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Dr. Kurosaki has rich experiences in the railway sector almost 30 years in total. In 1988 he joined East Japan Railway Company (JR East). After working as a civil engineer in JR East, he was dispatched to the International Union of Railways (UIC) from 2003 to 2006. At that time, he had started…
Topic(s): Transport, Urban Development
SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Gitanjali Bajaj has vast experience in international commercial arbitration with a sector focus on infrastructure and construction, oil and gas, transport, power and clean energy. Gitanjali has represented clients in arbitrations under various rules including ICC, SIAC, DIAC and DIFC-LCIA, where…
Topic(s): Transport
SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Gordon has retired from the USDA Forest Service after working there for 40 years as a Staff Engineer and Project Manager. He received a BS in Civil Engineering from UCLA in 1968, served as an officer in the U.S. Navy for two years, and then received a MS in Geotechnical Engineering from U.C.…
Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Capacity Development, Environment, Transport
SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 15: Life on Land
Hideaki Iwase is a Project Formulation Advisor with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Fiji Office. He has over 15 years of experience in infrastructure development project such as urban development and transport projects with JICA. Currently, he oversees JICA’s infrastructure related…
Topic(s): Transport, Urban Development
SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Hooi Ling Tan is the cofounder of Grab, Southeast Asia's leading "superapp" that offers a wide range of on-demand services, including mobility, food, package and grocery delivery services, mobile payments, and financial services to millions of Southeast Asians.
Based in Singapore, she oversees…
Topic(s): Regional Cooperation and Integration, Transport, Urban Development
SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Idris Azim is an early-career strategy consultant and practitioner with a background in history, public policy and youth skills development. He has co-facilitated several workshops on Futures, including one at the Asia Pacific Futures Network Conference 2018. Idris has been involved with local…
Topic(s): Regional Cooperation and Integration, Transport
SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Jari Kauppila is Head of ITF Secretary-General’s Office at the International Transport Forum and and Head of Quantitative Policy Analysis and Foresight Division at the OECD. Prior joining the ITF in 2007, he worked at the Ministry of Transport and Communications Finland for almost 10 years. He is…
Topic(s): Environment, Transport
SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action
Mr. Jiangbo Ning is Deputy Country Director, Bangladesh Resident Mission, Asian Development Bank.
Mr. Ning has more than 30 years of professional experience, in central and western Asia and south Asian, in transport sector and project management. He joined ADB as a senior transport specialist in…
Topic(s): Transport
SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Joanna Rogers holds an MSc in Social Work from Ersta Skondal University College in Stockholm and has over 30 years of experience in disability inclusion, social protection policy and programmes, social services development and social service workforce strengthening as well as child protection and…
Topic(s): Transport, Urban Development
SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
Dr. John A. Sweeney is a Senior Research Fellow at Westminster International University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He has worked extensively across Asia-Pacific with a range of humanitarian and development organizations.
Topic(s): Transport
SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities