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Speakers

9th September 2020 

Chairs and Moderators

  1. Saifuddin Ahmed, Executive Director, WBB Trust
  2. Debra Efroymson, Regional Director, HealthBridge Canada
  3. Akter Mahmud, President, Bangladesh Institute of Planners (B.I.P)
  4. Md. Mithun, Asst. Project Officer, WBB Trust
  5. Professor Dr. Shuvagata Chowdhury
  6. Sharif Jamil, General Secretary, BAPA
  7. Gaous Pearee, Director, WBB Trust

Opening Session: Special Guest

  1. Kirstin Miller, Executive Director, Ecocity Builders (recording)
  2. To Be Announced

Plenary 01: Build Back Dhaka 

  1. Arch Iqbal Habib, Joint Secretary, BAPA
  2. Salma A Shafi, Architect-Planner, Centre for Urban Studies
  3. Abu Naser Khan, Chairman, POBA
  4. Akter Mahmud, President, Bangladesh Institute of Planners (B.I.P)

Guest Speakers

  • Special Session on Accessibility
  1. Talukder Rifat Pasha, Asst Policy Officer, WBB Trust
  2. Mohammad Mohasin, Captain, Bangladesh Wheelchair Cricket Team
  3. Mohua Paul, Co-Founder, Access Bangladesh Foundation
  4. Vashkar Bhattacharjee, Program Manager, YPSA (Young Power in Social Action) and National Consultant & Accessibility -A2i 
  • Parallel Sessions 1: Food Security 
  1. Syed Mahbubul Alam (Tahin), Technical Advisor, The Union
  2. M Nazer Hossain, Vice President, Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB)
  • Parallel Sessions 1: Air & Noise Pollution 
  1. Ahmad Kamruzzaman Majumder, Dean of Science Faculty, Stamford University Bangladesh
  2. Ziaul Haque, Director (Air Quality Management), DoE
     
  • Parallel Sessions 1: Water
  1. Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Chief Executive, Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA)
  2. Adil Mohammed Khan, General Secretary, Bangladesh Institute of Planners (BIP)
  • Parallel Sessions 2: Climate 
  1. Mirza Showkat Ali, Director (Climate Change and International Convention), Department of Environment (DoE)
  2. MD Mosharraf Hossain, Professor, Institute of Forestry and Environmental Science, Chittagong University
  • Parallel Sessions 2: Water 
  1. Md. Alauddin, Member, National River Conservation Commission (NRCC)
  2. Syed Monowar Hussain National Consultant at World Bank, IWM, IUCN, CEGIS
  • Parallel Sessions 2: Air & Noise Pollution 
    1. Shaila Jamal, Academia, Public Transport System
    2. M. Zakir Hossain Khan, Senior Program Manager, TIB

Presenters

  • Plenary 01
    • Debra Efroymson, Regional Director, HealthBridge Canada
  • Parallel Sessions 1: Food Security 
    • George M P, Program Officer, ESAF
    • Sourav Dey, University of Chittagong
  • Parallel Sessions 1: Air & Noise Pollution
    • Naima Akter, Project Officer, WBB Trust
    • Manju George, Senior Program Manager, ESAF
  • Parallel Sessions 1: Water 
    • Md Waz Uddin Wazed, Deputy Project Director, Dhaka Water Supply Network Improvement Project (DWSNIP), Dhaka WASA
    • Sourav Karmakar, University of Chittagong.
    • Sk. Md. Tawsif Faisal, University of Chittagong
  • Parallel Sessions 2: Climate 
    • Shantanu Biswas, Network Officer, Institute of Wellbeing Bangladesh
    • Samiul Hassan Shajib, Project Officer, WBB Trust
  • Parallel Sessions 2: Water 
    • জাহাঙ্গীর আলম, প্রধান নির্বাহী, স্বপ্নডানা, সুনামগঞ্জ
    • কাজী এনায়েত হোসেন, নির্বাহী পরিচালক, (স্কোপ)
  • Parallel Sessions 2: Air & Noise Pollution 
    • Sazia Afreen, Executive Engineer, Dhaka WASA
    • Mohibbullah Al Mafi Department of Urban and Regional Planning, BUET

10th September 2020

Chairs and Moderators

  1. Sharif Jamil, General Secretary, BAPA
  2. Mohidul Haque Khan, Former General Secretary, BAPA
  3. Adil Mohammed Khan, General Secretary, Bangladesh Institute of Planners (BIP)
  4. Dr. M. Shafiq-Ur Rahman, Chairman, Department of Urban and Regional Planning (DURP), Jahangirnagar University)

Plenary 02: Addressing Jobs, Pollution, and Coronavirus 

  1. Saifuddin Ahmed, Executive Director, WBB Trust
  2. Musleh uddin Hasan, Professor and Head, Department of Urban and Regional Planning at BUET
  3. Shamim Hayder Patwary, Member of Parliament, Gaibandha-1
  4. MA Matin, Executive Chairmen , BAPA

Guest Speakers

  • Parallel Sessions 3: Food Security 
  1. Dr. Sohel Reza Choudhury, Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Research, National Heart Foundation Hospital & Research Institute
  2. Dr Lelin Choudhury, Joint Secretary, POBA
  • Parallel Sessions 3: Water 
  1. Habibur Rahman, Chairman, Dept. of Sociology & Social Work at People's University of Bangladesh
     
  • Parallel Sessions 3: Air & Noise Pollution 
  1. Farid Ahmed, Director (IT),  Department of Environment (DoE)
  2. Tanmoy Chakroborty, Lecturer, URP, KUET
  • Parallel Sessions 3: How we wish to see our Bangladesh Cities

Presenters

  • Plenary 02
    • Debra Efroymson, Regional Director, HealthBridge Canada
  • Parallel Sessions 3: Food Security 
    • Kristie Daniel, Program Director, Livable Cities, HealthBridge Foundation of Canada
    • Jasmine Sultana, ED, Ellma
  • Parallel Sessions 3: Water 
    • Pramila paul, University of Chittagong.
    • George M P, Program Officer, ESAF
  • Parallel Sessions 3: Air & Noise Pollution 
    • Ahmad Kamruzzaman Majumder, Chairman, Environmental Science Department, Stamford University
    • Priyom Das, University of Chittagong

Poster Presenters

  1. Shuva Sen,Graduate Student, Environmental Science, University of Chittagong 
  2. Kanak Biswas
  3. Mahamudul Hasan,Communication Officer ,Institute of Wellbeing Bangladesh
  4. Talukder Rifat Pasha, 
  5. A N M Masum Billah Bhuyan, Institute of Wellbeing Bangladesh 
  6. MD Atiqur Rahman, Project Officer, WBB Trust

 

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