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Akhilesh Samyal

Associate Project Officer, ADB

Mr. Samyal is a seasoned professional with over 17 years of experience at the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Currently serving as an Associate Project Officer (Procurement) in India since March 2022, he brings expertise in project administration and finance. With dual master's degrees in Business…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Akmal Siddiq

Former Chief of Rural Development and Food Security (Agriculture) Thematic Group, ADB

Akmal is a natural resource economist with extensive experience in sustainable development. In his 22-year career at ADB, Akmal has prepared a number of development projects and contributed to country strategies in several countries in the Asia and the Pacific. He has promoted creative…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Alain Duminy

Director, ADB

Alain Duminy is an IT professional with more than 30 years of experience, the last 24 years committed to the humanitarian mission of the Asian Development Bank. He has made his career as a “turnaround manager” dedicated to the renewal and transformation of IT functions. Today, he is the “CFO of IT…

   Topic(s): ICT
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Alan Shaw

Chief Executive Officer, Calysta

Alan Shaw, Ph.D., is President, Chief Executive Officer and CoFounder of Calysta, and a member of the Board of Directors. He joined in 2012. Dr. Shaw is a veteran biotechnology entrepreneur and chemical industry executive, with more than 25 years of experience building and leading technology…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Environment, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Alberto Lorenzo Alonso

Geospatial Information Scientist, Indra Company

Alberto Alonso obtained his PhD in Geography in 2009 with a thesis devoted to Earth Observation and Digital Elevation Models and Orthoimagery applied to cartography. He is a geospatial information scientist with long experience in international and national research projects playing different…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Environment
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 15: Life on Land

Albrecht Weerts

Hydrology and Forecasting Expert, Deltares

Albrecht Weerts is an expert on data model integration and hydrological forecasting at Deltares. He has been leading research and development projects on data assimilation techniques for improving flood forecasting system. He is also a Professor of Hydrologic Predictability at Wageningen University…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, ICT, Water
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Alessia Destefanis

Master student at PSE and Research intern at ADBI, Paris School of Economics (PSE) and Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Ms. Destefanis is a Master student at the Paris School of Economics (PSE), a renowned French research institute of international standing in economics. In particular, she is following a two-year program named Public Policy and Development (PPD), which aims to prepare students to become experts in…

   Topic(s): Economics, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Alex Chen

Co-Founder and CEO, Asia Risk Transfer Solutions

Alex Chen is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Asia Risk Transfer Solutions (ARTS), a Singapore-based technology company founded with the mission of establishing insurance for the masses in Asia. From product design to portfolio management and more, ARTS helps insurers build new digital…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Finance
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Alex Ramirez

Senior Production Manager, Skycatch

Alex is a Senior Manager at Skycatch and has been with the company for 7 years. At Skycatch, Alex has managed prototyping and manufacturing of the Skycatch drones as well as the deployment of Skycatch technology to several clients.

   Topic(s): ICT, Private Sector
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Alex ShahryarDavies

Deputy High Commissioner , Government of New Zealand

Alex Shahryar-Davies is the Deputy High Commissioner of New Zealand to Fiji, based in Suva. He has been in this role since December 2022. He has previously held roles in the Pacific & Development Group and the Asia & Americas Group in New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade…

   Topic(s): Industry and Trade
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals