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Sam Adlen

Co-CEO, Space Solar

Sam is co-CEO of Space Solar, creating an era-defining new solar energy source from space.  Following a PhD working on a NASA Mars mission, Sam joined VEGA as a consultant focusing on satellite applications. From there, he held senior space sector strategy roles in Finmeccanica (now Leonardo…

   Topic(s): Energy, ICT
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Sam Chow

Arup Fellow and Transport Portfolio Leader, ARUP

Mr Chow has more than 36 years of professional consulting and management experience in transportation planning and engineering in Greater China, Australasia, Japan, South Korea, South East Asia, South Asia and Africa. He is a Chartered/Professional Engineer in UK, Hong Kong and Australia and is a…

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

Samantha Kay Lisay

Design Architect, Build Change

Samantha Kay L. Lisay is a licensed Architect and a Certified BERDE Professional from the Philippines. After finishing her Bachelor of Science in Architecture at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines in 2014, she had been involved in a number of projects in the residential and commercial…

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

Samantha ORiordan

Program Officer, GIGA, the joint ITU and UNICEF initiative

Samantha O’Riordan is the Giga Program Officer at ITU for the joint ITU and UNICEF Giga initiative, which aims to connect every school to the Internet and every young person to information, opportunity, and choice. Samantha has worked on multiple information, communications, and technology programs…

   Topic(s): Education, ICT
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Sameer Khatiwada

Senior Public Management Economist, ADB

Sameer is an economist who leads preparation and implementation of ADB loans and technical assistance projects in public resource management. Prior to joining Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office in Sectors Group, he was with the Southeast Asia Department where he prepared ADB’s…

   Topic(s): Economics, ICT
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Sanchita BasuDas

Economist, Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department, ADB

Sanchita joined ADB in November 2018 and initially served as an Economist in the South Asia Regional Department. She was previously the Lead Researcher for Economic Affairs at the ASEAN Studies Centre of ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore. She was concurrently a Fellow of the Regional…

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

Sandeepan Roy

Senior Project Engineer, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Sandeepan Roy has a PhD in Civil Engineering from IIT Bombay. His thesis was on "Optimization of Multi-Objective Station Locations and Alignment Problem for High Speed Rail." He also holds Master of Technology (Transportation and Highway Engineering) and Bachelor of Technology (Civil…

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

Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno

Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Indonesia

Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno is an Indonesian businessman. He was appointed as Indonesia’s Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy on 23 December 2020. Sandiaga has a passion for empowering young entrepreneurs, supporting small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs), and enhancing access to finance in Indonesia…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Governance and Public Sector Management, ICT, Industry and Trade, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Sara Basart

Scientific Officer, World Meteorological Organization

Since 2023, Dr. Sara Basart has been a scientific officer at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) programme in charge of atmospheric composition and air quality modeling activities. Her main research interests range from the study of the variability induced by…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Environment
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Sarath Guttikunda

Director, Urban Emissions

Dr. Sarath Guttikunda is a chemical engineer, atmospheric scientist, TED fellow, founder of Urban Emissions (India) and also serves as an adjunct faculty at IIT-Delhi’s TRIP center. His main research interest is air quality analysis and finding ways to bridge the gap between science and policy,…

   Topic(s): Environment, Transport, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land