Roland Krebs is an urban planner, strategist, and designer from Vienna (Austria) who develops integrated action plans for cities to tackle urban growth (or shrinkage). As a a consultant to multilateral development organisations, municipalities, city-regions and metropolitan areas, Roland has gained international experience in urban planning and design projects in Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Central and South Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Jei Edora is the Trade Commissioner for Clean Technologies, Life Sciences, and International Financial Institutions at Global Affairs Canada, with a focus on the Asian Development Bank. He also serves as a champion of Canada’s Trade-Development Nexus initiative. A leading expert in public climate finance, multilateral and bilateral development finance, and international banking and investments, he brings nearly a decade of experience leveraging development finance to support people and planet.