UNPD: Building Resilience in the Face of Climate Change
Panellist
Dr. Samantha Stratton-Short, Head of Strategic Initiatives, Infrastructure and Project Management, UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
Dr. Samantha Stratton-Short is Head of Strategic Initiatives, Infrastructure and Project Management at the UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS). Managing a multidisciplinary team, she leads UNOPS thought leadership in infrastructure and the global agenda 2030 for sustainable development. The Strategic Initiatives team supports countries and partners with strategic and technical support to improve sustainable, resilient and inclusive development outcomes.
Moderator
Prof. Roger Vickerman, Visiting Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Imperial College London and Chair of the Transport Strategy Centre & Emeritus Professor of European Economics at the University of Kent
Educated at the Universities of Cambridge and Sussex, he has an Honorary Doctorate from the Philipps-Universität, Marburg; he is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences; a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport and a Fellow of the Regional Studies Association. He has been a visiting professor in Canada, Germany, Hungary and Australia.
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