SPEAKER 1

About BAHIYAH ROBINSON

Bahiyah has worked in the international development and entrepreneurship space since 1995.In addition to holding marketing and management positions at NGOs such as the Council onForeign Relations, she also served as Marketing Consultant and Sr. Relationship Strategist forAshoka’s Changemakers, working with thousands od entrepreneurs globally, and clients such asthe Ebay Foundation, ExxonMobil, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Omidyar Network,and AMGEN.She has designed and managed events in Brazil, Uganda and Kenya and is the Co-Chair of theCapacity Development Working Group at the Aspen Institute Network of DevelopmentEntrepreneurs (ANDE). She’s also a mentor at the Opportunity Hub, supporting localentrepreneurs in Atlanta, Georgia. Bahiyah has spoken on topics such as supporting technologyand entrepreneurship in Africa in Berlin, Kampala, Nairobi, Addis Ababa, New York City, Atlantaand Switzerland.

SPEAKER 2

About Simon Emmanuel Roux

Simon Emmanuel Roux is Director of Finance and Special Projects at Espaces temps. He hasmore than 10 years working to develop ambitious technological projects led by communitystructures. He has developed, video games adapted for children with SLI (2000) developed amulti-touch interactive walls and tables (studio imaginaire, 2008) and contributed to theestablishment of an international media production (Remix the Commons, 2010). He hasworked since 2012 at the national and international reputation of Mur Mitoyen network andother projects for Espaces temps, the design and the development of public digital displaynetwork Manivelle.