Sudarno is an economist and the first director of The SMERU Research Institute. His current position as a policy adviser at the National Team for the Acceleration of Poverty Reduction (TNP2K), Office of the Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia shows his strong linkages to Indonesian policymakers. He holds a Ph.D. and an MA from Vanderbilt University, all in economics. He is a former head of the Statistic Society Forum in Indonesia and was a visiting fellow at the Southeast Asia Forum (SEAF) at Stanford University.

Nam’s professional career mainly focuses on climate change impact assessment and water engineering management with more than 20-year experience. He has conducted fundamental and practical studies in the field of environmental hydraulics and water resources, for instance, the studies on the development of advanced technologies for improving flood forecasting practices in Viet Nam; the development of vulnerability assessment and risk mapping tools for water infrastructure systems.

Alwin is Business Developer on Climate Resilience APAC at Royal HaskoningDHV. He is responsible for the strategy & business development of water resilience portfolio in Asia Pacific. He is also project manager of flood resilience, river and coastal projects in Viet Nam and Southeast Asia.

Nanco Dolman is leading professional in Water Resilient Cities at Royal HaskoningDHV, with a MSc in Civil Engineering from Delft University of Technology (1998) and a BLA in landscape architecture from Amsterdam Academy of Architecture (2008).

From 2011 to 2016 Nanco was part time lecturer Adaptive Urban Development at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences. He served as a Resilient Cities advocate for UNDRR (2015-2020), and is editor for IWA’s Journal of Water & Climate Change (2020 to date).

Santosh is the Managing Director at Intellecap Advisory Services Pvt. Ltd. He leads the energy, climate change, and agriculture practice at Intellecap. He has significant experience in designing and implementing carbon projects and developing climate finance strategies. He led strategic engagements with the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change, Govt.

Dr. Hanasaki is Head of Climate Change Impacts Assessment Research Section, Center for Climate Change Adaptation at National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES). He Hanasaki earned a B.Eng./M.Eng./Dr.Eng. in Civil Engineering from the University of Tokyo. His research focuses on hydrology and water resources engineering, particularly development of a macro scale physically-based hydrological model incorporating major human activities such as irrigation, water withdrawal, and reservoir operation.

Professor Willetts specialises in applied research to inform policy and practice in international development. She is global expert in water and sanitation, and has also contributed to gender equality, governance, climate change, civil society and private sector roles in development, and monitoring, evaluation and development effectiveness.