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Confirmed Leaders Attending

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Atty. Romando S. Artes
Atty. Romando S. Artes
Chairman,
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA),
Manila, Philippines

Chris Baber
Chris Baber
Associate Director,
Healthy Water Plan,
City of Vancouver,
Vancouver, Canada

Sophie Berard
Sophie Berard
Engineer,
Water Department,
City of Montreal,
Montreal, Canada

H.E. Chen Min
H.E. Chen Min
Vice Minister,
Ministry of Water Resources of China,
China

Prof Winston Chow
Prof Winston Chow
Professor of Urban Climate,
Singapore Management University
& Co-Chair
WGII, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),
Singapore

Dr Mark Fletcher
Dr Mark Fletcher
Director and Global Water Business Leader,
Arup,
United Kingdom

Catarina Freitas
Catarina Freitas
Municipal Director,
Câmara Municipal de Lisboa,
Lisbon, Portugal

Hiroyuki Fujita
Hiroyuki Fujita
Chief Resilience Officer,
City of Kyoto,
Kyoto, Japan

Fujita Tomoichi
Fujita Tomoichi
General Director,
Bureau of Sewerage,
Tokyo Metropolitan Government,
Tokyo, Japan

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Michael M. Gison
Michael M. Gison
Director,
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA),
Manila, Philippines

Prof Philippe Gourbesville
Prof Philippe Gourbesville
President,
International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR),
France

Cameron Griffiths
Cameron Griffiths
Chief Commercial Officer,
Bygen, Australia

YBhd. Datu Sr. Zaidi Haji Mahdi
YBhd. Datu Sr. Zaidi Haji Mahdi
Director,
Land Custody and Development Authority,
Sarawak, Malaysia

Adam Hosking
Adam Hosking
Jacobs Global Solutions Director,
Resilience and Climate Response,
Jacobs,
Dallas, Texas, USA

Gavin Hutchison
Gavin Hutchison
Head of Three Waters,
Christchurch City Council, Christchurch, New Zealand

Kobayashi Hiroki
Kobayashi Hiroki
Deputy Director for International Affairs,
Bureau of Waterworks,
Tokyo Metropolitan Government,
Tokyo, Japan

Lykke Leonardsen
Lykke Leonardsen
Programme Director, Resilient and Sustainable City Solutions,
City of Copenhagen,
Copenhagen, Denmark

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Fiona Macdonald
Fiona Macdonald
Manager, Flood Risk,
Auckland Council,
Auckland, New Zealand

Stuart McTaggart
Stuart McTaggart
Principal Engineer - Environment & Water,
City Infrastructure & Traffic Operations (CITO),
City of Sydney,
Sydney, Australia

Donnie Ray Marquez
Donnie Ray Marquez
Chief of the Research and Planning, and Special Projects Division,
Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DRRMO),
Quezon City, Philippines

Leo Martillano
Leo Martillano
GIS Specialist,
Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DRRMO),
Quezon City, Philippines

Marina De Matteis
Marina De Matteis
Head of the Public Works Planning and Management unit in the Environment Dept,
Municipality of Milan (Comune di Milano),
Milan, Italy

Baltazar Melgar
Baltazar Melgar
Director,
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA),
Manila, Philippines

Mok Wing-cheong, Ringo
Mok Wing-cheong, Ringo
Director,
Drainage Services Department,
Hong Kong SAR, China

Christian Nyerup Nielsen
Christian Nyerup Nielsen
Global Director,
Ramboll,
Denmark

Jared Policicchio
Jared Policicchio
Deputy Chief Sustainability Officer,
Department of Environment,
City of Chicago,
Chicago, United States

Murali Ram
Murali Ram
Regional Director,
East Southeast Asia & Oceania,
C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group,
Malaysia

Prof	Enrique Cabrera Rochera
Prof Enrique Cabrera Rochera
Expert for the Reconstruction after the Valencia Floods,
Spanish Experts Committee,
Valencia, Spain

Shirley Rodrigues
Shirley Rodrigues
Former Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy (2016-2024),
Greater London Authority,
London, United Kingdom

Natalie Salkauskis
Natalie Salkauskis
Manager,
Policy Development Unit,
Water Infrastructure Management Section,
Toronto Water,
City of Toronto,
Toronto, Canada

Norio Saito
Norio Saito
Senior Sector Director,
Water and Urban Development Sector Office,
Sectors Department 2,
Asian Development Bank (ADB),
Philippines

Aser Sekgoela
Aser Sekgoela
Divisional Head: Bulk Water Services,
City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality,
Tshwane, South Africa

Kiyash Sha
Kiyash Sha
Forecast Early Warning System Team Leader, eThekwini Municipality,
Durban, South Africa

Dave Sivaprasad
Dave Sivaprasad
Managing Director and Partner,
Boston Consulting Group (BCG),
Singapore

Jair Smits
Jair Smits
Managing Director,
Witteveen+Bos South-East Asia Pte. Ltd.,
Singapore

Hakyong Song
Hakyong Song
Deputy Director for Climate and Environment,
Seoul Metropolitan Government,
Seoul, South Korea

Suzuki Satoshi
Suzuki Satoshi
Director General for Technical Affairs,
Bureau of Waterworks,
Tokyo Metropolitan Government,
Tokyo, Japan

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Pedro Teixeira
Pedro Teixeira
Técnico Superior,
Environment, Energy and Climate Change,
Câmara Municipal de Lisboa,
Lisbon, Portugal

Rik Thijssen
Rik Thijssen
Strategic Advisor,
Vitens, The Netherlands

Johan Verlinde
Johan Verlinde
Programme Director,
Rotterdam Climate Adaptation Plan,
Municipality of the City of Rotterdam,
Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Mariama Whitmore
Mariama Whitmore
Project Manager,
Freetown City Council,
Freetown, Sierra Leone

Meagan Williams
Meagan Williams
Urban Water Policy & Programs Manager,
Office of Resilience and Sustainability,
New Orleans, United States