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Merrin Pearse

Sustainability Advisor, The Purpose Business

Merrin combines his engineering background and his natural human-centric approach to identify, develop and implement solutions drawing on his broad sustainability experience and expertise. His international experience includes work with corporates, government departments, industry organizations,…

   Topic(s): Economics, Environment
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Michael Barrow

Former Director General, ADB

Barrow was also the co-chair of ADB’s Water Community of Practice. Prior to joining ADB, he worked for the Deutsche Bank group over the course of 15 years in London, Tokyo and Singapore, lastly as both Director of Project Finance and Transportation with a project finance and PPP focus. Mr Barrow…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Economics
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

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

Michael Schaper

Senior Visiting Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore

Dr. Michael Schaper is a Visiting Senior Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, and an Adjunct Professor with the John Curtin Institute of Public Policy at Curtin University in Western Australia.

   Topic(s): Economics, Industry and Trade
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Michiko Katagami

Principal Natural Resources and Agriculture Specialist, SDTC-AR, ADB

Michiko Katagami is Principal Natural Resources and Agriculture Specialist and responsible for advising on food security, agriculture and natural resources issues and supporting ADB’s food security engagement both at the country and regional levels. She has over 15 years of the sector investment…

   Topic(s): Economics, Energy
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Ming Tan

Founding Executive Director, Tech for Good Institute

Dr Ming Tan is the founding Executive Director of the Tech for Good Institute. She is concurrently a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Governance and Sustainability at the National University of Singapore. Her research interests lie at the intersection of technology, business, and society, including…

   Topic(s): Economics, Industry and Trade
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Mingzhi Xu

Assistant Professor, Peking University

Mingzhi Xu is an Assistant Professor at Peking University. In 2018–2019, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the National Bureau of the Economic Research and a visiting researcher at the Growth Lab of Harvard Kennedy School. He obtained the Ph.D. in economics from…

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

Muhammad Arif Sargana

Director (Economic Affairs), Pakistan Telecom Authority

Mr. Sargana has more than 23 years extensive and demonstrated professional experience both with public and private sectors/International donors/INGOs as an economist. He is working as Director (Economic Affairs) with Pakistan telecom regulator since 2003. He has worked extensively on the…

   Topic(s): Economics, Finance, ICT
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Nana Oishi

Associate Professor, University of Melbourne

Nana Oishi is Associate Professor in Japanese Studies at the University of Melbourne. Prveviously, she was Professor of Sociology at Sophia University in Tokyo and Policy Analyst at the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva. She holds a PhD in Sociology from Harvard University and a…

   Topic(s): Economics, Governance and Public Sector Management, Regional Cooperation and Integration, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

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