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Teresa Kho

Director General, ADB

Ms. Teresa Kho is the Director General of the East Asia Department at the Asian Development Bank. The Department is responsible for ADB’s engagement with the People's Republic of China (PRC); Hong Kong, China; Republic of Korea; Mongolia; and Taipei,China.  Prior to this, she was the Deputy…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Tetsuya Ikeda

Deputy Director, International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management

Tetsuya IKEDA started working as a government official on civil engineering since April 1989 at the Ministry of Construction (Now Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism: MLIT) on river engineering and flood disaster risk reduction. He also worked on water supply system planning,…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 15: Life on Land

Thanapon Piman

Research Fellow, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) Asia Centre

Dr. Thanapon Piman has 15 years of work experience in water resources engineering, Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), river basin planning, climate change, and adaptation and disaster risk management.  He specializes in meteorological and hydrological analysis, water resources…

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

Thomas Herz

Senior Transport Specialist , ADB

Mr. Thomas Herz is a Senior Transport Specialist with the Central West Asia Department. A German national, he has more than 25 years of experience in the transport sector spanning the entire project cycle from project inception, processing, implementation, and asset management. For various…

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

Tiffany M. Tran

Human Settlements Expert (Consultant), Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Tiffany Tran is a Vietnamese-American architect and urban designer who is passionate about inclusive and resilient cities. She approaches urban development from a people-centric lens that integrates urban planning, development economics, and environmental justice. Her policy areas of focus include…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Social Development and Protection, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Tillmann von Carnap

Assistant Professor , University of Oslo

Tillmann von Carnap is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Oslo. He works on the economics of remote rural areas, with a methodological focus on the use of high-frequency satellite imagery. Prior to his current position, he completed his PhD at the Institute for…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Economics, Transport
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Timothy John R. Batan

Undersecretary, DOTr, Philippines

Usec Timothy John Batan has been working in the transportation department for five years, first as a Senior Project Development Officer for DOTr Planning, Project Development, and Private-Public Partnership Unit in 2015 where he worked with on several maritime, airport development, port…

   Topic(s): Transport
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Tisura Gamage

Research Assistant, Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka

Tisura Gamage is a researcher at the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS). He holds an MA in Energy, Resources and Environment from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Tisura previously worked with the Edison Electric Institute in Washington D.C.…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Energy, Environment, Transport
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Tom Wilms

Project Manager, Witteveen+Bos

Tom Wilms is a coastal engineer with over 10 years of involvement in various Building with Nature projects around the world and integrated, multi-disciplinary projects in the coastal zone. For this project he is the project manager at Witteveen+Bos and as such responsible for the implementation of…

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

Tomoaki Kawabata

Unit Head, ADB

Tomoaki Kawabata is Unit Head, Project Administration at the Asian Development Bank (ADB), currently overseeing the implementation of infrastructure projects in Southeast Asia. He has over 18 years of experience in infrastructure development and finance. Since joining ADB in 2012, he has worked…

   Topic(s): ICT, Transport
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities