Technology for Change Week Asia 2023 | Economist Impact events | 19 March 2023 | Marina Bay Sands, 10 Bayfront Avenue Singapore 018956

Will gather over 4,000 impact leaders across the public, private and civil sectors via a series of online discussions and live in person events.

Join industry practitioners, policymakers, investors, impact leaders and the next generation as they share knowledge, best practices and
provocative ideas at the intersection of technology, DEI, human capital and climate change.

Who should attend:
• Business leaders and executives (managers, directors, c-suite) from major corporations, big tech, financial services, commercial and industrial, energy/renewable energy companies, entrepreneurs and NGOs
• High-level government representatives including ministers, policymakers, regulators, advisors, senior advisors, senior directors
• Chief executives, chief risk officer, chief sustainability officer, chief financial officer, chief technology officer
• Multilaterals
• Asset management/ impact Investors / venture capitalists
• Professors and senior directors from research institutes
• Senior representatives from energy societies

Why attend:
• Our thorough research and quality curation, supported by our editorial insight, means that our agendas scrutinise key topics of the day.
We ask the difficult questions, provide compelling macro geopolitical viewpoints alongside actionable outcomes and helpful, strategic
insights from across the region to our audience
• 4000+ attendees, 50% of which at director level and above and 20% government policymakers
• 80+ speakers
• 3 days of purposeful, outcome-driven conversations including debates, industry leading case studies, keynotes and two way peer to
peer discussions

2023 Speakers

Ashwini Vaishnaw
Minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India

Simon Kofe
Minister of Justice, Communication and Foreign Affairs, Government of Tuvalu

Tan Kiat How
Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Communications and Information, Singapore

Oyunaa Purevdorj
Director-general, Education Integrated Policy and Implementation Department, Ministry of Education and Science, Mongolia

Shamika N. Sirimanne
Director, Division on technology and logistics, UNCTAD

Beth Bechdol
Deputy director-general, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO)

Christophe Bahuet
Deputy regional director for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Yat Siu
Co-founder and executive chairman, Animoca Brands and Founder and chief executive, Outblaze

Deepali Khanna
Vice-president, Asia regional office, The Rockefeller Foundation

Abhas Jha
Practice manager, climate change and disaster risk management, South Asia region, World Bank

Aaron Jiehan Yeo
Director of operations, GOOD Meat Asia

Abhas Tripathi
Manager, Trust and Safety Disinformation Team, Wikimedia Foundation

Abhijit Mahabal
Knowledge architect, Pinterest

Amna Usman Chaudhry
Financial economist and strategist for blockchain, metaverse and web 3.0

Amy Yu
Chief executive, Asia-Pacific, SEBA Bank

Avina Sugiarto
Partner, East Ventures

Bolor-Erdene Battsengel
Former vice-minister, Ministry of Digital Development and Communications, Mongolia and Founder, Girls Code

Caecilia Chu
Co-founder and chief executive, YouTrip

Carol Chong
Director, Supply Chain Resilience Division, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore

Catriona Wallace
Founder, Responsible Metaverse Alliance

Charles H. Ferguson
General manager, Asia-Pacific, G-P

Dileep Kannan
Regional director, Grab For Business (GFB)

Fiona Nott
Chief executive, The Women's Foundation

Gaurav Keerthi
Deputy chief executive, Cyber Security Agency of Singapore and Co-founder, Better.sg

Grace Chong
Head of financial regulatory (Singapore), Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher

Habibah Rahim
Trustee, Teach For Malaysia

Harry Broadman
Chair, ESG Exchange, and Partner and chair, emerging markets practice, Berkeley Research Group

Harsha Rodrigues
Executive vice-president, regional client services, Women’s World Banking

Hing-Yan Lee
Executive vice-president of government affairs, Cloud Security Alliance

Iain Cowie
Professor, faculty of political science, Thammasat University

Inderbir Singh Dhingra
Chief investment officer, IFC Asset Management Company (AMC)

James Gomez
Regional director, Asia Centre

Jane Diplock
Ambassador, World Benchmarking Alliance

Jason Hsu
Former member of Parliament, Taiwan and Senior research fellow, The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School

John Ho
Global head of legal, financial markets, Standard Chartered Bank

Joseph Haldane
Founder, chairman and chief executive, The International Academic Forum

Kristina Podnar
Global digital policy adviser, XR Safety Initiative, and Principal, NativeTrust Consulting

Kumardev Chatterjee
Technical co-ordinator, European Web3 Summit, and Member, Forbes Tech Council

Lam Chee Kin
Group head of legal and compliance, DBS

Lim May-Ann
Emeritus director, Asia Cloud Computing Association, and Director, Fair Tech Institute, Access Partnership

Mahmudi Yusbi
Head of programme, ASEAN Foundation

Marko Kovacevic
Managing director, Digital Supply Chain Institute

Marvin Lee
Director, Smart Nation and Digital Economy, National Research Foundation, Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore

Meeta Misra
Director of impact and outreach, GreenArc Capital

Osama Manzar
Founder-director, Digital Empowerment Foundation

Rahil Rangwala
Managing partner, Accion Venture Lab

Ramesh Ramadoss
Co-chair, IEEE Blockchain Initiative

Rex Yeap
Chairman, Business Angel Network of Southeast Asia (BANSEA)

Sasha Wallinger
Head of web3 and metaverse strategy, Journey and Founder, Blockchain Style Lab

Schahram Dustdar
Professor of computer science, Vienna University of Technology, and President, Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association

Scott Beaumont
President, Asia-Pacific, Google

Steve Killelea
Founder and executive chairman, Institute for Economics and Peace

Su Yen Chia
Co-founder and chief executive, Asia Crypto Alliance

T. Koshy
Managing director and chief executive, Open Network for Digital Commerce, India

Tarun Vij
India country director, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)

Andrew Staples
Regional head (APAC), policy and insights, Economist Impact

Anjali Shukla
Manager, policy and insights, Asia-Pacific, Economist Impact

Charles Ross
Principal, technology and society, Asia-Pacific, Economist Impact

Elizabeth Mackie
Senior manager, trade, policy and insights, Economist Impact

Gillian Parker
Senior manager, policy and insights, Economist Impact

Mattie Bekink
China director, Economist Intelligence Corporate Network

Naka Kondo
Manager, policy and insights, Japan, Economist Impact

Piotr Zembrowski
Senior manager, financial services, policy and insights, Economist Impact

Ritu Bhandari
Manager, policy and insights

Simon Cox
Senior economics writer, The Economist

2023 Sponsors

PLATINUM SPONSOR:
• Google

GOLD SPONSORS:
• East Ventures
• G-P

TRANSPORT SPONSOR:
• Grab For Business

SUPPORTING ASSOCIATIONS:
• Asian Bankers Association
• Centre for Asian Philanthropy and Society
• IPI
• RKSI
• Singapore Education Network (SEN)