the Behavioral and Economic Decision-Making Lab (BEDMLab), American University in Cairo

Dr. Dario Krpan

Assistant Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Dr. Robert Lepenies

Research Scientist, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)

Dr. Ramzi Mabsout

Assistant Professor of Economics, American University of Beirut, and member of the Nudge Lebanon Board of Trustees

Dr. Fadi Makki

Founder of Nudge Lebanon and Head of B4Development

Maha H. Makki

Co-founder of Nudge Lebanon and Director of the MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program, American University of Beirut

Josh Martin

Vice President at ideas42

Ammaarah Martinus

Director of Policy, Research and Analysis at the Department of the Premier, Western Cape Government

Dr. Dina Melhem

Regional Director MENA and Senior Human Rights Advisor, Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD)

HE Ghassan Moukheiber

Former Lebanese MP and member of the Nudge Lebanon Board of Trustees

Faisal Naru

Head of Strategic Management and Coordination (Executive Director’s Office at OECD), and member of the Nudge Lebanon Board of Trustees

Dr. Ali Osseiran

Vice President of Academic Affairs. Nudge Lebanon

Dr. Fadi Osseiran

General Manager. Blominvest Bank

Vincent Petit

Regional Advisor, Social and Behavior Change, UNICEF MENA Regional Office

Ilona Quahe

Behavioral Insights Advisor at the Department for Education, UK government

HE Talal Al-Rahbi

Deputy Secretary General to the Supreme Council for Planning, Oman

Jon Roozenbeek

Doctoral Researcher, University of Cambridge

Joseph Scarlett Smith

Operational Behavioural Insight Lead, Behaviour, Insight and Research Team, HM Revenue and Custom

Eric Singler

General Manager, British Veterinary Association (BVA); Global CEO, BVA Nudge Unit; and Managing Director, PRS IN VIVO

Dr. Umar Taj

Research Fellow at Warwick Business School, and Founder of Nudgeathon

Britt Titus

Behavioral Science Advisor, Nudge Lebanon

James Vancel

CEO, Busara Center for Behavioral Economics

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