Dimple has recently worked on an innovative degree Energy Engineering to address the need for workers in energy transition and created curricula on resources and the circular economy. She sponsors a working group on embedding UN Sustainable Development Goals into the science and engineering curriculum , and represented Curtin University on a government-led Roundtable on Clean Energy in Australia.

Christina Kwauk is a gender, education, and climate specialist. She is co-editor of Curriculum and Learning for Climate Action: Toward an SDG 4.7 Roadmap for Systems Change and co-author of “The new green learning agenda: Approaches to quality education for climate empowerment.”
 

Lisa Lahalih has over 15 years of experience in education, as a teacher and development professional.  At ADB, Lisa manages the Access to Primary and Secondary Education Sustained project in Afghanistan. Prior to joining ADB, Lisa worked for USAID and the World Bank and managed projects with a focus on system-wide education reform, teacher professional development, workforce development, and education policy development in the Middle East and North Africa Region and Central Asia Region. 

Mr. Zohaib Mushtaq is a civil servant from the Pakistan Administrative Service. He is currently working as Project Director of ADB funded Improving Workforce Readiness in Punjab Project which intends to uplift the TVET Sector by addressing the quality and relevance of TVET in priority economic sectors, increasing equitable access to TVET and strengthening of the TVET sector institutional framework. 

Tamar Makharashvili has been appointed as the First Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Georgia. The First Deputy Minister will oversee the Department of Preschool Education and General Education, as well as the National Center for Teacher Professional Development and the Resource Officer Service.

Chairman of the Hui Mei He Zheng education company, president of the Jinan Infant Daycare Association, participate in the formulation of China's childcare policy and submit amendments. Ten years’ experience of in infant career planning and talent training.

Kelly Sims Gallagher is Dean, ad interim and Professor of Energy and Environmental Policy at The Fletcher School, Tufts University. She directs the Climate Policy Lab and the Center for International Environment and Resource Policy at Fletcher. She served in the second term of Obama Administration as a Senior Policy Advisor in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and as Senior China Advisor in the Special Envoy for Climate Change office at the U.S. State Department.

With over 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur, business strategist, and transdisciplinary designer, Angeles has a track record of creating innovative products, services, and systems at the intersection of business, technology, and design. From fire-starting transformation programs for global organizations like Unilever, The World Bank and Endeavor, to hacking public sector at Government of Buenos Aires and founding team of Mural.

Ms Lamei graduated from South West University in 2015 and got a Doctor’s degree in Educational Management, and graduated from University of Sheffield in 2017 and got a Masters’ degree in Educational Policies and Practice. Currently she is engaged in research on education internationalization, education policies, and education management, published more than twenty academic papers.

Professor Ir. Taufan Marhaendrajana is the head of Science Techno Park of the Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB) and has held various progressive leadership positions in ITB over the years. He obtained his PhD degree from Texas A&M University majoring in the oil and gas field discipline and has in the recent year pivoted to renewable energies aligned with decarbonization initiatives and research carried out by the university. He has more than 8 intellectual property rights filed and has more than 38 publications on his research.