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Vicente Anzellini

Manager, Global Monitoring and Reporting, Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre

Vicente Anzelini leads the global and regional analysis team at Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre and coordinates the production of the Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID), regional reports, and country profiles. He previously worked for the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (…

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

Vidmantas Jankauskas

international energy regulatory expert, independent consultant

Country: Lithuania Vidmantas Jankauskas studied at the Vilnius University and worked for twenty years at the Lithuanian Energy Institute, researching energy economics. During that period he received his doctorate and doctor habilitation scientific degrees, published more than 100 scientific…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Economics, Energy, Environment
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Ville Rimali

Business Development Manager, Philippines, Wärtsilä Corporation

Mr. Ville Rimali is an expert in business development, digital offering development as well as company mergers. Currently, he is responsible for business development in the energy industry in the Philippines. During the past career, he has worked in the global business development team of Wärtsilä…

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

Vivek Rao

Principal Financial Sector Specialist, ADB

Mr Vivek Rao has worked in ADB for over 8 years, first in the Treasury and subsequently in the South Asia Department. Mr. Rao has worked both in sovereign and nonsovereign operations with a focus on the infrastructure and SME sectors. In addition, Mr. Rao has processed and implemented program…

   Topic(s): Economics, Private Sector, Public-Private Partnership, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Wei Sen Li

Secretary General, National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction

Dr. Wei-Sen Li is the Executive Director of APEC Emergency Preparedness Capacity Building Center (EPCC) and the Secretary General of National Sceince and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction (NCDR). Dr. Li holds a PhD in Civil Engineering from National Central University, where he specializes…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Finance
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Wesley Ryan De Witt

Geo-Enabling initiative for Monitoring and Supervision, World Bank

Wesley De Witt is a Geographer and founding member of the World Bank's Geo-Enabling Initiative for Monitoring and Supervision (GEMS).  He leads the GEMS engagement in the East Asia & Pacific Region and heads a team of geographers, developers, and technical specialists dedicated to…

   Topic(s): Economics, Poverty
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

William Derbyshire

Director, Economic Consulting Associates

William is ECA’s Director for Asia, based in Bangkok. He has over 22 years of experience in energy and regulatory economics. Prior to joining ECA in 2003, William worked with London Economics and Frontier Economics in the United Kingdom. He holds degrees in economics from the London School of…

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

William Easterly

Professor of Economics, New York University

William Easterly is Professor of Economics at New York University and Co-director of the NYU Development Research Institute, which won the 2009 BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge in Development Cooperation Award. He is the author of three books: The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the…

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

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

Xianfu Lu

Former Senior Climate Change Specialist (Adaptation), ADB

Xianfu, ADB’s focal point for climate change adaptation, has worked on the science and policy of climate change adaptation for the past 20 years. Trained as an applied meteorologist, he spent the first 10 years of her career researching climate scenarios and their use in climate change impacts and…

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