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Marino Deocariza

Urban Planner, Oxfam

Marino Deocariza is an urban planner from Oxfam GB and Team Lead of Asian Development Bank regional technical assistance (TA) Promoting Urban Climate Change Resilience in Selected Asian Cities (Subproject 3). This TA project is implemented in eight cities in Bangladesh, Pakistan, and the…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Mario Unterwainig

Disaster Risk Management Specialist (Resilient Infrastructure), ADB

He currently works in various thematic projects regarding Disaster Risk Management for ADB. He is also part of the ADB GIS- Working group.  He is also developing a pro-ject together with the Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management team financed by the Austrian Government on a Next…

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

Mark Laska

Founder and President, Great Ecology

Mark Laska is one of the United States foremost authorities on ecological restoration, environmental strategies, wetland mitigation and conservation banking, natural resource damage evaluation and restoration, and is an ecologist and entrepreneur with more than 25 years of experience. Laska is an…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Economics, Environment, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Markus Repnik

Director, Director Development Partnerships, World Meteorological Organization

Markus Repnik is an international development executive with 30 years of experience gained with the United Nations, World Bank Group, Austrian Government, NGOs, and private sector, including 16 years of field experience in developing and transition countries. Since October 2017 Mr. Repnik…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Finance
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action

Martha Rogers

Senior Economist, The Nature Conservancy

Martha Rogers is an economist in The Nature Conservancy’s Center for Sustainability Science. In this role, she serves as the technical lead for the Conservancy’s ongoing collaboration with Dow. She works closely with Dow staff to develop tools and processes to implement the company’s ten-year…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Environment, Finance
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water

Martino Pelli

Martino Pelli Senior Economist, Economic Research and Development Impact Department, ADB

Martino Pelli is an applied economist with expertise in environmental, energy, and development economics. His work focuses on the impact of rural energy use, significant transport infrastructure investments, and the economic consequences of natural disasters. His research has been published in…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Economics, Energy, Environment
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Masanobu Kii

Associate Professor, Kagawa University, Japan

Masanobu Kii is Associte Professor of Urban and Transportation Planning in the Faculty of Engineering, Kagawa University in Japan. He is the co-chair of the SIG F1: “Transport and Spatial Development” of the World Conference of Transport Research Society (WCTRS), and has worked at the Institute for…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Economics, Transport, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality

Matt Gerstenberger

Principal Scientist, Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited (GNS)

Matt is a seismologist who focuses on earthquake forecasting and seismic hazard modeling. His role at GNS is twofold: he leads the National Seismic Hazard Model (NSHM) - a scientific model that uses geodetic modeling and historical earthquake data to estimate the likelihood and strength of…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Matthias Helble

Senior Economist, Asian Development Bank

Matthias' research interests include health, international trade, and development economics. He has co-edited eleven books, including with Oxford University Press. Matthias' research has appeared in flagship publications of international organizations as well as in books and scientific journals.…

   Topic(s): Economics, ICT, Industry and Trade
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Md. Fazlul Hoque

Managing Director, Plummy Fashion Limited–Bangladesh

Md. Fazlul Hoque has 20 years of experience in the Knitwear industry, and was the president of the Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers & Exporters’ Association for 6 years. He was also the President of Bangladesh Employers Federation and Director of the International Apparel Federation. In these…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Economics
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth