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Julien Oliver

Hydro-Met Risk Specialist, DHI, Singapore

Julien Oliver currently leads the development and implementation of consultancies and digital solutions supporting hydro-meteorological disaster risk analysis and management at DHI. He has more than 16 years of experience in hydrological and hydraulic modelling, IT system development, extreme value…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 13: Climate Action

Julija Kuklyte Polycarp

Climate Change Specialist, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Julija Kuklyte Polycarp is a Climate Change Specialist at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, where she is leading the Bank’s climate adaptation policy and strategy, as well as overseeing its adaptation investment portfolio. She is responsible for ensuring climate resilience-related…

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

Justin III Edward Modesto

Deputy Secretariat Director of the TPD@Scale Coalition, Foundation for Information Technology Education and Development, Inc.

Justin is the Deputy Secretariat Director of the TPD@Scale Coalition for the Global South at the Foundation for Information Technology Education and Development, Inc. (FIT-ED). He has been working in the education sector over the last decade, having worked with the Commission on Higher…

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

Jyoti Bisbey

Executive board member and Advisor, WAPPP and ISRC

Jyoti is a global expert with more than 20 years of experience in leading green and resilient infrastructure finance and public-private partnerships (PPPs) in developing countries. She has worked at the World Bank Group and at the United Nations with developing countries on supporting governments’…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Finance
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Kajal Sanghrajka

Founder & Director, Growth Hub Global

Inspired by her immigrant family’s entrepreneurial journey, Kajal Sanghrajka started her first business while studying in New York after a successful corporate career working in the City and on Wall Street, She leveraged her knowledge in Strategy and Operations to bootstrap and scale her first…

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

Karthik Muralidharan

Professor, University of California, San Diego – Evidence-driven EdTech

Karthik Muralidharan is the Tata Chancellor’s Professor of Economics at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Born and raised in India, Prof. Muralidharan earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Harvard University (summa cum laude), an M.Phil. in economics from Cambridge University (…

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

Karunn Kandoi

Unknown, Extramarks

A dynamic entrepreneur with a vision for Extramarks, Mr. Kandoi has as B.E. (BIT) and MBA from the University of Washington. Having held senior managerial positions in Microsoft Corporation, Philips, and G.E. Medical Systems, his zeal for education led him to start Shree Eduserve, a vocational…

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

Kate Behncken

Vice President and Lead, Microsoft Philanthropies

Ms. Behncken is the Vice President and Lead of Microsoft Philanthropies. Previously, she led the Microsoft Philanthropies Global Community Engagement team and was Associate General Counsel at Microsoft where she led the Office of the President team and served as Chief of Staff to company…

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

Katherine Miles

Gender Consultant, InsuResilience Centre of Excellence on Gender-Smart Solutions

Katherine Miles is the gender consultant to the InsuResilience Gender Working Group and a technical expert on the gender dimensions of climate and disaster risk finance and insurance. Katherine co-authored research and guidance including Integrating Gender Considerations into Different Models of…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Kati Anttalainen

Senior Specialist, Ministry of Education and Culture, Finland

Ms. Anttalainen has 15 years of experience in the coordination of multilateral affairs, especially in the field of education. She has followed extensively the work on promoting 2030 Agenda within the Ministry’s branches of administration. She acts as the focal point of Finland in UNESCO’s global…

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