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V Anantha Nageswaran

Chief Economic Adviser, Government of India

Prior to his appointment as the Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India in January 2022, Dr. V. Anantha Nageswaran was a writer, author, teacher and consultant.​ He has written a weekly Mint column for fifteen years on Tuesdays since 2007.​ ​He has co-…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Finance
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action

Vibeke Jensen

Director, UNESCO

Since 1st January 2020, Vibeke Jensen is the incumbent Director of the Division for Peace and Sustainable Development within the Education Sector at UNESCO Headquarters. The Division covers, amongst others, education for sustainable development, global citizenship education, prevention of violent…

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

Vicente Anzellini

Manager, Global Monitoring and Reporting, Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre

Vicente Anzelini leads the global and regional analysis team at Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre and coordinates the production of the Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID), regional reports, and country profiles. He previously worked for the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (…

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

Vignesh Naidu

Director of Operations, The HEAD Foundation

Vignesh Naidu is currently the Director, Operations at The HEAD Foundation. Vignesh helms The HEAD Foundation’s education team that works across Southeast Asia to improve education outcomes through; the design and delivery of bespoke capacity building opportunities for educators, the production of…

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

Volker Schmid

Head of Asia Pacific, FESTO

Volker Schmid is the Head of Asia Pacific of Festo Didactic SE. 

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

Wayne Mendiola

Acting Secretary National Department of Education, Federated States of Micronesia

Mr. Mendiola has served the education system in his country since 2003 in roles such as Assistant Secretary for the division of Formal and Non-formal Education, Assistant Secretary for the department of Quality and Effectiveness, and administrator for Post Secondary Education. Mr. Mendiola started…

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

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

Wenny Duncan

Independent Education and Evaluation Specialist, Asian Development Bank

Wenny Duncan engaged by ADB's Independent Evaluation Department to carry out an in-depth assessment of ADB support to the education sector in different member countries including Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh.

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

Wilson Villones

Head, Philippine Social Science Council

Wilson Villones is also a Goalkeeper Youth Action Accelerator Awardee of the CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation. He was Project Coordinator of Affiliated Networks for Social Accountability in East Asia and the Pacific and writer and researcher at the University of the Philippines,…

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Wiwandari Handayani

Head of Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Universitas Diponegoro

Wiwi is a distinguished expert in urban and regional planning, currently serving as the Head of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at Universitas Diponegoro. With over 15 years of experience, Wiwi has been actively involved in urban sustainability and resilience projects. She has led…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action