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Alby BocanegraVice President, Urban Tech Partnerships Mastercard, Enterprise Partnerships, Global CitiesUnited States of America






Dr. Christine MadyChairperson of the Department of Architecture RC FAAD – Notre Dame University-Louaize







Dr. Amy TuiningaDirector, PSEG Institute for Sustainability Studies Montclair State University United States of America




Silvia Gascón Professor of Psychology: Head of the Active Aging and Longevity Center ISALUD University

Dr. Setha M. LowDistinguished Professor of Environmental Psychology, Anthropology, Earth and Environmental Sciences (Geography) and Women’s Studies City University of New York

Dr. István TarrósyDirector of the Africa Research Center and Director of the Internationalization Program in the Center for International Relations University of PécsHungary

Danielle Grossenbacher President of the International Organizations Committee FIABCI-The International Real Estate Federation Canadian



Dr. Gabriella Medvegy Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology University of PécsHungary

Dr. János Gyergyák Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology University of Pécs

Joaquim Oliveira MartinsDeputy Director, Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE) OECDPortugal


Rudiger AhrendHead of the Economic Analysis, Statistics and Multilevel Governance Section OECDGermany



Dr. Sahar AttiaChair, UN-Habitat University Partnership Initiative (Habitat UNI) and Professor of Architecture & Urban Design Department of Architecture Cairo University Egypt




Seth AppletonAssistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research US Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentUnited States of America



Joyati Das Senior Visiting Fellow Child and Youth Rights Expert Connected Cities Lab University of Melbourne Australia




Dr. Umamaheshwaran RajasekarChair, Urban Resilience National Institute of Urban Affairs in IndiaIndia

Mami MizutoriSpecial Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) for Disaster Risk Reduction United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Japan













Hon. Bart Somers Vice-Minister-President of the Government of Flanders and Minister for Home Affairs, Administrative Affairs, Civic Integration, and Equal opportunities Government of FlandersBelgium





Frederick CooperSenior Vice President of Finance, International Development and Investor Relations Toll Brothers, Inc.United States of America



Maria Sofia dos SantosNational Director of Urbanization and Housing Ministry of Public Works, Housing and Water ResourcesMozambique


Marjeta JagerDeputy Director General Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development of The European Commission


Ana Lucy Bengochea MartinezCoordinator WAGUCHA and Community Practitioner Platform on Resilience Honduras Honduras




















Hon. J.V. BainimaramaPrime Minister of Fiji and Minister for iTaukei Affairs and Sugar Industry Fiji





Masanouri Nakagawa Executive Director Control and Inspection Dept., Environment Bureau, City of Kitakyushu







Hon. Jonathan Tybalt Malagón GonzalezMinister of Housing and Cities of the Republic of Colombia Ministry of Housing and Cities of the Republic of Colombia


Ms. Jennie MooreDirector Institute Sustainability, British Columbia Institute of Technology, Canada (Representing Hon. Kennedy Stewart, Mayor of Vancouver)




Ms. Ana Paula BrunoOffice of National Secretary of Regional and Urban Development, Brazil

Hon. Malgorzata Jarosińska-JedynakMinister for Development Funds and Regional Policy of Poland Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy of Poland

Mohamed BoudraMayor of Al Hoceima & President of the United Cities and Local Governments United Cities and Local Governments Morocco

Ms Khadijah AhmadiMayor of Nili Independent Directorate of Local Governance, Government of the Islamic Republic of AfghanistanAfghanistan

Ms Carola GunnarssonLord Mayor of Sala Municipality and 1st Vice President of the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions Swedish Association of Local Authorities and RegionsSweden



Haoliang XuAssistant Secretary-General and Director of the Bureau of Policy and Programme Support United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Hitoshi Ara Deputy Director General Infrastructure and Peacebuilding Department Japan International Cooperation Agency




Joan ErakitWriter and Journalist













Jagdeep Singh DeoExecutive Councillor for Housing, Local Government, and Urban & Country Planning Penang State GovernmentMalaysia



Ms. Ekatherina NovikovaSDG11 Youth Ambassador

Ms. Alexandra BruntUnited Nations Association of Canada

Ms. Maria Soledad Nuñez MendezFormer Minister of Housing and Habitat

Mr. Didier AwadiArtist

H.E Lisa StadelbauerCanadian High Commission

Hon. Dr. Pen SophalSecretary of State Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction, Cambodia



Gabriel Pettyjohn Vice President Monitoring and Evaluation Collaborative Association (MECA) United States of America

Ms. Ibis Menéndez CuestaDeputy Directro-General Territortal Planning and Urbanism, Institute of Physical Planning, Cuba


Mr. Daniel GomezDeputy Director Housing and Urban Development, National Planning Department, Colombia



Dr. Hassan Shawqi AlhazmiDeputy Minister of Housing for Lands & Technical Affairs Ministry of Housing for Lands & Technical Affairs, Saudi Arabia

Martha DelgadoUnder Secretary of Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mexico





Yves-Laurent SapovalConseiller du Directeur de l'Habitat de l'Urbanisme de des Paysages, Ministère du logement et de l'Habitat Durable, France

Rio HadaTeam Leader Human Rights and Economic and Social Issues Section Thematic Engagement, Special Procedures and Right to Development Division, OHCHR

Prof. Mariana MazzucatoProfessor of Economics of Innovation and Public Value University College London (UCL)

Dr. Jeffrey BohnChief Research & Innovation Officer and Head of Research & Engagement Swiss Re Institute



Nandini KrishnaswamyRegional Manager Action Aid India on behalf of the Koroga Community and winner of the World Habitat Awards


Captain Dr. Abdulla Bin Ahmad AlShaikh President of the Global Youth Council Global Youth Council at the Federal Youth Authority


Dr. Thani Ahmed Al ZeyoudiMinistry of Climate Change and Environment





Hon. Katepu LaoiMinister of Local Government and Agriculture Ministry of Local Government and Agriculture


HE Dr. Shaikh Abdulla bin Ahmed Al KhalifaChairman Board of Trustees Bahrain Centre for Strategic International and Energy Studies

Elliott HarrisAssistant Secretary-General for Economic Development and Chief Economist United Nations




Ms. Ritsuko Yamazaki-HondaDirector of Policy Planning Office Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport



Marta Eugenia Juarez RuizAmbassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative to UNEP & UN-Habitat UNEP & UN-Habitat, Costa Rica



His Excellency, Khalid Bin Abd. SamadMinister for Federal Territoriers Ministry for Federal Territoriers, Malaysia



Prof. El Boukhari BEN ESSAYOUTI Chef de la Mission Culturelle de Tombouctou Mission Culturelle de Tombouctou Mali

Bimbo Osobe Savings Coordinator Nigerian Slum and Informal Settlement Federation (SDI - Nigeria) Nigeria





Samuel MabalaCities Alliance

Seema Al LangawiLand and Property Management Expert

Diane DumashieInternational Federation of Surveyors

Sarah NandunduSlum Dwellers International




Sri Husnaini SofjanSenior Program Advisor and Strategist UN-Habitat Advisory Group on Gender Issues (AGGI) Huairou Commission Malaysia

Dr. Samina Raja Professor and Associate Dean for Research University at Buffalo United States of America

Dr. Mukhisa KituyiSecretary-General of UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and DevelopmentKenya

Peter HirschEnergy Efficiency and Climate Change European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Prof. Irina IlinaDirector Institute for Regional Studies and Urban Planning (IRSUP) National Research University “Higher School of Economics” MoscowRussia








Georg VrachliotisProfessor of Architecture Theory and Director of the Architecture Collection Karlsruhe Institute of Technology


Nargiza Miralimova Head of Department Urbanization Agency Ministry of Economy and industryRepublic of Uzbekistan






Evangelista GarciaWAGUCHA


Horacio Terraza World Bank Group


Sulayman Abdulmumuni Ujah Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD) Federal Capital Territory ChapterNigeria
Dr. David Dodman Director, Human Settlements International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)


H.E. Jamila Mohammed khalfan Alfandi AlshamsiGeneral Director Sheikh Zayed Housing ProgramThe United Arab Emirates



Laia Bonet RullDeputy Mayor of Barcelona for the 2030 Agenda: Digital Transition and International Relations Barcelona City CouncilSpain



Dr. Somik LallGlobal Lead on Territorial Development Solutions and Lead Economist for Urban Development in Africa World Bank












Christine Knudsen Director, External Relations Strategic Planning, Knowledge and Innovation UN-Habitat


Lauren Nicole Sorkin Acting Executive Director Global Resilience Cities NetworkUnited States of America








HE Dr Nawal Al-HosanyPermanent Representative of the UAE International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)







Tadashi MatsumotoHead of Unit, Sustainable Development And Global Relations Cities, Urban Policies And Sustainable Development Division Centre For Entrepreneurship, Smes, Regions And Cities, OECD

Alice CharlesWorld Economic Forum







Sona JorbatehMusician






Tan Sri Azman Hj MokhtarDistinguished Visiting Fellow Centre of Development Studies University of Cambridge








Farha KirubiGateway Global LLP


Susan GoeranssonDirector, Head of Infrastructure Europe, Sustainable Infrastructure Group, EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction & Development

Norio SaitoDirector, Urban Development and Water Division (SAUW), South Asia Department Asian Development Bank


Saif MalikRegional Co-Head, Global Banking, Africa and Middle East – Corporate and Institutional Banking CIB Standard Chartered


Joyce MsuyaAssistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director United Nations Environment Programme



H.E. Wafa Bani MustafaMember in the House of Representatives and the Chairperson of the Coalition of Women MPs from Arab Countries to Combat Violence against Women




Ricky BurdettUrban Specialist



H.E Ms. Hessa TahlakAssistant Undersecretary for Social Affairs Ministry of Community Development of the United Arab Emirates

H.E. Abdou Karim FofanaResident Minister of Town Planning, Housing and Public Hygiene in Senegal Ministry of Urban DevelopmentSenegal





Myrna Atallia Alfanar UK







Dr. Monica MenendezAssociate Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering New York University in Abu Dhabi


Kobi SkolnickColumbia University Youth, Peace and Security program


Aliza Ayaz Climate Action Society





Fatima SahinMayor of Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality and Vice-President UCLG










Hon. Nouzha BoucharebMinister Ministry of National and Urban Planning, Housing and City PolicyMorocco



Sameh WahbaGlobal Director Urban, Disaster Risk Management, Resilience and Land Global Practice, World Bank


Armida Salsiah AlisjahbanaExecutive Secretary United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

Arbjan MaznikuDeputy Mayor of Tirana




Alaina BeverlyAssistant Vice President for Urban Affairs Office of Federal Relations & Office of Civic Engagement The University of ChicagoUnited States of America



Cyrille PierreDeputy Director General at the Directorate General for Global affairs, Culture, Education, and International Development Ministry for Europe and foreign affairs France




Aaron GrossChief Resilience Officer Office of Mayor Eric Garcetti, City of Los AngelesUnited States of America








Mathi VathananPrincipal Secretary Housing and Urban Development Department, Government of Odissa, Indian





Elizabeth MilsomProgramme Lead, UK Prosperity Fund Global Future Cities Programme Global Future Cities Programme

Simon GathercolePartner at Allies and Morrison

Bernard CombesProgramme Specialist, Education for Sustainable Development United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
