Prof. Paul Illingworth
De Montfort University
Professor Paul Illingworth is Head of the Leicester School of Allied Health Sciences, De Montfort University, Leicester, England. He has wide-ranging experience in Higher Education, UK National Health Service and England & Wales Prison Service College, Which included integrating mental health awareness throughout the Prison Officer Entry Level Training. A former mental health nurse, manager and senior lecturer/researcher in Mental Health. He is passionate about de-stigmatising mental illness and cancer and discrimination more widely and has a keen interest in global mental health.
Dr.Sadequl Islam
Laurentian University Canada
Professor of Economics, Laurentian University, Canada
Dr. Islam is a professor and former Chair of economics at Laurentian University, Ontario, Canada. He has an MA and a Ph.D in economics from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg. His research and teaching fields include macroeconomics, international economics, applied econometrics, and the Chinese economy. His publications include many articles in scholarly journals and a book The "Textile and Clothing Sector of Bangladesh in a changing World Economy" published by the centre for Policy Dialogue and the University Press. He was a visiting scholar at El Colegio de Mexico, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), and the Centre for Policy Dialogue.
Dr. Prabhath Patabendi
UCC
Dr. Prabhath Patabendi is the Convener of Canadian International Conference on Sustainable Development Goals 2025 (SDG2025) and has more than 30 years of experience in community development projects having worked in many UN agencies with multinational teams. Dr. Patabendi has written a book on “How to Prepare for Disasters” after his involvement with the tsunami victims and invited as a resource person for IPCC Indigenous knowledge platforms. He is a global leader in promoting academic knowledge and has organized more than 150 international academic/scientific/professional conferences to his credit in different time zones. Dr. Patabendi is the Chief Editor of two scholarly Journals and Co-Founder of Unique Conferences Canada and the International Center for Research & Development and Hon. Adviser to many Non-Government organizations/ projects in developing countries.