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Lalaine Alfaro

Unknown, Project ADEPT / ASSIST Asia

Lalaine has spent most of her career in the non-profit organizations. She got her degree in Agricultural Development from the Visayas State University in Baybay City, Leyte and is currently taking up Master of Arts in Development Policy at the De La Salle University-Manila. She specializes in…

   Topic(s): Health, ICT
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

Maria Neira

Director of Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health, World Health Organization

María P. Neira (born 1962) is a Spanish physician, international civil servant, and diplomat, who has since 2005, served as the Director of the Public Health, Environment and Social Determinants of Health Department (PHE) of the World Health Organization (WHO). María P.…

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

Mridul Chowdhury

CEO, mPower

Mridul is the CEO of mPower, headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh, with deployments in more than a dozen countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. mPower specializes in innovative ICT-based solutions in health and agriculture to bring much needed services to the under-privileged using ICTs. Mridul…

   Topic(s): Health, ICT
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

Pankaj Gupta

Digital Health Management Consultant, Taurus Glocal Consulting

Dr. Pankaj Gupta is a Digital Health Management Consultant. He is a visionary leader, a technocrat, and a data scientist. He has a Master's in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, and Management. For over two decades, he has been working in Healthcare/Pharma Technology business and…

   Topic(s): Health, ICT
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

Patrick Duong

Regional Advisor, United Nations Development Programme

Mr. Patrick Duong leads UNDP’s work on local governance and SDG localization in Asia and the Pacific. He is based in Bangkok in the UNDP Regional Hub that serves 26 countries. Patrick has over 20 years of experience at policy and technical level. He has advised governments in several senior…

   Topic(s): Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Peter Matthews

Executive Director, CoST – the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative

Petter has been involved in CoST since its origins and he has led CoST International since 2011. As Executive Director, he has overall responsibility for CoST policy, strategy and programme delivery. In addition to his role in CoST, Petter is Executive Director of Engineers Against Poverty, an…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Governance and Public Sector Management, Knowledge Management
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Pia Bernadette Roman Tayag

Managing Director, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

Ms. Pia Bernadette Roman Tayag is the Director of the Office of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA). In this role, Pia leads the team that supports the work of Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands as the UNSGSA. Prior to…

   Topic(s): Finance, ICT, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Raymond Francis Sarmiento

Director, National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila

Dr. Raymond Francis R. Sarmiento is a physician-scientist and currently the Director of the National Telehealth Center, National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila. He is also a Clinical Assistant Professor of the UP College of Medicine’s Medical Informatics Unit and is the…

   Topic(s): Governance and Public Sector Management, Health
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Seungsik Hwang

Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Seoul National University

Seung-sik Hwang is a professor of epidemiology from the School of Public Health, Seoul National University.  He is a member of the Korean Society on Epidemiology's consultation committee on COVID-19 response. He served during the 2015 MERS outbreak as the field…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Health, ICT, Knowledge Management
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 13: Climate Action

Shruti Mehta

Postgraduate Researcher Sport for Development, ADB

Previously worked on youth development at the Asian Development Bank and through this experience, I have been able to appreciate the power of sport to be an agent of change. I spearheaded a project on the potential to leverage sport as tool for socio-economic development in Afghanistan and will…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Health, ICT, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities