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Knut Oberhagemann

Principal, Overseas Projects, Northwest Hydraulic Consultants, Canada

Since joining NHC in 2001, Knut has worked mostly in Bangladesh and India on long-term multidisciplinary studies and in implementing water resource projects. His main focus has been developing riverbank protection solutions for the extensive flooding of the Brahmaputra River in Assam and…

   Topic(s): Urban Development, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Komal Sinha

Senior Director, Plastics and Sustainable Development Policy and Markets, Verra

​As the demand for Verra’s Climate, Community & Biodiversity Standards, Plastic Waste Reduction Standard, and Sustainable Development Verified Impact Standard grows, Komal leads on Verra’s policy engagement and market development related to these programs. Komal is a climate…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Environment, Regional Cooperation and Integration, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Kuancheng Huang

Senior Transport Specialist, ADB

Kuancheng Huang is a Senior Transport Specialist of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He said that increased connectivity is a precondition for ADB’s work on reducing poverty and promoting gender equality.

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

Lance Gore

Principal Portfolio Management Specialist , ADB

Lance is the Principal Portfolio Management Specialist and Principal Water Resources Specialist for ADB’s South Asia Regional Department’s agriculture and natural resources division. He is a chartered engineer who has been working for ADB since 2003 and as staff since 2012. He focuses mainly on…

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

Lara Arjan

Urban Development Specialist , ADB

Lara Arjan is an Urban Planner with over 20 years of experience in program design, management, monitoring and evaluation. Lara holds two master’s degrees, one in Environmental Sciences and one in Urban and Regional Planning and Development. She has worked with national, multilateral, local…

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

Laure Beaufils

British Ambassador to the Philippines and Palau, United Kingdom

Her Majesty’s Ambassador Laure Beaufils is currently the British Ambassador to the Philippines and Palau. She was the Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa of the Department of International Development from 2019 to 2021 and the Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria from 2017 to 2019.…

   Topic(s): Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Laxmi Sharma

Unit Head, ADB

Laxmi Sharma is the Unit Head of Project Administration, Water and Urban Development Sector Office at Asian Development Bank. An engineer with over 25 years of experience in integrated urban planning and development, water and sanitation, solid waste management, inclusive city development, urban…

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

Lee Baumgartner

Executive Director - Gulbali Research Institute, Charles Sturt University

Professor Baumgartner designs, supervises and undertakes research into various aspects of the biology and ecology of freshwater fish and systems. His interests are fish passage and fish migration, the impact of human disturbance on aquatic ecosystems, developing solutions to global challenges in…

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

Len Johnstone

Senior Tranport Planning Consultant, ADB

Experienced Planning Specialist with a demonstrated history of working in the Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry. Skilled in Highways, Urban Planning, Feasibility Studies, Cube Voyager, and Road Safety. Strong operations professional with a Doctor of Philosophy - PhD focused in Civil,…

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

Leo Kre

General Manager, Customer Services and Business Development, Water PNG Ltd.

Mr. Kre has been with Water PNG for the last 15 years attached to Operations Division and now Commercial Division. His experience encompasses business management, strategic/tactical planning, resource utilization, revenue growth, cost reduction, and general administration of business centers. He…

   Topic(s): Urban Development, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation