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Weiwei Kou

CEO, Tianjin Climate Exchange

Weiwei Kou is currently the Director of Investment and Enterprise Development Department of Ant Financial Services Group, where she is responsible for the management of the invested companies. In January 2018, Ant Financial completed the strategic investment in the Tianjin Climate Exchange. In…

   Topic(s): Climate Change
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Wendao Cao

Senior Agriculture Economist, World Bank

Wendao Cao is a Senior Agriculture Economist of Agriculture and Food Global Practice. He is based in the Beijing Country Office.  He has worked extensively on both Advisory Services and Analytics (ASA) and operational aspects of the World Bank programs. He has about 20 years working experience…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Wilhelm van Butselaar

Area Manager Energy Storage and Integration, Wärtsilä Corporation

Wilhelm has over 25 years of experience in sales, renewable energies, and storage applications with a strong background in leadership and management, motivating teams in a target-oriented work style. The combination of multi-language skills, a track record of exceeding targets as well as work with…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

William Dar

Secretary, Department of Agriculture (Philippines)

Dr. William D. Dar is a champion of the poor especially the small farmers, fisherfolks and agripreneurs. His servant leadership, guided by solid and enunciated principles of food security, has bestowed laurels such as the “Lifetime Achievers Award” during the Asia Leaders Award 2020, “Lifetime…

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

William Lucht

Youth Project Designer, Youth for Asia, ADB

William Lucht is the Youth Project Designer in Agriculture, Natural Resources, Rural Development and Climate Change at Youth for Asia, where he supports the environmental program by creating and designing sustainable innovative solutions for youth inclusion in environment-focused ADB projects.

   Topic(s): Climate Change
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Winnie Lau

Senior Manager (Preventing Ocean Plastics), The Pew Charitable Trusts

Winnie Lau has 15 years of experience integrating science, international policy, resource management, and development to conserve the oceans and people. She has a master’s degree and a PhD in Oceanography from the University of Washington.

   Topic(s): Environment
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 14: Life Below Water

Wiwandari Handayani

Associate Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Engineering, Diponegoro University

Wiwandari Handayani is an Associate Professor at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Engineering, Diponegoro University, Indonesia. She is an expert in the field of urban–rural linkage and regional planning. Her research focuses on urban and regional resilience in the context…

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

Won Kuk Lee

Deputy Director, Geographic Information Institute

  

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

Woochong Um

Managing Director General, ADB

Woochong Um is ADB’s Managing Director General. He assumed the position on 22 February 2021. Mr. Um is responsible for ensuring bank-wide coherence of key initiatives and issues. He provides oversight to the Department of Communications, the Office of Professional Conduct, and the Office of the…

   Topic(s): Climate Change
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Wouter Schalken

Senior Sustainable Tourism Development Specialist, ADB

Wouter Schalken is a Senior Tourism Development Specialist. Wouter has around 28 years of experience in diverse and multi-faceted interventions in tourism market development and operations. Before joining ADB, Wouter worked for a wide variety of multi- and bilateral development agencies across Asia…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Environment, Finance, Industry and Trade
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land