From Around the World
Event Speakers & Moderators
Professor Dr Jomo Kwame Sundaram
Economist and Tun Hussein Onn Chair in International Studies, Institute of Strategic and International Studies, Malaysia
Mr Stefan Priesner
UNDP Resident Representative Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei Darussalam
Dato' Maimunah Mohd Sharif
Mayor, City Council of Penang Island, Malaysia
Dr Bernadia Irawati Tjandradewi
Secretary General, UCLG-ASPAC
Ms Esther An
Chief Sustainability Officer, City Developments Limited, Singapore
Dr Cecilia Ng
Independent Researcher and Women’s Rights Advocate
Ms Koh Miyaoi
Regional Adviser on Gender, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Misun Woo
Deputy Regional Coordinator, Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development
Dr Prabha Khosla
Research Project Manager, Urbanization, Gender and the Global South: a Transformative Knowledge Network, City Institute, York University, Toronto
Ms Shanthi Dairiam
Human Rights and Women’s Rights Advocate
Dr Prema Devaraj
President of Aliran
Mr Patrick Duong
UNDP Regional Advisor on Local Governance and Decentralization
Ms Shariza Kamarudin
Programme Manager GRPB-PWDC
Dr. Amjad Rabi
Deputy Representative, UNICEF
Ms Norliza Hashim
CEO Urbanice Malaysia
Ms Sujitra Jayaseelan
Head - Programmes, United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)
Dr Lin Mui Kiang
CSO-SDG Alliance
Mr Edward Ling
Business Manager, Google/Waze Malaysia
Datin Rohana Abdul Ghani
Director PWDC
Mr Nguyen Ngoc Son
Assistant Director & Head for ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Monitoring Division, Analysis and Monitoring Directorate Department, ASEAN Secretariat
Ong Bee Leng
Chief Executive Director PWDC