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Avijit Maji

Associate Professor, IIT Bombay

Avijit Maji is an associate professor, he graduated BS Engineering at Bengal Engineering College (D.U.) now known as Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, India. Master degree at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and PhD in Engineering at Morgan State University,…

   Topic(s): Economics, Public Sector Management and Governance, Transport, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Bernhard Schenk

TA consultant, Municipal solid waste recycling and zero waste city specialist, ADB

Bernhard Schenk is working since almost 20 years as a freelance engineer and senior consultant in projects financed by KfW Development Bank, GIZ, EBRD, World Bank and since May this year in the ADB financed TA on Circular Economy Zero Waste Cities in the PRC, being responsible for Output 2 on Zero…

   Topic(s): Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Bram van Ooijen

Urban Transport Specialist, Institute for Transportation and Development Policy

Passionate professional and serial entrepreneur. Over a decade of work experience in urban transport policy, planning & design, company management, operations and business development in China and Asia.

   Topic(s): Environment, Transport, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 15: Life on Land

Charmaine Cu-Unjieng

CSO and Co-founder, NaturLoop AG (Switzerland/Philippines)

Charmaine is the Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of NaturLoop, a Swiss green technology company pioneering Cocoboard, a 100% bio-based board made from coconut husk waste that offers a circular alternative to wood panels. She brings over 25 years of leadership experience in global health and…

   Topic(s): Environment, Finance, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, Goal 13: Climate Action

Chee Anne Roño

Team Leader/Urban Development Specialist, ADB

Chee Anne works as an Urban Development Specialist at CDIA Cities Development Initiative for Asia. She used to work at ADB as a Capacity Building and Change Management Consultant.

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Public-Private Partnership, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Claire Charamnac

Social Development Specialist, ADB

Claire Charamnac is a Social Development Specialist (Gender and Development) in the Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department at the Asian Development Bank. In this role she focuses on gender and transport, health and water and urban development. She has over a decade of experience in…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Social Development and Protection, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Edward Glaeser

Professor of Economics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University

Edward Glaeser is the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1992.  He teaches urban and social economics and microeconomic theory. He has published dozens of papers on cities, economic growth, and…

   Topic(s): Economics, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Edward Leman

President , Chreod Ltd.

Edward Leman established Chreod in 1985 and has led the Group’s consulting and research activity in more than 110 cities. Consulting assignments led by Mr. Leman include: design of an approach to measure city risks from multiple natural hazards (including from climate change) and testing in Bangkok…

   Topic(s): Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Elodie Vitalis

Representative to Fiji, Agence Française de Développement (AFD)

Ms. Elodie VITALIS is a graduate of Sciences Po Bordeaux and holds a Master's degree in Public Affairs (2006). She is currently the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group Representative to Fiji (AFD/Expertise France). She joined AFD headquarters in Paris in 2013 as a policy officer for…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Economics, Industry and Trade, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

François Lesage

Fondateur & CEO, Plastic Flamingo

In 2018, François Lesage co-founded Plastic Flamingo, a French social enterprise based in the Philippines. Previously, he worked as a consultant for various firms. He holds a master’s degree in Public Policy Management from Sciences Po and an MBA from Institut Mines-Télécom Business School.

   Topic(s): Energy, Environment, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production