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23-25 November 2015Hotel Swissotel Nai Lert Park
Bangkok, Thailand
Participants Biography
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Name Biography 1. Ahmed Kamal
Mr. Ahmad Kamal is currently serving as Member (DRR) at National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Pakistan. He has over 25 years of experience in the field of disaster management, water resource management, and flood management with focus on both structural and non-structural interventions. He represents NDMA at several national and international forums as well as acts its official spokesperson. He has studied Civil Engineering Hydrology & Environmental Management.
2. Airlie Taylor
Ms. Airlie Taylor is the Consortium Manager for the Myanmar Consortium for Community Resilience, a 6-member consortium led by ActionAid supporting the institutionalization of inclusive community-based DRR in Myanmar. Prior to moving to Myanmar, Airlie worked with ActionAid UK on institutional funding and with ActionAid’s International Humanitarian Team in communications and information management. She holds a degree in Spanish and Portuguese from Nottingham University, UK.
3. Am Phirum
Mr. Am Phirum is currently the Deputy Director at the Department of Agricultural Land Resources Management in Cambodia. With a master’s degree in Agriculture, he has acquired knowledge and experience in climate change adaptation, mitigation and disaster risk reduction in the agriculture sector. His technical expertise is within the areas of soil conservation, integrated nutrient management, integrated pest management and agro-meteorology. Mr. Am Phirum is a member of the Climate Change Technical Team (CCTT) as well as a member of the Technical Review Team on National Action Plan for UNCCD.
4. Aminath Shooza
Ms. Aminath Shooza is currently working with UNDP as Programme Associate in Male, Maldives. For the past 13 years, she has been working on Environment and Energy related projects. Ms. Aminath is leading the implementation of Disaster Risk Reduction projects of UNDP in Maldives. She has also been selected as UNDP’s innovation Ambassador for Asia Pacific. Ms. Aminath is focusing on finding innovative options to address disaster related work in the country.
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5. Amelie Yan Gouiffes
Amelie spent 17 years working in humanitarian aid and disaster risk reduction with NGOs, Red Cross movement, UN and ECHO. With the same commitment to relieve suffering and to contribute to making the world a better place, she now dedicates to life and leadership coaching, public speaking and training. She believes that when people are supported to unleash their full potential and to shine, they bring to the world happiness, greatness and contribution.
6. An Un Gyong
Ms. An Un Gyong is currently working as Admin/Finance Assistant and Focal Point for Gender with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Prior to joining FAO, Ms. Gyong has worked with Ministry of Commerce and also with the UN World Food Programme as Local Food Production Assistant.
7. Angeline Tondiono
Angeline has been supporting the knowledge and information management initiative of the IFRC South-East Asia Regional Delegation. She has worked in a similar assignment for the French Red Cross in Indonesia. Coming from legal and human rights educational background, Angeline finds that she never stops learning !
8. Andrew Schroeder
Mr. Andrew Schroeder is the Director of Research and Analysis for Direct Relief, where he has been recognized by Esri and others for his work in applied geographic information systems (GIS) for global health and humanitarianism. He is a member of the core organizing group for UAViators and coordinator of the Humanitarian UAV Working Group for Nethope.
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9. Anne Elizabeth Leclerc
Anne E. LECLERC is a humanitarian professional with over twenty-four years’ experience in the field of international development and relief programs. She has been working in South and South East Asia, North and West Africa as well as in Europe. She has recently served as Head of North Africa Region (2003-2010) before joining South East Asia. She is currently the Head of Regional Office for South East Asia.
10. Anthony De La Cruz
Mr. Anthony de la Cruz is the Regional Specialist for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction with the UN Volunteers Regional Headquarters for Asia and the Pacific. Prior to that, he worked with the UN Coordination Office and Handicap International in the Philippines in post-crisis rehabilitation and recovery, disaster risk reduction/climate change adaptation, land administration and solid waste management.
11. Armen Grigoryan
Mr. Armen Grigoryan is the Disaster Risk Reduction Team Leader and Regional Advisor at the UNDP Istanbul Regional Hub. He has 20 years of experience working in the United Nations in Europe and CIS. He has studied at the Yerevan State Institute of Foreign Languages, Haigzaian Business College, Central European University.
12. Arlynn Aquino
In charge of the general programme management of Manila Field Office ; Appraise, monitor and evaluate projects including financial assessment of proposals submitted by partners ; Formulate reports on the humanitarian situation, including any political, economic and security events relevant to the analysis of the humanitarian situation in the Philippines
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13. Aslam Perwaiz
Mr. Aslam Perwaiz is the Head of Department of Disaster Risk Management Systems at the Asian Disaster preparedness Center (ADPC) in Bangkok, Thailand. He has been working with ADPC since 2005. Having worked in the development sector for more than twenty years, he has extensive experience of disaster risk management in South and Southeast Asia. Mr. Aslam works with governments on strengthening the institutional and legal frameworks for disaster risk reduction and with capacity building at national and sub-national levels.
14. Aung Thaung Shwe [email protected]
Mr. Aung Thaung Shwe is currently working as a Deputy Director of the Myanmar Red Cross Society. He has been working with the Myanmar Red Cross Society since 2006 in various capacities. He also served with the Social Security Board of the Ministry of Labor, Myanmar. Mr. Aung Thaung Shwe has responded to a number of emergencies in different parts of the country during his professional career. He has a special interest and experience in community preparedness and response.
15. Aung Kyaw Soe
Mr.Aung Kyaw Soe is currently working as a Project Coordinator for DIPECHO IX project at Actionaid Myanmar (Safer Costal and Urban community through Inclusive Community Base Disaster Risk Reduction Project). Prior to joining ActionAid, he was working as a volunteer and Field facilitator for emergency response, recovery and rehabilitation at Link Emergency Aid and Development (LEAD). After Cyclone Giri, he worked at Help Age International as Community Development Officer.
16. Bevita Dwi Meidityawati
Ms. Bevita is Disaster Risk Reduction Specialist at World Vision, Indonesia. She has five years of work experience in community development and ten years of experience in Disaster Risk Reduction with humanitarian organizations in disaster-prone, conflict-affected, rural and urban across Indonesia. She has a keen interest in capacity building, community development, disaster preparedness, disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and health promotion.
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17. Bhichit Rattakul
Dr. Bhichit Rattakul has over twenty years of experience of industrial science and technology research in policy and management, disaster management, and environmental education and research. He has been elected as a member of the parliament of Thailand for three times, and has served as science and technology portfolio cabinet member of the Royal Thai Government. Dr. Bhichit has also served as governor of Bangkok as well as a board member in many state enterprises in Thailand. As a doctorate in biotechnology, Dr. Bhichit has given lectures at the Faculty of Science of the Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. He is an active advocate and promoter of community-based disaster risk reduction in the region.
18. Bill Ho
Mr. Bill Ho is Department Head Communication at ADPC. His main responsibility is to liaison between ADPC and international organizations. He is also involved with information sharing activities at ADPC. Mr. Bill has a background in project management and coordination, and he has extensive experience working throughout USA, Southeast Asia and China.
19. Bounyuong
Phommachak
I was working with lao red cross since Oct 2007, now I am deputy head of disaster prepardness of disaster management department.
20. Bouthong [email protected]
21. Brian Heidel Brian Heidel is the Regional Advisor for USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assitance (USAID/OFDA) in the East Asia & Pacific region. Brian has worked on disaster-related issues and development issues in the Southeast Asia and South Asia regions for 25 years. Prior to joining USAID in 2009, he has worked with many different international NGOs.
22. Caitlin Wiesen
Ms. Catlin Wiesen is the Chief of the Regional Policy and Programme Support at the UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub. Ms. Wiesen has over 20 years’ experience in development, working on issues of poverty reduction, governance, civil society empowerment, gender, sustainable human development, HIV and health.
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23. Caroline Zastiral
Ms. Caroline Zastiral is currently working as Regional Climate Change Coordinator with Plan International in Bangkok, Thailand. Prior to joining Plan International, Ms. Caroline worked with UNDP in Thailand as a Technical Researcher and a Gender Consultant. She also worked with UNDP in India in addition to her stint at the All India Disaster Mitigation Institute in Ahmadabad, India. Ms. Caroline specializes in disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation.
24. Catalina Jaime Sanchez
Ms. Catalina Jaime Sanchez is currently working as Disaster Risk Reduction Delegate and Recovery Project Coordinator with the Swiss Red Cross in Philippines. She has previously served the German Red Cross in Uganda; IFRC and UNHABITAT in Haiti; UN-World Food Programme in Dominican Republic and Colombia; and National Society for Earthquake Technology in Nepal. Ms. Catalina Jaime Sanchez has developed expertise in disaster risk reduction, community development, international relations, and humanitarian assistance.
25. Cho Cho Win
26. Christopher
Morales
[email protected], [email protected]
Mr. Morales was appointed Chief of Field Programs Operational Planning Division in December 2014 and subsequently as OIC Director of the Field Operations Service of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in the Philippines. As Chief and OIC Director, he supervises the DA’s programs/projects implementation and the DA-Rehabilitation and Recovery Program Office. As such, he leads DA in the developing and maintaining of the GIS-based disaster/climate risk reduction and management information system and in providing operational policy framework in the implementation of commodity programs and disaster/climate risk reduction and management activities.
27. Colin Fernandes
Mr. Colin Fernandes is currently working as Disaster Risk Reduction Programme Management Delegate, Netherlands Red Cross. He has over 10 years of experience in the field of DRR in
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South and South East Asian countries. He has been working with INGO, Red Cross Movement and governments in advocating for policies for DRR
28. Dino Argianto
Mr. Dino Argianto is currently working as Disaster Management Program Coordinator at the American Red Cross in Indonesia. He has 13 years of experience in emergency, relief and development, 8 years in management position, and 7 years on Disaster Management issues. He is specialized in designing and implementing developmental program and well-versed with the spectrum of disaster management, sustainable development, public-private partnership, community engagement, and policy mainstreaming.
29. Donna Mitzi Ladameo
Ms Donna Mitzi Ladameo is currently the Technical Adviser and focal point for Asia of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Climate Centre. Donna’s professional career in the fields of Policy Development, Governance, Evidence-Based Advocacy on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) in the Philippines and in the Asia region started in 1995. Program and project conceptualization, development, management, monitoring and evaluation; policy research, development and advocacy from local to global levels; and documentation of good practices are among her key competencies
30. Derval Usher
Ms. Derval Usher is Head of Office a.i. for Pulse Lab Jakarta, a data innovation lab, aimed at harnessing the power of new digital data sources and real-time analytics for development. Pulse Lab Jakarta is a joint initiative of the United Nations and the Government of Indonesia, the first innovation lab of its kind in Asia, bringing together experts from United Nations agencies, the Indonesian government, non-governmental organisations and the private sector. Prior to joining the UN, Derval worked primarily in trade policy and government relations. She has a Masters degree in Chinese and International Relations and a Bachelors degree in International Business.
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31. Ed Carla Mae Tomoling
Ms. Ed Carla Mae Tomoling is a GIS Specialist at the Philippine Climate Change Commission (CCC). Her main involvement is with Project ReBUILD - a UNDP-NZAP assisted project currently being implemented by the CCC. This Project aims to increase the capabilities of concerned technical personnel in the local government units (LGU) to incorporate climate/disaster risk management into the local planning processes among others. She developed the GIS training manual and serves as the GIS facilitator in the series of workshops on climate/disaster risk and vulnerability assessment conducted for the LGU personnel and local project partners. She assists and mentors LGU technical personnel in project sites to strengthen their knowledge and capacity on GIS for improved local-level planning and decision making
32. Edward Turvill
Mr. Edward Turvill is a Regional DRR/Resilience Technical Expert covering Asia/Pacific with the European Commission Humanitarian Aid & Civil Protection (ECHO). Before joining the Commission, he gained experience from his assignments with International NGOs and the United Nations. He completed two Master programmes specialising in International Public Law and Humanitarian Affairs from distinguished universities in France. He is a third country individual, with experience covering all continents. In addition to his voluntary work, he comes with fifteen years’ experience in the areas of disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, humanitarian and development programme management. He has co-authored two Training Manuals on disaster risk analysis and Gender: Participatory Capacity and Vulnerability Analysis (PCVA) and Gender and Adaptation & Risk Reduction Training Pack. His current fields of interest include School Safety, Building Back Better & Safer, and increasing the effectiveness of Information, Education and Communication (IEC) materials.
33. Eko Teguh Paripurno
[email protected] [email protected]
Mr. Eko Teguh Paripurno is Director/ Coordinator of Center for Disaster Research and Management (DREAM) University of Pembangunan Nasional, Indonesia. With more than 20 years of experience on community based disaster risk management (CBDRM) in Indonesia, Mr. Eko also teaches at the Geology Department. He has contributed directly to capacity building of more than 750 local CBDRM facilitators in 30 provinces in Indonesia since 1994 in addition to working with community on Merapi Volcano, Egon Volcano and recently with Kelud, Semeru and Sinabung Volcano. He is an award-winning (Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction from United Nations) DRR practitioner.
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34. Faisal Djalal
Mr. Faisal Djalal is a self-employed senior trainer based in Indonesia. He has been working as a trainer and as a consultant for Human Resource matters, project management and Organization Development for over 25 years. Mr. Djalal is one of the veteran facilitators for participatory stakeholder workshops in Indonesia. He holds a degree in business administration from FH Bielefeld. Since 2012, Mr. Faisal Djalal has been elected as Chairperson for the Asia Pacific Alliance for Disaster Management.
35. Gordon Johnson
Mr. Gordon Johnson is the Regional Team Leader for Resilience and Sustainability at the UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub. He has over 25 years of professional experience as an environmental engineer, consultant and manager. For the past 18 years he has worked for UNDP with postings in Hanoi, Ulaanbaatar, Almaty, New York, Abu Dhabi and Bangkok.
36. Govinda Padmanabhan
Mr. G. Padmanabhan serves as Emergency Analyst of UNDP’s Energy and Environment Unit, India. With over 20 years of experience in the field of disaster management, Mr. Padmanabhan was closely involved in developing UN’s Tsunami Recovery Framework in India and has a good understanding of the concepts of DM and integrating DRR activities in development. He is the Resource Person of the Disaster Management Community of Solution Exchange, an online network of over 3000 DM practitioners.
37. Gregory Pearn
Mr. Pearn has solid technical knowledge of disaster risk management and public sector systems in more than five Asian countries. He has experience of preparing disaster risk management policies, guidelines, and capacity development packages as well as demonstrated project management skills including proposal development (competitive and donor-funded); project coordination and administration; monitoring and reporting; and special interest in procurement and contract management.
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38. Guillaume Chantry
Civil engineer, working in the field of Human Settlements & Housing since 35 years. Project coordinator in Vietnam: « Prevent typhoon damage to housing », ongoing Development Workshop France (DWF) project since 1999 (Preventive housing reinforcement, research, training, demonstration, public campaign & social marketing, reconstruction programmes, Atlas of vulnerability in Vietnam & solutions for safe housing, elaboration of National Standards for housing in storm/flood areas with Ministry of Construction…).
39. Ha Thai Binh [email protected]
Over 20 years experiences in disaster risk reduction and preparedness in Viet Nam Red Cross Society.
40. Hanna Maier
Ms. Hanna Maier is working as a Junior Adviser in Bangkok for the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH within the framework of the Global Initiative on Disaster Risk Management (GIDRM) funded by the Federal Republic of Germany. Having a background in both tourism and disaster risk management with experience in Asia and Latin America, Ms. Maier is coordinating the Hotel Resilient Initiative that is led by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) and GIZ/GIDRM to promote disaster resilient tourism development.
41. Hari Kumar
Mr. Hari Kumar is currently working as Regional Coordinator of Geo-hazard international India office. He has over 28 years of experience in the field of civil engineering, of which the last 18 years have been focused on aspects of disaster risk mitigation. He also heads the geohazards society, India. His main focus areas are school safety, hospital safety and earthquake risk mitigation. He has been involved in various hospital safety projects including hospital retrofitting assessment of hospitals in India, Bhutan and Nepal and non-structural risk reduction projects across the region. Before joining GHI, he was coordinator (risk mitigation) at UNDP India.
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42. He Chanthy
Mr. He Chanthy is currently the Curriculum Officer at the office of Social Studies, Department of Curriculum Development, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) in Cambodia. Mr. He is a young professional who had also worked as a high school teacher before pursuing his master’s degree program in Thailand.
43. Herry Firmansyah [email protected] / [email protected]
Mr. Herry Firmansyah is a Program Manager of Coastal Project and Greater Jakarta Project at Indonesia Red Cross Society. He has over xxxx years of experience in the field of coastal flood mitigation. He is also Supporting Program Community Flood Resilience, IFRC-Zurich Insurance in Indonesia.
44. Herve Gazeau
Mr. Herve Gazeau is a senior technical advisor for disaster risk reduction with over ten years of experience in Asia Pacific implementing both high-level institutional capacity-building projects with governments, as well as community-based initiatives. Since 2014, Herve has been serving as a disaster risk reduction manager with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in the regional office in Bangkok. He manages a regional initiative for Southeast Asia, which is funded by the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development as well as the Canadian Red Cross.
45. Hui-Hsuan Yang
Ms. Hui-Hsuan Yang is currently working as Assistant Researcher at the National Science and Tecnhology Center for Disaster Reduction (NCDR) in Taiwan. She has completed almost 10 years of work in NCDR. With background in sociology, Ms. Hui-Hsuan Yang has worked on social and disaster risk issues such as social vulnerability index (SVI) of Taiwan, nursing home response strategy, post-disaster social surveys and policy recommendations.
46. Ian Wilderspin
Ian has worked with major international nongovernment, civil society and government organisations, including the American Red Cross, UNDP, DFID, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Save the Children and Oxfam. The majority of this work undertaken in Southeast Asia, particularly Vietnam, and in Cambodia and Lao PDR.
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47. Indira Kulenovic [email protected]
Ms. Indira Kulenovic is currently serving as Resilience Coordinator of Disaster Management Unit for Asia Pacific at IFRC. With 22 years of experience in emergencies, humanitarian & development sector, Ms. Indira has been working in Asia, with intensive engagement on the ground in 18 countries and since recently all 37 countries in Asia Pacific as Resilience Coordinator/Advisor for IFRC. Prior to that, she served as ECHO/DIPECHO Advisor for South Asia.
48. Indrajit Pal
Indrajit Pal is the Assistant Professor (Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Management) at Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand.
49. Ir. Sri Renani
Pantjastuti [email protected]
50. Jan Moritz Krueger
Mr. Moritz Krueger is currently working as Regional DRR Advisor at Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) based in Bangkok, Thailand. In his position, he supports mainstreaming of DRR and climate change adaptation in development projects in South and Southeast Asia. Mr Krueger is a geographer by training specialized in water resources management, integrated flood management, geographic information systems and disaster preparedness in development cooperation. Previously, he has served the Associated Programme on Flood Management – an initiative of the World Meteorological Organization and the Global Water Partnership.
51. Jerome Faucet
Mr. Jermoe Faucet is DRR/CCS Program Coordinator of the German Red Cross, Vietnam. He has over 8 years of experience in the fields of Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation initiatives, Community Based Natural Resources Management and sustainable livelihood development. He has assisted Red Cross Movement in the headquarters as well as on the field by providing technical support in designing and implementing donor-funded programs. He holds PhD in Environmental Toxicology.
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52. Jo In Ho
Mr Jo In HO is the Director of Disaster Management, Ministry of Agriculture, Democratic Peoples of Republic of Korea. He has more than 25 years of experience in the fields of disaster management, agriculture and agri-construction. He studied at Irrigation Department, Hamhung Hydro-technical University.
53. Jonathan Brass
I am from the UK and have been active in the humanitarian sector for the past 16 years, working in over 30 countries across Asia, Middle East, East Africa and Latin America. He has primarily worked for NGOs (with almost 10 years with OXFAM) and the UN in food security and livelihoods sector and is now with the International Federation Red Cross (IFRC) I joined the Red Cross 10 months ago and am responsible for the capacity development of National Societies in cash preparedness and for the coordination of livelihood activities in the Asia Pacific.
54. Jonggun Lee
Jong Gun Lee is the Data Scientist and Research Lead at Pulse Lab Jakarta in Indonesia, one of three research labs of United Nations Global Pulse (http://unglobalpulse.org/), a innovation initiative of the UN Secretary-General on Big Data to harness the potentials of big data for sustainable development and humanitarian action. He has been working on different kinds of research projects using big data with national and regional collaborators from public sectors including UN agencies, governments, private firms, academia, and aid and development organizations, across different sectors, such as food security, public health, humanitarian action, and economic well-being.
55. Juan Daniel Reyes
Mr. Juan Reyes is currently the Program Delegate at the Finnish Red Cross in the Philippines. He has previously served the Red Cross Missions in Paraguay, Argentina, Honduras, and Cambodia. Mr. Juan Reyes has also worked with IOM in Finland. He has experience in Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction, Advocacy and Operational Coordination and Management.
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56. Julie Caillet Fall
Ms. Julie is the Head of Delegation of French Red Cross in Vietnam, in charge of a Gender-sensitive Community Based Disaster Risk Management project in ethnic minorities areas of North-West Vietnam. Prior to joining the Red Cross, She expertised in WaSH area with over 7 years in emergency situation and often in urban or peri urban context.Seeing the consequences of hazards, she decided to shift to DRR. She holds MSc. In Water Management – community water supply.
57. Kannaro Kep
[email protected], [email protected]
Mr. Kannaro is holding master degree in development management in 2007. Currently is the executive director of one national NGO in Cambodia and the chair of the steering committee of Cambodian Humanitarian Forum (CHF), a national network of 121 local NGOs working in Humanitarian Response and preparedness in partnership with ADPC. Mr. Kannaro attended the CBDRR and DLR course organized by ADPC. With his efforts in rural development, in 2001, Mr. Kannaro was awarded the Gold Medal by the Royal Government of Cambodia for his contribution to enhance the livelihood of the most vulnerable people and in 2012, he was awarded another Gold Medal on building community Resilience to the flood in 2011. Apart from hi score responsibilities as the executive director and the chairperson of CHF, Mr. Kannaro is also involving in implementing ASEAN Safe School Initiative (ASSI) funds by ECHO, mentoring Demand for Good Governance Project fund by the World Bank.
58. Khin Mu Zaw Aung
59. Khual Tawna
Mr. Khual Tawna is currently working as Resilience Program Manager with Plan International in Myanmar. He has been working in the DRR field since 2008, as a CBDRR project manager for 5 years and another 7 years for microfinance with World Vision, and DRR Program Manager and DRR advocacy and policy coordinator with ActionAid in Myanmar for two and half years. He also oversees DRR, CCA and safe school related regional and national level projects including ASEAN Safe School Initiative under AADMER.
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60. Kim Sang Il
Mr. Kim Sang II is the Chief of Academy of Agriculture Sciences of the Demoractic People’s Republic of Korea. Previously, he was a researcher at the Medical Biology Research Institute, Academy of Medical Sciences. He served as a researcher the Pyongyang Crop Genetic Resources Institute, Academy of Agricultural Sciences. He is also the Team Leader, Pyongyang Crop Genetic Resources Institute, Academy of Agricultural Sciences, DPRK
61. Kimhian Seng
Ms. Kimhian Seng is currently working with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as Lead Technical Advisor and Project Coordinator in Cambodia. She holds a bachelor degree on Agriculture Science from Prek Leap National School of Agriculture in Cambodia and a PhD on Plant Science from Lincoln University, New Zealand. Before joining the FAO in 2014, Ms. Kimhian Seng was working with the Agricultural Development Denmark Asia and Puri-Urban Agriculture Centre. In her more than ten years of professional career, she has worked closely with small-scale farmers in helping them improve their livelihoods via improving production and productivity of crops, particularly rice and vegetables.
62. Klainkong Vaidhyakarn
Mr. Klainkong Vaidhyakarn is currently working as Deputy Director at Change Fusion Thailand where he leads the ICT innovation projects. He also leads the technology specialist team on ICT for learning and health projects, and is project leader of Mobile Technology for Social Development Projects. In addition, Mr. Klaikong works as a correspondent to the Technology and Information management for Disaster with Thailand Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Cooperation Center.
63. Krishna Vatsa Mr. Krishna Vatsa is the Global Advisor on Climate Risk Management with the UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub. Prior to that he was the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Advisor for South Asia based in India. He has worked for more than 15 years on disaster risk reduction and recovery issues. He has held leadership positions and consulted for a number of international organizations including UNDP, World Bank, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Inter-American Development Bank, Asian Development Bank and the Secretariat of International Strategy for Disaster Reduction. He has worked as Early Recovery Coordinator with the UNDP Philippines. As a career civil servant from India, Krishna has held the positions of Secretary, Rural Development and Secretary, Relief, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management in the Government of
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Maharashtra from 2003 to 2007. 64. Liviu Vedrasco
Dr. Liviu Vedrasco is currently working as Technical Officer at the World Health Organization in Thailand. Dr. Vedrasco is a global health expert with over 20 years of experience leading large, complex, multi-party projects in the areas of disaster management, road safety, refugee and IDP health, influenza pandemic preparedness and response to emerging infection diseases including Ebola in Africa, Europe, North America and Asia.
65. Lorenzo Alvina
66. Loy Rego
Based in Myanmar, Mr. Loy Rego is currently offering technical advice and inputs to a number of international organizations working in the area of disaster risk management and climate change adaptation. Mr. Loy comes with 34 years of experience in organizational leadership, program development and implementation of programs and projects for humanitarian and development sectors with specializations in multi hazard preparedness, risk reduction, recovery, early warning systems and risk assessment, and community safety and resilience building. He has gained exceptional experienced in partnership building, advocacy, resource mobilization, monitoring and evaluation, with a special interest in actions at sub-national, city and community levels.
67. Marc Fancy Marc was appointed Executive Director of Prudence Foundation, Prudential Corporation Asia’s (PCA) regional charitable arm, in October 2013. Previously, Marc was Head of Government Relations Asia at PCA for 8 years. Prudence Foundation focuses on three core thematic pillars: Children, Education, and Disaster Preparedness & Recovery.
68. Marcus Oxley Marcus has twenty five years international disaster risk management experience gained within the civil society sector where he has held responsibilities for supporting, facilitating and implementing a range of disaster risk management activities across Africa, Asia and Europe. In 2007 Marcus was appointed as the founding director of the Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction – a major international alliance of large and small civil society organisations committed to working together to put the voices and concerns of vulnerable people at the heart of global disaster risk reduction policy and practice. Marcus initially trained as a civil engineer in the construction industry and has a master’s degree in management.
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69. Mareike Bentfeld
Ms. Mareike Bentfeld is currently working as Project Coordinator at the Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre. She has several years of work experience in Asia, mostly in Myanmar, Mongolia, and Lao PDR. Her work in the Disaster Risk Management Systems department focuses on the implementation of projects related to community-based disaster risk reduction, capacity development, and disaster loss data. Mareike holds a master degree in International Humanitarian Action as well as a bachelor degree in Risk Psychology.
70. Marqueza Cathalina L. Reyes Marqueza is working for ADPC as Department Head of Disaster Risk Assessment and Monitoring (DRAM). Prior to joining ADPC, she was the ASEAN Technical Advisor for DRR for six years. She has a doctor of engineering degree in urban planning (magna cum laude) from the University of Kassel, Germany, master’s in urban and regional planning , and bachelor’s in geology. She also published a book titled “Risk-Sensitive Land Use Planning: Towards Reduced Earthquake Disaster Vulnerability” and peer-reviewed articles on disaster vulnerability and risk, and editor of numerous conference proceedings and journals.
71. Maya Kapsokavadis
Ms. Maya Kapsokavadis is currently based in Kathmandu, Nepal, working as the Flagship 4 Coordinator – a unique role that supports the Government of Nepal and partner agencies in coordinating preparedness work around community-based DRR in the country. She has designed, implemented and monitored programs in South/Southeast Asia for the past five years, which included substantial time in Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines and Pakistan. She has an interest in technology focused mostly on the power of open data and use of evidenced-based decision-making for humanitarian and development programming alike.
72. Michael Perry
Mr. Michael Perry is Director of Communication of DJI, a Chinese technology company founded in 2006 manufacturing commercial and recreational unmanned aerial vehicles for aerial photography and videography and leads external outreach efforts for the company. Before joining DJI, Michael served as a communications strategist at global public relations consultancies, advising Fortune 500 companies on corporate communications, media relations, public affairs, and thought leadership programs across North and South America, Europe and Asia.
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73. Michael Pizzari
74. Mio Yokota
Ms. Mio Yokota is Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction Liaison Officer, UNDP Bureau for Policy and Programme Support. She is in charge of coordination, policy advocacy and outreach between UNDP and the Government of Japan in the fields of climate change and DRR, and coordinated UNDP’s preparations for the 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) in Sendai. Prior to her current work, Ms. Yokota worked as Private Sector Development Specialist with the UNDP country office in Ethiopia and UNDP Mongolia, where she gained disaster response early recovery experience. She also worked in the Philippines and Pakistan as a project formulation advisor with JICA. Ms. Yokota is currently posted in Tokyo, Japan.
75. Mohammad
Abdur Rouf
Mr. Mohammad Abdur Rouf, the Regional Development Coordinator for Asia-Pacific region in Global Network of Civil Society Organizations for Disaster Reduction (GNDR) has extensive experience of working for diversified fields of social development both in national (Bangladesh context) and international settings. Being based in Bangkok, he is primarily responsible for coordinating the regional and national GNDR members to strengthen DRR networking capacities and developing networking infrastructure. As a result oriented development activist, Mr. Rouf has a proven record of accomplishment in planning, designing & implementing both programmes and its performance assessment mechanism (monitoring & evaluation framework) for more than 12 years. He also worked for humanitarian actions of which managing shelter programme and cash based livelihood interventions are his specialties. While working for Oxfam in Bangladesh, he pioneered the mobile-based money transfer as a mode of delivering assistance to disaster stricken community.
76. Monzu Morshed
Mr. Morshed is working as Deputy Chief of Party in SHOUHARDO3 (Strengthening Household Abilities to Respond to Development Opportunities) Project of CARE Bangladesh. SHOUHARDO3 is USAID's one of the largest food security program. He has more than 28 years of experiences in the field of safety net, rural development, livelihoods, food security and disaster risk management in CARE, The United Nations World Food Programme in Bangladesh and Republic of Georgia, Timor Leste and Pakistan.
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77. Nacanieli Speight
Mr. Nacanieli Speigth is currently the Programme Associate for the UNDP Pacific Center's Pacific Risk Resilience Programme (PRRP). The PRR Programme is a regional risk governance initiative funded by the Australian Government and implemented in Vanuatu, Tonga, Solomon Islands and Fiji. Prior to joining the Pacific Center, Naca (pronounced Nah-the) was with the UNDP Fiji Multi-country Office since 2010 providing technical and management oversight in the GEF funded Climate Change Adaptation portfolio in Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Kiribati.
78. Nelson Castano
Colombian, 37 years working in the Red Cross Red Crescent, started in Colombian RC, 15 years as memebre of IFRC staff working in the areas of DM, DRR, resilience etc. During the life working with IFRC , I have held the following positions : Head of Panamerican Disaster Response Unit in Panama, Regional DM Coordinator in South Asia, DRM coordinator for Americas Zone, and currently Head of DMU for Asia Pacific.
79. Thai Anh Nguyen
Mr. Nguyen is Senior DRR Program Officer of IFRC & RC, Vietnam. He has over five years of experience in working with IFRC in various roles. He has gained experience in enhancing capacities of government officials and other stakeholders in the field of CBDRM. He is interested in obtaining more knowledge and skills in the areas of sustainable development, participatory assessment, CBDRM/DRR, and climate change.
80. Nguyen Thi Kieu
81. Nguyen Thu
82. Nicholas Lamade
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83. Nicholas Rosellini Mr. Nicholas Rosellini is currently working as Deputy Assistant Administrator and Deputy Regional Director, Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Thailand. He provides technical support to UNDP’s country operations, and is in-charge of the three regional support centers located in Bangkok, Colombo and Suva. Mr. Nicholas is also involved in the UN Development Group for the Asia-Pacific, which brings together a group of 18 UN development agencies to improve coordination and coherence.
84. Nina Koeksalan
Ms. Nina Koeksalan is currently working as Advisor for disaster risk reduction and natural resources management with Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome, Italy. She has around 15 years of work experience with different humanitarian organizations in the fields of disaster risk reduction and resilience, mainstreaming DRR into agriculture sector, and climate energy and food security. She has studied international development politics, economic geography, natural resources management, climatology, and political philosophy.
85. NwayNway
Soe
86. Oivind Hetland
Mr. Hetland is Senior Advisor Disaster Risk Management at Norwegian Red Cross. Worked 7 years in Norwegian Red Cross in different capacities (program coordinator West, Central and Southern Africa and Indian Ocean Islands ; DM coordinator; DRR advisor East Africa ; regional representative Southern Africa and Indian Ocean Islands) ; background from academia with focus on development studies (masters) and political geography (PhD), mainly focussing on issues related to democratisation and decentralisation, social movements/civil society, state-society relations, local elite politics and more.
87. Okhee Kim
Ms. Okhee kim is Senior Officer at Disaster Management Unit for Asia Pacific at IFRC. She has served at various positions at national red cross. She has studied political science.
88. Olaf Handloegten 89. Olayvanh Singvilay
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90. Olga Shaskina
Ms Olga Shashkina is the UNV Disaster Risk Reduction Coordinator with UNDP Thailand. Before joining the office, she worked as a civil servant for the Government of Georgia on developing policies and national strategies in Disaster Risk Reduction and Environment in collaboration with stakeholder agencies. In addition, she served as the National Focal Point for the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action in Georgia, Vice Chair of the European and Mediterranean Major Hazards Agreement of the Council of Europe and Advocate for the Global Campaign “Making Cities Resilient”.
91. Oliver J. Fall
Embedded in Asia since 2004, Oliver's work in the development sector, business and media has put him on the front line of several international events and governments. An established emerging markets professional and published journalist, he has been based in New Delhi since December 2012. Oliver now works to develop profit-focused shared value partnership between business, civil society and government and is a co-author of the SharingValueAsia platform, organised by PublicAffairsAsia. He also served twice on boards of the Royal Thai Government and Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand between 2007 – 2012.
92. Peder Damm
Mr. Peder Damm is currently serving as the Regional Disaster Management Delegate Asia. Danish Red Cross. He has worked for the ICRC, IFRC and Danish Red Cross. He has over 26 years of experience in disaster management, post-conflict emergency, early recovery, and livelihood in Asia. Mr. Peder Damm was involved in dealing with many large scale operations and complex emergencies in countries like Iraq and Afghanistan. With his vast experience of working across Asia, he has assisted his organization to form long-term partnerships with governments and build capacities of local partners. He has attended Military Education Institutions.
93. Phoukhamp
Viengvilay
94. Pich Serywath
95. Piseth Pel
Mr. Piseth Pel is Disaster Risk Management Specialist at Plan International, Cambodia. He has over 10 years of work experience in emergency preparedness and response and recovery (EPRR). He is experienced in providing training on DRM concept, participatory assessment and planning for disaster mitigation activities. He has experience and knowledge about Safe School Framework. Mr. Piseth has background in Natural Resource Management (NRM), and worked on Rural Community Development, Community based forest management, as well as Community based disaster risk management (CBDRR).
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96. Provash Mondal
Mr. Provash Mondal works as a Humanitarian Coordinator, OXFAM in Lao PDR. He has over 15 years of experience in project and program cycle management, emergency preparedness, contingency planning, emergency relief and rehabilitation, disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, livelihoods and Watsan projects. He has worked in several countries including Bangladesh, India, the Philippines, Viet Nam and Laos. He has studied economics specializing in rural development and holds PhD in Disaster Management.
97. Rajesh Sharma
Mr. Rajesh Sharma is currently working as a Programme Specialist (Global), Disaster Risk Information and Application at UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub. With more than 15 years of professional experience, Mr. Sharma has developed expertise in conceptualizing, designing, planning and implementing regional and national programmes on disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in the Asia-Pacific region. He has also provided technical and advisory services to countries to develop, design, plan and implement disaster risk reduction strategies, policies and programmes aimed at reducing losses and damages from disasters and climate change. Previously, he worked with the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center in Bangkok and the Sustainable Development Networking Programme in New Delhi.
98. Rajib Shaw
[email protected] [email protected]
Rajib Shaw is an adjunct Professor in the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies of Kyoto University, Japan. He is also the Chairperson of SEEDS Asia, a non-profit body, based in Kobe, Japan. He worked closely with the local communities, NGOs, governments and international organization, including United Nations, especially in the Asian countries. His research interests are: community based disaster risk management, climate change adaptation, urban risk management, and disaster and environmental education. He is currently the President of Asian University Network of Environment and Disaster Management [AUEDM] and Co-chair of ISDR’s Asia Science Technology Academic Advisory Group (ASTAAG). Professor Shaw has extensive publications in different journals, books and edited volumes.
99. Ramya Gopalan Ms. Ramya Gopalan is the Innovation Specialist at the UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub. She leads UNDP's innovation practice in the Asia Pacific, focusing on helping UNDP develop the next generation of its services based on approaches and methodologies mediated from different sectors. She manages a portfolio of around 40 innovation projects, leads the horizon scanning work and is responsible for building innovation capacity across the region.
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[email protected] 100. Rebecca Atega
Operations, DRR and CCA head Philippines
101. Ridwan Yunus Mr. Ridwan Yunus is currently working at UNDP Indonesia as an Information Management Officer.
102. Riley Riley
Riley Riley has been immersed in technology start-ups and brand building across four continents for the past 25 years. He was on the launch team of digital music recognition service Shazam; and was an early pioneer of digital marketing as the sole founder and Chief Creative Officer of 20:20, the UK’s largest digital advertising agency. After a successful exit, Riley was invited to join Facebook where he served as Head of Asia Pacific, advising the world’s largest brands on strategy, creativity and marketing innovation across the APAC region.
103. Roberto Sandoval
104. Roderick Salve
Mr. Roderick Salve is currently serving as a Senior Manger of Red Cross in Philippines. Previously he worked with the Danish Red Cross in Sri Lanka and Indonesia. With experience and interest in disaster risk management, Mr. Roderick Salve also represents the Philippine Red Cross in the Technical Working Group of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC).
105. Sandra Romero Ruiz Ms. Sandra Romero is currently working with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent as Disaster Management Development Delegate in Philippines. She has worked in several countries across the world during her professional career. Ms. Sandra Romero is a member of the Roster of Trainers for Sustainable Livelihoods and Cash Transfer
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Programming of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) since 2013. Previously, she worked with the Spanish Red Cross in Timor Leste and also with the International Federation of Red Cross in Burundi and Haiti. Ms. Sandra Romero comes with more than fifteen years of experience in international development work, mostly in Rural Development, Sustainable Agriculture, Food Security and Livelihoods.
106. Sanjay Srivastava
107. Sanjeev Kafley
Around 24years progressive professional career in disaster response, preparedness, risk reduction, climate change, resilience and recovery in the Asian region. Started professional careers in 1992 as one of the Young Manager of Nepal Red Cross Society- Have experiences working around 10 years in IFRC as Delegate so far and 14 years in Nepal Red Cross as one of the proactive Manager. Currently working as Regional Community Safety and Resilience Coordinator for SEA of IFRC.
108. Sanna Salmela Eckstein [email protected]
Ms. Sanna is the Regional Disaster Preparedness/Disaster Risk Reduction Delegate and Climate Change Advisor of the Finnish Red Cross, based in Cambodia. She has over 12 years of work experience in more than 20 developing countries, mainly in Asia and Latin America. She has been working for the Finnish Red Cross focusing on disaster preparedness and disaster risk reduction for the past 7 years.
109. Sanny Jegillos
Mr. Sanny Jegillos is currently the Senior Advisor, Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery, Resilient and Sustainable Development Team at the UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub. He has 20 years of experience in risk reduction and recovery in Asia with advanced expertise in community-based disaster risk management. He has developed and conducted international training courses, and managed and coordinated regional projects. He also provides technical advisory services to UNDP Country Offices and International Non-Government Agencies in strategic and programme planning and capacity development in disaster risk management.
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110. Saroj Bahadur Shrestha [email protected]
Mr. Saroj Bahadur Shrestha is currently working with the Nepal Red Cross Society as a Program Manager based in Kathmandu. He holds a becholer’s degree in civil engineering and a master’s degree in Sociology. Mr. Shrestha first joined the Nepal Red Cross Society in 1991 as a civil engineer and worked for community Development Department for seven years. From January 1999, he worked as a project officer in the same department for up to 2002. During this period, he worked in defferent districts of Nepal. Since 2003, Mr. Shrestha has been working as program manager with responsibility of overall management of projets.
111. Satendra Singh
satendras @gmail.com
Dr. Satendra is presently working with FAO, United Nations as Chief Technical Adviser and Disaster Risk Management Facilitator in Lao PDR. He holds post doctorate in Disaster Management; doctorate in Geo Tectonics from Delhi University and MBA with specialization in Disaster Management from University of Hull, United Kingdom. He carries with him about thirty two years of experience including that with National Institute of Disaster Management, India; Ministry of Rural Development, Ministry of Environment and Forest and Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India; FAO in Bangladesh, Philippines, Moldova and Lao PDR.
112. Shairi
Mathur
Ms. Shairi Mathur is Programme Specialist, Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery at the UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub since December 2014. Ms. Mathur joined the UN in India in 2007 working with the UN Resident Coordinator’s Office primarily in disaster recovery and risk reduction including in Bhutan (2009-10). Prior to that, she worked with the Centre for UN Peacekeeping in India and with the Foreign Policy Centre, a think tank in London. She has two Masters’ degrees in War Studies from Kings College London and in International History from the London School of Economics. She did her undergraduate degree in History from Lady Shri Ram College in Delhi.
113. Shamika N. Sirimanne Dr. Shamika Sirimanne is the Director of ICT and Disaster Risk Reduction Division of UNESCAP. Her focus is on economics of disasters and regional cooperation for cross-border disasters. During her tenure with ESCAP, Ms. Sirimanne has served as the Secretary to the ESCAP Commission, headed the trade facilitation programme of ESCAP, and led the macroeconomic policy work and ESCAP’s flagship publication, Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific. Before joining ESCAP, Ms. Sirimanne was with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, where she led the economic policy team. Ms. Sirimanne has also worked
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for the Canadian Finance Ministry and the World Bank. She has a PhD in economics.
114. Shane Wright
Mr. Shane Wright is currently working as Executive Director for Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) in Bangkok, Thailand. Having joined ADPC in 2014, Shane has more than 30 years of extensive experience in prevention and mitigation of emergencies. He has been acknowledged for his achievements in disaster risk management and disaster response capacity building as well as his work in organization development. Shane also led the development of a community resilience strategy and developed a community risk profile model in collaboration with the private sector to identify and mitigate community risk.
115. Sheila Roquitte
Ms. Sheila Roquitte has over 20 years of professional experience and has worked with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) since 1999 in Washington, Africa, and Asia on an array of development issues. In Nepal, she started the U.S. Government’s interagency office on disaster risk reduction (DRR), strategically guiding DRR investments from USAID, the U.S. Department of State, and the U.S. Department of Defense. She is currently based in Bangkok as the Resilience Advisor for South and Southeast Asia, promoting resilience through risk-informed development investments. Ms. Roquitte holds a B.A. in Economics & Mathematics from Northwestern University, and an M.P.A. in Economic Development from Princeton University.
116. Shesh Kanta Kafle
Shesh Kanta Kafle has 20+ years of extensive work in flood risk management, community based disaster risk reduction and community resilience in South and Southeast Asia. He is currently working as the Disaster Management Coordinator for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) based in Islamabad, Pakistan. He is the author of ‘Disaster Risk Reduction: Case studies from Asia’ and co-author of ‘Community Based Disaster Risk Management for Local Government Authorities’. Mr. Kafle has developed a mathematical index to measure disaster resilient communities.
117. Soesatyo Budikurniawan
Mr. Soesatyo Budi Kurniawan is currently the DRR Program Coordinator of Save The Children, Indonesia. For the past five years, Mr. Soesatyo has been involved in school-based disaster risk reduction initiatives in an effort to contribute to achieving the objectives of the comprehensive safe schools framework. He has also acquired experience in post-disaster reconstruction in housing, community settlement, and water and sanitation sectors.
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118. Somvath Keokhamphoui Somvath is working with ADPC since 2008 and have responsibilities for the implementation of project activities under the department of Disaster Risk Management Systems in Lao PDR. She has experience in community based disaster risk reduction/management and DRR/M/flood preparedness planning at provincial, district and village levels; training on disaster risk management and community-based disaster risk management; mainstreaming disaster risk reduction; damage, loss and need assessment; and conduct community and school awareness campaign.
119. Sonya Syafitri
Ms. Sonya Syafitri is currently working as Consortium Manager at National Alliance for Risk Reduction and Response Initiatives – Bangladesh. With a 16-year professional in humanitarian/recovery response and development programs, building capacity of local communities and local government in disaster prone areas, Ms. Sonya Syafitri has worked in Indonesia, Myanmar, Haiti and Bangladesh
120. Stephan Baas Over the last 15 years Stephan has designed and implemented as lead technical officer more than 25 field projects on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation CCA in agriculture mainly in Asia, the Caribbean and Europe. Stephan is co-chair of FAO’s interdepartmental working group on Climate Change Adaptation and has coordinated the preparation of FAO’s framework programme for climate change adaptation, called FAO ADAPT. He also coordinated and is co-author of FAO’s Framework Programme on Disaster Risk Reduction for Food and Nutrition Security (2012). Since very recently he is part of FAO’s core team under the new strategic objective on “Increase the resilience of livelihoods to threats and crises”.
121. Stephan Huppertz
122. Su Thandar
Win Ms. Su Thandar Win is currently working with Oxfam Myanmar as Programme Manager. Prior to joining Oxfam, Ms. Su Thandar Win has worked with Cholia Muslim Fund Trust organization as Project Assistant in HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care and Support Programme for 2 years. She also worked with Save the Children as Project Officer in Disaster Response and Resilience Learning Project (DRRLP) and Disaster Preparedness and Learning Project (DPLP) for 3 years. In addition, she worked with Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) as Field Officer in Information Counselling and
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[email protected] Legal Assistant (ICLA) for 1 year. 123. Suman Kumar Karna
Mr. Suman Kumar Karna is currently working as Recovery Specialist at NORCAP. He has over 8 years of experience in the field of Disaster Management, and worked for different UN agencies and INGOs in several countries including Afghanistan, and Iraq. Mr. Suman did her PhD in Urban Planning from the University of Melbourne, Australia.
124. Sunisthida Phetduang
Ms. Sunisthida Phetduang is the Head of CBDRR Unit at the Thai Red Cross Society based in Bangkok. She has been working with the Thai Red Cross Society since 1994 after completing her graduation from the Nursing College of the Thai Red Cross Society. She recevied professional trainings on CBDRR from ADPC in 2007 and DRR/EWEA/CC from IFRC. She has supported the government in organizing national and regional events related to DRR.
125. Takuya Ito
Mr. Ito is currently working at International Research Institute of Disaster Statistics (IRIDeS) as a researcher and involved in the Global Centre for Disaster Statistics, a joint program with UNDP. He is a assigned researcher from Pacific Consultants Co.,Ltd, a development consultant firm in Japan with profession in DRR infrastructure and planning.
126. Tarique Sohail
127. Thanongdeth
Insiengmay
Mr. Thanongdeth Insixiengmay has joined ADPC since 2005. He is
currently working as Senior Program Manager based in Vientiane,
Lao PDR. Thanongdeth has over 20 years of experiences as a
Hydraulic Engineer and served in Lao PDR and many other
countries during his career. He holds a Bachelor of Hydraulic
Engineering from the Technical University of Dresden, Germany
and Master’s Degree in Hydrology, Water Resources and
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Development Technology from Melbourne University, Australia.
With ADPC he has 10 year experiences in disaster risk
management including integrated flood management, DRM
planning and implementation, legal institutional analysis and
strengthening, mainstreaming disaster risk management into
development and investment decisions at national and local level
128. Thavirap Tantiwongse Dr.Thavirap Tantiwongse has been Public Affairs Director for GlaxoSmithKline Thailand since January, 2011.He leads the development of local access policies and program implementation in the public sector as well as enhancing GSK's reputation & trust among external stakeholders. He is responsible for all areas of public affairs including government affairs, corporate &internal communications, media and external relations, community partnerships, and health economics.
129. Thearat Touch For over 15 years, Thearat has worked in the field of humanitarian intervention with the international non-governmental organizations and National Governments in countries of South East Asia and the Pacific region. Since 2005, he joined the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO) and has been working pre-dominantly in the areas of Disaster Risk Reduction that seeks to enhance resilience and accelerating the achievement of MDGs contributing to Safer Community Resilience and Sustainable Development. Thearat has been instrumentally providing technical support in advising on the development of the disaster preparedness programme of the European Commission (known as DIPECHO) strategy in SEA countries.
130. Thet Naing
Win
Thet.naingwin@ helpagemyanmar.org
Mr. Thet Naing Win is currently working as Project Manager with HelpAge International in Myanmar. He carries with him a 5-year experience in agriculture, food security and livelihood sector and 3 years experience in DRR sector. He is implementing a CBDRR project in costal (delta region of Myanmar) area under DIPECHO IX, funded by ECHO.
131. Thipphamonh
Chanthalangsy Mr. Thipphamonh Chanthalangsy is currently the Director of Education Construction Design and Management (ECDM) at the Ministry of Education and Sports in Lao PDR. Mr. Chanthalangsy
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has more than 20 years of experience in the area of school construction and education.
132. Trang Nguyen
Working as a Program Officer in Disaster management of Viet Nam Red Cross, especially , incharge in DIPECHO project phase 6,7,8 and 9 from 2009 to 2015.
133. Tzu-Yin Chang
Dr. Chang was born in Taipei, Taiwan. She received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in geography from the National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, and PhD. degree in space science from the National Central University, Jhongli, Taiwan, in 2000, 2002, and 2010, respectively. She is currently Division Head at Information Division of National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction. Her research interests cover the hydrological remote sensing with optical and microwave sensors and disaster surveillance.
134. Usman Qazi Muhammed Usman Qazi is an expert with 20 years’ experience in disaster risk reduction particularly in Pakistan, working alongside several international development organizations (UNDP and IOM) as well as local and national governments. His experience includes working alongside developing early response mechanisms in conflict sensitive environments. He has worked with all key stakeholders in disaster risk management including federal (National Disaster Management Authority) and local
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governments as well as local communities. Muhammed has an extensive experience in building capabilities for managing disaster risk for local stakeholders, particularly government officials, and also local communities. His experience includes working with governments and NGOs on capacity building and Gender Appraisal and Impact Assessment.
135. Uy Sam Onn
Mr. Uy Sam Onn is Deputy Director of Cambodian Red Cross. He has over 15 years of experience in the field of community based approaches to manage health issues in Asia. He co-facilitated and attended several workshops on Non- Remunerated Blood Donor Recruitment in South East Asia. With a keen interest in health emergencies and blood donation issues, Mr Onn has been a part of Red Cross family for around 15 years.
136. Vidya Nusrat Rahman
137. Vinod Kumar Sharma
Professor Vinod Kumar Sharma is a Senior Professor, Disaster Management at the Indian Institute Of Public Administration and also the Executive Vice Chairman of the Sikkim State Disaster Management Authority in India. He is a visiting professor, Kyoto University, Japan, and Adjunct Professor of Disaster Management, Amrita University. He is a member of UNISDR Asia Science Technology and Academia Advisory Group (2015-19). Prof. Sharma holds a PhD (Ecology and Environment) from Banaras Hindu University, India. He has held several positions during his professional career in a number of countries of the region. As a prolific writer, Prof. Sharma has 14 books and more than 75 research publications to his credit. His area of specialization includes Environment and Disaster Management (Training and Research).
138. Vu Min Hai Ms. Vu Minh Hai is currently working as Programme Manager for Building Resilience, Oxfam in Vietnam. Ms. Minh Hai has been with Oxfam since 2009. Previously, she worked for several years as Disaster Management Delegate for the Tsunami Recovery Programme for the British Red Cross in Sri Lanka and prior to this worked for International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies as the Disaster Preparedness Programme Officer, in Vietnam for eight years. In addition, Ms. Minh Hai has worked for many years as an independent consultant, with clients
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[email protected] including the International Federation, UNDP, AusAID, the British Red Cross, Save the Children and ACT, undertaking work in Indonesia, Myanmar, the Maldives, Nepal and Vietnam.
139. Waqaniburotu
Lesumainaivalu
Mr. Lesumainaivalu is Regional DRR Manager with IFRC at the Pacific Office. He has 26 years of working experience with various international, regional and government agencies at community to global level. He is a field expert in the areas of DRM and DRR training, motivation and positive attitude training as well as human resource and organizational development. He has gained experience as rural technician on appropriate technology and project management. He has studied HR and Management from the University of South Pacific.
140. Wei Sen Li
Dr. Li is Secretary General, National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction, Taiwan. He is also the Co-chair of Emergency Preparedness Working Group (EPWG) at Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). He has a wealth of experience in the development and implementation of transportation, disaster reduction and management systems. His responsibilities include building capacity in the region through engaging public-private partnership to better mitigate and respond to emergencies and natural disasters in APEC economies. Dr. Li holds a PhD in Civil Engineering from the National Central University. Currently, he leads international collaboration and conducts research on large-scale urban disasters and disaster risk management in NCDR.
141. Wendy Fenton Ms. Wendy has over 25 years of operational, management and advisory experience in humanitarian and development programming across a wide range of sectors primarily in Sudan and Ethiopia. She has extensive experience of working with both donors (USAID/OFDA and CIDA) and NGOs (Save the Children UK). Most recently, as an independent consultant, she has focused on fragile states, specifically issues related to NGO programming, funding mechanism performance and safety nets.
142. Yon Chun Ae Ms. Yon Chun Ae is currently the Senior Officer at External Cooperation Department, Ministry of Agriculture in the
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Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. She has over 15 years of experience in her respective field.
143. Yuichi Ono
Mr. Ono is current the Assistant Director of International Research Institute of Disaster Statistics (IRIDeS), Tohoku University. His main role is to promote practical disaster risk reduction research and integrate it into international policy making processes. Other key roles are: a chair of the Multi-Hazards Program of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU), and Director of the Global Centre for Disaster Statistics, a joint program with UNDP. He was working in ESCAP (2009-2012) as a chief of the disaster risk reduction section, UNISDR (2003-2009) and WMO (2002-2003) and have long been involved in international/ intergovernmental process in disaster risk reduction.
144. Zhaoxi Li
Mr Zhaoxi Li is currently working at UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub as a disaster risk information technology consultant. He was working at UNISDR Asia and Pacific office prior joining UNDP.
145. Mihir Bhatt
Mihir Bhatt leads independent All India Disaster Mitigation Independent All India Disaster Management recognized as Centre of Excellency by UNDP Office on South South Cooperation. AIDMI works across 35 cities and 49 districts in 9 states of India as well as 7 countries in Asia Pacific on reducing disaster and climate change risk since 1995.
146. Phitsamai Khammanivong Ms. Phitsamai is a Project Associate of Disaster Risk Management Systems Department at the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) in Bangkok, Thailand. She has
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been working with ADPC since 2009 working as Admin/Finance assistant. Prior worked at ADPC Lao Office to cooperate with national and international partners and provides support in the implementation of field activities and projects in Laos.
147. Puji Pujiono Mr. Puji is the Regional Adviser on Disaster Risk Reduction at UN ESCAP . An Indonesian Social worker and disaster risk manager with more than twenty five years experience in national, regional, and international / United Nations disaster management and humanitarian affairs, doctoral degree in public administration focusing on disaster preparedness and masters in social work.
