Accelerating Digital Financial Services and Infrastructure Read more about Accelerating Digital Financial Services and Infrastructure The ninth Policy Actions for COVID-19 Economic Recovery (PACER) Dialogue on “Accelerating Digital Financial Services and Infrastructure” discussed policies and measures that can help countries accelerate the growth of digital financial services anchored on strong digital infrastructure amidst COVID-19.
Investor Perspective: Venture Capital Read more about Investor Perspective: Venture Capital Insights and experiences of Integra Partners related to startup ecosystems, challenges and opportunities in the context of COVID-19.
Post-COVID-19 New Normal: Implications for Startup Ecosystems Read more about Post-COVID-19 New Normal: Implications for Startup Ecosystems Presentation on how to foster vibrant startup ecosystems amid COVID-19 and beyond. Country-level, regional and global expertise and trends, insights into emerging policies and schemes aiming to mitigate the impact of COVID-19, to accelerate recovery, and to help startups adjust to the new normal highlighted.
Post-COVID-19 New Normal: Implications for Startup Ecosystems Read more about Post-COVID-19 New Normal: Implications for Startup Ecosystems The eighth Policy Actions for COVID-19 Economic Recovery (PACER) Dialogue on “Post-COVID-19 New Normal: Implications for Startup Ecosystems” discussed policies and measures that can better enable startups to survive and thrive in the wake of COVID-19, drawing on global good-practice examples and the experience of different countries.
An Equity Focused Digital Strategy for Post COVID World Read more about An Equity Focused Digital Strategy for Post COVID World Presentation on good practice examples, lessons, and policy options in using EdTech solutions to help countries transition their short-term education solutions to the medium and long-term amid COVID-19 and beyond. The experience of the Central Square Foundation and Ashoka University in India highlighted.
Ashish Dhawan Keywords education capacity building ICT Read more about Ashish Dhawan 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 the pursuit of evidence driven and innovation led system reform.
Daniel Wong Keywords ICT technology programming decentralized water technologies cloud computing Read more about Daniel Wong Daniel was trained as a software engineer in New Zealand. He specialized in decentralized water technologies, cloud computing, farm IoT and blockchain technology. In the last 10 years, he has worked together with co-founders and team to establish Netatech Group of Companies as one of the leading providers of water and food sustainability technologies in Singapore.
Aakash Parekh Keywords ICT Read more about Aakash Parekh Aakash is the Chief Commercial Officer Pixxel, a space data company, building a constellation of hyperspectral earth imaging microsatellites and the analytical tools to mine insights from that data. Prior to this, he was the Vice President of CropIn Technology, a cloud-based platform enabling data-driven agriculture for multinationals. He graduated from Kellogg Executive Foundation with a degree in Product Strategy. He also took Python courses at UC Berkeley.
Financing Last Mile Communities Read more about Financing Last Mile Communities [Session Summary] We cannot solve poverty without addressing financial inclusion; and we cannot bring about financial inclusion at any sort of scale without technology that is relevant and useful to the people you are giving it to. Learn how AgUnity works to achieve this through the use of smartphones.
Eduardo Araral Keywords Governance and public sector management ICT Read more about Eduardo Araral Eduardo Araral has 30 years of experience in academia and government. He holds a PhD Degree in Public Policy from Indiana University-Bloomington. He has an extensive portfolio of government advisory, consultancy, executive education and media engagements.