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Abhisek Rout

Program Associate, eGovernments Foundation

Abhisek is a Civil Engineer cum Urban Manager with a B. Tech. in Civil Engineering and an MBA in Urban Management and Governance. He is a KPMG Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certified personnel and a multi-dextrous professional with multi-disciplinary core competencies in engineering and management…

   Topic(s): Urban Development, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Adrian Marsden

Associate Director, Arup

Adrian leads the infrastructure team in Arup’s Philippine office. Adrian’s professional background is a Chartered Civil Engineer, Chartered Water, and Environmental Manager and Member of the Association for Project Management. He graduated from Southampton University in the UK, with a Master’s…

   Topic(s): Energy, Water
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Afolayan Juwon Samuel

Global Chapters Facilitator, World Youth Parliament for Water

Mr. Samuel has over 5 years of combined professional experience covering water policy contributions, mobilization of young water professionals, organizational database management, establishment of water networks for youths, and nanotechnology. He is a doctoral researcher at the Erasmus Darwin…

   Topic(s): Urban Development, Water
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Agnetha Vave-Karamui

Environmental and Forestry Advocacy Officer, Environmental Concerns Action Network

Agnetha Vave-Karamui worked as an environmental/forestry advocacy officer with the Solomon Islands NGO, Environmental Concerns Action Network. She then joined the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management, and Meteorology in 2008. She comes from the Western Province of Solomon…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Ahmed Kamal

Chairman, Federal Flood Commission, Ministry of Water Resources, Pakistan

Mr. Ahmed Kamal is the Chief Engineering Adviser and Chairman Federal Flood Commission of the Ministry of Water Resources, Government of Pakistan. He has over 30 years of professional experience in the field of water resources management, flood control planning and management, DRR, flood…

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

Aholotu Palu

CEO, Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Company

Aholotu Palu has been involved in various roles in Tonga’s Ministry of Finance and the Prime Minister’s Office for almost 20 years. He has also held significant positions at the World Bank, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (…

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

Akihiro Shimasaki

Former Water Resources Specialist, ADB

He left his position in ADB in March 2021.

   Topic(s): Water
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Alberto Lorenzo Alonso

Geospatial Information Scientist, Indra Company

Alberto Alonso obtained his PhD in Geography in 2009 with a thesis devoted to Earth Observation and Digital Elevation Models and Orthoimagery applied to cartography. He is a geospatial information scientist with long experience in international and national research projects playing different…

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

Albrecht Weerts

Hydrology and Forecasting Expert, Deltares

Albrecht Weerts is an expert on data model integration and hydrological forecasting at Deltares. He has been leading research and development projects on data assimilation techniques for improving flood forecasting system. He is also a Professor of Hydrologic Predictability at Wageningen University…

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

Alessio Giardino

Senior Water and Climate Change Specialist, ADB

Alessio Giardino is a climate adaptation and disaster risk management specialist with over 18 years’ experience of professional experience in the water sector, including both specialized consultancy and research. His current focus at ADB is on the development and implementation of innovative…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities