SPEAKERS

Shashank Rai

UN ICC

Shashank is the Chief Technology Officer of United Nations International Computing Centre. Setup over 50 years ago, UN ICC provides digital products and services on cost-recovery model (not-for-profit) to UN, NGO/IO and Member States.With over twenty years in the technology arena, he has worked for various verticals such as telecoms, air travel industry, financial services, bio-technology, energy in various capacities, for both commercial and not-for-profit segments.

Thursday, October 13

10:30 am - 11:10 am

Meeting the humanitarian need through digital tools

Aid organizations rely on physical cash-assistance programs to deliver the hundreds of billions of dollars in aid disbursed each year, and the need to scale these programs are growing. What if there was a way to disburse aid faster, more transparently, safely, and with fewer barriers at scale? Let's open the door to a new way of thinking about delivering humanitarian aid.

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