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Ellis Penning

xpert Nature Based Solutions and Aquatic Ecology, Deltares

Dr. Ellis Penning is an expert on Nature Based Solutions, aquatic ecology, and eco hydraulics at Deltares (Delft, The Netherlands). She has over 21 years of experience and a Ph.D. in Ecohydraulics. Ms. Penning heads the strategic research line on Nature Based Solutions within Deltares. Ms.…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Emily Pindilli

Director of the Science and Decisions Center and Chief Economist, U.S. Geological Survey

As a PhD environmental economist, Emily focuses on a diverse portfolio of environmental and informational economics research topics including the value of scientific information, ecosystem services assessment and valuation, methods to integrate multi-disciplinary analyses to support…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Economics, Environment
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Engr. Taqsem Khan

Managing Director and CEO , Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority

Taqsem Khan is the Managing Director and CEO of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (WASA), Bangladesh. Taqsem is credited for the utility’s transformative reform – the “Dhaka WASA Turn Around Program” – and has helped build Dhaka WASA into a profitable, environment friendly, and sustainable…

   Topic(s): Social Development and Protection, Urban Development, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 15: Life on Land

Enrique Peñalosa

President of the board of directors, Institute for Transportation and Development Policy

Enrique Peñalosa is the former mayor of Bogotá, Colombia and the president of the board of directors of the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP). In 1986, Peñalosa was named economic adviser to Colombian president Virgilio Barco Vargas and from 1990 to 1991, he was a member of…

   Topic(s): Transport
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 15: Life on Land

Eric Zusman

Senior Policy Researcher/ Area Leader, IGES

Eric Zusman is a senior policy researcher/area leader at the Institute for Global Environmental Studies (IGES) in Hayama, Japan. Dr. Zusman holds a bachelors degree in Mandarin Chinese from Rutgers University, a dual Masters Degree in public policy and Asian studies from the University of Texas at…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Environment
   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

Erik Spiro-Larrea

Senior Engagement Manager (Nature for Water Facility), The Nature Conservancy

Erik is a senior project lead for TNC’s Nature for Water Facility, a specialist team that helps local programs analyze, develop, and execute NBS for water security. Erik led Nature for Water’s first project and has since directly supported 15 NBS programs worldwide with various detailed analyses.…

   Topic(s): Environment, Water
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Esperanza Cabral

Chairperson, Board of Trustees, Health Care Without Harm SE Asia

Dr. Cabral served as Secretary of the Department of Health in the Philippines. Before her appointment as Secretary of Health, she was previously the Secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development. Dr. Cabral, a cardiologist, and clinical pharmacologist graduated from medical school…

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

Evan Scandling

Director of Advisory & Business Development - Southeast Asia, Allotrope Partners

Evan has more than decade of experience advising, developing and managing clean energy businesses, projects and programs around the world. Based in Southeast Asia since 2012, he has primarily focused on on- and off-grid decentralized solar PV in the Mekong Region. In his current role with Allotrope…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment
   SDG: 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

Evan Tanotogono

CEO and Co-Founder, Rey.id

CEO & Co-Founder of Rey.id, ex-BCG, ex-Tokopedia, QCRO certified. Occasional musician, song composer, oil painter, and home chef.

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

Evelyn Piña-Covarrubias

Postdoctoral Research Fellow , University of Southampton

Dr. Evelyn Piña-Covarrubias was previously a postdoctoral research fellow in the School of Geography and Environmental Sciences of the University of Southampton, where she led a study on climate change risks for two basins in ASEAN countries. She previously worked for the Mexican Secretariat of…

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