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Margarita Fores

President, Cibo Inc.

Fores is known for fusing her Italian background with Filipino cooking and ingredients, and uses organic ingredients to help the farmers who produce these. She prepared the welcome dinner for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit for APEC leaders, together with Glenda Barretto, founder of…

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

Mark Laska

Founder and President, Great Ecology

Mark Laska is one of the United States foremost authorities on ecological restoration, environmental strategies, wetland mitigation and conservation banking, natural resource damage evaluation and restoration, and is an ecologist and entrepreneur with more than 25 years of experience. Laska is an…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Economics, Environment, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Martino Pelli

Martino Pelli Senior Economist, Economic Research and Development Impact Department, ADB

Martino Pelli is an applied economist with expertise in environmental, energy, and development economics. His work focuses on the impact of rural energy use, significant transport infrastructure investments, and the economic consequences of natural disasters. His research has been published in…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Economics, Energy, Environment
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Md Fazlul Hoque

Managing Director, Plummy Fashion Limited–Bangladesh

Md. Fazlul Hoque has 20 years of experience in the Knitwear industry, and was the president of the Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers & Exporters’ Association for 6 years. He was also the President of Bangladesh Employers Federation and Director of the International Apparel Federation. In these…

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

Michael Barrow

Former Director General, ADB

Barrow was also the co-chair of ADB’s Water Community of Practice. Prior to joining ADB, he worked for the Deutsche Bank group over the course of 15 years in London, Tokyo and Singapore, lastly as both Director of Project Finance and Transportation with a project finance and PPP focus. Mr Barrow…

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

Mike Crosby

Senior Conservation Officer (Asia), BirdLife International

Mike has more than 30 years’ experience in wildlife conservation and a good understanding of environmental and development issues in Asia. He coordinates the BirdLife Asia Partnership’s programme on Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas, which works for the conservation of the most important sites…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Civil Society, Climate Change, Environment, Knowledge Management
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Mohsen Gul

Senior Technical Advisor, ADB

Dr. Mohsen Gul is the senior technical advisor for youth-led climate innovation in Atoll nations in the Pacific region at the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He has previously served as the climate change youth specialist at ADB. Additionally, he has led climate research strands at British Council as…

   Topic(s): Civil Society, Climate Change
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action

Nicholas Stern

Lord Stern of Brentford, CH, Kt, FBA, FRS Chair of Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and Environment, London School of Economics

Professor Stern is the IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government, Chairman of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, and Head of the India Observatory at the London School of Economics. President of the British Academy, July 2013 – 2017, and was elected Fellow…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Economics, Energy, Environment
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Patricia Zurita

Chief Executive Officer, BirdLife International

Patricia leads BirdLife International, the world’s largest nature conservation partnership, bringing together over 100 organisations worldwide to conserve birds, their habitats and global biodiversity, working with people towards sustainability in the use of natural resources. An economist by…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Civil Society, Climate Change, Environment, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Patrick Chan

Chief Executive Officer, Global Cleantech Cluster Association

Chan is also a co-founder of Cleantech Marketplace Forum and Green Trade Hub, an O2O platform for B2C and B2B eco-products plugging them into the East Asia Business Exchange. Chan is a practicing management consultant and a certified Green Productivity Consultant and Trainer by APO. He is an…

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