Building International Green Model City – Urban Innovation and Green Growth
Mr. Asheesh Singh, Commissioner Indore Municipal Corporation and Executive Director Indore Smart City Co Ltd.
Mr. Serge Salat, President, Urban Morphology and Complex Systems Institute, Paris, France, Leading Expert of International Green Model City Standards 3.0
Mr. Chen Zekun, Oil Painter on Environmental Protection, Vice Chairman, Jingzhou Artists Association, China
Ms. Christine He, Coordinator for IGMC Initiative, Director for International Affairs, Global Forum on Human Settlements
Mr. Arab Hoballah, Team Leader, SWITCH-Asia SCP Facility
Ms. Doan-Nhu Bui, Corporate Finance Manager, SunPower Corporation, California
Mr. Madan B. Regmi, D. Eng., Economic Affairs Officer, Transport Division, UNESCAP
Mr. Mao Qin, General Manager of R&D Center, Jiangsu Zhongnan Construction Group Co., Ltd.
Blockchain Technology and Smart Cities


Prof. Oudom Wang, Permanent Representative of Vanuatu to UNESCAP, Chairman of Global One Belt One Road Association (GOBA)

Hon. Mr. Ralph Regenvanu, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and External Trade of Vanuatu
Mr. Liu Hui-Chin, Founder, Hong Men Century Holding Group
Mr. Andrew Solomon Napuat, Minister, Ministry for Internal Affairs of Vanuatu
Ms. Barbara Mellish, Director, Centre for Citizenship, Enterprise and Governance, UK
Mr. Kyryl Tomliak, Director of KT-Energy LLC, Ukraine

Training: IGMC Standards 3.0 - Assessment and Planning Tool for Sustainable Urban Development


Mr. Guo Jinxin, Engineer, Xi'an Fengdong Real Estate
Mr. Li He, Executive Vice President of SPD PLANNING DESIGN CORPORATION
Mr. Wang Dehui, Head of Experts Group of Environmental Engineering Assessment Center, Ministry of Environmental Protection of China, Former Deputy Director-General of the Nature and Ecology Conservation Department, SEPA, Director of China Office for “Implementation of the Convention of Biological Diversity” 
Mr. Serge Salat, President, Urban Morphology and Complex Systems Institute, Paris, France, Leading Expert of International Green Model City Standards 3.0
GFHS

Committed to Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements for All

In Special Consultative Status with ECOSOC


 
Annual2018
Speakers
Previous
Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury, Chairman of GFHS, Former UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative making an opening address

Mr. Hongjoo Hahm, Officer-in-Charge of UN ESCAP delivering welcome remarks
Visioning Session - Setting the Stage: Enhancing Progress in Achieving SDG 11 and New Urban Agenda


Mr. Lu Haifeng, Secretary General of Global Forum on Human Settlements, President of Better City Institute

Mr. Stefanos Fotiou, Director, Environment and Development Division, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand
Mr. Arab Hoballah, Team Leader, SWITCH-Asia SCP Facility
Ms. Barbara Mellish, Director, Centre for Citizenship, Enterprise and Governance, UK
Mr. Mushtaq Memon, Asia and the Pacific Coordinator for Resources Efficiency Programme, UN Environment
Opening Ceremony
Prof. Oudom Wang, Permanent Representative of Vanuatu to UNESCAP, Chairman of Global One Belt One Road Association (GOBA)
Mr. Lu Haifeng, Secretary General of Global Forum on Human Settlements, President of Better City Institute
Mr. Stefanos Fotiou, Director, Environment and Development Division, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Mr. Hongjoo Hahm, Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific 
Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury, Chairman of GFHS, Former UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative
Hon. Mr. Ralph Regenvanu, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and External Trade of Vanuatu
Dr. Taj Hamad, Vice Chairman of Global Forum on Human Settlements
Resilient and Circular Economy
Ms. Aneta Nikolova, Environmental Affairs Officer, Environment and Development Policy Section, UNESCAP
Dr. Supachai Tantikom, Bangkok Chief Resilience Officer
Mr. Choudhury Rudra Charan Mohanty, Coordinator of Environment Programme, UNCRD/UN DESA
Mr. Spencer Leung, IFOAM Alumni, Rotary Peace Fellow, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, GO Organics, Bangkok, Thailand
Mr. David Marhauer-Nimb, Project Manager, Engineer in Sustainable Energy, Kalundborg Symbiosis, Denmark 
Mr. K. Jim Jem, P.E. General Manager Greater China, Total Corbion PLA, Visiting Professor of JiangNan University 
Mr. Will Sibia, Vice President, Sustainable Development, Sweco International AB
Mayors’ Panel: Safe, Inclusive, Resilient and Sustainable City – policies, actions and practices
Mr. Shamau Shareef, Deputy Mayor, Male City Council, Maldives
Mr. Albert Sandy Daniel, Lord Mayor of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
Ms. Pam O'Connor, Council Member, City of Santa Monica, USA
Mr. Curt Garrigan, Chief, Sustainable Urban Development Section, Environment and Development Division, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Mr. Herbert Bautista, Mayor, City of Quezon, Philippines
Mr. Zhang Jianguo, Vice Director of the Administrative Committee of Qingdao Sino-German Eco-Park, China
Mr. Thirapan Nandhakij, Deputy Governor of Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand
Financing for Sustainable Urban Infrastructure
Mr. Rohit Gupta, Architect, Managing Director, Rohit Associates Cities and Rails Private Limited; Rail System Integrator Project & Infrastructure Finance Expert
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Mr. Thitawat Asaves, Executive Vice President, Head of Investment Banking Division, Bank of Ayudhya PCL
Ms. Diane Archer, Urban Research Fellow, SEI - Stockholm Environment Institute 
Mr. Matthew Ulterino, Property Investment Project Coordinator, UNEP Finance Initiative
Mr. Surayut Thavikulwat, Chief Financial Officer, BTS Group Holdings Plc.
Mr. Altangerel Davaajargal, Representative of the Governor, Ulaanbaatar Capital City, Mongolia
Ms. Ajchara Vararuk, Consultant of Mayor of Hua Hin City, Thailand

Facilitating Localization of SDG 11 – Innovation on Sustainable Urban Planning, Development and Governance
Ms. Yin Mingyu, Director of Landscape Design of SPD PLANNING DESIGN CORPORATION
Mr. David Liu, Professor-level Senior Architect, President, Sichuan David Design Co., Ltd.
Mr. James Newman, Executive Director – Northern Parks & Forests, Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Environment and Science, the State of Queensland, Australia
Mr. Craig Perkins, President & Executive Director, The Energy Coalition, USA 
Mr. Ng Zhu Hann, Director of Strategy, Country Garden Forest City
Mr. Ralph Wahnschafft, Independent Advisor on Sustainable Development Policies, GFHS

Mr. Alexander R. Jachnow, Head of Urban Strategies and Planning, Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Mr. Alex Kerr, Author and Sustainable Tourism Expert, Chairman of Chiiori Trust

Dr. Cherdsak Virapat, Director General, Network of Aquaculture Centers in Asia-Pacific

Eco-city and Fabricated Buildings
Ms. Shen Zhengwen, Assistant to Chairman of Guangdong FaDiAo Kitchen & Bathroom Technology Co., Ltd.
Mr. OUyang Zhenghua, Executive Director of Singapore Lifu Residential Technology Pte Ltd
Mr. Ning Hao, Assistant to Chairman, SeeFine Property Group
Mr. Jean-Marc Natali, Founder, Chairman of the Supervisory Committee, Urbanis, France
Mr. Liu Wei, Chairman of Board, TASTOD Construction Group, President, Jianlifang Prefabricated Construction International Industrial Alliance
Dr. Yin Boyue, Executive Chairman of Building Industrialization Alliance, Assistant Secretary General of Chinese Society for Urban Studies, Member of Population Resources and Environment Committee of the Central Committee of the Jiusan Society
Mr. Wang Yaning, President, Heibe Xuelong Machinery Limited
Mr. Luo Haimin, President, Beijing Sunwa Elevator Group Co., Ltd.
Mr.  Xu Yongjun, Chairman of LEEDEER GROUP
Ms. Wu Xiaoyan, Vice Secretary General of Building Industrialization Alliance of China
Urban Water Cycle Management and SDGs
Dr. Benno Boer, Chief of Natural Sciences, UNESCO Bangkok Office
Ms. Diane Archer, Urban Research Fellow, SEI - Stockholm Environment Institute
Mr. Mushtaq Memon, Asia and the Pacific Coordinator for Resources Efficiency Programme, UN Environment
Dr. Rossawan Ponluksanapimol, Associate Director, Head of Krungsri International Advisory, JPC/MNC Banking, Bank of Ayudhya PCL.
Mr. Ida Bagus Hendra Gupta, Representative of BORDA at AIT, Regenerative Sanitation Hub Project
Dr. Aida N. Karazhanova, Economic Affairs Officer, Sustainable Urban Development Section, Environment and Development Division UN ESCAP