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Regina Abuyuan was a Manila-based writer, editor, and development communications consultant. She was a seasoned magazine and book editor, having helmed as chief editor of five glossies and three best-selling books, including the award-winning book Agam: Filipino Narratives on Uncertainty and Climate Change (Best Anthology in the English Language and Finalist in Design in the…

Vivencio Dizon is the current President and Chief Executive Officer of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA). Prior to holding the executive positions in BCDA, he was a Consultant of then Senate Majority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano, Undersecretary for Political Affairs of the Office of the President, and Chief of Staff of the Office…

Satish has a unique mix of experience in IT program management, insight on Smart City technology and has vast experience in city development and management. He is a pioneer in smart sustainable city development and operations in India and an expert in Smart City planning, development management, governance, and operations of the city. He has…

An impassioned architect, urbanist, and entrepreneur, Michael has founded and led high-growth companies in the US and Asia for more than two decades. He studied architecture at Yale and Cambridge, earned a Fulbright Scholarship, and worked as an architect in India and China for several years leading the Asia practices of two major US-based international…

Since joining Massar International in 2009, Jack Nassar has served in a number of roles in which he has worked directly for Massar’s Chairman, Bashar Masri. Jack is currently leading the Rawabi Foundation, a nonprofit institution founded alongside the city, to share and promote Rawabi’s ethos of entrepreneurship and innovation while actively supporting the heritage…

Mr. Alkesh Kumar Sharma is presently working as Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director of the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation Limited. He is also Member Secretary and CEO of National Industrial Corridor Development and Implementation Trust. The Industrial Corridors are being developed by the Government of India as global manufacturing and investment destinations…

Antonio Gómez-Palacio, is a founding partner of DIALOG, one of Canada’s leading design firms. He is internationally recognized for transforming cities into vibrant urban places, which respond to their social, economic, environmental, and political context. Grounded on both a participatory and an evidence-based approach, his work is credited with meaningfully improving the wellbeing of communities.…

Kathryn Travers is Development Agent for the Equal Participation of Women at Concertation Montréal. Kathryn also works as a global consultant on issues of gender, safety and urban development and governance and is the former Executive Director of Women in Cities International (WICI). She has a successful history of developing and managing programmes in Canada…

Geoffrey So is the Head of Policy & Partnerships at the Novartis Foundation. Geoffrey works across the portfolio of global health initiatives to identify and cultivate collaborations with traditional and non-traditional health partners. Through these multisector partnerships, the foundation aims to strengthen healthcare delivery and health systems in low-resourced settings, and generate data and evidence…

Peter is engaged with leading organizations and institutions seeking to transform their real estate portfolios to enhance health and business metrics. As Senior Vice President at IWBI, he leads a team driving the global growth and adoption of the WELL Building Standard, the first performance-based building standard to exclusively focus on human health. Peter is…