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Sirirat Yensong

Environmentalist, Professional Level, Pollution Control Department

Dr. Sirirat has been an Environmentalist at the Air Quality and Noise Management Division, Pollution Control Department for 15 years. She coordinates relevant organizations to mitigate transboundary haze pollution and air quality in Thailand.  Dr. Sirirat has researched the management of…

   Topic(s): Environment
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Sithisakdi Apichatthanapath

Deputy Regional Manager for Asia, U.S. Trade and Development Agency

Sithisakdi Apichatthanapath (“Seng”) is the Deputy Regional Manager for Asia at the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), based in Bangkok, Thailand. There, he is responsible for managing USTDA’s activities in Southeast Asia and the Pacific, directing business development efforts, coordinating…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Sohel Rana

Associate Water Resources Officer, ADB

Sohel Rana possesses 24 years of experience in civil engineering field focusing urban, rural and water resources development sectors in Bangladesh. He started his career as a research engineer at BUET-DUT linkage project on water management in 2001. Later he joined the Local Government Engineering…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Environment
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Sojung You

International Cooperation Specialist, Climate and Air Quality Policy Bureau, Ministry of Environment

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:  MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT                                      2015 − Current…

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

Somesh Kumar

Leader - Power and Utilities, Ernst & Young

Somesh has been involved in managing large-scale power and utilities transformation programs for over 20 years. Prior to EY, Somesh was associated with Tata Power Company Limited and Accenture. He has been extensively associated with the development of smart/ digital grids (IoT) including…

   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

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

Minister of Finance, Indonesia

Sri Mulyani Indrawati is the Minister of Finance of Indonesia, currently on her second term—having first been appointed in 2016 and then re-appointed in 2019—under the administration of Indonesia President Joko Widodo. She also served as Indonesia’s coordinating minister of economic affairs in 2008…

   Topic(s): Energy, Environment, Finance
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Stefano Barchiesi

Ecosystem Services Officer, BirdLife International

Dr. Stefano Barchiesi has a PhD from the University of Florida for which he studied the trade-offs in ecosystem services at a Ramsar Site in Costa Rica. Prior to that, he worked for 10 years with the IUCN Global Water Programme on several projects on the different elements of nature-based…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Economics, Environment
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Steffan Kraan

Chief Scientific Officer, The Seaweed Company, Ltd.

​Dr. Stefan Kraan, Chief Scientific Officer of Seaweed Company, Ltd. presented seaweed cultivation as regenerative adjunct to offshore energy production. He explained the benefits for offshore energy producers and local communities. This technology has been used in reducing the impacts of…

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

Stephen Cairns

Director, Future Cities Laboratory Singapore

Stephen Cairns completed an undergraduate degree in anthropology and classical studies at the University of Otago. He trained in architecture at the University of Auckland, and practiced as an architect in New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific, designing the award-​winning Headquarters for the…

   Topic(s): Environment
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Stephen Peters

Senior Energy Specialist (Waste-to-Energy), ADB

Steve Peters is a Senior Energy Specialist (Waste-to-Energy) in the Energy Sector Group of the Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, Asian Development Bank. He is responsible for developing the knowledge base, project development and implementation in waste to energy and supporting…

   Topic(s): Energy, Environment
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 13: Climate Action