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Laura Schwartz

Senior External Relations Officer, North American Representative Office, ADB

Laura Schwartz serves as Senior External Relations Officer for the North American Representative Office (NARO) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). In this role, Laura supports NARO’s efforts to mobilize financing and support for ADB’s work across the Asia-Pacific region by raising public awareness…

   Topic(s): Economics, Energy, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Laura Williamson

Outreach and Communication Manager, Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21)

Laura Williamson is responsible for directing outreach and communication activities at REN21. Laura’s other activities include strategic development and coordination of the biennial International Renewable Energy Conference. From 2008 to 2013, Laura was the Project Director for HELIO International…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Laure Beaufils

British Ambassador to the Philippines and Palau, United Kingdom

Her Majesty’s Ambassador Laure Beaufils is currently the British Ambassador to the Philippines and Palau. She was the Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa of the Department of International Development from 2019 to 2021 and the Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria from 2017 to 2019.…

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

Laurent Antoni

Manager, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives

Laurent Antoni is a business manager of French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission ("Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives"​). It is a public body established in October 1945 by General de Gaulle. A leader in research, development, and innovation, the CEA…

   Topic(s): Energy, Environment, Public-Private Partnership, Transport
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

Lavjit Singh

Team Leader, Elia Grid Internationa

Lavjit leads Elia Grid International’s digitization advisory practice and is supporting global utilities across several solution domains related to advanced markets, future control centres, information improvement programs, asset management, network models, and digital factories for …

   Topic(s): Energy, ICT
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

Laxmi Sharma

Unit Head, ADB

Laxmi Sharma is the Unit Head of Project Administration, Water and Urban Development Sector Office at Asian Development Bank. An engineer with over 25 years of experience in integrated urban planning and development, water and sanitation, solid waste management, inclusive city development, urban…

   Topic(s): Urban Development, Water
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Lee Baumgartner

Executive Director - Gulbali Research Institute, Charles Sturt University

Professor Baumgartner designs, supervises and undertakes research into various aspects of the biology and ecology of freshwater fish and systems. His interests are fish passage and fish migration, the impact of human disturbance on aquatic ecosystems, developing solutions to global challenges in…

   Topic(s): Urban Development, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Lei Zhang

Unit Head of Project Administration, ADB

Mr. Lei Zhang has 26 years of professional experience in development and administration of infrastructure projects, particularly in the energy sector. He joined ADB as energy specialist in 2010. He has worked for around 5 years each in South Asia Energy Division and Central and West Asia…

   Topic(s): Energy
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

Leigh Hancher

Director of the Energy Union Law Area, Florence School of Regulation, European University Institute

Prof. Dr. Leigh Hancher is a renowned European competition and regulatory law expert with an extensive background in energy market regulation and sectoral policy reforms. She is the Director and Professor of the Energy Union Law Area at the Florence School of Regulation, Visiting Professor of…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Energy, Knowledge Management
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Len George

Senior Energy Specialist, ADB

Len George is focal for energy operations in the Maldives. He has worked on renewable energy, regional connectivity, and electricity network investments in South Asia for the last 10 years. He holds a post-graduate diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and a…

   Topic(s): Energy
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy