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Artessa SaldivarSali

Senior Municipal Engineer, World Bank

Artessa works in the East Asia & Pacific Region of the World Bank, where she leads a number of projects on disaster risk management, seismic risk reduction, and urban resilience. Prior to joining the World Bank in 2010, she worked in the Office of the President of the Philippines, and was also…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Asif Turangzai

Associate Project Officer, Pakistani Resident Mission, ADB

Asif Turangzai is Associate Project Officer, Pakistan Resident Mission. He is geo-spatial engineer by background (Specialization in GIS and Remote Sensing) and working in the field of Climate Change, Disaster Risk Reduction & Management, and Resilient Urban & Regional. Prior to…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty

Atsumasa Sakai

Senior Energy Specialist, ADB

Atsumasa Sakai joined ADB in 2016 and have worked on energy sector operation in the East, Central, and West Asia since then. Before joining ADB, he had worked for the World Bank responsible for power development projects in Sub-Saharan Africa, and for the power utility in Metropolitan Tokyo…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Energy
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Bapon Fakhruddin

Technical Director - Disaster Risk and Climate Resilience, Tonkin + Taylor International

Dr Fakhruddin is an eminent hydro-meteorologist and disaster risk assessor with 20 years’ global experience in hydro-meteorology and climate resilience projects. His key areas of expertise are hazards forecasting, climate and multi-hazard risk assessments and coastal community resilience. His most…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Barbara McPake

Director, Nossal Institute for Global Health, University of Melbourne

Professor Barbara McPake joined the Nossal Institute in July 2014. She was Director of the Institute for International Health and Development at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. Between 1991 and 2005, Barbara lectured in Health Economics at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Health
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 13: Climate Action

Barry Hankin

Flood Modelling and Hazard Specialist, JBA Consulting

Dr. Barry Hankin is JBA’s Head of Environmental Modelling specializing in integrated modelling across urban-green and NBS.  He is an award-winning expert in modelling NBS, and a widely published co-investigator on the Natural Environment Research Council (UK) NBS research program.  Using…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 13: Climate Action

Belinda Hewitt

Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist, ADB

Belinda’s work at ADB focuses on enhancing the resilience of infrastructure, cities and communities in Asia and the Pacific. Belinda’s background is in engineering, environment and GIS. Over the last twelve years she has worked closely with public and private sector, NGOs and international…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action

Ben Milligan

Chair of Global Ocean Accounts Partnership, University of New South Wales

Ben is a Scientia Fellow based at the Environmental Law Cluster, Centre for Applied Economic Research, and Centre for Ecosystem Science. His interdisciplinary research, teaching and advisory work focus on energy policy, renewable energy. 

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Energy, Environment
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

BH Anil Kumar

Commissioner, Greater Bangalore Municipal Corporation (BBMP), Government of Karnataka

Mr. Anil Kumar BH joined the Indian Administrative Service as a commissioned officer in 1987. In his career spanning 32 years, he has held several posts within the State Government of Karnataka and at the Government of India. Some of his previous positions included Executive Director of…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action

Bijal Brahmbhatt

India Director , Mahila Housing Trust

Bijal Brahmbhatt is the Director of Mahila Housing Trust in India.  Her work of over 20 years in cities has been in the areas of formal, informal, and invisible governance for housing and habitat. Her programs have helped women participate in city-level initiatives, a small step to make cities…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty