Mariana Mazzucato (PhD) is Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London (UCL), where she is Founding Director of the UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose (IIPP). She received her BA from Tufts University and her MA and PhD in Economics from the Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research. Her previous posts include the RM Phillips Professorial Chair at the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at Sussex University.

Pratibha Kurnool leads Outreach, Cognizant’s employee volunteering program, in Asia-Pacific and is also the Outreach lead for driving collaborative impact with strategic technology partners. She is based in Singapore.

Winnie Lewis heads the Disability Inclusion team at SG Enable that provides advisory and consultancy support to organizations keen to employ persons with disabilities. The employer consultants on the team work closely with employers to integrate persons with disabilities at the workplace, supporting their disability inclusion journey with the aim of attaining the Enabling Mark, a national-level accreditation framework by SG Enable that benchmarks and recognizes organizations for their best practices and outcomes in disability-inclusive employment.

As Microsoft's APAC Leader for Cloud and AI business strategy, Pratima spearheads the work Microsoft does to empower customers, partners, governments, and citizens to digitally transform their businesses and lives with the power of Cloud and AI. She leads the strategy, planning, and programs to collaborate with customers, governments, industries, and communities to leverage the world’s largest and most trusted cloud infrastructure network.

Hasitha holds a Master’s degree in Economics and works on macroeconomic analysis, knowledge management, and Technical Assistance implementation.

Jason Bogovich has over 19 years of experience in the energy, housing, and economic development fields with extensive knowledge of policy and procedural deliveries of local, state, regional, national and international programs in Asia.