The session will include three thematic breakout sessions on developing a matrix of programmatic interventions, Breakout session will be attended by ADB management and key government officials involved in project pipeline development as well as private sector and development partners. This session is open to all the forum participants.
Theme 1: Integrated River Basin Management and Coastal Resilience
Venue: Auditorium 1
Group Photo: Session Participants
Moderator:
- Lance Gore, Principal Portfolio Management Specialist, ADB
Keynote Presentation:
- Mark Smith, Director General, International Water Management Institution (IWMI)
Panelists
- Yasmin Siddiqi, Director, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office, Sectors Group
- Au Shion Yee, Principal Water Resources Specialist, ADB
- Jyotsna Puri, Vice-President, Strategy Knowledge Management, International Fund for Agricultural Development
- Bhaskar Saikia, Senior Joint Commissioner, CAD-WM, Ministry of Jal Shakti, India
- Alisi Tuqa, Food Systems Program Lead, The Pacific Community
Theme 2: Greener Agrifood Value Chain Development—Synergize Public and Private Sector Interventions
Venue: Auditorium 2
Group Photo: Session Participants
Moderator:
- Takeshi Ueda, Principal Natural Resources and Agriculture Economist / Director (OIC), SG-AFNR, ADB
Keynote Presentation:
- Sunae Kim, Senior Natural Resources and Agriculture Specialist, SG-AFNR, ADB
Panelists:
- Neelam Patel, Senior Advisor, NITI Aayong, India
- Stephanie Montgomery, Programme Manager Asia, International Development. Plant & Food Research
- Khulan Dashdavaa, Chairperson, Tavan Bogd Group
- Prasun Kumar Das, Secretary General, Asia Pacific Rural and Agricultural Credit Association (APRACA)
- Arrey A. Perez, President and CEO, Clack International Airport Corporation (CIAC)
- Kevin Chen, Senior Research Fellow and Head for East and Central Asia Office, International Food Policy Research Institute
Theme 3: Natural Capital Investment
Venue: Auditorium 3
Group Photo: Session Participants
Moderator:
- Xueliang Cai, Senior Water Resources Specialist, ADB
Opening remarks (5 minutes):
- Qingfeng Zhang, Senior Director, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development, ADB
Keynote (15 minutes):
- H. E. Steven Victor, Minister, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Environment, Palau
- ADB's natural capital approach, Tom Panella, Director, Natural Capital and Climate Team, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development, ADB
Panel Discussion and Q&A:
- Scott Roberts, Head, Green Finance Hub Unit, Southeast Asia Department, ADB
- Brett Sutton, Consultant, PSOD, ADB
- Narayan Iyer, Senior Natural Resources and Agriculture Specialist, AFNR, ADB
- Ducan Lang, Senior Environment Specialist, ADB
- Li He, Agriculture Officer, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (Bangkok), FAO
- Hamish Reid, Managing Director, the Pollination Group
- H. E. Steven Victor, Minister, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Environment, Palau
- Thomas Panella, Director, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development, ADB
Wrap-up:
- Jiangfeng Zhang, Director, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development, ADB
Theme 4: Nutrition: Bridging Food Security and Human Development
Venue: Auditorium 4
Group Photo: Session Participants
Moderator:
- Takashi Yamano, Principal Economist, ADB
Keynote Presentation:
- Naoko Yamamoto, Professor, Director of Global Medical Cooperation Center, International University of Health and Welfare, Japan
Panelists:
- Yang Saing Koma, Secretary of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Cambodia
- Abigail Perry, Director of Nutrition, WFP
- Manoj Kumar, Regional Director, Asia, Nutrition International
- Irina Zodrow, Head of Partnerships, Financing and Networks at the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) movement secretariat
- Bob Babajanian, Social Development Specialist, ADB
- Kazuko Ogasahara, Senior Agriculture and Nutrition Specialist, ADB
