John Dora has thirty-nine years’ experience in managing infrastructure, including flood risk management and asset management of railway structures. He is a recognized international expert on climate change adaptation and standards, and his clients include or have included the UN, the UK Met Office, Copernicus Climate Services, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Standards Organization (ISO) and CEN/CENELEC, the European Standards’ organizations; John is ISO’s global lead for adaptation.

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 modeling and GIS for water resources and land-use planning, assessing impacts of water resources development and climate change on water, water-related resources and sectors, developing flood and drought warning system as well as decision support system for water resources management.