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Young-sook Nam

Secretary-General , World Smart Sustainable Cities Organization

Dr. Young-sook Nam is the Secretary-General of WeGO (World Smart Sustainable Cities Organization), an international organization of 122 cities and 5 national ICT institutions dedicated to pursuing smart sustainable cities for all. Prior to joining WeGO, she was a Professor at Ewha Woman's…

   Topic(s): Economics, Gender Equality, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Youree Lee

Co-Founder and CEO, W-Foundation

A philanthropist and an entrepreneur, Dr. Lee is the Co-Founder and CEO of W-Foundation, CBO at Actwo Technologies of Peer, and an Adjunct Professor at Hanyang University School of Business. W-Foundation is an international non-profit organization and one of the most active nonprofits accredited by…

   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

Yu Qian

Program Director, International Crane Foundation

Yu Qian is China Program Director of International Crane Foundation (ICF). Before joining ICF, she worked for The Nature Conservancy (TNC) for 12 years. She provided technical support to the development of “China Biodiversity Conservation Strategy and Action Plan (2011-2030)” which was issued by…

   Topic(s): Environment
   SDG: Goal 14: Life Below Water

Yuanyuan Deng

Senior Research Associate, CEPAR, UNSW Sydney

Yuanyuan Deng is a CEPAR Senior Research Associate. She is an applied microeconomist with broad empirical interests focusing on Health Economics, Public Economics, and Labor Economics. Her research has been supported by the Michigan Retirement and Disability Research Center (MRDRC) and the Center…

   Topic(s): Economics, Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Yuki Murai

Manager, Project Promotion Division, Climate Change Policy Headquarters, City of Yokohama

This presentation discussed the City of Yokohama's plans and efforts towards global warming countermeasures to making the city a zero-carbon society. Since 2014, he has been a Project Officer in the Climate Change Policy Headquarters of the city of Yokohama. He is in charge of the Yokohama Smart…

   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

Yunsoung Kim

Research Fellow, Green Energy Strategy Institute

Yunsoung Kim is a Research Fellow at Green Energy Strategy Institute which mainly concerns renewable energy, district heating and cooling, and electricity market reform policies for the energy transition. Ever since she received her PhD in Urban Planning from Seoul National University in 2007, she…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Zafirah Zein

Writer, Kontinentalist

Zafirah Zein produces data-driven stories on Asia. She graduated from the Northeastern University in Boston, where she is studying Journalism and International Affairs with a concentration in Middle East Studies. Her dream is to become a Middle East foreign correspondent and, she is excited to be…

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

Zhang Mingxiang

Project Environmental Policy and Legislation Expert; and Deputy Dean, School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University

Dr. Mingxiang Zhang, Professor and Deputy Dean of School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, the National Environmental Policy and Legislation Expert of the UNDP-GEF "Strengthening the protected area network for migratory bird conservation along the East Asian-…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Environment
   SDG: Goal 14: Life Below Water

Zhang Xiaohong

Yellow Sea China Project Manager, Wetlands International

Dr. Xiaohong Zhang works as an Associate Expert with Wetlands International. She is now working on the Flyway Bottleneck Yellow Sea Project as a project manager based in China representing Wetlands International. She started with Wetlands International in China in 2002 and was responsible for…

   Topic(s): Environment
   SDG: Goal 14: Life Below Water