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World First Global Solutions for People & Planet
Academia For a Better World
Co-founded by the Université Paris-Saclay, its Foundation and the Better World Fund, the "Academia for a Better World" is a borderless global platform whose objective is to identify and facilitate the deployment of the best global solutions in response to the societal, economical, health, education, nutrition and climate challenges of the 21st century - in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The Academia focuses on the best best global solution selected via World challenges open to:
Entrepreneurs
(products services, start-ups, innovation)
Artists
(artwork, movies, culture)
Researchers
(knowledge, research)
Teachers
(learning, know-how, education)
Our Team
Patrick Duvaut
Executive President & Cofounder
20 years of experience, as CIO, in USA, China, India, Japan and France.
200 research papers, 5 books, 80 patents & 3 worldwide standards.
Graduate in Physics (MS) & Statistics (Ph.D) from ENS in France and MIT in USA.
Patrick is currently Vice-President at University Paris-Saclay, Head of its Foundation
Manuel Collas De La Roche
President & Co-Founder
President and Founder, Better World Fund « Cinematic Art at the Service of Humanity » (since 2016)
Film Producer ("Darshan – The Embrace”; " Kalachakra - The Enlightenment"; “The Mother”)
Former President of the Cinema Verité Festival Geneva -
Awarded the Gold Medal of the Universal League of Public Good for his service to Humanity (2018); and on behalf of the Better World Fund the Lifetime Achievement Award for Dedication to Humanitarian Causes, at the Middle East Fashion week in Dubai (2021)
Designated as Ordinary Knight of Parte Guelfa (2021, Florence, Italy
Judith Nicogossian
Vice President
Doctorate in Anthropobiology (CNRS, FR)
PhD in Linguistics (QUT, brisbane, AU)
Consultante spécialisée en Innovation santé (industriels pharmaceutiques)
Dir MBA Communication santé (EFAP, Groupe EDH)
Daniela Piana
Head of Inclusive Innovation
Professor in Political Science at University Bologna,
Ph. D in Sociology (Paris IV Sorbonne)
Head of UNESCO Unitwin Network