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Richard Jones

Senior Scientific Officer, Met Office Hadley Centre

Prof. Richard Jones holds a PhD in Numerical Analysis (1984-1988) and a BSc in Mathematics (1980-1983) from Imperial College, United Kingdom. He was a post-doctoral research scientist at Oxford University from 1987 to 1990. Richard has been working at the Met Office since 1990. He has been a…

   Topic(s): ICT, Knowledge Management
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 15: Life on Land

Robin Lim

Associate Integrity Officer, ADB

Robin Lim is a graduate of Accountancy and is a certified public accountant, certified fraud examiner and a certified internal auditor. He has more than 10 years in working experience in the field of audit and risk management aspects.

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Capacity Development, Knowledge Management
   SDG: Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Robin Takashi Lewis

Representative Director, Social Innovation Japan Co-Founder, mymizu

Robin is an award-winning social entrepreneur based in Japan, recently recognized by M.I.T. Technology Review in its inaugural "Top Innovators Under-35" Japan awards. He is Co-founder of mymizu - an initiative to reduce the consumption of single-use plastics and is also Co-founder of Social…

   Topic(s): Environment, Knowledge Management
   SDG: Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Robyn Layton

Former Judge, Supreme Court of South Australia

The Hon. Justice Robyn Layton is a former Supreme Court judge of South Australia (SA) and was the fourth female to have been so appointed. Prior to her Supreme Court appointment, she was a barrister practising across many jurisdictions, the third female to be appointed a silk in…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Gender Equality, Poverty
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 1: No Poverty

Rohan Schaap

Director, Investigations Division (AIID), Asian Development Bank

    Rohan Schaap is the Director, Investigations Division (AIID), Office of Anticorruption and Integrity (OAI).  As Director, AIID, he provides strategic direction and oversight of OAI’s integrity violation investigations function.  Rohan is a seasoned investigator and a…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Governance and Public Sector Management, Knowledge Management, Water
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Sergey Poleshchuk

General Director, Ergonomics Ltd.

Country: The Republic of Kazakhstan   Sergey Vasilyevich Poleshchuk was born in 1969 in Shakhtinsk. He graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Precision Mechanics and Optics (Thermal Physics Engineer, 1992) and the Themis Law Academy (Lawyer, 2002). He started his working career in 1992 at…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Knowledge Management
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Seung-sik Hwang

Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Seoul National University

Seung-sik Hwang is a professor of epidemiology from the School of Public Health, Seoul National University.  He is a member of the Korean Society on Epidemiology's consultation committee on COVID-19 response. He served during the 2015 MERS outbreak as the field…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Health, ICT, Knowledge Management
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 13: Climate Action

Shai Wade

Head, Upstream Oil and Gas Disputes Team; and Partner, International Arbitration Group, Stephenson Harwood LLP

Mr. Shai Wade is the head of Stephenson Harwood LLP’s Upstream Oil and Gas Disputes Team and a partner in the firm’s International Arbitration Group. He enjoys more than 20 years of experience serving both as counsel and arbitrator in many large scale complex disputes arising in the oil and gas,…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Finance, Industry and Trade, Knowledge Management, Private Sector
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

Sherry Lippiatt

Risk and Finance Communications Specialist, Scoot Science

Dr. Sherry Lippiatt is a Risk and Finance Communications Specialist with Scoot Science, where she translates ocean science expertise for investors interested in growing the blue economy. Prior to joining Scoot Science, Sherry had an 11-year tenure supporting the U.S. National Oceanic and…

   Topic(s): Environment, Knowledge Management
   SDG: Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Shu Cai

Associate Professor, Jinan University

Shu Cai is an Associate Professor in Economics of the Institute for Economic and Social Research at Jinan University (Guangzhou, China). His research areas include Development Economics, Labor Economics, and Applied Microeconomics, with particular interests on investigating migration, poverty…

   Topic(s): Poverty
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities