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Sophia Cason

Chief of Party, USAID Laos Legal Aid Support Program

Sophia Cason is an Australian lawyer who has been working for The Asia Foundation as Chief of Party for the USAID Laos Legal Aid Support Program. 

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality

Sourajit Aiyer

Vice President - Sustainable Finance & Climate Strategy, auctusESG

Sourajit Aiyer is finance and sustainability professional with 15 years of experience, with financial institutions such as Motilal Oswal Financial Services, UBS Investment Bank London and Evalueserve Research. He has worked with Grameen Impact Investment and UNEP’s Sustainable India Finance…

   Topic(s): Energy, Finance
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Sourav Majumder

Senior Project Officer (Urban), ADB

Sourav believes that the solution to smart cities lies in good governance, adoption of new technologies, and greater public participation. He has an academic background in civil engineering and urban planning. Before joining ADB in 2006, Sourav worked in complex urban infrastructure projects in…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Sreylin Meng

CEO and Co-Founder, Smart Farm Assistance

Sreylin Meng is the CEO and co-founder of Smart Farm Assistance. She has always been frustrated about how Cambodian farmers are struggling to get a proper livelihood even if they are working very hard. She had the chance to be the 1st one in my family to pursue higher education, and…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

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

Srijana Bhattarai

Senior Social Safeguards Advisor, The Asia Foundation

Srijana is a Senior Social Safeguards Advisor at the USAID and Australia Mekong Safeguards Program, implemented by the Asia Foundation. As a social practitioner, she has worked in various sectors with diverse communities leading community engagements, social impact assessments, resettlement and…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Energy, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Srikanth Chandrasekaran

Country Head, IEEE

Srikanth Chandrasekaran has been associated with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for the past 10 years focused on developing key standardisation programs that address core issues of security, identity, trust and building end-to-end trustworthy devices and systems across…

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

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

Stephen Peters

Senior Energy Specialist (Waste-to-Energy), ADB

Steve Peters is a Senior Energy Specialist (Waste-to-Energy) in the Energy Sector Group of the Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, Asian Development Bank. He is responsible for developing the knowledge base, project development and implementation in waste to energy and supporting…

   Topic(s): Energy, Environment
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 13: Climate Action

Sucharita Mukherjee

CEO and Co-Founder, Kaleidofin Private Limited, India

Sucharita is passionate about good finance for all. She is the co-founder and CEO of Kaleidofin, a neo-bank that provides intuitive and tailored financial solutions to over a million underbanked customers in India. Prior to this, she co-founded the IFMR group and most recently was the group CEO of…

   Topic(s): Economics, Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality