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Francisco Moreno Velo

Head of Business Development, Acciona Construction Philippines

Francisco Moreno Velo is currently the Head of Business Development at ACCIONA Southeast Asia Infrastructure. Francisco (Paco) has extensive experience in designing and delivering diverse civil infrastructure projects, such as viaducts, highways, ports, airports, oil and gas, and industrial…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Fumio Kurosaki

Senior Researcher, Institute of Transportation Economics

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

George Lapson

Chairman, central Tender Board, Government of the Republic of Vanuatu

    

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

Gloria Kraus

Chief Executive Officer, Hollbium

Gloria is a German Sustainability Scientist who moved to Sweden in 2020. In 2021 she was recognized as Sweden’s Top Leader in Impact and Sustainability under 35 by Nova111. She has worked as a banker, as a trainee in the European Commission and coordinated international EU-research projects; on…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Gordon Prain

Independent Consultant, Global Partnership on Sustainable Urban Agriculture and Food Security

Gordon Prain is a social anthropologist and independent consultant who advises Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research (CGIAR) Centers on issues related to urban and rural food systems and food security, gender, and agricultural change processes. Most recently he has been advising…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Social Development and Protection, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Gulzar Nataran

Senior Managing Director, Global Innovation Fund

Gulzar Natarajan is a Senior Managing Director at GIF. He is a member of the Indian Administrative Service, the elite tier of the Indian bureaucracy, and was, before joining GIF, working in the Office of the Prime Minister of India. He has previously held leadership positions as municipal…

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

Hideaki Iwasaki

Deputy Director General, Pacific Department, ADB

Mr. Hideaki Iwasaki joined the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in 2002. Mr. Iwasaki has 33 years of professional work experience, primarily in the infrastructure sector and in regional development. As Deputy Director General, Mr. Iwasaki oversees ADB’s operations in the Pacific region comprising 14…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Finance
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Hideaki Iwase

Project Formulation Advisor , JICA

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

Cofounder , Grab

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

Jane GerardoAbaya

Director, Department of Technical Cooperation, Asia and Pacific Division, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Austria

Jane is an Austria-based Filipina scientist. In January 2019, she was appointed as director of the IAEA’s Department of Technical Cooperation Asia and the Pacific Division which provides technical cooperation support to 37 countries and territories in Asia and the Pacific.   Jane has…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger