Agenda
Welcome remarks
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Dominic Ziegler
Senior Asia correspondent and Banyan columnist, The Economist
Dominic Ziegler
Senior Asia correspondent and Banyan columnist, The Economist
September 19th 2022-
09:00 am -9:15Welcome remarks
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02:00 pm -2:45Financing the transition
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04:50 pm -5:35Decentralised energy systems
Dominic Ziegler is The Economist‘s senior Asia correspondent and Banyan columnist. He joined the newspaper in 1986 as a financial reporter. He went on to become Finance Editor, then Washington Correspondent from 1991-94. He was the newspaper’s China Correspondent from 1994-2000, based first in Hong Kong and then Beijing. He went back to London as Finance and Economics Editor in 2001. In 2004 he returned to the United States as an acting Washington Correspondent, and after that stood in for half a year as editor of the BooksDominic Ziegler is The Economist‘s senior Asia correspondent and Banyan columnist. He joined the newspaper in 1986 as a financial reporter. He went on to become Finance Editor, then Washington Correspondent from 1991-94. He was the newspaper’s China Correspondent from 1994-2000, based first in Hong Kong and then Beijing. He went back to London as Finance and Economics Editor in 2001. In 2004 he returned to the United States as an acting Washington Correspondent, and after that stood in for half a year as editor of the Books and Arts section, before serving as Deputy Editor of Intelligent Life, an Economist publication. Mr. Ziegler was Tokyo Bureau Chief from 2005-09 and then founding author of The Economist‘s Banyan column on Asian affairs, before returning to London in late 2010 to take up the position of Asia Editor. and Arts section, before serving as Deputy Editor of Intelligent Life, an Economist publication. Mr. Ziegler was Tokyo Bureau Chief from 2005-09 and then founding author of The Economist‘s Banyan column on Asian affairs, before returning to London in late 2010 to take up the position of Asia Editor.
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Sustainable energy for all in Asia
The Asia-Pacific accounts for a whopping 60% of the global population and has the world’s fastest-rising regional energy demand according to the United Nations (UN). But only around 6.8% of the total energy consumed by the region is from renewable energy sources. What practical and affordable strategies can enable the transition to a sustainable economy? How is the energy transition disrupting traditional models of power transmission and distribution? What key transformations in infrastructure are needed to improve energy efficiency and ensure energy security? How are governments managing these transformations? What does the transition mean for vulnerable and low-income groups?
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Michael Williamson
Section chief, energy division, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Michael Williamson
Section chief, energy division, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
September 19th 2022-
09:20 am -10:10Sustainable energy for all in Asia
UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Michael Williamson is section chief in the energy division of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). Mr Williamson works on regional co-operation for sustainable energy across ESCAP’s 53 member countries, in areas spanning intergovernmental dialogue, technical assistance and research. Prior to this, he was the acting director of ESCAP’s subregional Office for South and South West Asia, overseeing ten countries in the region. He was previously chief of staff and senior adviser to the executive secretary of ESCAP. Mr Williamson began his UN career in 2013 as the head of the Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology, ESCAP’s regional institution based in India.
His experience over the past 20 years covers the private sector, government and international organisations with a focus on sustainable development, energy, technology and climate change. He worked for Australian governments at the state and federal level in climate change, sustainability and energy policy and in humanitarian assignments with the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Mr Williamson holds a master of science in renewable-energy technology from Loughborough University, UK, an honours degree in civil engineering from Monash University, Australia, and a post-graduate diploma in management from the Australian Institute of Management. He is also a graduate of the UN leadership course at the United Nations System Staff College.
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Law Gee Yong
Director, Policy and Planning, Energy Market Authority, Singapore
Law Gee Yong
Director, Policy and Planning, Energy Market Authority, Singapore
September 19th 2022-
09:20 am -10:10Sustainable energy for all in Asia
Gee Yong Law currently leads the policy and planning functions within EMA. Under this, he seeks to chart out the energy sector’s long-term direction and strategies, and ensure that EMA’s policies are coherent and aligned to its overall objectives. He started out in economic regulation and licensing, where he determined the allowable charges for monopoly energy companies and enforced regulations on licensee companies. He subsequently moved into policy, where he worked on climate change, solar and electricity futures policies among others. He also did short attachments with the Australian Energy Regulator and the International Energy Agency.
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Alice C. Hill
David M. Rubenstein senior fellow, Energy and the Environment, Council on Foreign Relations
Alice C. Hill
David M. Rubenstein senior fellow, Energy and the Environment, Council on Foreign Relations
September 19th 2022-
09:20 am -10:10Sustainable energy for all in Asia
Alice C. Hill is an expert on building resilience to catastrophic risks. She previously served as special assistant to President Barack Obama and senior director for Resilience Policy on the National Security Council staff where she led the development of national policy, including executive orders related to natural disasters, national security, and climate change. Prior to this, Ms. Hill served as senior counselor to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). At DHS, she led the formulation of the department’s first-ever climate adaptation plan and the development of strategic plans regarding catastrophic biological and chemical threats, including pandemics. Hill currently serves as the David M. Rubenstein senior fellow for Energy and the Environment at the Council on Foreign Relations and was a research fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. She is the author of The Fight for Climate After COVID-19 and co-author of Building a Resilient Tomorrow. She currently serves on the boards of the Environmental Defense Fund and Munich Re Group’s U.S.-based companies. In 2020, Yale University and the Op-Ed Project awarded her the Public Voices Fellowship on the Climate Crisis.
Earlier in her career, Ms. Hill was a supervising judge on both the Los Angeles Municipal and Superior Courts as well as a federal prosecutor and chief of the white-collar crime unit at the United States Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles, California.
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Jaideep Mukherji
Chief executive, Smart Power India
Jaideep Mukherji
Chief executive, Smart Power India
September 19th 2022-
09:20 am -10:10Sustainable energy for all in Asia
Jaideep Mukherji joined Smart Power India (SPI) in 2015 as the chief executive and member of its board. He leads a multi-sectoral team that uses market-based approaches with private and public collaborations to spur economic development through renewable energy access and
livelihoods in rural India. He is a member of NITI Aayog’s energy sector consultative group.He brings in over three decades of experience in building organizations, managing P&L
and scaling up new initiatives. Previously, Mr. Mukherji was responsible for scaling operations
across India and other Asian markets as managing director – Asia with d.light, a pioneer
in bringing affordable solar lighting devices to developing nations. He also led McCain
Foods’ entry to India & sub-continent, pioneering the development of the frozen foods
market and enabling investments in manufacturing and agriculture supply chain to
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Dominic Ziegler
Senior Asia correspondent and Banyan columnist, The Economist
Dominic Ziegler
Senior Asia correspondent and Banyan columnist, The Economist
September 19th 2022-
09:20 am -10:10Sustainable energy for all in Asia
Dominic Ziegler is The Economist‘s senior Asia correspondent and Banyan columnist. He joined the newspaper in 1986 as a financial reporter. He went on to become Finance Editor, then Washington Correspondent from 1991-94. He was the newspaper’s China Correspondent from 1994-2000, based first in Hong Kong and then Beijing. He went back to London as Finance and Economics Editor in 2001. In 2004 he returned to the United States as an acting Washington Correspondent, and after that stood in for half a year as editor of the BooksDominic Ziegler is The Economist‘s senior Asia correspondent and Banyan columnist. He joined the newspaper in 1986 as a financial reporter. He went on to become Finance Editor, then Washington Correspondent from 1991-94. He was the newspaper’s China Correspondent from 1994-2000, based first in Hong Kong and then Beijing. He went back to London as Finance and Economics Editor in 2001. In 2004 he returned to the United States as an acting Washington Correspondent, and after that stood in for half a year as editor of the Books and Arts section, before serving as Deputy Editor of Intelligent Life, an Economist publication. Mr. Ziegler was Tokyo Bureau Chief from 2005-09 and then founding author of The Economist‘s Banyan column on Asian affairs, before returning to London in late 2010 to take up the position of Asia Editor. and Arts section, before serving as Deputy Editor of Intelligent Life, an Economist publication. Mr. Ziegler was Tokyo Bureau Chief from 2005-09 and then founding author of The Economist‘s Banyan column on Asian affairs, before returning to London in late 2010 to take up the position of Asia Editor.
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Spotlight interview. Towards a sustainable energy future in ASEAN (Virtual)
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Charlotte Wolff-Bye
Vice president and chief sustainability officer, PETRONAS
Charlotte Wolff-Bye
Vice president and chief sustainability officer, PETRONAS
September 19th 2022In June 2021, Charlotte Wolff-Bye took up the role of chief sustainability officer at Malaysia’s national oil company, PETRONAS, where she is charged with turning the company’s net zero carbon emissions by 2050 aspiration into strategy and workable implementation plans delivering both decarbonisation and social progress.
Previously Ms Wolff-Bye worked for the Norwegian energy company Equinor in the role of vice-president of sustainability. At Equinor she delivered the company’s first sustainability strategy that laid the foundation for the company’s low-carbon focus. From 2007 to 2014, she was general manager of corporate responsibility for the global steel and mining company ArcelorMittal. She also spent a decade in the telecommunications sector, most notably at Telefónica and O2. Other previous experiences include working in multilateral lending, music marketing and diplomatic affairs.
Ms Wolff-Bye is a long-standing and active champion of corporate sustainability practices and a frequent top-level speaker, commentator and writer on sustainability, ESG and energy-related matters. She is the recipient of a leadership award by Devex for her contributions to international development. She serves on the board of trustees of the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre.
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Mattie Bekink
China director, Economist Intelligence Corporate Network
Mattie Bekink
China director, Economist Intelligence Corporate Network
September 19th 2022Mattie Bekink is responsible for the Economist Corporate Network’s China strategy, including programme development and client servicing across China. She also provides support to all Economist Corporate Network programmes worldwide with a China component.
Ms Bekink has extensive experience in the public, private and policy sectors. Prior to joining The Economist Group, she was the Executive Director of the Fulbright Commission in the Netherlands. She also ran an eponymous consulting business, advising senior executives from businesses, universities and non-profit organisations on China policy, strategy, public affairs, and corporate social responsibility. Ms Bekink practiced law at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, has worked with the US-Asia Law Initiative at NYU Law School and the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative China Program, and served in the legal department at General Motors China.
Ms Bekink has a BA in International Relations from Stanford University and a JD from the Georgetown University Law Center.
Coffee break
An energy mix for the region’s transition
Asia’s energy transition is critical to reaching net zero globally, given that energy production in the region is still mainly from fossil fuels. What type of energy mix can help balance security, affordability and sustainability while supporting the region’s growth and prosperity and meeting international climate goals?
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Faustine Delasalle
Vice-chair, Energy Transitions Commission
Faustine Delasalle
Vice-chair, Energy Transitions Commission
September 19th 2022-
11:15 am -12:05An energy mix for the region’s transition
Faustine Delasalle is a partner at SYSTEMIQ, where she heads the energy transition platform. She is also the vice chair of the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC), a coalition of global leaders from across the energy landscape, and co–executive director of the Mission Possible Partnership, an alliance of climate leaders focused on decarbonising some of the world’s highest-emitting industries, created by the ETC, RMI, the We Mean Business Coalition and the World Economic Forum.
Ms Delasalle focuses on building coalitions and partnerships to accelerate the transition to net-zero emissions energy systems, working closely with energy providers, energy-intensive industries, finance players and policymakers. She directed the publication of the ETC’s flagship reports Mission Possible (2018) and Making Mission Possible (2020), which describe how to reach net-zero emissions globally by mid-century. She is a regular speaker at conferences and workshops on topics related to the energy transition and industrial decarbonisation.
Ms Delasalle joined SYSTEMIQ and the ETC in 2016. Prior to that, she worked in the public sector (parliament, local authorities), private sector (a tech startup) and third sector (with think-tanks and non-governmental organisations). She is an alumna of SciencesPo Paris and of the London School of Economics and holds degrees in political science and economics. She is also an On Purpose Fellow.
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Tim Gould
Chief energy economist, International Energy Agency
Tim Gould
Chief energy economist, International Energy Agency
September 19th 2022-
11:15 am -12:05An energy mix for the region’s transition
Tim Gould was appointed chief energy economist of the International Energy Agency in 2021. In this role, he provides strategic advice on energy economics across a wide range of IEA activities and analysis. Mr Gould is also head of the division for energy supply and investment outlooks, in which capacity he co-leads the World Energy Outlook, the IEA’s flagship publication, and oversees the agency’s work on investment and finance, including the World Energy Investment report.
Mr Gould joined the IEA in 2008, initially as a specialist on Russian and Caspian energy, and in recent years he has designed and directed the World Energy Outlook together with the IEA’s chief energy modeller while contributing to the Outlook as a principal author. Prior to joining the IEA, Mr Gould worked on European and Eurasian energy issues in Brussels and has ten years of experience in Eastern Europe, primarily in Ukraine. He graduated from Oxford University and has a post-graduate diploma from the School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University.
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Gauri Singh
Deputy director general, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
Gauri Singh
Deputy director general, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
September 19th 2022-
11:15 am -12:05An energy mix for the region’s transition
Gauri Singh is the deputy director-general of the International Renewable Energy Agency. Ms Singh has more than 30 years of experience in policy, advocacy and project implementation in the field of renewable energy and sustainable development from India and the international system.
Prior to joining IRENA, Ms Singh worked within India’s federal government and at the apex level within provincial government. Federally, she was responsible for leading the development of the National Solar Mission of India policy in 2010, an early policy framework designed to drive solar power development across the country.
At the Madhya Pradesh provincial government Ms Singh steered rural development, providing strategic planning and implementation guidance across the state for large initiatives. Her work involved poverty reduction and sustainable development within rural communities. She was also responsible for spearheading initiatives aimed at improving livelihoods for nearly 2m poor women across the state.
In Madhya Pradesh, she led livelihood projects based on decentralised renewable-energy solutions to support rural artisans and ran an ambitious intervention to restore the flow of 40 rivers across the state, based on the use of remote sensing maps. She also played a key role in drafting the framework for the state’s Right to Water Act. Prior to that, she was director of country support and partnerships at IRENA, where she was responsible for regional and country-level initiatives and for spearheading partnerships with regional energy and economic organisations.
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Sanjeev Agarwal
Founder and chief executive, Amplus Solar (member of the PETRONAS Group)
Sanjeev Agarwal
Founder and chief executive, Amplus Solar (member of the PETRONAS Group)
September 19th 2022-
11:15 am -12:05An energy mix for the region’s transition
Sanjeev Aggarwal is the founder and chief executive of Amplus Energy Solutions Pvt Ltd, Asia’s largest distributed solar company. His expertise drives thought leadership in India’s new energy sector with over 25 years of experience working in renewables and thermal energy across power utilities, banks, and consulting companies in India and Europe.
Mr. Aggarwal founded Amplus Solar with a vision of providing Low Carbon Energy solutions. Today, Amplus is one of the leading names in distributed solar industry. The company has scaled up from its first plant of 100 kW in 2014 to 1GW in 2022. Amplus projects are spread over more than 400 projects catering to 250 commercial and industrial customers. Now, the Renewable Energy platform of PETRONAS, Amplus Solar, has diversified into energy storage and electric mobility and is expanding its footprints globally.
Before Amplus, Mr. Aggarwal was the managing director of AES Corporation’s Indian subsidiary. He led the business development team and was involved in AES’s greenfield coal, gas, and hydro projects in Southeast Asia.
Mr. Aggarwal’s work in the sector has been appreciated on multiple platforms. In 2013, he was recognized as a Young Leader by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). Mr. Aggarwal won the Global CEO Award by Finance Monthly for two consecutive years in 2016 and 2017 for leading Amplus Energy on its growth path. Considered one of the Solar Industry’s top influencers, he has been featured in Solar Industry Power List 2017 and awarded leadership awards from Solar Quarter and World Sustainability Congress, among others.
He currently serves on various high-level committees as an industry expert. At FICCI, he is a member of Solar Energy Task Force, Renewable Power Committee, and Renewable CEO Council. He has also served as the co-chair of the CII Northern Region Renewable Committee and a CII National Solar Committee member.
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Sumana Rajarethnam
Director, South-East Asia, Economist Intelligence Corporate Network
Sumana Rajarethnam
Director, South-East Asia, Economist Intelligence Corporate Network
September 19th 2022-
11:15 am -12:05An energy mix for the region’s transition
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02:00 pm -2:45Decarbonising the energy sector
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Ministerial interview (Virtual)
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Arifin Tasrif
Minister, Energy and Mineral Resources, Republic of Indonesia
Arifin Tasrif
Minister, Energy and Mineral Resources, Republic of Indonesia
September 19th 2022-
12:10 pm -12:25Ministerial interview (Virtual)
Arifin Tasrif is the current minister for energy and mineral resources. Previously, he was assigned as Indonesia’s ambassador to Japan from 2017 to 2019. He has broad experience in the fertiliser industry. Prior to his assignment as ambassador, he was chief executive in three different state-owned companies in the fertiliser industry: Pupuk Indonesia, Pupuk Sriwidjaja and Petrokimia Gresik. He studied chemical engineering at the Bandung Institute of Technology and graduated in 1977.
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Simon Cox
Emerging markets editor and senior economics writer, The Economist
Simon Cox
Emerging markets editor and senior economics writer, The Economist
September 19th 2022-
12:10 pm -12:25Ministerial interview (Virtual)
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10:10 am -11:00Geopolitics and the energy market
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11:00 am -11:50Governing the energy transition in Asia
Simon Cox is the Emerging Markets editor at The Economist, based in Hong Kong. He has spent over ten years with the newspaper, including stints in London and Delhi. In 2014, he left journalism to become Managing Director and Asia-Pacific Investment Strategist for BNY Mellon, before returning to the paper in 2016.
During his career at The Economist, Mr Cox has written a variety of special reports and white papers. He has explored the world’s arduous recovery from the global financial crisis (“The Long Climb”, 2009), China’s surprisingly resilient economy (“Pedalling Prosperity”, 2012), the technological ambitions of India and China (“High-tech Hopefuls”, 2007) and Korea’s social and geopolitical divisions (“Parallel Worlds”, 2013).
In 2008, he edited “The Growth Report”, published by the Commission on Growth and Development, chaired by Nobel laureate Michael Spence. He was a contributor to the Oxford Companion to the Economics of China (OUP, 2014) and the originator of the “Li Keqiang index”, an unofficial proxy for China’s growth. He has contributed pieces to the FT’s Alphaville blog and Foreign Policy magazine on the economies of China, Japan and India. He has also been a frequent guest on television and radio, including CNBC, Bloomberg, the BBC and CNN.
He studied at Cambridge, Harvard and the London School of Economics.
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Networking lunch
Concurrent session: roundtable discussion: towards sustainability: propelling Asia’s energy transition
Brought to you by PETRONAS
By invitation only
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Andrew Staples
Regional head (APAC), policy and insights, Economist Impact
Andrew Staples
Regional head (APAC), policy and insights, Economist Impact
September 19th 2022Based in Singapore, Andrew Staples is the Asia Pacific head of policy and insights for Economist Impact. He leads a team across Asia, generating evidence-based insights to inform internal strategy and external engagement for governments, international institutions, corporations, foundations, and NGOs around the world.
Andrew was previously global editorial director of The Economist Corporate Network (ECN), the Economist group’s briefing and advisory service designed to help senior business leaders understand and navigate the local and regional business environment. He regularly chairs and moderates major Economist events, delivers custom briefings to senior executives (including Fortune 500 C-suite) and public figures (including heads of state) in his areas of expertise which include international political economy, foreign direct investment, international trade, corporate strategy and comparative management. He also regularly appears in the international business media (BBC, CNN, CNBC, Channel News Asia). Prior to his move to Singapore in 2016, Andrew was the ECN director, North Asia, covering South Korea and Japan, where he was a long-term resident.
Andrew has a PhD in International Political Economy and an MSc in East Asian Business, both from the University of Sheffield, UK. He was a Ministry of Education research scholar at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo (2001-2003) and before joining The Economist Group, Andrew pursued an academic career holding both tenured and adjunct posts at leading universities and business schools in Japan and the UK. He has published widely in his areas of expertise and major publications include Responses to Regionalism in East Asia: Japanese Production Networks in the Automotive Sector published as part of the Palgrave Macmillan Asian Business Series and chapters in edited volumes including Asian Inward and Outward FDI: New Challenges in the Global Economy and popular textbooks including Asian Business and Management. Andrew was also previously a Senior Editor for the internationally peer reviewed journal Asian Business and Management.
Financing the transition
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has been re-emphasising that governments should consider the structural benefits of increasingly competitive renewables, such as economic development and job creation, alongside the emission reductions and encouragement for technology innovation. In the Asia-Pacific region, which renewables make the best investments: offshore wind, floating solar or hydro? How is the market promoting investment in more efficient and cleaner energy technologies, and how are investors looking at renewables from a sustainability perspective?
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Nikki Kemp
Director, Sustainable Development Investment Partnership (SDIP) ASEAN Hub, World Economic Forum
Nikki Kemp
Director, Sustainable Development Investment Partnership (SDIP) ASEAN Hub, World Economic Forum
September 19th 2022-
02:00 pm -2:45Financing the transition
Nikki Kemp is a banking and finance executive with a diverse skill set in environmental and social sustainability, stakeholder engagement and strategic leadership, cultivated through several decades of experience in banking and finance, startup and non-governmental sectors. Recognising the need for systemic and often complex interventions to make meaningful, positive change, Ms Kemp is passionate about creating strategic partnerships to advance sustainable development in Asia-Pacific, with high-impact, scalable finance and investment.
Currently leading the World Economic Forum’s Sustainable Development Investment Partnership in Asia-Pacific, Ms Kemp engages public- and private-sector actors to create the conditions for capital to flow to sustainable development. Projects include working with APAC countries on sustainable investment pathways, just transition for the energy sector and a quality natural capital market.
This transformative impact agenda draws on her experience analysing risk and return, negotiating complex multi-stakeholder priorities and generating client solutions across corporate and institutional banking in Australia, the UK and Asia-Pacific; operating an independent sustainable finance consultancy in Asia-Pacific; and as a co-founder of an energy efficiency fintech. Ms Kemp has also served on various not-for-profit boards and committees for sustainability and social development agendas for children and youth.
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David Morgado
Senior energy specialist, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, Asian Development Bank
David Morgado
Senior energy specialist, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, Asian Development Bank
September 19th 2022-
02:00 pm -2:45Financing the transition
David Morgado has been senior energy specialist at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) since November 2021. He provides operational support to regional and private-sector departments and contributes to knowledge work on emerging new technologies in the energy sector. Prior to joining ADB, Mr Morgado was senior energy policy specialist at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). He was responsible for supporting the implementation of AIIB’s energy strategy, identifying investment opportunities and assisting with project preparation.
Previously he worked at the International Energy Agency’s energy efficiency in emerging economies programme to scale up energy efficiency activities that generate economy-wide benefits with governments from major emerging economies including Brazil, India and Mexico. He has also worked for the International Institute for Energy Conservation in Thailand, as an energy specialist and project manager, providing technical assistance to governments, utilities and international development agencies including the ADB, World Bank, International Finance Corporation, UN Development Programme, UN Environment Programme and Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation forum. His work has covered energy efficiency, demand-side management and renewable energy across Asia-Pacific and Africa.
Mr Morgado is an environmental engineer with an MSc in environmental sustainability from the University of Edinburgh.
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Russell Tham
Joint head, Enterprise Development Group (Singapore); head, strategic development, Temasek
Russell Tham
Joint head, Enterprise Development Group (Singapore); head, strategic development, Temasek
September 19th 2022-
02:00 pm -2:45Financing the transition
Russell Tham is joint head of the enterprise development group and head of strategic development at Temasek, with a focus on building new businesses and investing in high-potential science and technology early-stage ventures, respectively. He joined Temasek in May 2020 after two years at ST Engineering, where he was president of new enterprises and ventures. Prior to that, Mr Tham was president at Applied Materials, a technology company headquartered in Silicon Valley. He led the regional business and oversaw the expansion of the company’s Singapore infrastructure expansion into manufacturing, supply chain, R&D and product development for global markets. He holds a bachelor of mechanical engineering from the National University of Singapore.
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Dominic Ziegler
Senior Asia correspondent and Banyan columnist, The Economist
Dominic Ziegler
Senior Asia correspondent and Banyan columnist, The Economist
September 19th 2022-
09:00 am -9:15Welcome remarks
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02:00 pm -2:45Financing the transition
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04:50 pm -5:35Decentralised energy systems
Dominic Ziegler is The Economist‘s senior Asia correspondent and Banyan columnist. He joined the newspaper in 1986 as a financial reporter. He went on to become Finance Editor, then Washington Correspondent from 1991-94. He was the newspaper’s China Correspondent from 1994-2000, based first in Hong Kong and then Beijing. He went back to London as Finance and Economics Editor in 2001. In 2004 he returned to the United States as an acting Washington Correspondent, and after that stood in for half a year as editor of the BooksDominic Ziegler is The Economist‘s senior Asia correspondent and Banyan columnist. He joined the newspaper in 1986 as a financial reporter. He went on to become Finance Editor, then Washington Correspondent from 1991-94. He was the newspaper’s China Correspondent from 1994-2000, based first in Hong Kong and then Beijing. He went back to London as Finance and Economics Editor in 2001. In 2004 he returned to the United States as an acting Washington Correspondent, and after that stood in for half a year as editor of the Books and Arts section, before serving as Deputy Editor of Intelligent Life, an Economist publication. Mr. Ziegler was Tokyo Bureau Chief from 2005-09 and then founding author of The Economist‘s Banyan column on Asian affairs, before returning to London in late 2010 to take up the position of Asia Editor. and Arts section, before serving as Deputy Editor of Intelligent Life, an Economist publication. Mr. Ziegler was Tokyo Bureau Chief from 2005-09 and then founding author of The Economist‘s Banyan column on Asian affairs, before returning to London in late 2010 to take up the position of Asia Editor.
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Decarbonising the energy sector
Electricity and heat producers are the highest emitters of carbon dioxide in Asia, releasing more than 8.4 billion tonnes in 2019. Where does Asia’s energy sector stand in the race to net-zero emissions? What is needed to work together on a path towards decarbonisation and net zero by 2050? How can digitalisation, automation and technological advances play a role in making transitions to clean energy?
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Zhang Lili
Senior scientist, A*STAR’s Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment (ISCE2)
Zhang Lili
Senior scientist, A*STAR’s Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment (ISCE2)
September 19th 2022-
02:00 pm -2:45Decarbonising the energy sector
Lili Zhang is a senior research scientist at the Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment (ISCE2), established by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore (A*STAR). Her expertise is in green catalysis, sustainable processes, waste upcycling, hydrogen gas production, carbon-based materials, and their applications in energy storage and catalysis.
Ms Zhang worked as a process engineer at Micron between 2004 and 2006, and as a research engineer in 2010 and 2011 at the National University of Singapore. She then continued her research at the University of Texas at Austin in 2011 and 2012 as a research fellow.
She has been listed as a global Highly Cited Researcher, which recognises world-class researchers with the greatest impact on the research community. Her research interest is in advanced materials for energy storage and conversion, fundamental materials chemistry and physics, electrochemistry, electrocatalysis, and synthesis and study of novel catalytic materials. Her research has led to more than 90 publications in high-impact international peer-reviewed journals with more than 19,000 citations. She received her BEng and PhD degrees in chemical and biomolecular engineering in 2004 and 2011, respectively, from the National University of Singapore.
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Xinying Tok
Head. Southeast Asia, Carbon Trust
Xinying Tok
Head. Southeast Asia, Carbon Trust
September 19th 2022-
02:00 pm -2:45Decarbonising the energy sector
Xinying Tok has over 12 years’ experience working as a banker, an ESG consultant, and a philanthropic grantmaker in Southeast Asia and China. She has worked with governments, companies, large institutional investors and philanthropic entities on issues like energy transition, electric mobility, clean cooling, ESG and green finance to accelerate the low carbon transition in Asia for the last 8 years. She currently leads and grows the Carbon Trust team in Singapore to be the trusted and expert Net Zero guide for business, governments, and organizations across Southeast Asia.
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Som Shantanu
President, Engineering, Asia, Gas Power
Som Shantanu
President, Engineering, Asia, Gas Power
September 19th 2022-
02:00 pm -2:45Decarbonising the energy sector
As the Asia engineering leader, Som Shantanu is responsible for leading the engineering function to deliver on customer needs and business priorities and supporting the entire engineering life-cycle of GE’s gas power technologies in Asia.
During his 26-year career within the power generation, transmission and distribution industry, Mr Shantanu has served the conventional power generation space ranging from steam, diesel and gas plants in various capacities including operation and maintenance, testing and commission, design, and engineering. Throughout this period, he operated in four different countries at eight different locations.
After having worked in various roles at companies such as INDAL, Power Systems Consultants, Enron and International Power for 14 years, Mr Shantanu joined GE in 2007 as product service engineer in the MEA region. In 2016, he moved to Singapore to help build and strengthen the gas power engineering muscle in Asia. During his stay in MEA, he published two patents in the power generation and protection space.
Mr Shantanu completed a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering at the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India, in 1993. He completed his master’s degree in business administration in 2012 at Walden University, US.
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Sumana Rajarethnam
Director, South-East Asia, Economist Intelligence Corporate Network
Sumana Rajarethnam
Director, South-East Asia, Economist Intelligence Corporate Network
September 19th 2022-
11:15 am -12:05An energy mix for the region’s transition
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02:00 pm -2:45Decarbonising the energy sector
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Hard-to-decarbonise sectors
Heavy industries such as infrastructure, chemicals and cement are some of the toughest sectors to decarbonise—but doing so will be critical to meeting global emission targets by 2050.
How do these sectors achieve decarbonisation? How should they be reassessing their business operations? What significant steps can they take to cut emissions at the speed and scale the world needs?
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Sanjay C Kuttan
Chief technology officer, Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation
Sanjay C Kuttan
Chief technology officer, Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation
September 19th 2022-
02:50 pm -3:35Hard-to-decarbonise sectors
Sanjay Kuttan has held various positions in the private and public sectors across his career. Prior to joining GCMD, he was the executive director of the Singapore Maritime Institute. He also spent more than two years as a programme director and senior scientist at the Energy Research Institute at Nanyang Technological University, where he managed the National Research Foundation–funded Smart Multi-Energy System project.
His experience in the private sector has primarily been in the oil and gas and energy sectors. His roles have included line management and business development at ExxonMobil; management consulting at McKinsey in the areas of refining operational improvements, fuels and lubes retail strategy, and transformation of corporate performance culture; director of industry development for the Energy Market Authority, where he oversaw three key clean-technology projects; and business leadership with DNV GL, where he was engaged in smart grids and power systems, renewables and grid integration, energy efficiency, electricity markets and energy policy.
Mr Kuttan is currently a council member of the Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore (2011) and a member of the Singapore Ministry of Trade and Industry’s Pro-Enterprise Panel (2019). In 2020, he was appointed to the management committee of Ecolabs Centre of Innovation for Energy, advisory board for Qi Square and district councillor for the Central Singapore Community Development Council.
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Jarrod Leak
Chief executive, Australian Alliance for Energy Productivity (A2EP)
Jarrod Leak
Chief executive, Australian Alliance for Energy Productivity (A2EP)
September 19th 2022-
02:50 pm -3:35Hard-to-decarbonise sectors
Jarrod Leak has taken the lead as chief executive of the Australian Alliance for Energy Productivity (A2EP) after a long career with Swedish engineering company Alfa Laval, most recently as managing director and cluster president for its Oceania and South-east Asian operations. Mr Leak has a great depth of experience across a range of industries, with significant expertise in implementing innovative technology-based sustainability and energy productivity solutions.
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Rana Karadsheh-Haddad
Regional director, manufacturing, agribusiness and services, Asia and Pacific East, IFC
Rana Karadsheh-Haddad
Regional director, manufacturing, agribusiness and services, Asia and Pacific East, IFC
September 19th 2022-
02:50 pm -3:35Hard-to-decarbonise sectors
Rana Karadsheh-Haddad has over 25 years of experience in the field of international investing and finance. She is currently regional industry director of manufacturing, agribusiness and services for Asia-Pacific with the International Finance Corporation (IFC). Ms Karadsheh-Haddad leads a team of 115 professionals across 16 regional offices across East Asia, South Asia and the Pacific within the strategic areas across the real sector. In this role, she is responsible for the overall strategy, P&L and development impact of an asset base of over to US$6bn and annual capital deployment of US$2bn across debt and equity investments.
Before taking her current role, Ms Karadsheh-Haddad was country manager leading IFC’s operations in Singapore. Prior to this, she was the Europe, Middle East and North Africa head for the global chemicals group. Her deals have included debt, equity and quasi-equity transactions in Europe, Latin America, Asia and the Middle East for new ventures, expansions, operational turnarounds and acquisitions in a range of sectors.
She holds an MBA and an MA in international economics from George Washington University and a BA in economics and French from the University of Michigan.
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Chris Stavinoha
General manager, CCUS Solutions, Asia Pacific & Middle East, Chevron New Energies
Chris Stavinoha
General manager, CCUS Solutions, Asia Pacific & Middle East, Chevron New Energies
September 19th 2022-
02:50 pm -3:35Hard-to-decarbonise sectors
Chris Stavinoha has nearly 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry with a diverse background, including drilling, exploration and development engineering, upstream and midstream project development and execution, conventional and unconventional asset management, in both operational and business leadership roles.
Mr. Stavinoha serves as a general manager of CCUS solutions in Chevron’s New Energies Business Unit where he has accountability for the development and execution of CCUS opportunities and projects in the Asia Pacific and Middle Regions. In his previous role with Chevron Mr. Stavinoha served as the project director on a novel Biomass Energy Carbon Capture Sequestration (BECCS) Joint Venture Project located in California.
Prior to joining Chevron, Mr. Stavinoha served as vice president of Capital Projects for Noble Midstream Partners (NYSE: NBLX) and as a director of Capital Projects for Noble Energy (NYSE: NBL). Prior to these roles, Mr. Stavinoha served as an executive vice president for London Offshore Consultants.
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Richard Ensor
South East Asia correspondent , The Economist
Richard Ensor
South East Asia correspondent , The Economist
September 19th 2022-
02:50 pm -3:35Hard-to-decarbonise sectors
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09:45 am -10:05Spotlight interview
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09:45 am -10:00Ministerial interview
Richard Ensor has been The Economist’s Ukraine correspondent since 2021 and covers politics, society and business in Ukraine and its neighbourhood. Prior to this, he was the correspondent for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, writing about a dozen countries while based in Mexico City. He joined the newspaper in London in 2015 as a social-media intern before becoming deputy news editor, where he helped oversee The Economist’s news and online operations. He has appeared on several news channels on its behalf, including CNN, Al Jazeera and the BBC.
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The future of renewable energy
Asia has ambitious renewable energy targets, but its demand for fossil fuels is nonetheless set to rise sharply over the next few years. So what type of energy mix (including coal, oil, gas, nuclear, wind, solar and hydro) can help balance security, affordability and sustainability while supporting the region’s growth and meeting international climate goals? How can countries prepare for a new energy future? How can they manage supply and demand as the energy mix changes? What innovations in energy storage can smooth the transition to lower-emission sources?
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Nathalie Ledanois
Director, Knowledge and Data, REN21
Nathalie Ledanois
Director, Knowledge and Data, REN21
September 19th 2022-
02:55 pm -3:40The future of renewable energy
At REN21, Nathalie Ledanois leads on the subjects of finance and investment, looking at these topics from the perspective of renewable energy. Her role includes being a driving force of the annual Renewables Global Status Report (GSR) which tracks worldwide trends and developments in renewable energy policy, markets and industries, energy access and contemporary issues, including system integration of renewables.
Previously, Ms. Ledanois worked on resource assessment, analysing policies and statistics, and has managed and supported projects including utility-scale solar and wind development, hydropower plants refurbishment, biofuel projects for aviation, small PV projects’ bankability.
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Peggy Stasinos
Director, Strategic Relationships – LETS, CSIRO
Peggy Stasinos
Director, Strategic Relationships – LETS, CSIRO
September 19th 2022-
02:55 pm -3:40The future of renewable energy
Peggy Stasinos leads CSIRO’s partnership and business development efforts around the Low Emissions Technology Statement (LETS). In this role, she leads engagement with key stakeholders to develop and co-design engagement plans aligned with the partnership objectives, including co-funded research and demonstration projects that drive down the costs of low emissions technologies. As part of this role, she oversees the entirety of the international LETS engagement to broaden and strengthen CSIRO’s presence. Previously she led business development efforts for a number of CSIRO business units, most notably the energy business unit where she was responsible for leading and implementing the business development and growth strategy to achieve and grow impact and revenue aligned with sector needs, business unit strategy and CSIRO’s corporate plan. Ms Stasinos is an engineer by training with an MBA and with a keen interest in technologies to achieve a net zero emissions future.
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Sama Bilbao y León
Director general, World Nuclear Association
Sama Bilbao y León
Director general, World Nuclear Association
September 19th 2022-
02:55 pm -3:40The future of renewable energy
Sama Bilbao y León became director-general of the World Nuclear Association in October 2020. Ms Bilbao y León has more than 20 years of experience in nuclear engineering and energy policy. She has a diverse professional experience, having worked in the nuclear industry (nuclear safety analysis engineer, Dominion Energy, US), in academia (director of nuclear engineering programmes and associate professor at the department of mechanical and nuclear engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, US) and in international organisations (head of the division of nuclear technology development and economics at the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency; head of the technical secretariat for the Generation IV International Forum; and head of the water-cooled reactors technology development unit, International Atomic Energy Agency). She holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s degree in energy technologies from the Polytechnic University of Madrid; a master’s degree and a PhD in nuclear engineering and engineering physics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison; and an MBA from Averett University. Ms Bilbao y León is one of the seven founders of the North American Young Generation in Nuclear.
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Andrew Staples
Regional head (APAC), Policy & Insights, Economist Impact
Andrew Staples
Regional head (APAC), Policy & Insights, Economist Impact
September 19th 2022-
02:55 pm -3:40The future of renewable energy
Based in Singapore, Andrew Staples is the Asia Pacific regional head (APAC), policy and insights, Economist Impact. He leads a team of editors and analysts who deploy best-in-class research and analytical methodologies to meet client needs.
Dr Staples was previously global editorial director of The Economist Corporate Network (ECN). In this role he led a team of editorial directors across Asia, the Middle East and Africa who help senior business leaders understand and navigate the local and regional business environment. He regularly chairs and moderates major Economist events, delivers custom briefings to senior executives (including Fortune 500 C-suite) and public figures (including heads of state) in his areas of expertise that include international political economy, foreign direct investment, international trade, corporate strategy and comparative management, and regularly appears in the international media (BBC, CNN, CNBC, Channel News Asia). Andrew was previously director, ECN, North Asia covering South Korea and Japan, where he was a long-term resident.
Dr Staples has a PhD in International Political Economy and an MSc in East Asian Business, both from the University of Sheffield, UK. He was a Ministry of Education research scholar at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo (2001-2003) and before joining The Economist Group, Dr Staples pursued an academic career holding both tenured and adjunct posts at leading universities and business schools in Japan and the UK. He has published widely in his areas of expertise and major publications include Responses to Regionalism in East Asia: Japanese Production Networks in the Automotive Sector published as part of the Palgrave Macmillan Asian Business Series and chapters in edited volumes including Asian Inward and Outward FDI: New Challenges in the Global Economy and popular textbooks including Asian Business and Management. Andrew was also previously a Senior Editor for the internationally peer reviewed journal Asian Business and Management.
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Coffee break
Coal to gas: a bridge to sustainability
At COP26, more than 40 countries pledged to move away from coal by shifting more generation to natural gas. Developed countries have pledged new support to help developing ones make the transition. What does this mean for Asia? Which plans to shift from coal in developing countries most need financial support from the developed world? How can Asia scale up clean power and ensure a fair transition away from coal?
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Paul Baruya
Director, Strategy and Sustainability, World Coal Association
Paul Baruya
Director, Strategy and Sustainability, World Coal Association
September 19th 2022-
04:05 pm -4:45Coal to gas: a bridge to sustainability
- Paul Baruya is the Director of Strategy and Sustainability at the World Coal Association. He comes with a background in long-term coal markets and power generation analysis and has also been a regular contributor to the IEA World Energy Outlook since 2009.
Previous work experience includes (IHS) Global Insight as a coal, gas, and power forecast analyst and an environmental consultant at AEA Technology (now Ricardo) where he devised the New Entrant Reserve CO2 allocation for new power plants and industrial facilities.
Having a strong academic background, his past studies have included the cost structures of mining and infrastructure and a variety of studies on international coal trade, coal and gas competition in Asia, coal and power prospects in frontier economies in Africa, general market and technical aspects of the coal supply chain, and also global biomass resources.
More recently Mr. Baruya has examined the role of modern low-carbon coal technologies in a net zero future, the strategic role of coal in developed and developing economies, and coking coal as a critical commodity.
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Karthik Sathyamoorthy
President, AG&P LNG Terminals and Logistics
Karthik Sathyamoorthy
President, AG&P LNG Terminals and Logistics
September 19th 2022-
04:05 pm -4:45Coal to gas: a bridge to sustainability
Karthik Sathyamoorthy is the president of AG&P’s LNG terminals and logistics business based in Singapore. Mr Sathyamoorthy is responsible for LNG terminal development, sourcing, demand aggregation and integrated LNG-fired gas-to-power opportunities globally. He is currently leading AG&P’s LNG terminal projects that are under development in the Philippines and India.
Mr Sathyamoorthy previously worked for the Galway Group, where he was responsible for its operations globally. Before joining Galway Singapore in 2011, he had extensive gas and LNG transactional and commercial experience working for Wood Mackenzie, HSBC and Crisil. He has managed the development of new LNG import terminals, small-scale LNG, LNG ship scheduling, contracting and commercial negotiations across South-east Asia, North Asia and the Middle East.
Mr Sathyamoorthy has also been involved in a number of capital-raising and investment opportunities across the gas value chain. Other assignments have included pan-Asian and country-specific gas strategies, LNG procurement studies, gas/LNG pricing studies and storage studies. He holds an electrical engineering degree from the National Institute of Technology in Karnataka, India, and an MBA in oil and gas management from the University of Petroleum and Energy in Dehradun, India.
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Hendra Sinadia
Executive director, Indonesian Coal Mining Association
Hendra Sinadia
Executive director, Indonesian Coal Mining Association
September 19th 2022-
04:05 pm -4:45Coal to gas: a bridge to sustainability
Hendra Sinadia assumed the role as APBI-ICMA’s executive director in October 2017. He joined the association in October 2013 as the deputy executive director. Prior to joining APBI-ICMA, Mr Sinadia served as the executive secretary of the Indonesian Mining Association (IMA). Mr Sinadia has been in the mining industry for more than 16 years. He first started his career in the industry when worked for PT Freeport Indonesia in 2002-2008 with his latest position at the company was as the company’s chief attorney. After leaving Freeport, Mr Sinadia served as president director of PT. Vale Eksplorasi Indonesia in 2010 – 2011.
Mr Sinadia is currently the vice-chairman of Indonesian Mining Institute and director at PT Indo Minerba Insani which he co-founded on 2013. Prior to work in the mining industry, Mr Sinadia worked as the senior legal consultant at Roosdiono & Partners and as the senior tax consultant at Prasetio Utomo Consult (a member firm of Arthur Andersen ).
Mr Sinadia received his degrees from Faculty of Law, Hasanuddin University Makassar and Master of Business Administration, Westcoast University, California. He also joined the energy and mineral resources committee of the Indonesian Employer Association (APINDO).
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Ritu Bhandari
Manager, policy & insights, Economist Impact
Ritu Bhandari
Manager, policy & insights, Economist Impact
September 19th 2022-
04:05 pm -4:45Coal to gas: a bridge to sustainability
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04:50 pm -5:35Building Asia's cities of the future
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10:40 am -11:25Speeding the adoption of solar energy
Ritu Bhandari is a manager with the Policy and Insights team at Economist Impact. She has over seven years of experience working in a wide range of public policy topics including food security, technology and sustainability. At Economist Impact, she manages research programs for private-sector, governments and NGO clients in Asia, covering topics like agriculture and food, climate and sustainability, and technology.
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Smart power grids for a sustainable energy transition
Power grids were built for times when a simpler energy mix prevailed. Now they must be modernised to adapt. How do we ensure that they can deliver the resilient and reliable electricity the world will depend on for its net-zero future? What smart technologies, platforms and algorithms will contribute to improving grids for the short and long terms? How can technology help ease grid congestion and integrate renewables into the region’s energy mix?
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Akbar Dwi Wahyono
Power, fossil fuels, alternative energy and storage (PFS) officer, ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE)
Akbar Dwi Wahyono
Power, fossil fuels, alternative energy and storage (PFS) officer, ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE)
September 19th 2022-
04:05 pm -4:45Smart power grids for a sustainable energy transition
Akbar Dwi Wahyono, a technical officer at Power, Fossil Fuel, Alternative Energy and Storage Department at ASEAN Centre for Energy. He has expertise in energy policy and energy connectivity. Currently, his current project is the ASEAN Interconnection Masterplan Study (AIMS III).
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Pratap Raju
Country head - India, New Energy Nexus
Pratap Raju
Country head - India, New Energy Nexus
September 19th 2022-
04:05 pm -4:45Smart power grids for a sustainable energy transition
Pratap Raju is an expert in climate and cleantech innovation in India and the global south. He is currently chief executive of Climate Collective and India country director for New Energy Nexus, a leading ecosystem of funds and accelerators supporting diverse clean-energy entrepreneurs.
A graduate of Harvard and Oxford Universities, Mr Raju has been an entrepreneur for the past 20 years in IT, media, renewable energy and now climate. He developed 84-MW solar and wind plants in India and co-founded My Mosambi, a crowdfunding platform for more inclusive solar projects. In 2018 he co-founded Climate Angels, which aims to accelerate the flow of early stage capital into South and South-east Asia’s climate tech sector.
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Victor Nian
Founder and chief executive, Centre for Strategic Energy and Resources (CSER)
Victor Nian
Founder and chief executive, Centre for Strategic Energy and Resources (CSER)
September 19th 2022-
04:05 pm -4:45Smart power grids for a sustainable energy transition
Dr Victor Nian is the co-founder and chief executive officer of the Centre for Strategic Energy and Resources, an independent think-and-do tank with a global headquarters in
Singapore. Dr Nian advises public and private organisations on energy strategy, industrial and climate policy, technology management, digital transformation, hydrogen economy, and other energy transition and sustainable development related issues. He is recognised as one of the go-to-persons on nuclear energy in Southeast Asia. In the spirit of “research and innovation without borders”, he established a global virtual laboratory hosting a network of experts from more than 20 countries. He is a founding member, elected council member, and elected honorary general secretary of the International Society for Energy Transition Studies, a professional society with more than 300 members from over 40 countries.He was previously a visiting fellow of the Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge, an Adjunct Full professor of Tianjin University of Commerce, a senior energy expert of government linked think tanks, and an entrepreneur in carbon and sustainability consulting business.
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Gillian Parker
Senior manager, Policy and Insights, Economist Impact
Gillian Parker
Senior manager, Policy and Insights, Economist Impact
September 19th 2022-
04:05 pm -4:45Smart power grids for a sustainable energy transition
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02:20 pm -3:05Electric mobility in a smart city
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02:20 pm -3:05The role of oil and gas companies in the energy transition
Gillian Parker is a senior manager at Economist Impact and is currently based in Singapore. Previous to this role, she was deputy editor for Eco-Business, a news site and business intelligence firm specialising in sustainability issues across Asia. Before moving to Singapore in 2019, Ms Parker lived in sub-Saharan Africa for nearly a decade. She worked in Johannesburg and Lagos as a risk analyst, helping firms operate in challenging environments and navigate regulatory and political instability, ethno-religious conflict and community relations. Before that, she was reporting as a journalist across a dozen countries for The Economist, TIME and Voice of America, among other international outlets. Ms Parker was also a contributor to The Economist Intelligence Unit, focusing on bespoke reports and indexes on a range of topics including food security, small and medium-sized enterprises in Nigeria and Islamic finance. She has an MSc in African and Asian politics from SOAS.
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Decentralised energy systems
Decentralised energy systems can supplement existing centralised ones. What are the most promising opportunities that decentralisation offers for the development of renewable energy sources? How can a decentralised energy system provide more accessible and cleaner energy to communities? How can we assess the return on investment in decentralisation? What can be done to reskill the workforce to service and operate decentralised generation, storage and distribution systems?
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David Lecoque
Chief executive, Alliance for Rural Electrification
David Lecoque
Chief executive, Alliance for Rural Electrification
September 19th 2022-
04:50 pm -5:35Decentralised energy systems
David Lecoque leads the Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE), the oldest and largest global business association for distributed renewables and rural electrification in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Together with the ARE board and his world-class team, Mr Lecoque initiated and drives ARE’s rapid scale-up and cements its reputation as the voice of the private sector and other stakeholders delivering on SDG7.
Prior to ARE, Mr Lecoque practised and qualified as an energy and environment lawyer at top-tier international law firms Liedekerke and CMS. He focused on both advisory and litigation around power market design, tariffs, renewable-energy support schemes, permitting, energy-related taxation, IPP contracting, waste and pollution.
Mr Lecoque holds an LLM in European law from the College of Europe and a master of laws from the Free University of Brussels. He also graduated from the International Business Institute International Trade Executive Programme. He is a certified PRINCE2 Practitioner project management expert and is currently enrolled in an energy and climate finance programme.
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Tseng King Jet
Professor and director of programmes, engineering, Singapore Institute of Technology
Tseng King Jet
Professor and director of programmes, engineering, Singapore Institute of Technology
September 19th 2022-
04:50 pm -5:35Decentralised energy systems
King-Jet Tseng is professor and leader for electrical power engineering at Singapore Institute of Technology. He is also serving concurrently as the director of programmes and engineering at SIT. Professor Tseng has more than 30 years of academic, research, industrial and professional experience in electrical power and energy systems. He has been head of the power engineering division at Nanyang Technological University and a board member of the Singapore Green Building Council. He co-founded the Singapore–Berkeley Building Efficiency and Sustainability for the Tropics (SinBerBEST) programme, funded by Singapore’s National Research Foundation, and the Electrical Power Systems Integration Laboratory @ NTU, a Rolls-Royce research facility. He has graduated more than 30 PhD students, published more than 300 papers and inspired a number of technology startup companies. He is a fellow of IEEE, IET and IES and registered as a chartered engineer with the Engineering Council (UK). He received a BEng (first-class) and MEng from the National University of Singapore and a PhD from Cambridge University.
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Kristina Skierka
Founder and chief executive, Power for All
Kristina Skierka
Founder and chief executive, Power for All
September 19th 2022-
04:50 pm -5:35Decentralised energy systems
Kristina Skierka is the chief executive of Power for All, a global campaign to accelerate the end of energy poverty. She manages an international team that has built a coalition of more than 300 partners and launched initiatives to accelerate the adoption of decentralised renewable energy in numerous countries including Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone, India, Ethiopia and Uganda. Ms Skierka has over 20 years of experience in the energy sector. With a global reputation for her work to advance clean technologies, she is regularly cited as an expert on distributed energy, renewables and sustainability, and has been featured in the New York Times, Greentech Media, Forbes and the Huffington Post. Ms Skierka was named Energy Foundation’s senior fellow in 2009 and was a finalist for both the 2015 Clean Energy Ministerial’s C3E award and the 2016 Climate Solutions Accelerator. She has been named one of the African Power and Energy Elites for 2020 by ESI Africa. Ms Skierka is based in San Francisco, California.
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Dominic Ziegler
Senior Asia correspondent and Banyan columnist, The Economist
Dominic Ziegler
Senior Asia correspondent and Banyan columnist, The Economist
September 19th 2022-
09:00 am -9:15Welcome remarks
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02:00 pm -2:45Financing the transition
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04:50 pm -5:35Decentralised energy systems
Dominic Ziegler is The Economist‘s senior Asia correspondent and Banyan columnist. He joined the newspaper in 1986 as a financial reporter. He went on to become Finance Editor, then Washington Correspondent from 1991-94. He was the newspaper’s China Correspondent from 1994-2000, based first in Hong Kong and then Beijing. He went back to London as Finance and Economics Editor in 2001. In 2004 he returned to the United States as an acting Washington Correspondent, and after that stood in for half a year as editor of the BooksDominic Ziegler is The Economist‘s senior Asia correspondent and Banyan columnist. He joined the newspaper in 1986 as a financial reporter. He went on to become Finance Editor, then Washington Correspondent from 1991-94. He was the newspaper’s China Correspondent from 1994-2000, based first in Hong Kong and then Beijing. He went back to London as Finance and Economics Editor in 2001. In 2004 he returned to the United States as an acting Washington Correspondent, and after that stood in for half a year as editor of the Books and Arts section, before serving as Deputy Editor of Intelligent Life, an Economist publication. Mr. Ziegler was Tokyo Bureau Chief from 2005-09 and then founding author of The Economist‘s Banyan column on Asian affairs, before returning to London in late 2010 to take up the position of Asia Editor. and Arts section, before serving as Deputy Editor of Intelligent Life, an Economist publication. Mr. Ziegler was Tokyo Bureau Chief from 2005-09 and then founding author of The Economist‘s Banyan column on Asian affairs, before returning to London in late 2010 to take up the position of Asia Editor.
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Building Asia's cities of the future
Cities are at the front line of the energy transition. According to the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, more than 2.3 billion people live in Asia’s often gigantic urban sprawls, and to avoid the threats of climate change and air pollution they must use energy more efficiently. Cities also account for about 75% of global primary energy use. Buildings and construction are responsible for 39% of global energy-related carbon emissions according to the World Green Building Council. How can cities lead the way in the energy transition? Which trends, innovations and recent developments in sustainable energy hold the most promise? And how should urban planners weigh the different costs, risks and potential benefits? Are current efforts to make buildings greener sufficient?
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Mikael Jakobsson
President, Asia Pacific Urban Energy Association
Mikael Jakobsson
President, Asia Pacific Urban Energy Association
September 19th 2022-
04:50 pm -5:35Building Asia's cities of the future
Mikael Jakobsson has 20 years of experience in integrated urban energy systems and district energy, with expertise in energy planning, project development and system optimisation. He has specialist knowledge in district energy design optimisation and operation optimisation through seamless thermal, hydraulic steady-state and transient-state analysis.
Mr Jakobsson started his career developing the Stockholm integrated urban energy system, and in the past 15 years he has developed and executed around 100 urban and industrial energy projects in Asia, now led by the Swedish consulting company NXITY. He has vast international experience in Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and Asia-Pacific.
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Brandon Ng
Co-founder and chief executive, Ampd
Brandon Ng
Co-founder and chief executive, Ampd
September 19th 2022-
04:50 pm -5:35Building Asia's cities of the future
Brandon Ng is co-founder and chief executive of Ampd Energy, a company that is electrifying the construction industry in pursuit of an emission-free future for construction: a carbon reduction opportunity of 240m tonnes per year. The company pioneered the use of energy storage systems in construction with its core product, the Enertainer. Today, over 120 Enertainers power 80 major construction projects across Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia without diesel and have collectively avoided 15,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide and removed 30,000 cars of air pollution.
Mr Ng is a 2017 Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 honouree, a 2018 Unreasonable Entrepreneur, a 2020 Meaningful Business 100 Leader and a 2021 Tatler GenT Listmaker. Ampd Energy is an Unreasonable company and a part of the World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer community.
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Michael Koh
Executive fellow, Centre for Liveable Cities Ministry of National Development, Singapore
Michael Koh
Executive fellow, Centre for Liveable Cities Ministry of National Development, Singapore
September 19th 2022-
04:50 pm -5:35Building Asia's cities of the future
Michael Koh is the executive fellow at the Centre for Liveable Cities, Ministry of National Development, Singapore, where he is involved in research, organisation of the World Cities Summit and Mayors Forum, capability development and international advisory projects.
He was previously the head of projects and design at SC Global, overseeing both overseas and Singapore development projects. He served six and a half years as chief executive of the National Heritage Board (NHB) and three and a half years as concurrent chief executive of the National Art Gallery. Before joining NHB, Mr Koh held appointments at Singbridge Holdings and Mapletree Holdings. He was also the director of urban planning and design at the Urban Redevelopment Authority and spearheaded the city planning and urban design of Singapore’s Central Area.
Mr Koh serves as a board member on the National Library Board, and he has served on the boards of the NHB, Land Transport Authority, Singapore Tourist Promotion Board, Civil Service College, Hotel Licensing Board, Street and Building Naming Committee, and National Art Gallery. He chairs the Public Library Advisory Committee and the Persons with Disability Sub-committee.
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Ritu Bhandari
Manager, policy & insights, Economist Impact
Ritu Bhandari
Manager, policy & insights, Economist Impact
September 19th 2022-
04:05 pm -4:45Coal to gas: a bridge to sustainability
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04:50 pm -5:35Building Asia's cities of the future
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10:40 am -11:25Speeding the adoption of solar energy
Ritu Bhandari is a manager with the Policy and Insights team at Economist Impact. She has over seven years of experience working in a wide range of public policy topics including food security, technology and sustainability. At Economist Impact, she manages research programs for private-sector, governments and NGO clients in Asia, covering topics like agriculture and food, climate and sustainability, and technology.
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Spotlight interview
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Pradeep Kurukulasuriya
Director, Nature, Climate and Energy; executive coordinator - Environmental Finance Bureau for Policy and Programme Support ,Global Policy Network (GPN), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Pradeep Kurukulasuriya
Director, Nature, Climate and Energy; executive coordinator - Environmental Finance Bureau for Policy and Programme Support ,Global Policy Network (GPN), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
September 20th 2022-
09:45 am -10:05Spotlight interview
Pradeep Kurukulasuriya leads UNDP’s Nature, Climate and Energy team at UNDP’s Headquarters in New York, as well as overseeing more than 200 policy and technical advisors located in UNDP’s 5 regional hubs (Addis Ababa, Amman Bangkok, Istanbul, and Panama). He also has overall responsibility for the strategic leadership and management of UNDP’s engagement with the global environmental vertical funds (GEF, GCF, AF, CBIT), overseeing a portfolio of over $5 billion in grant financing across 142 countries, covering ecosystems and biodiversity; forests; ocean and water governance; climate strategies and policy; climate change adaptation and mitigation; energy; and sustainable management of chemicals and waste.
Mr. Kurukulasuriya previously served as the senior technical advisor for Climate Change Adaptation and the head of programming for the Green Climate Fund (GCF) within the UNDP Global Environmental Finance Unit. There, he led UNDP’s support to countries’ access to vertical funds for climate adaptation, nurturing a portfolio spanning more than 90 countries and $1.2 billion in grant financing managed by UNDP. Prior to joining UNDP, Pradeep worked with the World Bank’s Agriculture and Rural Development Department and Environment Department, and the Munasinghe Institute for Development, an NGO/think tank in Sri Lanka.
A natural resource economist by training, he holds a M.Phil. from Cambridge University (UK) and a Ph.D. from Yale University (USA). He continues to publish new research in leading international economics journals on the valuation of climate change impacts and the economics of adaptation to climate change.
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Richard Ensor
South East Asia correspondent , The Economist
Richard Ensor
South East Asia correspondent , The Economist
September 19th 2022-
02:50 pm -3:35Hard-to-decarbonise sectors
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09:45 am -10:05Spotlight interview
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09:45 am -10:00Ministerial interview
Richard Ensor has been The Economist’s Ukraine correspondent since 2021 and covers politics, society and business in Ukraine and its neighbourhood. Prior to this, he was the correspondent for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, writing about a dozen countries while based in Mexico City. He joined the newspaper in London in 2015 as a social-media intern before becoming deputy news editor, where he helped oversee The Economist’s news and online operations. He has appeared on several news channels on its behalf, including CNN, Al Jazeera and the BBC.
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Geopolitics and the energy market
Increasing competition for energy supplies could change the geostrategic landscape of the Asia-Pacific region in significant ways. What is the emerging map of geopolitical risks? How are energy and security linked? And how do these links affect the foreign policies of major players in the Asia-Pacific? What are the most considerable risks and uncertainties for global energy?
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Mika Ohbayashi
Director, Renewable Energy Institute
Mika Ohbayashi
Director, Renewable Energy Institute
September 20th 2022-
10:10 am -11:00Geopolitics and the energy market
Mika Ohbayashi has served as director of the Renewable Energy Institute since its foundation in 2011. Before joining the institute, from 2010 to 2011, she worked in Abu Dhabi for the International Renewable Energy Agency as policy and project regional manager for Asia Oceania. Prior to that, Ms Ohbayashi worked at the British embassy to Japan as climate-change project adviser in 2008 and 2009, and she served as director of the Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies from 2000 to 2008. She started her career in the energy field by joining Citizens’ Nuclear Information Centre in 1992. In 2017, she was awarded the International Solar Energy Society Global Leadership Award in Advancing Solar Energy Policy.
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Cédomir Nestorovic
Professor, Geopolitics, ESSEC Business School Asia-Pacific
Cédomir Nestorovic
Professor, Geopolitics, ESSEC Business School Asia-Pacific
September 20th 2022-
10:10 am -11:00Geopolitics and the energy market
Cédomir Nestorovic is professor of geopolitics at ESSEC Business School. He is also the director of the ESSEC and Mannheim executive MBA Asia-Pacific. He has taught at ESSEC Business School for more than 20 years. He was named Professor of the Week by the Financial Times in 2012 and received the Best Teacher prize at ESSEC in 2017. Mr Nestorovic has authored several books on Islamic marketing; his most recent title is Islamic Marketing: Understanding the Socio-Economic, Cultural, and Politico-Legal Environment, published in 2016 by Springer. Mr Nestorovic has been based on the ESSEC campus in Singapore since 2011 and is a regular guest on news and current affairs programmes providing expert commentary.
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Arron Wood
Director external affairs, Clean Energy Council
Arron Wood
Director external affairs, Clean Energy Council
September 20th 2022-
10:10 am -11:00Geopolitics and the energy market
Arron Wood was this year awarded a member of the Order of Australia for significant contributions to the environment, to local government and to the community. He served as chair of the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute for the University of Melbourne and is a member of the South East Water Board in Victoria.
Mr Wood is the founder and was managing director for 20 years of the highly successful Kids Teaching Kids programme for students from around the world. He remains an ambassador for Kids Teaching Kids. He is the former deputy lord mayor for the City of Melbourne and was chair of the finance and governance portfolio. Previously he was appointed to the Enterprise Melbourne advisory board to attract sustainable investment to Melbourne.
Mr Wood holds a degree in forest science from the University of Melbourne and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
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Simon Cox
Emerging markets editor and senior economics writer, The Economist
Simon Cox
Emerging markets editor and senior economics writer, The Economist
September 19th 2022-
12:10 pm -12:25Ministerial interview (Virtual)
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10:10 am -11:00Geopolitics and the energy market
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11:00 am -11:50Governing the energy transition in Asia
Simon Cox is the Emerging Markets editor at The Economist, based in Hong Kong. He has spent over ten years with the newspaper, including stints in London and Delhi. In 2014, he left journalism to become Managing Director and Asia-Pacific Investment Strategist for BNY Mellon, before returning to the paper in 2016.
During his career at The Economist, Mr Cox has written a variety of special reports and white papers. He has explored the world’s arduous recovery from the global financial crisis (“The Long Climb”, 2009), China’s surprisingly resilient economy (“Pedalling Prosperity”, 2012), the technological ambitions of India and China (“High-tech Hopefuls”, 2007) and Korea’s social and geopolitical divisions (“Parallel Worlds”, 2013).
In 2008, he edited “The Growth Report”, published by the Commission on Growth and Development, chaired by Nobel laureate Michael Spence. He was a contributor to the Oxford Companion to the Economics of China (OUP, 2014) and the originator of the “Li Keqiang index”, an unofficial proxy for China’s growth. He has contributed pieces to the FT’s Alphaville blog and Foreign Policy magazine on the economies of China, Japan and India. He has also been a frequent guest on television and radio, including CNBC, Bloomberg, the BBC and CNN.
He studied at Cambridge, Harvard and the London School of Economics.
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Governing the energy transition in Asia
Under the ASEAN Plan of Action for Energy Cooperation 2021-2025, ASEAN energy ministers agreed to target a 23% share for renewable energy in the region’s total primary energy supply and 35% in ASEAN installed power capacity by 2025. Asian governments are progressively implementing climate-aligned policies and regulations to speed the energy transition. Which policies and programmes will do most to drive an equitable transition to clean energy at the scale needed to keep warming within 1.5°C? What can be done to strengthen regional co-operation to mitigate climate change and maintain energy security and resilience? How can an overview be provided of the prospects for developing and financing clean energy? How can governments mobilise private finance for the transition to low-carbon energy?
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Joseph Majkut
Director,Energy Security and Climate Change Program, Centre for Strategic and International Studies
Joseph Majkut
Director,Energy Security and Climate Change Program, Centre for Strategic and International Studies
September 20th 2022-
11:00 am -11:50Governing the energy transition in Asia
Joseph Majkut is director of the Energy Security and Climate Change Programme at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). In this role, he leads the programme’s work to understand the geopolitics of energy and climate change and to ensure a global energy transition that is responsive to the risks of climate change and the economic and strategic priorities of the United States and the world. Mr Majkut is an expert in climate science, climate policy, and risk and uncertainty analysis for decision-making. He is frequently cited in trade and national media on the politics of climate change and has testified before the US Congress on climate change and science.
Before joining CSIS, Mr Majkut worked as the director of climate policy at the Niskanen Centre, where he led that group’s efforts to research and promote carbon pricing, low-carbon innovation, regulatory reform and other market reforms to speed decarbonisation. From 2014 to 2015, he worked in the US Senate as a congressional science fellow, supported by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Geosciences Institute. He holds a PhD from Princeton University in atmospheric and oceanic sciences, a master’s degree in applied mathematics from the Delft University of Technology and a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Harvey Mudd College.
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Jie Tang
Practice manager, Energy and Extractives Global Practice, East Asia and Pacific Region, World Bank
Jie Tang
Practice manager, Energy and Extractives Global Practice, East Asia and Pacific Region, World Bank
September 20th 2022-
11:00 am -11:50Governing the energy transition in Asia
Jie Tang, practice manager for the energy and extractive global practice of the World Bank, is in charge of the Bank’s energy programmes covering 26 countries in the East Asia and Pacific region. He joined the World Bank in 2001 as a Young Professional and has recently held the positions of lead energy specialist, programme leader for energy/transport/ICT and practice manager. Before joining the World Bank, he worked for 15 years on the China Three Gorges Dam Project, at various technical and managerial positions including senior power engineer, division director for mechanical and electrical engineering, and assistant to the vice chairman of the State Council Three Gorges Project Committee. He holds a BSc in electric engineering from the Hydropower College of Wuhan University, China (1985), and an MBA from the University of Cambridge (2001).
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Tamar Parunashvili
Deputy director, Georgian National Electricity, Gas and Water Supply Regulatory Commission
Tamar Parunashvili
Deputy director, Georgian National Electricity, Gas and Water Supply Regulatory Commission
September 20th 2022-
11:00 am -11:50Governing the energy transition in Asia
Tamar Parunashvili is an energy regulatory professional with considerable experience in the Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission. Ms Parunashvili has vast experience in the retail electricity market. She has led projects that facilitate communication between end consumers and distribution companies to improve utility services. Currently, she is actively involved in reforms of Georgia’s electricity market to align it with the EU electricity market model. Her focus is the wholesale electricity market and its design. She completed her LLM in international energy law and policy from the University of Dundee. In her master’s thesis, she analysed Georgia’s feed-in premium policy aimed at accelerating investments in wind and solar energy.
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Matthew Wittenstein
Section chief, Energy Connectivity, United Nations ESCAP
Matthew Wittenstein
Section chief, Energy Connectivity, United Nations ESCAP
September 20th 2022-
11:00 am -11:50Governing the energy transition in Asia
Matthew Wittenstein is chief of section for energy connectivity at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP). In his role, Mr Wittenstein supports member states in their efforts to improve the sustainability and security of their energy systems through increased crossborder power system integration. Recent work includes capacity building for energy regulators and utilities in South-east Asia, an assessment of the potential to develop a “green power corridor” in North-east Asia and supporting increased co-operation on sustainable energy among the countries of the Pacific.
Prior to joining the UN, Mr Wittenstein was a senior electricity analyst at the International Energy Agency, where he focused on the economics of generation, electricity market design and the challenges of encouraging investment in clean energy technologies. From 2011 to 2014, he was a fellow at the US Department of Energy. He holds a master of international affairs from Columbia University, with a concentration in international economic policy.
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Simon Cox
Emerging markets editor and senior economics writer, The Economist
Simon Cox
Emerging markets editor and senior economics writer, The Economist
September 19th 2022-
12:10 pm -12:25Ministerial interview (Virtual)
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10:10 am -11:00Geopolitics and the energy market
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11:00 am -11:50Governing the energy transition in Asia
Simon Cox is the Emerging Markets editor at The Economist, based in Hong Kong. He has spent over ten years with the newspaper, including stints in London and Delhi. In 2014, he left journalism to become Managing Director and Asia-Pacific Investment Strategist for BNY Mellon, before returning to the paper in 2016.
During his career at The Economist, Mr Cox has written a variety of special reports and white papers. He has explored the world’s arduous recovery from the global financial crisis (“The Long Climb”, 2009), China’s surprisingly resilient economy (“Pedalling Prosperity”, 2012), the technological ambitions of India and China (“High-tech Hopefuls”, 2007) and Korea’s social and geopolitical divisions (“Parallel Worlds”, 2013).
In 2008, he edited “The Growth Report”, published by the Commission on Growth and Development, chaired by Nobel laureate Michael Spence. He was a contributor to the Oxford Companion to the Economics of China (OUP, 2014) and the originator of the “Li Keqiang index”, an unofficial proxy for China’s growth. He has contributed pieces to the FT’s Alphaville blog and Foreign Policy magazine on the economies of China, Japan and India. He has also been a frequent guest on television and radio, including CNBC, Bloomberg, the BBC and CNN.
He studied at Cambridge, Harvard and the London School of Economics.
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In conversation. Learning from Asia’s giants: accelerating coal retirement
According to the World Economic Forum, coal-fired generation accounts for 38% of global electricity and about 10 billion tonnes of CO2 emissions. The largest users and biggest builders of coal-fired generation, China and India, are planning to reduce their total coal-fired generation capacity and accelerate their shift towards renewable energy.
How far along are China and India in their energy transition? How can each country wean itself off coal? And where are the biggest opportunities for rolling out renewables at scale? What can other countries in the region learn from India and China’s experience?
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Shuang Liu
Acting global director, china finance director, Sustainable Finance Center, World Resources Institute
Shuang Liu
Acting global director, china finance director, Sustainable Finance Center, World Resources Institute
September 20th 2022As China finance director at the Sustainable Finance Centre of the World Resources Institute, Shuang Liu leads the centre’s work on China finance and the Belt and Road Initiative. With governments, private financial institutions, non-governmental organisations and other partners, she works to enhance the regulatory framework and provide enabling conditions, to shift China’s investment to sustainable finance.
Prior to WRI, Ms Liu directed the low-carbon economic growth programme and the long-term strategies task-force at Energy Foundation China. In this role, she oversaw the development and implementation of the foundation’s strategies on climate mitigation and economic transition. The portfolio she constructed and maintained covered research and convening activities to advise the Mid-Century Strategy development process, national and regional carbon markets design and practices, and review and reform of fossil-fuel subsides as well as green finance frameworks. Ms Liu has worked at Greenpeace East Asia, where she developed Greenpeace’s first coal campaign strategy in China. She has also worked for consulting firms to assess greenhouse-gas mitigation opportunities for private sector clients and government agencies.
She holds a master’s degree in environmental and resource economics from University College London and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Peking University.
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Nandikesh Sivalingam
Director, Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA)
Nandikesh Sivalingam
Director, Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA)
September 20th 2022Nandikesh Sivalingam has over 10 years experience working for non-profits on diverse issues pertaining to environment, forests, climate change and rights. Mr. Sivalingam has many years of experience working on coal and power related issues in India and has expertise in trends, policies and politics around energy sector in India. Under his guidance he enabled Greenpeace India’s victory on National Clean Air Plan, as well as pushing through the deadline on implementation of emission standards for thermal power sector.
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Barsali Bhattacharyya
Manager, industry briefing, The Economist Intelligence Unit
Barsali Bhattacharyya
Manager, industry briefing, The Economist Intelligence Unit
September 20th 2022Barsali Bhattacharyya is a manager in The EIU’s industry briefing operations, where she oversees a team of six analysts and the subscription services across three industries, with a special focus on consumer goods and retail. She is responsible for producing analysis on consumer behaviour, retail trends as well as five-year forecasts aimed at estimating sizes of consumer markets across 53 countries.
Ms Bhattacharyya joined The EIU in 2016 as an analyst focused on the telecoms industry. Prior to this she was an associate at Evalueserve, a research agency, working on custom projects for multinational corporations. She has over three years of experience as a business journalist, working with Business Standard and India Today, two Indian newspapers, covering the e-commerce, hospitality and education beats.
Ms Bhattacharyya holds a bachelor’s degree in English literature from St. Xavier’s College and a post-graduate degree in media and communication from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication.
Ministerial interview
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Roberto Cingolani
Minister, Ecological Transition, Prime Minister's office of Mario Draghi, Italy
Roberto Cingolani
Minister, Ecological Transition, Prime Minister's office of Mario Draghi, Italy
September 20th 2022-
02:00 pm -2:20Ministerial interview
Roberto Cingolani was sworn in as minister for ecological transition, Italy, in 2021. From 2019 to 2021 he was the chief technology and innovation officer of Leonardo, an Italian multinational company specialised in aerospace, defence and security. Since its foundation in 2005 until 2019 he was scientific director of Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology Foundation—IIT), an internationally acknowledged research centre. He launched the interdisciplinary programme “Humanoid Technologies”, based on the idea that the technological imitation of nature and its processes may provide solutions to improve the quality of human life.
In 2000 Mr Cingolani was appointed full professor of general physics in the engineering faculty of the University of Lecce (Italy). In 2001, he founded the National Nanotechnology Laboratory of the National Institute of Nuclear Physics in Lecce, which has become one of the largest international nanotechnology laboratories. Earlier he was a staff member at the Max Planck Institute in Stuttgart and a visiting professor at Tokyo University and Virginia Commonwealth University (US).
Mr Cingolani is author and co-author of more than 1,100 papers and holds more than 100 patents in the fields of materials science, semiconductor technologies, nanotechnologies, chemistry of materials, sensor technologies, optoelectronics and photonics, and robotics.
He has served as a technical adviser for the Ministry of Education, University and Research in the fields of nanotechnologies, new materials and new production systems. He has received many national and international awards, including the honorific title of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic of Commendatore della Repubblica. He obtained a PhD in physics from Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa.
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Simon Baptist
Chief economist, The Economist Intelligence Unit
Simon Baptist
Chief economist, The Economist Intelligence Unit
September 20th 2022-
02:00 pm -2:20Ministerial interview
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02:00 pm -2:15Ministerial interview
Simon Baptist is the chief economist at The Economist Intelligence Unit. He is responsible for providing intellectual leadership for the EIU’s coverage, for ensuring that its economic and political analysis and forecasts are the best available for international decision-makers, and for managing a global team of economists, consultants and editors. As managing director for the EIU’s Asia consultancy arm, Mr Baptist works with governments to design and assess the impact of public policy, and with companies to drive successful strategy and operational performance in Asia.
Mr Baptist is an experienced economist who has previously spent time as a lecturer at Oxford University and as an economics consultant advising many governments, multinational corporations and international organisations around the world.
Mr Baptist has a doctorate in economics from Oxford University, where his research investigated productivity and technology in emerging-market manufacturing firms. He also has degrees in economics and science from the University of Tasmania.
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Electric mobility in a smart city
To meet ambitious 2030 targets for reducing emissions, countries will need to accelerate the switch to electric vehicles. The UN Environment Programme is actively working on the introduction of electric vehicles in the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Bangladesh, India, the Maldives and Nepal. How can a country build an accessible, reliable, resilient and cost-effective infrastructure system for the transition? In the developing countries of Asia, how can huge gaps in research, policy and technology be addressed? How can we make electric mobility accessible to everyone?
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Lam Wee Shann
Chief innovation and technology officer, Land Transport Authority
Lam Wee Shann
Chief innovation and technology officer, Land Transport Authority
September 20th 2022-
02:20 pm -3:05Electric mobility in a smart city
Mr Lam Wee Shann joined Land Transport Authority in Feb 2017 to lead a newly formed technology and industry development group. The group is responsible for overall coordination of technology efforts as well as to develop land transport industry, in particular, the manpower development area.
Mr Lam has also assumed the role of chief innovation and transport technology officer in 2019, and now oversee the technology groups including IT, cybersecurity and Transportation Technology departments.
Before being appointed to his present post, he set up the Futures Division in Ministry of Transport in Oct 2013. Futures division generates foresight to shape the future of transport for Singapore, which include strategy formulation and the translation of foresight research into actionable policy insights. He had also served as the director (Communications and Community Engagement) in the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore from 2009, where he was-in- charge of media relations, community engagement and organisation of key events such as the Singapore Maritime Week.
Prior to his stints in the transport family, Mr. Lam was with the Ministry of Defence and the Singapore Armed Forces.
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Yossapong Laoonual
Head, Mobility and Vehicle Technology Research Center (MOVE); King Mongkut’s University of technology Thonburi (KMUTT)
Yossapong Laoonual
Head, Mobility and Vehicle Technology Research Center (MOVE); King Mongkut’s University of technology Thonburi (KMUTT)
September 20th 2022-
02:20 pm -3:05Electric mobility in a smart city
Yossapong is an associate professor in the department of mechanical engineering, faculty of engineering, at King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT), Thailand. He is also head of the Mobility and Vehicle Technology Research Centre, KMUTT. Yossapong recently served as assistant to the president for sustainability at KMUTT. He is as an honorary chairman and adviser of the Electric Vehicle Association of Thailand (EVAT). He was one of the founding members and the first president of EVAT from 2015 to 2020. Since 2020, he has served as a member of the Thailand National Electric Vehicle Policy Committee. He is also on a subcommittee as an expert on regulatory issues related to the control of air pollution from motor vehicles. Recently he was a member of the Council for Decarbonising Transport in Asia. During the past 20 years, Yossapong has contributed to a number of research projects in connection with powertrains, alternative fuels, and policy for electric mobility and road transport technology.
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Iris Chang
regional head, sustainability, Grab
Iris Chang
regional head, sustainability, Grab
September 20th 2022-
02:20 pm -3:05Electric mobility in a smart city
Iris Chang is head of sustainability at Grab, where she leads the environmental sustainability, social impact and corporate governance functions. In this role, she identifies impact opportunities and programmes for Grab and shapes the company’s decarbonisation and waste-reduction strategies across its eight operating markets. Ms Chang has more than 14 years of experience spanning the fields of marketing, social impact and supply chain management in leading technology, telecommunications and automotive organisations.
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Jon Penrice
President, Asia Pacific, Dow
Jon Penrice
President, Asia Pacific, Dow
September 20th 2022-
02:20 pm -3:05Electric mobility in a smart city
Jon Penrice is president of Dow in Asia-Pacific, with responsibility for the company’s chemicals and materials business spanning consumer, packaging and infrastructure markets. Mr Penrice has extensive international leadership experience, having held executive positions in Europe, the US and Asia. During his career he has built a reputation for innovative strategic thinking, growth delivery, cultural acumen and a commitment to sustainability.
He began his career in 1986 at Unilever before joining DuPont in 1989. At DuPont, he served as global executive vice-president in the fibres and apparel business with P&L responsibilities in consumer-facing brands such as Lycra. In 2007, Mr Penrice joined Dow in Switzerland and became global general manager of a $1.5bn specialty polyurethanes business, where he led its transformation to a higher-growth and higher-value business until his appointment to his current position in 2019.
Mr Penrice graduated from the University of Cambridge with a degree in natural sciences, and completed the High Performance Leadership programme at IMD. He resides in Hong Kong.
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Gillian Parker
Senior manager, Policy and Insights, Economist Impact
Gillian Parker
Senior manager, Policy and Insights, Economist Impact
September 19th 2022-
04:05 pm -4:45Smart power grids for a sustainable energy transition
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02:20 pm -3:05Electric mobility in a smart city
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02:20 pm -3:05The role of oil and gas companies in the energy transition
Gillian Parker is a senior manager at Economist Impact and is currently based in Singapore. Previous to this role, she was deputy editor for Eco-Business, a news site and business intelligence firm specialising in sustainability issues across Asia. Before moving to Singapore in 2019, Ms Parker lived in sub-Saharan Africa for nearly a decade. She worked in Johannesburg and Lagos as a risk analyst, helping firms operate in challenging environments and navigate regulatory and political instability, ethno-religious conflict and community relations. Before that, she was reporting as a journalist across a dozen countries for The Economist, TIME and Voice of America, among other international outlets. Ms Parker was also a contributor to The Economist Intelligence Unit, focusing on bespoke reports and indexes on a range of topics including food security, small and medium-sized enterprises in Nigeria and Islamic finance. She has an MSc in African and Asian politics from SOAS.
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Innovation showcase: powering the electric vehicle revolution
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James Chan
Founder and chief executive, Ion Mobility
James Chan
Founder and chief executive, Ion Mobility
September 20th 2022
Predictive analytics for energy efficiency
The IEA has launched a cross-agency initiative to explore digitalisation’s potential to increase energy efficiency and to draw out recommendations for policymakers. How can data and analytics improve energy efficiency in transport, buildings and industry? Will digitalisation change traditional conceptions of energy efficiency and expectations of demand-side flexibility?
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Pratima Rangarajan
Chief executive, OGCI Initiative Climate Investments
Pratima Rangarajan
Chief executive, OGCI Initiative Climate Investments
September 20th 2022-
03:30 pm -4:20Predictive analytics for energy efficiency
As chief executive of OGCI Climate Investments, Pratima Rangarajan is responsible for the delivery of the organisation’s mission: creating positive outcomes in the reduction of climate change. Before joining OGCI, Ms Rangarajan was the general manager for GE’s onshore wind product line as well as general manager for its energy storage startup. She had previously held the role of deputy chief technology officer and senior vice-president of emerging technology and research at Vestas Wind Systems. Ms Rangarajan has a PhD in chemical engineering from Princeton University and a BS in chemical engineering from MIT.
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Satish Kumar
President and executive director, Alliance for an Energy Efficient Economy (AEEE)
Satish Kumar
President and executive director, Alliance for an Energy Efficient Economy (AEEE)
September 20th 2022-
03:30 pm -4:20Predictive analytics for energy efficiency
Satish Kumar serves as the president and executive director of the Alliance for an Energy Efficient Economy (AEEE). Since 2015, he has led the transformation of the AEEE into a leading think-tank and industry platform through a combination of programmatic and technical leadership, fundraising and collaboration. His area of interest and major contributions have been in the field of energy efficiency as a resource for sustainable energy transition, building energy efficiency, thermal comfort, cooling and refrigeration, mainstreaming energy efficiency in states, energy data management, and frameworks for effective policymaking, measurement and verification of energy savings. Mr Kumar also serves as a senior energy efficiency adviser and technical expert to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; NITI Aayog; Bureau of Energy Efficiency; Energy Efficiency Services Limited; and Department of Science and Technology.
Prior to AEEE, Mr Kumar was the energy efficiency ambassador and led the energy management business at Schneider Electric India; was a scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; was the chief of party for a USAID-supported bilateral energy efficiency technical assistance programme (ECO-III) between the US and India governments; and was and a co-founder of Efficiency Valuation Organisation (the developer of IMPVP, the International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol) and the AEEE.
He combines formal education (a PhD from Carnegie Mellon University and a bachelor’s degree from IIT Roorkee) and executive leadership programmes (Harvard Business School, 2019; AEEE and the University of North Carolina, 2013; Schneider Electric) with international recognition (member of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel’s Energy Efficiency Task-Force under the Montreal Protocol) and industry-leading certifications (LEED Fellow status from the US Green Building Council in 2014). He has authored more than 100 journal articles, conference papers and industry reports.
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Yonggang Wen
Professor and president’s chair, School of Computer Science and Engineering; associate dean, Research, College of Engineering Nanyang Technological University
Yonggang Wen
Professor and president’s chair, School of Computer Science and Engineering; associate dean, Research, College of Engineering Nanyang Technological University
September 20th 2022-
03:30 pm -4:20Predictive analytics for energy efficiency
Yonggang Wen is a full professor and President’s Chair in the School of Computer Science and Engineering at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. Since 2018, Mr Wen has also served as the associate dean (research) at the College of Engineering. From 2017 to 2019, he was acting director of Nanyang Technopreneurship Centre at NTU.
Mr Wen has worked extensively in applying machine-learning techniques to system prototyping and performance optimisation for large-scale networked computer systems. He is the winner of 2019 Nanyang Research Award and 2016 Nanyang Award in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at NTU. He was named Top Asia-Pacific Technology Leader for cloud and data centre by W.Media in 2021 and Singapore Computer Society Tech Leader–Digital Achiever in 2022.
He received his PhD in electrical engineering and computer science (with a minor in Western literature) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2008. His research interests include cloud computing, green data centres, distributed machine learning, blockchain, big data analytics, multimedia network and mobile computing. He is a fellow of IEEE and the Singapore Academy of Engineering and an Association for Computing Machinery distinguished member.
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Charles Ross
Principal, Policy and Insights, Economist Impact
Charles Ross
Principal, Policy and Insights, Economist Impact
Charles Ross is Principal of Policy and Insights in Asia-Pacific and leads the region’s technology and society practice. Prior to this role he was editorial director for The Economist Intelligence Unit overseeing all thought leadership research in Asia. Charles combines a deep understanding of how technology trends are reshaping business and society with excellent research and editorial skills, to create impactful and award-winning research programmes for clients.
Charles is currently based in Australia and has led many projects analysing the implications for business of new technology trends such as blockchain, fintech, smart cities, cloud computing, sustainability and the internet of things, for Google, Stripe, SAP, Telstra, Microsoft, Prudential, Westpac and the Singapore government. He is a contributing industry expert to the UN Science Policy and Business Forum on the Environment and a frequent speaker at finance and technology events across the region. Charles holds a master of business administration, focusing on strategy and organisational change, from the University of Oxford and a certificate in public policy analysis from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Innovation showcase: adopting solar energy for a sustainable future
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Bolong Chew
Co-founder and chief executive, Solar AI Technologies
Bolong Chew
Co-founder and chief executive, Solar AI Technologies
September 20th 2022Bolong Chew is the co founder and chief executive of Solar AI Technologies, a clean energy startup seed-funded by ENGIE Group. Solar AI is one of the first in the region to bring zero upfront cost rooftop solar-as-a-service to homeowners and small commercial property owners, with a mission to make it as simple as possible for all property owners to get solar.
Prior to founding Solar AI, Mr. Chew was a venture builder and worked with startups like Carousell and Homage in their market expansion and product strategy across Southeast Asia. He started out his career as a management consultant at Accenture Strategy focused on digital transformation and go-to-market strategy.
Ministerial interview
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Guy Barnett
Minister, Energy and Emissions reduction, Government of Tasmania, Australia
Guy Barnett
Minister, Energy and Emissions reduction, Government of Tasmania, Australia
September 21st 2022-
09:45 am -10:00Ministerial interview
Guy Barnett has a Master of Laws at the University of Tasmania. Working then in a Melbourne and Washington DC law firm, Guy went on to establish and manage his award winning government and public affairs business based in Hobart and Canberra.
After almost a decade representing Tasmania in the Senate, Mr. Barnett was elected to the Tasmanian State Parliament in 2014 and now serves as the Minister for State Development, Construction and Housing, Energy and Renewables, Resources, and Veterans Affairs.
He is also Diabetes Australia Ambassador and an author of several books including, ‘Our Heroes, Tasmania’s Victoria Cross Recipients’ and ‘Make a difference – a practical guide to lobbying’.
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Richard Ensor
South East Asia correspondent , The Economist
Richard Ensor
South East Asia correspondent , The Economist
September 19th 2022-
02:50 pm -3:35Hard-to-decarbonise sectors
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09:45 am -10:05Spotlight interview
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09:45 am -10:00Ministerial interview
Richard Ensor has been The Economist’s Ukraine correspondent since 2021 and covers politics, society and business in Ukraine and its neighbourhood. Prior to this, he was the correspondent for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, writing about a dozen countries while based in Mexico City. He joined the newspaper in London in 2015 as a social-media intern before becoming deputy news editor, where he helped oversee The Economist’s news and online operations. He has appeared on several news channels on its behalf, including CNN, Al Jazeera and the BBC.
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Scaling and commercialising hydrogen
Hydrogen is a fuel of tomorrow, but green hydrogen especially is very costly. What is hydrogen’s potential for powering hard-to-abate sectors like shipping and heavy industries such as steel, cement and petrochemicals? How can we scale up technologies and bring down costs to allow hydrogen to become widely used? What practical and actionable recommendations could governments and industry adopt to take full advantage of the increasing momentum around hydrogen?
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Trevor Brown
Executive director, Ammonia Energy Association
Trevor Brown
Executive director, Ammonia Energy Association
September 21st 2022-
10:05 am -10:40Scaling and commercialising hydrogen
Trevor Brown is the executive director of the Ammonia Energy Association, a global trade association that promotes the responsible use of ammonia in a sustainable-energy economy. The AEA’s mission encompasses both the decarbonisation of ammonia for existing applications, as well as the adoption of low-carbon ammonia in new applications, including direct use as a fuel and indirect use as a hydrogen carrier. Originally, Mr Brown was an award-winning theatre and film producer in London and New York. He retrained in finance when he began to understand the climate-change challenge, earning the chartered financial analyst designation. Since 2012, when he established himself as an independent ammonia industry analyst, he has agitated for the commercialisation of sustainable ammonia synthesis technologies. Mr Brown is also a partner at Carbon-Neutral Consultants, a consulting firm established in 2019.
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Brian Yutko
Vice president and chief engineer, sustainability and future mobility, Boeing
Brian Yutko
Vice president and chief engineer, sustainability and future mobility, Boeing
September 21st 2022-
10:05 am -10:40Scaling and commercialising hydrogen
Brian Yutko is the chief engineer for sustainability and future mobility at Boeing, leading a team that ensures the company’s technical expertise and market leadership in sustainability technologies, as well as emerging, advanced aerial mobility applications. Mr Yutko also oversees a portfolio of advanced aerial mobility products, including Boeing’s joint ventures with Wisk, developer of an all-electric, self-flying air taxi, and SkyGrid, producer of airspace integration software. He is also a member of Wisk’s board of directors.
Prior to this role, Mr Yutko was chief technologist for Boeing NeXt, a business division that was devoted to building and incubating new mobility systems and the associated ecosystem. Prior to joining Boeing, he was senior vice-president of programmes at Aurora Flight Sciences and served as the company’s vice-president of research and technology. Mr Yutko also served as a research engineer and post-doctoral associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also worked as a mechanical design engineer at NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre.
Mr Yutko earned a PhD and a master of science in aeronautics and astronautics from MIT, and a bachelor of science in aerospace engineering from Pennsylvania State University.
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Naka Kondo
Manager, policy and insights, Japan, Economist Impact
Naka Kondo
Manager, policy and insights, Japan, Economist Impact
September 21st 2022-
10:05 am -10:40Scaling and commercialising hydrogen
Naka Kondo is an editorial manager of the policy and insights team at Economist Impact, based in Tokyo. She leads research programs for corporates, foundations, governments seeking evidence-based analysis and pertinent insights to bring real-world impact. As the project lead and founding member of the Back to Blue ocean initiative, managing editor of The Safe Cities Index, the founding editor of The future is already here programme, her coverage includes sustainability, ocean health, longevity, social infrastructure, and Japan.
Naka has been a Member of the Advisory Committee for the Japanese Government Cabinet Office, and spent seven years at a US investment bank in the Japanese Equities business working with Japanese companies, sovereign and institutional investors around the world. She is a regular columnist at the Bungei Shunju, one of the largest publications in Japan, writing on topics ranging from economics, politics, media and culture. Naka holds degrees from the London School of Economics and Political Science (BSc Maths&Philosophy transferring to BSc Sociology) and the University of Tokyo (BA Social Psychology) and a graduate of Journalism and Interdisciplinary Information Studies from the University of Tokyo. -
Speeding the adoption of solar energy
Solar energy is the cleanest and most abundant renewable energy source available. The installed capacity of renewable energy in the Asia-Pacific region will jump from 517 gigawatts (GW) in 2020 to 815GW by 2025. China and Vietnam are now Asia’s brightest spots for solar, with China expected to add over 300GW of capacity by 2021. What are the opportunities for solar projects and how will they improve the energy mix in Asia? What are the key challenges involved in developing solar generation? How are financial institutions co-operating to finance them? How can we do more to harness solar for electricity provision? How does solar work in Asia? What tools and innovations will help to reduce the operation and maintenance cost of solar projects?
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Paolo Bevilacqua
General manager - real utilities, Frasers Property Australia
Paolo Bevilacqua
General manager - real utilities, Frasers Property Australia
September 21st 2022-
10:40 am -11:25Speeding the adoption of solar energy
Paolo Bevilacqua is chair and general manager of Real Utilities, a licensed carbon-neutral energy-retailing business wholly owned by Frasers Property Australia. He is also part of Frasers Property Australia’s executive management team and the group sustainability lead for Frasers Property Limited. Mr Bevilacqua has held the role of vice chair of the International Living Future Institute since 2019 and was director and board chair of the Living Future Institute of Australia from 2016 to 2020. He is a member of the Property Council of Australia National Roundtable.
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Justine Holmes
Senior consultant, Solutions For Our Climate (SFOC)
Justine Holmes
Senior consultant, Solutions For Our Climate (SFOC)
September 21st 2022-
10:40 am -11:25Speeding the adoption of solar energy
Justine Holmes is a senior consultant in the power market and grid program team, focusing on creating a fair market for renewables in South Korea. She worked previously with SFOC as editor on the G20 Climate Transparency Highlights report 2021. Prior to joining SFOC, Ms. Holmes worked on renewable energy, zero carbon, and zero waste initiatives with several environmental organizations in South Korea, Hong Kong, and Australia. Ms. Holmes began her career as a campaigner at World Animal Protection, headquartered in London. She became head of policy and research, developing and leading global advocacy campaigns with a dedicated, multinational team aiming to achieve policy and legislation change that would better protect animals. Through this work, she engaged directly with a wide range of government officials at both national and international levels and with international organizations including the FAO in Rome and the OIE in Paris.
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Daniel Morris
Clean energy lead, Climate Investment Funds (CIF)
Daniel Morris
Clean energy lead, Climate Investment Funds (CIF)
September 21st 2022-
10:40 am -11:25Speeding the adoption of solar energy
Daniel F. Morris has spent the past twelve years working to build economic and policy solutions powerful enough to adequately address the climate crisis. He is currently a senior climate change specialist and clean energy lead for the Climate Investment Funds (CIF). In this role, he works with CIF partners to support innovative clean energy operations that can lead to transformational change in energy systems of developing countries.
He has previously served as an advisor to the U.S Executive Director of the World Bank and a policy analyst in the U.S. Treasury, where helped execute the agency’s responsibilities in the domestic and international climate and energy agenda of the United States. Prior to treasury, he was a center fellow at the think tank Resources for the Future.
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Ritu Bhandari
Manager, policy & insights, Economist Impact
Ritu Bhandari
Manager, policy & insights, Economist Impact
September 19th 2022-
04:05 pm -4:45Coal to gas: a bridge to sustainability
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04:50 pm -5:35Building Asia's cities of the future
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10:40 am -11:25Speeding the adoption of solar energy
Ritu Bhandari is a manager with the Policy and Insights team at Economist Impact. She has over seven years of experience working in a wide range of public policy topics including food security, technology and sustainability. At Economist Impact, she manages research programs for private-sector, governments and NGO clients in Asia, covering topics like agriculture and food, climate and sustainability, and technology.
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Unlocking wind power
By 2050, Asia is projected to see a ninefold increase in new wind power installations, totalling 613GW of offshore and 2,646GW of onshore wind power. To reach these projections, annual investment will need to average between $61 billion and $211 billion. What are the advantages and challenges associated with wind energy in Asia? How can wind power be stored?
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Llewelyn Hughes
Associate professor, Public Policy, Australian National University
Llewelyn Hughes
Associate professor, Public Policy, Australian National University
September 21st 2022-
11:25 am -12:00Unlocking wind power
Llewelyn Hughes is an associate professor at the Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, where he focuses on low-carbon energy transitions. Mr Hughes also serves on the energy transition sub-committee of the Australia Japan Business Co-operation Committee. He assists companies and non-governmental organisations in the renewables and environmental sectors to navigate policy and regulatory issues, with a key focus on offshore wind. He received his doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and holds a master’s degree from the Graduate School of Law and Politics at the University of Tokyo.
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Pooja Chaudhary
Senior manager, policy and insights, Economist Impact
Pooja Chaudhary
Senior manager, policy and insights, Economist Impact
September 21st 2022-
11:25 am -12:00Unlocking wind power
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Kim Yun-soung
Research fellow, Green Energy Strategy Institute
Kim Yun-soung
Research fellow, Green Energy Strategy Institute
September 21st 2022-
11:25 am -12:00Unlocking wind power
Yunsoung Kim is a research fellow at the Green Energy Strategy Institute, a Korean think-tank focused on renewable energy and electricity market reform. Recently, she served as a working-group leader on the Korean Ministry of Environment’s Korean Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 7 and 13) and was a member of the President’s Carbon Neutrality Committee, focusing on agriculture, fisheries and rural villages. She is also a member of the energy and climate committee of the Korean Federation for Environmental Movements and a non-executive director of the Korea Energy Agency. She received her PhD in urban planning from Seoul National University in 2008, and has spent her career focused on climate change and renewable energy. Her research covers renewable-energy legislation, urban energy systems, SDGs related to climate change and renewable-energy co-operation strategies on the Korean peninsula.
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Innovation showcase: what technologies are revamping the renewable-energy industry?
From batteries to charging stations, which enabling technologies are revamping the renewable-energy industry?
- Energy storage and the clean energy transition in Asia
- Unlocking green hydrogen to reduce carbon emissions
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Avishek Kumar
Co-founder and chief executive, V-Flow Tech
Avishek Kumar
Co-founder and chief executive, V-Flow Tech
September 21st 2022Avishek Kumar is co-founder and chief executive of VFlowTech. The firm is a spin-off from Nanyang Technology University in Singapore, capitalising on seven years of research to address key issues faced by flow batteries and developing new applications with advanced energy storage solutions. Mr Avishek was one of the chief architects for developing high-efficiency PERC mono modules and has played a key role in the commercialisation of half-cut PERC mono modules for REC solar. He has played a key role in the development of solar projects in the region and in actively promoting the adoption of hybrid energy storage solutions for round-the-clock renewables. His research interest lies in the areas of advanced semiconductor devices, energy storage and hybrid microgrid solutions. Mr Avishek has authored more than 20 high-impact publications in the field of solar and energy storage solutions. He holds an MS degree in microelectronics from Technical University of Munich, Germany, and a PhD in electrical and computer engineering from National University of Singapore.
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Tulika Raj
Co-founder and chief executive, SunGreenH2
Tulika Raj
Co-founder and chief executive, SunGreenH2
September 21st 2022Tulika Raj is co-founder and chief executive of SunGreenH2, an award-winning venture-backed startup that is transforming the cost of green hydrogen with the use of nanotechnology and advanced materials in electrolysers. Ms Raj has over $2bn transaction experience in renewable and low-carbon energy, having successfully scaled wind and solar companies and led large project investments at BP Alternative Energy and renewable funds including Denham Capital, Octopus Investments and Keppel Capital. She received an MBA from the London Business School and a bachelor of technology in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
Ministerial interview
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Dan Jørgensen
Minister, Climate, Energy and Utilities, Denmark
Dan Jørgensen
Minister, Climate, Energy and Utilities, Denmark
September 21st 2022-
02:00 pm -2:15Ministerial interview
Dan Jørgensen was appointed minister for climate, energy and utilities in 2019. He has served as a member of the Danish parliament for the Social Democratic Party since 2015. From 2013 to 2015 he was minister for food, agriculture and fisheries.
Mr Joergensen was vice chairman of the parliamentary group of the Social Democratic Party from 2017 to 2019, and a member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2013. He serves as president of the Animal Welfare Intergroup, vice chairman of European Parliament Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, and head of the Danish delegation of Social Democrats in the European Parliament.
Mr Joergensen was an external lecturer at Seattle University, Sciences Po, Danish Institute for Study Abroad, University of Copenhagen and Aarhus University, and was formerly an adjunct professor at Aalborg University. He has an MSc in political science from Aarhus University (2004). He is the author of a range of books in Danish on Europe, politics and climate policy.
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Simon Baptist
Chief economist, The Economist Intelligence Unit
Simon Baptist
Chief economist, The Economist Intelligence Unit
September 20th 2022-
02:00 pm -2:20Ministerial interview
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02:00 pm -2:15Ministerial interview
Simon Baptist is the chief economist at The Economist Intelligence Unit. He is responsible for providing intellectual leadership for the EIU’s coverage, for ensuring that its economic and political analysis and forecasts are the best available for international decision-makers, and for managing a global team of economists, consultants and editors. As managing director for the EIU’s Asia consultancy arm, Mr Baptist works with governments to design and assess the impact of public policy, and with companies to drive successful strategy and operational performance in Asia.
Mr Baptist is an experienced economist who has previously spent time as a lecturer at Oxford University and as an economics consultant advising many governments, multinational corporations and international organisations around the world.
Mr Baptist has a doctorate in economics from Oxford University, where his research investigated productivity and technology in emerging-market manufacturing firms. He also has degrees in economics and science from the University of Tasmania.
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The role of oil and gas companies in the energy transition
Asian oil and gas players can lead the transition to a net-zero energy system by 2050. But how can they do so without affecting their bottom lines? What are the biggest low-carbon business opportunities in the market? And what strategies, operational changes and innovations are they using to enable the shift to a low-carbon world?
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Colin E. Parfitt
Vice president, midstream, Chevron
Colin E. Parfitt
Vice president, midstream, Chevron
September 21st 2022-
02:20 pm -3:05The role of oil and gas companies in the energy transition
Colin Parfitt is vice-president of midstream, a position he has held since 2019. He is responsible for Chevron’s shipping, pipeline, power and energy management, and supply and trading operating units.
Previously Mr Parfitt was president of supply and trading, where he was responsible for Chevron’s global trading activities for crude oil, feedstocks, refined products, natural gas and gas liquids to support the company’s crude and gas production operations and refining and marketing network.
Prior to that role he was vice-president of sales and marketing for Chevron Oronite Company. He has also served as vice-president of Americas products, vice-president of finished lubricants and president of fuel and marine marketing.
Mr Parfitt joined Chevron in 1995 as manager of crude oil trading, with Chevron International Oil Company based in London. He earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Exeter in England and a master’s degree in business administration from Henley Management College in England.
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James Millar
President and chief executive, International CCS Knowledge
James Millar
President and chief executive, International CCS Knowledge
September 21st 2022-
02:20 pm -3:05The role of oil and gas companies in the energy transition
As president and chief executive, James Millar provides strategic leadership at the International CCS Knowledge Centre. He directs planning and management in advancing the development of carbon capture technology as a key mitigation strategy for climate action. Under his management, Knowledge Centre engineers and analysts are building partnerships across industries to plan and develop large-scale carbon capture and storage projects in Canada and around the world, enhancing and de-risking the investment opportunities around this growing technology.
Prior to joining the Knowledge Centre, Mr Millar gained deep experience in energy, industrial infrastructure and public policy. He began his career in Saskatchewan, where he was a senior adviser in government, before being appointed director of public affairs for the 25,000-employee Calgary Health Region. He transitioned to the energy industry, providing public affairs direction to TransCanada Corporation (now TC Energy) during planning and development of major infrastructure projects including the Keystone XL and Energy East pipelines. Most recently, he managed public affairs for Pieridae Energy, working on a $10bn LNG project off Canada’s east coast and Pieridae’s planned carbon capture initiative.
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Mark Brownstein
Senior vice - president, Energy Environmental Defence Fund
Mark Brownstein
Senior vice - president, Energy Environmental Defence Fund
September 21st 2022-
02:20 pm -3:05The role of oil and gas companies in the energy transition
Mark Brownstein leads EDF’s energy transition work, shaping the organisation’s strategies to accelerate decarbonisation in major emitting sectors including energy and transportation, in line with a net zero future. He is a leading voice on energy policy, including methane mitigation, both within North America and at the global level, through initiatives such as MethaneSAT and the Methane Guiding Principles, which EDF was integral in launching.
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Gillian Parker
Senior manager, Policy and Insights, Economist Impact
Gillian Parker
Senior manager, Policy and Insights, Economist Impact
September 19th 2022-
04:05 pm -4:45Smart power grids for a sustainable energy transition
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02:20 pm -3:05Electric mobility in a smart city
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02:20 pm -3:05The role of oil and gas companies in the energy transition
Gillian Parker is a senior manager at Economist Impact and is currently based in Singapore. Previous to this role, she was deputy editor for Eco-Business, a news site and business intelligence firm specialising in sustainability issues across Asia. Before moving to Singapore in 2019, Ms Parker lived in sub-Saharan Africa for nearly a decade. She worked in Johannesburg and Lagos as a risk analyst, helping firms operate in challenging environments and navigate regulatory and political instability, ethno-religious conflict and community relations. Before that, she was reporting as a journalist across a dozen countries for The Economist, TIME and Voice of America, among other international outlets. Ms Parker was also a contributor to The Economist Intelligence Unit, focusing on bespoke reports and indexes on a range of topics including food security, small and medium-sized enterprises in Nigeria and Islamic finance. She has an MSc in African and Asian politics from SOAS.
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Investing in LNG infrastructure
In its recent report on the global outlook for liquefied natural gas (LNG), Bloomberg New Energy Finance, a strategic research provider, projects demand will grow to 450m tonnes per year by 2030. Most of this growth (86%) comes from Asia, with China leading. What will LNG financing look like in the future? Is there a risk of LNG diverting investment from renewables? How can governments strike the right balance between energy security, affordability and sustainability?
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Jonathan Stern
Distinguished research fellow and founder, Natural Gas Research Programme, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES)
Jonathan Stern
Distinguished research fellow and founder, Natural Gas Research Programme, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES)
September 21st 2022-
03:10 pm -3:40Investing in LNG infrastructure
Jonathan Stern founded the OIES Gas Research Programme in 2003 and was its director until 2011, when he became its chairman and a senior research fellow. He became a distinguished fellow in 2016. He is honorary professor at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy, University of Dundee; visiting professor at the Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London; fellow of the Energy Delta Institute; and distinguished research fellow of the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan. From 2011 to 2016 he was the EU speaker of the EU–Russia Gas Advisory Council. He is the author and editor of several books, including Natural Gas in Asia: The Challenges of Growth in China, India, Japan and Korea; The Pricing of Internationally Traded Gas; and The Future of Gas in the Gulf: Continuity and Change. He is also author of two chapters in LNG Markets in Transition: The Great Reconfiguration. His most recent papers published by the OIES in 2020 and 2022 are Methane Emissions from Natural Gas and LNG Imports: An Increasingly Urgent Issue for the Future of Gas in Europe; and Measurement, Reporting, and Verification of Methane Emissions from Natural Gas and LNG Trade: Creating Transparent and Credible Frameworks.
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Abdul Razib bin Dawood
Chief executive, Energy Commission Malaysia
Abdul Razib bin Dawood
Chief executive, Energy Commission Malaysia
September 21st 2022-
03:10 pm -3:40Investing in LNG infrastructure
Abdul Razib bin Dawood was appointed chief executive of the Energy Commission in August 2019. From 2012 to 2017, he was the head of electricity market operations with the Energy Commission before being assigned to be the chief executive of the Malaysia Nuclear Power Corporation from 2017 to 2018. In 2018, he was appointed chief operating officer of the Energy Commission, and in April 2019 was appointed acting chief executive responsible for the overall administration and management of the functions of the Energy Commission.
He started his early career with Tenaga Nasional Berhad Engineers, and has more than 20 years of professional experience, having worked for both Malaysian and Australian national power utilities and independent power producers and as a consultant for renewable energy. During his career he has held many roles such as a construction engineer, project manager, technical adviser, systems planning engineer and a power system study specialist.
He graduated with a BTEC national diploma in engineering in 1991 from the Coventry Technical College, followed by an electrical engineering degree from the University of Warwick, UK, in 1994. He was then awarded his master of science in power electronic engineering from the University of Manitoba, Canada, in 1996.
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Nicolas Daher
Lead energy analyst, The Economist Intelligence Unit
Nicolas Daher
Lead energy analyst, The Economist Intelligence Unit
September 21st 2022-
03:10 pm -3:40Investing in LNG infrastructure
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04:25 pm -4:55In conversation. Electrifying oil and gas operations
Nicolas specialises in energy and climate change issues, covering energy markets and commodities, the energy transition, and energy policies and economics.
Nicolas leads EIU’s energy service, which provides comprehensive forecasts of demand and supply across the entire energy mix at a global and national level. He also writes and edits articles for the service. In addition, he is in charge of the production of EIU Special Reports on energy topics. He offers commentary on energy topics to media outlets and speaks at conferences.
Nicolas joined EIU in 2021, and has been working as an energy analyst and consultant since 2012. In addition to a Bachelor’s degree in economics, he holds a Master’s in Journalism from Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (Argentina), and an MSC in Economics, and Policy of Energy and the Environment from University College London. An Argentine national, he has been based in London since 2015.
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In conversation. Carbon capture, utilisation and storage and fossil fuels
According to the IEA, facilities for carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) around the world have the capacity to capture more than 40m tonnes of CO2 each year. What is the potential and opportunity for depleted oil and gas fields for CCUS? How can we increase the awareness of the role CCUS can play in developing low-emission energy and promoting energy innovation in Asia? Is CCUS the only solution for including fossil fuels in the energy transition?
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Juho Lipponen
Co-ordinator, Clean Energy Ministerial CCUS Initiative
Juho Lipponen
Co-ordinator, Clean Energy Ministerial CCUS Initiative
September 21st 2022Juho Lipponen is co-ordinator of the Clean Energy Ministerial Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) Initiative. Mr Lipponen works closely with the co-chairs and all 13 initiative members and is responsible for the day-to-day running of all the initiative’s activities. Between 2010 and 2018, he was head of the carbon capture and storage unit at the International Energy Agency and acting head of the energy technology policy division. Before joining the IEA, Mr Lipponen held several positions at Eurelectric in Brussels. He holds an MSc in political science, economics and constitutional law from the University of Turku, Finland. He is based in Paris.
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Xiaoliang Yang
Country manager, China, Global CCS Institute
Xiaoliang Yang
Country manager, China, Global CCS Institute
September 21st 2022Xiaoliang Yang joined the Global CCS Institute as China country manager in March 2022. In his current role, Mr Yang leads the institute’s efforts to develop and execute policy, advocacy and client engagement strategies to build political and financial support for development of carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) in China. Prior to joining the institute, he served as technology director at China Oil & Gas Climate Investments, a clean technology venture firm focusing on CO2 and methane reductions, energy-efficiency improvement and transport decarbonisation. Mr Yang also held various positions at the World Resources Institute, leading its China climate and energy programme and CCUS activities. In addition, he worked at the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs and at the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Centre (KAPSARC) in Saudi Arabia. Mr Yang holds a PhD in environmental science from State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry and an MPA from the Maxwell School of Syracuse University.
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Charles Ross
Principal, Policy and Insights, Economist Impact
Charles Ross
Principal, Policy and Insights, Economist Impact
Charles Ross is Principal of Policy and Insights in Asia-Pacific and leads the region’s technology and society practice. Prior to this role he was editorial director for The Economist Intelligence Unit overseeing all thought leadership research in Asia. Charles combines a deep understanding of how technology trends are reshaping business and society with excellent research and editorial skills, to create impactful and award-winning research programmes for clients.
Charles is currently based in Australia and has led many projects analysing the implications for business of new technology trends such as blockchain, fintech, smart cities, cloud computing, sustainability and the internet of things, for Google, Stripe, SAP, Telstra, Microsoft, Prudential, Westpac and the Singapore government. He is a contributing industry expert to the UN Science Policy and Business Forum on the Environment and a frequent speaker at finance and technology events across the region. Charles holds a master of business administration, focusing on strategy and organisational change, from the University of Oxford and a certificate in public policy analysis from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
In conversation. Electrifying oil and gas operations
Clean electrification is a top investment priority for reaching net zero by 2050. In the oil and gas industry, the carbon footprint of offshore platforms can be substantially reduced through electrification. Why is platform electrification an effective way to reach net zero? Where are the biggest roadblocks and how can these be overcome? Is this concept viable for oil and gas companies in the region?
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Peter Green
Deputy laboratory director, Science and Technology. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Peter Green
Deputy laboratory director, Science and Technology. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
September 21st 2022-
04:25 pm -4:55In conversation. Electrifying oil and gas operations
Peter Green is the deputy laboratory director for Science and Technology and the chief research officer for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). He began his career at Sandia National Laboratories where he spent eleven years, after graduating from Cornell in 1985 with a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering (MSE). Prior to his appointment at NREL in 2016, Mr. Green was the Vincent T. and Gloria M. Gorguze Endowed professor of Engineering. He was also professor and chair of the department of MSE, professor of chemical engineering, and of applied physics at the University of Michigan (UM), Ann Arbor. Prior to his appointment at UM, Green also served on the faculty of The University of Texas at Austin, as professor of chemical engineering, and as the BF Goodrich Professor of Materials Engineering.
He is a former president of the Materials Research Society (MRS), an organization with members form 90 countries. His academic recognition includes a National Science Foundation Special Creativity Extension Award, and “outstanding referee” for the Physical Review journals. Mr. Green was elected to the status of fellow of the following professional societies, by his peers, for his technical contributions: the American Physical Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry (United Kingdom), the American Association of Arts and Science, and of the MRS. He is the 2022 Distinguished Alumnus of the MSE department, Cornell Univ. Dept., and a recipient of the Secretary’s Achievement Award, US Department of Energy.
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Concetto Fischetti
Energy transition director, International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP)
Concetto Fischetti
Energy transition director, International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP)
September 21st 2022-
04:25 pm -4:55In conversation. Electrifying oil and gas operations
In September 2021 Concetto Fischetti was seconded from Eni to the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers as energy transition director. Mr Fischetti serves as a single point of accountability to deliver the oil and gas low-carbon programme across carbon capture and storage, methane emissions management, energy efficiency, electrification and hydrogen working streams.
Mr Fischetti has built his competencies around oil and gas development projects and has worked on projects in Kashagan, Mozambique, Egypt and Algeria. In 2017 he was seconded to the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative to support the new chief executive on managing the first carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) project. Returning to Eni in 2019, he re-joined the operations division to lead the logistics function.
He graduated with full marks in mechanical engineering in 1998 and earned a master’s degree in energy and environment from Scuola Mattei.
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Nicolas Daher
Lead energy analyst, The Economist Intelligence Unit
Nicolas Daher
Lead energy analyst, The Economist Intelligence Unit
September 21st 2022-
03:10 pm -3:40Investing in LNG infrastructure
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04:25 pm -4:55In conversation. Electrifying oil and gas operations
Nicolas specialises in energy and climate change issues, covering energy markets and commodities, the energy transition, and energy policies and economics.
Nicolas leads EIU’s energy service, which provides comprehensive forecasts of demand and supply across the entire energy mix at a global and national level. He also writes and edits articles for the service. In addition, he is in charge of the production of EIU Special Reports on energy topics. He offers commentary on energy topics to media outlets and speaks at conferences.
Nicolas joined EIU in 2021, and has been working as an energy analyst and consultant since 2012. In addition to a Bachelor’s degree in economics, he holds a Master’s in Journalism from Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (Argentina), and an MSC in Economics, and Policy of Energy and the Environment from University College London. An Argentine national, he has been based in London since 2015.
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