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Isira Perera

Chief Operating Officer, PickMe, Sri Lanka

Isira holds over two decades of diversified industry experience in senior leadership capacity on digital mobility and digital payments enabling service inclusion. He carries hands on experience on market dynamics and consumer behaviors supporting equal opportunity.    At PickMe he is…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality

Jaejak Nam

Agricultural Environment Researcher, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration (RDA)

Dr. Nam Jae-jak worked as an agricultural environment researcher at the National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration(RDA) and later supported agricultural startups at the Korea Agricultural Technology Promotion Agency.  After working as an agricultural ODA expert…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Jalil Pirzada

Director, Ministry of Agriculture, Tajikistan

From 1986 to 2003 he worked at the Research Institute of Economics and Organization of Agricultural Production of the Tajik Academy of Agricultural Sciences; 2003 to 2007 as the Dean of the Faculty of Economics of the Tajik Agrarian University; 2007 to 2011 as Director of the Research Institute of…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Economics
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger

James Greevy

Business Development and Product Manager, Herdwatch

  

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Economics
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

James Lang

Senior Gender Specialist, ADB

James Lang is the Senior Specialist on Gender-based Violence for the Gender Equality Division at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) where he provides leadership for preventing gender-based violence across ADB operations and knowledge work. James has over 25 years of experience promoting gender…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

James Lynch

Former Director General, East Asia Department, Asian Development Bank

James Lynch was the Director General of the East Asia Department of Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Manila, Philippines. He assumed office in February 2020. Mr. Lynch managed ADB’s sovereign operations in the People’s Republic of China and Mongolia across multiple sectors and thematic areas,…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Jane Gerardo-Abaya

Director, Department of Technical Cooperation, Asia and Pacific Division, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Austria

Jane is an Austria-based Filipina scientist. In January 2019, she was appointed as director of the IAEA’s Department of Technical Cooperation Asia and the Pacific Division which provides technical cooperation support to 37 countries and territories in Asia and the Pacific.   Jane has…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Jang Heo

Research Director Emeritus, Korea Rural Economic Institute

Dr. Jang Heo (Ph.D. in Sociology) got his bachelor and master degrees at the Seoul National University majoring in sociology. After spending several years as junior researcher at the Korea Rural Economic Institute (KREI), Seoul, Korea, he studied environmental sociology at the University of…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Javed Mir

Agriculture Specialist (Consultant), Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, ADB

Javed is a 2019-2020 Visiting Fellow at International Program, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, USA. He is currently an ADB consultant working on the Rural Development and Food Security Forum and East Asia Department’s project preparation…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Jawoo Koo

Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute

Jawoo Koo is a Senior Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (Interim) Lead, CGIAR Research Initiative on “Harnessing digital technologies for timely decision-making across food, land, and water systems.

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger