Professor Bruce Chapman is an economist and has worked at The Australian National University since 1984. He has extensive experience in public policy, including the motivation and design of the Higher Education Contribution Scheme (the first national income-contingent loan scheme using the income tax system for collection) in 1989; engagement with the empirical and conceptual basis related to long-term unemployment leading to the Working Nation program in 1994.

Po Yang is an associate professor with tenure, chair of Department of Economics of Education and Administration as well as a research associate of the Institute of Economics of Education, at the Graduate School of Education, Peking University, and a research fellow at China Institute of Education Finance Research, Peking University. She serves as the vice president of the China Association of Education Finance Research and has been working as a consultant for the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and Ford Foundation.

Marina Timoteo is a comparative law scholar, with specific expertise in Chinese modern and contemporary law. She has been involved in several research and legal cooperation projects between Europe and China. Since 2008, she is a Member of the General Assembly of the China-Europe School of Law established at the China University of Political Sciences and Law of Beijing, representing the University of Bologna.

Asadullah Sumbal is a Principal Regional Cooperation Specialist at ADB’s Southeast Asia Department. He works as project officer for the flagship housing for integrated rural development program.

Robert is the Team Leader for the Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility. Prior to joining PRIF, Robert held a number of senior roles with the Asian Development Bank. He also spent four years as the Economic Infrastructure Adviser at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat in Fiji and served two years as a volunteer in the Solomon Islands.

Jouko Sarvi coordinated policy and strategy on ADB's support to education development in Central and West Asia region. He led knowledge sharing on good practice and innovation in education development, and coordinates external partnerships in the sector in the region.

Dr Anil Dutt Vyas is the senior most faculty in the department of Civil Engineering with more than 28 years of teaching, research and consultancy experience in Asia, Africa and Europe. He has worked for more than 15 years at lead government of India institution, MNIT, Jaipur and presently also holding the  Deputy Director Students Welfare, at  Manipal University Jaipur. He is also convener of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation programs at MUJ. 

Dr. Sathaporn Opasanon is a Full-time Faculty Member at the Department of International Business, Logistics and Transport of Thammasat Business School, Thammasat University. 

He has a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Transportation Logistics) from University of Maryland, USA.