Meet our speakers
Chairman,
Cepalco Cagayan Electric Power and Light Company, Inc (CEPALCO)
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President & CEO,
Senoko Power
Roy Adair is the President & CEO of Senoko Power which is the largest electricity generator and retailer in the Singapore Electricity Market. Senoko Power has a licensed capacity of 3,300MW of which nearly 2000MW is combined cycle gas turbine technology.
Roy joined Senoko Power with extensive experience of the UK and Australian electricity markets and worldwide experience of the utilities industry. Roy advised on the privatisation of the UK electricity market and joined Powergen, one of the two large electricity generators, ahead of the commencement of the UK electricity market. Roy held several senior management positions with Powergen prior to becoming Chief Executive of Yallourn Energy, the Victorian generator and retailer acquired by Powergen in 1996 in consortium with several Australian institutional investors.
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General Director,
Institute of Concentration Photovoltaics Systems (ISFOC S.A. )
Currently he is the Director General for the Institute of Concentration Photovoltaics Systems (ISFOC S.A.), the international reference project for commercial deployment of Concentration Photovoltaics (CPV) and R&D on CPV systems. His background is on the semiconductor industry where he has held various technology and managing positions at Lucent Technologies, BPSolar and IMEC. He also participated in the launch of spin-off companies from academic developments (Fluere and Sensia). His current interest is the development of CPV industry and market with a strong support of scientific and technological activities.
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Administrator ,
National Electrificaton Administration
Ms. Bueno is currently the Administrator of the National Electrification Administration (NEA), a government-owned and controlled corporation mandated to promote, encourage and assist public service entities, particularly Electric Cooperatives (ECs), towards achieving total electrification of the country. Her organization regulates and supervises 119 ECs.
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Head of the Environment and Clean Energy unit, New BIZ Group,
Economic Development Board (EDB)
Goh Chee Kiong is a Deputy Director of the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) and is responsible for the Environment and Clean Energy portfolio since 2003. In this capacity, he leads the promotion of the Cleantech industry which has been identified as a key economic growth area for Singapore. This industry includes Clean Energy, in which solar energy is the main focus, and Environmental and Water Technologies.
Concurrently he is the Programme Manager for Urban Solutions in EDB responsible for leading the corporate-wide efforts in growing the Urban Solutions business growth theme that builds on the strengths of Singapore in terms of quality of governance and sustainable development.
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Manager - Verve Energy,
Verve Energy
In a structural reorganization of Western Power in January 2001, Adrian was reappointed to run a revamped Sustainable Energy Branch focused solely on renewable energy projects. This exciting development required the Branch to investigate, plan, develop, own and operate renewable energy projects Australia wide. In 2006, following the restructure of Western Power into four separate entities, he was appointed to a business development role in electricity generator, Verve Energy, charged to seek out business opportunities across the sustainable energy industry spectrum. Over the past seven years, renewable energy projects valued in excess of A$130 million were installed or are currently under completion.
He is on the Commonwealth Government Renewable Energy Committee assessing grant applications under the A$100 million Renewable Energy Development Initiative, and was formally a member of the A$35 million Australian Greenhouse Office Technical Expert Reference Group for the Advanced Electricity Storage Technologies grants program.
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Managing Director,
ReEx Capital Asia
Frédéric Crampé has been managing ReEx Capital Asia (previously known as The Renewable Energy Exchange) since its inception in 2006. ReEx Capital Asia is an investment banking boutique based in Singapore, specializing in the Asian Clean Energy sector. Frederic is providing financial advisory services and raising funds (debt/equity) for renewable energy infrastructure, biofuel production facilities, energy efficiency projects and green energy products/services companies.
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Asia Regional Manager,
E+Co
Jeffery Dickinson has a background in the application of renewable energy and the related packaging of commercial projects. He has worked for the past 19 years with clean energy companies throughout the region, stretching from the Himalaya around South East Asia to China. Direct investment experience includes hydropower, industrial biogas, biomass combustion and gasification, as well as the manufacturing of clean energy products. Mr. Dickinson joined E+Co in 1997 and is now the Regional Manager with overall responsible for investment and advisory services in Asia. Working with teams in Bangkok Thailand and Kunming China, E+Co Asia is managing assets and actively investing in 8 countries.
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Chairman,
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP)
Mark Fogarty is Executive Director of CBD Energy an ASX listed renewable energy company. CBD’s major shareholder is Solon AG, one Europe’s largest solar companies. Mark is also Director of Windcorp Australia, CVC Sustainable Investment Fund and the Renewable Energy Generators Association of Australia (REGA). The CVC Group is a listed company with a market capitialisation of over $350m. It is a specialist investor in Renewable Energy in partnership with the Australian Government through the Renewable Energy Equity Fund.
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Director,
West Bengal Renewable Energy Development Agency
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President,
Dongyang Engineering & Construction
In Dec 2006, Mr Lee was appointed to his current post as the CEO of Dongyang Engineering & Construction Corp. As a result of his keen interest in and great commitment to the renewable energy field, Mr Lee has successfully promoted the Sinan Photovoltaic Power Generation Facilities Project.
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Executive Director and CEO,
Infrastructure Development Company Ltd
Banking & finance professional with twenty-eight years work experience in Bangladeshi and multinational financial sector in Bangladesh, India, Australia, Vietnam and Afghanistan. Presently working with multilateral agencies and partner organizations in the largest Public-Private organization financing Renewable Energy and infrastructure projects in Bangladesh.
Experience and understanding the financing and development of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprise (SME) and Renewable Energy markets, modeling of financial products in emerging economies with the objective of employment generation, improving quality of rural poor and redistribution of resources and wealth.
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National Project Manager,
MBIPV Programme
Currently, Ir Hadri is the National Project Leader of the Malaysia Building Integrated Photovoltaic (MBIPV) project – a national holistic policy programme by the Government of Malaysia with support from United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Global Environment Facility (GEF) and private sector – to develop a sustainable and cost effective local market for grid-connected PV applications. Previously, Ir Hadri has been involved in the development of national energy efficiency policy for the Government of Malaysia, and was also the Chief Technical Advisor to UNDP on a development programme for solar PV. Presently, Ir Hadri also chairs the National Standard Working Group on Solar Photovoltaic Systems, and represents Malaysia to the IEA PVPS and IEC TC 82.
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Director General, Environment Finance Engineering,
Japan Bank for International Cooperation
Takashi Hongo is Special Advisor and Director General of the Environment Finance Engineering Department, established in October 2006, in Japan Bank for International Cooperation. He joined the Export-Import Bank of Japan in 1981 and served as Director for the Middle East and Africa, International Finance Department II, Director for the Environment Risk Analysis Department and Chief Representative in Frankfurt.
In addition to engaging in financing operations for GHG emission reduction projects, he is helping develop new frontiers, such as the demand side approach for CDM, Green Investment Scheme, and Market Approach Adaptation.
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Chairman Renewable Energy Committee, Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore (SEAS),
Phoenix Solar Pte Ltd
Mr. Christophe Inglin is Managing Director of Phoenix Solar Pte Ltd, which he co-founded in December 2006 as a joint venture with local partners and the German company Phoenix Solar AG, a leading European photovoltaic (PV) solar systems integrator. The Singapore office is responsible for markets in Asia Pacific, where it designs, engineers, supplies and installs solar power systems in the region. Applications include rooftop and ground-mounted PV power plants, PV systems for village electrification, commercial and residential buildings, and industrial applications like telecoms, offshore platforms and traffic signals.
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Senior Engineer, Power System Solution Sales Engineering,
Meidensha
Takamitsu Ito received his M.E. degree from Niigata University in 1997 and joined Meidensha Corporation. He is a senior engineer of Power System Solution Sales Engineering Division. He has been engaged in PV system analysis.
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Chief Executive Officer,
Mother Earth Investments A.G.
He is the CIO of Mother Earth Investments AG and the CIO of Juno Mother Earth Asset Management LLC. The companies issue the “Mother Earth Index” the first “second generation” global index of natural resources. The company manages assets in natural resources for banks, private clients, pension funds and family offices in several funds and certificates. He publishes his research monthly in the Juno Mother Earth Commodity Report.
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Head of Energy Business Planning Group,
POSCO
Sunwoo is a strategic GHG business developer and a manager with 14+ years progressive experience
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Senior Lecturer at Department of Architecture; Chief Editor,
NUS; FuturArc Journal
Nirmal Kishnani, PhD, trained in Architecture and is now an educator, consultant and writer based in Singapore. As design practitioner he has worked on several landmark projects in Singapore until 1998 when, interest in environmental buildings, led him to a doctorate and the subsequent set up of the first Singapore-based Green design consultancy. He has since collaborated on projects across Asia, written and lectured extensively on the subject of Greening, addressing Green Building Congresses in India, Taiwan and the Philippines. In 2007 Nirmal accepted a position with the National University of Singapore where he teaches sustainability at the Department of Architecture. He is also Chief Editor of the FuturArc Journal.
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Former CNBC Anchor ,
Hong Bao Media
Mark is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster best known for reporting live from the floor of the Singapore Exchange on CNBC Asia. Working alongside well-known Singapore television personalities such as Martin Soong and Christine Tan on Squawk Box and Market Watch, he developed a reputation for fast, accurate and energetic reports on SGX-listed stocks. Mark has lived in Singapore since 1997 and his voice is familiar to listeners of 938live and Power98, presenting general and business news. His international credentials include a successful career as drivetime presenter on Australian Broadcasting Corp Radio and Sydney Bureau Chief for CNBC.
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Chairperson,
World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE)
Since 2001 Preben Maegaard is Associated Member of the Chairmen Committee of the World Council for Renewable Energy and since 2001 the President of the World Wind Energy Association, WWEA.
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Managing Director - Investments,
IDFC Private Equity
Satish has over 25 years of private equity and corporate finance / business strategy experience. At IDFC PE he is involved with firm’s investments in infrastructure space. He was earlier a Director of CDC Advisors (now Actis – an emerging markets PE Fund) where he was involved in many important investments and exits such as privatisation of Punjab Tractor and initial capitalisation of IDFC. He was also CFO and Head of Business Strategy at JK Paper, where he raised USD 177 million funds including private equity and was involved with company’s Carbon sequestration initiative. As head of Investment Banking at SRF Finance (now part of GE Capital) he set up the Structured Finance, Corporate Broking, Investment Banking and Private Equity practice of the company and led the company in the areas of securitisation, advisory and investments.
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Managing Director,
Conergy Asia-Pacific
Since 1st Jan 2008, he is the Managing Diector of the Conergy Group Asia & Pacific and looks after business in all fields of Renewable Energy of 200 Mio € (planned in 2008). He has a team of 10 that directly reports with a overall team of 300 employees. He has offices in Seoul, Bangalore, Sydney, Bangkok, Singapore, Shanghai
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Minister ,
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Since May 2004, he has taken the reins of the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy as Minister of State (Independent Charge) giving it a new thrust and direction. Under his leadership, India has emerged as one of the top ranking global actors in Renewable energy. The policies and programmes launched by the Ministry has resulted in big push to grid interactive renewable power leading to a capacity addition of about 7000 MW in last four years. His vision and dynamism has been appreciated at various global forums. He has been rewarded by World Wind Energy Association for his leadership in Wind Energy development in 2005.
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President,
SolarPark Engineering
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DEPUTY MINISTER,
Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities
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Hon. Alongkorn Ponlaboot, Minister of Parliament,
House of Representatives
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Managing Director,
FE Clean Energy Asia
Anand is the Managing Director for FE Clean Energy Asia and the Portfolio Manager responsible for investing and managing its Global Asia Fund since 2004. The Fund has approximately US$65 million under management. The investors in the Fund include Mitsubishi Corporation, Chubu Electric Company, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Asian Development Bank, PROPARCO (an affiliate of the Government of France), among other institutional investors. The Fund has already invested in India, China, Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines in a wide array of clean energy investments including hydro power generation, biomass based power generation, waste-to-energy, energy efficiency and bio-fuels.
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Director,
Centre for a Sustainable Built Environment (CSBE); Director-Master of Built Environment Associate Professor Architecture; The University of New South Wales
Deo Prasad, PhD, is Director of the Sustainable Development Program at the University of New South Wales. He has worked on milestone projects including Australia’s first solar village, Sydney Olympics, advanced tools for building performance assessments emerging green building technologies and numerous other projects. He has published in excess of 150 key papers in this field including books such as 'Designing with Solar Power' (EarthScan - commissioned by IEA), Energy efficient Australian Housing (AGPS) and Global Warming and the Built Environment (FPSpon). He directed the UNSW Centre for Sustainable Built Environments for 12 years.
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Ms Claire Ridding-Johnston, Project Company Director for Army Hawaii Family Housing,
Actus Lend Lease
Claire Ridding-Johnston has been with the Lend Lease Group for more than 13 years. She is currently the Project Director of the Army Hawaii Family Housing LLC (AHFH) project, a partnership between Lend Lease subsidiary Actus Lend Lease and the United States Army. Ms. Ridding-Johnston manages design, construction and asset management for the project, which upon completion, will be the largest solar-powered residential community in the U.S. Under her leadership, new technologies such as net zero energy homes and the principles of Smart Growth and New Urbanism as well as community, social and economic capacity building continue to be researched, developed and implemented.
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Associate Professor,
Center for Renewable Energy Development;Energy Research Institute, NDRC
Ms. Hu Runqing is associated research professor of Center for Renewable Energy Development, Energy Research Institute, National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). And also, she is the member of Council of Chinese Renewable Energy Society, and director of Solar Thermal Industry Program of Chinese Renewable Energy Industries Association. She has engaged in the renewable energy research since 1989, and conducted a lot of research works on renewable energy policy research, resources assessment and technology economic analysis, and involved in a lot of important research works for Renewable Energy Law development, national renewable energy policy, regulations and Five-year planning development.
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Mr Bernd Schanzenbaecher, Global Head of Environmental Business Group,
Credit Suisse
Bernd is an acknowledged leader in Sustainability with over 20 years of experience promoting sustainability in business practices, financial markets and international public policy. He played a key role originating and securing the mandate for the MASDAR Clean Tech Fund. Until 2007, Bernd was Global Head of Sustainability Affairs at Credit Suisse. Prior to joining Credit Suisse Group in 1998, Bernd was the Economic Affairs Officer with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Geneva, Switzerland and in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Deputy Secretary - Energy, Resources and Major Projects,
Department of Primary Industries, VIC
He is responsible for major capital projects and departmental work on the Energy, Minerals and Extractive Industries covering policy, regulation, investment facilitation, technology and innovation. He oversees energy policy advice and projects and the implementation and further development of the Energy Technology Innovation Strategy. He is also tasked with managing the Government's negotiations with Alcoa on proposed expansion within Victoria. Dale advises the Minister for Energy and Resources, The Hon. Peter Batchelor, MP.
Recent high profile capital projects he has overseen include the relocation of the Melbourne Wholesale Market, the establishment of a Biosciences Research Centre, and the Melbourne Showgrounds Redevelopment project.
As well as being at the centre of Victoria’s response to climate change, he has a wealth of experience in government structural reform and major capital works as well as a keen understanding of the political process.
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HE Holger Standertskjold, Ambassador and Head,
Delegation of the European Commission
Holger Standertskjold was appointed Ambassador and Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to Singapore in October 2006. Prior to his appointment he was the Head of Unit of the European Commission’s Directorate General for Trade (DG TRADE) responsible for negotiations and management of trade agreements and trade relations with South America and the Middle East as well as the General System of Preferences (GSP). Ambassador Standertskjöld joined the European Commission in 1996 after a 20 year career with the Finnish Ministry of Foreign affairs, where he served in various Directorates and in the Finnish Missions in Madrid, Geneva and Sydney. He has a Master of Laws Degree and a Commerce Degree. He is also a qualified Court Judge.
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Head of Oerlikon Solar Asia,
Oerlikon Solar China
Head Oerlikon Solar Sales North Asia
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Director, Climate Solutions,
AES Transpower Pte Ltd/Sindicate
Vernon Tan is currently the director for business development for AES in North Asia, covering Climate Change projects. Previously with the regional corporate finance boutique Byun & Co., he had developed the firm’s carbon finance practice across the region with renewable energy projects in Indonesia, Brazil and India. Vernon is also a frequent speaker at industry forums and conferences as well as in the media for CDM and renewable energy. Vernon is a Summa cum Laude,graduate in Mechanical Engineering, from the University of Michigan, and is in the M.Sc. in Sustainable Development program from the Imperial College, London
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Deputy Director General ,
Ministry of Industry and Trade
Deputy Director General of International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Industry and Trade of Viet Nam. ASEAN Senior Official on Energy (SOE) Leader of Viet Nam and ASEAN Center for Energy’s Governing Council Member, APEC EWG member for Viet Nam, since 1997
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President,
Arima EcoEnergy Technologies Corp
He founded the Arima Eco Energy Technologies Corporation (ArimaEco) with the chairman of Arima Group, Mr.Stephen Lee. He continued to develop HCPV modules for easy production as the major development consideration. By November 2007, the HCPV module design of his work at Arima Eco won a 300 kW contract from ISFOC. ISFOC is a Spanish non-profit research institution founded by EU for promoting HCPV industrialization in Europe. The winning contract has put Arima Eco among the world-known name brands in HCPV business such as Concentrix, SolFocus, Emcore, Isfoton and Sol3g. ArimaEco is the only HCPV company been selected by the prestigious Scientific Board of ISFOC from Asian region.
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Managing Director ,
Neste Oil
Olli Virta is the person behind the most talked about SGDS$1.2 billion biggest biodiesel plant in the world which will soon be set up in Singapore. The plant will have a design capacity of 800,000 t/a, making it the largest facility producing diesel fuel from renewable feedstocks anywhere. He has over 30 years of experience in the oil refinery business. Currently the President of Neste Oil in Singapore, he is responsible of ensuring the operation and sustainability of this plant. He was formerly the Vice President for Manufacturing and Chief Refining Officer of AB Nynas Petroleum and Managing Director of Nynas Refining AB. He was also the former General Manager of Naantali Refinery, Mr. Virta has several years of experience in the global refinery business.
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Managing Director,
SolarWorld Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, Asia Pacific
Jörg Walberer is Managing Director of SolarWorld Asia Pacific Pte Ltd in Singapore, responsible for the SolarWorld Group’s businesses in the Asia Pacific Region. He is of German nationality and has been based in Singapore since July 2006. Since April 2008 he is CEO of Solarworld Korea, a joint-venture company of Solarworld Group and SolarPark Engineering, one of the leading companies for solar system integration and development of solar power plants in South Korea. Solarworld Korea will be starting mass production of high quality Solar modules from the end of this year. The total capacity is planned to be 240 MW.
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Dr. -Ing. Stephen Wittkopf, Associate Professor,
National University of Singapore, Department of Architecture, School of Design and Environment
Associate Professor Stephen Klaus Wittkopf graduated from the University of Technology Aachen Faculty of Architecture, Germany in 1994. After completing his Master of Advanced Studies in Computer Aided Architectural Design at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich in 1997, he obtained his Doctoral Degree from University of Technology Darmstadt, Germany in 2001. Since then he joined National University of Singapore to teach and research at the Department of Architecture. Dr Wittkopf’s interest is in Sustainable Architecture with focus on Solar Energy promoting advanced daylighting and building integrated photovoltaic.
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HE Dr Purnomo Yusgiantoro, Minister,
Ministry of Energy & Mineral Resources
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Senator,
Senate of the Philippines
Senator Juan Miguel “Migz” F. Zubiri, is a veteran legislator. He served the 3rd District of Bukidnon for nine years since the 11th Congress in 1998. Today, he looks forward to serving his countrymen in the Senate. Living as a true-blue environmentalist, he founded the Philippine Deer Foundation, a deer conservation project. He is also the Executive Director of the Palawan-based Katala Foundation which protects the Philippine cockatoo and its habitat. Hosting the weekly show Team Explorer over ABS-CBN, Migz learned the true state of our environment first-hand.
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