Stephanie Sophie Pons-Dechent

Stephanie Sophie Pons-Dechent has theoretical and practical experience in international trade and development cooperation, particularly in natural resources, transport and mobility, urban infrastructure, and rural development. She obtained her master’s degree from the Goethe University Frankfurt and her bachelor’s degree from The Berlin School of Economics and Law.

R. A. Rajeev

Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Maharashtra cadre, 1987 Batch. He has retired on 31st May 2021 after serving the Government for thirty-four years. In his service career of thirty-four years, he has worked for twelve years in urban development, four years in the environment, and four years in finance in addition to other sectors at State as well as Central government levels.

Waltraut Ritter

Waltraut Ritter is founder of Knowledge Dialogues, specializing in research and advisory services relating to innovation, knowledge and intellectual capital across the Asia‐Pacific region and Europe. She works on innovation projects at the intersection between universities, government, business and civil society. Recent projects included an analysis of Open Data strategies in Asia, a resilient city indicator assessment, as well as building public sector capabilities in Myanmar. She also regularly contributes to knowledge‐economy research of UNESCAP, UNESCO and OECD.

Youngho Kim

Youngho Kim graduated from Seoul National University’s undergraduate and graduate school and received his PhD at Muenchen University of Technology in 2002. Since he joined the Korea Transport Institute in 2005, he has been involved in numerous research projects to develop advanced transport technologies and transport policy.