Patricia Katherine Kuhl (born Mitchell, South Dakota, November 5, 1946) is a Professor of Speech and Hearing Sciences and co-director of the Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences at the University of Washington. She specializes in language acquisition and the neural bases of language, and she has also conducted research on language development in autism and computer speech recognition.

Poornima Jayawardana is a Financial Sector Specialist in SEPF. She has been involved in ADB's financial inclusion interventions in the Southeast Asia region, and leading financial inclusion support for Indonesia. Poornima holds an MSc in International Development from the University of Manchester in the UK, and BBA, MBA, and PhD degrees from the Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Japan. She has also received Professional Education on Financial Inclusion and Financial Technology from Harvard University in the USA, Oxford University, and Cambridge University in the UK. 

Sitora is the Chief Specialist in the Dept. of International Relations, Avloniy Institute, Uzbekistan. She is an experienced Head Of Department with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry. 

She is also skilled in Intercultural Communication, Analytical Skills, Foreign Languages, Event Management, and Public Speaking. She has a strong education from Westminster International University in Tashkent.