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.
Tonga: Introducing eGovernment through Digital Health Read more about Tonga: Introducing eGovernment through Digital Health Digital health is the convergence of digital technologies with health, healthcare, living, and society to enhance the efficiency of healthcare delivery and make medicines more personalized, and precise. Learn more about the experience of Tonga in introducing e-government through digital health systems.
Resilience Networks: Gender, Open Data, and Geospatial Technologies Read more about Resilience Networks: Gender, Open Data, and Geospatial Technologies This presentation discusses new technologies, particularly those related to mapping, that help drive better development interventions.
Ling Soon Ng Keywords ICT technology Read more about Ling Soon Ng Ling Soon Ng has more than two decades of experience in finance and technology across the Asia-Pacific. He is the former Chief Technology Officer of BCSIS (BCS Information Systems) and prior to that, supervised infrastructure operations of multiple large-scale projects at Overseas Chinese Banking Corporation.
Antonio Separovic Keywords cloud native technology financial inclusion finance ICT Read more about Antonio Separovic Antonio is a financial technology expert with more than 20 years of experience in technology and online businesses, including ten years in the microfinance sector. He specializes in using disruptive technology to drive financial inclusion in Asia, Latin America, and Africa. Antonio also served as a senior adviser to InfoSec Global and Ruder Innovations and advised multiple IT organizations.
David Shrier Keywords financial innovation artificial intelligence applications ethical AI programming ICT Read more about David Shrier David Shrier is a futurist and innovation catalyst with expertise in artificial intelligence, data/analytics, fintech, digital identity, cybersecurity, and collaborative innovation.