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Piyasiri Wickramasekara

Vice-President (former ILO Migration Specialist), Global Migration Policy Association

Piyasiri Wickramasekara is Vice-President of Global Migration Policy Associates; he is an internationally recognized expert in development, migration, and employment issues. He obtained his PhD in Economics from the University of Cambridge (UK). He joined the International Labour Organization in…

   Topic(s): Civil Society, Poverty, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Protap Mukherjee

Senior Research Manager, Young Lives India

Protap Mukherjee is a Quantitative Research Coordinator at Young Lives India and works on education, child labor, and poverty. He obtained his master's degree in Geography from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi and a masters degree in Population Studies from the International Institute for…

   Topic(s): Environment, Poverty
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Rafal Chomik

Senior Research Fellow, University of New South Wales

Rafal Chomik is an economist specialising in social policy, poverty, and population ageing. He is also an expert in data visualisation and policy-oriented research translation. Mr. Chomik has previously worked for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the British…

   Topic(s): Poverty
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Robyn Layton

Former Judge, Supreme Court of South Australia

The Hon. Justice Robyn Layton is a former Supreme Court judge of South Australia (SA) and was the fourth female to have been so appointed. Prior to her Supreme Court appointment, she was a barrister practising across many jurisdictions, the third female to be appointed a silk in…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Gender Equality, Poverty
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 1: No Poverty

Ryuichi Kaga

Head, Office of Public-Private Partnership, ADB

Mr. Kaga currently leads ADB’s PPP operations, including transaction advisory services, at the Office of Public-Private Partnership, which was established on 1 September 2014. Previously, he was a senior advisor at ADB's South Asia Department, heading PPP operations in the region since 2012. Before…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Transport, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Shu Cai

Associate Professor, Jinan University

Shu Cai is an Associate Professor in Economics of the Institute for Economic and Social Research at Jinan University (Guangzhou, China). His research areas include Development Economics, Labor Economics, and Applied Microeconomics, with particular interests on investigating migration, poverty…

   Topic(s): Poverty
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Sudarno Sumarto

Policy Advisor, National Team for Acceleration of Poverty Reduction, Indonesia

Sudarno is an economist and the first director of The SMERU Research Institute. His current position as a policy adviser at the National Team for the Acceleration of Poverty Reduction (TNP2K), Office of the Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia shows his strong linkages to Indonesian…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Economics, Poverty
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 13: Climate Action

Sunil Bhasker

Group General Manager, National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC)

Mr. Bhasker earned his Bachelor's in Civil Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering in 1987 and an M.Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in 1989. Joining the Indian Railway Service (IRSE 90 batch) in 1991, he spent 30 years in various roles, contributing significantly to…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Transport
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Suprayoga Hadi

Deputy for Human Development and Equitable Development Policy Support, President of Indonesia’s Office, Executive Secretary of TNP2K

Aside from his role as the Executive Secretary of TNP2K, Suporayoga Hadi is also the Deputy of Policy Support for Human Development and Equality Development at the Office of the Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia. Prior to this, Suprayoga served as the Director General of…

   Topic(s): Economics, Governance and Public Sector Management, Poverty
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Tisura Gamage

Research Assistant, Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka

Tisura Gamage is a researcher at the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS). He holds an MA in Energy, Resources and Environment from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Tisura previously worked with the Edison Electric Institute in Washington D.C.…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Energy, Environment, Transport
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land