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Elvis Au

Adjunct Professor, University of Hong Kong

Professor Elvis Au, BBS, is currently an Adjunct Professor at the University of Hong Kong, teaching circular economy, sustainable waste management, and carbon neutrality, among others. He is the former Deputy Director of the Environmental Protection Department of the HKSAR Government and the former…

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

Faela Sufa

Transport Specialist, ADB

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

Ferhat Karaca

Professor, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan

Dr. Karaca is an expert in civil and environmental engineering, with a focus on sustainable civil infrastructure and the built environment. He is known for his innovative research, which covers topics such as resilient infrastructure, urban services, and green technology solutions on a global scale…

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

Fumio Kurosaki

Senior Researcher, Institute of Transportation Economics

Dr. Kurosaki has rich experiences in the railway sector almost 30 years in total. In 1988 he joined East Japan Railway Company (JR East). After working as a civil engineer in JR East, he was dispatched to the International Union of Railways (UIC) from 2003 to 2006. At that time, he had started…

   Topic(s): Transport, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Geoffrey Muldoon

Senior Manager, Business and Industry, World Wide Fund for Nature

Geoffrey Muldoon handles responsibility for managing a regional multi-national coastal fisheries a program and for establishing and building an Asia-Pacific regional seafood platform to bring together regional and international seafood producers and buyers and use market-based tools. He has…

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

Ghislain De Valon

Infrastructure Specialist (Innovation and Green Finance), Southeast Asia Regional Department, ADB

Ghislain is a Senior Infrastructure Specialist (Innovation and Green Finance) at the Asian Development Bank on secondment from Agence Française de Développement (AFD). In the Southeast Asia Green Finance Hub project team, he is particularly leading the operationalization of the Blue SEA Finance Hub…

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

Gordon Prain

Independent Consultant, Global Partnership on Sustainable Urban Agriculture and Food Security

Gordon Prain is a social anthropologist and independent consultant who advises Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research (CGIAR) Centers on issues related to urban and rural food systems and food security, gender, and agricultural change processes. Most recently he has been advising…

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

Hideaki Iwase

Project Formulation Advisor , JICA

Hideaki Iwase is a Project Formulation Advisor with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Fiji Office. He has over 15 years of experience in infrastructure development project such as urban development and transport projects with JICA. Currently, he oversees JICA’s infrastructure related…

   Topic(s): Transport, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Hooi Ling Tan

Cofounder , Grab

Hooi Ling Tan is the cofounder of Grab, Southeast Asia's leading "superapp" that offers a wide range of on-demand services, including mobility, food, package and grocery delivery services, mobile payments, and financial services to millions of Southeast Asians. Based in Singapore, she oversees…

   Topic(s): Regional Cooperation and Integration, Transport, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Jane Romero

Technical Assistance Officer, The Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility

Jane Romero is a Technical Assistance Officer in the Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility (PRIF). Jane has an engineering and economics background and has worked in various aspects of infrastructure development in many countries in Asia and the Pacific for over 15 years. In her present role in…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment, Private Sector, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals