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Aape Pohjavirta

Founder and President, Funzi

Aape Pohjavirta is the Founder and President of Funzi, a mobile learning service. Funzi gives the world’s billions of mobile users access to motivating and useful learning. An opportunity to develop skills to build a better tomorrow. High quality, relevant courses delivered with a combination of…

   Topic(s): Economics, Education, ICT
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Angeles Cortesi

Head, Global Learning Innovation Hub, UNICEF

With over 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur, business strategist, and transdisciplinary designer, Angeles has a track record of creating innovative products, services, and systems at the intersection of business, technology, and design. From fire-starting transformation programs for global…

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Anthony Harold Cumberland Thomas (A.H.C.T.) Gates

Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Fiji

Anthony Harold Cumberland Thomas Gates CF was the chief justice of Fiji from 2008 to 2019.[1] Justice Gates is best known for his decision in Chandrika Prasad v. Att-Gen of Fiji [2000] 2 FLR 89; Prasad v. Republic of Fiji & Another [2001] 1 LRC 665; [2001] NZAR 21 in which he held that the…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Finance, Industry and Trade, Public-Private Partnership
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Asadullah Sumbal

Principal Regional Cooperation Specialist, ADB

Asadullah Sumbal is a Principal Regional Cooperation Specialist at ADB’s Southeast Asia Department. He works as project officer for the flagship housing for integrated rural development program. He is also the co-team leader for the Strengthening Private Sector Participation in TVET program in…

   Topic(s): Education, Finance, Governance and Public Sector Management, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Ashish Dhawan

Founder and Chairperson , Central Square Foundation

Ashish Dhawan is one of India’s leading philanthropists and a key voice for system reform in the country. Ashish is the Founder and CEO of Central Square Foundation (CSF) with the mission to improve the quality of school education for all students (especially from low-income communities) through…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Education, ICT
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals, Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

B.V. Phani

Head of Department, Department of Industrial Management & Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

B. V. Phani is the head of the Department of Industrial & Management Engineering at IIT Kanpur.  His research interests are financial intermediaries, credit risk modeling, entrepreneurial finance, innovation, entrepreneurial ecosystems, market micro-structure and valuation, and …

   Topic(s): Economics, Education, Industry and Trade
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Christina Pak

Principal Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, ADB

Christina specializes in international development finance, law and policy reform, dispute resolution and ESG standards and drives thought leadership on sustainable development issues. She is currently a Principal Counsel of the Asian Development Bank and leads the Office of General Counsel's Law…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Finance, Industry and Trade, Knowledge Management, Private Sector
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Eunjin Oh

Vice President, Korean Women's Development Institute

Eunjin Oh is the Vice President and Senior Research Fellow at the Korean Women's Development Institute (KWDI). Prior to her position at KDWI, she was a lecturer at Sogang University, Sungshin University, Ajou University, and Dongduk Women's University. She also worked with Korea Research…

   Topic(s): Education, Gender Equality, ICT
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Gordon Keller

Geotechnical Engineer, Independent Consultant

Gordon has retired from the USDA Forest Service after working there for 40 years as a Staff Engineer and Project Manager. He received a BS in Civil Engineering from UCLA in 1968, served as an officer in the U.S. Navy for two years, and then received a MS in Geotechnical Engineering from U.C.…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Capacity Development, Environment, Transport
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 15: Life on Land

Jazira Asanova

Principal Coordination Specialist, Asian Development Bank

Jazira Asanova has over 20 years of experience, including 15 years with ADB as staff in East Asia Department, Central and West Asia Department, South Asia Department, and Strategy, Policy and Review Department (SPD). In SPD, she led development of ADB’s corporate results frameworks for…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Capacity Development, Knowledge Management
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure