Kaushal Jhalla Keywords finance Governance and public sector management ICT World Bank Read more about Kaushal Jhalla As a consultant on innovation and governance, Kaushal Jhalla works on cross institutional team to leverage technology and communities built around transparency, accountability and access to information. Before joining the World Bank in 2010, he was a Senior Business Analyst at Wells Fargo. He completed his MBA from California State University-East Bay.
Digital Development Forum 2018 Read more about Digital Development Forum 2018 Discover ways to maximize the emerging digital technologies for development at the Digital Development Forum.
Youth and Sustainable Transport in Asia and the Pacific Read more about Youth and Sustainable Transport in Asia and the Pacific ADB Youth for Asia advocates for improved rural access, road safety, public transportation, and railways. To achieve sustainable, safe, accessible, and reliable public transportation for all, it aims to (i) develop an accessible and engaging network for youth; (ii) encourage meaningful youth stakeholder engagement, and (iii) empower youth as sustainable public transport advocates and stewards.
OnTrackPH: Driving Data on Philippine Roads and the Path Forward Read more about OnTrackPH: Driving Data on Philippine Roads and the Path Forward Stef Sy, CEO of Thinking Machines presented OnTrackPH - a big data machine learning and natural language processing algorithm - that enabled the fast, efficient, and scalable matching of government records across multiple disparate government databases to link national budgets to project across the entire life PFM cycle (e.g. planning, budget allocation, procurement, disbursement and audit) to strengthen tracking of investments.
Matthew Barrie Keywords ICT waste management innovation Read more about Matthew Barrie Matthew is the former founder & CEO of Solu. He launched Solu in 2018 in Manila, Philippines, and led the company to its acquisition 14 months later in May 2019. He grew the company from an idea in a notebook to 22 people and 4 integrated tech products with the overarching ambition to fundamentally improve the way that waste is managed in developing nations. He was named a UN Young Environmental Changemaker for my work and as a company, we won multiple awards including the ASEAN Impact Challenge.
Experience on Smart Bus Operation in Taipei,China Read more about Experience on Smart Bus Operation in Taipei,China Learn about the advanced public transportation systems and services, including the introduction of smart buses, in Taipei,China and their achievements. The development of public transport systems is necessary to achieve efficient road space and energy utilization, and to increase awareness of environmental protection.
Hugo OConnor Keywords software programming ICT Read more about Hugo OConnor Hugo is interested in the positive social impact of applied cryptography. He is working full-time at Domain as Software Development Team Lead. Prior to that, he worked as a Senior Engineer in CSIRO Data 61. He also co-founded and worked with Bit Trade as Non-Executive Director.
Asian Development Outlook 2018 Report on How Technology Affects Jobs Read more about Asian Development Outlook 2018 Report on How Technology Affects Jobs New technologies drive higher productivity and economic growth, but also pose challenges for workers.
Faraz Amjad Keywords engineering programming ICT Read more about Faraz Amjad Faraz is an experienced research engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the research and industry. He is skilled in CATIA V5, SolidWorks, Management, ANSYS, and Microsoft packages. He is a strong engineering professional with a Doctoral of Science (Technology) (Dr. Tech.) degree, focused in Machine Automation and Systems Engineering from Tampere University of Technology, Finland.
Cavin Shin Keywords ICT programming AI artificial intelligence Read more about Cavin Shin Cavin Shin is the Chairman of the Technical and Business Advisory Board. He has worked in the IT industry for more than 16 years, and he is interested in finding methods that give equal educational opportunities by technology including AI, and wants to change the global education environment based on technical standards for sharing of knowledge and experience. He is also the Secretary-General of Project EEO BULT. Previously, he was Director of the Korean Society for Cyber Criminology and was CEO of NETSOLUTE Co., Ltd (South Korea) for 10 years.