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Vasiti Seruvatu

National WASH Officer, Pacific WASH Program, ADB

Vasiti Seruvatu lives and works in Fiji, and is currently the national WASH officer for the ADB Pacific WASH TA, working closely with the Water Authority of Fiji. As a teacher and community worker, Vasiti understands well the value of early education and community programs supporting better health…

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

Vegard Skirbekk

Professor, Norwegian Institute of Public Health and Columbia University

Vegard Skirbekk is a Professor of Population and Family Health at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, and a Professor at Columbia University’s Columbia Aging Center. His research focuses on understanding the links between aging, health, and worker productivity in countries undergoing…

   Topic(s): Health, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Vibeke Jensen

Director, UNESCO

Since 1st January 2020, Vibeke Jensen is the incumbent Director of the Division for Peace and Sustainable Development within the Education Sector at UNESCO Headquarters. The Division covers, amongst others, education for sustainable development, global citizenship education, prevention of violent…

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

Victor Ochieng Owino

Nutrition Specialist, International Atomic Energy Agency

Dr. Victor Owino is a Nutrition Specialist in the International Atomic Energy Agency’s, Nutritional and Health-Related Environmental Studies Section. His work focuses on supporting the Member States to apply stable isotope techniques to design and evaluate nutrition interventions that target all…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Health
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

Virkein Dhar

Independent consultant, Independent consultant

Virkein Dhar is an architect, creative producer and entrepreneur, based in India. In her decade long experience, she has worked across disciplines of design, art and culture, social impact and innovation, building up novel spaces and programs. She now leads Poppy Seed Lab, a genre-agnostic creative…

   Topic(s): Transport
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Vivian Lou

Director, The University of Hong Kong

Dr. Lou Vivian W. Q. is the Director of Sau Po Centre on Ageing, and Associate Professor at Department of Social Work & Social Administration at The University of Hong Kong. Her research interests focus on family gerontology, in particular family caregiving for dementia, stroke, end-of-life…

   Topic(s): Health, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Waltraut Ritter

Managing Partner and Research Director, Knowledge Dialogues

Waltraut Ritter is founder of Knowledge Dialogues, specializing in research and advisory services relating to innovation, knowledge and intellectual capital across the Asia‐Pacific region and Europe. She works on innovation projects at the intersection between universities, government, business and…

   Topic(s): Transport, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Wayne Hatcher

Technical Director - Asset Management, WSP NZ

Wayne Hatcher reviously worked in various capacities at Opus International Consultants for more than two decades, including Principal Consultant for Global Asset Management. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Canterbury and a master’s degree in Technology (…

   Topic(s): Transport, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Wei-Shieun Ng

Advisor – Sustainable Transport and Global Outreach, International Transport Forum

Dr. Wei-Shiuen Ng is Advisor on Sustainable Transport and Global Outreach in the International Transport Forum (ITF) at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). She has a background in environmental science, transportation engineering and urban planning, and leads the…

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

Weijia Tan

Global M-Connect Solutions Sales Manager, Mindray Scientific Research Co., Ltd., PRC

Mr. Weijia Tan serves as Global M-Connect Solutions Sales Manager at Mindray with seven years of healthcare IT experience. He leads deployment of AI-driven medical technologies across China, focusing on integration of AI into medical equipment and healthcare systems. His expertise spans practical…

   Topic(s): Health
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being