Helani Galpaya

LIRNEasia

Chief Executive Officer

Presentation

Helani is CEO of LIRNEasia, a pro-poor, pro-market think tank working on digital and other infrastructure policy and regulatory issues across the Asia-Pacific. Her research centers around digital access, digital inclusion, human rights online, data and algorithmic governance, the information disorder and the regulation of social media, and how digital technology can be used to improve social safety nets. Helani serves on the Board of Editors of the Information Technology and International Development journal and the Board of Directors of the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data. She is a member of the Working Group on Innovation and Commercialisation of the Global Partnership on AI and a member of the AI Capacity Building Working Group of the UN Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development