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Kitiya Vongkamjan

CEO and Co-founder, UniFAHs Co. Ltd. (Bangkok)

Dr. Kitiya Vongkamjan, CEO and Co-founder of UniFAHS, is a Cornell-trained scientist and entrepreneur with over 15 years of expertise in bacteriophage research and biotechnology. She leads UniFAHS in transforming phage innovations into scalable business solutions, driving growth, partnerships, and…

   Topic(s): Environment, Finance, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Knut Oberhagemann

Principal, Overseas Projects, Northwest Hydraulic Consultants, Canada

Since joining NHC in 2001, Knut has worked mostly in Bangladesh and India on long-term multidisciplinary studies and in implementing water resource projects. His main focus has been developing riverbank protection solutions for the extensive flooding of the Brahmaputra River in Assam and…

   Topic(s): Urban Development, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Komal Sinha

Senior Director, Plastics and Sustainable Development Policy and Markets, Verra

​As the demand for Verra’s Climate, Community & Biodiversity Standards, Plastic Waste Reduction Standard, and Sustainable Development Verified Impact Standard grows, Komal leads on Verra’s policy engagement and market development related to these programs. Komal is a climate…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Environment, Regional Cooperation and Integration, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Kuancheng Huang

Senior Transport Specialist, ADB

Kuancheng Huang is a Senior Transport Specialist of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He said that increased connectivity is a precondition for ADB’s work on reducing poverty and promoting gender equality.

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

KwaDwo Konadu Ansah Antwi

CEO and Co-founder, BioMetallica Pte Ltd, (Singapore / Hong Kong)

Dr. Kwadwo “Joe” Konadu Ansah-Antwi is the Founder and CEO of BioMetallica, a deeptech startup pioneering sustainable precious metal recycling through synthetic biology and electrochemical technologies. He holds a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National University of Singapore…

   Topic(s): Environment, Finance, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, Goal 13: Climate Action

Laarnie Cancio

Co-founder and Managing Director, BTB Ecostore

Laarnie is one of the five women founders of Luntiang Pamumuhay, Inc., also known as Back to Basics Ecostore, a zero-waste refillery store in Maginhawa, Quezon City in the Philippines. She is a top performer graduate of the Zero Waste Academy Asia Pacific Cohort 2022–2023. She actively engages as a…

   Topic(s): Environment, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Lainie Thomas

Unit Head, ADB

Ms. Thomas leads the implementation of ADB’s fragile and conflict-affected situations and small island developing states approach, which institutionalizes differentiated strategies to improve the performance of ADB’s operations in these contexts. Prior to this, Ms. Thomas oversaw ADB's work on…

   Topic(s): Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Lan Mercado

Regional Director, Oxfam International Secretariat Asia

Lan Mercado is the Regional Director for Oxfam in Asia. Lan is an activist and development worker, with over 30 years of experience working with civil society coalitions, environmental movements, and international women's rights organizations. Since 1999, she’s been with Oxfam, starting as a…

   Topic(s): Economics, Gender Equality, Health, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Lance Gore

Principal Portfolio Management Specialist , ADB

Lance is the Principal Portfolio Management Specialist and Principal Water Resources Specialist for ADB’s South Asia Regional Department’s agriculture and natural resources division. He is a chartered engineer who has been working for ADB since 2003 and as staff since 2012. He focuses mainly on…

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

Lara Arjan

Urban Development Specialist , ADB

Lara Arjan is an Urban Planner with over 20 years of experience in program design, management, monitoring and evaluation. Lara holds two master’s degrees, one in Environmental Sciences and one in Urban and Regional Planning and Development. She has worked with national, multilateral, local…

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