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Amit Jain

Senior Energy Specialist, World Bank

Amit is a solar engineer, with a Ph.D. in solar energy and Fulbright Scholarship from NREL, USA and Chevening Fellow at King’s College, London. He loves to shares real-life stories on how solar energy is transforming people’s lives across health, transport, water, and agriculture sector. He works…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Health
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

Cao Đức Phát

Vice Chair, Board of Trustees, International Rice Research Institute

Mr. Cao Đức Phát is currently a Member of the Central Council for Theoretic Studies, Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees of Vietnam Agriculture University, and Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees of the International Rice Research Institute. From 2016 to 2021, he was the Permanent Deputy Chair of…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Don Tan

Director-Corporate Affairs, Pinduoduo Inc.

Don is Director of Corporate Affairs at Pinduoduo. He has prior experience in international affairs and is a graduate of Sciences Po, HEC Paris, and the University of Oxford.

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Donal Brown

Associate Vice-President, Programme Management Department, International Fund for Agricultural Development

He is responsible for developing and managing the operations that IFAD supports through its loans and grants. He oversees the program of work of the department, which is undertaken by five Regional Divisions and the Operational Policy and Results Division. Brown previously worked at the United…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Eline Boelee

Senior researcher and advisor, Deltares

Dr. Eline Boelee, senior researcher and advisor for water-environment-health interlinkages at Deltares, discussed how an integrated approach contributes to the understanding of health risks in water systems. She focused mainly on freshwater systems, looking at drivers, pressures, state, impact, and…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Health, Water
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Jittima Rodsawad

Public Health Technical Officer, Health Impact Assessment Division, Department of Health, Ministry of Public Health (Thailand)

Jittima is the Public Health Technical Officer in the Health Impact Assessment Division at the Department of Health. Since 2002, she has experience with HIA applications for public parks in the Yala municipality in Thailand. She is also responsible for developing HIA training courses for…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Environment, Health
   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, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

Jody Harris

Lead Expert, World Vegetable Center

Jody Harris is an applied researcher with a particular interest in policy and social interventions for healthy diets and nutrition. She conducts qualitative and quantitative research into power in societies, including work on equity and marginalization; power in politics, including political…

   Topic(s): Health
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

Kaz Maruyama

President & Representative Director, DSM Japan

Dr. Kaz Maruyama is President and Representative Director of DSM Japan K.K., Japanese arm of Royal DSM, a global purposeled science-based company in Health, Nutrition and Bioscience. He is overseeing DSM’s all business operations in Japan as well as making efforts in advocacy on Food Systems…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Health
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

Kazuko Ogasahara

Senior Natural Resources and Agriculture Specialist, ADB

Kazuko joined ADB as nutrition specialist. Before taking this position, she worked for Japanese food manufacturer, Ajinomoto, and has a wide range of experience from R&D to scientific communication in nutrition field. She has Ph.D in chemistry from Osaka University, Japan.

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Health
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Krishan Rautela

India Resident Mission, ADB

Krishan Singh Rautela is working as Associate Project Officer in the Agriculture and Natural Resources team of ADB’s India Resident Mission. He is working on agriculture value chain development, farmer producer organizations, digital agriculture, climate change, coastal protection, irrigation and…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, ICT, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger