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Smita Rawoot

Urban Resilience Lead, World Resources Institute (WRI)

Smita Rawoot is the Urban Resilience lead at World Resources Institute (WRI). She leads a team of researchers and urban development professionals who are focused on helping cities manage and adapt to their climate risks while advancing human & environmental health, economic opportunity, and…

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

Soeung Vann

Principal, Kampong Cham High School

Soeung has served in various roles in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport. Currently, he is the school principal of Kampong Cham High School—the first prototype of new generation school in Kampong Cham. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Khmer literature from the Royal University of Phnom Penh…

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

Sofia Shakil

Director, ADB

With an illustrious career spanning over two decades, Ms. Sofia Shakil has been a transformative leader in economic and social development across Asia. Most recently, she served as the Director of Economic Development at The Asia Foundation from February 2020 to March 2023, where she led impactful…

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

Sohel Rahman

Professor, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology

Dr. Sohel Rahman is a Professor of BUET. He has more than 20 years of teaching and research experience. He is a Distinguished Member of ACM, Distinguished Contributor of IEEE CS and a Fellow of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences. He is a Distinguished Speaker of both ACM and IEEE CS.

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

Sophie De Coninck

Global Climate Facility Manager, Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL), United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)

Sophie De Coninck brings over 20 years of international development, environment, and climate change experience to her role as Manager for the Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility, or LoCAL. Designed by the United Nations Capital Development Fund, LoCAL is a standard and internationally…

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

Stanislav Borisov

Lead, EcoLabs E-Learning Platform

Stanislav is driving new partnerships and engagements with start-ups, SMEs, corporates, investors, and market entry partners, and working closely with them on technology translation, commercialization and market entry programs at EcoLabs Centre of Innovation for Energy. He is also leading the…

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

Stanley Lee

Senior Director and International Programs Lead, Temasek Foundation

Stanley is senior director and lead for the international team at Temasek Foundation. He drives programmes to deliver the mission, mandate and impact of the foundation in South-east, Asia and beyond to develop programmes on capability-building in education, health, urban design and governance.

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

Stephanie Hung

Director General, Information Technology Department,, Asian Development Bank

Stephanie is a transformational leader. She has worked in the Technology sector at IBM, HP, Microsoft, start-ups and ST  Engineering servicing clients from industries such as aviation, FSI, manufacturing to education, healthcare, government, and critical  infrastructure sectors; and…

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

Stephen Devereux

Unknown, Institute of Development Studies

  Stephen is a development economist working predominantly on food security, famine, rural livelihoods, social protection and poverty reduction issues. His research experience has mainly been in eastern and southern Africa, especially Ethiopia, Malawi and Namibia. His books include Fieldwork…

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

Steven Wade

Technical Director, Atkins

An experienced consultant operating as Project Director, technical expert, reviewer, trainer and facilitator in UK water resources and international development. Highlights include roles as technical lead for the UK Climate Change Risk Assessment, strategic water resources planning for London,…

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