OPENING SESSION KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Next-Generation Social Protection in Asia and the Pacific:
What Do We Now Know and Where Do We Need to Go?
Rohini Pande
Henry J. Heiz II Professor of Economics and
Director
Economic Growth Center, Yale University
Faculty Director
Economic Inclusion, Yale University
High-Level Plenary 1:
Social Protection as a Platform for Empowerment
Rex Gatchalian
Secretary
Department of Social Welfare and Development
Government of the Philippines
Food for Thought: Leveraging Social Protection to Improve Nutrition and Food Security
Asim Ijaz
Director General
Nutrition CCT Wing
Government of Pakistan
Saskia de Pee
Senior Advisor at the Nutrition, School Meals, and
Social Protection Service
World Food Programme
Jacob Manase
Acting Director
Social Protection Secretariat Department for Community Development & Religion
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Breaking Barriers: Enabling Gender Equality through Social Protection
Lauren Whitehead
Social Protection and Gender Lead
UNICEF
Scaling Economic Inclusion: Pathways out of Poverty through Social Protection Systems
Amir Jilani
Senior Social Sector Specialist, SD3-HSD
Asian Development Bank
H.T.R.N. Piyasena
Additional Secretary
Ministry of Rural Development, Social Security, and
Community Empowerment
Government of Sri Lanka
M. K. S. Radha Nanayakkara
Additional Secretary (Administration)
Ministry of Rural Development, Social Security,
and Community Empowerment
Government of Sri Lanka
Dinar Dana Kharisma
Director of Social and Economic Independence
Ministry of National Development Planning
Government of Indonesia
Advancing Autonomy: Disability-inclusive Social Protection
Ngin Saorath
Executive President, DYNO
ADF SC Cambodia
Lusine Kocharyan
Deputy Minister
Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs
Government of Armenia