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Speakers


DAY 1 – 17 June 2025, Tuesday 



Opening Remarks 

Bruno Carrasco
Director General
Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
ADB

Jonas Leones
Undersecretary for Policy, Planning, and International Affairs
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Government of the Philippines

Keynote Session 

Rob Kaplan
Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Circulate Capital 

PLENARY SESSION 1 Circular Economy in Sectors 

Susann Roth
Advisor
Office of the Principal Director Department of Communications and Knowledge Management
ADB 

Miguel Bermundo
Vice President for People
and Sustainability
(Chief Sustainability Officer)
Mober Philippines
  

Norio Saito
Senior Director
Water and Urban Development
Water and Urban Development Sector Office, Sectors Department 2 (SD2-WUD)
ADB

Cindy Cisneros-Tiangco
Director, Emerging Areas
Energy Sector Office
 Sectors Department 1
ADB


Takeshi Ueda
Director
Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office Sectors Department 2 (SD2-AFNR) ADB

Yoko Watanabe
Director
Environment
ADB 

TRACK SESSION 1 Enabling Conditions: Legal Frameworks and Policy 


Dorothy Delarmente–Bagting
Councilor
Quezon City Government (Philippines)


Roger Joseph (Rocky) Guzman
International Governance, Policy, and Legal Specialist (Consultant)
ADB


Sara Lim
Researcher/Administrator
ADB-Korea Climate Technology Hub
ADB


Dian Kurniawati
Founder
PT Tridi Oasis Group

TRACK SESSION 2 Digitalization and Innovation: Breakthroughs in Practice

Eileen Ortega-Gamo
Director
Community Bamboo Development
and Carbon Removal
Rizome Philippines


Surbhi Jore
Founder
ASM Global

Rudolph Peralta
Senior GIS Analyst
Arup

TRACK SESSION 3 Digitalization of the Plastic Value Chain: Developing Digital Road Maps

Erin Sinogba
Project and Knowledge Management Lead (Consultant)
ADB

Vincent Aloysius
Team Leader and
Circular Economy Specialist
 Seureca-Veolia




Emilio López Cano
Associate Professor
Rey Juan Carlos University 



DAY 2 – 18 June 2025, Wednesday



TRACK SESSION 1 Enabling Conditions: Legal Frameworks and Policy 

Claire Alembik
Investment Specialist
Infrastructure Finance Division 2 (PSIF2)
ADB

Ma. Celina Anonuevo
Team Lead
(Sustainability and Emerging Assurance)
Deloitte Philippines

Laarnie Cancio
Co-founder and Managing Director
 BTB Ecostore
TRACK SESSION 2 Digitalization and Innovation: Data Collection and Management

Surbhi Jore
Founder
ASM Global

Ana Kumarasamy
Associate Program Officer
Coordinating Body on the Seas
of East Asia (COBSEA)

Miguel Yorro
Business Development, Sustainability,
and Product Innovation Lead
Restore Solutions PH


TRACK SESSION 3 Digitalization of the Plastic Value Chain: Piloting Digital Applications

 

Le Roux Cronje
Technical Lead (Data Governance, Security, and Cybersecurity)
Learning and Innovation Division
DT Global Inc.


Angela  Aquino
Pasig River Plastics Digital Twin Coordinator (Consultant)
ADB
 




Emilio López Cano
Associate Professor
Rey Juan Carlos University 




Marios Kostis
Project Engineer - Operational Tools
and Digital Initiatives Hub
Seureca

TRACK SESSION 1 Enabling Conditions: Aligning Circular Economy Strategies with Sustainable Development Goals


James Baker
Senior Natural Resources and
Agriculture Specialist
SD2-AFNR
ADB



Eileen Ortega-Gamo
Director
Community Bamboo Development
and Carbon Removal
Rizome Philippines


Babur Wasim Arif
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Specialist (Consultant)
ADB 


                             

Karma Yangzom
Principal Environment Specialist
Climate Change, Resilience, and
Environment Cluster
ADB

TRACK SESSION 2 Digitalization and Innovation: Urban and Rural Development

Toko Kato
Senior Food and Nutrition Specialist Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office (SD2-AFNR) ADB 

Jamie Naval
Circularity Manager
Anthill Fabric Gallery

Joanna Mae Norcio-Ricafort
Public Services Officer IV
Department of Public Services
City Government of Manila (Philippines)

TRACK SESSION 3 Digitalization of the Plastic Value Chain: Data Governance Framework



Vincent Aloysius
Team Leader and
Circular Economy Specialist
 Seureca-Veolia


 

Le Roux Cronje
Technical Lead (Data Governance, Security, and Cybersecurity)
Learning and Innovation Division
DT Global Inc.
 

Hyunjeong Jin
Associate Program Officer on Marine Pollution
Coordinating Body on the Seas
of East Asia
PLENARY SESSION 2 Pathways to Circular Resilience


James Baker
Senior Natural Resources and
Agriculture Specialist
SD2-AFNR
ADB



Maria Lorena Cleto
Senior Safeguards Specialist (Social)
Office of Safeguards

ADB



Jinha Kim
Gender Specialist (Climate Change)
Gender Equality Division
ADB




Dian Kurniawati

Founder
PT Tridi Oasis Group