H.E. Dr. Try Sophal is an advisor to the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training in Cambodia. Previously, he served as a research fellow under the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) at Kyoto University for two years and at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, for one year. In addition to his research background related to climate change and natural disaster prevention engineering, he also has a strong research interest in human capital, labour market, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and the application of satellite remote sensing datasets. He hold a Doctor of Engineering from Kyoto University, Japan, M.Sc. from Kyungpook National University, South Korea, and Engineer’s degree from the Institute of Technology of Cambodia.