Charles Ty

Charles Ty is the Business Development Manager for Intel Philippines. His charter is to accelerate the deployment of the Intel® Xeon® processors-based platforms for cloud computing, high-performance computing, network function virtualization (NFV) and big data; and to drive adoption through working closely with the industry ecosystem. In addition, Charles is also responsible for the development of Intel® based IoT Solutions for Retail, Industrial, Smart Home, and other Verticals in the Philippines.

Using ICTs to Leverage Women's Entrepreneurship in Central Asia -- Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Uzbekistan

This presentation tackles the current environment for Information, Communication, and Technology (ICT) for womens' entrepreneurship development. It also identifies women entrepreneurs' ICT access and provides recommendations in leveraging appropriate ICT tools for womens' entrepreneurship development, particularly in Central Asia.

Carolyn Dedolph Cabrera

Carolyn has diverse experience in change management, knowledge management, and communications work for development and research organizations. She is currently focusing on the people side of technology for the Digital Innovation Sandbox Program. Her current initiative is developing the Digital Fitness 101 Program, which aims to equip ADB’s employees with a basic understanding of digital technologies. Carolyn’s career has spanned agriculture, climate change, sustainability, communications, knowledge, change, and digital innovation.

Speeding Business Application Processes in the Philippines

Out of 60 countries, the Philippines ranked 49 in ease of starting businesses in the 2006 World Competitiveness Report. Even with the establishment of the National Economic Research and Business Assistance Center (NERBAC) to fast track investment inflows, applications for business licenses in the country were still widely perceived as cumbersome. This was attested by the 2010 Doing Business Report where the Philippines ranked 162 out of 183 countries in terms of ease in business start-up transactions.

Quickening e-Governance in Myanmar

In a climate of economic, social, and political change, Myanmar's young population, fertile lands, plentiful endowment of natural resources, and strategic location in Southeast Asia presage a prosperous future. Beginning 2011, the government has launched an array of reforms to speed the transition to a market economy. For sustained growth and poverty reduction, however, much depends also on augmenting physical and human capital on a par; information and communication technology (ICT) for development is central to achieving that.