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Ryan Jihong Kim

Investment Analyst Manager, INFOBANK

Mr. Ryan Jihong Kim is an investment analyst manager at INFOBANK I Accel, Investment Business Team. Before he joined INFOBANK, Ryan was a HR director at U-Forest, supply chain management operation specialist at Samsung SDS. He was also CEO of a venture company.  Ryan earned a bachelor’s degree…

   Topic(s): ICT
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Ryosuke Shibasaki

​​​​​​​Professor, University of Tokyo

Prof. Ryosuke Shibasaki​​​​​​​ obtained a Ph.D. in remote sensing/GIS from the University of Tokyo in 1986. His working experiences include Research engineer at Public Works Research Institute, Ministry of Construction, Japan (1982-1988), Associate Professor at the Department of Civil…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, ICT
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Saad Paracha

Senior Regional Cooperation Specialist, ADB

Mr. Saad Paracha supports regional cooperation initiatives as part of Asian Development Bank’s operations covering the Central West Region that covers Central Asia, Afghanistan and Pakistan. He is the Unit Head of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) program since February 2020…

   Topic(s): ICT
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Sam Adlen

Co-CEO, Space Solar

Sam is co-CEO of Space Solar, creating an era-defining new solar energy source from space.  Following a PhD working on a NASA Mars mission, Sam joined VEGA as a consultant focusing on satellite applications. From there, he held senior space sector strategy roles in Finmeccanica (now Leonardo…

   Topic(s): Energy, ICT
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Samantha Kay Lisay

Design Architect, Build Change

Samantha Kay L. Lisay is a licensed Architect and a Certified BERDE Professional from the Philippines. After finishing her Bachelor of Science in Architecture at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines in 2014, she had been involved in a number of projects in the residential and commercial…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Samantha ORiordan

Program Officer, GIGA, the joint ITU and UNICEF initiative

Samantha O’Riordan is the Giga Program Officer at ITU for the joint ITU and UNICEF Giga initiative, which aims to connect every school to the Internet and every young person to information, opportunity, and choice. Samantha has worked on multiple information, communications, and technology programs…

   Topic(s): Education, ICT
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Sameer Khatiwada

Senior Public Management Economist, ADB

Sameer is an economist who leads preparation and implementation of ADB loans and technical assistance projects in public resource management. Prior to joining Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office in Sectors Group, he was with the Southeast Asia Department where he prepared ADB’s…

   Topic(s): Economics, ICT
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno

Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Indonesia

Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno is an Indonesian businessman. He was appointed as Indonesia’s Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy on 23 December 2020. Sandiaga has a passion for empowering young entrepreneurs, supporting small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs), and enhancing access to finance in Indonesia…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Governance and Public Sector Management, ICT, Industry and Trade, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Satoshi Miyazawa

Product Manager, LocationMind Inc.,

Satoshi Miyazawa is a Product Manager at LocationMind Inc. His main interest is human mobility prediction using GPS trajectories from mobile phones. His other research interests include geospatial modeling and analysis, human mobility analysis, and data mining. He received the master’s degree in…

   Topic(s): ICT
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Saurabh Garg

CEO, Unique Identification Authority of India

Dr. Saurabh Garg is the Chief Executive Officer of Unique Identification Authority of India. Prior to this he was Principal Secretary, Agriculture and Farmers' Empowerment, Odisha where he worked on digitalizing agriculture and developing a direct income transfer scheme for farmers. He has worked…

   Topic(s): ICT
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure