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Dr. Cristina Martinez-Fernandez is a Senior Advisor on skills development, adult learning through knowledge intensive activities, and TVET strategies for inclusive growth. She specialises in employment development from new sources of growth and innovation in the green economy (greening jobs and skills towards low-carbon activities and decarbonization), and from the emerging markets linked with demographic change (older workers, older customers, health services for the elderly). Cristina holds an Adjunct Position at the University of Western Sydney. She is currently working as an Education Specialist (skills and employment) at the Asian Development Bank. From 2008 to 2015 she held several positions at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). She was appointed Advisor of the Knowledge Sharing Alliance at the Secretary General Office in January 2014 where she was responsible for implementing the OECD's knowledge sharing agenda with non-member countries through leveraging the OECD's multi-disciplinary expertise, engaging in mutual learning processes with emerging and developing economies, and increasing impacts by working closely with multi- and bilateral organisations having a field presence. Previously Cristina was the Chair of the 'Shrinking Cities International Research Network' (SCiRN) and founder of the SCiRN PhD Academy. Contact: c.martinez@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr. Tamara Weyman works as a contracted expert for the ADB, ILO and OECD, on various projects involving employment and skills, SMEs development, South-East Asia, territorial development policy, and demographic change and sustainability. Recently Tamara has been involved in publications such as The Knowledge Economy at Work: Skills and Innovation in Knowledge Intensive Services Activities, "The territorial dimension of the European Social Fund: A local approach for local jobs", Skills Development and Training in SMEs, "Demographic change and local development: Shrinkage,