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Witoon Tawisook

Principal Transport Specialist, ADB

Witoon Tawisook is a principal transport specialist of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) with civil engineering background specialized in structures and bridges. He has extensive international work experience in several Asian countries namely Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, India, Nepal, Bangladesh,…

   Topic(s): Transport
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Wiwandari Handayani

Head of Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Universitas Diponegoro

Wiwi is a distinguished expert in urban and regional planning, currently serving as the Head of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at Universitas Diponegoro. With over 15 years of experience, Wiwi has been actively involved in urban sustainability and resilience projects. She has led…

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

Wolfgang Fengler

Lead Economist in Finance, Competitiveness & Innovation, Finance, Competitiveness & Innovation, World Bank

Wolfgang Fengler is the World Bank’s Lead Economist in Finance, Competitiveness & Innovation. A native German, Wolfgang has been a staff member of the World Bank for more than 18 years, during which he lived in four continents: First in North America working at the World Bank’s headquarters in…

Won Kuk Lee

Deputy Director, Geographic Information Institute

  

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

Wonho Kim

Director, Seoul Institute

Dr. Wonho Kim is a senior research fellow and director of the City Diplomacy Research Center of The Seoul Institute. He earned a Doctorate degree in Civil Engineering from The Texas A&M University, particularly focused on traffic signal operation. Prior to that, he majored in transportation…

Woo-Seung Kim

President , Hanyang University

Woo-Seung Kim is a leader who has leaded industry-academic cooperation at Korean universities through the innovation of  Hanyang University and the co-chair of the National Industry-Academic Cooperation Committee with the current Prime Minister. He established a successful industry-academic…

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

Woochong Um

Managing Director General, ADB

Woochong Um is ADB’s Managing Director General. He assumed the position on 22 February 2021. Mr. Um is responsible for ensuring bank-wide coherence of key initiatives and issues. He provides oversight to the Department of Communications, the Office of Professional Conduct, and the Office of the…

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

Woonghwan An

Director of the Division for University Affairs and Education Policy, Ministry of Education of RoK

Woonghwan An is a director of the University Affairs and Policy Division, which has played a significant role to build the human and technical infrastructure and improve the education system for online learning for higher education institutions. He has served as a Deputy Director and Director in…

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

World Health Organization [node:field_last_name]

The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. It is part of the U.N. Sustainable Development Group. https://www.who.int/

World Resources Institute (WRI) [node:field_last_name]

World Resources Institute (WRI) is a global research organization that spans more than 60 countries, with international offices in Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico and the United States, regional offices in Ethiopia (for Africa) and the Netherlands (for Europe), and program offices in the…