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KEYNOTE SESSION & High-Level Plenary 2:
Boosting Resilience to Face Polycrises and Megatrends 

Datuk Norma Mansor
Emeritus Professor and Director
Social Wellbeing Research Centre Universiti Malaya
Malaysia

Ugo Gentilini
Lead Economist in the World Bank's
Social Protection and Jobs Global Practice


Session 5:
Is it Working for Our Workforce? Rethinking Social Insurance 

Kenichi Hirose
Senior Social Protection Specialist
International Labour Organization (ILO) 

Philippe O'Keefe
Professor of Practice
Centre for Population Ageing Research (CEPAR)
University of New South Wales, Australia


Session 6:
Weathering Storms and Stresses: Adaptive and Shock-Responsive Social Protection 

Christina Lowe (Christy)
Social Protection Specialist – Consultant
Asian Development Bank 


Session 7:
More than A Meal: School Feeding to Nourish Resilient Futures

Elisabet Fadul
Head of Programme – Philippines
World Food Programme

Richard Morgan
Director of Social Protection Programs
Nutrition International


Session 9:
The Silver Surge: Preparing for Aging and Long-Term Care

Professor Soonman Kwon
 Health Economics and Policy School of Public Health
Seoul National University

Nargis Khanam
 Additional Secretary Ministry of Social Welfare
Government of Bangladesh 

Fakafanua Paunga
CEO, Ministry of Internal Affairs
Government of Tonga 

Thuy Bich Tran
 Country Director Help
Age Viet Nam 


Session 10:
Safety Nets and Springboards: The Evolving Role of Social Assistance 

Camilla Holmemo
 Practice Manager for Social Policy
East Asia and the Pacific World Bank  


Session 11:
Linking the Missing Middle: Social Security for Gig and Platform Workers 

Ashutosh Pednekar
 Joint Secretary
Ministry of Labour and Employment
Government of India

Denise Monteiro
 Social Protection Programme Manager
International Labour Organization
Country Office for Viet Nam


Special Session:
From Roadmap to Results: Accelerating Investments in Decent Jobs and Social Protection in the Philippines and Asia and the Pacific

Carmela Torres
 Undersecretary, Employment, Human Resource Development, and International Affairs
Cluster Department of Labor and Employment
Government of the Philippines 




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