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Samantha O’Riordan

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

Sampath Amaratunge

Chairman, University Grants Commission, Sri Lanka

Sr. Professor Sampath Amaratunge has been appointed as the Chairman of the University Grants Commission by His Excellency the President, Hon. Gotabaya Rajapakse, effective January 2020. Professor Amaratunge received his BA (Hons.) in Economics from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, MA in…

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education

Samsideth Dy

Deputy Director General for Sports Education, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, Cambodia

Prior to his current role, Samsideth worked as education officer for UNESCO and as education specialist for ADB. He was also the director of the M.Ed. program and the founding dean of the Faculty of Education of the Royal University of Phnom Penh. He has provided consultancy services to OECD, GIZ,…

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education

Samuel Ang

Chairperson, Pollinate (SG)

Samuel Ang is the Chairperson of Pollinate and Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Temasek Polytechnic.

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education

Sana Kazmi

Head of Partnerships and Lead, STEAM Policy Unit, Sindh - STEAM Pakistan

Sana works on mobilising diverse stakeholders for STEM/STEAM outreach to government schools; and on providing technical assistance on STEAM to the Sindh Province’s School Education Department. In the past, she has worked on government school reform, establishing school enrichment programs (e.g. in…

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Sanath Ranawana

Director, ADB

Mr. Sanath Ranawana is the Director of Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office at ADB.  He has over 25 years of work experience with international development organizations (ADB, World Bank, and UNEP) in agriculture, natural resources, environment, and rural development…

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

Sanaullah Fathi

Business Leader – Asia & Pacific, Greenlight Planet

Sanaullah Fathi has expanded GLP’s business in the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, and Vanuatu, onboarding over 50 partners in Asia and the Pacific. His team focuses on identifying, piloting and scaling partnerships with unique last mile connected distributors like Digicel in PNG, Vision…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment
   SDG: 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

Sandeepan Roy

Senior Project Engineer, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Sandeepan Roy has a PhD in Civil Engineering from IIT Bombay. His thesis was on "Optimization of Multi-Objective Station Locations and Alignment Problem for High Speed Rail." He also holds Master of Technology (Transportation and Highway Engineering) and Bachelor of Technology (Civil…

   Topic(s): Transport
   SDG: 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