• Championing the use of solar energy in Asia: A look at the China, Korea & Japanese markets
• Solar energy’s growing prospects in sunbelt countries of India & South East Asia as Off Grid energy providers
• Where does Singapore fit into the puzzle & what role can we play?
• Is Asia ready to drive solar energy usage across all industries?

• The importance of government participation
• The availability of incentives in encouraging energy intensive and property industries in adopting solar energy
• Providing a stable platform for the participation of private financing and investment community
• Successful and failure case studies from the West 

• An overview of current renewable energy legislation in implications for the increased usage of solar
• Government’s role in carbon reduction and incentives and promotion of solar energy
• How to create and sustain the market for grid-tied solar power: Direct financial incentives or solar set-asides?  Tax credits or rebates?  Capacity-based or performance-based incentives?  Net metering policies or feed laws that deliver power directly to the grid?
• Successful national implementations policies from a comparative perspective
• Market liberalization and promotion of off grid usage
• Financing and investment climate and incentives
• Law and policy tools to encourage sustainable energy policies 

• The nuts & bolts of the Mongol Project
• Challenges & risk faced in project implementation
• Construction of Mongolia’s renewable energy park and solar power integration 

• State of the art in energy storage technologies and their various applications
• Possibilities of integrating renewable energies and a hundred per cent RE energy mix
• Change of scale of technology in the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energies
• Possibilities of cutting the renewable energies costs by energy storage
• Need for further research and development activities in energy storage technologies     

• Developments of latest solar technology research to reduce global warming from Australia
• The Australia Initiatives for solar energy commercial implementation – collaboration between governments, institutions and commercial industry
• Case studies on solar energy project implementations & its impact on the commercial sector
• Lessons for Asia

• Towards a carbon free society: Mitigating global warning
• Adapting the SHINLA turbine system to energy intensive industries : Measuring the cost effectiveness against performance and higher outputs
• Project Firsts: Highlighting energy efficient solar projects in Japan and how these can be implemented for the rest of Asia  

• Assessing demand in Asia versus Europe and US 
• Identifying opportunities in the different industries
• Focus and priorities of manufacturers across the world: Is there a capacity crunch at the moment?
• Sales, marketing and distribution strategies in Asia

Solar electric systems are starting to gain traction as a standard feature found in many new homes throughout Asia Pacific.  Many of the builders offering new homes with solar claim that the solar, in combination with energy efficiency features, is the driving force behind increased sales of their homes. 

• opportunity for incorporating solar into building practices
• architectural implications
• cost and return analysis
• key lessons learnt   

• Advantages for property developers to integrate solar energy into their latest blue print
• Comparing energy saving opportunity with cost of investment
• Impact of green features on consumers’ choices in a global movement towards carbon reduction
• Developing solar applications on existing properties: Assess viability, cost and returns  

• Opportunities for developers to integrate solar energy
• Considerations for return on investment
• Review of 3 case studies demonstrating integrated solar energy applications

Project financiers in the US and Europe have become comfortable with providing cash-flow based non-recourse finance to renewable energy projects. Given the higher risk profiles in the Asian sector, the key question is how those experiences can be translated into an emerging market context.

• Possible structures, risk allocation and securitisation models in financing large scale solar project
• Understanding the challenges and opportunities from the perspectives of the lenders and the borrowers
• Analysis the risks and returns
• Key case studies in Asia  

There are now more than 1200 funds operating in the Cleantech arena. Although the majority of these funds are investing in North America and Europe we are seeing more PE transactions in Asia. This discussion will centre around fund raising, deal origination and investment strategies.

• Assessing VC and private equity investment opportunities in Asia
• The economics of photovoltaics: Energy payback time, buy-back rates and the total costs of installing a PV system
• Tips on creating a successful Asian solar business model
• Where will the solar startups be in 5 years time? 

Clean energy venture investing is still a relatively new category – growing from less than one percent of total venture activity in 1999 to more than 4 percent in 2006. In the U.S. alone, venture activity in the solar sector has nearly quadrupled from $68 million in 2004 to $264 million in 2006. In this panel, you will hear from some of the leading fund managers investing in solar and a range of other clean technologies on what they’ve invested in, how their clean-tech funds and/or portfolios are doing, how they are adapting to a changing landscape and what they consider the greatest areas for clean-energy innovation. This panel will also address if the market is getting overheated or just getting started.   

This round table discussion session is an open moderated session where delegates are divided into groups to discuss a topic chosen. This session aims to bring out issues/problems/ideas, etc from individual delegate. Moderated by key industry experts, the round table discussion will ensure debate and discussion on thought-provoking and controversial issues with industry peers. You can select to participate in any of the following round table discussions and you have the freedom to move around different discussion groups to maximise your learning experience.

1) Green Buildings Asia: The Asian Snapshot: Protecting the growth of green buildings
Howard Shaw, Executive Director

Singapore Environment Council

2) Clean Coal Asia: Understanding how current and future emission laws and regulations are impacting power companies in Asia

Joel Laykin, Secretary General
Independent Power Producers Forum, IPPF

3) Solar Energy Asia: The future of manufacturing solar products and Asia's role in supporting the global supply chain

Professor S K Chou, Dept of Mechanical Engineering

Head, Energy & Bio Thermal Systems Group

National University of Singapore

4) Sustainable Responsible Investments: Reviewing the benefits of responsible investment and identifying the opportunities in Asia

Helga Birgden, Head of Responsible Investments - Asia Pacific

Mercer Investment Consulting, Australia    

5) Carbon: Identify the business opportunities stemming from a carbon trading environment in Asia

Agus Sari, Regional Director, South East Asia

EcoSecurities, Indonesia

6) Biofuels: Maximising returns from investment in biofuels projects