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Elliott Grant

General Manager, X

Dr. Elliott Grant is a recognized business leader and innovator in food and ag tech. He is the General Manager of Mineral at X, Alphabet’s “Moonshot Factory.” The mineral is using machine learning (ML) and robotics to scale sustainable agriculture globally. He was the founder and CEO of HarvestMark…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, ICT
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Elma Zahir

Geo-Enabling initiative for Monitoring and Supervision, World Bank

Elma Zahir brings with her more than 10 years of extensive background in managing high-impact operational initiatives. She leads the Geo-Enabling initiative for Monitoring and Supervision (GEMS)’s engagement in South Asia as well as its Communications and Knowledge Management agenda. Before joining…

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

Elodie Vitalis

Representative to Fiji, Agence Française de Développement (AFD)

Ms. Elodie VITALIS is a graduate of Sciences Po Bordeaux and holds a Master's degree in Public Affairs (2006). She is currently the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group Representative to Fiji (AFD/Expertise France). She joined AFD headquarters in Paris in 2013 as a policy officer for…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Economics, Industry and Trade, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Elvira Pereira

Economist, Government of Paraguay

Elvira is an Economist at Jefa de Evaluación del Gasto Público - Ministerio de Hacienda, Government of Paraguay. She graduated from University of Paraguay with a Masters in Finance. 

   Topic(s): Economics, Finance
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Elvis Au

Adjunct Professor, University of Hong Kong

Professor Elvis Au, BBS, is currently an Adjunct Professor at the University of Hong Kong, teaching circular economy, sustainable waste management, and carbon neutrality, among others. He is the former Deputy Director of the Environmental Protection Department of the HKSAR Government and the former…

   Topic(s): Environment, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water

Emily Schmidt

Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute

Emily Schmidt is the Papua New Guinea Country Program Leader and Senior Research Fellow in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Her research focuses on the dynamic process of rural land transformation, rural employment…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Emmanuelle Pecenicic

Head, Digital Strategy and Digital Asia Pacific, BNP Paribas Asset Management

Emmanuelle joined BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) in 2011 as Investment Specialist in the European Equities Team in Paris. She moved to Hong-Kong in 2012 to work as Investment Specialist specializing on China RMB capabilities and Indonesian equities for international investors. Passionate…

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

Enkhtsetseg Byambaa

Professor, National University of Mongolia

Enkhtsetseg Byambaa has been working as a Professor at the National University of Mongolia (NUM) since 1998. She has a Bachelor degree in Demography from NUM, post-graduate diploma in “Population and Development” from the Center for Development Studies, Trivandrum, India, MA in Economics from NUM…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Enrique Peñalosa

President of the board of directors, Institute for Transportation and Development Policy

Enrique Peñalosa is the former mayor of Bogotá, Colombia and the president of the board of directors of the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP). In 1986, Peñalosa was named economic adviser to Colombian president Virgilio Barco Vargas and from 1990 to 1991, he was a member of…

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

Eric Zusman

Senior Policy Researcher/ Area Leader, IGES

Eric Zusman is a senior policy researcher/area leader at the Institute for Global Environmental Studies (IGES) in Hayama, Japan. Dr. Zusman holds a bachelors degree in Mandarin Chinese from Rutgers University, a dual Masters Degree in public policy and Asian studies from the University of Texas at…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Environment
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land