Sudarshana Jayasundara

Sudarshana Anojan is the Senior Social Development and Gender Specialist in ADB’s Sri Lanka Country Office.  He carries over 15 years of experience in multi-sector project and program management. He co-leads the processing and administration of ADB’s Emergency Assistance Project in Sri Lanka which is ADB’s first social protection project in the country.

Queentries Regar

Queentries is a gender and business specialist. She co-founded RAKARU utilizing her solid project management skills with women participation and empowerment in the economy as her forte. She has expertise in working with businesses, government, consulting firms, NGOs in entrepreneurship programs for women and youth. With nearly a decade of experience in effecting change at the nexus of gender, business, and investment, Queentries has delivered more than 50 tailored trainings and facilitations on gender and business and gender lens investing.

Keynote

From becoming the first major company to become carbon neutral to having the cleanest cloud in the industry, Google has always worked hard to take action against climate change, said Google Chief Sustainability Officer Kate Brandt at the third Southeast Asia Development Symposium (SEADS) held 16–17 March.

In her keynote address, she also announced the launch of a $6-million sustainability seed fund in the Asia Pacific to support nonprofits in addressing some of the most pressing sustainability challenges in the region.