Keynote Address: Translating Global Priorities into Regional Realities: A View from the ILO
Shahra Razavi
Director, Social Protection Department, International Labour Organization (ILO)
Plenary Panel Discussion: Navigating Change:
Shaping the Future of Social Protection in Asia and the Pacific
Michael Samson
Research Director, Economic Policy Research Institute (EPRI)
Session 5A: Leveraging Digital Payment Systems for Social Assistance
Stephanie Diepeveen
Senior Research Fellow (Digital) Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
Session 5B: Connecting Evidence and Policy:
The Role of Monitoring and Evaluation in Social Protection
Noam Angrist
Senior Fellow, Oxford University and Founder, Youth Impact
Tara Marwah
Policy and Project Development Manager, Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)
David Abbott
Manager, Data Analysis and Dissemination, Statistics for Development Division, Pacific Community (SPC)
Andrea Rossi
Regional Adviser Social Policy and Economic Analysis Section- East Asia and Pacific, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Session 5C: Digital Social Protection – Whole-of-Government Approach
for Social Protection Systems
Naveed Akbar
Director General, Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) and Program Director, Integrated Social Protection Development Program, Pakistan
Kiran Anandampillai
Chief Executive Officer and Founder, iDrishti and Advisor (Technology), National Health Authority, India
Anahit Parzyan
Director, Nork Technology Center for Social Services, Armenia
Anita Mittal
Lead, Digital Convergence Initiative, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) )
Session 6B: Development of Inclusive Care and Support Systems Across the Life Cycle
Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Social Protection, Disability, and the Vulnerable, - Ministry of Internal Affairs, Tonga
Nantanoot Suwannawut
Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, Thailand
Lauren Whitehead
Social Protection and Gender Lead, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Laura Addati
Policy Specialist, International Labour Organization (ILO)
Session 6C: Novel Data Sources for Identification and Targeting in Social Protection
Bernadette Balamban
Chief Statistical Specialist, Philippine Statistics Authority, Philippines
Khaled Hasan
Joint Secretary, Cabinet Division Bangladesh
Session 6D: Child Sensitive Social Protection
Gemma B. Gabuya
Director, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Philippines
Jessica Owens
Regional Advisor - Social PolicyUnited Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF),
South Asia