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Angelo Tan

Operations Officer, IFC Climate Business Department

Angelo leads IFC’s EDGE Green Buildings and Building Resilience Index Programs in the Philippines and the Pacific Islands. In this role, he forges partnerships with property developers, financial institutions, policymakers, building professionals, and academia to increase the uptake of green and…

   Topic(s): ICT, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Anna Marie Karaos

Associate Director, John J Carroll Institute on Church and Social Issues

Anna Marie Karaos is the Associate Director of John J Carroll Institute on Church and Social Issues, a non-government organization specializing in advocacy-oriented research on issues affecting the urban poor, farmers, fisherfolk, and children in the Philippines. She is also a faculty member of the…

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

Annadel Cabanban

Head of Office, Wetlands International Philippines

Dr. Annadel Salvio Cabanban is the Head of Office of Wetlands International Philippines and Program Manager for To Plant or Not to Plant and Building with Nature Initiative Asia – Philippines. She is trained as a Marine Biologist at the University of the Philippines, Quezon City, and…

   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

Anne Orquiza

Senior Public Management Officer (Disaster Risk Management), Asian Development Bank

Anne Orquiza is a Senior Public Management Officer (Disaster Risk Management) in the Asian Development Bank. She works across ADB supporting disaster-resilient development and post-disaster recovery. Before joining ADB in 2020, she worked for over a decade with the Australian Department of Foreign…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Governance and Public Sector Management, Knowledge Management
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Anthony Kiem

Associate Professor, The University of Newcastle, Australia

Dr Anthony Kiem is a hydroclimatologist. His research focus is on understanding the drivers and impacts of climate variability and change in the Asia-Pacific region. Of particular interest are hydrological extremes and how these may change in the future. Anthony has extensive experience in…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Antonette Anaban

Assistant City Planning and Development Coordinator and OIC, City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, City Government of Baguio

Antonette Anaban is an Economist and an Environmental Planner. She spent 15 years of her career life at the National Economic and Development Authority-Cordillera Administrative Region where she rose through the ranks from the position of Researcher to a Senior Economic Development Specialist. She…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Antonia YuloLoyzaga

President, National Resilience Council, Philippines

Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga or Toni is the President of the National Resilience Council (NRC), a science and technology-based public-private partnership aimed at the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Sustainable Development Goals, and the Paris Climate Agreement. She…

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

Arghya Sinha Roy

Principal Climate Change Adaptation Specialist, ADB

Arghya Sinha Roy works as the Principal Climate Change Adaptation Specialist at the Asian Development Bank. He is involved in the implementation of ADB’s climate priorities and targets by supporting client governments in strengthening climate adaptation-related policies, plans, and investments and…

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

Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana

Under-Secretary-General, United Nations; Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific took office on 1 November 2018. Ms. Alisjahbana was a Professor of Economics at Universitas Padjadjaran and was Minister of National Development Planning and the Head of the…

   Topic(s): Governance and Public Sector Management, ICT, Industry and Trade, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Armine Yedigaryan

Safeguards Specialist (Environment), ADB

Armine Yedigaryan is an Environment Specialist representing ADB Office of Safeguards based in ADB HQ- Manila. She is involved in environmental safeguard management for projects in the Central and West Asia countries. Prior to joining ADB, she worked for 15 years on environmental assessment and…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals