Opening Remarks

• Tetsuya Watanabe, President, ERIA
• Dr Akhomdeth VONGSAY, SOE Leader of Lao PDR, Director General of Planning and Cooperation Department, Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM), Lao PDR
• Prof. TERAZAWA Tatsuya, Chairman and CEO, The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ), Japan 

Welcome Remark

• Prof. Dr Viboon Sricharoenchaikul, Director of Energy Research Institute (ERI), Chulalongkorn University (CU), Thailand

Session 1: Asian Roadmap toward Carbon Neutrality

Moderated by Dr Joko Purwanto, Energy Economist, Energy Unit, Research Department, ERIA

Panelists:

• Role of Natural Gas in the Energy Transition by Prof. Dr Rizalinda De Leon, Renowned Academic and Scientist and the former Dean of the College of Engineering, University of the Philippines Diliman, The Philippines
• Optimizing Industrial Decarbonization through Energy Management Systems in Indonesia by Didi Hasan Putra, Executive Director, Indonesian Institute for Energy Economics (IIEE), Indonesia
• Hydrogen / Ammonia Energy by TBD, Singapore

Key questions:

• What advantages do the region has?
• How can we mobilize it?

Break

Session 2: Enhancing Flexibility of Power System Moderated by Dr Han Phoumin, Senior Energy Economist, Energy Unit, Research Department, ERIA

Panelists:

• Low Hanging Fruit; Hydro Power and Grind Interconnection by Dr Sengprasong Phrakonkham, Associate Professor, Assistant Dean, Electrical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Laos (NUOL), Lao PDR

• Challenges and Opportunities in Malaysia's Electricity Market by Dr. Siti Indati Binti Mustapa, Deputy Dean (Research and Innovation), UNITEN Business School, The Energy University (UNITEN), Malaysia

• Flexibility Options of Power System: Case of Thailand by Dr. Siripha Junlakarn, Researcher, ERI, CU, Thailand 

Key questions:

• What options are available and feasible in the region?
• What policies are needed to make power system ready for more VREs?

Lunch Break

Session 3: Decarbonization and Industrial Competitiveness

Moderated by Shigeru Kimura, Senior Policy Fellow for Energy Affairs, ERIA

Panelists:

• Emerging Energy Industry by Tian Gan, Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), China

• Transition of Hard-to-abate Industry by KUTANI Ichiro, Senior Research Director, Manager of Global Energy Group 1, Director for Security Unit, IEEJ, Japan

• Transition of Mining Industry by Dr Llewelyn Hughes, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University (ANU), Australia

Key questions:

• How will decarbonization affect industry?
• What would happen to the society and how can we prepare for it?

Closing Remarks

• Dr Siti Indati binti Mustapa, Director of Institute of Energy Policy and Research, UNITEN, Malaysia