Speakers
Masato Kanda
President
Asian Development Bank
(TBC)
Bruce Gosper
Vice President
Administration and Corporate Management
Asian Development Bank
Roberta Casali
Vice President
Finance and Risk
Asian Development Bank
Fatima Yasmin
Vice President
Sector and Themes
Asian Development Bank
Scott Morris
Vice President
East and Southeast Asia
and the Pacific
Asian Development Bank
Bhargav Dasgupta
Vice President
Market Solutions
Asian Development Bank
Yingming Yang
Vice President
South, Central and West Asia
Asian Development Bank
Irakli Karseladze
Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia
Mzia Giorgobiani
Deputy Minister of
Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia
Koba Gabunia
Deputy Minister of
Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia
Henk Ovink
Executive Director,
Founding Commissioner
Global Commission on the
Economics of Water
The Netherlands
Taikan Oki
Special Advisor to the President, Professor
Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo
Japan
Maria Buhigas
San José
Manager of Urban Architecture
Ajuntament de Barcelona
Spain
Kotchchakorn Voraarkhom
Chairwoman of Climate Change Working Group
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA World), Bangkok, Thailand
Nimesh Modak
Managing Director
Imagine H2O Asia
Changhua Wu
Director
China and Asia
Office of Jeremy Rifkin /
Chair
Asia Pacific Water Forum Governing Council
Kala Vairavamoorthy
Executive Director
International Water Association
Gretchen Kalonji
Special Advisor and Professor
International Research Center of Bid Data for the Sustainable Development Goals
Chinese Academy of Science
Ong Tze-Ch’in
CEO
Singapore Public Utilities Board
Kenzo Hiroki
Professor
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies /
Coordinator
High Level Experts and Leaders Panel on Water and Disasters
Yumiko Noda
Chairman and Representative Director
Veolia - Japan
Antoinette Taus
UNEP Philippines Goodwill Ambassador, Founder
CORA Philippines (bringing education on sustainability)
Nizar Zaied
Manager for Agriculture,
Water Resource and
Rural Development
Islamic Development Bank
Mtchera J. Chirwa
Acting Director,
Water and Sanitation
African Development Bank
Saroj Kumar Jha
Global Director for
Water Global Practice
World Bank
Josses Mugabi
Practice Manager,
South Asia region
World Bank
David Tyler
Head of Project Preparation
and Implementation
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Drazen Kucan
Senior Investment and
Operations Specialist
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
Michael Webster
Program Manager,
2030 Water Resources Group
World Bank
He Tian
Project Team Leader
New Development Bank
DJ Pandian
Director General
Indian Regional Office
New Development Bank
Rasmus Duong Grunnet
Director
Gehl – Making Cities for People, Copenhagen, Denmark
David Dodman
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
Erasmus University Rotterdam
F. Cleo Kawawaki
Director General
Sectors Department 2
Asian Development Bank
Norio Saito
Senior Director
Water and Urban Development Sector Office
Asian Development Bank
Satoshi Ishii
Director
Strategy and Partnerships Team
Asian Development Bank
Manoj Sharma
Director
South Asia Team
Asian Development Bank
Jingmin Huang
Director
Central and West Asia and
East Asia Team
Asian Development Bank
Srinivas Sampath
Director
Emerging Areas Team
Asian Development Bank
Neeta Pokhrel
Director
Southeast Asia and Pacific Team
Asian Development Bank
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