Empowering the future: Clean energy innovations, regional cooperation and integration, and financing solutions.
2 – 6 June 2025 | ADB Headquarters, Manila
ACEF 2021 speakers represent a wide range of stakeholders and practitioners from the global clean energy arena.
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Sun Cable
Dr. Fraser Thompson is the co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Sun Cable, which is building the world's largest solar farm, undersea HVDC link and batteries to supply renewable energy from Australia and elsewhere to growing demand centres across Asia. He is a globally-recognised expert on su
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Coronium
Gavin has worked across all facets of the Solar and Renewable Energy industries, including technical, project management, commercial, strategic, transactional, and advisory roles.
Prior to founding Coronium, Gavin worked with BP Solar as an Electrical Engineer, Project and Program Manag
EY
Propel Clean Energy Partners
Innovation Norway
Helge Tryti, is Director of Business Development South Asia. Previously he has been serving as Commercial Counsellor at the Royal Norway Embassy in New Delhi and Director of the Innovation Norway India offices.
During his career, Helge has held a number of management positions, national
The Ministry of Industry and Trade
Mr. Hoang Van Tam currently is the Deputy Head of Climate change and Green growth Office under the Steering Committee’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) of Vietnam about climate change and green growth for the energy and industry sector.
He has been engaged to the climate change
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Mr. Hongpeng Liu, Director, Energy Division, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).
He is currently leading the energy team in ESCAP to promote regional energy cooperation with focus on implementation of the Sustainable Development Goal 7 in achi
Asian Development Bank
National Assembly Budget Office
USAID’s Grid Integration Toolkit under the USAID-NREL Partnership