Gates Foundation Revealed: How We Work, and How We Partner with ADB

Dr. Roshan Shrestha revealed how Gates Foundation has been working with ADB on transformative technologies like the citywide inclusive sanitation (CWIS) approaches in achieving sustainable changes in sanitation management. He also presented the CWIS framework like public service approach promotion and the different building blocks for CWIS at scale.

Doing Business with ADB

Hiroki Kasahara, Senior Financing Partnerships Specialist of ADB's Partner Funds Division spoke at a seminar co-organized by ADB's Japan Representative Office and the ASEAN-Japan Centre on 7 November 2019 to address potential business opportunities in ADB operations funded by the trust funds for companies together with Development Finance International. About 50 participants from Japanese private firms took part in the event.

Gordon Falconer

Gordon is currently the Chairman of the Advisory Board for the UN United Smart Cities program and is a city developer, city consultant, global thought leader in cities, technology clusters, property& infrastructure developer, chartered surveyor who has been based in Singapore for the last 10 years. He has previously been Head of Masdar City Strategy in Abu Dhabi and Director of Cisco Urban Innovation. He has worked worldwide with governments, NGO’s, the UN, World Bank, and the European Commission.

Ethan Wampler

Ethan is an Associate in the Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS) where he directly supports RMI’s Co-founder and Chief Scientist, Amory Lovins, and the OCS team with analysis, research, collaboration, and travel. Ethan is currently engaged in a number of RMI efforts to promote OCS collaboration with RMI’s broader programs. He’s worked as an engineer in robotics and solar, and he also spent a year traveling the US as a grassroots environmental organizer.

Rene Rohrbeck

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Rene Rohrbeck is Professor of Strategy and Director of the Chair for Foresight, Innovation and Transformation at EDHEC Business School. He has a PhD in Technology and Innovation Management and an MSc in Business Administration from the Technical University Berlin.

Lu Shen

Lu Shen is the Director of the Results and Aid Effectiveness Division of ADB's Strategy and Policy Department. She has worked in the public sector and private sector operations including sovereign lending and project finance and developing water PPPs in Asia and the Pacific and in Latin America. Previously, she worked with the Central and West Asia Regional Department Urban and Water Division, and at the Inter-American Development Bank.