| 8:30 – 9:00 a.m. | Meeting Connection Opens |
| Opening Session |
9:00 – 9:05 a.m.
9:05 – 9:10 a.m.
9:10 – 9:15 a.m. | Opening Remarks
Tetsushi Sonobe, Dean & CEO, Asian Development Bank
Welcome Remarks
Yasuyuki Sawada, Chief Economist and Director General, Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department, Asian Development Bank
Introduction
Celia Reyes, President, Philippine Institute for Development Studies |
Overview
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9:15 – 09:30 a.m.
9:30 – 09:40 a.m.
| Theme Chapter Key Messages
Presenter: James Villafuerte, Senior Economist, Regional Cooperation and Integration Division, Asian Development Bank
Break |
Session 1.1: Asia Experience
Moderator: Cyn-Young Park, Director, Regional Cooperation and Integration Division, Asian Development Bank
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9:40 – 10:00 a.m.
10:00 – 10:20 a.m
| Towards Measuring the Platform Economy: Concepts, Indicators, and Issues
Presenter: Jose Ramon G. Albert, Senior Research Fellow, Philippine Institute for Development Studies
Digital Platforms: Market Trends and Contribution to SDGs
Presenter: Ramonette B. Serafica, Senior Research Fellow, Philippine Institute for Development Studies |
10:20 – 10:50 a.m.
10:50 – 11:00 a.m.
| Q & A
Break |
Session 2: Leveraging Digital Technology in COVID Times
Moderator: Matthias Helble, Economist, Regional Cooperation and Integration Division, Asian Development Bank |
11:00 – 11:20 a.m.
11:20 – 11:40 a.m.
11:40 – 12:10 a.m.
| Digital Platforms and Covid-19: How the pandemic has accelerated Asia’s transition to the digital economy
Presenter: Thomas Abell, Advisor, SDCC and Chief of Digital Technology for Development, Digital Technology for Development Unit, Asian Development Bank
Technology, Digital Platform, and Productivity Growth in a Post-COVID World
Presenter: Badri Narayanan, Research Fellow, University of Washington
Q & A |
| 12:10 – 1:00 p.m. | LUNCH BREAK |
Session 3: Digital Platform and Human Capital
Moderator: Peter Morgan, Senior Consulting Economist, Co-Chair Research Department, Asian Development Bank Institute |
1:00 – 1:20 p.m.
1:20 – 1:40 p.m. | Leveraging Digital Technology and Platforms for the Delivery of Health Services in Asia and the Pacific
Presenter: Eduardo Banzon, Principal Health Specialist, Health SG, SDSC, Asian Development Bank
Digital Platforms for Education and Skills: Tipping the Balance
Presenter: Shanti Jagannathan, Principal Education Specialist, Education SG, SDSC, Asian Development Bank / Yunkai Li, graduate student at China Academy of Urban Planning and Design (ADB intern, 2020) |
1:40 – 2:00 p.m.
2:00 – 2:30 p.m
2:30 – 2:40 p.m
| Towards a Sustainable Platform Economy: Social Protection, Skills Development, and Work Portfolio
Presenter: Connie Bayudan-Dacuycuy/ Aniceto Orbeta Jr, Senior Research Fellows, Philippine Institute for Development Studies
Q & A
Break |
Session 1.2: Global Experience
Moderator: Peter Rosenkranz, Economist, Regional Cooperation and Integration Division, Asian Development Bank |
2:40 – 3:00 p.m.
3:00 – 3:20 p.m.
3:20 – 3:40 p.m.
3:40 – 4:00 p.m.
| Digital Platforms: Lessons and Experience in OECD countries
Presenter: Javier Lopez-Gonzalez, Senior Trade Economist, OECD Trade and Agriculture Directorate
Supporting MSMEs’ Digitalization amid COVID-19
Presenter: Andre Wirjo, Analyst, Policy Support Unit, APEC
State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money
Presenter: Nika Naghavi, Data & Insights Director for the Mobile Money Programme, GSMA
FinTech: Challenges and Opportunities in a COVID World
Presenter: Robert Wardrop, Director, Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance
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4:00 – 4:30 p.m.
4:30 – 4:40 p.m.
| Q & A
Break |
First Policy Panel: How to Make Digital Platform Work for Developing Asia—Part 1
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4:40 – 5:10 p.m.
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5:10 – 5:30 p.m.
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Q & A
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