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Sofia Shakil

Director, ADB

With an illustrious career spanning over two decades, Ms. Sofia Shakil has been a transformative leader in economic and social development across Asia. Most recently, she served as the Director of Economic Development at The Asia Foundation from February 2020 to March 2023, where she led impactful…

   Topic(s): Education, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Sohel Rahman

Professor, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology

Dr. Sohel Rahman is a Professor of BUET. He has more than 20 years of teaching and research experience. He is a Distinguished Member of ACM, Distinguished Contributor of IEEE CS and a Fellow of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences. He is a Distinguished Speaker of both ACM and IEEE CS.

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education

Srinivasan Ancha

Principal Climate Change Specialist, ADB

Srinivasan is a Principal Climate Change Specialist and Climate Change Focal Point for ADB’s Southeast Asia Department more than 25 years of experience in the field. He chairs the ADB Climate Smart Agriculture Working Group and serves as ADB focal for the Forest Investment Program, ADB focal for…

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

Stanislav Borisov

Lead, EcoLabs E-Learning Platform

Stanislav is driving new partnerships and engagements with start-ups, SMEs, corporates, investors, and market entry partners, and working closely with them on technology translation, commercialization and market entry programs at EcoLabs Centre of Innovation for Energy. He is also leading the…

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education

Stanley Lee

Senior Director and International Programs Lead, Temasek Foundation

Stanley is senior director and lead for the international team at Temasek Foundation. He drives programmes to deliver the mission, mandate and impact of the foundation in South-east, Asia and beyond to develop programmes on capability-building in education, health, urban design and governance.

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Stefania Dina

Senior Natural Resources and Agriculture Specialist, Southeast Asia Department , ADB

Stefania is responsible for ADB’s projects in the agriculture and rural development sector in Myanmar, Viet Nam and Timor-Leste. She is committed to sustainable agriculture as a means to reduce our environmental footprint and achieve food and nutrition security. She is a development economist with…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Stefano Barchiesi

Ecosystem Services Officer, BirdLife International

Dr. Stefano Barchiesi has a PhD from the University of Florida for which he studied the trade-offs in ecosystem services at a Ramsar Site in Costa Rica. Prior to that, he worked for 10 years with the IUCN Global Water Programme on several projects on the different elements of nature-based…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Economics, Environment
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

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

Stefanos Fotiou

Director, UN Food Systems Coordination Hub

Mr. Stefanos Fotiou is an accomplished expert on sustainable development currently serving as Director, Office of SDGs in FAO; under this capacity he is also serving as Director of the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub. Prior to joining FAO, Stefanos served 16 years in the UN Secretariat, including…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Stephanie Hung

Director General, Information Technology Department,, Asian Development Bank

Stephanie is a transformational leader. She has worked in the Technology sector at IBM, HP, Microsoft, start-ups and ST  Engineering servicing clients from industries such as aviation, FSI, manufacturing to education, healthcare, government, and critical  infrastructure sectors; and…

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education