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Li Junhua

United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs

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Loïc Fauchon

President of the World Water Council

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Abou Amani

Director of the Division of Water Sciences, Secretary of the Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP), Natural Sciences Sector, UNESCO

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Zhang Fan

Lead Economist and Global Lead for Water, Economy, and Climate Change, World Bank

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Peng Jing

President of China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR)

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Li Yuanyuan

President of IWRA, Vice President of the General Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Planning and Design, Ministry of Water Resources of China

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Kang Shaozhong

Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Director of State Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Agricultural Water Resources

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Lu Yonglong

Chair Professor of Xiamen University and the Dean of College of the Environment and Ecology, Elected Fellow of TWAS (The World Academy of Sciences), Foreign member of Academia Europaea (AE) and Russian Academy of Science, Elected fellow of International Science Council

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Tony Yau

Director of Water Supplies, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong

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Mikio Ishiwatari

Visiting Professor of the University of Tokyo, Senior Advisor of Japan International Cooperation Agency, Board Director of Japan Water Forum

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Thomas Panella

Director, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Sector Office, Sectors Group, Asian Development Bank (ADB)

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Francois Fevrier

CEO Water and Recycling & Recovery, SUEZ ASIA

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Shahbaz Khan

Director of the UNESCO Office in Beijing and UNESCO Representative to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Japan, Mongolia, People’s Republic of China, and the Republic of Korea

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Jia Jinsheng

Hon. President of International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD), Vice President of Chinese National Committee on Large Dams (CHINCOLD), Deputy Director of State Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of Water Cycle in River Basin of China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR)

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Joseph Hun-wei Lee

President and Chair Professor of the Macau University of Science and Technology, President of the International Association for Hydro-environment Engineering and Research (IAHR),Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences

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Anoulak Kittikhoun

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) Secretariat

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Wu Jupei

Secretary of Chenzhou Municipal Committee, Hunan Province

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Rabi H. Mohtar

Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering and Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Texas A&M University

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Dwikorita Karnawati

Head of Indonesia Agency for Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics (BMKG)

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Bassel Daher

Assistant Research Scientist, Texas A&M Energy Institute, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering, Texas A&M University

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Guillermo Donoso

Professor at the Department of Agricultural Economics of the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

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Gabriel Eckstein

Professor of Law at Texas A&M University Past President, International Water Resources Association

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James George

UNDP Deputy Resident Representative in China

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Dai Jiqun

President of Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute

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Zhang Jiantao

Vice President of Greater China and Mongolia of The Coca-Cola Company

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Andrea Erickson-Quiroz

Global Director for Water Security and is the Deputy Managing Director for the Food and Water Systems Priority for The Nature Conservancy

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Siddharth Chatterjee

United Nations Resident Coordinator in China

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Safdar Parvez

Country Director People’s Republic of China Resident Mission Asian Development Bank

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ASIT K. BISWAS

Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow, UK

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Xia Jun

Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Chair Professor & Director, The Research Institute for Water Security (RIWS), Wuhan University

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Benito Braga

Honorary President of World Water Council

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Wang Dianchang

Director of Yangtze Eco-Environment Engineering Research Center, Board Chairman of Yangtze Ecology and Environment Co,Ltd

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Maria Helena M.Q. Semedo

Deputy Director-General of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

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LI Lifeng

Director of Land and Water Division Food Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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Pan Anjun (John Pan)

Secretary of the Leading Party Group, Director -General of the Beijing Water Authority

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Mr. Yang Derui

Director General of Water Resources Management, Ministry of Water Resources, People’s Republic of China

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Wang Hao

Fellow of Chinese Academy of Engineering,Top Expert in Hydrology and Water Resources

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Zhang Jianyun

Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, international fellow of the British Royal Academy of Engineering

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