Forum Presentations
GUIDE TO FORUM PRESENTATIONS
Session 1: (Opening Plenary) Time to Act: Accelerating Low-Carbon Energy for All
Keynote Address
- Zhengrong Shi, CEO, Suntech Power Holdings
Session 2: Energy for All: The on-the-ground Paradigm to the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
No presentations
Session 3: Solar Energy in Asia: Industry Dynamics, Business Models, and Potential for Expansion
Session Chair
- Dave Renne, President, International Solar Energy Agency
Presenters
- Joel Conkling, Principal, Energy & Sustainability, Google
- Aiming Zhou, Energy Specialist, Sustainable Infrastructure Division, Regional and Sustainable Development Department, Asian Development Bank
- Mikael Jakobsson, Head of District Energy Section, COWI
- Pushkala Lakshmi Ratan, Regional Vice President- Asia Pacific, TÜV SÜD Asia Pacific Pvt. Ltd.
Session 4: Low Emissions Development Strategies (LEDS) as a Clean Energy Driver: Experiences and Platforms for Asia
Session Chair
- Orestes Anastasia, Regional Environment Advisor, USAID/RDMA
Presenters
- Sitanon Jesdapipat, Associate Professor, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok
- Darius Nassiry, Senior Program Manager, Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), Seoul
- Pan Tao, Cities Program Manager, Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC) - China
- Nguyen Manh Hai, Central Institute for Economic Management
Session 5: Accelerating the Diffusion of Climate Technologies in the Asia-Pacific
Session Chair
- Xuedu Lu, Advisor, Regional and Sustainable Development Department, Asian Development Bank
Presenters
- Rajiv Garg, Technology Programme Officer, United Nations Environment Programme
- Peter Storey, Vice President, PPL International
- Letha Tawney, Senior Expert, World Resources Institute
- Toru Kubo, Principal Climate Change Specialist, Head of Carbon Market Program, Regional and Sustainable Development Department, Asian Development Bank
Session 6: Energy for All: Moving out of Poverty through Productive Use of Energy Services
Presenter
- Drew Corbyn, Energy Consultant, Practical Action
Session 7: Smart Grids and Grid Integration of Renewable Energy: Challenges and Opportunities
Session Chair
- Pil-Bae Song, Senior Advisor, Regional and Sustainable Development Department, Asian Development Bank
Presenters
- Reji Kumar Pillai, President, India Smart Grid Forum
- David Elzinga, Energy Technology Analyst, International Energy Agency
- Dietmar Retzmann, Director, Technical Marketing and Innovations HVDC/FACTS, Siemens AG, Energy Sector, Power Transmission Solutions
- Eddie Tan, ASEAN Technical Solutions Director, GE Energy – Digital Energy
- Cao Xiao, Chief R&D Engineer, Meteorological Application Technology Research Division of New Energy Department, China Electric Power Research Institute, State Grid Corporation
Session 8: Emerging Regional Initiatives to Support Improved Implementation of Clean Energy
Session Chair
- Gil-Hong Kim, Director, Sustainable Infrastructure Division, Regional and Sustainable Development Department, Asian Development Bank
Presenters
- Hongpeng Liu, Chief - Energy Security and Water Resources Section, UN ESCAP
- Sven-Uwe Mueller, Director, Sino-German Renewable Energy Program (GIZ)
- Song-Kwen Kang, Manager, Climate Change Cooperation Department, KEMCO
Session 9: New Approaches to Project-based Lending for Energy Efficiency Projects in Asia
Session Chair
- Peter DuPont, Vice President, Clean Energy Asia, Nexant Asia Ltd
Presenters
- Thomas Dreessen, Chairman and CEO, Energy Efficiency Project Investment Company Limited (EEPIC)
- Anil Kumar, Consultant, SRC Global, Inc.
Session 10: (Plenary) Financing Sustainability and Enabling Profitability: Public and Private Perspective
No presentations
Session 11: Energy for All: Up-Scaling Micro-Enterprises
Presenter
- Hanna Ebeling, Business Accelerator Consultant - Southeast Asia, LGT Venture
Session 12: Carbon Capture and Storage: Regional Update
Session Chair
- Ashok Bhargava, Director, Energy Division, East Asia Department, Asian Development Bank
Presenters
- Alice Gibson, Capacity Development Manager, Global CCS Institute
- Pradeep Tharakan, Climate Change Specialist, Energy Division, Southeast Asia Department, Asian Development Bank
- Annika Seiler, Finance Specialist, Energy Division, East Asia Department, Asian Development Bank
- Gwen Andrews, Vice President, Environmental Policies and Global Advocacy - Asia and Oceania/Australia, Alstom
Session 13: Development and Implementation of Clean Energy in the Philippines
Session Chair
- Pete Maniego, Chair, National Renewable Energy Board
Presenters
- Jose M. Layug, Jr., Undersecretary, Department of Energy, Republic of the Philippines
- Katsumasa Hamaguchi, Representative, Economic Growth Section, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
- Jasper Inventor, Climate and Energy Campaigner, Greenpeace International
Session 14: Strategies for Financing Small-Scale Solar Power Plants
Session Chair
- Rehan Kauser, Unit Head, Project Administration, Energy Division, Southeast Asia Department, Asian Development Bank
Presenters
- Wang Sicheng, Senior Researcher, Energy Research Institute, China, General Certification Center (CGC)
- Tony Artiga, Project Finance Manager, Sunco Clean Energy Solutions
- Stewart Craine, Co-founder, Barefoot Power/Village Infrastructure Angels
- Don Purka, Principal Investment Specialist, Climate Change Unit, Regional and Sustainable Development Department, Asian Development Bank
Session 15: Energy for All: Business Solutions for promoting energy access
No presentations
Session 16: Quantum Leap in Wind Power
Session Chair
- Jitendra (Jitu) Shah, Advisor, Regional and Sustainable Development Department, Asian Development Bank
Presenters
- Steve Sawyer, Secretary General, Global Wind Energy Council
- Gil Opina, Sales Manager, Wind Power Asia, Philippines, Siemens Wind Power
- Pramod Jain, President, Innovative Wind Energy, Inc.
- Jitendra (Jitu) Shah, Advisor, Regional and Sustainable Development Department, Asian Development Bank
Session 17: ADB’s Knowledge and Innovation-Based Support to PRC’s Clean Energy Development
Session Chair
- Ashok Bhargava, Director, Energy Division, East Asia Department, Asian Development Bank
Presenters
- Pradeep Perera, Principal Energy Specialist, Energy Division, East Asia Department, Asian Development Bank
- Woo Yul Lee, Young Professional, Energy Division, East Asia Department, Asian Development Bank
- Annika Seiler, Finance Specialist (Energy), Energy Division, East Asia Department, Asian Development Bank
Session 18: Raising Funds and Matching Financing with Projects
Session Chair
- Samuel Tumiwa , Deputy Regional Director, North American Representative Office, Asian Development Bank
Presenters
- Youngsuk Seo, Senior Consultant, Climate Change & Sustainability, KPMG Korea
- Husain Mugaibel, Senior Energy Specialist, Islamic Development Bank
- Ren Tao, Investment Officer, European Investment Bank
- Miles Stump, Sustainable Energy Finance Specialist, International Finance Corporation
Session 19: Energy for All: Clean Cooking Solutions for the Poor
Presenter
- Leslie Cordes, Senior Director, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves/UN Foundation
Session 20: Technology Developments and Application for Bioenergy in Asia
Session Chair
- Jun Tian, Advisor, Regional and Sustainable Development Department, Asian Development Bank
Presenters
- Craig Jamieson, World Agroforestry Centre
- Pasi Rousu, President, Chempolis Asia & Pacific and Americas
- Oktay Mammadov, Head of Project Management and Public Relations Department, Tamiz Shahar JSC
- Gatot Prawiro, Regional Executive, GE Energy – Gas Engines
Session 21: Business Opportunities in ADB's Energy Sector
Session Chair
- Yongping Zhai, Director, Energy Division, South Asia Department, Asian Development Bank
Presenters
- Jim Liston, Principal Energy Specialist, Energy Division, Central and West Asia Department, Asian Development Bank
- Teruhisa Oi, Senior Energy Specialist, Energy Division, East Asia Department, Asian Development Bank
- Rehan Kauser, Unit Head, Project Administration, Energy Division, Southeast Asia Department, Asian Development Bank
- Mukhtor Khamudkhanov, Principal Energy Specialist, Energy Division, South Asia Department
Session 22: Managing Risk in Clean Energy Projects
Session Chair
- Don Purka, Principal Investment Specialist, Climate Change Unit, Regional and Sustainable Development Department, Asian Development Bank
Presenters
- Suzanne Etcheverry, Director – Insurance, OPIC
- Matt Daly, General Manager, REC Solar
- James Maguire, Regional Managing Director - Construction, Power & Renewable Energy, Asia, Aon Risk Solutions
- Tamsir Ndiaye, Director of Environment and Sustainable Development, Organization for the Development of the Senegal River
Session 23: (Plenary) Future of the Global Financial Architecture for Climate Change
- Lakshmi Venkatachalam, Vice President, Private Sector and Cofinancing Operations, Asian Development Bank
Session 24: Energy for All: Financing Mechanisms for Sustainable Business Innovations
No presentations
Session 25: E-vehicle for the Developing Asia - A Case of Market Transformation and Technology Transfer
Presenter
- Toru Tokushige, CEO, Terra Motors
Session 26: Energy Efficiency in Built Environment
Session Chair
- Peter DuPont, Vice President, Clean Energy Asia, Nexant Asia Ltd
Presenters
- Athena Ballesteros, Project Manager, Institutions and Governance Program, World Resource Institute (WRI)
- Edward Anggadjaja, Deputy Director, Singapore Building & Construction Authority
- Qi Chengying, Professor, Dean of the Energy and Environment Engineering, Director of the Energy Engineering Center, Hebei University of Technology, China
- Malcolm E. Verdict, Associate Director, Energy Systems Laboratory at Texas A&M University
Session 27: Strategies for Developing and Monetizing Carbon Credits in Times of Transition
Session Chair
- Birgit Haberl, Asian Development Bank
Presenters
- Philippe Delhaise, Founder, Carbon Management Consulting (CMC) Group
- Govind Raj Pokharel, Executive Director, Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC), Ministry of Environment, Government of Nepal
- Sam Priest, Associate, Baker & McKenzie (Sydney) and current legal advisor to the Future Carbon Fund at the Asian Development Bank
- Luis Cañete, Climate Change Specialist (Asia Pacific Carbon Fund), Climate Change Unit, Regional and Sustainable Development Department, Asian Development Bank
Session 28: Clean Energy Access in South Asia
Session Chair
- Yongping Zhai, Director, Energy Division, South Asia Department, Asian Development Bank
Presenters
- Priyantha Wijayatunga, Senior Energy Specialist, South Asia Energy Division, South Asia Department, Asian Development Bank
- P N Fernando, Senior Advisor (Consultant), South Asia Energy Division, South Asia Department, South Asia Department, Asian Development Bank
- Herath Gunatilake, Principal Energy Economist, South Asia Energy Division, South Asia Department, Asian Development Bank
- Thierry Lefevre, Director, Center for Energy Environment Resources Development (CEERD)
Session 29: Scaling up Geothermal Power Generation in Asia.
Session Chair
- Pradeep Tharakan, Consultant/Climate Change Specialist, Energy Division, Southeast Asia Department, Asian Development Bank
- Fernando Sanchez Peñarroyo, Director, International Geothermal Association
- Richard Tantoco, President and Chief Operating Officer, Energy Development Corporation, Philippines
- Mike Crosetti, Director, Castlerock Consulting
Session 30: Building Capacity for Effective Policies and Regulations
Session Chair
- Anthony Jude, Director, Energy Division, Southeast Asia Regional Department, Asian Development Bank
Presenters
- Matthew Gardner, Deputy Director, International Programs, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC)
- Hans Schrader, Senior Program Manager, Advisory Services – Investment Climate, East Asia and the Pacific – Philippines, International Finance Corporation
- Bek Chee Jin, Chief Operating Office, International Copper Association
- Balawant Joshi, Director, ABPS Infrastructure Advisory Private Limited
Session 31: Strategies and Business Models to Expand Clean Energy
Session Chair
- Mayur Karmakar, Asia Leader on Sustainable Energy, International Copper Association
Presenters
- Aurelia Micko, Deputy Director Environment Office, USAID Indonesia
- Achyut Luitel, Director, Practical Action South Asia
- Katsumasa Hamaguchi, Representative, Economic Growth Section, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
- Monali Zeya Hazra, Program Management Specialist, USAID/India
Session 32: (Plenary) Pathway to a Low-Carbon Future
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