ACEF 2026 Speakers

DaeKeun Shin is Deputy Director of the Electric Power Industry Policy Division at Korea's Ministry of Climate, Environment and Energy (MCEE), established in October 2025 to lead Korea's integrated response to climate change and energy transition. He oversees Korea's international energy cooperation

Daisuke Koike is a Group Manager of the Global Project Department in the Nuclear Energy Business Unit of IHI Corporation. IHI is a Japanese heavy-industry conglomerate with expertise in nuclear engineering and in the fabrication and installation of nuclear power plant (NPP) components, radioactive w

Daisy Marquez is a renewable energy executive and business leader based in the Philippines. She is co-founder and CEO of Cenag Solar, operating since 2011 and was Country Manager of Enervinci Philippines from 2017 - 2021, a German-owned RE company that focused on off-grid and rural electrification p

Damitha Kumarasinghe has been serving as the Director General (Chief Executive Officer) of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka since 2010. He has been widely invited by international agencies, utilities, regulators and international media on the subject of infrastructure regulations.

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Daniel Wiedmer is a finance professional with more than 20 years of experience in infrastructure finance in emerging markets in Asia and Africa. As Director of the Private Sector Infrastructure Division, he leads ADB's infrastructure finance team responsible for Southeast Asia, East Asia, and the Pa

David Moran leads the Digital business for Arup's Asia Pacific (APAC) Region. He partners with client executives and project teams to unlock new value through data and technology, helping them navigate complex change and deliver impactful digital solutions. David is an experienced digital tran

Dean is the Chair of OPERA - the Office for the Pacific Energy Regulators Alliance, a group of 13 Pacific nations responsible for regulating national electricity systems under the challenges of affordability, climate change and transition to renewable energy sources. He is also Chief Economist for t

Debarka leads business consulting and strategy at Dastur Energy, India Operations focused on clean energy transitions for the industrial sector, viz. oil & gas, metals, cement and steel, including clean energy value chains of solid fuel gasification, hydrogen, methanol derivatives, energy storage. H

Debmallya Chanda is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment (EIEE). His research focuses on macroeconomic modelling for climate and energy policy, with particular interest in digitalization, monetary-fiscal interactions, and the macro-financial d

Debbie is the Executive Director of ESIG. She has over 30 years of experience in the energy industry with a focus on power system studies. She previously worked at GE Energy Consulting, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and was seconded to the Hawaiian Electric Company. She is a Fellow of th