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David Dodman

Director, Human Settlements Group, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

David Dodman is the Director of the Human Settlements Group at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and a Lecturer in the Development Planning Unit, University College London (UCL). He holds a D.Phil. in Geography from the University of Oxford, and works in the fields…

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

David Nguyen

Associate Professor, Tohoku University

Dr. David N. Nguyen is an Associate Professor of Tohoku University's International Research Institute for Disaster Science in Japan, as well as a researcher at Japan's National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention. Dr. Nguyen is originally from the United States and…

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

David Simmons

Senior Director, Disaster Risk Finance, WTW

David Simmons has over 40 year’s re/insurance experience focusing upon catastrophic hazards. He has a mathematics degree from the University of Bristol and is a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute and a Vice-President of the London Insurance Institute.  He was a pioneer in…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Finance
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

David Songulashvili

Chairperson, Sector Economy and Economic Policy Committee, Parliament of Georgia

David Songulashvili has been a member of Parliament for the last seven years and is the current Chairperson, Sector Economy and Economic Policy Committee, Parliament of Georgia. He was also chairperson of the Committee of European Integration in 2019-2020. His career in government includes key…

   Topic(s): Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Debora Utami

Program Manager, YAKKUM Emergency Unit Indonesia

Debora Dian Utami or Amie is currently the Program Manager of YAKKUM Emergency Unit (YEU) Indonesia—an NGO that was established in 2001 and has mandates on inclusive emergency response, disaster risk reduction (DRR), and climate change adaptation. Amie graduated with a degree in communication…

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

Debra Adams

Division Chief, Revenue Administration Division 1 , International Monetary Fund

Debra Adams is a capacity development (CD) expert, with experience in the design, management, and delivery of complex tax CD programs across Asia, Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, the Middle East, and Central Asia. She is also a taxation specialist with over 30 years of experience and 20 years of…

   Topic(s): Finance, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Dechen Wangmo

Senior Procurement Officer, Ministry of Finance, Bhutan

Dechen Wangmo is a Senior Procurement Officer working under Ministry of Finance since 2011. In this role,  Ms. Dechen is responsible for managing the e-procurement sytem development project in Bhutan. She is mainly involved in conducting  requirement study and stakeholder meetings for the…

   Topic(s): Governance and Public Sector Management, ICT
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Deepa Joshi

Gender, Youth and Inclusion Lead, Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) and International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Deepa Joshi is the Gender, Youth and Inclusion Lead at WLE and International Water Management Institutes (IWMI). A feminist political ecologist by training, her research has analysed shifts in environmental policies and how these restructure contextually complex intersections of gender, poverty,…

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

Dennis Santiago

Executive Director V, PHILGEPS

Dennis S. Santiago is the Executive Director V of the Government Procurement Policy Board - Technical Support Office (GPPB-TSO). Exec. Dir. Santiago serves as Board Secretary to the GPPB and Chairperson of the Philippine Development Forum – Sub-working Group on Procurement. He likewise served…

   Topic(s): Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Despoina Kouria

Supplier Diversity and Sustainability Analyst , World Bank Group

Despoina Kouria is a Supplier Diversity and Sustainability analyst with Corporate Procurement at the World Bank Group (WBG), which she joined in 2020. She is part of the team that mainstreams sustainability considerations into over $1.7 Billion of annual purchases for the World Bank Group’s…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Governance and Public Sector Management, ICT
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities