Mr. Shakhboz Akhmedov
UzbekistanSession Chair
Director of Climate Residency Programme, Green University
Panelists
Panel discussions of Climate Science Forum 2026
Panel discussion
Session I: The Science–Policy Interface — Turning Climate Evidence into Policy and Regional Cooperation
Dr. Jusipbek Kazbekov
UzbekistanDeputy Chairman
National Committee on Ecology and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Dr. Iskandar Abdullaev
Senior Researcher
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Mr. Marco Keiner
Executive Director (online)
Futurefinder – Solutions for a better world
Mr. Jurgen Keinhorst
GermanyDirector, Eastern Europe and Central Asia; Africa and Middle East (former)
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Germany
Dr. Ismail Belen
TürkiyeChief Inspector
General Directorate of Combating Desertification and Erosion, Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs
Panel discussion
Session II: Aral Sea Wetlands and Water Diplomacy in Central Asia
Amb. Javlon Vakhabov
UzbekistanSession Chair
Deputy Advisor to the President; Managing Director, The International Institute for Central Asia
Prof. Dr. Malika Ikramova
UzbekistanProfessor / Researcher
Research Institute of Irrigation and Water Problems
Dr. Tolibjon Kudratov
UzbekistanDeputy Director
Research Institute of Irrigation and Water Problems
Dr. Dinara Ziganshina
Director
Scientific Information Center of the Interstate Commission for Water Coordination in Central Asia (SIC ICWC)
Prof. Dr. Abdulkhakim Salokhiddinov
UzbekistanVice-Rector for International Cooperation
National Research University TIIAME
Lobar Umarova
UzbekistanChief Research Fellow
Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan (ISRS)
Panel discussion
Session III: Climate Change, Water, Agriculture and Energy — Technical and Earth-System Science Perspectives
Dr. Ben Jarihani
AustraliaSession Chair
Senior Lecturer, James Cook University, Australia
Dr. Abror Gafurov
GermanyWorking Group Lead
GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences
Prof. Dr. Ali Torabi
FinlandProfessor, Water Resources and Environmental Engineering
University of Oulu
Prof. Dr. Fadong Li
ChinaProfessor
Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Prof. Dr. James Terry
United Arab EmiratesProfessor
Zayed University, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Jafar Niyazov
TajikistanResearcher
Institute of Water Problems, Hydropower and Ecology, Tajikistan
Panel discussion
Session IV: Innovation, Circular Economy and Regional Cooperation for Climate Resilience
Mr. Jakhongir Babadjanov
Session Chair
Technical Expert, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Dr. Abooali Golzary
IranLecturer, Department of Environmental Engineering
University of Tehran, Iran
Dr. Kanat Sultanaliev
KyrgyzstanResearcher / Faculty
American University of Central Asia, Kyrgyz Republic
Mr. Stephan Robinson
International Expert
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Prof. Li Yaoming
ChinaDirector, Research Center of Green Development of Silk Road
Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Mr. Botir Khaitov
Technical expert
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)