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Bo Chankoulika

Director, Policy Department, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, Cambodia

Dr. Bo Chankoulika is Director of Policy Department, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of Cambodia. She leads and manages educational research projects and turns research results to inform education policies and strategies. Following the TES Summit, she has led several policy dialogues among…

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

Boonwara Sumano Chenphuengpawn

Research Fellow, Thailand Development Research Institute

Boonwara Sumano Chenphuengpawn is Research Fellow Sectoral Economics Program (SEP) at the Thailand Development Research Institute. Some of her recent publication were Human Rights are becoming part of Trade Standard (12 October 2016); Let’s Demand more from Donations (10 Agusut 2016); Plugging the…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Bowden Percival

Digital Development Asia Regional Manager, Plan International

Sitting at the junction of technology and development, Bo Percival is a self-proclaimed ‘giant nerd’. Bo has worked extensively in digital development internationally in Education, HIV, LGBT rights, Youth Development and WASH. Bo has a Ba. in economics and marketing and is currently completing a…

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

Brajesh Panth

Chief of Education Sector Group, ADB

Brajesh Panth is the Chief of Education Sector Group at the Asian Development Bank(ADB). He provides technical leadership to the education sector group (EdSG) in ADB, leads the preparation of the Ed SG work plan, and facilitates collaboration across the sector and thematic groups in ADB and…

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

Bregje van Wesenbeeck

Scientific Director, Deltares

Dr.van Wesenbeeck chairs the science council of Deltaresthat oversees the scientific quality of the work of Deltares. She is a senior expert in nature-based Solutions (NbS) for climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction. She has over 15 years of experience working in multicultural settings for…

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

Brett Sutton

Technical Assistance Specialist, ADB

Brett Sutton is an agronomist and environmental scientist with ADB PSOD's agribusiness investment team. He works to optimize development impact imparted by agribusiness investment and technical assistance projects, including through improving climate and disaster resilience of smallholder farmers…

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

Brian Eyler

Director, Southeast Asia Program, Stimson Center

Brian Eyler is a Senior Fellow and Director of Stimson’s Southeast Asia program. Eyler is an expert on transboundary water-food-energy nexus issues in the Mekong region and specializes in China's outbound investment in Southeast Asia. He has spent more than 15 years living and working in China and…

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

Brigitte Balthasar

Senior Disaster and Climate Risk Financing Specialist, ADB

Brigitte contributes to the financial management of disaster and climate risk across ADB’s developing member countries by working with ADB’s operational departments to prepare and implement respective solutions. Her primary responsibilities include developing disaster and climate risk financing…

   Topic(s): Environment
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, Goal 13: Climate Action

Brita Staal

Senior Advisor at Nordic Sustainability, Nordic Sustainability

Brita works on building sustainability strategies in private and public sector organizations, both within the Nordic countries as well as in South Asia. Her area of specialization is climate risk &resilience. Based in Norway and Sweden, Brita holds an MSc in Development Management from UN…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Brooke Atwell

Associate Director (Resilient Watersheds), The Nature Conservancy

As the associate director for TNC’s Resilient Watersheds strategy, Brooke conserves watersheds worldwide by developing sustainable watershed investment programs that meet the needs of biodiversity and communities. She develops and executes a global strategy to mainstream nature-based solutions in…

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