Prof. Michael Henry received his B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Washington (Seattle, USA) in 2005, and his PhD in Civil Engineering from The University of Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan) in 2010. After obtaining his doctorate, he worked at The University of Tokyo as a researcher for almost two years before moving to Hokkaido University (Sapporo, Japan), where he worked for eight years as an assistant and then associate professor. He is currently a professor in the College of Engineering at the Shibaura Institute of Technology (Tokyo, Japan), where he carries out research on infrastructure sustainability, road asset management, and sustainable social systems.

Dr. Kavi Arya is Professor of Computer Science & Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (Bombay). He completed his B.Sc.(Hons.) in Computing Science from Imperial College and M.Sc.(Hons.)/Ph.D. in Computation from the University of Oxford. In 1988–90 he worked at IBM's T.J. Watson Research Labs (New York) before joining IIT Bombay in 2000.

Prof. Arya is convener of the Embedded & Real-time Systems Lab (ERTS) and Principal Investigator of the e-Yantra Project, which focuses on popularising "Project Based Learning" using robotics in engineering colleges, training over 250,000 young engineers. He has served on committees such as the Technology Development Board (DST) and CDAC, and worked with Mahindra & Mahindra Group on business sustainability strategy.

Dorji Yangki is the Managing Director at the office of the Governor of Gelephu Mindfulness City, where she works in service of His Majesty, The King of Bhutan’s vision for a transformative city grounded in Buddhist mindfulness, and sustainable prosperity.

She holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Architecture from Deakin University (1996), a Master’s in Conservation from University of York (2004), and was a Loeb Fellow at Harvard University (2008). As a senior executive with a background as an Architect, Ms. Yangki brings over 28 years of multidisciplinary experience spanning management, architecture, construction, urban policy, leadership and business development.

In Bhutan’s civil service as Chief Architect and Head of the Office for Conservation of Heritage for over 16 years, Ms. Yangki has led national policy and landmark restorations including Taktsang Monastery, and Semtokha Dzong. She helped to establish Bhutan’s first heritage conservation office and drafted Bhutan’s foundational national frameworks such as the Traditional Bhutanese Architectural Guidelines, first Green Building Guidelines of Bhutan, Moveable Cultural Property Act and the Cultural Trust Fund. She also served as CEO of Sambhava Professional Services for over a decade, leading multidisciplinary practices across local and international contexts within the field of design and construction of the built environment.

Ms. Yangki has held various prominent leadership roles including President of the Bhutan Institute of Architects and the first female Chair of SAARCH, advancing institutional strengthening and regional collaboration in Bhutan and across the Asian region.