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Unlocking MSME Potential amid Global Trade Uncertainty

11 December 2025
The Asia Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Monitor 2025 looks at financial and non-financial conditions, progress, and policy interventions for MSMEs in the region. How can ADB operations help DMCs design effective MSME development strategies that unlock MSME potential amid global trade…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Skills that Pay: Demand for Digital and AI Skills in Asia and the Pacific

24 November 2025
The study, The Technification of Jobs: An LLM-Based Analysis of Digital Skills Demand in Asia–Pacific, provided a large-scale assessment of how digital and artificial intelligence (AI) skills were transforming job markets across seven countries in the region. Using millions of job postings from…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

ASM 2025: Global Uncertainty, Trade, and Private Sector Businesses in Asia and the Pacific

12 to 13 November 2025
ADB organized the Launch Seminar of the Asia Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Monitor (ASM) 2025 Edition, which addressed the theme “Global Uncertainty, Trade, and Private Sector Businesses in Asia and the Pacific” on 12–13 November 2025 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The ASM was a signature knowledge…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Accelerating Asia’s Growth with AI and Cloud Technologies

16 October 2025
Synergistic adoption of AI and cloud technologies is unlocking unprecedented opportunities for regional growth. The session highlighted how even a modest 1% increase in AI spending can generate a 0.03% rise in GDP, underscoring the significant economic potential of these technologies.…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Serendipity Knowledge Program (SKOP) on Digital Transformation: Cybersecurity and Data Protection for Digital Economy Development

15 October 2025
The “Serendipity Knowledge Program” (SKOP) is ADB’s knowledge program dedicated to Sri Lanka, designed to respond effectively to the country’s needs in line with ADB's vision as a knowledge solutions bank. SKOP seeks to share knowledge on issues relevant to Sri Lanka and facilitate discussion…
Organizer: South Asia Department

AIxADB 2025: Harnessing AI for Public Sector Innovation and Fiscal Resilience

9 to 12 September 2025
  AIxADB is ADB’s flagship platform for advancing AI readiness, adoption, and capacity building in its developing member countries (DMCs). Now in its second year, the 2025 edition will focus on how AI can be responsibly applied to address public sector challenges—improving service delivery,…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Masterclass on Successful Bidding and Tendering in the Pacific

18 August 2025
Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Center, Room P3 and P4; 1:00–2:30 p.m. (Consulting Services); 2:30–4:00 p.m. (Construction Work + Goods) This session is organized by ADB, in partnership with the World Bank, for consultants, contractors, and suppliers interested in international financed…
Organizer: Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department

Infrastructure Planning from Space: Supporting Power Sector Investments with Earth Observation

22 July 2025
From limiting environmental impact and assessing sites for offshore wind farms to mapping rural households without access to electricity, Earth observation and satellite imagery can support planning for energy sector investments.  This webinar showcased three applications of earth…
Organizer: Energy Sector Office

Asia Pacific Digital Transformation Forum 2025

24 to 27 June 2025
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), in partnership with the Ministry of Finance of Japan, will co-organize the Asia Pacific Digital Transformation Forum from 24 to 27 June 2025 at ADB Headquarters in Manila. Themed "Digital Technology for Transformation, the event aims to assist emerging economies…
Organizer: Digital Sector Office

Innovation for Economic Transformation

19 June 2025
The “Serendipity Knowledge Program” (SKOP) is ADB’s knowledge program dedicated to Sri Lanka, designed to respond effectively to the country’s needs in line with ADB's vision as a knowledge solutions bank. SKOP seeks to share knowledge on issues relevant to Sri Lanka and facilitate discussion…
Organizer: South Asia Department