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Satoshi Ishii

Director, Strategy and Partnerships, Water and Urban Development Sector Office, ADB

Satoshi Ishii is the Director, Strategy and Partnerships Team, Water and Urban Development Sectors Group at the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Previously, he served as ADB’s Viet Nam urban–water sector focal. He is an environmental engineer and urban sector expert with more than 18 years of…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Environment, Urban Development, Water
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Scravin Tongi

Chief Operations Officer, Solomon Water

Scravin Tongi is the current Chief Operations Office for Solomon Water. 

   Topic(s): Health, Water
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Sean Wihera

Vice President, Business Development and Partnerships, Clarity Movement

Mr. Sean Wihera is the Director of Business Development with Clarity Movement, a California-based startup providing next-generation air quality management solutions to cities around the world. Since joining Clarity Movement in 2017, Sean has led Clarity's network deployments into 75…

   Topic(s): Environment, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Sergei Popov

Principal Environment Specialist, ADB

Sergei Popov is ADB's Principal Environment Specialist. Prior to joining ADB, he was an Environment (water and sanitation) specialist, ECA region in World Bank. 

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Environment, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, 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

Shotaro Sasaki

Senior Urban Development Specialist, ADB

Dr. Shotaro Sasaki is the Senior Environment Specialist for ADB's Urban and Social Sectors Division in the East Asia Department. He joined ADB in 2005 and worked on energy projects in Central and West Asia such as Afghanistan, environment improvements in South Asia such as India, and in the private…

   Topic(s): Health, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Shruti Mehta

Postgraduate Researcher Sport for Development, ADB

Previously worked on youth development at the Asian Development Bank and through this experience, I have been able to appreciate the power of sport to be an agent of change. I spearheaded a project on the potential to leverage sport as tool for socio-economic development in Afghanistan and will…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Health, ICT, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Stefano Marta

Coordinator, OECD

Stefano Marta works for the Cities, Urban Policies and Sustainable Development Division in the Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities at the OECD. Stefano is currently coordinating the Programme “A Territorial Approach to the Sustainable Development Goals,” which support cities and…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Sudhir Yadav

Senior Scientist, Water Management at the Sustainable Impact through Rice-based Systems, International Rice Research Institute

Sudhir Yadav currently works as Senior Scientist - Water Management at the Sustainable Impact through Rice-based Systems platform of IRRI where he heads the Soil, Water, and Environment unit. His major areas of expertise encompass integrated water management, system agronomy, and environmental…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Water
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Vijay Jagannathan

Secretary General, CityNet

Vijay Jagannathan comes from the World Bank where he was Sector Manager for infrastructure in the East Asia and Pacific region. He was responsible for an annual lending program of about $5 billion in the urban, water, transport and energy sectors. Mr. Jagannathan has been also …

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Environment, Urban Development
   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

Virginia NewtonLewis

Director of Policy and Advocacy, WaterAid Sweden

Virginia specializes in water security as it relates to WASH. She has worked on a wide range of water issues including food security, irrigation, water resources management, and flood risk management. She holds a PhD from the University of East Anglia, where she explored the topic of agricultural-…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Water
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation