Themes: Energy Transition
[Chinese Language Only] 规模化绿色转型：中国绿色经济实践 Greening at Scale: China’s Green Economy in Action
17 Sep 2025, 11:15:00 - 12:15:00
Impact Lab 6 (Level 3 Suntec Convention Centre)
[Chinese Language Only] 规模化绿色转型：中国绿色经济实践 Greening at Scale: China’s Green Economy in Action
17 Sep 2025, 11:15:00 - 12:15:00
Impact Lab 6 (Level 3 Suntec Convention Centre)
中国的绿色转型不是停留在理论层面——它体现在将荒漠变为森林、以可再生能源驱动城市、以及将 ESG深度融入国家战略的工业布局之中。从库布齐沙漠的生态修复，到乡村振兴战略，再到创新的绿色 金融工具，中国正在重新定义可持续发展在大规模背景下的样貌。本环节将探讨推动中国环境转型的政策、技术与投资机制，并思考这些模式如何在其他地区加以借鉴。它邀请与会者思考的不仅是这些成就本身，还包括促成其实现的底层体系与文化动力。
China’s green transition is not theoretical—it is visible in deserts turned into forests, cities powered by renewables, and industrial strategies where ESG is embedded into the national agenda. From the Kubuqi Desert reforestation to rural revitalisation (乡村振兴) and innovative green finance instruments, China is redefining what sustainable development looks like at scale. This session examines the policies, technologies, and investment mechanisms driving China’s environmental transformation—and asks how these models can be adapted to other regions. It invites participants to consider not just the achievements, but the underlying systems and cultural drivers that made them possible.
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From “Interconnection to Integration”: Advancing Regional Energy Cooperation for a Low-Carbon, Competitive ASEAN Economy
18 Sep 2025, 10:30:00 - 11:30:00
Impact Lab 3 (Level 4 Suntec Convention Centre)
From “Interconnection to Integration”: Advancing Regional Energy Cooperation for a Low-Carbon, Competitive ASEAN Economy
18 Sep 2025, 10:30:00 - 11:30:00
Impact Lab 3 (Level 4 Suntec Convention Centre)
The energy transition in ASEAN is not solely a technological challenge, but also a structural and economic one. Advancing national energy goals in isolation will fall short; instead, a coordinated regional approach is essential to ensure energy remains reliable, affordable, and sustainable—while bolstering economic resilience and industrial competitiveness.
ASEAN has laid important groundwork through initiatives such as the ASEAN Power Grid, the ASEAN Plan of Action for Energy Cooperation (APAEC), and the Enhanced ASEAN Power Grid MoU. The next step is to shift from fragmented national efforts to a coherent regional system, underpinned by harmonised infrastructure, regulatory frameworks, and financing strategies.
This session convenes energy ministers, multilateral banks, regulators, and planners to explore how greater regional integration can accelerate both the energy transition and economic transformation. Coordinated power systems have the potential to reduce costs, attract investment, and strengthen ASEAN’s industrial competitiveness in a decarbonizing global market.
Impact Architects:
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Jackie Surtani
Regional Director, Asian Development Bank, Singapore Office
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Sue-Ern Tan
Head of the IEA Regional Cooperation Centre, International Energy Agency
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Jonathan Goh
Director for External Relations, Energy Market Authority, Singapore
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Mylene C. Capongcol
Undersecretary, Department of Energy - Philippines
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Beni Suryadi
Senior Manager of APAC and Strategic Partnership, ASEAN Centre for Energy
Content Partner
From “Load to Leverage”: Aligning Digital Infrastructure with Energy System Transformation in ASEAN
18 Sep 2025, 11:30:00 - 12:30:00
Impact Lab 3 (Level 4 Suntec Convention Centre)
From “Load to Leverage”: Aligning Digital Infrastructure with Energy System Transformation in ASEAN
18 Sep 2025, 11:30:00 - 12:30:00
Impact Lab 3 (Level 4 Suntec Convention Centre)
ASEAN is at a pivotal moment as digital infrastructure rapidly expands, and governments push to improve access to affordable, reliable, and clean energy. Without careful coordination, these dual priorities risk clashing—putting pressure on power grids, slowing decarbonization efforts, and entrenching inefficiencies. However, with strategic frameworks, digital infrastructure can become an asset rather than a burden in ASEAN’s energy transition.
As the region’s digital economy grows, data infrastructure—particularly hyperscale data centers—is emerging as a significant energy consumer. Yet, if effectively integrated, these hyperscale’s can help tackle the very challenges they contribute to. They can anchor investment in clean energy, support grid resilience, and promote regional energy integration.
The question now is whether ASEAN can bypass outdated models and position itself as a global leader in aligning digital growth with a sustainable energy future. With the right policies and collaboration, the region has a unique opportunity to shape a model where digital and energy transitions work hand in hand.
Impact Architects:
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Spencer Low
Head of Sustainability, APAC, Google
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Su Yin Anand
Head of Strategy & Transformation, International Business Machines Corporation
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Poh Seng Lee
Head of Mechanical Engineering Department and Executive Director of Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore
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Jeffrey Tan
Senior Operations Officer, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
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Mylene C. Capongcol
Undersecretary, Department of Energy - Philippines
Content Partner
Powering People: Financing a Just Energy Transition for Communities
17 Sep 2025, 10:15:00 - 11:30:00
Impact Lab 3 (Level 4 Suntec Convention Centre)
Powering People: Financing a Just Energy Transition for Communities
17 Sep 2025, 10:15:00 - 11:30:00
Impact Lab 3 (Level 4 Suntec Convention Centre)
If your energy transition leaves people behind, it’s not a transition—it’s an extraction. Are we bold enough to power dignity and decarbonisation together?
The energy transition isn’t only a carbon story—it’s a human one. In Asia and across emerging economies, millions still live without reliable, affordable, or clean energy. Meanwhile, communities whose livelihoods depend on fossil fuel industries face disruption, displacement, and uncertainty.
This panel explores how sustainable and inclusive finance can power a truly just energy transition—one that decarbonises while also democratises access, dignity, and opportunity. From blended finance and concessional capital to worker retraining, equity ownership models, and distributed energy systems, we’ll hear from leaders funding solutions that deliver climate gains and human development.
This is about energy as justice. Can we rewire not just our grids, but the way capital flows through communities and across generations?
Content Partner
From Carbon to Coherence: ASEAN’s Leap into Regenerative Climate Economies
17 Sep 2025, 15:15:00 - 16:30:00
Impact Forum (Level 4 Suntec Convention Centre)
From Carbon to Coherence: ASEAN’s Leap into Regenerative Climate Economies
17 Sep 2025, 15:15:00 - 16:30:00
Impact Forum (Level 4 Suntec Convention Centre)
If carbon is the currency of our time, will we spend it on survival—or invest it in a regenerative future?
Carbon is evolving from a pollution metric to a driver of economic design and investment. In ASEAN, where climate risk threatens up to 11% of regional GDP by 2100, there’s a growing need to shift from offsetting to transforming systems. This high-level plenary convenes changemakers from across the carbon economy: policy architects, technologists, regenerative finance pioneers, and bio-economy innovators. They will explore how carbon can catalyse inclusive growth and ecological restoration. Anchored in the work of ASEAN Green Future, it will highlight real examples of regional collaborations — from interoperable carbon markets and cross-border green grids, to biobased materials and regenerative investments that are turning nature into infrastructure and restoration into economic value.
Impact Architects:
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Yuen Yoong Leong
Director, Sustainability Studies, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network
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Bo Bai
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Asia Green Fund
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Wayne Mulligan
Chief Executive Officer, NZ Bio Forestry
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Satya Tripathi
Secretary-General, Global Alliance for a Sustainable Planet
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Weerawat Chantanakome
Senior Policy Counsel on Energy, The Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
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Ed Peng
Co-Founder & Partner, Canopy Generations Fund
