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Nicholas Murray

Senior Research Fellow, Space-borne Sensor Technology, James Cook University

Dr. Nicholas Murray is an Australia-based scientist with 15+ years experience working in a variety of academic, agency and private sector positions. After positions at the Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science (UQ), the Remote Sensing Research Centre (UQ) and the Centre for…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Environment, Knowledge Management
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Nicola Armacost

Managing Director, Arc Finance, Ltd.

Nicola Armacost is the Managing Director of Arc Finance whose mission is to link the fields of finance, energy, water, and sanitation. Arc’s financial institution partners have provided access to clean energy for over 4.5 million people in a range of countries including Afghanistan, India, Nepal,…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Finance, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Nieva Natural

Director of the Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment Staff (ANRES), National Economic and Development Authority, Philippines

Director Natural joined government right after graduation and has been a public servant ever since. She joined the government as a way of giving back to the people, to whom she owes her education, having attended public schools from elementary until postgraduate level. Her keen interest in science…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Environment
   SDG: Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Norman Emmanuel Ramirez

Program Officer, Ramsar Regional Centre – East Asia

Norman has extensive experience in the fields of training and capacity building and project and organizational development and management. He has worked on a number of projects supported by various international aid and development organizations such as the European Union, World Bank, British…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Environment, Knowledge Management, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Orietta Valdes Rojas

Analyst, Government of Chile

Orietta has more than 10 years of experience in the field of project evaluation, leading projects to develop methodologies for the social evaluation of projects and coordinating medium-term ex-post evaluation projects for public investment. Her main area of interest is the strengthening of…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Patricia Zurita

Chief Executive Officer, BirdLife International

Patricia leads BirdLife International, the world’s largest nature conservation partnership, bringing together over 100 organisations worldwide to conserve birds, their habitats and global biodiversity, working with people towards sustainability in the use of natural resources. An economist by…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Civil Society, Climate Change, Environment, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Patrick Osewe

Chief of Health Sector Group, ADB

Dr. Patrick L. Osewe is a leading global expert on public health and the Chief of the Health Sector Group at the Asian Development Bank (ADB). In close collaboration with the Health Sector Committee, he currently leads the application of evidence-based and innovative approaches to address priority…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Health
   SDG: Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Peter Chan

Professor (Hon) and Deputy Director, Beijing Normal University

Peter Chan is an Elder Care international consultant with the Asian Development Bank since 2014, and a Research Fellow of the Sau Po Centre of Ageing and Lecturer of the University of Hong Kong, China. He also holds the position of Deputy Director of the Institute of Ageing and Professor of the…

   Topic(s): Health, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Pradip Swarnakar

Founder and Coordinator, Just Transition Research Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Prof. Pradip Swarnakar is an environmental sociologist specialized in climate change policy, social network analysis, and sustainability transition. He has been a visiting scholar at the Climate Justice Research Centre, University of Technology Sydney, Australia, the Department of Environmental…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Environment
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Raymond Francis Sarmiento

Director, National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila

Dr. Raymond Francis R. Sarmiento is a physician-scientist and currently the Director of the National Telehealth Center, National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila. He is also a Clinical Assistant Professor of the UP College of Medicine’s Medical Informatics Unit and is the…

   Topic(s): Governance and Public Sector Management, Health
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals