Speakers
8th ASIA-PACIFIC
URBAN FORUM
URBAN FORUM
23-25 October 2023
Suwon Convention Center
Suwon Convention Center
Speakers
Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana
Under-Secretary General of the United Nations and Executive
Secretary of ESCAP
Lee Jae-joon
Mayor of Suwon City, Republic of Korea
Jonathan Reckford
Chief Executive Officer of Habitat for Humanity
Patrick Canagasingham
Chief Operating Officer of Habitat for Humanity
Vijay Jagannathan
Secretary General of CityNet
Milag San Jose-Ballesteros
Regional Director for East, Southeast Asia and Oceania, and
Global South Diversity Lead, C40
Tina Jabeen
Founding Managing Director and former CEO, Startup Bangladesh
Ltd.
Sheela Patel
Director, Society for the Promotion Resource Centres
(SPARC)
Noboru Sekiguchi
Special Advisor to the Governor on International Affairs
Tokyo Metropolitan Governmen
Tokyo Metropolitan Governmen
Luis Noda
Vice President of Asia-Pacific, Habitat for Humanity
Pourya Salehi
Head of Urban Research, Innovation and Development, ICLEI
Azam Khan
Chief Executive Officer (Actg.), Suva City Council
Hyoeun Jenny Kim
Ambassador & Deputy Minister for Climate Change
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea
Lumanti Shrestha Joshi
Programme Manager-Housing
Lumanti
Lumanti
Clarence Gio Almoite
Co-convenor
Asia-Pacific Youth Environment Network (APYEN)
Asia-Pacific Youth Environment Network (APYEN)
Rubina Adhikari
Children and Youth Major Group to UNEP
Nepal
Nepal
Renu Khosla
Director, Centre for Urban and Regional Excellence(CURE)
India
India
Sevenitini Toumoʻua
Minister of Infrastructure
Tonga
Tonga
Boutu Bateriki
Minister of Internal Affairs
Kiribati
Kiribati
Maciu Nalumisa
Minister for Housing and Local Government
Fiji
Fiji
Ester A. Aldana, CESO II
Assistant Secretary for Administration, Finance and
Comptrollership
Department of the Interior and Local Government
Philippines
Department of the Interior and Local Government
Philippines
Vilaykham Phosalath
Vice Minister
Ministry of Public Works and Transport
Lao PDR
Ministry of Public Works and Transport
Lao PDR
Bambang Susantono
Chairman
Nusantara National Capital Authority
Indonesia
Nusantara National Capital Authority
Indonesia
Bernadia Tjandradewi
Secretary General
UCLG ASPAC
UCLG ASPAC
Jean Todt
Special Envoy for Road Safety
United Nations
United Nations
Jung Sook Park
Secretary General
WeGO
WeGO
Juhyun Lee
Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University
David Atchoarena
Director, WHO Academy
Pushpa Pathak
Senior Visiting Fellow Center for Policy Research
Nga Kor Ming
Minister of Local Government Development
Malaysia
Malaysia
Emil Elestianto Dardak
President, EAROPH International
Toru Hashimoto
Director General, International Affairs Bureau City of Yokohama
Japan
Jason Pu
Regional Administrator , U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Pradeep Kumar Jena
Chief Secretary, Government of Odisha India
Sangmin Nam
Director, Environment and Development Division, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Mariani Yanti
Head of Tourism and Culture Department Jambi City Local Government, Indonesia
Arun Krishnan
Program Manager, Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance
Zafar ul Hasan
Joint Chief Economist, Eco.Policy Planning Development & Special Initiatives Pakistan Planning Commission
Ngy Chanphal
Secretary of State, Ministry of Interior Cambodia
Bina Buddhacharya
Chairperson, Nepal Mahila Ekata Samaj
Nune Petrosyan
Vice-chairman, Armenia Urban Development Committee
Ruby Papeleras Haddad
National Coordinator, Homeless People’s Federation Philippines, Inc. (HPFPI)
Jiyun Kim
President, Green Environment Youth Korea