Smart Infra for Smart Cities Read more about Smart Infra for Smart Cities S Viswanathan, Editor and Publisher of the Industrial Economist, gave a talk on creating smart infrastructure systems for cities and the future of urban mobility systems in a fast urbanizing world.
Busroni Yanto Keywords GIS LIDAR ICT Leica Geosystems Read more about Busroni Yanto Busroni Yanto joined Leica Geosystems Switzerland as the Managing Director of PT Leica Geosystems in Indonesia in December 2015. He previously worked at PT Almega Geosystems and at Ikatan Surveyor Indonesia. He holds a degree in Geodetic Engineering from Universities Gadjah Mada.
Faisal Hossain Keywords water hydrology water resources management ICT hydropower Read more about Faisal Hossain Faisal Hossain’s research interests are hydrologic remote sensing, sustainable water resources engineering, transboundary water resources management and engineering education.
Francisco Goncalves Keywords ICT LIDAR Read more about Francisco Goncalves Over 30 years in the geomatics industry, providing surveying, 3D mapping and LiDAR mapping for the natural resource developing, infrastructure, agribusiness and forestry firms. Work experience in Europe, Africa, N America, S America and SE Asia managing country wide surveying / LiDAR mapping projects. Currently developing SE Asia LiDAR markets for environmental (including coastal zone management and flood mitigation), urban development, archeology, mining, forestry, oil and gas, agri-business, etc.
Driving Better Results from Public Services in New Zealand: Issues, Innovations, Prospects Read more about Driving Better Results from Public Services in New Zealand: Issues, Innovations, Prospects Learn about the impetus, objectives, and main elements of New Zealand’s public sector reform. This presentation discusses the results-based management approach as a crucial element in New Zealand’s reform efforts.
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.