Imagine Delhi

Sean Chiao

President, Asia Pacific, AECOM

The President of Asia Pacific at AECOM, Sean Chiao’s depth and breadth of experience in challenges arising from Asia’s accelerating urbanization enables him to take the lead in strengthening the built environment by advising on sustainability, resilience and innovation for strategic projects. An engaging thought leader, Chiao has delivered keynote speeches at major international conferences and seeded with Harvard Graduate School of Design the “AECOM China’s Studio”, an urban research program that has delved into complex, emerging issues in urbanism in China’s developing cities. He is also the executive sponsor of “Jigsaw City”, a book that examines the new towns in Asia. Chiao is a global trustee of the Urban Land Institute, a member of the American Institute of Architects and a member of the Mainland Business Advisory Committee of Hong Kong Trade Development Council.

Navroz Dubash

Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research

Navroz K Dubash is senior fellow at the Centre for Policy Research (CPR) and coordinator of the Initiative on Climate, Energy, and Environment. His research interests straddle the terrains of climate change policy and governance, the political economy of energy and water, the regulatory state in the developing world and the role of civil society in global environmental governance. Acknowledging his indelible influence on climate change governance in India and beyond, he was awarded the 12th
T N Khoshoo Memorial Award in 2015. He is an associate editor of Climate Policy and serves on the editorial boards of Global Environmental Politics, Energy Research in Social Science, Environmental Policy and Governance, and the Journal of Environment and Development.