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Pratima Amonkar

Chair for D&I and Accessibility, Microsoft APAC

As Microsoft's APAC Leader for Cloud and AI business strategy, Pratima spearheads the work Microsoft does to empower customers, partners, governments, and citizens to digitally transform their businesses and lives with the power of Cloud and AI. She leads the strategy, planning, and programs to…

   Topic(s): Education, ICT, Industry and Trade, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Preety Bhandari

Former Chief of Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management Theme, concurrently Director, ADB

In her role at ADB, Preety was responsible for providing policy and strategic direction to ADB’s initiatives on climate change and disaster risk management, including mobilizing concessional financing from multilateral funds such as the Climate Investment Funds (CIFs) and the Green Climate…

   Topic(s): Climate Change
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Priyantha Wijayatunga

Chief of Energy Sector Group, ADB

Priyantha is currently the Chief of the Energy Sector Group in the Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Priyantha has over 30 years of professional experience including 13+ years in ADB. He joined ADB in April 2008 and was appointed Director,…

   Topic(s): Energy
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Prof. Taikan Oki

Professor, The University of Tokyo

Prof. Oki is a Special Advisor to the President, and a Professor at Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo. His previous academic positions include Associate Professor with the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo and Associate Professor with the Research…

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

Protap Mukherjee

Senior Research Manager, Young Lives India

Protap Mukherjee is a Quantitative Research Coordinator at Young Lives India and works on education, child labor, and poverty. He obtained his master's degree in Geography from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi and a masters degree in Population Studies from the International Institute for…

   Topic(s): Environment, Poverty
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Puan Sri Maimon Arif Patail

Director, Malaysian Mosaics Sdn. Bhd.

Arif Patail is also a Council Member of the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) and within FMM, she is the Chairman of Malaysian Ceramic Industrial Group and the Chairman of the Energy Management Committee. Additionally, she is also a trustee of the National Heart Institute Foundation. Arif…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Economics
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Puji Lestari

Professor of Air Quality Management and Atmospheric Chemistry, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Bandung Institute of Technology

Professor Puji Lestari is currently appointed as a Chair of Research Group on Air and Waste Management of ITB. She does work in the field of air pollution, conduct research on air quality monitoring and modeling, aerosol characteristics and composition, and GHGs emission inventory.

   Topic(s): Environment
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Purdie Bowden

Assistant Director, Private Finance for Climate and Development, DFAT

Formerly a lead negotiator for Australia at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, including for the Paris Agreement negotiations, Purdie is an experienced policy advisor at the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. She has expertise in climate change and…

   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

Pushkar Srivastava

Senior Project Management Specialist, South Asia Department, ADB

Mr. Srivastava has over 30 years of professional experience, including 15 years with ADB, in the roles of Project Implementation Officer, Project Officer (Urban), Urban Specialist, Project Management Specialist and Senior Project Management Specialist. His expertise includes project management…

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

Qi Ji

Senior Investment Officer, ADB

Qi Ji is currently a senior investment officer at ADB working on infrastructure financing projects in the People’s Republic of China. He has 15 years of experience in project development, construction, operation, investment, and financing in the fields of energy, water and other municipal…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Economics, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure