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Aage Jorgensen

Program Manager, Nordic Development Fund (NDF)

Aage Jorgensen has for the past decade been Program Manager at the Nordic Development Fund (NDF) where he has helped build up a portfolio of climate change projects. He works with community-based adaptation, climate-resilient infrastructure, and urban development and is responsible for the NDF…

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

Abhisek Rout

Program Associate, eGovernments Foundation

Abhisek is a Civil Engineer cum Urban Manager with a B. Tech. in Civil Engineering and an MBA in Urban Management and Governance. He is a KPMG Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certified personnel and a multi-dextrous professional with multi-disciplinary core competencies in engineering and management…

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

Aditya Handa

Founder and Managing Director, Abellon Group Aditya

Aditya Handa is the founder and managing director of Abellon Group. Abellon is engaged in finding sustainable development-led solutions to India's most difficult problems, such as climate change, waste management, energy security, food security, and realizing untapped human…

   Topic(s): Energy, Environment, Regional Cooperation and Integration, Social Development and Protection, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Aditya Mahalana

Senior Researcher, International Council for Clean Transportation

Aditya Mahalana is a graduate of Universitaet Leipzig in Germany with an M.S. in Sustainable Development, focusing on sustainable urban and regional planning. He is a Senior Researcher of the International Council for Clean Transportation with more than 15 years of experience in the field of urban…

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

Adrian Banie Lasimbang

Senator, National Government of Malaysia

In 2018, Adrian Banie Lasimbang became a senator for the national government of Malaysia, representing the state of Sabah. With extensive experience in participatory mapping, conducting community awareness workshops, enrichment planting, gravity water supply systems, and designing community-based…

   Topic(s): Urban Development, Water
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Adrien Frew

A/Team Leader Strategic Policy City Planning Branch Economy, Planning and Environment Waterside, City of Gold Coast (Australia)

Adrien Frew has been involved in urban planning for over 12 years, both in the private sector and local government. He has worked on nationally awarded community-led master plans; city-shaping land-use projects shaped around public transport infrastructure; planning scheme amendments, and more…

   Topic(s): Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Afolayan Juwon Samuel

Global Chapters Facilitator, World Youth Parliament for Water

Mr. Samuel has over 5 years of combined professional experience covering water policy contributions, mobilization of young water professionals, organizational database management, establishment of water networks for youths, and nanotechnology. He is a doctoral researcher at the Erasmus Darwin…

   Topic(s): Urban Development, Water
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Ahmad Rifai

Executive Director & Co-Founder, Kota Kita

Rifai has worked with co-founder John Taylor since initiating the Solo Kota Kita project in 2009; he manages the office in Solo, overseeing and getting involved in all aspects of projects, from facilitating workshops to networking to overall management. Rifai received his Masters degree from the…

   Topic(s): Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Aidana Tleuken

Early Stage Researcher, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan

Aidana Tleuken, an accomplished MSc graduate in Structural Engineering, currently serves as an early-stage researcher at Nazarbayev University, where she specializes in the fields of Civil Engineering and Circular Economy. With a strong foundation in structural engineering and a keen interest in…

   Topic(s): Environment, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Aijun Qui

Deputy Director General, China Center for Urban Development

Dr. Aijun Qiu, Deputy Director-General and Research Fellow, China Center for Urban Development, National Development and Reform Commission; Consultant to the World Bank (WB) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB); Executive Director, China Society of Urban Economy. Previously in the State Commission…

   Topic(s): Governance and Public Sector Management, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities