David von Hippel

David’s work for the Asian Development Bank since 2013 has focused on climate resilience assessments and other analyses of energy systems and infrastructure under a changing climate. As an independent consultant based in Eugene, Oregon, David works and has worked for many agencies, including ADB, the United Nations, the World Bank, Nautilus Institute, USAID, and many others on a broad range of energy and environmental topics in dozens of countries.

Atsumasa Sakai

Atsumasa Sakai joined ADB in 2016 and have worked on energy sector operation in the East, Central, and West Asia since then. Before joining ADB, he had worked for the World Bank responsible for power development projects in Sub-Saharan Africa, and for the power utility in Metropolitan Tokyo responsible for power system planning and international cooperation with overseas utilities. 

Yuichi Arita

Yuichi Arita is a director for the Overseas Environmental Project Department in City of Kitakyushu, Japan. He has three years of experience in "Kitakyushu Asia Center for Low Carbon Society" established in 2010 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the Asian region by support for technological transfer, training experts, and information dissemination.

He has been in charge of several projects related to energy management, recycling and waste management in collaboration with local governments in Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Palau.

Madhulika Sharma

Ms. Madhulika Sharma has more than 28 years of experience of working in numerous profiles across Tata Steel including Information Technology Services Department and as Executive Officer to ex-Managing Director Of Tata Steel. Working in current role Of Chief Of Corporate Sustainabifity, Tata Steel India since July' 2016.

Recognized as one of the top 25 SustainablT1ty Superwoman in Asia by CSR Works, Singapore. Member of Sustainability' Reporting Expert Group Of World Steel Association. Vice president, Eastern Region, UN Global Compact India Network

Yu Tack Kim

Kim is expert of EV, ESS battery R&D, demonstration and project leader of international standard (IEA, ISO). He is a member of Energy Storage policy maker in MOTIE and KEA. New research areas are battery Reuse, Re-fabrication, Recycling using the end of life-time battery.

ADB, W.B consultant of Battery Energy Storage System demonstration and Test standards and Grid code