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Saima Wazed

Regional Director for South-East Asia, WHO

Saima Wazed took office as WHO Regional Director for the South-East Asia Region on 1 February 2024 for a five-year term. In this role, Ms. Wazed will direct international health work in 11 countries with a population of over 2billion people. Prior to taking up this role, Ms. Wazed served as advisor…

   Topic(s): Health
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

Sakiko Tanaka

Principal Social Sector Specialist, Southeast Asia Department, Asian Development Bank

akiko's role is to provide technical support to operational departments on economic analysis of social sector projects, impact evaluations as well as country diagnostic studies in Asia and Pacific regions.

   Topic(s): Education, Health
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 4: Quality Education

Sally Edwards

Coordinator, WHO WPRO

Ms. Sally Edwards is the Coordinator at WHO Asia-Pacific Centre for Environment and Health, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific. She started working at the World Health Organization in 2003 and has held several positions in various duty stations, including Geneva, El…

   Topic(s): Health
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

Sam Adlen

Co-CEO, Space Solar

Sam is co-CEO of Space Solar, creating an era-defining new solar energy source from space.  Following a PhD working on a NASA Mars mission, Sam joined VEGA as a consultant focusing on satellite applications. From there, he held senior space sector strategy roles in Finmeccanica (now Leonardo…

   Topic(s): Energy, ICT
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Sam Chow

Arup Fellow and Transport Portfolio Leader, ARUP

Mr Chow has more than 36 years of professional consulting and management experience in transportation planning and engineering in Greater China, Australasia, Japan, South Korea, South East Asia, South Asia and Africa. He is a Chartered/Professional Engineer in UK, Hong Kong and Australia and is a…

   Topic(s): Transport
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Samantha Kay Lisay

Design Architect, Build Change

Samantha Kay L. Lisay is a licensed Architect and a Certified BERDE Professional from the Philippines. After finishing her Bachelor of Science in Architecture at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines in 2014, she had been involved in a number of projects in the residential and commercial…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Samantha O’Riordan

Program Officer, GIGA, the joint ITU and UNICEF initiative

Samantha O’Riordan is the Giga Program Officer at ITU for the joint ITU and UNICEF Giga initiative, which aims to connect every school to the Internet and every young person to information, opportunity, and choice. Samantha has worked on multiple information, communications, and technology programs…

   Topic(s): Education, ICT
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Samaykham Boupha

Project Coordinator, HISP Vietnam

Samaykham Boupha leads the Laos Implementation Unit of HISP Vietnam, providing strategic consulting and technical support to the Ministry of Health (MoH) of Lao PDR for the implementation and management of DHIS2. Actively involved in national health information systems reform since 2015, he played…

   Topic(s): Governance and Public Sector Management, Health
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

Sameer Khatiwada

Senior Public Management Economist, ADB

Sameer is an economist who leads preparation and implementation of ADB loans and technical assistance projects in public resource management. Prior to joining Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office in Sectors Group, he was with the Southeast Asia Department where he prepared ADB’s…

   Topic(s): Economics, ICT
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Samyuktha Sriram

Head of Business Development, Clear Robotics Ltd (Hong Kong)

Samyuktha Sriram is the Head of Business Development at Clearbot. This marine technology company develops intelligent, electric boats for marine services, including collecting marine plastic and pollution from coastal and inland waters. With a strong foundation in Business Management…

   Topic(s): Environment, ICT, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals