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Sojung You

International Cooperation Specialist, Climate and Air Quality Policy Bureau, Ministry of Environment

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:  MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT                                      2015 − Current…

   Topic(s): Environment
   SDG: Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Somesh Kumar

Leader - Power and Utilities, Ernst & Young

Somesh has been involved in managing large-scale power and utilities transformation programs for over 20 years. Prior to EY, Somesh was associated with Tata Power Company Limited and Accenture. He has been extensively associated with the development of smart/ digital grids (IoT) including…

   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

Somnath Basu

Senior Advisor, OPEC Fund for International Development

Dr Somnath Basu previously worked in Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) as Principal Social Development Officer. 

   Topic(s): Economics, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Soon Chan Hong

Senior Country Specialist, ADB

Mr. Soon Chan Hong is Senior Country Specialist, at Bangladesh Resident Mission (BRM), ADB. He leads, supports, and implements the Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) and ADB’s pipeline development for Bangladesh that aims to promote continuing strong development partnership between ADB and…

   Topic(s): Economics
   SDG: Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Soyoung Kim

PhD Student, University of Tokyo

Soyoung Kim is a PhD candidate in International Public Policy at the University of Tokyo and Fox International Fellow at Yale University. Her research interest includes development economics, education economics, and impact evaluation. She has worked as an international consultant at the Asian…

   Topic(s): Economics
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

Minister of Finance, Indonesia

Sri Mulyani Indrawati is the Minister of Finance of Indonesia, currently on her second term—having first been appointed in 2016 and then re-appointed in 2019—under the administration of Indonesia President Joko Widodo. She also served as Indonesia’s coordinating minister of economic affairs in 2008…

   Topic(s): Energy, Environment, Finance
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Stefan Schipper

Senior Statistician, ADB

Stefan Schipper is Senior Statistician within the Statistics and Data Innovation Unit of the Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department. His work in ADB includes building statistical capacity in developing member economics, improving statistical databases using new digital technologies,…

   Topic(s): Economics
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Stefano Barchiesi

Ecosystem Services Officer, BirdLife International

Dr. Stefano Barchiesi has a PhD from the University of Florida for which he studied the trade-offs in ecosystem services at a Ramsar Site in Costa Rica. Prior to that, he worked for 10 years with the IUCN Global Water Programme on several projects on the different elements of nature-based…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Economics, Environment
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Steffan Kraan

Chief Scientific Officer, The Seaweed Company, Ltd.

​Dr. Stefan Kraan, Chief Scientific Officer of Seaweed Company, Ltd. presented seaweed cultivation as regenerative adjunct to offshore energy production. He explained the benefits for offshore energy producers and local communities. This technology has been used in reducing the impacts of…

   Topic(s): Energy, Environment
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

Stephan Kuester

Head of Global Ecosystem Strategy, Startup Genome

Stephan Kuester is the Head of Global Ecosystem Strategy at Startup Genome. Stephan works with clients in government and private industry consortia all around the world, advising on the creation and the acceleration of tech and innovation clusters. Prior to his role at Startup Genome, Stephan…

   Topic(s): Economics
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth