INNOVATIVE AND INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS FOR A LOW-CARBON
AND RESILIENT FUTURE
14-17 June 2022
Speakers
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Architrandi Priambodo
Asian Development Bank
Chitra has 20-year experience in the clean energy sector, particularly in power sector. Her competencies cover team leadership and management of complex clean energy and climate change mitigation projects and programs in Southeast Asia, including Indonesia. Since joining ADB, Chitra is a part of the
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Asian Development Bank
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Chitra has 20-year experience in the clean energy sector, particularly in power sector. Her competencies cover team leadership and management of complex clean energy and climate change mitigation projects and programs in Southeast Asia, including Indonesia. Since joining ADB, Chitra is a part of the ADB ETM core team, where she is working on coordinating and conducting dialogues with key government stakeholders in Indonesia to identify their needs and expectation regarding the energy transition plan, particularly on coal phase out plan. Chitra has in-depth knowledge and hands-on experiences in dealing with cross cutting issues of energy projects, e.g., policy and regulatory framework, and climate change aspects including GHG accounting and carbon emission inventory. Prior joining ADB, Chitra was the Director of Castlerock Consulting Pte Ltd in Singapore for almost eleven years, where she identified consulting opportunities, led proposal writing and client negotiation, and managed technical assistance projects/programs and other consulting/advisory assignments in the energy sector and climate change issues. Before 2010, Chitra’s activities covered development of carbon credits projects under Clean Development Mechanism of Kyoto Protocol with the Asia Carbon Group in Singapore, and she used to work as short-term consultants on energy and carbon credit projects with the World Bank office in Jakarta.Chitra earned her mechanical engineering degree from University of Indonesia. She did her Master’s in Energy Technology at Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand and Specialized Master in International Project Management at ESCP-EAP, France.
Arina Anisie
IRENA
Arina is an energy expert with experience in developing global and regional analysis of innovations for the energy transition based on renewable energy, electrification of end-use sectors with renewables, power sector analysis and stakeholder engagement. Arina is an Analyst on Renewable Energy Inn
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IRENA
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Arina is an energy expert with experience in developing global and regional analysis of innovations for the energy transition based on renewable energy, electrification of end-use sectors with renewables, power sector analysis and stakeholder engagement. Arina is an Analyst on Renewable Energy Innovation for Developing Countries at International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), where she works since 2017. Prior to joining IRENA she worked as an energy analyst at PSR Energy Consulting and Analytics, a Brazilian based consulting firm. She is an industrial engineer and holds a MSc degree in Electric Power Systems from Comillas University in Madrid, and a MSc degree in Network Industries and Digital Economy from Paris Sud XI University.
Arjun P. Gupta
Smart Joules
Arjun P. Gupta is on a mission to eliminate energy waste. He started Smart Joules in 2014 to make energy savings simple, substantial and profitable for large businesses and through “energy efficiency as-a-service” business models and digital technology innovations. Smart Joules has since deliver
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Smart Joules
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Arjun P. Gupta is on a mission to eliminate energy waste. He started Smart Joules in 2014 to make energy savings simple, substantial and profitable for large businesses and through “energy efficiency as-a-service” business models and digital technology innovations. Smart Joules has since delivered 35% savings on average across it’s client portfolio, summing to more than 90,000 tons of avoided carbon emissions and 1.3 million electrified Indian households. The company has won more than 20 national and international awards for innovations and results in energy conservation, and has quickly emerged as the top energy efficiency services provider to commercial buildings in India.Beyond Smart Joules, Arjun is Co-Founder of The Sustainability Mafia – a non-profit organization that enables sustainability leaders to multiply their impact through goal-oriented collaborations and has a vision to create a 100 climate unicorns in India by 2030. He also serves on the Executive Council of the leading non-profit organization focusing on energy efficiency in India – the Alliance for an Energy Efficient Economy (AEEE).Arjun has been recognized as the Economic Times Young Leader by India’s top CEOs, an Echoing Green Climate Fellow, Young Entrepreneur of the Year by Business Standard, Climate Strategies Accelerator Fellow by Packard Foundation, and Young Disrupter by UNYCC and Champion of Change by the Indian Prime Minister’s Office. He got his Master’s degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and graduated from the University of California – Berkeley with Bachelor’s degrees in Civil & Environmental Engineering and Economics. Fun fact – Arjun wrote, directed, produced and sang and a rap song titled “The Climate Fight” for TEDx about climate entrepreneurship in India.
Arunabha Ghosh
CEEW
Dr Arunabha Ghosh is an international public policy expert, author, columnist, and institution builder. He is the founder-CEO of the Council on Energy, Environment and Water, and has led CEEW to the top ranks as one of Asia's leading policy research institutions and among the world’s 20 best clima
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CEEW
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Dr Arunabha Ghosh is an international public policy expert, author, columnist, and institution builder. He is the founder-CEO of the Council on Energy, Environment and Water, and has led CEEW to the top ranks as one of Asia's leading policy research institutions and among the world’s 20 best climate think-tanks. He played a formative role in creating the International Solar Alliance and was a founding board member of the Clean Energy Access Network. Co-author/editor of four books and with experience in 45 countries, he previously worked at Princeton, Oxford, UNDP (New York), and WTO (Geneva). Arunabha advises governments, industry, civil society and international organisations around the world. He currently serves on Government of India’s G20 Finance Track Advisory Group for India’s G20 Presidency in 2023. Most recently, the UN Secretary-General appointed him to the High-level Expert Group on the Credibility and Accountability of Net-Zero Announcements by Non-State Actors. In 2018, the UN Secretary-General nominated him to the UN Committee for Development Policy, re-nominating him this year for a second term until December 2024. In 2020, the Government of India appointed him Co-Chair of the energy, environment and climate change track for India’s Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (STIP2020). He has also been appointed the Co-Chair of the T20 Task Force on climate and energy for Indonesia’s G20 Presidency in 2022. He is co-Chair of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Clean Air, a member of the international high-level panel of the Environment of Peace initiative, and serves on the Board of ClimateWorks Foundation. A frequent speaker and adviser to governments, industry and international organisations, he writes two monthly columns among other articles, has hosted or featured in several documentaries, and his 2019 TED Talk on air quality (Mission 80-80-80) has crossed 250,000 views. He holds a D.Phil. from Oxford.
Ashwin Hosur Viswanath
Asian Development Bank
Ashwin Hosur Viswanath is Senior Project Officer (Urban) in India Resident Mission of Asian Development Bank. He is responsible for implementation of Bank financed urban projects, technical assistance, and grants in India. He is a development professional with focus on climate resilience urban
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Asian Development Bank
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Ashwin Hosur Viswanath is Senior Project Officer (Urban) in India Resident Mission of Asian Development Bank. He is responsible for implementation of Bank financed urban projects, technical assistance, and grants in India. He is a development professional with focus on climate resilience urban infrastructure, project management, and urban reforms. Ashwin has more than 18 years’ experience with master’s degree in civil-environmental engineering.
Ashwin Viswanath
INRM
Ashwin Hosur Viswanath is Senior Project Officer (Urban) in India Resident Mission of Asian Development Bank. He is responsible for implementation of Bank financed urban projects, technical assistance, and grants in India. He is a development professional with focus on climate resilience urban infr
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INRM
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Ashwin Hosur Viswanath is Senior Project Officer (Urban) in India Resident Mission of Asian Development Bank. He is responsible for implementation of Bank financed urban projects, technical assistance, and grants in India. He is a development professional with focus on climate resilience urban infrastructure, project management, and urban reforms. Ashwin has more than 18 years’ experience with master’s degree in civil-environmental engineering.
Atsumasa Sakai
Asian Development Bank
Mr. Atsumasa Sakai joined ADB in 2016 and has worked on energy sector operation in Asian countries since then. He has been the Project Officer of the technical assistance (TA) on a large-scale CCUS pilot plant FEED study in Shaanxi, the People’s Republic of China (PRC), which is supported by the C
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Asian Development Bank
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Mr. Atsumasa Sakai joined ADB in 2016 and has worked on energy sector operation in Asian countries since then. He has been the Project Officer of the technical assistance (TA) on a large-scale CCUS pilot plant FEED study in Shaanxi, the People’s Republic of China (PRC), which is supported by the Carbon Capture and Storage Fund under the Clean Energy Financing Partnership Facility, since 2020 (TA9745). He is implementing complicated multi-sector projects in PRC and Mongolia, including the TA on low-carbon rural development models in PRC and the loan on the utility-scale battery energy storage system development in Mongolia. He has earned the master’s degree of Technology and Policy Program from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Before joining ADB, Mr. Sakai had worked for the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria, on hydrogen energy supply system simulation, and for the power utility in Metropolitan Tokyo responsible for power system planning.
Aynura Ismayilova
OCA Global
Dr. Ismayilova is an economist with 15 years of professional experience as a researcher and consultant in several areas related to economic analysis and modeling, with a special focus on sustainable development. Moreover, she has been involved different international, regional and local research and
Read Full BioAynura Ismayilova
OCA Global
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Dr. Ismayilova is an economist with 15 years of professional experience as a researcher and consultant in several areas related to economic analysis and modeling, with a special focus on sustainable development. Moreover, she has been involved different international, regional and local research and analytic projects with different topic on sustainability. She has working experience with ADB up to 4 years. Also, she worked with ECO Secretariat, along with ECO countries for a long time, made many contributions having effective cooperation with CAREC Institution. Besides that, she coordinated projects on Azerbaijan non-oil sectors development and key expert of SDGs Azerbaijan National Coordination Council (ANCC) funded by UNDP, ADB, EBRD, Islamic Development Bank (IDB), Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), Science Development Foundation of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SDF) etc. She headed herself the Project funded from the SDF (Azerbaijan), which was the winner of the 3rd Grant Competition for young scientists and specialists in 2015. She has participated in three visiting programs in Korea (KIEP), in Germany (IAMO) supported by DAAD, and in China (SOU) between 2012-2018. For her contributions to the Kyrgyzstan socio-economic development in cooperation with the ECO Secretariat, and IDB, she awarded the "Letter of Appreciation" signed by the Minister of Finance of the Kyrgyz Republic in 2016.And she awarded the “Tərəqqi” (Progress) Medal by the Order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan in 2014.
Azmir Abdullah
CIMB Malaysia
Azmir started his career in CIMB under “The Complete Banker” management trainee programme in 2009. Currently, he is a Director in Islamic Commercial Banking and prior to that, he had a diverse exposure of 10 years in the frontline with CIMB Corporate Banking as well as CIMB Private Banking. Azmi
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CIMB Malaysia
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Azmir started his career in CIMB under “The Complete Banker” management trainee programme in 2009. Currently, he is a Director in Islamic Commercial Banking and prior to that, he had a diverse exposure of 10 years in the frontline with CIMB Corporate Banking as well as CIMB Private Banking. Azmir had obtained his certificate of Certified Expert in Sustainable Finance from the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management in 2021. He was instrumental in structuring the CIMB GreenBizReady proposition which was launched in Feb'21, a one-stop sustainability solution for companies by leveraging on unique offerings of various associates (including key government agencies). Azmir is a Capital Markets Representative License (CMSRL) holder for Dealing in Securities with the Malaysian Securities Commission and he is a Certified Financial Technician (CFTe) by the International Federation of Technical Analysts (IFTA). He had also obtained his certificate of Certified Qualification in Islamic Finance (CQIF) and Islamic Financial Planner (IFP) from the Islamic Banking and Finance Institute Malaysia (IBFIM).
Bagus Mudiantoro
Castlerock Constulting
I am a climate change economist. Climate change, energy, and project management are my area of interest. As co-director for Policy under the MENTARI, policy and regulatory reform is one of the prominent agendas to accelerate the penetration of the renewable energy in Indonesia. My education backgrou
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Castlerock Constulting
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I am a climate change economist. Climate change, energy, and project management are my area of interest. As co-director for Policy under the MENTARI, policy and regulatory reform is one of the prominent agendas to accelerate the penetration of the renewable energy in Indonesia. My education background provides a stong ground for my support to expedite the energy transition. I worked with international institution in several coutnries in related to the climate change and energy sector.
Barani Aung
Techno-Hill Engineering Co., Ltd
Ms. Barani Aung is the Managing Director of Techno-Hill Engineering Co., Ltd., a local Minigrid developer and operator, who has a vision to provide affordable clean energy access to Rural Myanmar Communities. Techno-Hill Engineering Co., Ltd., is leading by Ms. Barani Aung, who had more than 10 ye
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Techno-Hill Engineering Co., Ltd
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Ms. Barani Aung is the Managing Director of Techno-Hill Engineering Co., Ltd., a local Minigrid developer and operator, who has a vision to provide affordable clean energy access to Rural Myanmar Communities. Techno-Hill Engineering Co., Ltd., is leading by Ms. Barani Aung, who had more than 10 years' working experience in Singapore and had graduated from Singapore as well. She has experience of Data Centre infrastructure, water quality measurement system, newater system, remote monitoring system, etc. Barani Aung was also used to be a former employee at Singapore Technology Electronics (Data Centre Solutions), Willoglen, and CNA Group in Singapore. Ms. Barani Aung and her team are now actively involved in one of the energy sectors, the rural electrification program (Rural Development). She and her team constructed 20 Solar Minigrids (total 2MW) and providing 24-hour electricity to more than 7,000 households in remote island villages. Techno-Hill’s minigrids were awarded the ASEAN Green Energy Award and the 5th ASEAN Rural Development and Poverty Eradication Leadership Award. Now Ms. Barani Aung and her team are going to provide the service for the Solar Dryer, cold chain and water pumping for fisheries and agricultural products at all the minigrid villages.
Ben Jeffreys
ATEC Global
Ben is a multi-award winning entrepreneur and Founding CEO of ATEC - a social enterprise that is solving clean cooking, decarbonised, at scale. ATEC has 60 staff across Asia Pacific and is now expanding it's patented IoT products into new markets in Asia, Pacific and Africa
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ATEC Global
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Ben is a multi-award winning entrepreneur and Founding CEO of ATEC - a social enterprise that is solving clean cooking, decarbonised, at scale. ATEC has 60 staff across Asia Pacific and is now expanding it's patented IoT products into new markets in Asia, Pacific and Africa