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Laura Schwartz

Senior External Relations Officer, North American Representative Office, ADB

Laura Schwartz serves as Senior External Relations Officer for the North American Representative Office (NARO) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). In this role, Laura supports NARO’s efforts to mobilize financing and support for ADB’s work across the Asia-Pacific region by raising public awareness…

   Topic(s): Economics, Energy, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Leigh Hancher

Director of the Energy Union Law Area, Florence School of Regulation, European University Institute

Prof. Dr. Leigh Hancher is a renowned European competition and regulatory law expert with an extensive background in energy market regulation and sectoral policy reforms. She is the Director and Professor of the Energy Union Law Area at the Florence School of Regulation, Visiting Professor of…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Energy, Knowledge Management
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Lenke Balint

Head, Partnership, Capacity & Communities Department, BirdLife International

Lenke leads two global programmes of capacity development, research, advocacy and conservation action focused on strengthening grassroots conservation organisations and on the linkages between biodiversity, well-being and human rights. She has responsibility, among others, for building the capacity…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Civil Society, Climate Change, Environment, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Lennart Larsson

Energy System Planning Expert, Deregulation of Energy Markets

Country: Sweden Dr Lennart Larsson is an internationally well known expert on Energy system planning and on Deregulation of Energy Markets. He took his Masters Degree in 1976 with focus on Thermal Engineering and Energy Planning and he got his Doctors Degree at the University of Lund in 1983 with…

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

Lerwen Liu

TA consultant,TA consultant, Circular economy institutional and business model specialist (TL), inddependent consultant

• She specializes in business development and education in emerging technologies, circular economy, and sustainability. • She focuses on strategy, assessment, and support of emerging technologies, including nanotechnology and Artificial Intelligence, with applications in all sectors. • With her 20…

   Topic(s): Environment, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Li He

Natural Resources Officer (water), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Before FAO, Li He was working at the China Agricultural University as Associate Professor from the end of 2007 to the beginning of 2016. She has been working on water resources management, ecosystems, and biodiversity related works and projects. She initiated, developed and implements the Eco-…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Environment, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Lindsay Renaud

Results Management Specialist, ADB

 Lindsay Renaud is a Results Management Specialist and ADB’s focal point for the Design and Monitoring Framework and Development Effectiveness Review.  Before joining ADB, Ms. Renaud was the Results Management Specialist at the Caribbean Development Bank, where she led the Results Unit of…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Public-Private Partnership, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Maimunah Mohd Sharif

Executive Director, United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)

Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif of Malaysia is the Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN‐Habitat), appointed by the Secretary‐General, following an election by the General Assembly on 22 December 2017.  She succeeds Joan Clos of Spain to whom the Secretary-…

   Topic(s): Regional Cooperation and Integration, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Maria Carmela Concepcion

Integrity Officer, Office of Anticorruption and Integrity, ADB

Maria Carmela Concepcion is an Integrity Officer at ADB’s Office of Anticorruption and Integrity (OAI) where she supports the Office of the Head, OAI, in policymaking and advisory services. Her role includes providing guidance to both ADB internal and external stakeholders, on ADB’s Anticorruption…

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

Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes

Director, Macao Government Tourism Office; Executive Board Member, Pacific Asia Travel Association

Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes came aboard in 1988 to engage in organizing various marketing and promotional activities at the Department of Marketing of Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO). In 1998, she became Deputy Director, carrying on her dedication to destination marketing, and was…

   Topic(s): Finance, Industry and Trade, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals