Heidi Savelli-Soderberg is acting Chief of the Source to Sea Pollution Unit focusing on plastic pollution and marine litter, wastewater and nutrients within the Marine and Freshwater Branch of the United Nations Environment Programme. She has worked with coastal and marine management including prevention of land-based sources of pollution for 20 years and led the Units work on plastics since 2009. She trained as an ecotoxicologist with an MSc from Lund University, Sweden.

Neslihan leads Stantec’s international business development activities in IFI business focusing Central Asia, Turkey, Balkans and MENA region where she is responsible for strategy planning to increase the company’s business in water, wastewater, infrastructure, environmental and energy sectors. To accomplish this, she focuses on technical assistance opportunities with IFI clients such as the European Commission, EBRD, WB, ADB and other IFIs in the region. She reaches out water and public utilities in developing countries to provide sustainable water solutions through IFI projects.

Mafalda Pinto is a civil engineer, specializing in hydraulics and water resources. Before joining ADB in 2020, she worked in the private sector on international assignments in the design and engineering of municipal water, wastewater, fecal sludge networks, and treatment plants. Mafalda has experience in Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Her main areas of expertise are wastewater and fecal sludge management, and circular economy. Mafalda holds a MSc in Civil Engineering for Instituto Superior Tecnico, University of Lisbon and is a Chartered Engineer with Engineers Ireland.

Nick is the Program Manager for the EPA AgSTAR Program and serves as the Co-Chair of the Global Methane Initiative Biogas Subcommittee. In his role as Program Manager for AgSTAR, Nick works with the U.S. livestock industry, state and federal agencies, and biogas industry stakeholders to advance the deployment of methane recovery projects. While supporting the Global Methane Initiative, Nick helps advance the anaerobic digestion of organic feedstocks globally for methane mitigation and energy production.

Daniel Deere is a consulting water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) specialist.

Marlene Hsu is a Water Research Australia (WaterRA) Research Manager and has over 15 years of experience working in the water sector both in Australia and in the UK. Currently she is playing the Project Director role for the Collaboration on Sewage Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 (ColoSSoS) project covering Australia and New Zealand. With her experience as a lead design engineer at Thames Water and design project manager for numerous leading consultancies, she brings her enthusiasm for engaging WaterRA’s research partners and stakeholders to deliver innovative and impactful research.