Potential topics in this session could include:

Next-generation rooftop solar
Solar + storage
Hybrid energy systems
Renewable E-mobility
Solar energy for climate-proof water and food security

Potential topics in this session could include:

Developing country perspectives on planning and financing in FCAS and SIDS context
Non-traditional donor financing experience, including emergency financing
Case studies for distributed and off-grid clean energy technologies and applications to address climate change impacts
Case studies in clean technology responses for post-tsunami, post-typhoon and post conflict recovery situations
Case studies in implementing adaptation elements into mitigation projects

Session 3.1: Planning, Designing, and Building for Climate Resilience

This session will present plans, technologies, approaches and successful case studies for economic and climate resilience including emergency responses and solutions post-conflict and post-disaster.

Potential topics in this session could include:

Tailored financial services to support green and sustainable development
Rural waste-to-energy: biochar-based compound fertilizer for green agriculture and poverty reduction
Switch from coal to clean energy in rural households: benefits for air quality
Air pollutant reduction from the iron and steel Industry in Hebei Province
Energy efficiency improvement and potential in the cooling sector: a case study from Zhejiang Province

Potential topics in this session could include:

Regenerative ocean biomass energy
Pico- and micro-hydropower for high-value agriculture
Experience with hydro, solar, and wind for sustainable village development
Beneficial use of geothermal waste heat for community livelihood support
Refrigeration/cold chain services for expanding access to fisheries industries

Potential topics in this session could include:

Climate-smart agriculture using water from solar powered desalination
Concentrating solar thermal systems for industrial applications
Solar + hydrogen for 24/7 electricity services
Solar irrigation and solar ice production
ADB’s floating solar experience and portfolio
Solar energy applications in the health sector

This session will bring together regional experts and innovators, along with officials from ADB’s DMCs, to present recent experience developing sustainable energy with value additions from multiple sectors. Presentations can include case studies from education, policy, legal, and regulatory spheres to support the shift from an inefficient, linear extractive economy to a more efficient, cleaner, and inherently sustainable circular economy.

Session 2.1: Economy-wide Energy Evolution
To deliver a sustainable energy future, it will be essential to engage with stakeholders across the economy, beyond the energy sector, in order to shape the future of energy supply, demand, use, and capacity.

Potential topics in this session could include:

Hydrogen potential, global roadmaps, and strategies for deployment
Heating and cooking
The digital transition, transmission and distribution technologies
Solar energy for energy access and climate change

This session will include discussion of the technology developments in renewables and energy efficiency, electrification, and other sectors, and approaches for setting more ambitious target in energy roadmaps with regulatory changes needed for the NDCs. Speakers will include international practitioners, ADB professionals, and officials from ADB’s developing member countries (DMCs).

Potential topics in this session could include:

Challenges and solutions for higher penetration of renewable energy into existing power grids (focused on government agencies and grid companies in ADB’s DMCs)
Synergies between the power sector and electrification of other sectors, such as heat and transport.

Potential topics in this session could include:

Innovative micro- and mini grids with renewables in remote areas, as a strategy to reduce emissions from
conventional diesel mini-grids[Philippine, Indonesia, etc.]
Community-based (and community-owned) energy systems and business models
Analysis of the socio-economic impacts of rural energy
Rural clean heating, gas distribution, and other applications and end uses and applications