Fulbright University Vietnam

Nashin Mahtani is the director of Yayasan Peta Bencana (Disaster Map Foundation), a South-East Asian nonprofit developing humanitarian technologies for community-led climate adaptation. She co-led the expansion of the life-saving platform PetaBencana.id, from a real-time flood mapping platform serving 50 million people in Indonesia to a multi-hazard mapping platform serving over 350 million people in South East Asia. Supporting the development of one of the largest open-source software projects for climate adaptation, her activism is driven by theory, scholarship and ethnographic research. With a background in architecture, Nashin’s applied and research investigations center around water politics and infrastructures, communication and media philosophies, and epigenetic adaptations. In 2021 she was recognized by Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 for her contributions to the region's social issues. Nashin was also listed as one of the 30 most influential women in Indonesia in 2022 and the same year was recognized by Tatler on their Gen.T Leaders of Tomorrow List. She was one of five global semi-finalists for the prestigious Global Citizen Prize: Cisco Youth Leadership Award in 2019, listed as a Southeast Asian Women Leader by YSEALI in 2020, and recognized as a Women Innovator by the Information Society Innovation Fund in 2018.

Huy Nguyen is a senior advisor to Oxfam International on climate change. He obtained his PhD from Kyoto University Japan with a major in global environmental studies in 2010. His research focuses on disaster risk reduction and climate change. Huy has 20 years of working experience in disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, nature-based solution, water resource management, and education in emergencies in various countries, including: Vietnam, Indonesia, Pakistan, Japan, Laos, Bangladesh, Marshall Islands, Philippines, and Cambodia.

Do Van Nguyet is the founder and director of Live & Learn for Environment and Community, a Vietnamese NGO. Her NGO has been widely recognized as an innovative organization in youth development and environmental action and active multi-stakeholders engagement for addressing air pollution and urban environmental management. Live & Learn has facilitated and connected local actors (Government of Vietnam, the private sector, social organizations and citizens) to address air pollution in Hanoi and the surrounding. Live & Learn promotes collective actions and facilitates opportunities for scientists, NGOs, companies and government agencies to connect environmental science with environmental protection plans and solutions. Besides, Live & Learn focuses on encouraging the interests and participation of the citizens in air quality management via citizen science programs that contribute to the monitoring and mitigation of urban pollutants, particularly in regions lacking resources and data.