Theresa Fink is a Researcher in Urban Design Computation in the Competence Unit Digital Resilient Cities at the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology in Vienna. Her expertise lies in the field of digital, parametric urban master planning using computational methods and urban analyses. She graduated in Architecture at the Graz University of Technology in Austria. During her studies she gained experience in parametric design in international architectural offices like Herzog & de Meuron and Baumschlager Eberle in Liechtenstein and Switzerland.

Saibal Das Chowdhury is an urban technologist and CEO and Co-Founder of Urbanetic –   a ‘City-as-a-Service’ software platform for digitization of buildings and infrastructure and their development financing, securitization and exchange.  A former VP of Hewlett-Packard for start-ups investments and VP of AT&T Solutions Asia-Pacific, Saibal has been among the pioneers in the areas of industrial robotics and Product Life-Cycle management (PLM) technologies. 

Ricardo Cabrera-Nyst is an Architect, Building Engineer and Urban Design specialist at the Esri R&D Center in Zürich.  He is currently involved in the development of Esri software with focus on practical applications related to Architecture, Urban Design and Planning.

His professional interests are motivated by the elaboration of interconnected specialized tools, that might work together, integrated in a holistic vision of the urban development process within a GIS framework.

Ian Munt is a UK Chartered Urban Planner and graduated from the University of Reading, UK with a Masters in Environmental Planning and a BA in Geography from the University of Kent, UK. Over 25 years he has worked with national, regional, and local governments in Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe, and Central America with a focus on urban planning, governance, and capacity development. He has worked on a range of development projects addressing climate change, risk, and urban planning including in Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Nepal, Philippines, Rwanda, and Viet Nam.

Bert Fabian is the Coordinator of the Secretariat for the Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in East Asia (EANET). EANET is an intergovernmental initiative established in 2001 to create a common understanding on the state of acid deposition problems in East Asia, provide useful inputs for decision making at various levels, and promote cooperation among countries.