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Greg Adamson

Chair, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Associate Professor Greg Adamson is Chair of IEEE's Digital Inclusion through Identity, Trust and Agency, and a Past-President of the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology. He is Enterprise Fellow for Cyber Security at the University of Melbourne and has worked with blockchain for over…

   Topic(s): Energy, Gender Equality, ICT, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Jaime GalvezTan

Public health advocate and physician, and Chairman, Health Futures Foundation

He has the rare combination of the following expertise: solid grassroots community work in far flung doctorless rural areas; national and international health planning and programming, a faculty of colleges of medicine and health sciences; clinical practice combining North American European…

   Topic(s): Health, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

Janice Chia

Founder and Managing Director, Ageing Asia, Singapore

Influenced by the changing needs of her elders, Janice was inspired to start Ageing Asia to drive and nurture opportunities and the development of innovation and solutions that address the evolving needs of the rising ageing population in the region. Having accumulated a vast experience from…

   Topic(s): Health, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Jocelyn Erlinda Munsayac

Principal Safeguards Specialist, ADB

Jocelyn Erlinda Munsayac is a Safeguards Specialist at ADB.  She graduated from the University of the Philippines. 

   Topic(s): Environment, Private Sector, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 15: Life on Land

Kirthi Ramesh

Social Sector Specialist, ADB

Kirthi works on health and social protection projects in ADB’s Central and West Asia region. She is particularly interested in the quality of care, improving health governance to strengthen health systems, how digital health can transform health care, and social protection. Kirthi’s …

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Health
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

Lan Mercado

Regional Director, Oxfam International Secretariat Asia

Lan Mercado is the Regional Director for Oxfam in Asia. Lan is an activist and development worker, with over 30 years of experience working with civil society coalitions, environmental movements, and international women's rights organizations. Since 1999, she’s been with Oxfam, starting as a…

   Topic(s): Economics, Gender Equality, Health, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Meredith Wyse

Senior Social Development Specialist, ADB

Meredith Wyse is a Senior Social Development Specialist – Aging and Care, Human and Social Development Sector, Sectors Group at the Asian Development Bank.  She has nearly 20 years experience working in the Asia-Pacific region on issues related to adaptations to population aging and older…

   Topic(s): Health, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Michael W Hodin

CEO, Global Coalition on Aging

Michael W. Hodin, Ph.D. is CEO of the Global Coalition on Aging, Managing Partner at High Lantern Group, and a Fellow at Oxford University’s Harris Manchester College. He has spoken internationally on the topic of aging, including at G20, APEC, Davos, and the World Knowledge Forum (WKF). He is also…

   Topic(s): Health, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Naning Mardiniah

Senior Safeguards Officer (Resettlement), ADB

Naning Mardiniah is a Senior Safeguards Officer (Resettlement) for Indonesia and Timor Leste. In the Resident Mission, she processes and administers safeguard activities, with a focus on resettlement issues in projects in infrastructure, urban development, sector loans, and private sector…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Finance
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Nonglak Pagaiya

Professor, Khon Kaen University, Thailand

Dr. Nonglak Pagaiya is an academic from Khon Kaen university Thailand, focused on human resources for health management, policy and planning. She has accumulated over 20 years of experience in working for and advising Ministries of Health in Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, and the Maldives in human…

   Topic(s): Education, Health, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 4: Quality Education