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Capacity Development through Udemy under COVID-19

2 July 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted several aspects of our lives, including the way we learn new things. Because of the health crisis, online learning has become part of the new normal. Udemy and ADB have been working together to introduce Udemy for Government courses under ADB technical…
Organizer: South Asia Department, Human and Social Development Sector Office

The Second WePOWER Partnership Forum

20 to 21 November 2019
ADB's South Asia Regional Department, in collaboration with the World Bank’s South Asia Energy and Social Development Units and Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP), organized the Second Partnership Forum of the Women in Power Sector Professional Network in South Asia– WePOWER – to…
Organizer: South Asia Department

3rd Asia Finance Forum: The Future of Inclusive Finance

4 to 7 November 2019
The Third Finance Forum envisioned the future of inclusive finance by discussing how new technologies like artificial intelligence, big data, and blockchain, the rapid expansion of mobile payments and digital banking, are helping to bring financial services to unbanked communities. Under its…
Organizer: Finance Sector Office

Resilient Atoll Nations in Productive Oceans

27 to 29 August 2019
The four atoll nations of Kiribati, Maldives, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Tuvalu are on frontlines of climate change. They require immediate strategies for adaptation and solutions for land loss, beach erosion, water security, ecosystem health, and economic development issues. To…
Organizer: Pacific Department, South Asia Department, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Solid Waste, Flood and Wastewater Nexus in South Asia Countries

2 August 2019
ADB's intern Usman Khalil presented findings from a review on the nexus of solid waste, flood, and wastewater in South Asian countries, and how the challenges could be addressed. City cases and ADB-financed projects were analyzed to identify lessons learned.
Organizer: South Asia Department

Conference on Inclusive Community Energy Resilience in Bangladesh

23 to 24 April 2019
Smart grids, along with its component technologies, are increasingly becoming an important focus of the ADB energy portfolio in Bangladesh. This conference will serve as a platform to share information on international experience relevant to Bangladesh--these include examples, case studies,…
Organizer: South Asia Department

Workshop on Regulatory Sandboxes and Cybersecurity

16 to 18 April 2019
Regulatory Sandbox Workshop (16 April 2019) A sandbox is a process that enables developers to validate a concept that is either not permitted by current regulatory and/or policy frameworks or where there is regulatory ambiguity, to demonstrate commercial viability. By allowing experimentation in a…
Organizer: Finance Sector Office

Blockchain - Principal Applications and Regulatory Implications

2 April 2019
Ross Buckley, KPMG Law — King & Wood Mallesons professor of disruptive innovation, delivered a presentation on blockchains and their advantages and disadvantages. Each of the principal financial applications of blockchain, and their regulatory implications were considered. Applications included…
Organizer: Finance Sector Office

Impactful Resilience Building in Communities

21 March 2019
Kate Landry, Build Change Philippines country director, and Daniel Stander, RMS global managing director, discussed risk models that allow estimate of lives lost and housing losses that would result from a large disaster, and which can quantify the lives saved and GDP saved that would result from…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office, Finance Sector Office

Workshop on Promoting Environmentally Sustainable Smart Cities

15 to 18 October 2018
Asian cities are expected to accommodate another 1 billion people within the next 2 decades. Cities drive economic growth, but rapid urbanization is threatening the quality of life and degrading environmental systems. Many South Asian cities already face challenges of environmental degradation,…
Organizer: South Asia Department