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Virinder Sharma

Senior Consultant and former Principal Urban Development Specialist, ADB

Mr. Sharma takes a lead role in managing delivery, maintaining strategic relationships, providing technical and advisory support to the ADB and to the UK Department for International Development (DFID), leading a team of 10 technical professionals and managing the implementation of 50 projects…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, 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

Vivencio Dizon

President and Chief Executive Officer , BCDA

Vivencio Dizon is the current Presidential Adviser on Flagship Programs and Projects, and the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA). Prior to holding the executive positions in BCDA, he was a Consultant of then Senate Majority Leader Alan…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Finance
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Waisea Uluivanuavatu

Senior Procurement Advisor/Secretary Government Tender Board, Ministry of Finance, Fiji

Waisea has been with the Ministry of Finance in Fiji for more than 10 years.

   Topic(s): Finance
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Walter Poick

Retired from ADB as Director (Procurement) , ADB

Walter Poick is the former Procurement Director at ADB. He has retired from this position in 2019 after working for 19 years at ADB. 

   Topic(s): Finance
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Waref Karachouli

Knowledge Management and Institutional Learning Manager , Islamic Development Bank

• Over twenty seven years of professional experience in different cutting-edge Hi-Technology sectors spanning Development Banking, Change, Project & Program Management, PMO, Capacity Development, Knowledge Management, Innovation, IT Service Management, Business & Enterprise Improvement and…

   Topic(s): Finance, Knowledge Management
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Wayne King

Director of Climate Change Office of the Prime Minister, Cook Islands

Wayne is the Director of Climate Change Office Cook Islands located in the Office of the Prime Minister, on Rarotonga, Cook Islands. He has been involved in climate change negotiations and issues since 1990 at a time when talk was all about the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The then…

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

Wee Kean Fong

Deputy Country Director, WRI China

Dr. Wee Kean Fong is the Deputy China Country Director of World Resources Institute (WRI), who is also leading WRI' s China Climate and Energy Program. He has more than 20 years of professional experience on sustainability, including climate, environment, and urban development. He is leading WRI' s…

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

Wei Liu

Senior Sustainability Scientist, Luohan Academy of the Alibaba Group

Wei Liu is a Senior Sustainability Scientist at the Luohan Academy of the Alibaba Group. He has 15 years of research and practical experience on sustainable development, through internationally funded projects in China, South and Southeast Asia, Southern African, and Europe. He publishes…

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

Wei Sen Li

Secretary General, National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction

Dr. Wei-Sen Li is the Executive Director of APEC Emergency Preparedness Capacity Building Center (EPCC) and the Secretary General of National Sceince and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction (NCDR). Dr. Li holds a PhD in Civil Engineering from National Central University, where he specializes…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Finance
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Wei Wan

Program Director, Clean Air Asia

Wei leads the management and implementation of programs and projects of Clean Air Asia in China and supports the development of the China strategy, programs and projects. Wei holds a PhD degree in Environmental Science from Peking University and is a member of the East Asian Association of…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Environment
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy