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Amy Leung

Deputy Director General concurrently Chief Thematic Officer, ADB

Leung has over 20 years of experience in water and urban development. She was chair of ADB’s in-house Water Community of Practice from 2008 to 2014. Her expertise includes urban planning, water and sustainable development, public-private partnerships, and green cities. Leung’s work in ADB allowed…

   Topic(s): Urban Development, Water
   SDG: Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Ben Furmage

Chief Executive Officer, Water Sensitive Cities Australia

Ben is the founding CEO of Water Sensitive Cities Australia, continuing his work from his time as CEO of the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC), where he also served as the Chief Operating and Finance Officer. He leads multidisciplinary projects on water-sensitive city…

   Topic(s): Environment, Urban Development, Water
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Brita Staal

Senior Advisor at Nordic Sustainability, Nordic Sustainability

Brita works on building sustainability strategies in private and public sector organizations, both within the Nordic countries as well as in South Asia. Her area of specialization is climate risk &resilience. Based in Norway and Sweden, Brita holds an MSc in Development Management from UN…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Bruce Taper

CEO and Founder, Kinesis

Bruce is a former Director of Sustainability and Metropolitan Planning for the NSW Government. Now as founder and a Director of Kinesis, a sustainability and data-driven urban advisory and technology firm, they are establishing relationships with cities and urban service providers…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Cecile Alcantara

President, Coca-Cola Foundation Philippines, Inc.

Cecile is president of Coca-Cola Foundation Philippines, the social investment arm of the Philippines Coca-Cola System. She began her career in Human Resources at Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines and was part of the pioneer Corporate Communications team. She has served on the boards of NGO networks…

   Topic(s): Environment, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Chettiyappan Visvanathan

Professor, Mahidol University, Thailand

Dr. Chettiyappan Visvanathan, is an Emeritus  Professor of Asian Institute of Technology.  Currently he is working with  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of  Mahidol University. He has a Ph.D. (Chemical /Environmental Engineering) from Institute National…

   Topic(s): Environment, Regional Cooperation and Integration, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Cholpon Aitakhunova

Regional Co-Coordinator, Central Asia Youth for Water (CAY4W)

Cholpon leads Central Asian Youth for Water (CAY4W) in her role of regional co-coordinator for Central Asia and Afghanistan. Currently, as an International Climate Protection fellow of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation she is carrying out her research on the interface of water, climate, and…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Urban Development, Water
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Dave Brunsdon

Director, Kestrel Group, New Zealand

Dave Brunsdon is a director of Kestrel Group, a small New Zealand consultancy that provides strategic advice on the resilience of buildings and infrastructure, and on emergency management issues. He is the principal engineering adviser to a range of national organizations and local …

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

David Boyd

Professor, University of British Columbia

Dr. David R. Boyd is the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment (2018-2024) and a law, policy, and sustainability professor at the University of British Columbia. He has written ten books and 150+ reports and articles on environmental law and policy, human rights, and…

   Topic(s): Environment, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

David Fairman

Managing Director, Consensus Building Institute

David Fairman is Managing Director at the Consensus Building Institute and Associate Director of the MIT-Harvard Public Disputes Program. For 28 years, he has built consensus and enhanced collaboration capacity on complex public and organizational issues internationally and in the U.S. His primary…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Social Development and Protection, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action