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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

Sara Shirowzhan

Lecturer/Co-Convenor, Smart Cities and Infrastructure Cluster, University of New South Wales School of Built Environment

Dr Sara Shirowzhan is the lecturer and the co-convener of the Smart Cities and Infrastructure Cluster in the School of Built Environment (BE) at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia. Sara’s areas of research in technologies relevant to the built environment include advanced…

   Topic(s): ICT, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Saroj Yakami

Country Manager, MetaMeta Nepal

Saroj Yakami has worked over the past 10 years in water resource management covering water resources, agriculture, irrigation, and water harvesting. He has been involved as Country Manager in Nepal working on (i) water security, climate change, and community resilience; (ii) road water management…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Disaster Risk Management, Climate Change, Energy, Environment
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Saurabh Bhattacharya

Additional Executive Director, Government of Karnataka

Saurabh specializes in architecting of technical solutions. He has been working on Blockchain use cases for Governments and has developed key architectural considerations and policy imperatives for use and promotion of Blockchain by Governments. In his career spanning 18 years, he has designed…

   Topic(s): Governance and Public Sector Management, ICT
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Seiji Noda

Senior Safeguards Specialist , Asian Development Bank

Seiji Noda managed environmental safeguards for private sector projects for ADB developing member countries. He holds a master’s degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Rhode Island.

   Topic(s): ICT, Transport
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Sekhar Lukose Kuriakose

Member Secretary, Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (Panelist)

Dr. Sekhar L. Kuriakose has been serving the Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA) since 2011, transforming it from a small, underfunded organization into one of India’s top five disaster management authorities, as recognized by the Ministry of Home Affairs. Under his leadership, KSDMA…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Semuel Pangerapan

Director General of Application and Informatics, Ministry of Communication and Informatics (KEMKOMINFO), Republic of Indonesia

Semuel Abrijani Pangerapan is the Director-General of Application & Informatics in the Ministry of Communication & Informatics, Republic of Indonesia. Prior to his involvement in the Ministry, he has 20+ years of experience leading a business in the industry telecommunication, as he is also…

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

Seunghyup Lee

Associate Fellow, Department of Macroeconomic and Financial Policies, Korea Development Institute (KDI)

Macroeconomic and Financial Policies and the Office of Macroeconomic Analysis and Forecasting. His research areas include capital markets, asset pricing, risk management in the financial sector, and the interaction of financial markets with corporate innovation and industry transformation,…

   Topic(s): ICT
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Shamina Singh

Executive Vice-President for Sustainability and Founder and President, Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth

For more than 20 years, Shamina Singh has been on the frontlines of developing and implementing solutions to make the global economy work for everyone, everywhere. Shamina is the founder and president of the Center for Inclusive Growth, the philanthropic hub of Mastercard. She also serves as…

   Topic(s): ICT, Industry and Trade, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities