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Before her current role at the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Faela Sufa served as the Director of the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) Southeast Asia, where she provided technical assistance on implementing sustainable urban mobility in approximately ten countries and over…
Topic(s): Environment, Transport, Urban Development
SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land
Gordon has retired from the USDA Forest Service after working there for 40 years as a Staff Engineer and Project Manager. He received a BS in Civil Engineering from UCLA in 1968, served as an officer in the U.S. Navy for two years, and then received a MS in Geotechnical Engineering from U.C.…
Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Capacity Development, Environment, Transport
SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 15: Life on Land
Hiroaki Yamaguchi has 25-year experience of in relevant professional works in transport policy/planning and engineering both in public and private sectors, including 17 years with ADB in South and Southeast Asian countries.
He served as Director, Transport and Communications Division in…
Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Capacity Development, Environment, Transport
SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land
Dr.Jose Bienvenido Manuel M. Biona is currently the Executive Director of the Electric Vehicle Association of the Philippines and a Full Professor of Mechanical Engineering of De La Salle University. He is also the founding and current Executive Director of the Enrique Razon Jr. Logistics Institute…
Topic(s): Environment, Transport, Urban Development
SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land
Mr. Karl Fjellstrom has worked on urban transport planning projects and policy around Asia, focusing mainly on public transport and Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), but also working on pedestrian and bicycle facility planning, greenways, bike sharing, parking, urban planning, and TOD.…
Topic(s): Transport
SDG: Goal 15: Life on Land
Karma is the head of an environmental consultancy firm in Bhutan where he also works as an environmental specialist. He studied life sciences at Bhutan’s only college before beginning his career as a technical assistant at the National Environment Commission (NEC) of Bhutan. He went on to complete…
Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Capacity Development, Environment, Transport
SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 15: Life on Land
Kate Vyborny is a Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Economics at Duke University. She holds a D.Phil. (Ph.D.) in Economics from the University of Oxford. Previously, she worked on research and policy outreach on foreign aid, trade and development at the Center for Global Development and…
Topic(s): Economics, Gender Equality, Poverty, Transport
SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 15: Life on Land
Mr. Kim has over 30 years of professional experience and academic research in the transport sector in Koreas and United Kingdom and has worked with public and private institutions on various transport and urban transport projects. He is currently working in ADB.
Since joining ADB in 2010, he has…
Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Transport, Urban Development
SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 15: Life on Land
Kim, a holder of MS and BA degrees from Stanford University, has over 20 years of experience working at the intersection of environment, economics and policy. She joined Conservation Strategy Fund in 2001 and has led the design and implementation of environmental economics courses and analysis…
Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Capacity Development, Environment, Transport
SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 15: Life on Land
Ms. Kim Thi Thuy Ngoc is working at the Institute of Strategy on Natural Resources and Environment (ISPONRE), Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE). She graduated at Ha Noi National University in 1994 with a major in biodiversity. She also earned her Master of Science at the Asian…
Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Environment, Transport
SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land