Dr. V.B. Mathur is the Chairperson, National Biodiversity Authority, India since September 2019. Prior to this, he served as the Director of the Wildlife Institute of India between 2014-19. Dr. Mathur is the Regional Vice-Chair of the IUCN-World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA-South Asia) and Member of the International Association of Impact Assessment (IAIA). He has now spent over three decades in actively contributing to a wide range of training, research and academic programmes in the field of biodiversity conservation.

Dr. Santosh received his Ph.D. from Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Netherlands. His expertise lies in Fluid-structure-interaction (FSI), CFD, Contact & Continuum Mechanics. He authored numerous international journal papers and presented technical papers in various international conferences and workshops. He helped Structural Mechanics group of TU Delft win many research funding proposals and collaborated with many esteemed research groups and universities in the US, UK, Europe. Currently, he’s heading Engineering dept. of HSL Constructor Pte Ltd.

Dr. CHOU Loke Ming is Emeritus Professor at the National University of Singapore (Department of Biological Sciences). He obtained his PhD in Zoology from the University of Singapore in 1976. His research on coral reef ecology and integrated coastal management covers Southeast Asia. His current research focus is reef restoration, and he is particularly interested in how corals can be re-established in the highly turbid conditions of rapidly developing coastal areas. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Biology and a Fellow of the Singapore National Academy of Science.

Dr. Lu has been working for nature conservation for 20 years and is specialized in wetland ecology and biodiversity conservation. He is involved in various conservation and management associated initiatives at both national and international level, including the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, EAAFP, IUCN, GEO BON, and UNESCAP and NEASPEC projects. His main research interests are wetland ecosystem change and drivers, biodiversity dynamics and conservation biology, endangered migratory waterbirds and habitat, and mechanisms for transboundary cooperation in the EAAF.

JIN Xiaoting is Senior Project Officer of French Development Agency (AFD). She is the focal point of “biodiversity” and “innovation” of AFD in China. She joined AFD in 2008 and has developed and managed over 800 million EUR of Official Development Aid (ODA) projects covering biodiversity conservation, sustainable urban and rural development, natural and cultural heritage protection, energy efficiency, district energy and divers areas. She is also responsible for policy dialogue with Chinese authorities on environment and biodiversity related topics. Ms.

Dr. Jianbin Shi is an Advisor and Director of Conservation Program with the Paulson Institute, responsible for development and management of a high-impact portfolio of wetland conservation and restoration projects in China. Before joining the Institute in March 2016, Jianbin was the Head of TRAFFIC China Programme from May 2011 to September 2014, a Program Manager of UNDP China for EU-China Biodiversity Program from August 2006 to May 2011, and a Program Coordinator of TNC China Office from September 2004 to August 2006.

Ms. Hu Xinxin is the Acting Division Chief of the Department of Wetland Management of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, P.R. China. She graduated from t he University of Waikato, New Zealand specializing in Electronic commerce and Beijing Institute of Technology, specializing in programme management She is in charge of the implementation of the Convention on wetlands, Ramsar Sites management, Wetland City Accreditation ,and i nternational cooperation in wetland area.