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Sven Beyersdorff

Founding Partner, Nordic Sustainability

Sven Beyersdorff is co-founder of Nordic Sustainability, a Copenhagen-based consulting firm focusing on sustainability-related projects for public and private sector clients across the Nordics and beyond. Sven has a background in strategy consulting, having previously worked at a McKinsey spin-off…

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

Tae-hyung Kim

Director and Senior Research Fellow, Korean Transport Institute

Tae-hyung Kim currently works as a director of the Center for Smart City and Transport at the Korea Transport Institute (KOTI). Since he joined KOTI in 2005, he has been involved in various studies and research projects related to intelligent transport systems (ITS) and smart mobility in a smart…

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

Taichi Minamitani

Director of the Disaster Risk Reduction Division, Japan International Cooperation Agency

Mr. Minamitani Taichi sis the Director of the Disaster Risk Reduction Division 1, Global Environment Department, Japany International Cooperation Agency (JICA). He joined JICA in 2007. His division is in charge of JICA's flood and landslide projects globally. This includes JICA's operations for the…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

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