Rithesh Shetty Keywords IT artificial intelligence e-government climate technology innovation policy Read more about Rithesh Shetty Rithesh is a Partner at BCG's Singapore office and a core member of the BCG X practice. As an accomplished leader in innovation, product strategy, and digital transformation, he brings 20 years of experience delivering impactful results for Fortune 500 companies. His work focuses on enhancing organizational capabilities and advancing the intersection of AI and human-centricity to unlock new possibilities in product and digital transformations.
Kathleen O Leary Keywords IT finance blueimpact Read more about Kathleen O Leary Kathleen O'Leary is a Director at Delio, a digital solutions provider for private market investments.
Stephan Kuester Keywords acceleration of technology innovation IT economics Read more about Stephan Kuester Stephan Kuester is the Head of Global Ecosystem Strategy at Startup Genome. Stephan works with clients in government and private industry consortia all around the world, advising on the creation and the acceleration of tech and innovation clusters. Prior to his role at Startup Genome, Stephan headed up the International Consulting practice at UK ecosystem agency Tech Nation (fka Tech City UK) in London and served as Managing Director of digitalswitzerland.
Karl Lomibao Keywords IT ADB CMS BOS IT systems Read more about Karl Lomibao Karl Lomibao is a seasoned change manager with over 15 years of experience in driving adoption and managing change. Throughout his career, Karl has demonstrated a unique combination of technical and interpersonal skills, making him an expert in navigating complex organizational changes. With a proven track record of success, Karl has helped organizations of all sizes to effectively embrace new technologies, processes, and ways of working.
Geotagging: An Innovative Tool To Enhance Transparency and Supervision Read more about Geotagging: An Innovative Tool To Enhance Transparency and Supervision Noel Sta. Ines at the Asian Development Bank discussed the use of geotagging and high-resolution satellite imagery to track and visualize project implementation status. The presentation highlighted the adoption of these technologies including by the Philippines Commission of Audit as part of their Citizen Participatory Audit program, in which citizens could be involved in the auditing of projects funded by the national government.
Modeling and Simulations to Investigate Congestion on Subway Systems Read more about Modeling and Simulations to Investigate Congestion on Subway Systems Professors Erika Legara and Christopher Monterola presented on leading research led by the Institute of High Performance Computing in the Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR) in Singapore on use of big data to create simulations for the Singapore Rapid Transit System aimed to assess cost and convenience in the management of their transport systems. These models were used widely for scenario planning and disruption management, and were the basis of transport-related policy proposals of government.
Disruptive Technology: Revolutionizing Access to Finance by SMEs Read more about Disruptive Technology: Revolutionizing Access to Finance by SMEs Kaushal Jhalla presented on the emerging role of disruptive technologies, as well as challenges to adaptation at scale specifically around blockchain and Internet of Things (IoT) and its implementation in pilots for creating increased access to finance for SMEs and entrepreneurs.
Mindtree’s Experience in Global Learning Centre Read more about Mindtree’s Experience in Global Learning Centre Mindtree Ltd. is a publicly-traded information technology services and solutions organization serving global customers. Changing learning models to adjust to client needs based on demographics, fine-tuning approaches on a continuous basis, and removing the fear of assessments while learning are valuable lessons that Mindtree has gathered in the course of its operations.
Charles Ty Keywords IT ICT technology economics Read more about 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.
India's Experiences in Modernization of Irrigation Management Read more about India's Experiences in Modernization of Irrigation Management A scorecard of irrigation schemes completed in India's Madhya Pradesh Basin since 2010 is featured in this presentation. It also discusses how huge gains were achieved through better irrigation planning and governance, and strategic integration of technology.