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Bozenna Pasik-Duncan

Immediate past Global Chair, IEEE-WIE, USA, IEEE Women In Engineering USA

Bozenna Pasik-Duncan is a Professor of Mathematics, a Courtesy Professor of both EECS and AE, and an ITTC Investigator at the University of Kansas. Her research interests are primarily in stochastic systems and stochastic adaptive control, system identification and estimation, and control education…

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

Bram van Ooijen

Urban Transport Specialist, Institute for Transportation and Development Policy

Passionate professional and serial entrepreneur. Over a decade of work experience in urban transport policy, planning & design, company management, operations and business development in China and Asia.

   Topic(s): Environment, Transport, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 15: Life on Land

Bregje van Wesenbeeck

Advisor, Deltares Netherlands

Dr. Bregje van Wesenbeeck is an expert advisor on nature-based solutions and ecosystem-based adaptation at Deltares. She provides advice on flood risk reduction, erosion mitigation, and climate change adaptation in amongst others Indonesia, Tonga, Kiribati, the Philippines, the Netherlands, and the…

   Topic(s): Environment, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Brita Staal

Senior Advisor at Nordic Sustainability, Nordic Sustainability

Brita works on building sustainability strategies in private and public sector organizations, both within the Nordic countries as well as in South Asia. Her area of specialization is climate risk &resilience. Based in Norway and Sweden, Brita holds an MSc in Development Management from UN…

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

Bruce Taper

CEO and Founder, Kinesis

Bruce is a former Director of Sustainability and Metropolitan Planning for the NSW Government. Now as founder and a Director of Kinesis, a sustainability and data-driven urban advisory and technology firm, they are establishing relationships with cities and urban service providers…

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

Callum Peck

Area Managing Director, Water Utility - South Asia, GRUNDFOS

Callum Peck has been with GRUNDFOS since 2016. Previously, he worked at Xylem Inc. and at Blakers Pump Engineers.

   Topic(s): Urban Development, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Caren Grown

Senior Technical Advisor, World Bank Group

Dr. Caren Grown is Senior Technical Advisor in the Macroeconomics, Trade, and Investment Global Practice at the World Bank. From 2014-2021, she served as Global Director, Gender at the World Bank Group.  Prior to joining the Bank, Dr. Grown was Economist-In-Residence and Co-Director of the…

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

Carmine Piantedosi

Chief Executive Officer, Nauru Utilities Corporation, Fiji

Carmine is the CEO of Nauru Utilities Corporation in Fiji. Prior to this, he was the CEO of the Land Transportation Authority in Fiji. He also worked as a Manager of Regulation and Pricing at Goulburn-Murray Water. He has a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of South Australia and a…

   Topic(s): Urban Development, Water
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Cate Owren

Senior Gender Programme Manager, IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature)

  Cate Owren is a women’s rights and gender equality specialist with nearly 20 years of experience working at the unique intersections of gender and environment issues. She has extensive experience working across global, regional, national and more local levels on policies, programming and…

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

Caterina Meloni

Founder and Gender Finance Advisor, Connecting Founders

Caterina is a gender finance specialist with 25 years of experience working at the crossroads of finance. She supports international finance institutions, development partners, and government bodies in integrating a gender and climate lens across finance and infrastructure programs in a way that is…

   Topic(s): Environment, Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land