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Confirmed Leaders Attending

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

Catarina Freitas
Catarina Freitas
Municipal Director,
Câmara Municipal de Lisboa,
Lisbon, Portugal

Hiroyuki Fujita
Hiroyuki Fujita
Chief Resilience Officer,
City of Kyoto,
Kyoto, Japan

Michael M. Gison
Michael M. Gison
Director,
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA),
Manila, Philippines

David Griffiths
David Griffiths
Head of Strategic Policy and Resilience,
Christchurch City Council,
Christchurch, New Zealand

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

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

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

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

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

Prof	Enrique Cabrera Rochera
Prof Enrique Cabrera Rochera
Spanish Experts Committee for the Reconstruction after the Valencia Floods,
Valencia, Spain

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

Atty. Romando S. Artes
Atty. Romando S. Artes
Chairman,
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA),
Manila, Philippines

Natalie Salkauskis
Natalie Salkauskis
Manager,
Policy Development Unit,
Water Infrastructure Management Section,
Toronto Water,
City of Toronto,
Toronto, Canada

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

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

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

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

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

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