Shiju Varghese is a transformational leader and gifted P&L owner seasoned in diverse Asia technology markets operating in a global paradigm. Passionate about creating and growing teams of performers who drive business results, he champions data-driven decision making, process excellence and innovation and gains real excitement in designing and taking to market compelling services and business propositions that generate revenue and build value.

Nengshi Zheng is an independent consultant, a member of Hunan provincial sponge city professional committee and an expert in the municipal engineering expert pool of Changsha City, PRC. He graduated from Leibniz University Hannover, Germany, with a master’s degree in landscape and open-space planning. He has worked at the Atelier Dreiseitl (later as Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl) as water engineer and landscape architect on international interdisciplinary projects and later as branch manager of Wasser Hannover GmbH in China.

Herbert Dreiseitl is Harvard GSD Loeb Fellow, and Fellow of the Center of Liveable Cities in Singapore and a renowned Landscape Architect, Urban Designer, Water Artist, Interdisciplinary Planner, and currently Visiting Professor at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He lectures worldwide and has authored many publications including three editions of Recent Waterscapes, Planning, Building and Designing with Water. 

Dr. Shotaro Sasaki is the Senior Environment Specialist for ADB's Urban and Social Sectors Division in the East Asia Department. He joined ADB in 2005 and worked on energy projects in Central and West Asia such as Afghanistan, environment improvements in South Asia such as India, and in the private sector.