A Decade of Innovation – Republic of Korea and World Bank Group Partnership for Sustainable Development 2023 | The World Bank | 22 May 2023 | Fairmont Ambassador Seoul, 108 Yeoui-daero, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, South Korea

This events will provide a platform for officials from client countries that have benefited from the Seoul Center support to showcase the achievements of the past decade and discuss potential challenges in the coming years. Moreover, the program will provide an opportunity for select Korean partners to speak to their contribution to the development experiences of the countries from East Asia and the Pacific.

2023 Speakers

MODERATOR:

Francis Ghesquiere
Practice Manager, Urban Development and Disaster Risk Management, Resilience & Land East Asia and the Pacific, WB

Mara K. Warwick
Country Director for China and Mongolia and Director for Korea, WB

Kim-See Lim
Director, East Asia and the Pacific, IFC

Sameer Goyal
Senior Financial Sector Specialist, Finance, Competitiveness & Innovation (FCI) Africa East, WBG

PANELISTS:

Rachel Anne S. Herrerra
Commissioner, Philippines Climate Change Commission, Philippines

H.E. Wondimu Seta
State Minister of Urban Development and Infrastructure, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

H.E. Khaled Al-Attar
Vice Minister for Digital Transformation, Arab Republic of Egypt

Jong Sung Hwang
President, National Information Society Agency (NIA)

Richard Damania
Chief Economist, Sustainable Development Practice Group, WB

Muhamet Bamba Fall
Director for Infrastructure, Manufacturing, Agribusiness, Services (MAS) and Trade Operations, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency

Randall Riopelle
Country Manager for China, Korea, and Mongolia, IFC

Jae Hyung Kwon
Head of South Asia, MIGA

Sangjin Ju
Director General, Infrastructure Finance Department, Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM)

Heeyun Lee
Senior Director & Head of Infrastructure Finance Department, K-SURE

Jihyung Kim
General Manager of Global business, Shinhan Financial Group

Seong-ik Oh
Director General, Cadastral Resurvey Planning Office, Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT), Republic of Korea

Jinhee Park
IT Officer, Technology & Innovation Lab, WB

Stamatis Kotouzas,
Senior Land Administration Specialist, Urban, Disaster Risk Management, Resilience & Land Global Practice, WB

Inchul Hwang
Senior Energy Specialist, Energy & Extractives Global Practice, WB

SPEAKERS:

Anna Bjerde
Managing Director of Operations, World Bank (WB)

Kyung-Ho Choo, o
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance (MOEF), Republic of Korea

Ivan John Uy
Secretary, Department of Information and Communications Technology, Philippines

Jason Allford
Special Representative, WBG Korea Office

Janice Ryu
Resident Representative, IFC

Jaeyoung Jin
Head of North Asia, MIGA

Zafer Mustafaoglu
Practice Manager, FCI East Asia and Pacific, WBG

Batbaatar. B, Director
Financial Information Unit, Bank of Mongolia

Kelvin Lester K. Lee
Commissioner, Securities and Exchange Commission, Philippines

H.E. Sam-Ath Say
Head of Cambodia Financial Intelligence Unit, Cambodia

Maliny Xavanna
Deputy Director General, International Cooperation Department, Bank of Lao

Jisun Kim
Senior Program Coordinator, Open Learning Campus, WBG

Ngô Quốc Thái,
Advisor, Can Tho City People’s Committee, Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Himawan Arief Sugoto
Secretary General of Ministry Agrarian and Spatial Planning, National Land Agency, Indonesia

Frank Kyota
CEO, Palau Public Utilities Corporation (PPUC)

Riccardo Puliti
Vice President, Asia and Pacific, IF