Deputy Director-General, Water Resources Agency, MOEA

Jian-Cheng Chen

Mr. Chen, Chief Engineer of the Water Resources Department, has over 25 years of experience in hydraulic engineering. He has held various key positions in the Water Resources Bureau, including Director of Sixth River Management Branch, Deputy Chief Engineer, and Chief Secretary.

In 2025, he assumed the position of Deputy Director-General, where he is responsible for advancing water resource and flood control projects, operational management of water facilities, reservoir modernization and safety assessments, as well as water source scheduling and domestic water supply. He has been involved in projects such as the construction of the Niaozueitan Artificial Lake , river management and disaster preparedness and response.

Netherlands Representaive, Netherlands Office Taipe

Bas Pulles

• Representative, Netherlands Office Taipei (2025–present)
• Director for Energy Transition and Program Director, Delta Rhine Corridor, Ministry of Climate Policy and Green Growth (2022–2025)
• Deputy Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2017–2021)
• Director of International Affairs, Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), Ministry of Economic Affairs (2014–2017)
• Director, Netherlands Export Promotion Agency (EVD), Ministry of Economic Affairs (2013–2014)
• Commissioner for Foreign Investments, Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency (NFIA), Ministry of Economic Affairs (2005–2013)
• Head of Emerging Markets, Department of Foreign Economic Relations, Ministry of Economic Affairs (2003–2005)
• Head of Emerging Markets Cooperation Program (Private Sector Development Program), SENTER, Executive Agency of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (1999–2003)
• Head of EUREKA Secretariat in the Netherlands (European Technology Program), SENTER, Executive Agency of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (1998–1999)
• Consultant to the EUREKA Office in Brussels, BCM Pulles Consultancy (1994–1998)
• Consultant to the EUREKA Secretariat in the Netherlands, Prisma Consultancy (1987–1993)

Division Chief, Marine Environment Management Division, Ocean Conservation Administration, Ocean Affairs Council

Chin-Ming Lo

Former Senior Specialist, Ministry of Justice.
Currently Division Chief at Ocean Conservation Administration.

Programme Coordinator Partners for Water, Netherlands Enterprise Agency

Liliane Geerling

Partners for Water works alongside local governments and partners in collaboration with the Dutch water sector, prioritising co-creation and long-term partnerships to enhance international water security. By facilitating strategic planning and support in the early stages of innovation, and encouraging nature-based approaches and a focus on biodiversity within water management and infrastructure projects, the programme aims to contribute to systemic change. Liliane is trained as a strategic spatial planner and designer at the Technical University of Delft and always had a focus in her professional career on socially inclusive and environmental planning. Planning with and for water became a recurrent theme the last twenty years. Before joining RVO she worked as a project and programme manager in urban and policy developments for the city of Rotterdam and for private spatial advisory firms and as a professor and researcher in international water management.

Nature-Based Solutions specialist APAC, Haskoning (Member of EcohShape in the Netherlands)

Jasper R.F.W. Leuven

Jasper Leuven works as a Nature-based Solutions specialist at Haskoning. He holds a Cum Laude PhD degree awarded for his research on coastal resilience and rising sea levels. He has extensive knowledge and experience in preparation, design and implementation of nature-based solutions. Recently, he has been focusing on implementing NbS in South-East Asia to solve water-related problems in the region.

Professor, Graduate Institute of Urban Planning, National Taipei University

Kuei-Hsien Liao

Professor, Graduate Institute of Urban Planning, National Taipei University. August 2022 ~
Associate Professor, Graduate Institute of Urban Planning, National Taipei University. August 2017 ~ August 2022
Visiting Fellow, Department of Architecture, National University of Singapore (NUS). January 2017 ~ May 2017.
Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). December 2013 ~ January 2017. Other academic affiliations at CUHK: Urban Studies Programme; Center for Land Resources and Housing Policy, Institute of Future Cities
Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, National University of Singapore (NUS). July 2012 ~ December 2013.