Dr. Sapkota is an Urban Hydrologist working at eWater, Australia. She is an experienced water modeller, who has worked in urban water systems and hydrology in Australia and overseas.

Mr. Luo works at the Beijing Enterprises Water Group Limited. He is involved in O&M cases sharing and provides advice and suggestions. 

Dr. Ly is the Chief River Basin Planner of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) Secretariat. He plays a lead role in the formulation of basin development strategy and plan, joint projects and MRC procedures, and technically supervising the implementation of hydropower, navigation, socio-economics, agriculture and irrigation, climate change adaptation, and integrated water resources related activities.

Christine Emboltorio is currently the Head of Strategic Asset Planning Department of Manila Water Company Inc. and leads the development of the water and wastewater masterplan of the Company’s Manila East Zone Concession. She has been with Manila Water for almost 20 years and has worked across the different units of the Company – Business Operations, Water Network Planning, New Business Development, and Project Management.

Terry joined the City of Alexandria as the Director of the Department of Project Implementation (DPI) in Aug 2019. As Director of DPI, she leads a team of project managers, construction inspectors, and project controls support staff to deliver the City’s portfolio of capital infrastructure projects (CIP). She is responsible for developing and implementing best practices in project management, CIP cost estimating, and project delivery in addition to providing leadership and strategic direction for the City’s core infrastructure design and construction program.

Dr. Mishra is a PhD from Acoustic Research Lab of National University of Singapore. He is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the same lab and co-founder of Teredo Analytics, a deep-tech spin-off from NUS.

Ben is a quantitative ecologist with expertise in statistical modelling for ecological applications. He works on basic and applied research in aquatic systems from local to global scales collaborating with researchers, managers and farmers on projects across Europe, Asia, the USA and Australia.

Cholpon leads Central Asian Youth for Water (CAY4W) in her role of regional co-coordinator for Central Asia and Afghanistan. Currently, as an International Climate Protection fellow of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation she is carrying out her research on the interface of water, climate, and security in Central Asia with a special focus on collective leadership, supported by her host institution - CLI.