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Distinguished Professor of Energy and the Environment, University of Delaware; National Geographic Explorer; World Economic Forum " Young Global Leader"; Member of the United Nations International Resource Panel, Weekly Forbes Columnist
Dr. Saleem H. Ali is an environmental planner whose research and practice focuses on ways of resolving ecological conflicts through technical and social mechanisms, as well as exploring novel ways of peace-building between corporations, governments and communities. He holds the Blue and Gold Distinguished Professorship in Energy and the Environment at the University of Delaware, USA . His books include “Earthly Order: How Natural Laws Define Human Life” and “Treasures of the Earth: Need, Greed and a Sustainable Future.” He was selected as a “Young Global Leader” by the World Economic Forum and is a National Geographic Explorer.
Saleem Ali Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type
$10,001 - $20,000
Languages Spoken
English
Travels From
New Jersey,
Saleem Ali Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type
$10,001 - $20,000
Languages Spoken
English
Travels From
New Jersey,
Saleem H. Ali was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts but grew up in Lahore, Pakistan until his college years, receiving his Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from Tufts University, and his Masters and Ph.D. degrees in environmental policy and planning at Yale and MIT, respectively. He currently holds the Blue and Gold Distinguished Professorship in Geography and Spatial Sciences at the University of Delaware(USA) and is Honorary Professor at the University of Queensland (Australia). Dr. Ali’s laurels include being a National Geographic Explorer (having travelled for research to over 150 countries); being chosen as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and serving on the seven-member science panel of the Global Environment Facility (the world’s largest multilateral trust fund for the environment held in trusteeship by the World Bank). His book Treasures of the Earth: Need Greed and a Sustainable Future was hailed by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus as providing “welcome linkage between environmental behavior and poverty alleviation.” His most recent book “Earthly Order: How Natural Laws Define Human Life” received the following endorsement from poet and Nobel laureate in Chemistry Roald Hoffmann: “I learned something on nearly every page; so will you, as the author draws us into an affirmative view of a changing, interrelated, and wondrous world.”
Professor Ali was profiled in Forbes as “The Alchemist” and Bookseller called his earlier work “a pioneering exploration of human wants and needs and the natural resources we consume.” He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Art sand the Royal Geographical Society in the United Kingdom and also serves on the boards of Adventure Scientists and Mediators Beyond Borders International. Along with his wife Maria and sons Shahmir and Shahroze, the family are citizens of Australia, Pakistan and the United States.
