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Alanna Jayne Inserra

Senior Social Development Specialist , Asian Development Bank

Alanna Jayne Inserra is a Senior Social Development Specialist with the Asian Development Bank's Fragility and Engagement Division. Seconded from Plan International, Alanna leads ADB's work on meaningful youth engagement with a focus on empowering young people, particularly marginalized young…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Civil Society, Climate Change
   SDG: Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Anthony Harold Cumberland Thomas AHCT Gates

Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Fiji

Anthony Harold Cumberland Thomas Gates CF was the chief justice of Fiji from 2008 to 2019.[1] Justice Gates is best known for his decision in Chandrika Prasad v. Att-Gen of Fiji [2000] 2 FLR 89; Prasad v. Republic of Fiji & Another [2001] 1 LRC 665; [2001] NZAR 21 in which he held that the…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Finance, Industry and Trade, Public-Private Partnership
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Bradley Hope

New York Times bestselling author, Pulitzer Prize nominee, and former Wall Street Journal reporter, Project Brazen

Bradley is the co-author of Billion Dollar Whale, Blood and Oil and author of The Rebel and the Kingdom. He spent seven years breaking stories and leading investigations at the Wall Street Journal from New York and London. Before that, he covered the Arab Spring from Cairo, Tripoli and Beirut. He…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Finance, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Jyoti Parikh

Executive Director, Integrated Research and Action for Development

Jyoti Parikh is a Member of the Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change –India and is a recipient of Nobel Peace Prize awarded to IPCC authors in 2007. She served as the senior professor and Acting Director of Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai 1986-2003. IIASA…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Industry and Trade
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, 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, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Kate Brandt

Chief Sustainability Officer, Google

Kate Brandt serves as Google’s Chief Sustainability Officer and leads sustainability across Google’s worldwide operations, products, and supply chains. In this role, Kate partners with Google’s data centers, real estate, supply chain, and product teams to ensure the company is capitalizing on…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Environment, ICT, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Li He

Natural Resources Officer (water), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Before FAO, Li He was working at the China Agricultural University as Associate Professor from the end of 2007 to the beginning of 2016. She has been working on water resources management, ecosystems, and biodiversity related works and projects. She initiated, developed and implements the Eco-…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Environment, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

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

Pelagia Makhauri

Governance and Anti-Corruption Specialist and Project Officer, Council of Europe

Pelagia is a Legal professional with 7+ years of experience in anti-corruption law and policy, human rights, public administration, policy development, good governance, civil participation, digital governance, anti-fraud law, and policy and business integrity. She is also…

   Topic(s): Civil Society, Governance and Public Sector Management, Public-Private Partnership, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Priyanka Sood

Principal Private Sector Development Specialist, ADB

Ms. Priyanka Sood is the Principal Private Sector Development Specialist in ADB's Central and West Asia Department (CWRD). She has worked with governments in 7 out of the 10 countries covered by the department and has recently returned to Manila after 3.25 years outposting to Uzbekistan Resident…

   Topic(s): Governance and Public Sector Management, Public-Private Partnership
   SDG: Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions