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Elin Andersdotter Fabre

Manager, HerCity, UN-Habitat

Elin is managing the Her City initiative at UN-Habitat’s (United Nations Human Settlements Programme) Global Public Space Programme.   She previously worked as the Sustainable cities programme director at the Swedish independent think tank for Global Utmaning. She has been active in advocacy…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality

Elizabeth Burges-Sims

Former Senior Social Development Specialist, ADB

Elizabeth Burges-Sims was a Senior Social Development Specialist of the Southeast Asia Department at ADB.  She left ADB in June 2021.

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Elizabeth Davis-Alibayeva

Assistant Director, Institute of Education, American University of Central Asia

Elizabeth develops mentoring materials and teaches in the graduate teaching program of the American University of Central Asia. Prior to this, she has taught in US, Guatemala, and Kyrgyzstan, including seven years as a K-12 administrator.  She holds a master’s degree in teaching reading…

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education

Elizabeth King

Non-resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

Elizabeth M. King is a nonresident Senior Fellow at Brookings Institution, editor of Journal of Development Effectiveness, and Adjunct Professor at Georgetown and University of the Philippines. She was the World Bank's Global Director for Education and Vice-President for Human Development…

   Topic(s): Education, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Ellen Joyce Suficiencia

Director, Center for Learning and Inclusion Advocacy (CLIA), Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

As the Director of the Financial Inclusion Group – Center for Learning and Inclusion Advocacy (CLIA) of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), Joyce is deeply involved in various initiatives to drive the BSP’s financial inclusion agenda forward. She handles policy development and advocacy work with…

   Topic(s): Finance, Gender Equality, ICT
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Emdadul Haque Chowdhury

Vice Chancellor, Bangladesh Agricultural University

Prof. Chowdhury currently has been appointed as Vice-Chancellor of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh. Formerly he worked for the capacity building activities of BAU. Professionally Prof. Chowdhury is a teacher and working as Professor at BAU. He published over 200 scientific…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Emiko Usui

Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University

Emiko Usui is an associate professor at Hitotsubashi University, Japan. She received her B.A. in economics from the University of Tokyo and her Ph.D. in Economics from Northwestern University. Her research interests are in the area of labor economics, and include gender issues, compensating…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

EmPower

Organization, EmPower

According to the 2016 World Risk Report, 10 out of the 15 most at risk countries to climate change and disasters are in Asia and the Pacific. The region combines high exposure to frequent and damaging natural hazards with a low capacity to manage the resulting risks.   Climate change and…

   Topic(s): Energy, Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality

Eric Ju Yoon Kim

CEO & Co-Founder, Dot Inc. (RoK)

Eric Ju Yoon Kim, a South Korean national and a University of Washington graduate is the founder of Dot – a company making an active Braille smartwatch meant for blind people. ​Kim's first encounter with the barriers blind people face came when someone showed him a braille Bible as a university…

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education

Eric Roeder

Technical Specialist on Green Jobs, Climate Action and Resilience, ILO

Eric Roeder boasts of two decades of service to the United Nations, specializing in diverse sustainability projects. Notable contributions encompass mitigating dust storms with UNCCD, promoting energy efficiency via UNEP, fostering smart agriculture with UNESCAP, and enhancing rural infrastructure…

   Topic(s): Energy, Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality