2022
Kyriacos Koupparis
Head of Frontier Innovations
Innovation Accelerator, UN World Food Programme
Kyriacos Koupparis is Head of Frontier Innovations at the United Nations World Food Programme's Innovation Accelerator. In this role, he leads a team that explores how emerging technologies - such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, and robotics - can be harnessed to catalyze impact within the context of humanitarian assistance and food security.
Previously, he worked for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as Senior Innovation Advisor where he designed and administered multi-million dollar programs to advance social and environmental prosperity across the globe. He spent the last 15 years working at the nexus between innovation and international development - first as a biomedical researcher working on drug discovery for neglected tropical diseases and further on in his career by managing programs to build better communities in emerging markets through science, technology, innovation and partnerships. He has worked in more than 20 countries throughout Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa, and Asia through his various roles at the U.S. Department of State, USAID, and the United Nations.
The 2022 World Fellows
Yale University’s Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellows Program has named its 2022 class of World Fellows. These 16 extraordinary individuals consist of global leaders working in government, the environment, technology, journalism, international development, and the arts, around the world—from China to Uruguay, from Belarus to South Africa. “In a time of conflict and volatility, there is an urgent need for leaders around the world who are committed to making the world more peaceful and just,” said Emma Sky, director of the International Leadership Center at Yale. “The 2022 World Fellows exemplify the kind of innovative and adaptive leadership that is needed in today’s world. They are tackling some of the...Read More
