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Ayumi Konishi

Formerly Special Senior Advisor to the President, ADB

Mr. Konishi joined ADB in 1988 and served in various capacities, including as Director General for the East Asia Regional Department, Deputy Director General for the Pacific, Senior Advisor to the Strategy Policy Department, and Country Director for Viet Nam. Prior to ADB, he worked for the UN in…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Gender Equality, Water
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

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

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

Khalid Hassan

Director, International Labour Organization

Mr. Khalid Hassan is the Director of the ILO Country Office for the Philippines. Mr. Hassan has an extensive background on fundamental principles and rights at work, rural development and primary education. Prior to the Philippines, he served for 17 years in ILO Country Offices for…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

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

Mekhala Krishnamurthy

Head of the Department, Sociology/Anthropology, Ashoka University

Over the last 15 years, Mekhala’s research, publications, policy and professional engagements have involved work within and across a range of field sites and subjects, including women's courts and dispute resolution, community health workers and public health systems, agriculture and agricultural…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Capacity Development, Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

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

Sulakshana Jayawardena

Director (Development), Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy

Experienced Director Of Development with a demonstrated history of working in the oil & energy industry. Skilled in Microsoft Excel, Customer Service, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, and Management. Strong community and social services professional with a Bachelor’s Degree focused in Science…

   Topic(s): Energy, Gender Equality, Poverty, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

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