Keynote Address: The Challenge of Socially Inclusive Growth:
Lessons from Latin America for Asia and the Pacific
Maribel Ortiz
Former Senior Specialist in Governance, International Social Security Association (ISSA)
Plenary Panel Discussion: Former Senior Specialist in Governance,
International Social Security Association (ISSA)
Katinka Weinberger
Chief of Sustainable Socioeconomic Transformations Section, The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Session 3A: The Role of Active Labor Market Programs on the Road to Recovery and Reactivation
Duncan Campbell
Independent Consultant and Former Director, Employment Strategy Department, International Labour Organization (ILO)
Sarah Arriola
Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, International Organization of Migration (IOM)
Ram Chandra Dhakal
Joint Secretary/National Program Director, Prime Minister Employment Program (PMEP), Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security, Nepal
Noor Andrini Wuryandari
Functional Planner from Directorate of Manpower, Ministry of National Development Planning (BAPPENAS), Indonesia
Ngo Xuan Lieu
Director, National Centre for Employment Services – Department of Employment, Ministry Of Labour – Invalids And Social Affairs (MOLISA), Viet Nam
Session 3B: Social Protection for Economic Inclusion:
Stories from Piloting and Scaling Up the Graduation Approach
Enkhtsetseg Tudev
Team Leader, Mongolia Graduation Pilot Project, Mongolian Red Cross Society
Ricardo Carlos V. Barba
Principal Safeguard Specialist and Mission Leader of Tamil Nadu Inclusive, Resilient, and Sustainable Housing Project, Office of Safeguards, ADB
Florentino Y.
Loyola Jr.
Assistant Secretary for Specialized Programs under Operations Group and Concurrent Officer-in-Charge National Program Manager, Sustainable Livelihoods Program, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Philippines
H.D. Sudarshana A. Jayasundara
Senior Social Development Officer (Gender), Sri Lanka Resident Mission, South Asia Department, ADB
Karin Schelzig
Director, Human and Social Development Sector Office, Sectors Group, ADB
Session 3C: Social Health Protection: Extending Coverage
and Improving Access in Asia and the Pacific
Seetha Arambepola
State Minister, Ministry of Health,
Sri Lanka
Ismail Azzam Wajeeh
Managing Director, Aasandha Company Limited, Maldives
Clementine Bautista
Acting Senior Vice President, Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), Philippines
Session 4A: Social Protection for Gig Work and other New Forms of Work
Nuno Cunha
Senior Labour Market Institutions Specialist at the Inclusive Labour Markets, Labour Relations and Working Conditions Branch (INWORK), International Labor Organization (ILO)
Session 4B: Inclusive Social Protection:
Progress in Expanding Disability Inclusive Social Protection
Alex Cote
Disability and Social Protection, Social Policy Specialist, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Rhodora Alday
Director IV and Head of Policy Development and Planning Bureau, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Philippines
Sonnur Beerappa Muniraju
Deputy Advisor, National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog), India
Session 4C: Effective Social Protection Responses in Conflict-Affected and Other Fragile Situations
Isvary Sivalingam
Southeast Asia Lead,
Better Than Cash Alliance
Rachel Slater
Independent Consultant, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, United Kingdom