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Smart Cities A Case Study of Singapore

3 to 5 April 2017
Just how smart is Singapore? Learn about the country's Smart Nation Initiative which aims to harness the power of ICTs in improving city life. ICT has been used holistically to bolster financial and managerial capacities of local governments and municipal service providers; manage urban traffic,…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Better Enabling Business Transformation through a Digital Workplace

30 March 2017
Microsoft’s Jo Grubb, adoption and change management architect, shared how digital workplace strategies are leveraging technology advances, enabling new and more effective ways of working, and improving staff outcomes and agility. This event is part of ADB's in-house Insight Thursday lecture series…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Future Cities Reenergizing the Way We Do Development

23 February 2017
ADB Senior Urban Development Specialist Andrew McIntyre leads the Future Cities Program, a new approach that pilots how ADB can better engage with cities, broaden the operational pipeline, and have more effective results. In this Insight Thursday session, he shared lessons learned from establishing…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

ADB and ADBI Learning Program Financing Social Protection for the Sustainable Development Goals

15 to 16 February 2017
To assist its developing member countries (DMCs) in pursuing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), ADB's Social Development Thematic Group initiated research on economic methods to estimate the fiscal implications of meeting the SDGs and pilot applications of the methods. The methods focused on…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Human and Social Development Sector Office

Running at the Top of the World The Journey Toward Leadership and Success

9 February 2017
In 2016, William Thomas completed The Marathon Grand Slam, consisting of a marathon on all 7 continents and at the North Pole. In this Insight Thursday session he shared the lessons he learned from his multi-year journey, and described the impact that personal experiences can have on innovation,…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Five Decades of ADB and Its Future

31 January 2017
ADB President Takehiko Nakao began the 2017 Insight Thursday knowledge sharing series with a presentation on ADB's 50-year history and a look at where the organization is headed.
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Use of ICT in Pedestrian Safety

19 January 2017
With mobile phone application as the main tool, youth-led urban safety audits were held in Metro Manila in the Philippines. ADB Youth for Asia designed and executed a pilot study on pedestrian safety using the mobile application called Safetipin. A tool kit will also be produced out of this pilot…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Economic Corridor Development Putting Concept into Action

8 December 2016
The Visakhapatnam–Chennai Industrial Corridor Development Program is expected to stimulate economic growth in India. In this Insight Thursday session, ADB's Manoj Sharma discussed the program, comprised of a multitranche financing facility, a policy-based loan, an urban climate change resilience…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

UN Climate Change Conference Outcomes and Implications

1 December 2016
Find out the outcomes of the 22nd Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in this Insight Thursday session. ADB's Preety Bhandari and Christian Ellermann reported on the highlights of the 22nd Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Mandalay City Goes Green

24 November 2016
ADB's Eri Honda and the Team Leader of ADB's Future Cities Program Ian Hamilton shared stories on how the restoration of Thingazar Creek is paving the way for the transformation of Mandalay into a prosperous, green urban center. The Mandalay Urban Services Improvement Project is the first urban…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department