Confirmed Leaders Attending

Senior Assistant Engineer,
Coastal Towns Climate Resilience Project,
ADB,
Bangladesh

Executive Engineer,
Dhaka North City Corporation,
Dhaka, Bangladesh

Chairman,
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA),
Manila, Philippines

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

Professor,
National University of Singapore

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

Senior Expert on Hydrology,
Royal Irrigation Department,
Bangkok, Thailand

Head of Water Asia,
Jacobs

Vice Minister,
Ministry of Water Resources of China,
China

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

Senior System Advisor,
Drainage Services Department,
Hong Kong SAR, China

Founder and Director,
Isle Group

Lead Water Resources Specialist,
World Bank

Director and Global Water Business Leader,
Arup

Municipal Director,
Câmara Municipal de Lisboa,
Lisbon, Portugal

Director for Planning and International Affairs,
Bureau of Sewerage,
Tokyo Metropolitan Government,
Tokyo, Japan

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

Chief Resilience Officer,
City of Kyoto,
Kyoto, Japan

Water Envoy,
Kingdom of the Netherlands,
The Netherlands

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

President,
International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR)

Chief Commercial Officer,
Bygen

Business Development Manager,
Xylem Vue and former Water & ICT Projects Coordinator,
Global Omnium

Director,
Deltares,
Singapore

Global Solutions Director,
Resilience and Climate Response,
Jacobs

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

Assistant Vice-Minister,
Minister’s Secretariat,
Ministry of Land,
Infrastructure,
Transport and Tourism (MLIT),
Tokyo, Japan

Head of Catchment Planning,
Conservation and Partnerships,
United Utilities,
City of Greater Manchester, UK

Deputy Director for Facility Planning,
Bureau of Sewerage,
Tokyo Metropolitan Government,
Tokyo, Japan

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

Head of the Rivers Section of the Urban Development Department,
River Improvement Division, River Office,
Department of Urban and Public Works,
Osaka Prefectural Government,
Osaka, Japan

Director,
International Affairs Office,
Water and Disaster Management Bureau,
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure,
Transport and Tourism (MLIT),
Tokyo, Japan

Executive Director,
Coastal Protection and Flood Resilience Institute (CFI) Singapore

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Global Vice President and Global Water Director,
Jacobs,
United States of America

Director,
Drainage Services Department,
Hong Kong SAR, China

Australasia Integrated Water Management Lead,
Arup

Technical Director, Water,
Jacobs

Global Director,
Ramboll

Director for Reconstruction and Flood Control Promotion,
Bureau of Sewerage,
Tokyo Metropolitan Government,
Tokyo, Japan

Director of the Facilities Planning Section,
Bureau of Waterworks,
Tokyo Metropolitan Government,
Tokyo, Japan

Senior Water Resources Specialist,
World Bank,
Bangkok, Thailand

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

Project Director,
Coastal Towns Climate Resilience Project,
Local Government Engineering Department under the Ministry of Local Government,
Rural Development and Cooperatives,
Bangladesh

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

Director of Water & Environment,
Jacobs

Head of Water Programmes,
C40 Climate Resilience Team

Expert for the Reconstruction after the Valencia Floods,
Spanish Experts Committee,
Valencia, Spain

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

Senior Undersecretary,
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH),
Manila, Philippines

Senior Engineer,
Policy Development Unit,
Water Infrastructure Management Section,
Toronto Water,
City of Toronto,
Toronto, Canada

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

Senior Deputy Director,
International Affairs Office,
Water and Disaster Management Bureau,
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure,
Transport and Tourism (MLIT),
Tokyo, Japan

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

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

Senior Director,
Water for Asia,
Jacobs

Managing Director and Partner,
Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

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

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

Head of Clean Water Control & Provision Sub-Division,
Water Resource Department,
Jakarta Provincial Government,
Jakarta, Indonesia

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

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

Strategic Advisor,
Vitens

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

Project Manager,
Freetown City Council,
Freetown, Sierra Leone

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

Director,
Vitens

Head (Water Plants),
Keppel