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S&T Workers for Innovation and Growth in Sri Lanka

22 August 2018
Science and technology (S&T) workers in Sri Lanka composed 12% of employed workers in 2016. To further increase the percentage of S&T workers, the presenter recommends expanding access to higher education in S&T, reducing labor mismatch, and promoting professional and technical jobs.

Harnessing Technology to Improve Solid Waste Management

1 August 2018
Startup Solu Philippines has developed an app that provides solutions to solid waste management in Metro Manila and nearby urban areas. Matthew Barrie, CEO and founder of Solu Philippines, presented the app that valorizes the collection of waste, and discussed how Solu creates the financial and…

Artificial Intelligence for Financial Consumer Complaints Automation and Analysis in the Philippines

24 July 2018
Bangko Sentral's Financial Consumer Protection Department (FCPD) is mandated to provide an effective redress mechanism to financial consumers who feel they have been aggrieved by a BSFI’s conduct, products, and services. To accommodate more consumers, especially those who have no access to the…

OnTrackPH: Driving Data on Philippine Roads and the Path Forward

23 July 2018
Stef Sy, CEO of Thinking Machines presented OnTrackPH - a big data machine learning and natural language processing algorithm - that enabled the fast, efficient, and scalable matching of government records across multiple disparate government databases to link national budgets to project across the…

Geotagging: An Innovative Tool To Enhance Transparency and Supervision

23 July 2018
Noel Sta. Ines at the Asian Development Bank discussed the use of geotagging and high-resolution satellite imagery to track and visualize project implementation status. The presentation highlighted the adoption of these technologies including by the Philippines Commission of Audit as part of their…

Opportunities and Challenges in the Manufacturing Sector

12 May 2018
The manufacturing industry is multi-faceted and dynamic. Get to know the opportunities and challenges of internal audit (IA) in the manufacturing sector as shared by an IA practitioner in a manufacturing company in the Philippines.

Smart Grid Methodologies and Models to Address Affordability, Sustainability, and System Reliability and Resilience

4 April 2018
Energy supply is optimal when it addresses the energy trilemma: sustainability, reliability and security, and affordability. Smart grid technologies are a viable way to address these issues. This presentation provides illustrative examples and methodologies that can help make energy affordable,…

Sri Lanka's Experience on Demand Side Management

4 April 2018
Evolving from simple to complex, the progression of demand side management in Sri Lanka is on par with the energy market. To achieve sustainable energy, Sri Lanka follows the principles of using efficient equipment as a technological intervention and using equipment efficiently to effect system and…

Demand Side Management and the Prosumer: What, Who, and the Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Implications

4 April 2018
Enter the prosumer, as smart grid will bring in a new paradigm of active distribution that can dramatically change the roles of consumers and communities, transforming passive users into active players—both as producers and consumers or prosumers with potentially important implications for gender…

Sri Lanka's Approach to 100% Household Electrification​

3 April 2018
Mobile phone services provided immediate solutions to bringing affordable power connections to Sri Lanka's households​. Sulakshana Jayawardena, Director (Development), Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy, discussed the Government's approach to bringing affordable electricity to all households in…