4-5 September 2018Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines

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About the Forum

The world is becoming digitally connected faster than ever. Digital technologies have been transforming societies in an unprecedented speed, having great impact particularly in the transformation of products, services, and industries.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) notes that digital technologies have also considerable potential for supporting and spearheading ADB’s new long-term corporate strategy to 2030—Strategy 2030.

Under Strategy 2030, ADB will expand its mission beyond eradicating poverty to help development member countries (DMCs) achieve greater prosperity, inclusiveness, and resilience. Its future engagement will use differentiated approaches to respond more appropriately to the changing needs of DMCs and the varied nature of their development changes.

In line with this, ADB will host the Digital Development Forum (DDF) 2018. Started in 2014 as the Digital Strategies for Development Summit, the event has become a venue for high-level discussions on ICT for Development in Asia and the Pacific. It tackles country and sectoral/thematic development strategies towards Digital Economy in Asia and the Pacific.

DDF 2018 is organized in partnership with the Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable Transformation (ASSIST). It will be held on 4–5 September 2018—with a Pre-Event on 3 September—at the ADB Headquarters in the Philippines.

DDF 2018 will cover the topics of seven operational priorities of Strategy 2030 within the context of digital technologies for development including: i) Digital Technologies for Human Development and Social Inclusion, ii) ICT for Gender Equality, iii) Smart and Livable Cities, iv) e-Agriculture and Rural Development, v) e-Governance, among others.

DDF 2018 will be a venue for development communities to discuss and discover options and ways in preparation for the coming 4th Industrial Revolution and Digital Economy. Participants will discuss new digital strategies and emerging ideas for development, share best practice, and network with other partners and stakeholders across the region.

Highlights

300+

Delegates from the Asia and the Pacific

60+

International ICT and sectoral thought leaders and speakers

20+

Interactive streams to discover new strategies and

exchange new ideas

Disclaimer: ADB recognizes "Korea" as the Republic of Korea.

DAY 1 I 04 September 2018 (Tuesday)AM Auditoriums B & C

9:00 a.m.—10:00 a.m. Video Presentation: Future of Work in Asia and the PacificOpening Address: Takehiko Nakao, President, Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Keynote Speech: Jungong Sun, vice-president, Alibaba Group

10:00 a.m.—10:30 a.m. Group Photo & Networking Break (Auditorium Hallway)

10:30 a.m.—12:00 n.n. Plenary Session: The Rise of Digital Technologies and Digital EconomyModerator: Chiara Bronchi, Deputy Director General concurrently Chief Thematic Officer, Thematic Advisory Service Cluster, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department (SDCC), Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Questions:• What is the development impact of the 4th Industrial Revolution to developing Asia?• How should DMCs prepare themselves in the digital economy?• Do our development programs also need to be changed?

Speakers:• Claus Andresen, President, SAP Southeast Asia • Ramanathan Ramanan, Mission Director, India’s ATAL Innovation Mission• Cyn-Young Park, Director, Regional Cooperation and Integration Divison, Economic Research and Regional Department, ADB• K.R Sanjiv, Chief Technology Officer and Senior vice-president, WIPRO Limited• Lito Tayag, Country Managing Director, Accenture, Philippines

12:00 n.n.—1:30 p.m. Lunch Break (Executive Dining Room)

PM Digital Transformation for Development Digital Transformation for Institution (Auditorium A)

1:30 p.m.—3:00 p.m. Simultaneous Breakout Sessions

2A. Transforming Education with Digital Technologies (Auditorium D)

Questions:• What should be done in preparation for the 4th Industrial

Revolution era and digital economy in developing Asia?• How do we transform teaching and learning system facing

the 4th Industrial Revolution era ?• How do our development programs support the digital

transformation in education?

Moderator: Brajesh Panth, Chief of Education Sector Group, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department (SDCC), Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Speakers:• David Hung, Dean, Education Research, National Institute

of Education (NIE)• Chi Ming Lo, Head of Strategic Partnerships, Gnowbe• Steve McKee, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Labtech• Au Soriano, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer,

PinoyTravel

1:30 p.m.—1:45 p.m. Remarks: Deborah Stokes, vice-president for administration and corporate management, Asian Development Bank (ADB)

1:45 p.m.—2:00 p.m.Presentation: Shirin Hamid, Principal Director, Office of Information Systems and Technology (OIST), Asian Development Bank (ADB)• Institutional Changes: Real-Time ADB, Digital Agenda• Exciting solutions: SharePoint, Watson• Launch of “Transform” Series of Talks

2:00 p.m.—2:30 p.m.Impact of Academia–Industry–Government Partnership on Inclusive Growth by Jikyeong Kang, President and Dean, Asian Institute of Management (AIM)

Hackathon Video Recognition of Hackathon Winners

2:30 p.m.—3:30 p.m.Panel Discussion: Keeping Your Competitive Edge: Digital Leaders Share their Journey

Questions: • How do the successful digital leaders drive transformation in

organisations while "keeping the lights on"? • What are some of the key outcomes? • What are the critical leadership traits and capabilities required

for successful digital transformation outcomes?

Moderator: Annie Koh, Senior Advisor, CIO Academy Asia

Speakers:• David Wallace, Head of IT and Operations, European Stability

Mechanism• Roger Adom, Director of Information Technologies, African

Development Bank (AfDB) • Stephen Evans, Head of IT, Nordic Investment Bank

DAY 1 I 04 September 2018 (Tuesday)

Digital Transformation for Development Digital Transformation for Institution

2B. Women and the Digital Economy in Asia and the Pacific (Auditoriums B & C)

The digital economy holds great promise for achieving women’s economic empowerment in the Asia and the Pacific, offering innovative means for women to access vital information and resources, and new employment opportunities in this dynamic sector. The important linkages between gender equality and ICT have been enshrined in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) under Goal 5b. However, women face greater challenges than men to fully benefit from the digital economy due to preexisting gender inequalities, which risk being exacerbated by standard gender-neutral approaches. This session will focus on promising strategies by different regional actors—multilateral development agencies, private sector, development finance institutions and NGOs—that are helping to open more empowerment opportunities for women in the digital economy.

Moderator: Keiko Nowacka, Social Development Specialist (Gender and Development), Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Speakers:• Linartes Viloria, National Project Coordinator, Women in STEM

Programme, International Labour Organization (ILO)• Anita Gurumurthy, Executive Director, IT for Change• Virginia Tan, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, She Loves

Tech, and Teja Ventures Founding Partner • Christine Jeanne Violago, Lead, Partner Development and

Management, Grameen Foundation• Sonomi Tanaka, Chief of Gender Equity Thematic Group, Asian

Development Bank (ADB)

3:00 p.m.—3:30 p.m.Coffee and Networking Break (Auditorium Hallway)

3:30 p.m.—5:00 p.m.3. An Integrated Approach for Poverty Reduction and Reducu–ing Inequalities (Operational Priority # 1 of Strategy 2030)

Key questions:• How to maximize the use of digital technologies to address

remaining poverty and reducing inequality?• What is the crosscutting foundation for digital interventions in

multiple sectors covering education, health, social protection, and gender?

Moderator: Wendy Walker, Chief of Social Development Thematic Group, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department (SDCC), Asian Development Bank (ADB)

3:30 p.m.—3:45 p.m.Coffee and Networking Break (Auditorium Hallway)

3:45 p.m.—5:00 p.m.Panel Discussion: ReThink Leadership: Adopting new mindsets and strategies for the changing times

Questions:• How do organizations adopt new mindsets and processes to

operate in this new business landscape?• How can such changes be more aligned with business value?• What are the critical skills needed for leaders to manage this

change?

Moderator: Raju Chellam, Senior Advisor, CIO Academy Asia

Speakers: • Subramanian Venkataraman, Director, Chief Operating

Officer, Chief Data Office, Data Governance, Deutsche Bank• Koh Kok Tian, Director, Supply Chain Operations, Inchcape/

Borneo Motors Singapore• Ramon Karingal, Chief InfoSec & Risk Advocate, Asia and the

Pacific and Japan, RSA

Speakers:• Thampy Koshy, Partner, Ernst & Young• Kyriacos Koupparis, Science, Technology & Innovation

Advisor, USAID-Regional Development Mission in Asia• Fawad Shaikh, Global vice-president for Business

Development, TELUS • Victoria Austin, Director, Global Disability Innovation Hub

& Head of Paralympic Legacy, Inclusion and Sport, London Legacy

5:30 p.m. onwards Welcome Dinner and Cocktails (ADB Courtyard)

DAY 2 I 05 September 2018 (Wednesday)

Digital Transformation for Development Institutional Digital Learning Labs (Auditorium A)

AM 9:00 a.m.—10:30 a.m. Remarks: Bambang Susantono, vice-president for knowledge management and sustainable development, Asian Development Bank (ADB) 4. Plenary Session: Smart and Livable Cities (Auditoriums B & C)

Moderator: Emma Veve, Director, Urban, Social Development & Public Management Division, Pacific Department, Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Discussions:Urban development capitalizes on technology and data to understand how people interact with critical services such as water, transport, and energy to optimize capacity and improve user experience. While there is no "one-size-fits-all" approach to every smart city journey, this session will discuss how to make the cities livable using digital technologies through three angles: competitive, inclusive, and green city.

Speakers:• Massimiliano Claps, Global Team Lead for Future Cities,

SAP• Yimin Zhou, Senior Assistant Director, The Center For

Liveable Cities• Neeta Pokhrel, Principal Urban Development Specialist,

South Asia Department (SARD), Asian Development Bank (ADB)

• Arfi Rafnialdi, Advisor for Mayor on Public Policy, Bandung City Government

10:30 a.m.—10:45 a.m. Coffee and Networking Break (Auditorium Hallway)

10:45 a.m.—12:15 p.m. Plenary Session: Building e-Governance for Development: Pushing boundaries for Governance and Institutional Capacity (Auditoriums B & C)

Moderator: Chiara Bronchi, Deputy Director General concurrently Chief Thematic Officer, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department (SDCC), Asian Development Bank (ADB)

9:00 a.m.—9:15 a.m. Presentation: Yasuyuki Sawada, Chief Economist, Asian Development Bank (ADB)

9:15 a.m.—10:30 a.m. Digital Learning Lab 1: Digital Know-what, Know-how, and Know-who (AI)Moderators: Jost Wagner, Ozzeir Khan

Discussions: • Speakers share their own experience on AI, the challenges, op-

portunities and threats. • Participants share how AI will contribute to ADB institutional

work, as well as to development in Asia and the Pacific. • Consult all participants on the ADB’s role in fostering AI for

achieving and implementing the Strategy 2030.

Speakers: • Christopher Monterola, Professor, Asian Institute of Management

(AIM) • Prasad Ganesh, Director, Intelligent Automation, KPMG • Troy Latter, Senior Consultant, Oracle

10:30 a.m.—11:00 a.m Coffee and Networking Break (Auditorium Hallway)

11:00 a.m.—12:30 p.m. Digital Learning Lab 2: Accelerating Productivity (Robotics)Moderator: Jost Wagner, Ozzeir Khan

Discussions: • Speakers share their own experience on Robotics Processing

Automation (RPA), including the challenges, opportunities, and threats.

• Participants share how RPA will contribute to ADB institutional work, as well as to development in Asia and the Pacific.

• Consult all participants on ADB’s role in fostering RPA for achiev-ing and implementing the Strategy 2030.

Digital Transformation for Development Institutional Digital Learning Labs (Auditorium A)

Key questions:• What is the key role of governments in terms of

e-Government in transforming the traditional economies to digital economies?

• What are the key challenges in introducing a holistic and whole of government approach for e-Government given that governments are operated in silo and development programs are structured by sectors?

• What is the key foundational infrastructure for e-government in maximizing the use of digital technologies for public administration and service deliveries?

Speakers:• Pak Eddy Satriya, Deputy Assistant for ICT and Utility,

Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs (CMEA), Republic of Indonesia

• Samia M. Melhem, Lead Policy Specialist, Transport and Digital Development, Global Lead, Digital Development CoP, World Bank

• Brendan Wright, vice-president, Public Services APJ, SAP• Cigdem Akin, Senior Public Management Economist, South

Asia Department (SARD), Asian Development Bank (ADB) • Sang-Baek Chris Kang, Director, Korea Local Information

Research & Development Institute (KLID)

12:15 p.m.—1:30 p.m. Lunch Break (Executive Dining Room)

Speakers: • Richard Parcia, Chief Technology Officer, Asian Institute of

Management (AIM) • Adhay M.C., Lead Product Manager for AI and Automation, Infosys-

Edgeserve in Southeast Asia and the People's Republic of China • Sriram Bhargav, APJ Head for Artificial Intelligence and

Automation, WIPRO • Mounika Tanguturi, RPA Pre-Sales Engineer, UiPath

PM 1:30 p.m.—3:00 p.m. Simultaneous Breakout Sessions:

6A. E-Agriculture and Agriculture Value Chains(Auditoriums B & C)

The role of digital technologies is increasing in agriculture value chain as well and productivity in farming. The session will discuss:

• How digital technologies are impacting on agribusiness landscape in DMCs: key opportunities and challenges?

• Role of government's investment for availing business opportunities for smallholder farmers and rural population by upscaling the technology applications

Moderator: Akmal Siddiq, Chief of Rural Development and Food Security (Agriculture) Thematic Group, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department (SDCC), Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Speakers:• Gary Rodrigue, Blockchain Food Trust Leader, IBM Research• Vishal Karungulam, Principal Product Manager, Microsoft

Digital Agriculture Platform• Vipul Mittal, Head – Fruits and Vegetables, BigBasket • Ibrar Khan, Country Specialist on M-Agri, Pakistan

1:30 p.m—3:00 p.m.Digital Learning Lab 3: Going Digital to Redefine Financial Services (Fintech)

Moderators: Jost Wagner, Ozzeir Khan

Discussions: • Speakers share their own experience on Fintech, including the

challenges, opportunities, and threats. • Participants share how Fintech will contribute to ADB institu-

tional work, as well as to development in Asia and the Pacific. • Consult all participants on the ADB’s role in fostering Fintech for

achieving and implementing the Strategy 2030.

Speakers: • Rocky Lee, Professor, Asian Institute of Management (AIM) • Mitesh Soni, Senior Director of Innovation Fintech, Finastra• Ray Refundo, Chief Executive Officer, Qwikwire

Digital Transformation for Development Institutional Digital Learning Labs (Auditorium A)

6B. Financial Inclusion through Fintech (Auditorium D)

The session will examine new developments for making high-quality financial services for the poor, financial offerings for start-ups, the rise of online lending platforms and e-commerce players, and the developments that are altering the perspectives of the markets through the lenses of more information and analyses, and the emergence of digital technologies in the financial sector.

Moderator: Lotte Schou-Zibell, Chief of Finance Sector Group, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department (SDCC), Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Speakers:• Joseph Thompson, Chief Executive Officer and Co-

Founder, AidTech• Tom Jones, Chief Operating Officer, Women’s World

Banking• Gregory Lewis, Marketing Director, Fast Track Trade• Lina Lim, Managing Director, Tempus Adventus; Head of

Technology, NSX Limited

3:00 p.m.—3:30 p.m. Coffee and Networking Break (Auditorium Hallway)

3:30 p.m.—5:00 p.m.

3:00 p.m.—3:30 p.m. Coffee and Networking Break (Auditorium Hallway)

3:30 p.m.—5:00 p.m. Digital Learning Lab 4: Keeping ADB Secure (Cybersecurity)

The session highlights the importance of Cybersecurity in digital transformation journey and in implementing the Strategy 2030.

Speakers: • Joey Regala, Chief Information Security & Data Protection Officer,

EastWest Bank • Dan Wilder, Cybersecurity Advisor, WIPRO • Munish Gupta, Global Head Cloud Risks and Security Architecture

Consulting & Advisory, WIPRO • Richard Parcia, Chief Technology Officer, Asian Institute of

Management (AIM)

Plenary Session: Digital Connectivity: How to Achieve Affordable Internet in the Digital Era? (Auditoriums B & C)

The session highlights the catalytic role of Internet connectivity and how to ensure the delivery of universal, affordable, and quality online, digital services—covering policy and regulatory and ICT infrastructure investment. More specifically, the session will cover:

• Expand broadband connectivity in rural and remote areas • PPP options for ICT infrastructure • Preparing 5G and IoT networks

Moderator: Seok Yong Yoon, Principal Public Management Specialist (e-Governance), Digital Technology for Development Unit, Sustainable Development and Climate Change (SDCC), Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Speakers: • Tenzin Norbhu, Head of Connectivity, Asia and the Pacific,

Facebook• Duncan Macintosh, Chief Executive Officer and Executive

Director, Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) Foundation

• Tomoyuki Naito, Senior Advisor for ICT and Development, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

• Basheerhamad Shadrach, Asia Coordinator, Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI)

• Mahesh Bhalerao, Global Director for Next Billion User Partnerships, Google

• Jaheung Koo, Director, Korea Telecom

5:00 p.m. Wrap-Up and Closing

Prior to the Digital Development Forum, a gathering of talented youth and start-ups will be held at ADB to solve real challenges that affect Asia and the Pacific. They will test their might against:

Challenge 1: Know Your Customer (AI for Integrity Due Diligence)

Challenge 2: Hack the Health Solutions for Rural Health in Asia

Challenge 3: Digital ID

Winners receive $10,000 and the rare opportunity to make real impact to the development world.

Schedule Development of Solutions: 1–2 September 2018 Pitching and Awarding of Best Solutions: 3 September 2018

03 September 2018 (Monday) | Venue: Auditorium A-D1:00 p.m.—2:00 p.m.

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2:15 p.m.—3:00 p.m.

3:00 p.m.—4:00 p.m.

4:00 p.m.—4:30 p.m.

4:30 p.m.—6:00 p.m.

6:00 p.m. onwards

Registration

Welcome Remarks by Ozzeir Khan, Director, Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Crowdsourcing Innovations by Ultrahack

ADB Hackathon Pitching

Networking Break

Digital Innovation Market

Hackathon Awarding Ceremony and Cocktail Reception

03 September

Notes