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Louis Verchot

Principal Scientist, International Center for Tropical Agriculture

Dr. Louis Verchot is a Principal Scientist and Lead of the Land Restoration Group at the Alliance Bioversity – CIAT, based in Colombia. He has been working throughout the tropics on forestry and agriculture issues with a climate change focus for the past 35 years. His work in Asia focuses on…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Environment
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Maria Tran

Senior Project Officer (Urban Development), ADB

Maria is an engineer with over ten years' experience working with regional, rural, and vulnerable communities to access critical services such as water and sanitation. Her recent work in Nauru working in the water, sanitation, and solid waste management sectors particularly highlights the unique…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Martin Lemoine

Head, ADB

Martin Lemoine is the Unit Head, Agribusiness at the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Martin has 20 years of professional experience, including 15 years of impact-oriented investment in Asia. Martin has led more than 50 equity and debt investments of a total value of around $10 billion in the…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Environment
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Md Saidur Rahman

Professor and Director, Bangladesh Agricultural University

Professor Mohammad Saidur Rahman holds PhD in Agricultural Economics from the Bangladesh Agricultural University in collaboration with IRRI, Philippines and Purdue University, USA. He completed MSc on Development and Resource Economics from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. His…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Education
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Meekyung Shin

Education Specialist , ADB

Meekyung Shin is Education Specialist at Education Sector Group, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, Asian Development Bank. She is specialized in the innovation and internationalization of higher education. Before she joined ADB, she worked for higher…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Education
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Michael Kremer

Gates Professor of Developing Societies, Department of Economics, Harvard University

Michael Kremer is the Gates Professor of Developing Societies in the Department of Economics at Harvard University. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and a Presidential Faculty Fellowship, and was named a Young Global Leader by the…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Economics, Education, Health, Water
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Mikell OMealy

Consultant, ADB

Mikell leads projects and supports partners working on climate change, clean energy, climate-smart agriculture, and resilience in the Asia and Pacific region. She has more than 20 years of experience building capacity and cooperation at international, regional, and local levels, with proven skills…

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

Pankaj Mahalle

Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder, GramHeet

Pankaj is the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at GramHeet, which aims to increases smallholder farmers’ income by providing integrated post-harvest services through a digital platform. Earlier, Pankaj served for three years in the CSR department at Tata Steel, where he worked with tribal…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Education
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 4: Quality Education

Paul Teng

Dean and Managing Director , Nanyang Technological University

Prof. Teng has held positions at the NIE, Singapore as Principal Officer, Dean for Graduate Studies and Professional Learning, and Head of Natural Sciences and Science Education Academic Group. He is a scientist and science educator who leads NIE’s education consulting and outreach activities in…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Education
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger