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Donna Eloisa CabalonaPerez

Wastewater Operations Head, Manila Water Company, Inc., Philippines

Donna is the Wastewater Operations Head in Manila Water, where she leads the company’s wastewater management and services that includes the collection of sewage and septage from households and businesses to conveyance via sewer network system, to full treatment in sewage treatment plants. As part…

   Topic(s): Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Donna MayorGordove

Assistant Regional Director, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Philippines

Donna Mayor-Gordove has extensive experience in government administration. She has a bachelor’s degree in Management of Financial Institutions from De La Salle University and a master's degree in Urban, Community, and Regional Planning from the University of the Philippines.

   Topic(s): Environment, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Edkarl Galing

Urban Development Specialist, ADB

Karl has more than 20 years of experience working on water resources management; water supply, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH); solid waste and wastewater management; and environmental and engineering geological assessments. He currently serves as ADB’s urban development specialist in the Southeast…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Urban Development, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Elin Andersdotter Fabre

Manager, HerCity, UN-Habitat

Elin is managing the Her City initiative at UN-Habitat’s (United Nations Human Settlements Programme) Global Public Space Programme.   She previously worked as the Sustainable cities programme director at the Swedish independent think tank for Global Utmaning. She has been active in advocacy…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality

Eline Boelee

Senior researcher and advisor, Deltares

Dr. Eline Boelee, senior researcher and advisor for water-environment-health interlinkages at Deltares, discussed how an integrated approach contributes to the understanding of health risks in water systems. She focused mainly on freshwater systems, looking at drivers, pressures, state, impact, and…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Health, Water
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Elisiva Tapueluelu

Deputy CEO, Administration Tonga Water Board, Tonga

Elisiva is a graduate of and has a master’s degree in business administration. She is the Deputy CEO – Administration in Tonga Water Board (TWB). She acts as a focal point of communication for TWB to government agencies. Further, she assists TWB Management with internal or external legal matters…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Elizabeth BurgesSims

Former Senior Social Development Specialist, ADB

Elizabeth Burges-Sims was a Senior Social Development Specialist of the Southeast Asia Department at ADB.  She left ADB in June 2021.

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Emiko Usui

Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University

Emiko Usui is an associate professor at Hitotsubashi University, Japan. She received her B.A. in economics from the University of Tokyo and her Ph.D. in Economics from Northwestern University. Her research interests are in the area of labor economics, and include gender issues, compensating…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Emma Sinclair

Environment Scientist, Samoa Independent Water Schemes Association (IWSA)

Emma plays a crucial role in our European Union-funded project “Support to better improve the capacity of communities to better manage water resources”. Emma is responsible for the development of drinking water safety plans for the communities under the IWSA. She works closely with the communities…

   Topic(s): Environment, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 13: Climate Action

EmPower

Organization, EmPower

According to the 2016 World Risk Report, 10 out of the 15 most at risk countries to climate change and disasters are in Asia and the Pacific. The region combines high exposure to frequent and damaging natural hazards with a low capacity to manage the resulting risks.   Climate change and…

   Topic(s): Energy, Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality