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Aditya Handa

Founder and Managing Director, Abellon Group Aditya

Aditya Handa is the founder and managing director of Abellon Group. Abellon is engaged in finding sustainable development-led solutions to India's most difficult problems, such as climate change, waste management, energy security, food security, and realizing untapped human…

   Topic(s): Energy, Environment, Regional Cooperation and Integration, Social Development and Protection, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Adrienne Heinrich

Head, AI and Innovation Center of Excellence Aboitiz Data Innovation

Prior to joining UnionBank, Adrienne led AI and Machine Learning use cases for personal health and connected care products and services at Royal Philips from 2012 to 2020. In 2020, she was appointed head of the AI Center of Excellence at UnionBank of the Philippines and has been instrumental in…

   Topic(s): ICT, Regional Cooperation and Integration, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Akio Takahara

Director, JICA Ogata Research Institute

Educational Background: 1981 Bachelor of Laws, The University of Tokyo 1983 Master of Philosophy (Development Studies), University of Sussex 1988 Doctor of Philosophy, University of Sussex Fields of Research: Contemporary Chinese Politics, International Relations in East Asia Career Background:…

   Topic(s): Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Altaf Iqbal

M&E Specialist/Economist/Financial Analyst, ACE Pvt Limited

Dr. Altaf Iqbal is an economist with over 35 years of international consulting experience across diverse projects, including agriculture, water management, and infrastructure development. He has excelled in developing policies, conducting institutional reforms, and performing economic evaluations.…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Finance
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Amar Bhattacharya

Senior Fellow, Center for Sustainable Development Brookings Institute, United States

Amar Bhattacharya is Senior Fellow at the Global Economy and Development Program at Brookings Institution.  His focus areas are the global economy, development finance, global governance, and the links between climate and development. From April 2007 until September 2014 he was Director of the…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Public-Private Partnership, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Andrea Della Mattea

President, Asia Pacific, Microsoft

As President APAC, Andrea Della Mattea is responsible for leading Microsoft’s overall business, accelerating the digital transformation journeys of our customers and partners and driving the company’s mission of empowering every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. She has…

   Topic(s): ICT, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Angelique Songco

Protected Area Superintendent, Tubbataha Management Office, Philippines

After serving in the Armed Forces of the Philippines for five years, Angelique Songco worked as a diving professional on liveaboards boats in the Tubbataha Reefs for ten (10) years. She represented a local NGO in the multi-sectoral Tubbataha Protected Area Management Board. In 2001, she headed…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Annika Wythes

Team Lead, Anti-Corruption Hub for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, UN Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC)

  

   Topic(s): Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Anthony Green

IFRM Specialist, JBA Consulting

Dr. Anthony Green has over 35 years of professional experience in all forms of flood risk management in the UK in Asia. Tony has lived in the Mekong region since 2009 and manages the JBA office in Phnom Penh, Cambodia Tony graduated from Imperial College London in Civil Engineering and then…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana

Under-Secretary-General, United Nations; Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific took office on 1 November 2018. Ms. Alisjahbana was a Professor of Economics at Universitas Padjadjaran and was Minister of National Development Planning and the Head of the…

   Topic(s): Governance and Public Sector Management, ICT, Industry and Trade, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals