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Adrienne Heinrich

Head, AI and Innovation Center of Excellence Aboitiz Data Innovation

Prior to joining UnionBank, Adrienne led AI and Machine Learning use cases for personal health and connected care products and services at Royal Philips from 2012 to 2020. In 2020, she was appointed head of the AI Center of Excellence at UnionBank of the Philippines and has been instrumental in…

   Topic(s): ICT, Regional Cooperation and Integration, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Blair Duncan

Founder and Head, Inception

Mr. Blair Duncan is a Founder and Head of our Compliance practice of Inception. He leads the Risk Management Framework reviews, Standards Compliance, and Design aspects of Inception’s Discovery and RMF Compliance activities. He has over 48 years of IT, Communications, and Security…

   Topic(s): Governance and Public Sector Management, ICT
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Bruno Carrasco

Director General concurrently Chief Compliance Officer, ADB

Bruno Carrasco leads ADB-wide knowledge and innovation work in all thematic and sector operation areas, establishes sector and thematic policies and strategies, and ensures compliance with environment and social safeguards policies. He also oversees the administration of trust funds and global…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, ICT
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Eduardo Araral

Associate Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore

Eduardo Araral has 30 years of experience in academia and government. He holds a PhD Degree in Public Policy from Indiana University-Bloomington. He has an extensive portfolio of government advisory, consultancy, executive education and media engagements. This includes advising high-level and…

   Topic(s): Governance and Public Sector Management, ICT
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Elliott Grant

General Manager, X

Dr. Elliott Grant is a recognized business leader and innovator in food and ag tech. He is the General Manager of Mineral at X, Alphabet’s “Moonshot Factory.” The mineral is using machine learning (ML) and robotics to scale sustainable agriculture globally. He was the founder and CEO of HarvestMark…

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

Esther Kimani

CEO, Farmer Lifeline Technologies

Esther Wanjiru Kimani is a CEO of FarmerLifeline. A trailblazer in the ClimaTech Agriculture space in Africa, driven by the passion to transform marginalized smallholder farmers lives using renewable energy, AI and Machine Learning.  

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

Kaushal Jhalla

Consultant, Innovation and Governance, World Bank Group

As a consultant on innovation and governance, Kaushal Jhalla works on cross institutional team to leverage technology and communities built around transparency, accountability and access to information. Before joining the World Bank in 2010, he was a Senior Business Analyst at Wells Fargo. He…

   Topic(s): Finance, Governance and Public Sector Management, ICT
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Krishan Rautela

India Resident Mission, ADB

Krishan Singh Rautela is working as Associate Project Officer in the Agriculture and Natural Resources team of ADB’s India Resident Mission. He is working on agriculture value chain development, farmer producer organizations, digital agriculture, climate change, coastal protection, irrigation and…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, ICT, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Pankaj Vashisht

Pankaj Vashisht is a Senior Fellow at Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER). He specializes in the field of Labour Economics and Applied Econometrics. He has more than 12 years of experience in policy oriented research. He has worked closely with policy makers in…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, ICT
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Suniti Gupta

CEO, Innoterra Tech

Suniti Gupta is the CEO of Innoterra, the company that developed a tech farm trace for GI-tagged Alfonso mango and QR Code for Banana. 

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, ICT
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure