TIME (UTC+7)

AGENDA

2:00PM - 2:45PM

Session I : Enhancing Innovation in Rural Areas

Opening Remarks: Anne Lochoff, Board member - Findexable Fintech Diversity Advisory Board (TBC)

Key Points:

• Innovation & Technology
• What drives innovators and early innovation adopters in a rural context
• Global mega-trends such as demographic, technological and environmental change, and crises such as the recent COVID-19

Speakers:

• Diane le Goff, Global Leader Youth & Education CSR Programs Schneider Electric (Vietnam)

• Chimka Munkhbayar, Co-Founder and COO at Agrolly Farmers' App International (Mongolia)

• Saran Song, CEO and Founder Amru Rice (Cambodia)

Q&A

Moderator: Ravindra Ngo, Founder & CEO the Asian Network

3:00PM - 3:45PM

Session 2: Technology Disruption and the Future of Jobs

Opening Remarks: Dr Bob Aubrey, Founder and Chair of the Advisory Board - ASEAN Human Development Organization 

Key Points:

• Legal process and ethics
• The influence of new digital technologies
• Challenges & opportunities 

Speakers:

• Susanne Bieller, General Secretary International Federation of Robotics (Germany)

• Pei Chin, Digital Government Lead at Tony Blair Institute (Singapore)

• Saowaruj Rattanakhamfu, Research Director Innovation Policy for Sustainable Development (Thailand)

Q&A

Moderator: Amelia Litania, Program Officer at Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)

4:00PM - 4:45PM

Session 3: Managing Disability in the Workplace

Opening Remarks: TBC

Key Points:

• Disability inclusion at work
• How to set up an inclusive workplace values all employees for their strengths
• Social skills, hyperactivity & confidence

Speakers:

• Nunu Supaanong, Secretary General ASEAN Autism Self-Advocacy Network (Thailand) 

• Made Wikandana, Disability Inclusion Officer Disability Inclusion Officer UNICEF (Indonesia)

• Tanzila Khan, Founder Girl things (Pakistan) 

Q&A

Moderator: Lina Maulidina, Senior Program Officer at Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)

5:00PM - 5:45PM

Session 4: New Work Models & Entrepreneurship

Opening Remarks: Fiorina Mugione, Regional Director at GDSI

Key Points: 

• Economies become increasingly automated and machine driven
• Impact of Covid-19
• More flexible work opportunities

Speakers:

• James Sancto, Co-Founder & CEO at We Make Change (UK)
• Mallory Loone, Founder Work Inspires (Malaysia)
• Madhavi Shankar, Co-Founder & CEO Space Basics (India) 

Moderator: Giulia Ajmone Marsan, Strategy and Partnership Director at Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)

5:55PM - 6:00PM

Closing Remarks