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Matt Gerstenberger

Principal Scientist, Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited (GNS)

Matt is a seismologist who focuses on earthquake forecasting and seismic hazard modeling. His role at GNS is twofold: he leads the National Seismic Hazard Model (NSHM) - a scientific model that uses geodetic modeling and historical earthquake data to estimate the likelihood and strength of…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Matthieu Salomon

Senior Governance Officer, Natural Resource Governance Institute

Matthieu has worked on governance and anticorruption issues for 15 years, including more than 10 years based in Southeast Asia. He was previously the international senior advisor for Vietnam’s Towards Transparency (Transparency International’s official Vietnamese affiliate). Prior to that, he…

   Topic(s): Governance and Public Sector Management, Private Sector
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Md Golam Rabbani

Head, Climate Bridge Fund, Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC)

Md. Golam Rabbani is the Head of the Climate Bridge Fund (CBF), BRAC in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He has been working on environment and climate change issues at national and regional levels for about nineteen years, mainly in the areas of climate risk and vulnerability assessment, risk management, policy…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action

Medrilzam

Director of Environment , Ministry of National Development Planning (BAPPENAS), Indonesia

Medrilzam is Director of Environment at the Ministry of National Development Planning (BAPPENAS), Indonesia. He has been serving BAPPENAS since 1993 and had been appointed in various structural and functional positions since then. He is one of Indonesia’s leading experts on environmental and…

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

Mian Shafi

Head, Urban, Water, and Disaster Risk Management Unit, Pakistan Resident Mission, ADB

Mian Shaukat Shafi is the Head of the urban, water, and disaster risk management Unit in the Pakistan Resident Mission of the Asian Development Bank. An urban and environmental specialist by training, he has worked with ADB for 22 years and led projects in various sectors including water, urban,…

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

Michael Beck

Research Professor, Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California

Michael Beck is a Professor in the Institute of Marine Sciences at the University of California Santa Cruz. Mike focuses on building coastal resilience to reduce risks to people, property and nature. He works broadly on issues in climate adaptation, marine conservation, and disaster risk reduction…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment, Finance, ICT
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action

Michael EwingChow

Professor, National University of Singapore

Michael Ewing-Chow is an Associate Professor and the WTO Chair at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore (NUS). He has a First Class Honours degree in law from NUS and a Master's from Harvard Law School. Michael worked in Allen & Gledhill before joining NUS where he started…

   Topic(s): Economics, Industry and Trade, Private Sector
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Michael Russell

Climate Change and Adaptation Consultant, ADB

Michael received a PhD at the School of Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of Tasmania and was a lecturer and researcher at the school for 15 years. The research covered the application of climate measurement and satellite imagery in assessing the interaction of climate,…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 13: Climate Action

Michelle Chand

Executive Director, Aon Fiji

 Aon is the leading provider of insurance broking, risk management and associated services in Fiji, and around the globe. 

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

Michelle Farrington

Public Health Promotion and Community Engagement Lead, Oxfam

Michelle is originally from Manchester and works in Oxfam’s Global Humanitarian Team specializing in public health during emergencies. In the last few years, she has worked in Iraq, Nepal, Sierra Leone, and Yemen, helping families to overcome poverty due to conflicts or natural disasters. Michelle…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Health, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation