18-21 May 2015
se4allforum.org
Monday, 18 May 2015
Multi-Stakeholder Sessions
Sheraton Time Square Hotel New York
Akon, R&B singer, Co-­‐Founder, Akon Lighting Africa Kandeh Yumkella, Special Representative of the Secretary-­‐General, Sustainable Energy for All Nilda Mesa, Director, New York City Mayor’s Office of Sustainablity Sandy Frucher, Vice Chairman and Head of Sustainability, The NASDAQ OMX Group Anita Marangoly George, Senior Director, Global Practice on Energy and Extractive Industries, World Bank H.E. Edward Sanneh, Minister of Gambia H.E. Irene Muloni, Minister of Uganda Energy Sarah Wykes, CAFOD FINA NCE
GLOBAL LEADERS VOICES Mohinder Gulati, COO, Sustainable Energy for All Sudeshna Ghosh Banerjee, World Bank Peter Boyd, B Team Financing Sustainable Energy for All 9:20 – 10:35 Metropolitan East Jonathan Plowe, Managing Director, Bank of America Merrrill Lynch Anne Valentine Andrews, Chief Operating Officer, BlackRock Infrastructure Investment Group Gil-­‐Hong Kim, Senior Director, Sector Advisory Service Division of the Regional and Sustainable Development Department, ADB Gyan Acharya, Under-­‐Secretary-­‐General, High Representative for LDCs and SIDS, United Nations Mike Eckhart, Managing Director, Global Head Environmental Finance and Sustainability, Citibank Mr. Robert F. Ichord, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Transformation, Bureau of Energy Resources, United States Department of State Roberto Rudolfi, Director for Sustainable Growth and Development at DG Development and Cooperation, EuropeAid Suleiman Al-­‐Herbish, Head, OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) Closing the Gaps in Financing for Energy Efficiency 11:05 – 12:20 Metropolitan East Ashok Sarkar, Senior Energy Specialist, World Bank Josue Tanaka, Managing director for energy efficiency and climate change, Inter-­‐American Development Bank Olivier Waissbain, Energy Finance Specialist, UNDP Patrick Doyle, Senior Energy and Climate Change Specialist, Inter-­‐American Development Bank Pilot Readiness Investment of Sustainable Energy (RISE) Report 2:40 – 3:55 Metropolitan East Alakesh Chetia, President, Sun Edison Social Innovation Alejandro Moreno, Energy specialist, Energy and Extractives Global Practice, The World Bank Anurag Bhatnagar, CEO, Grassroot Trading Network for Women Brian Dames, Chief Executive Officer, African Rainbow Energy and Power Sudeshna Ghosh Banerjee, Sr. Economist, The World Bank Tareeq Emtairah, RCREEE Vivien Foster, Sector Manager, Energy Department, World Bank FINA NCE
All Africa High-­‐Level Roundtable Mobilising Finance for Sustainable Energy for All in Africa 4:25 – 5:40 Metropolitan East H.E. Jabulile Mashwama, Minister of Natural Resources and Energy, Kingdom of Swaziland Kandeh Yumkella, Special Representative of the Secretary-­‐General, Sustainable Energy for All Alex Rugamba, Director, Regional Integration & Trade, African Development Bank Chingiz Orujov, Renewable Energy for Poverty Reduction Coordinator, Islamic Development Bank Fatima Denton, Director, Special Initiatives Division, ECA Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, Chief Executive Officer, NEPAD Samba Bathily, Co-­‐founder, Akon Lighting Africa Aboubakari Baba Moussa, Director, Department of Infrastructure and Energy A CCESS
GLOBAL LEADERS VOICES Thione Niang, Akon Lighting Africa Charlie Miller, SolarAid Martin Krause, UNDP Dr. Nawal Al-­‐Hosany, Masdar Richenda Van Leeuwen, UN Foundation Daniel Riley, WWF Off-­‐Grid Electrification: Evidence of Impact 9:20 – 10:35 Central Park East Camilo Tellez-­‐Mechan, Financial Sector Specialist, Consultative Group Against Poverty, World Bank Charlie Miller, Head of Policy & Programme Funding, SolarAid Daniel M. Kammen, Professor, University of California, Berkeley Gaurav Gupta, Asia Regional Director, Dalberg Global Development Advisors Katherine Lucey, Founder and CEO, Solar Sister Off-­‐grid Lighting and Electrification: How Businesses and Public Sector Working Together Can Realise Universal Electricity Access Ahead of 2030 11:05 – 12:20 Central Park East Ashis Kumar Sahu, CEO, Clean Energy Access Network Graham Smith, CEO, Off-­‐Grid Electric Harry Verhaar, President, Global Off-­‐Grid Lighting Karin Reiss, Ecowas Centre for Rewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Koen Peters, Executive Director, GOGLA Secretariat Kristina Skierka, Campaign Director, Power for All Zitouni Ould-­‐Dada, Head of the Technology Unit at the Division of Technology Industry and Economics, UNEP A CCESS
Energy Access Practitioner Network – Opportunities to Invest in Decentralized Clean Energy Solutions 2:40 – 3:55 Central Park East Ashis Kumar Sahu, CEO, Clean Energy Access Network Daphne Pit, Team Manager, DOEN Foundation Harish Hande, Chairman, SELCO-­‐India Roberto Rudolfi, Director for Sustainable Growth and Development at DG Development and Cooperation, EuropeAid Shazia Khan, Executive Director, Eco Energy Finance Simon Bransfield-­‐Garth, CEO, Azuri Technologies Ltd Energy Efficiency as an Energy Access Resource 4:25 – 5:40 Central Park East Dana Rysankova, Senior Energy Specialist in the Africa Energy Unit, World Bank Gary Bernhardt, CEO, Sola Home Appliances Matt Jordan, Program Manager, Global Lighting and Energy Access Partnership Richard Gomes, Head of Policy and Advocacy, Shell Foundation Richenda Van Leeuwen, Executive Director, Energy Access, Energy and Climate, UN Foundation Rose Mutiso, Energy Access Policy Fellow, U.S. Department of Energy Russell Sturm, Head of Climate Change Advisory, International Finance Corporation Ted Hesser, Director of Technology Partnerships, Off-­‐Grid Electric Energy for Productive Uses 9:20 – 10:35 Bowery Peter Alstone, Strategy Consultant and Researcher, Clean Energy Systems, Energy and Resources Group, University of California Aaron Leopold, Global Energy Representative, Practical Action H.R.H. Princess Abze Djigma, CEO, ABZESOLAR S.A. Jiwan Acharya, Senior Specialist, Asian Development Bank Jo Scheuer, Director/Chief of Profession, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction, Bureau for Policy and Programme Support, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Martin Krause, Senior Global Energy Policy Advisor, UNDP Soma Dutta, Programme Coordinator, ENERGIA Delivering on SE4ALL – Delivering Access To Energy And Conductive Policies 11:05 – 12:20 Bowery H.E. Henry O. Macauley, Minister of Energy, Sierra Leone Ezio Castelli, President, AVSI Henning Wuester, Director, Division for Knowledge, Policy and Finance (KPFC), IRENA Klaus Rudischhauser, Deputy Director General, DG DEVCO, European Commission Mahama Kappiah, Director, ECOWAS Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Mike Enskat, Programme Manager, GIZ Sheila Oparaocha, ENERGIA International Coordinator, ENERGIA A CCESS
Voices from the Field: Key Messages from Those Closest to the Challenge 2:40 – 3:55 Madison Square Daniel Riley, Lead Specialist, WWF Fabby Tumiwa, Director, Institute for Essential Services Reform John Kioli, National Chairman, Kenya Climate Change Working Group Neha Misra, Chief Collaboration Officer, Solar Sister Ramapati Kumar, CEO, Centre for Environment & Energy Development (CEED), India Robert Ddamulira, Energy Coordinator, WWF Regional Office for Africa, Uganda Sarah Wykes, Lead Analyst for Climate and Energy, Catholic Agency for Overseas Development, UK Large Natural Gas Finds In East/South Africa: Can They Be An Enabler For Socio-­‐Economic Growth? 4:25 – 5:40 Madison Square Vijay Modi, Professor, Columbia University Faris Hasan, OFID Pradeep Monga, UNIDO Anil Joshi, Government of Gujarat, India Andrew Yaeger, Norway, and REA Tanzania COU NT R Y AC TIO N
GLOBAL LEADERS VOICES Daniel Schroth, ADB Dane McQueen, UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hongpeng Liu, ESCAP Jiwan Acharya, ADB Manoj K Khadka, UNDP Mahama Kappiah, Ecowas Karin Reiss, Ecowas Pradeep Monga, UNIDO SE4All Country Action in Africa 9:20 – 12:20 Central Park West H.E. Edward Saja Sanneh, Minister of Energy, Gambia Hon. Germaine Kamayirese, Minister, State for Energy and Water H.E. Irene Muloni, Minister for Energy and Minerals, Uganda Aboubakari Baba Moussa, Director, Department of Infrastructure and Energy Alexander Evans, Chairman, Operating Committee, Global LPG Partnership Daniel Schroth, SE4All Africa Hub Coordinator, African Development Bank Faith Wandera – Odongo, Deputy Director of Renewable Energy, Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, Kenya Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, Chief Executive Officer, NEPAD Klaus Rudischhauser, Deputy Director General, DG DEVCO, European Commission Maureen Harrington, Director, International Development Group of Standard Bank Ngosi Mwihava, Acting Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Energy & Mineral Resources Nii Darko Asante, Technical Director, Energy Commission Ghana Paula E. Edze, Coordinator, SE4ALL Secretariat, Energy Commission Roberto Rudolfi, Director for Sustainable Growth and Development at DG Development and Cooperation, EuropeAid Ruby Sandhu-­‐Rojon, Deputy Director, UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa Shari Berenbach, President and CEO, United States African Development Foundation COU NT R Y AC TIO N
What’s Happening in Asia Pacific? 2:40 – 5:40 Central Park West H.E. Hans Brattskar, State Secretary (Deputy Minister) , Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway H.E. Durga Prasad Bhattarai, Head of Permanent Mission of Nepal to the United Nations H.E. Tajul Islam, MP, Honorable Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee of the Ministry of Power, Energy & Mineral Resources, Bangladesh Gil-­‐Hong Kim, Senior Director, Sector Advisory Service Division of the Regional and Sustainable Development Department, ADB Hongpeng Liu, Chief of Energy Security and Water Resources Section, Environment and Development Division, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Jiwan Acharya, Senior Specialist, Asian Development Bank Energy Access: The Case for Concessional Intervention in the Private Sector 9:20 – 10:35 Lenox Chad Larson, Co-­‐Founder, M-­‐KOPA Elisbeth Clemens, Policy Director, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) María Hilda Rivera, Head of Beyond the Grid, USAID/Power Africa Michael Eckhart, Managing Director and Global Head of Environmental Finance and Sustainability, Citigroup Paul Needham, CEO, Simpa Networks Pep Bardouille, Senior Energy Specialist, IFC Rhys Marsh, Vice-­‐President of Energy, CIT Simon Bransfield-­‐Garth, Chief Executive, Azuri Technologies SE4All Country Action in Latin America and the Caribbean 11:05 – 12:20 Lenox Carolina Mena, Head of Demand, Access and Energy Efficiency Unit, Secretary of Energy, Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining in Urugyay Dr. René Castro-­‐Salazar, CO2nsorcio Euroamericano, Costa Rica Eduardo Noboa, Executive Director Simon Bransfield-­‐Garth National Institute of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Ecuador Luis Roberto Reyes Fabián, Executive Secretary, National Energy Board of El Salvador Raúl Iván Cortez Sánchez, Renewable Energy Advisor, Presidency of the Republic of Nicaragua COU NT R Y A CT IO N
ECOWAS Regional Sustainable Energy Policies Supporting National SE4ALL Actions 2:40 – 3:55 Columbus Circle Amb. Ing. Henry Macauley, Minister of Energy, The Republic of Sierra Leone H.E. Andreas Riecken, Deputy Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations Daniel Schroth, SE4ALL Africa Hub Coordinator, African Development Bank Klaus Rudischhauser, Deputy Director General, DG DEVCO, European Commission Kwame Ampofo, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Energy Commission of Ghana Mahama Kappiah, Executive Director, ECREEE Pradeep Monga, Director Energy and Climate Change Branch, UNIDO Universal Energy Access: Measuring What Matters 4:25 – 5:40 Columbus Circle Caroline Mcgregor, Department of Energy, Government of USA Charlie Miller, Head of Policy & Programme Funding, SolarAid Davida Wood, Senior Associate and Project Manager, Electricity Governance Initiative, World Resources Institute Elisa Portale, Energy Specialist, The World Bank Fabby Tumiwa, Director, Institute for Essential Services Reform Harish Hande, Chairman, SELCO-­‐India Jens Drillisch, Deputy Head, Division, Competence Center Energy, Water and Agriculture, KfW Development Bank Mikul Bhatia, Senior Energy Specialist, The World Bank Peter Alstom, Lighting Africa Sarah Wykes, Lead Analyst for Climate and Energy, Catholic Agency for Overseas Development, UK Simon Trace, CEO, Practical Action
INNOV AT ION FOR IMP AC T
GLOBAL LEADERS VOICES Robert Ichord, United States Department of State Dameon V. Alexander, George Washington University John E. Waters, Leave It Better Than We Found It Mobilising Bold Ideas for Impact 11:05 – 12:20 Empire West Elizabeth Press, Deputy Director, IRENA Innovation and Technology Centre Ami Valdemoro, Executive Director, Friends of Hope Kateri Callahan, President, Alliance to Save Energy Nawal Al-­‐Hosany, Director of Sustainability, Masdar Richenda Van Leeuwen, Executive Director, Energy Access, Energy and Climate, UN Foundation Susan Kish, Head of Cross Platform Initiatives, Bloomberg U.S. Government Experience in Financing Sustainable Energy 2:40 – 3:55 Bowery Andrew Herscowitz, Coordinator for President Barack Obama’s Power Africa and Trade Africa Initiatives Himesh Dhungel, Global Practice Lead for Energy, Millennium Challenge Corporation John Morton, Chief of Staff, Overseas Private Investment Corporation Mr. Robert F. Ichord, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Transformation, Bureau of Energy Resources, United States Department of State Todd Foley, Chief Strategy Officer, American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) Energy Access Market Accelerator 4:25 – 5:40 Bowery Caroline Narich, Manager within Accenture’s Resources Strategy practice, Accenture Development Partnerships Christine Eibs Singer, Senior Advisor, SE4All Daniel Riley, Lead Specialist, WWF Gaurav Manchanda, One Degree Solar Thomas Duveau, Head of Business Development, Mobisol GLOBAL POLICY AGENDA
GLOBAL LEADERS VOICES Kandeh Yumkella, SRSG, SE4All Ivan Vera, UN-­‐Energy Ke Wei, Center on Global Energy Policy Minoru Takada, Representative and Director Sustainable Energy for All initiative NY office 2014-­‐2024 UN Decade of Sustainable Energy For All: Contributions From UN-­‐Energy Member Organizations and UN Regional Commissions 9:20 – 10:35 Gramercy Kandeh Yumkella, Special Representative of the Secretary-­‐General, Sustainable Energy for All Hongpeng Liu, Chief of Energy Security and Water Resources Section, Environment and Development Division, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Ivan Vera, Secretary of UN-­‐Energy and Senior Sustainable Development Officer, DSD UN-­‐Energy Secretary Manlio Coviello, Chief, Natural Resources and Energy Unit, ECLAC Olivier Dubois, Senior Natural Resources Office, UN Food and Agriculture Organization Osman Benchikh, Programme Specialist, Innovation and Capacity Building in Science and Engineering, UNESCO Pradeep Monga, Director Energy and Climate Change Branch, UNIDO Stephen Gitonga, Senior Policy Advisor (Energy), UNDP Vincent Kitio, Chief, Urban Energy Unit, UN Habitat Progress towards Sustainable Energy: Key Findings of Global Tracking Framework 2015 11:05 – 12:20 Gramercy Kandeh Yumkella, Special Representative of the Secretary-­‐General, Sustainable Energy for All Anita M. George, Vice President (Energy & Extractives) , World Bank Dan Dorner, Senior Analyst, IEA Vivien Foster, Sector Manager, Energy Department, World Bank Energy Subsidies: Impacts and Opportunities for Reform 2:40 – 3:55 Gramercy Ami Valdemoro, Liter of Light Albert Cordeiro de Melo, Director-­‐General of Electrical Energy Research Center, CEPEL Andrew Cheon, Assistant Professor of International Political Economy, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced, International Studies H.E. Hans Brattskar, State Secretary (Deputy Minister), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway Rohit Khanna, Program Manager, Energy Sector Management Assistance Program, World Bank Vijay Modi, Professor, Columbia University GROWING THE MOVEMENT
GLOBAL LEADERS VOICES Ibrahim H Rehman, TERI Sheila Oparaocha, ENERGIA SE4All Capacity Building Hub 9:20 – 10:35 Columbus Circle Edu Willemse, External Relations Manager, SNV Harish Hande, Chairman, SELCO-­‐India I H Rehman, Director Social Transformation Division, TERI University Sangeeta Gupta, Director, TERI Sarah Wykes, Lead Analyst for Climate and Energy, Catholic Agency for Overseas Development, UK Venkata Ramana Putti, Senior Energy Specialist, ESMAP -­‐World Bank Energy for Women’s and Children’s Health HIO – Report on Progress to Date 11:05 – 12:20 Columbus Circle Gemma May, Adviser, International Energy Partnerships, Sustainable Energy Team, Climate Environment Department; Department for International Development (DFID) UK Hans Olav Ibrekk, Policy Director, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jem Porcaro, Senior Director, Energy Access Laura Stachel, Co-­‐Founder and Executive Director, We Care Solar M.S Faizal Khan, Managing Director, Noorul Islam Institute of Medical Science and Research Foundation (NIMS) Michael Pfeiffer, Technical Officer, Department of Public Health, Environment and Social Determinants of Health, World Health Organization Richenda Van Leeuwen, Executive Director, Energy Access, Energy and Climate, UN Foundation Seemin Qayum, Policy Advisor, Sustainable Development; UN Women Developing and Investing in Gender-­‐Informed Business Models for Scaling Up Energy Access 2:40 – 3:55 Lenox Corinne Hart, Director, Gender & Humanitarian Programs, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves Jessica Alderman, Communications and Public Relations Director, Envirofit Najada Kumbuli, Senior Investment Officer, Calvert Foundation’s Strategic Initiatives Sheila Oparaocha, ENERGIA International Coordinator, ENERGIA Simon Collings, Director of Learning and Innovation, Global Village Energy Partnership 18-21 May 2015
se4allforum.org
Tuesday, 19 May 2015
Multi-Stakeholder Sessions
Sheraton Time Square Hotel New York
Harry Verhaar, President of Global Off Grid Lighting, Head of Global Public & Government Affairs, Philips Josue Tanaka, Managing Director for Operational Strategy and Planning, and Energy Efficiency and Climate Change at the EBRD Bruno Berthon, Managing Director -­‐ Strategy, Accenture John Lee, Deputy Director for Green Buildings and Energy Efficiency at NYC Mayor’s Office Clay Nesler, Vice-­‐President, Corporate Sustainability for Johnson Controls Adnan Amin, Director-­‐General, IRENA Mohinder Gulati, COO, Sustainable Energy for All Annette Richardson, Senior Advisor, SE4All FINA NCE
GLOBAL LEADERS VOICES Jiwan Acharya, ADB Roger Platt, Green Building council Veerbhadran Ramanathan, TERI Project Development Facility: Why We Need It? 9:20 – 10:35 Bowery H.E. Sudirman Said, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Indonesia Christine Eibs Singer, Senior Advisor, SE4All Gil-­‐Hong Kim, Senior Director, Sector Advisory Service Division of the Regional and Sustainable Development Department, ADB Hans Olav Ibrekk, Policy Director, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jiwan Acharya, Senior Specialist, Asian Development Bank Joao Duarte Cunha, Chief Climate Finance Officer, African Development Bank (AfDB) Peter Storey, CTI PFAN Global Coordinator William Sabandar, Chief, Accelerated Development of Renewable Energy Task Force Launch of the Electrification Financing Initiative ElectriFI 11:05 – 12:20 Bowery H.E. Irene Muloni, Minister of Energy & Minerals, Uganda Andrew Herscowitz, Coordinator for President Barack Obama’s Power Africa and Trade Africa Initiatives Ernesto Macias, President, Alliance for Rural Electrification Frederik Jan van den Bosch, Manager, FMO Kate Steel, Energy Team Lead, Power Africa Sam Parker, Director, Shell Foundation The Role of Multinational Corporations in the Energy Access Scale-­‐up 12:20 – 1:50 Bowery Anita Marangoly George, Senior Director, Energy and Extractives Global Practice, World Bank Ceri Powell, Executive VP for World Wide Exploration, Royal Dutch Shell Pashupathy Gopalan, President Asia Pacific, SunEdison Ahmed Khashan, VP for Africa and the Caribbean, Schneider Electric Lawrence Fletcher, Managing Director, Credit Suisse FINA NCE
Launch of Short Lived Climate Pollutants 2:40 – 3:55 Bowery Ajay Narayanan, Head of Sustainability, IFC I H Rehman, Director Social Transformation Division, TERI University John Mitchell, Environmental Protection Agency Lisa Hodes Rosen, General Counsel and Director of US Markets, The Gold Standard Nithya Ramanathan, CEO, Nexleaf Analytics Radha Muthiah, Executive Director, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves Romina Picolotti, President, Former Secretary for the Environment, Center for Human Rights and Environment (CEDHA), Argentina Veerbhadran Ramanathan, Professor, TERI University Accelerating Energy Access: the Role of Philanthropy 4:25 – 5:40 Bowery Daphne Pit, Team Manager, DOEN Foundation Morgan DeFoort, CEO, Factor(E) Ventures Sam Parker, Director, Shell Foundation Scott Andrews, Head of the Energy Track, Clinton Global Initiative Zia Khan, VP Initiatives and Strategy, Rockefeller Foundation A CCESS
GLOBAL LEADERS VOICES Venkata Ramana Putti, World Bank Leslie Black Cordes, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves Scaling up Clean Cooking Solutions – Launch of a Global Report by World Bank and Global Alliance for Clean Cook stoves 9:20 – 10:35 Central Park East Anita M. George, Vice President (Energy & Extractives), World Bank Malcolm Cosgrove-­‐Davies, Global Lead, Energy Access, World Bank Radha Muthiah, Executive Director, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves Financing Energy Access in Crisis Settings: Ensuring Sustainable Energy for those Affected by Natural Disasters and Conflict 11:05 – 12:20 Central Park East Simon Collings, Director, Learning and Innovation at Global Village Energy Partnership (GVEP) Sarah Costa, Executive Director of the Women’s Refugee Commission Dr. Amare Gebre Egziabher, Senior Environmental Coordinator for the Division of Programme Support and Management at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Radha Muthiah, Executive Director of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves Koen Peters, Executive Director of the GOGLA Secretariat Surya Kumar Sapkota, Assistant Director, Policy, Planning and Resource Mobilization Division at the Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC), Government of Nepal’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment Nepal’s Post-­‐earthquake Recovery Efforts and the Role of Those Affected by Natural Disasters and Conflict 12:20 – 1:50 Columbus Circle Bahareh Seyedi, Policy Specialist, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction, UNDP Surya Kumar Sapkota, Assistant Director, AEPC Vincent Wierda, CleanStart Programme Manager, UNCDF Driving Energy Access in the Developing World through Innovative Financing for Clean Cooking Solutions 2:40 – 3:55 Central Park East Jonathan Cedar, CEO, Biolite Najada Kumbuli, Senior Investment Officer, Calvert Foundation’s Strategic Initiatives Leslie Black Cordes, Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships Sean Moore, Portfolio Manager, Acumen’s New York Mac Cosgrove-­‐Davies, Global Lead for Energy Access, World Bank A CCESS
Maximizing the Benefits of Clean Cooking Fuels -­‐ Creating a Sustainable Mass Market 4:25 – 5:40 Central Park East Alexander Evans, Chairman, Operating Committee, Global LPG Partnership Arline J. Lederman Adler, Vice President, Solar Cookers International Francis Johnson, Senior Research Fellow, Stockholm Environment Institute Gaston Kremer, Project Manager, Green Social Bioethanol Gerard Ostheimer, Global Lead, SE4ALL Sustainable Bioenergy HIO Radha Muthiah, Executive Director, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves Sabdiyo Bashuna Dido, Global Coordinator, Gender and Youth, SNV Shon Van Hulzen, Director of Quality Control, POET ENE RG Y EFF IC IE NCY
GLOBAL LEADERS VOICES Thierry Van Landegem, Greentouch Consortium Luis Gomez Echeverri, SE4All Nurzat Myrsalieva, Project Manager, RCREEE Joseph John Runzo, City of Toyama Energy Efficiency Accelerator Platform 9:20 – 10:35 Metropolitan East Bruno Berthon, Vice President for Sustainability, Accenture Clay Nesler, Vice-­‐President, Corporate Sustainability for Johnson Controls Felming Voetmann, Head of Public Affairs and Leadership Communication, Danfoss Harry Verhaar, Head of Global Public and Government Affairs, Philips Lighting Jigar Shah, Executive Director, Institute for Industrial Productivity Mr. Josue Tanaka, Managing Director for Operational Strategy and Planning, and Energy Efficiency and Climate Change, EBRD Pradeep Monga, Director Energy and Climate Change Branch, UNIDO Sheila Watson, Director of Environment, FIA Foundation Steven Kukoda, Vice-­‐President, International Copper Alliance The 1Gigaton Coalition: Promoting Emissions’ Savings from Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency 11:05 – 12:20 Metropolitan East H.E. Hans Brattskar, State Secretary (Deputy Minister) , Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway Christine Lins, Executive Secretary, REN21 Zitouni Ould-­‐Dada, Head of the Technology Unit at the Division of Technology Industry and Economics, UNEP The Arab World’s Transition to Sustainable Energy Pathway: A Look from Inside 2:40 – 3:55 Metropolitan East H.E. Omar Kittaneh, Minister of the Palestine Energy Authority Adel Abdellatif, the Chief of the Regional Programme Division in UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Arab States Alejandro Moreno, Energy specialist, Energy and Extractives Global Practice, The World Bank Dane McQueen, UAE Advisor on Sustainable Energy Opportunities in the Arab Region Jassim Isa Al Shirawi, the General Manager of Oil & Gas Affairs of the National Oil & Gas Authority of the Kingdom of Bahrain Nurzat Myrsalieva, Project Manager, RCREEE Stephen Gitonga, Senior Policy Advisor (Energy), UNDP Tareq Emtairah, Executive Director, RCREEE ENE RG Y EFF IC IE NCY
Energy Efficiency and Cities Initiatives 4:25 – 5:40 Metropolitan East Angie Fyfe, Director, Resource Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program for ICLEI Christopher Jones, Deputy Director General for Energy, European Commission, Covenant of Mayors Evan Juska, Head of US Policy, Climate Group Florian Lux, Sustainable Urban Development Advisor, UN Habitat Ivan Jaques, Program Team Leader for Energy Efficient Cities, ESMAP, World Bank Jorge Pinheiro Machado, Director, Brazil, R20 Patricia McCarney, President and CEO, World Council on City Data (WCCD) Sandy Tung, 100 Resilient Cities Seth Schultz, Director, Research, Measurement & Planning at C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group R ENEWA BLE ENE RG Y
GLOBAL LEADERS VOICES James Spalding, Itaipu Paraguay Jorge Miguel Samek, Itaipu Brazil Yera Ortiz de Urbina, IRENA Jessica Frohman Lubetsky, The Pew Charitable Trusts Communicating Renewable Energy -­‐ IRENA Coalition for Action 9:20 – 10:35 Gramercy Aaron Leopold, Global Energy Representative, Practical Action Amy Davidsen, Director, The Climate Group Juan Ramón Silva Ferrada, Sustainability Senior Executive Director, Acciona Mahama Kappiah, Executive Director, ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) Morten Dyrholm, Vice President Public Affairs, Vestas Wind Systems Risa Edelman, Director of International Programmes, American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) IRENA’s Project Facilitation Platform – a Virtual Market Place to Enhance Project Development and Financing in Africa 9:20 – 10:35 Gramercy H.E. Jabulile Mashwama, Minister of Natural Resources and Energy, Kingdom of Swaziland Morten Dyrholm, Global Vice President for Public Affairs, Vestas Wind Energy Steve Sawyer, Secretary General, GWEC Dr. Henning Wuester, Director, Knowledge, Policy and Finance Centre (KPFC), IRENA High level official from the Ministry of Energy in Tanzania Tim Williamson, Deputy Director, USAID Jens Drillisch, KfW Dane McQueen, United Arab Emirates Renewable Energy for Islands 11:05 – 12:20 Gramercy Elizabeth Press, Deputy Director, Innovation and Technology Centre (IITC) New Report from the Pew Charitable Trusts: Power Shifts—Emerging Clean Energy Markets 2:40 – 3:55 Gramercy Phyllis Cuttino, Director of Clean Energy Initiative, The Pew Charitable Trusts Yuriy Sergeyev, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations and Ambassador, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Commonwealth of the Bahamas R ENEWA BLE ENE RG Y
Sneak Preview-­‐ REN21’s Renewables 2015 Global Status Report 4:25 – 5:40 Gramercy Christine Lins, Executive Secretary, REN21 Ernesto Macias, President, Alliance for Rural Electrification Geng Dan, Assistant to the President, Chinese Renewable Energy Industry Association, CREIA Irene Giner-­‐Reichl, Austrian Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China and Mongolia and President of the Global Forum on Sustainable Energy Pradeep Monga, Director Energy and Climate Change Branch, UNIDO Tania Rödiger-­‐Vorwerk, Deputy Director General, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany G LOB AL PO LICY AG ENDA
GLOBAL LEADERS VOICES Cristina Morales, World Energy Council Vickie Healey, Clean Energy Solutions Center Chris Sewell, IADB Regional Interconnection: Unlocking the SE4All Potential 9:20 – 10:35 Empire West Francesco Giorgianni, Head of Institutional Relations, ENERSIS Hamilton Moss, Vice Presidente Energy, CAF Jose Antonio Vargas Lleras, Vice Chair, WEC LAC Pedro Ruiz De Oliveira Jatobá, Superintendent of Foreign Operations, Eletrobras Policy in a Volatile Energy Sector 11:05 – 12:20 Madison Square Barry Worthington, Executive Director, United States Energy Association (USEA) Chris Trimble, Energy Specialist with the World Bank’s Global Practice for Energy and Extractives Morten Dyrholm, Global Vice President for Public Affairs, Vestas Wind Energy Peter Storey, CTI PFAN Global Coordinator Stuart Neil, Senior Director for External Affairs and Communications, World Energy Council Victoria Healey, Project Leader, National Renewable Energy Laboratory Policy Innovations and Tools-­‐ Experiences in West Africa and the Caribbean and Latin America Regions, and within Localities 2:40 – 3:55 Madison Square Angie Fyfe, Director, Resource Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program for ICLEI David Bloomgarden, unit Cheif, Multilateral Investment Fund Ellen Morris, Energy and Environment Faculty, Columbia University and President, Sustainable Energy Solutions Ian Lloyd, Program Manager and Fellow, Office of International Affairs Karen Hughes, Program Manager, International Policy, Alliance to Save Energy Mahama Kappiah, Director, ECOWAS Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Ramon Espinasa, Lead Energy Specialist, Inter-­‐American Development Bank G LOB AL PO LICY AG ENDA
Addressing the Dual Energy Crisis of the 21st Century: Integrating Action on Climate Mitigation and Energy Access 4:25 – 5:40 Madison Square Aaron Leopold, Global Energy Representative, Practical Action Faith Wandera – Odongo, Deputy Director of Renewable Energy, Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, Kenya Guilherme Collares Pereira, Access to Energy -­‐International Relations Director, Energias de Portugal-­‐EDP Mafalda Duarte, Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Zitouni Ould-­‐Dada, Head of the Technology Unit at the Division of Technology Industry and Economics, UNEP G R OWING T HE MO VEME NT
GLOBAL LEADERS VOICES David Otieno, AEEP Alexander Huppertz, GIZ Olivier Dubois, FAO Sean Collins, Student Energy Aidar Marat, National Company Astana EXPO-­‐2017 JSC Bjorn Hamso, World Bank Coordination and Harmonization of African and International Energy Initiatives 9:20 – 10:35 Columbus Circle Aboubakari Baba Moussa, Director, Department of Infrastructure and Energy, African Union Commission Roberto Ridolfi, Director, Sustainable Growth and Development, European Commission Daniel Schroth, Coordinator, SE4ALL Hub for Africa, African Development Bank Pietro De Martin Topranin, Head of Office IV DGMO, DG Global issues, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Martin Niemetz, Country Action Advisor, Sustainable Energy for All, Global Facilitation Team Kate Steel, Energy Team Lead, Power Africa Rima Le Coguic, l’Agence française de développement (AFD), France Christian Stoffaës, Fondation Energies pour l’Afrique Mike Enskat, Programme Manager, EU Energy Initiative Partnership Dialogue Facility (EUEI PDF) Simon Trace, CEO, Practical Action Aaron Leopold, Global Energy Representative, Practical Action G R OWING T HE M OVEM ENT
The Clean Energy Mini-­‐Grids High Impact Opportunity (HIO) 11: 05 – 12:20 Columbus Circle Abhishek Pratap, Senior Campaigner, Renewable Energy, Greenpeace India Clare Boland, Associate Director, Rockefeller Foundation Faris Hasan, Director of Corporate Planning& Economic Services, OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) Guilherme Collares Pereira, Access to Energy -­‐International Relations Director, Energias de Portugal-­‐EDP Joao Duarte Cunha, Chief Climate Finance Officer, African Development Bank (AfDB) Marcus Wiemann, Executive Director, Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE) Richenda Van Leeuwen, Executive Director, Energy Access, Energy and Climate, UN Foundation Venkata Ramana Putti, Senior Energy Specialist, ESMAP -­‐World Bank Astana EXPO 2017 – Kazakhstan 2:40 – 3:55 Columbus Circle Marat Aidar, Director, Content & Sustainable Development Department Sharing the Load: Public and Private Sector Roles in Addressing Poor People’s Energy Needs 4:25 – 5:40 Columbus Circle Ashis Kumar Sahu, CEO, Clean Energy Access Network Daphne Pit, Team Manager, DOEN Foundation Davida Wood, Senior Associate and Project Manager, Electricity Governance Initiative, World Resources Institute Fabby Tumiwa, Director, Institute for Essential Services Reform Harish Hande, Chairman, SELCO-­‐India Tom Erichsen, CEO, DIFFER Water-­‐Energy-­‐Food Nexus HIO 9:20 – 10:35 Lenox Olivier Dubois, Senior Natural Resources Office, UN Food and Agriculture Organization Tania Rödiger-­‐Vorwerk, Deputy Director General, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany Brazilian Experience in Implementing Sustainable Energy for All 11:05 – 12:20 Lenox Albert Cordeiro de Melo, Director-­‐General of Electrical Energy Research Center, CEPEL Jorge Samek, Director-­‐General of Electrical Energy Research Center, Itaipu Binational Global Initiative: Combining Forces to End Routine Gas Flaring 2:40 – 3:55 Lenox Anita M. George, Vice President (Energy & Extractives) , World Bank Bjorn Hamso, Program Manager, World Bank G R OWING T HE MO VEME NT
Advancing Sustainable Energy for All: Innovations, Impacts and Partnerships on the Ground 4:25 – 5:40 Central Park West Ami Valdemoro, Liter of Light Angelica Shamerina, Program Advisor (Climate Change) and Regional Focal Point (Latin America and Caribbean), GEF Small Grants Programme UNDP-­‐NY Delfin Ganapin, Global Manager, GEF Small Grants Programme Rising Tide: Harnessing the Power of Youth 9:20 – 10:35 Central Park West Ahmad Alhendawi, Secretary General Envoy on Youth, United Nations Alan Burchell Dikirani Thaulo, Teacher Trainee, Zayed Solar Academy Ruby Wynn-­‐Williams, Melbourne Girls College Sean Collins, Co-­‐Founder, Student Energy Sustainable Bioenergy HIO: Launch and Ambition 11:05 – 12:20 Sutton Place Ethan Zindler, Head of the Americas, Bloomberg New Energy Finance Hilary McMahon, Director of Research, Carbon War Room Ignaas Caryn, Director of Corporate Venturing and Biofuels, KLM – Royal Dutch Airlines Meghan Sapp, Executive Secretary, Partners for Euro-­‐African Green Energy Melinda Kimble, Senior Vice President, UN Foundation Olivier Dubois, Senior Natural Resources Office, UN Food and Agriculture Organization Salim Morsy, Analyst, Bloomberg New Energy Finance Tessa Lee, Associate, Research & Intelligence team of the Carbon War Room Thomas Videbaek, Executive Vice President -­‐ Business Development, Novozymes
18-21 May 2015
se4allforum.org
Wednesday, 20 May 2015
Global Energy Ministerial: Policy Dialogue
UN General Assembly Hall
H.E. Kaha Imnadze, Acting President of the United Nations General Assembly Jan Eliasson, United Nations Deputy Secretary-­‐General Kandeh Yumkella, Special Representative of the Secretary-­‐General, Sustainable Energy for All 9:30 – 10:30 CA TAL YZIN G A TR ILL ION DO LLA R IN VE STMEN T
Moderator: Ali Velshi, Al Jazeera America LEADERSHIP REMARKS H.E. Neven Mimica, European Commissioner for International Cooperation & Development H.E. Piyush Goyal, Minister of State for Coal, Power and New & Renewable Energy, India HIGH LEVEL PANEL H.E. Piyush Goyal, Minister of State for Coal, Power and New and Renewable Energy, India Anita Marangoly George, Senior Director, Global Practice on Energy and Extractive Industries, World Bank Roberto Zurli, Director, Infrastructure and Energy Division, Brazilian National Development Bank Lutaf R. Kassam, Director, Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development Mohinder Gulati, COO, Sustainable Energy for All 10:30 – 1:00 GL OBAL ACTI ON A GE ND A: A CHI EVIN G SUSTA IN ABL E E NE RGY FOR A LL BY 203 0
Mohinder Gulati, COO, Sustainable Energy for All Moderator: Matthew Bishop, The Economist LEADERSHIP CONVERSATION: Suleiman Al-­‐Herbish, Director-­‐General, OPEC Fund for International Development HIGH LEVEL PANEL H.E. Isabella Lövin, Minister for International Development Cooperation, Sweden H.E. Alfredo Pires, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Timor Leste H.E. Omar Kittaneh, Minister of the Palestine Energy Authority Robert F. Ichord, Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Energy Resources, USA Alex Rugamba, Director for Energy, Environment and Climate Change, African Development Bank LEADERSHIP CONVERSATION: H.E. Martin Bille Hermann, State Secretary for Development Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark HIGH LEVEL PANEL H.E. Alexei Teksler, Deputy Minister of Energy, Russia H.E. Ajay Mathur, Director General, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, India H.E. Hans Brattskar, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway H.E. Masahiko Horie, Ambassador for Global Environmental Affairs, Japan LEADERSHIP CONVERSATION H.E. Zhang Yuqing, Vice Administrator, National Energy Administration, China Adnan Amin, Director-­‐General, International Renewable Energy Agency HIGH LEVEL PANEL H.E. Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Iceland H.E. Valentin Rybakov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Belarus H.E. Emilio Rappaccioli, Minister Advisor to the President for Renewable Energy, Nicaragua Tania Rödiger-­‐Vorwerk, Deputy Director General, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany Gil Hong Kim, Senior Director, Asian Development Bank Albert Geber de Melo, Director-­‐General, Eletrobras H.E. Neven Mimica, European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development Roberto Ridolfi, Director, Sustainable Growth and Development, European Commission Akon, R&B singer, Co-­‐Founder, Akon Lighting Africa Moderator: Laura Trevelyan, BBC GLOBAL LAUNCH OF CAMPAIGN VIDEO: Energy, Women and Children’s Health LEADERSHIP CONVERSATION: Sheila Oparaocha, Executive-­‐Secretary, The International Network on Gender & Energy Alex Evans, Chairman, Operating Committee, the Global LPG Partnership Gill Tudor, Chief of Communication and Outreach, SE4All HIGH LEVEL PANEL H.E. Irene Muloni, Minister for Energy and Minerals, Uganda Sally Gear, Head of the Sustainable Energy Team, Department for International Development, United Kingdom Radha Muthiah, CEO, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves Nawal Al-­‐Hosany, Director of Sustainability, Masdar Maurizio Vecchione, Sr. Vice President, Global Good and Research, Intellectual Ventures Kandeh Yumkella, Special Representative of the Secretary-­‐General, SE4All FROM SDGS TO COP21, AND BEYOND Moderator: H.E. Irene Giner-­‐Reichl, President, Global Forum on Sustainable Energy Leadership Conversation: John Podesta, former Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton and Counselor to President Barack Obama, USA HIGH LEVEL PANEL H.E. Darcy Boyce, Senator, Minister of Energy, Immigration, Telecommunications and Invest Barbados in the Prime Minister’s Office, Barbados John Podesta, former Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton and Counselor to President Barack Obama, USA Naoko Ishii, CEO and Chairperson, Global Environment Facility John Kioli, Chairman, Kenya Climate Change Working Group STRENGTHENING GLOBAL ENERGY GOVERNANCE AND PARTNERSHIPS: ROLES OF THE UN Moderator: Kandeh Yumkella, Special Representative of the Secretary-­‐General, SE4All HIGH LEVEL PANEL Christian Friis Bach, Executive Secretary, UNECE Fernando Ferreira, Executive Secretary, Latin American Energy Organization Christoph Frei, Secretary General, World Energy Council 5:45 – 6:00 CL OSIN G PL EN A RY
Kandeh Yumkella, Special Representative of the Secretary-­‐General, SE4All
18-21 May 2015
se4allforum.org
Thursday, 21 May 2015
Global Energy Ministerial: Future of Energy - Actions and
Commitments
UN General Assembly Hall
9:00 – 9:20 W E LCOM IN G AN D O PE NI NG RE MAR KS
WELCOME Kandeh Yumkella, Special Representative of the Secretary-­‐General, SE4All OPENING REMARKS Wu Hongbo, Under-­‐Secretary-­‐General for Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations Gyan Chandra Acharya, Under-­‐Secretary-­‐General, High Representative for LDCs, LLDCs and SIDS, United Nations Dikirani Thaulo, Zayed Solar Academy, Malawi 9:20 – 10:20 TH E FUTU RE OF E NE RGY : A GLO BAL A GE ND A
Moderator: Andrew Revkin, New York Times HIGH LEVEL PANEL Brian Dames, Chief Executive Officer, African Rainbow Energy and Power David McCauley, Senior Vice President, WWF US Ceri Powell, Executive VP of World Wide Exploration, Royal Dutch Shell Moderator: Elizabeth Thompson, Senior Advisor, SE4All SPECIAL COMMITMENTS KICK-­‐OFF Akon, R&B singer, Co-­‐Founder, Akon Lighting Africa Thione Niang, Co-­‐founder Akon Lighting, Africa Samba Bathily, Co-­‐founder Akon Lighting, Africa JOINT COMMITMENTS AND COOPERATION LEADERSHIP STATEMENTS: H.E. Neven Mimica, European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development H.E. Irene Muloni, Minister for Energy and Minerals, Uganda H.E. Henry O. Macauley, Minister of Energy, Sierra Leone HIGH LEVEL ACTION STATEMENTS, INCLUDING H.E. Waysang Moti Kumkee, Minister for Public Works and Utilities, Kiribati H.E. Darcy Boyce, Minister of Energy, Immigration, Telecommunications and Invest Barbados in the Prime Minister’s Office, Barbados H.E. Boubacar Ba, Minister of Mines and Energy, Burkina Faso H.E. Henri Ossebi, Minister of Energy and Hydraulics, Republic of Congo H.E. Joaquim Ventura, Secretary of State for Energy, Angola H.E. Ith Praing, Secretary of State of Mines and Energy, Cambodia H.E. Hussain Niyaaz, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maldives H.E. Bogdan Badea, Secretary of State, Ministry of Energy, Romania H.E. Germaine Kamayirese, Minister of State for Energy and Water, Rwanda H.E. Mohamed Zayed Awad Mouse, State Minister, Ministry of Petroleum, Sudan H.E. Charles Kitwanga, Deputy Minister for Energy and Minerals, Tanzania H.E. Akim Bedelov, Minister/Chairman, Renewable and Alternative Energy Agency, Azerbaijan Albert Melo, Director-­‐General, Electric Energy Research Center (CEPEL), Brazil Winnie Stewart, Acting Principal Secretary, Swaziland H.E. Guillermo Enrique Rishchynski Oller, Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations (also on behalf of Hon. Christine St-­‐Pierre, Minister of International Relations and La Francophonie, Government of Quebec) Jassim Isa Al Shirawi, General Manager Oil & Gas Affairs, Bahrain Md. Tazul Islam, MP, Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Affairs, Bangladesh Yoseph Kassaye, Director for United Nations Economic and Development Affairs, International Organizations Directorate-­‐General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ethiopia William Sabandar, Chief, National Renewable Energy Taskforce, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Indonesia Aidar Marat, Head of the Department for Content and Development, National Company EXPO 2017, Kazakhstan Faith Wandera, Deputy Director, Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, Kenya H.E. Martin Sajdik, Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations H.E. Michel Tommo Monthe, Permanent Representative of Cameroon to the United Nations H.E. Maria Emma Mejia Velez, Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations H.E. Amr Abdellatif Aboulatta, Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations H.E. Marlene Moses, Permanent Representative of Nauru to the United Nations H.E. Durga Prasad Bhattarai, Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations H.E. Lourdes O. Yparraguirre, Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations H.E. Karel Jan Gustaaf van Oosterom, Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the United Nations H.E. Ron Prosor, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations H.E. Matthew Rycroft, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations H.E. Kyaw Tin, Permanent Representative of Myanmar to the United Nations H.E. Deborah Barker-­‐Manase, Charge d'Affaires a.i & Deputy Permanent Representative of Marshall Islands to the United Nations H.E. Carolyn Schwalger, Deputy Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the United Nations H.E. Inigo Lambertini, Deputy Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations H.E. Olivier Zehnder, Deputy Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations H.E. Levent Eler, Deputy Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United Nations Majid Hasan Alsuwaidi, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations 2:00 – 3:00 SPE CIA L PA N EL ON M ON ITORI NG , TRA CKI NG A N D AC COUN TAB ILI TY
Moderator: Elizabeth Thompson, Senior Advisor, SE4All H.E. Peter Thomson, Permanent Representative of Fiji to the United Nations Vivien Foster, Sector Manager of the Energy Unit, Sustainable Energy Department, World Bank Maria Theresa Lauron, Chair, CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness Award Winners Kandeh Yumkella, Special Representative of the Secretary-­‐General, SE4All Ahmad Alhendawi, Secretary-­‐General’s Envoy on Youth, United Nations Nawal Al-­‐Hosany, Masdar and the Zayed Future Energy Prize Moderator: Elizabeth Thompson, Senior Advisor, SE4All JOINT COMMITMENTS AND COOPERATION LEADERSHIP STATEMENTS: Jorge Miguel Samek, Director General – Brazil, Itaipu Dam James Spalding Hellmers, Director General – Paraguay, Itaipu Dam Kandeh Yumkella, Special Representative of the Secretary-­‐General, SE4All Adnan Amin, Director-­‐General, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Dayae Oudghiri, Managing Board Member, Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (MASEN) Hege Marie Norheim, Senior Vice President, Corporate Climate, Statoil Ibrahim Rehman, Director, Social Transformation Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) Steven L. Kukoda, Vice President, Copper Alliance Mahama Kappiah, Executive Director, ECOWAS Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) Richenda Van Leeuwen, Executive Director, Energy Access, UN Foundation1 H.R.H. Princess Abze Djigma, CEO, AbzeSolar S.A., Mama-­‐Light Initiative for Sustainable Energy David Lecoque, Policy & Business Development Officer, Alliance for Rural Electrification Kunle Odebunmi, Co-­‐founder, Arnergy Asim Buksh, Chairman, Buksh Foundation Ashis Kumar Sahu, CEO, Clean Energy Access Network India (CLEAN) Bryan Huber, Managing Director Emerging Markets, CleanSpark Rachel McManus, Country Director, EarthSpark International Jacob Lewandowski, Product Manager, D.Light Abigail Mechtenberg, Executive Director and CEO, Empower Energy Design Ajaita Shah, Founder and CEO, Frontier Markets Sarah M. Baird, Founder and President, Let There be Light International Charlie Miller, Head of Policy & Programme Funding, SolarAid Eden Full, Founder and CEO, SunSaluter Jehmu Greene, President, Waka Waka USA Carmen Dienst, Project Coordinator, Wisions of Sustainability initiative, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy Gil-­‐Hong Kim, Senior Director, Asian Development Bank Thierry Van Landegem, Chairman of the Board, GreenTouch Consortium Fleming Voetmann, Head of Public Affairs, Danfoss Sheila Oparaocha, Executive-­‐Secretary, International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy (ENERGIA) Rene Castro Salazar, Director, Co2nsorcio Euroamericano Chris Shelton, Vice President, New Energy Solutions, AES Corporation Fatima Denton, Director of the Special Initiatives Division, UN Economic Commission for Africa Tareq Emtairah, Executive Director, Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RCREEE) Marina Migliorato, Head of Sustainability Innovation and Stakeholders Engagement, Enel Koen Peters, Executive Director, Global Off-­‐Grid Lighting Association (GOGLA) Sarah Wykes, Lead Analyst, Climate and Energy, Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD) Fotouh Al-­‐Ragom, Associate Research Scientist Energy and Building Research Center, Kuwait / Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) Jackelline Siles, Project Coordinator, Global Gender Office, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Sally Bolton, Communications Manager, Kopernik Kristina Skierka, Campaign Director, Power for All Simon Trace, Chief Executive Officer, Practical Action Katherine Lucey, Founder and CEO, Solar Sister, and Neha Misra, Co-­‐Founder & Chief Collaboration, Solar Sister Monica Oviedo Cespedes, Sustainable Management, Iberdrola Martin Krause, Regional Practice Leader for Environment, Climate & Energy, UNDP Hongpeng Liu, Chief, Energy Security and Water Resources Section, UN-­‐ESCAP Richard Boss, Green Energy Technology Asia Gaurav Manchanda, CEO, One Degree Solar Rita Poppe, Public Affairs, Humanist Institute for Co-­‐operation with Developing Countries 5:00 – 5:30 SUMMA RY A N D CL OSIN G CER EMO NY
Kandeh Yumkella, Special Representative of the Secretary-­‐General, SE4All