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As part of ADB’s Urban Sector Group, Kris works to develop innovative urban development solutions that make cities more livable for all city dwellers. Prior to joining ADB, Kris led the Strategic Planning and Partnership team at the Seoul Urban Solutions Agency, working with…
Topic(s): Capacity Development, Urban Development
SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Sungsup Ra is Deputy Director General (DDG) / Deputy Group Chief (DGC), Sectors Group. He supports the Sectors Group Director General and Chief in leading ADB-wide strategies, knowledge, partnership, and innovations of the education, energy, finance, health, transport, urban, and water sectors.…
Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Economics, Urban Development
SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
Suparana is an Assistant Professor in the School of Livelihoods and Development at TISS Hyderabad campus. She is engaged in teaching interdisciplinary courses on climate change, conservation and development.
Prior to being associated with TISS Hyderabad, she was engaged in research on environmental…
Topic(s): Climate Change, Urban Development, Water
SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action
Swati Mitchelle Dsouza is a climate change specialist at the Asian Development Bank. Swati’s research interests include just transitions, power and transport sector decarbonization, and supply chain security. She was the India lead analyst for the IEA, a consultant on new strategic initiatives at…
Topic(s): Climate Change, Environment, Urban Development
SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 15: Life on Land
Syed Ali Raza Abidi is a Member Executive Committee of the Constructors Association of Pakistan (CAP) and President of KCA.
EC Member, Construction Association of Pakistan
Managing Director, M/s. Friends Construction Syndicate (Pvt.) Ltd, Karachi
Construction and development professional. Having…
Topic(s): Finance, Urban Development
SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Taedong Lee is associate professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations and the director of Environment, Energy and Human Resource Development Center in Yonsei University, Seoul. His areas of research include global and sub-national environmental- energy politics and…
Topic(s): Energy, Urban Development
SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
Mr. Tatsuya Yanase is working as an Environment and Climate Change Specialist for ADB and the fund manager of the Japan Fund for the Joint Crediting Mechanism, which aims to provide financial incentives for the adoption of advanced low-carbon technologies in ADB projects; and to facilitate the…
Topic(s): Environment, Urban Development
SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action
Terry joined the City of Alexandria as the Director of the Department of Project Implementation (DPI) in Aug 2019. As Director of DPI, she leads a team of project managers, construction inspectors, and project controls support staff to deliver the City’s portfolio of capital infrastructure…
Topic(s): Urban Development, Water
SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
Theresa Fink is a Researcher in Urban Design Computation in the Competence Unit Digital Resilient Cities at the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology in Vienna. Her expertise lies in the field of digital, parametric urban master planning using computational methods and urban analyses. She graduated…
Topic(s): Urban Development
SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
Dr. Ly is the Chief River Basin Planner of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) Secretariat. He plays a lead role in the formulation of basin development strategy and plan, joint projects and MRC procedures, and technically supervising the implementation of hydropower, navigation, socio-economics,…
Topic(s): Climate Change, Urban Development, Water
SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities