Jigisha is an engineer planner with more than six years of experience in the WASH sector. She is a Senior Research Associate at Center for Water and Sanitation (CWAS), CEPT University, India. She supports urban sanitation related activities at state level and city level. She has worked on projects focusing on sustainable urban water management and water security. She also works on state government and local government level finances. She is a civil engineer and has done her post-graduation in Urban Planning from CEPT University.

Duong works for Smart Universal Logistics in projects in Viet Nam tackling climate change related problems that directly affect poor farmers in the Mekong Delta region.

Shiva joined ADB in 2012 and supports the design and implementation of urban development, water supply and sanitation projects in Nepal. His prior ADB experience include working with government and NGOs and planning, designing, and implementing water supply and sanitation projects.

Antonette graduated Cum Laude at University of the Philippines Manila with a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. She is currently finishing her Masters in Community Development at the University of the Philippines Diliman. She has worked for 7 years in the development sector focusing on marginalized children and legislative advocacy eventually serving as the coordinator for the largest alliance of child-focused organizations and agencies in the Philippines, Child Rights Network.

Dr Baker is currently the Fund Manager for the Australian Government funded Water for Women Fund, a flagship program delivering water, sanitation and hygiene programs across the Asia Pacific region. She has worked in the international development sector with GHD Pty as both a manager and practitioner for over 25 years. Alison has successfully delivered projects for donors including Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Asian Development Bank, and the World Bank, focussed in the infrastructure, water, sanitation, climate change and environment sectors. Alison com

Rui has been engaged in the formulation of water ecological environment planning and water environment management policy research. She participated in the preparation of the "13th Five-Year Plan" and "14th Five-Year Plan" water ecological environment planning. In recent years, she has been committed to the research of water ecological environment protection in the Yellow River Basin.

Grace Miso is a Public-Private Partnership Specialist in the Asian Development Bank currently working in Uzbekistan, Georgia, Bangladesh, and India in the energy, water, and utilities projects helping to bring in private sector investment and provide climate-friendly solutions to the region. Her notable projects in the region that has recently closed include the Namangan Wastewater PPP Project, Tashkent District Heating Project, and the Sherabad Solar Project.