Dr. Joe Hage is a digital transformation expert in public administration and education leading digital transformation projects for UNESCO, UNDP, UNICEF, ILO, UNRWA, and World Bank in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. He holds a Doctorate in Business Administration, an MBA, and a Bachelor’s in Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Asst. Prof. Supachai Vongbunyong, PhD, is a Deputy Director for Academic Affairs and lecturer at Institute of Field Robotics (FIBO), King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand. He is a founder a Hospital Automation Research Center (HAC@FIBO) and a co-founder of Famme Works Co., Ltd and Innovation and Advanced Manufacturing Research Group. He received PhD in Manufacturing Engineering from The University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia, Master and Bachelor Degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.

Rohan is the Director of Commercialization with responsibility for commercialization and startup programs at Curtin University.

Andrew is responsible for Government Relations and ESG for Samsung Electronics in the Southeast Asia and Oceania region. His role is building relationships with Government and Government-related bodies in support of Samsung’s business, ESG commitments and the countries’ digital and green transformation, working with his team in each country where Samsung has a presence. Andrew has 20 years in the Singapore public sector, including a stint in the USA, having served with Singapore Economic Development Board, International Enterprise Singapore, and Infocomm Media Development Authority.

Dr. Kitipong Promwong is the President of NXPO. He directly reports to the Prime Minister and the Minister of Higher Education, Science, Research, and Innovation.

Bautista sits on the Second Congressional Commission on Education’s Advisory Council and the Philippine Institute of Development Studies Board. She was University of the Philippines System vice president for academic affairs, policy research executive director, social sciences and philosophy dean and professor. As Philippine higher education commissioner, she chaired the ASEAN Referencing Qualifications Framework Taskforce. 

Elias Towe is professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Materials Science and Engineering. 
His research is in optics and quantum photonics for applications in computing, communications, sensing, 
and solar energy. He was educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he 
received the S.B., S.M., and Ph.D. degrees.

Harshita Rathi is a Project Manager at Dalberg Advisor’s Mumbai office. Her work spans gender, education, employment, water and sanitation, anti-trafficking, and humanitarian assistance sectors. She led the ADB engagement with Dalberg which looked at how private financing can be catalyzed for water and sanitation in India through financial and non-financial instruments. Among her other water and sanitation engagements are working with a global charity to segment the water and sanitation value chains and mapping challenges financers face in serving small business operators.