Speakers

Conference Keynote Speaker

Dr Franziska Ohnsorge

Chief Economist, South Asia Region, The World Bank

Distinguished Discussants

Dr Shantayanan Devarajan

Professor of the Practice, Chair, International Development Concentration, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya

Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD)

Dr Deepak Mishra

Director & Chief Executive, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)

HIGHLIGHTS OF PANEL SESSIONS

Guest of Honour

Clinton Pobke

Deputy High Commissioner, Australian High Commission, Bangladesh

Special Guest

Professor Rehman Sobhan

Chairman, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD)

CHAIR

Professor Rounaq Jahan

Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD)

Owais Parray

Senior Economic Adviser, UNDP Bangladesh

Ambassador Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury (Retd.)PhD

Former Foreign Advisor, Caretaker Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh

Dr Bazlul Haque Khondker

Chairman, SANEM

Moderator

Dr Selim Raihan

Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka and Executive Director, SANEM

Mahtab Uddin

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka and and Research Director, SANEM, Bangladesh

Presentation by

Dr Mirza M. Hassan

Senior Research Fellow, BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD)

Dr Radhicka Kapoor

Fellow, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (Online)

Dr Selim Raihan

Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka and Executive Director, SANEM

Distinguished Panelists

Dr Ali Riaz

Head of the Constitutional Reform Commission and Distinguished Professor, Illinois State University, USA

Panel Session:
“Building Democratic Political Order in Post Insurrection Bangladesh: Putting Citizens in the Driver's Seat”

Barrister Sara Hossain

Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh

Panel Session:
“Building Democratic Political Order in Post Insurrection Bangladesh: Putting Citizens in the Driver's Seat”

Ruhin Hossain Prince

General Secretary, Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB)

Panel Session:
“Building Democratic Political Order in Post Insurrection Bangladesh: Putting Citizens in the Driver's Seat”

Dr Asif M. Shahan

Professor, Department of Development Studies, University of Dhaka

Panel Session:
“Building Democratic Political Order in Post Insurrection Bangladesh: Putting Citizens in the Driver's Seat”

Sarwar Tusher

Co-convener, Jatiya Nagorik Committee

Panel Session:
“Building Democratic Political Order in Post Insurrection Bangladesh: Putting Citizens in the Driver's Seat”

Dr Selim Raihan

Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka and Executive Director, SANEM

Panel Session:
“Trade and Investment in Turbulent Time”

Dr Zaidi Sattar

Chairman, Policy Research Institute (PRI)

Panel Session:
“Trade and Investment in Turbulent Time”

Dr Mohammad Abdur Razzaque

Chairman, Research and Policy Integration for Development (RAPID)

Panel Session:
“Trade and Investment in Turbulent Time”

Dr M. Masrur Reaz

Chairman & CEO, Policy Exchange of Bangladesh (PEB)

Panel Session:
“Trade and Investment in Turbulent Time”

Dr Shafiun Nahin Shimul

Professor, Institute of Health Economics, University of Dhaka

Panel Session:
“Investing in the Future: Education, Healthcare, and Child Protection for a Resilient Bangladesh”

Dr Rubaiya Murshed

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka

Panel Session:
“Investing in the Future: Education, Healthcare, and Child Protection for a Resilient Bangladesh”

Tashmina Rahman

Senior Education Specialist, The World Bank

Panel Session:
“Investing in the Future: Education, Healthcare, and Child Protection for a Resilient Bangladesh”