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Avni Kumar

Research Consultant, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney

Avni Kumar specialises in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), with a cross-cutting focus on gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) and climate resilience in WASH. She has a background in development economics and has worked in various capacities with government, civil society, private sector…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Water
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 14: Life Below Water

Begum Shamsun Nahar

International Gender and Development Expert, Bureau of Manpower, Employment, and Training, Bangladesh

Ms. Begum Shamsun Nahar, a Freelance Consultant as Social Scientist & Gender Expert; Mid-Term Review and Evaluation Expert; Resettlement Expert; Knowledge Development & Training Expert; as well as Lead Researcher of Social Survey (Sanitation and Socio-Economic Household Survey; Improved…

   Topic(s): Education, Gender Equality, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Benita Ainabe

Financial Sector Specialist (Capital Markets), ADB

Benita Ainabe is a Financial Sector Specialist (Capital Markets) in the Public Management, Financial Sector, and Trade Division of the Southeast Asia Department at Asian Development Bank. She specializes in financial sector development, capital markets, innovative financing mechanisms, and…

   Topic(s): Finance, Industry and Trade, Private Sector, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Betty Wilkinson

Formern Director, Public Management, Finance, and Trade, Central and West Asia Department, ADB

Effective innovative leader producing transformational development results. Work longer-term in developing countries with multinational teams. Inaugural Chair of the nine member Financial Sector Deepening Network across Africa. Recognized in 2015 by Asian Development Bank for tripling program to $2…

   Topic(s): Finance, Gender Equality, Governance and Public Sector Management, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Bianchi Dy

Research Assistant, Singapore University of Technology and Design

Bianca is currently a research assistant on the project 'Improving Design Decisions Through Data Visualisations' at SUTD. As Research Assistant, she looks at how data visualisation can help support decision-making in design fields like architecture and urban planning through empirical methods. She…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality

Bonar Laureto

Executive Director, Business for Sustainable Development Philippines

Bonar Laureto is Executive Director at the Phillipines Business for Environment (PBE). He was previously Director of the Law of Nature foundation, and has worked as consultant with international organisation (World Bank, UNEP) on environmental issues.

   Topic(s): Civil Society
   SDG: Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Bozenna Pasik-Duncan

Immediate past Global Chair, IEEE-WIE, USA, IEEE Women In Engineering USA

Bozenna Pasik-Duncan is a Professor of Mathematics, a Courtesy Professor of both EECS and AE, and an ITTC Investigator at the University of Kansas. Her research interests are primarily in stochastic systems and stochastic adaptive control, system identification and estimation, and control education…

   Topic(s): Energy, Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality

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

Bundit Thipakorn

KMUTT Professor in Microcredentials, and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bundit Thipakorn has served more than 20 years as administrator and lecturer at King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT), Thailand. After his term as Deputy Secretary General for Higher Education Commission ended in 2017, he has actively involved in a policy-related…

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality

Byounggun Kim

Director, KIP

Dr. Byounggun Kim is currently the Director of Strategic Public Procurement Research Division of the Korea Institute of Procurement (KIP). Mr. Kim has been a dedicated researcher with a decade of experience at the KIP, specializing in leveraging public procurement for the advancement of government…

   Topic(s): Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals