Speaker 2022

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Ms. Liu Rong works for Beijing Heating Group, the largest cogeneration central heating enterprise in China and also served as Vice president of China District Heating Association and also the Chinese representative of the IEA-DHC Executive Committee. She has been engaged in the technology research and engineering practice of district heating industry for more than 30 years ,has professional experience in clean heating and intelligent heating, has edited more than 10 technical standards in the field of district heating in China and won the Beijing Science and Technology Progress Award.

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Rosa Garcia is an Energy Efficiency and Cooling Specialist with SEforALL where she supports a number of actions to accelerate global energy efficiency and sustainable cooling. Rosa has previously collaborated with the Government of Mexico, the KfW and the World Bank on energy efficiency projects for the residential sector and SMEs. Rosa holds a Master's degree of International Development & Energy from the Paris Institute of Political Studies and a Master's degree of Development Policies and Projects from Pantheon- Sorbonne.

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Rosamond Bing is the Chief Executive Officer for the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources for the Government of the Kingdom of Tonga. She has held senior executive positions and acted as in-house legal counsel for the Ministry for over 20 years.

In her role as Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Bing is responsible for the executive oversight of six divisions – leadership and policy, corporate services, land administration, survey services, natural resources, land and geographical information systems and the national spatial planning office.

She is a Co-Chair of the Government’s Oceans 7 Technical Working Group and principal drafter of the Tonga Oceans Management Bill 2022.

Ms. Bing’s interests are in constitutional and administrative law and natural resources management.

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• Investment professional at SUSI Partners with a demonstrated track record in investing in renewable energy projects in South East Asia
• Closed SUSI Partners’ first few transactions in the region with a focus on microgrids and energy efficiency
• Background in M&A and corporate finance

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Sasha working in Sungrow FPV since 2017 when Sungrow started jounery in FPV solution. Responsiable for SEA FPV market, Sasha supported and experienced several FPV projects within the region from very beginning to the end;

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Water Waste Energy interrelatedness navigates Salil’s Career pursuit on Sustainability. Exacerbation of Climate, Covid, Conflict, Carbon, Cyberwarps creates silos. Derived from these challenges is the value proposition: Sustainability Seamlessness, that unfurls, integrates, enables, enhances bankability of habitats spanning marine <> terrestrial <> riverine <> coastal <> island spaces. Seamlessness ushers Rurbanization that shuns clutter, drives decentralization, stimulates differentiation creating robust rural aligned with smart urban, given the equilibrium of water waste energy. This is expressed as an innovative acronym: W W E_Own = “We Own” {water waste energy}, {"We" aligns policymakers, processors, ESG-compliant financiers, AI-informed community}. Credentials from the Earth Institute at Columbia University, New York on ‘Integrated approaches to Sustainable Development Practice’ and Global Survivability Studies at Kyoto University, Japan. There is a blend of #corporate sector projects #Sustainability “Living Labs” at reputable institutes of higher learning in twenty plus W W E-variant habitats (countries) # Consulting at Multilateral Development Institutions and Energy Research Institutes. The lifelong learning quest is real for me that emanates from curiosity and passion for something new, novel, and niche. These traits complements my #consulting and #capacity building as an enabler and facilitator.

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Mr. Tumiwa is Advisor, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department and Chief of the Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations team at the Asian Development Bank. He joined ADB in 2001 as a Renewable Energy Specialist and held several positions in the energy sector leading policy dialogue with the governments, managing project design, and overseeing implementation, especially in renewable energy and energy efficiency, throughout South and Central Asia. Most notably Mr. Tumiwa developed ADB’s clean energy program, access to energy program and established the Clean Energy Financing Partnership Facility. Mr. Tumiwa also served and the Deputy Representative for North America in Washington, D.C. from 2011-2016 and as ADB’s Country Director in Afghanistan from 2017-2019.

Prior to ADB, he worked in a design engineering firm in Washington, D.C. where he worked on development projects, developed strategic partnerships and identified business opportunities that helped bring in new contracts from private sector clients and international donor agencies.

Mr. Tumiwa is an Indonesian national. He has over 30 years of professional experience in international development and strategic partnerships, including over 20 years in ADB

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Seungduck Kim currently works with the Asian Development Bank's Central and West Asia energy division. He has over 20 years of experience in the energy sector, with expertise in renewable energy, conventional generation, hydropower, energy efficiency, and power transmission and distribution across Asia and the Middle East. His most recent professional focus has been on energy sector reforms in Central Asian countries, with the goal of attracting private sector investments across the energy value chain and regional linkages. Seungduck is currently in charge of ADB's energy sector operations in Pakistan and Uzbekistan, where he is transforming the Bank's operations from traditional to innovative and cutting-edge project design and finance interventions. Prior to joining ADB, he worked with a public sector power electricity in Korea and for independent power projects across the globe. He holds a master’s degree in engineering from Stanford University, and a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Korea University.

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Shah Zulfiqar Haider is a Registered Professional Engineer (PEng) and Certified Energy Auditor from USA and Life Fellow of Bangladesh Computer Society. He has 40 years of experience in Infrastructure, Sustainable Energy, Climate Change & Military Engineering Services. He is an International expert in Sustainable Energy, Smart Grid, Infrastructure planning, Total Quality Management (TQM), Management of Electric Utilities etc. He has attended International Conferences as Keynote Speaker/Executive Dialogue Speaker/ Presenter/Facilitator on Smart Grid, Energy Efficiency, Climate Change, Sustainable Energy, Sustainable Tariff, Rural Electrification, Future Energy etc. in USA, Belgium, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Vietnam, Pakistan, Morocco, Nepal, Philippines etc. He has many International publications on Energy, TQM, Sustainable Energy etc. He received National award as “Best Officer in Energy sector” by Government of Bangladesh. He was Director of Sustainable & Renewable Energy Development Authority, Bangladesh. At present, he is Technical Adviser of Mitsubishi Research Institute and gives Technical support to Sustainable and Renewable Energy Development Authority, Bangladesh. He is Member of many International Energy, IT and TQM related organizations.

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Sharan Burrow is the General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation, representing 200 million workers in 163 countries and territories with 332 national affiliates. The ITUC’s primary mission is the promotion and defense of workers’ rights and interests, through international cooperation between trade unions, global campaigning, and advocacy within the major global institutions. Previously President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) from 2000 – 2010, Sharan is a passionate advocate and campaigner for social justice, women’s rights, the environment, and labour law reforms, and has led union negotiations on major economic reforms and labour rights campaigns in her home country of Australia and globally. She has also served as a member of the Governing Body of the International Labour Organisation and is represented on a number of international commissions concerning climate action, industrial transition, and economic reform.

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Mrs. Shovana Maharjan has more than 11 years of experience in renewable energy sector in different development project / program development with management, and communication skills. She has a good knowledge in advocacy, gender and social inclusion, promotion of green and renewable energy, women’s empowerment, engagement and partnership with Local/National Government and Civil Societies / NGOs, budget preparation and management, community development and capacity enhancement in the energy sector of Nepal. She has a Masters Degree in Interdisciplinary Water Resources Management (IWRM) and Masters in Business Administration (MBA).

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Sika Gadzanku is an energy technology and policy researcher at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. She leads research efforts related to floating solar photovoltaics (FPV). Other work in her portfolio includes providing technical assistance to U.S. and international partners on transitioning to clean energy and conducting power sector modeling and analysis. She also has professional experience in energy consulting and distilling complex technical information to policymakers and the general public.