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Xian Zhang

Deputy Director, Division of Social Service and Regional Development, Administrative Center for China’s Agenda 21 (ACCA21）

Over the past few years, Xian Zhang has always been contributing himself into pushing the work on planning energy strategies, tackling with Climate Change, and also accelerating the development of CCUS technology in China as well as supervising and extending international bilateral and…

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

Xianfu Lu

Former Senior Climate Change Specialist (Adaptation), ADB

Xianfu, ADB’s focal point for climate change adaptation, has worked on the science and policy of climate change adaptation for the past 20 years. Trained as an applied meteorologist, he spent the first 10 years of her career researching climate scenarios and their use in climate change impacts and…

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

Xiaohong Yang

Chief Thematic Officer, Asian Development Bank

Xiaohong Yang joined ADB’s Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department as Chief Thematic Officer on 31 March 2021. Prior to this appointment, she was the ADB’s Country Director for Pakistan since early 2017, where she led the ADB’s operational, knowledge and partnership efforts to…

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

Yale Wong

Lead Adviser Urban Mobility, Indonesia Australia Partnership for Infrastructure (KIAT)

Yale Z Wong, PhD, is Lead Advisor, Urban Mobility at the Indonesia Australia Partnership for Infrastructure (KIAT), a partnership between the Governments of Australia and Indonesia to support sustainable and inclusive economic growth through improved access to infrastructure for all people. Yale…

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

Yiheng Xu

Associate, Smart Mobility, Ramboll

Yiheng has eight years of working experience in transportation planning, microsimulation modelling, traffic impact assessment, mobility master-planning, sustainable mobility solution, and autonomous vehicle planning. Yiheng has been project manager for key transportation master-planning projects in…

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

Yongping Zhai

Former Chief of Energy Sector Group, ADB

Yongping Zhai graduated from the Department of Thermal Engineering of Tsinghua University in 1983. Subsequently, he studied at the Institute of Energy Policy and Economics Grenoble, France, and received Ph.D. in Energy Economics in 1989. From 1993 to 2000, he served as a Senior Energy…

   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

Yoonee Jeong

Senior Digital Technology Specialist, ADB

Yoonee Jeong is a Senior Digital Technology Specialist with the Digital Technology for Development Unit at ADB. She is a digital technology public policy professional with nearly 20 years of international experience. Before joining ADB, Yoonee was the Director of Public and Regulatory Affairs with…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Capacity Development, Environment, Transport
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Youngho Kim

Chief Director, The Korea Transport Institute

Youngho Kim graduated from Seoul National University’s undergraduate and graduate school and received his PhD at Muenchen University of Technology in 2002. Since he joined the Korea Transport Institute in 2005, he has been involved in numerous research projects to develop advanced transport…

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

YoungTae Kim

Associate Vice President, Institute for Startup KAIST

Dr. Young-Tae Kim is Associate Vice President of the Institute for Startup KAIST. Before he joined KAIST, he was Director-General of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups in the Republic of Korea and He worked in the government for 20 years. He contributed with his specialty to improve the innovation…

   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

Youree Lee

Co-Founder and CEO, W-Foundation

A philanthropist and an entrepreneur, Dr. Lee is the Co-Founder and CEO of W-Foundation, CBO at Actwo Technologies of Peer, and an Adjunct Professor at Hanyang University School of Business. W-Foundation is an international non-profit organization and one of the most active nonprofits accredited by…

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