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Vivek Rao

Principal Financial Sector Specialist, ADB

Mr Vivek Rao has worked in ADB for over 8 years, first in the Treasury and subsequently in the South Asia Department. Mr. Rao has worked both in sovereign and nonsovereign operations with a focus on the infrastructure and SME sectors. In addition, Mr. Rao has processed and implemented program…

   Topic(s): Economics, Private Sector, Public-Private Partnership, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Wei Sen Li

Secretary General, National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction

Dr. Wei-Sen Li is the Executive Director of APEC Emergency Preparedness Capacity Building Center (EPCC) and the Secretary General of National Sceince and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction (NCDR). Dr. Li holds a PhD in Civil Engineering from National Central University, where he specializes…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Finance
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Wiwandari Handayani

Head of Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Universitas Diponegoro

Wiwi is a distinguished expert in urban and regional planning, currently serving as the Head of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at Universitas Diponegoro. With over 15 years of experience, Wiwi has been actively involved in urban sustainability and resilience projects. She has led…

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

Xianfu Lu

Former Senior Climate Change Specialist (Adaptation), ADB

Xianfu, ADB’s focal point for climate change adaptation, has worked on the science and policy of climate change adaptation for the past 20 years. Trained as an applied meteorologist, he spent the first 10 years of her career researching climate scenarios and their use in climate change impacts and…

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

Yen Nguyen Thi

Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction Advisor , CARE International, Vietnam

Nguyen Thi Yen is the climate change and disaster reduction advisor of CARE International in Vietnam. She has approximately 20 years experience in areas of community-based disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, particularly in climate and disaster vulnerability and capacity analysis…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action

Young-sook Nam

Secretary-General , World Smart Sustainable Cities Organization

Dr. Young-sook Nam is the Secretary-General of WeGO (World Smart Sustainable Cities Organization), an international organization of 122 cities and 5 national ICT institutions dedicated to pursuing smart sustainable cities for all. Prior to joining WeGO, she was a Professor at Ewha Woman's…

   Topic(s): Economics, Gender Equality, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Yuichi Arita

Director, City of Kitakyushu, Japan

Yuichi Arita is a director for the Overseas Environmental Project Department in City of Kitakyushu, Japan. He has three years of experience in "Kitakyushu Asia Center for Low Carbon Society" established in 2010 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the Asian region by support for technological…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Energy
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Yuqing Yu

Unknown, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies

Dr. Yu joined IGES in April 2013 and is a Senior Policy Researcher and task manager in the Climate and Energy Area. Her current research has focused on climate finance, in particular the governance mechanism, the institutional arrangements, and the effectiveness of climate finance. Before IGES, she…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment, Finance
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action

Yuriko Koike

Governor of Tokyo, Japan

Yuriko Koike is a Japanese politician who currently serves as the Governor of Tokyo. She graduated from the American University in Cairo (B.A. in Sociology) as the top student in 1976 and was a member of the House of Representatives of Japan from 1993 until 2016 when…

   Topic(s): Governance and Public Sector Management, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Yutaka Arai

Vice-Minister for International Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Government of Japan

Yutaka used to be the Vice-Minister for International Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan. She joined it in April 1987. Some of the positions she held was detailed below: • April 1987 Joined Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries(MAFF) • October 2006…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Governance and Public Sector Management, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals