CAA P2P Speaker Overview Sun Presentations by Participating Architectural Practices “Introduction of practice rules for international projects in Bangladesh” Ismail Zabihullah Welcome - John Sinclair CAA VP Oceania Region Format and Development of P2P - John Sinclair CAA VP Oceania Region Opening Including a message from Secretary General of the Commonwealth Introduction of practice rules for international projects in Bangladesh - Llewellyn van Wyk CAA President Mr. Ismail Zabihulla is Secretary, Economic Relations Division (ERD), Ministry of Finance in Dhaka “Working in International Alliances” Ken Yeang Kerry Hill Dr. Kenneth Yeang specializes in the design and planning of signature ‘green’ ecologically-responsive large buildings and master plans. His firm Hamzah & Yeang has offices in London, Kuala Lumpur, and Beijing. Dr. Yeang is the author of several books on ecological design and skyscraper design. His latest is “Ecodesign: Instruction Manual” by John Wiley & Sons (UK) in Dr. Yeang regularly travels and teaches at schools like University of Hawaii, University of New South Wales, Curtin University, and University of Malaya. Over the past 37 years, Kerry Hill has distinguished himself as an architect of exceptional sensibility and expertise - encouraging a more progressive and enquiring regionally-sensitive approach to the design and construction of buildings predominantly across the Asia-Pacific region. He is known internationally for evolving an Asian resort architecture that is both climate and site-specific, drawing on indigenous forms of tropical building to produce high quality hotels and resorts across the region. Celebrated examples include the the Datai Hotel in Pulau Langkawi, Malaysia, winner of the prestigious international Aga Khan Award for Architecture in P2P Session Speaker Topic Short Biography P2P P2P P2P Arif Ahamed Zahed H. Khan “Funding of Global Projects” Mr. Arif Ahamed is working as Project Analyst in the Energy and Infrastructure unit of the World Bank Office Dhaka, Bangladesh. Mr. Ahamed has been working to provide management support for the World Bank’s urban, water and sanitation programs in Bangladesh. Prior to that, Mr. Ahamed also served as Research Analyst at the World Bank’s Private Sector Development and Finance Unit in Bangladesh. Mr. Ahamed’s expertise includes program support and management of urban services including water and sanitation and research support including statistical analysis. Zahed H. Khan is currently the Senior Urban Specialist of the Energy & Infrastructure team at the World Bank Office, Dhaka. In this capacity, he anchors the World Bank's involvement in the urban sector in Bangladesh and has worked with the Government in preparation and implementation of projects on urban infrastructure and municipal capacity building

P2P Mon P2P Trained as a civil engineer, with a Masters in Economics, Alison gained extensive practical project implementation experience in both urban and rural projects covering the fields of water, sanitation, transportation as well as direct poverty reduction. In addition to project implementation, she has worked on project planning, appraisal, evaluation and strategic planning. She is now employed by UN-Habitat, working with the Government of Bangladesh on a community-driven urban poverty reduction project in eleven towns around the country. “Global Partnering is also our own Local Challenge” Alison Barrett P2P Presentations by Participating Architectural Practices Candice McDeigan is qualified as a Attorney at Law in Trinidad and Tobago and as a Solicitor of England and Wales. She has previously worked with a major law firm in London but in 2002 she was employed as a Legal and Procurement Specialist for the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) in the Asia Office based in Kuala Lumpur. She is currently employed as a Procurement Specialist in the Central Operations Services Office (COSO) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). As a Procurement Specialist, Ms McDeigan provides operational support to project divisions of ADB, in particular, the recruitment and contracting of consultants for ADB's technical assistance projects and grants. She also provides input on project design and advises on procurement actions undertaken by executing agencies of various member country governments. Procurement Specialists in COSO conduct negotiations of high value consulting contracts on behalf of the ADB as well as provide training throughout ADB member countries. "How to win an Asian Development Bank Contract: Policies + Procedures" Candice McDeigan Presentations by Participating Architectural Practices Esther Charlesworth P2P “An overview of aid trends in Commonwealth Communities” Esther Charlesworth is founding director of Cityedge International Urban Design Series (Australia) and recipient of a USA Macarthur Grant for Security and Sustainability. She set up Architects Without Frontiers (Australia) and is involved with urban planning and design projects on war-devastated sites, from Mostar to Katmandu. P2P Register for 2007 Discussion and Conclusions / CHOGM Input P2P Session Speaker Topic Short Biography CAA P2P Speaker Overview