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Kotchakorn Vorrakhom

Landscape Architect, LandProcess/ Porous City Network Thailand

Kotchakorn Voraakhom is a landscape architect from Thailand who works on building productive green public space that tackles climate change in urban dense areas and climate-vulnerable communities. Winning a contract to build Bangkok’s first public park in three decades, she created an 11-acre “…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Energy, Environment
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Krishal Mishra

McLarens Loss Adjuster, McLarens

Krishal is a qualified Civil Engineer, who joined McLarens as a Loss Adjuster in early 2018 after gaining valuable experience in a highly regarded local engineering firm, working closely with the insurance market. He specialises in Property and Construction and Engineering losses, utilising…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Finance
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Kyu-Hyeog Chae

Project Manager, Korea IT Consulting Co., Ltd

Kyu-Hyeog Chae has worked with Korea IT Consulting Co., Ltd. since 2009. He has held multiple roles, including Project Manager, Performance Management Expert, Principal Investigator, Security Expert, Technical Architect of Information Systems, and Researcher. He holds several certifications, such…

   Topic(s): Education, Finance, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Lamei Luo

Deputy Director, International College Chongqing University of Education

Ms Lamei graduated from South West University in 2015 and got a Doctor’s degree in Educational Management, and graduated from University of Sheffield in 2017 and got a Masters’ degree in Educational Policies and Practice. Currently she is engaged in research on education internationalization,…

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

Lant Pritchett

Research Director, Research on Improving Systems of Education

Mr. Pritchett is a development economist from Idaho. He graduated from BYU in 1983 and from MIT with a PhD in Economics in 1988. He worked with the World Bank from 1988 to 2007. He taught at the Harvard Kennedy School from 2000 to 2018 (with some leaves) and is now affiliated with Oxford's…

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

Lasse Leponiemi

Executive Director & Co-founder, HundrED

Lasse Leponiemi is a Partner and the Head of Operations at HundrED, a company focusing on educational innovations. He is also supporting Idealist Group as the Head of Operations. Lasse has been working with youth education and career planning since 2003. In 2008, he founded an e-student counseling…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Education, Health
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals, Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

Laura Phelps

Principal Consultant Shock Responsive Social Protection, Oxford Policy Management

Laura is a shock responsive social protection specialist with over 22 years-experience, working across the nexus from complex protracted crisis and into development. Her programme and policy experience in LMIC across Africa, SE Asia and Central Asia has focused on socio economic vulnerability to…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Economics
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 13: Climate Action

Lay Phallin

Deputy Director General, Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training, the Kingdom of Cambodia

Ms. Lay is deputy director general of DGTVET, Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training in Cambodia. Ms. Lay oversees the TVET development policy and strategy and guides to operationalize the TVET policies. Ms. Lay has been a key government counterpart staff of the ADB-financed Skills for…

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

Leena Krokfors

Professor, University of Helsinki (Finland)

Dr. Leena Krokfors is a full Professor of Education (2004-) in the Department of Teacher Education, University of Helsinki, Finland. She is also a Vice Dean of Academic Affairs at the Faculty of Behavioral Sciences (2010-). Professor Krokfors has been active in the international research community…

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Leotes Lugo Helin

Education Manager, UNICEF Learning Innovation Hub, UNICEF

Leotes has over 15 years of professional experience in the field of Education, including 10+ years working with UNICEF Regional Offices, and Country Offices as Chief of Education and with UNESCO Institute of Statistics/UNESCO Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau in Bangkok. Leotes brings strong expertise…

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