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Carnegie Mellon University's Applications of Smart Cities and Energy Innovations

18 October 2018
Carnegie Mellon University's Emil Bolongaita, Ragunathan Rajkumar, and Jay Whitacre will share insights on the university's work in high technology, connected and automated vehicles, energy innovations, among others. They will also discuss practical applications of these ideas in ADB projects. This…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Asia Water Forum 2018

2 to 5 October 2018
Water demand will increase by 55% in 2050 and up to 3.4 billion people could be living in water-stressed areas of Asia by 2050. The Asia Water Forum 2018 discussed innovations that can ensure a water-secure Asia Pacific region and to keep water and sanitation high on the region’s development…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

Optimizing Public Services through Digital Government

6 September 2018
Samia Melhem, lead policy officer in World Bank's Transport and ICT Global Practice, is giving a lecture on leveraging digital government for improved public services. She is also underscoring the significance and applicability of the Digital Government Readiness Assessment Toolkit to ADB…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Disability Innovation and Inclusive Urban Development

5 September 2018
Victoria Austin, director and co-founder of Global Disability Innovation Hub, will share lessons on creating inclusive environment and the role innovation can play in tackling disability from her experience with Paralympic Legacy Programme in the UK. The program includes designing urban development…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office

Digital Development Forum 2018

4 to 5 September 2018
Discover ways to maximize the emerging digital technologies for development at the Digital Development Forum. The Digital Development Forum, an ADB annual event on ICT for Development, is a venue for high-level discussions on digital technologies for development in Asia and the Pacific. It tackles…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

National ID: Global Trends in Implementation

3 September 2018
Thampy Koshy, senior partner at Ernst & Young, is presenting Aadhaar, India's unique ID project. Aadhaar is a platform for the government to streamline the delivery mechanism of its various social welfare schemes, ensuring transparency and good governance. He is also tackling the evolving…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office

Harnessing Technology to Improve Solid Waste Management

1 August 2018
An app developed by startup company Solu Philippines offers solutions to solid waste management in cities. Matthew Barrie, CEO and founder, Solu Philippines, presented an application that will valorize the collection of waste, and discussed how Solu creates the financial and social incentives for…
Organizer: Energy Sector Office, Water and Urban Development Sector Office

Applying Big Data to Public Service Delivery

23 July 2018
Experts from the Philippines, Singapore, and the US shared their experiences on the use of big data and other disruptive technologies, and how these have been applied to public service delivery projects and programs.
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Public-Private Partnerships and Smart Technologies for Water Sector Development

5 to 6 July 2018
The workshop provided an interactive introduction to issues and challenges in implementing PPP projects and ICT (smart) systems in the water sector. Around 80 participants from 8 ministries and 14 suvakovas (provincial water utilities) attended the workshop. On Day One of the workshop,…
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Seminar on Technology Operations and Risk Management

15 to 18 May 2018
In this era of advanced technologies, bank supervisors need to be equipped with knowledge and skills on information technology (IT) risks and its management. Recognizing the impact of IT risks on financial institutions, the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Financial Regulators Training…
Organizer: Regional Cooperation and Integration, and Trade Division