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Asia Clean Energy Forum (ACEF) 2008: Investing in Solutions that Address Climate Change and Energy Security

ADB Headquarters, Manila, Philippines: 3-5 June 2008

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Pre-Forum on Access to Energy: Agenda for the Workshop and Parallel Session


During Asia Clean Energy Forum, ADB is organizing a pre-forum workshop on 2 June 2008 and a parallel session on 3 June 2008 on scaling up access to energy projects with other partners including The Foundation for Development Cooperation (FDC), German Technical Cooperation Agency (GTZ), Global Village Energy Partnership (GVEP) International, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP), SNV, Winrock International.

Monday, 2 June 2008
08:30 - 09:00 Registration

Workshop opening remarks by Samuel Tumiwa, ADB
   
09:00 - 10:00 Session 1: Setting the scene - revisiting the problem and main barriers

Session Chair: Craig Wilson, Executive Director, The Foundation for Development Cooperation (FDC), Australia

Panelists:
  • Brahmanand Mohanty [ PDF: 642kb | 12 pages ] Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok and Regional Advisor for Asia for the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME)
  • Edita S. Bueno [ PDF: 865kb | 11 pages ], Administrator, National Electrification Administration, Philippines
  • John Mitchell [ PDF: 872kb | 10 pages ], US Environmental Protection Agency, Partnership for Clean Indoor Air
   
10:00 - 10:30 Tea/Coffee Break
   
10:30 - 12:00 Session 2: Revisiting the successful models

Session Chair: Bikash Pandey, Country Representative - Pakistan, Director, South Asia Clean Energy Group, Winrock International, Pakistan

Panelists:
  • Govind Pokharel [ PDF: 1,714kb | 14 pages ], Alternative Energy Promotion Center, Nepal
  • Roman Ritter [ PDF: 1,039kb | 9 pages ], GTZ Principal Advisor
  • Inamul Karim Pavel [ PDF: 533kb | 12 pages ], Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL), Bangladesh
   
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Break
   
13:00 - 14:00 Session 3: Addressing financing needs

Session Chair: Russel J. deLucia [ PDF: 544kb | 5 pages ], President, The Small-Scale Sustainable Infrastructure Development Fund, Inc., USA

Panelists:
  • K. M. Udupa, Varitiya Vikash Trust, India
  • Ron Bevacqua, Executive Director, PlaNet Finance Asia, Japan
  • Jeroen van Bruggen [ PDF: 641kb | 11 pages ], Senior Advisor, Carbon Financing Asia, SNV
   
14:00 - 15:00 Session 4: Promoting private sector participation

Session Chair: Mark Fogarty [ PDF: 692kb | 13 pages ], Chair, REEEP

Panelists:
  • Jeff Dickinson, E + Co, Asia Program
  • Jaime Rafael, Cagayan Electric Power and Light Corporation
   
15:00 - 15:30 Tea/Coffee Break
   
15:30 - 17:00 Session 5: Developing road map and regional approaches

Session Chair: Samuel Tumiwa, ADB

Panelists:
  • Craig Wilson [ PDF: 802kb | 14 pages ], The Foundation for Development Cooperation (FDC)
  • Felix ter Heegde [ PDF: 536kb | 8 pages ], Chief Technical Advisor Biogas, SNV
  • Hari Natarajan [ PDF: 820kb | 12 pages ], Global Village Energy Partnership (GVEP) International
  • Mark Fogarty [ PDF: 591kb | 12 pages ], Chair, Asia Pacific Steering Committee, REEEP
   
17:30 - 19:30 Reception hosted by ADB, Auditorium Gallery

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