EU and Asian Policy Responses to Climate Change and Energy Security Post-Copenhagen

Dates: 26 – 27 Jul, 2010
Location: Seminar Room II, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS)

Date: 26 & 27 July 2010
Venue: Seminar Room II
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS)
30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace
Singapore 119614

Climate change and energy security have emerged as key issues within industry, research and policy circles. This conference will provide a platform to facilitate the cross-industry and multi-disciplinary exchange of perspectives on EU and Asian climate change policy responses. It will feature representatives from government, academe and the private sector in Singapore, the European Union and Asia. They will focus on the important energy and climate-related themes and challenges that confront policy-makers following COP15 held in Copenhagen in December 2009. In light of the fact that a binding global climate agreement was not established at this gathering, the various adaptation measures and mechanisms, mitigation efforts and commitments, risks and opportunities pertaining to climate change and energy security that are currently practised within the region will be discussed, as well as the options that are being formulated for presentation at COP 16 which will be held in Mexico at the end of this year.

Mr Tan Yong Soon, Permanent Secretary (National Climate Change) and Ambassador Holger Standertskjold, Head of the EU Delegation will open the conference with keynote speeches. Presentations will be subsequently given by specialists in technology deployment, industry and academe from the Asian Development Bank, Energy Studies Institute, General Electric, CETDEM, De La Salle University, Thailand Tapioca Development Institute and Neste Oil. They are from the Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Germany.

The second day will bring together similar specialists from the National University of Singapore, Centre for Sustainable Asian Cities, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Enerion Consulting, Korea Power Engineering Company, Cambridge University and the Energy Studies Institute. They are from Korea, the United Kingdom and Singapore.

CONFERENCE ON
EU AND ASIAN POLICY RESPONSES TO CLIMATE
CHANGE AND ENERGY SECURITY POST-COPENHAGEN

26-27 July 2010
Seminar Rooms I & II
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Singapore

PROGRAMME
(as at 22 July 2010)

Monday, 26 July 2011
8.45 am – 9.00 am	Registration
9.00 am – 9.15 a	Welcome Remark Ambassador K KESAVAPANY Director, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore Mr KHOO Chin Hean Executive Director, Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore Dr YEO Lay Hwee Director, EU Centre in Singapore
	SESSION I:	KEYNOTE SPEECHES
	Chairperson:	Mr Rodolfo SEVERINO Head, ASEAN Studies Centre, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore
9.30 am – 10.00 am	Mr TAN Yong Soon Permanent Secretary, National Climate Change, Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore
10.00 am – 10.30 am	EU Climate and Energy Policy Post-Copenhagen: Challenges and Opportunities Ambassador Holger STANDERTSKJOLD Head of EU Delegation, Singapore
10.30 am – 11.00 am	Q & A
11.00am – 11.30 am	Coffee
	SESSION II:	ENERGY SECURITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE
	Chairperson:	Dr Elspeth THOMSON Senior Fellow, Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore
11.30.am – 12.00 noon	Overview
	Presenter:	Dr Hooman PEIMANI Head, Energy Security & Geopolitics, and Principal Fellow, Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore
12.00 noon – 12.30 pm	SE Asian Perspectives on Climate Change & Sustainable Urbanization
	Presenter:	Dr Javed Hussain MIR Director, Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Southeast Asian Department, Asian Development Bank, Manila
12.30 pm – 1.00 pm	European Perspectives on Climate Change and Energy Security
	Presenter:	Mr Marvyn LIM Executive Advisor, EADS Group CTO
1.00 pm – 1.30 pm	Q & A
1.30 pm – 2.30 pm	Lunch
	SESSION III:	BIOFUELS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
	Chairperson:	Dr Hooman PEIMANI Head, Energy Security & Geopolitics, and Principal Fellow, Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore
2.30 pm – 2.55 pm	Overview
	Presenter:	Dr Elspeth THOMSON Senior Fellow, Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore
2.55 pm – 3.20 pm	The Development of Biofuels in Indonesia: Diffusion and Stakeholder Interactions
	Presenter:	Dr Joni JUPESTA Department of Management Science and Technology, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan
3.20 pm – 3.45 pm	Malaysian Perspectives
	Presenter:	Mr Gurmit SINGH Chairperson, Centre for Environment, Technology & Development (CETDEM), Malaysia
3.45 pm – 4.00 pm	Tea
4.00 pm – 4.25 pm	Philippines Perspectives
	Presenter:	Dr N A ORCULLO, Jr College of Business Administration, De La Salle University, Dasmarinas, Philippines
4.25 pm – 4.50 pm	Thai Perspective
	Presenter:	Dr Suthiporn CHIRAPANDA Advisor, Thailand Tapioca Development Institute, Bangkok
4.50 pm – 5.15 pm	European Perspective
	Presenter:	Mr Adrian SUHARTO Sustainability Manager, Neste Oil Ltd, Singapore
5.15 pm – 5.45 pm	Q & A
7.30 pm	Welcome Dinner (Traders Hotel – Cafebiz)

Tuesday, 27 July 2011
	SESSION IV:	SUSTAINABLE URBANISATION AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY
	Chairperson:	Dr YEO Lay Hwee Director, EU Centre in Singapore
9.00 am – 9.25 am	Overview
	Presenters:	Dr Lai Choo Malone-LEE Director, Centre for Sustainable Asian Cities, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore Dr Salie Jun WANG Research Fellow, Centre for Sustainable Asian Cities, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore
9.25 am – 9.50 am	Singapore Perspectives on Climate Change & Sustainable Urbanization
	Presenters:	Ms SOFIAH JAMIL Research Analyst, Centre for Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Ms SADHAVI SHARMA Visiting Researcher, Centre for Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
9.50 am – 10:40 am	European Perspective on Sustainable Urbanisation & Energy Efficiency
	Presenters:	Mr Poul Bannow MØRK Director, IBS Alliance, Singapore Mr Michael ROEDER GE Wind Product Line Leader, Singapore
10.40 am – 11:05 am	Q & A
11.05 am – 11.20 am	Coffee
	SESSION V:	NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE
	Chairperson:	Mr Mark HONG Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore
11.20 am – 11.45 am	Overview
	Presenter:	Dr Alvin CHEW Principal Consultant, Enerion Consulting, Singapore
11.45 am – 12.10 pm	Nuclear Power Technology and Experience in Republic of Korea
	Presenter:	Dr HWANG Hae Ryong Senior Vice President, NSSS Business Division, Korea Power Engineering Company Inc, Seoul
12.10 pm – 12.35 pm	Nuclear Power Technology and Experience in Europe
	Presenter:	Dr William NUTTALL Senior Lecturer, Technology Policy, Cambridge University and Chair, Advisory Group on Policy & Social Science, National Nuclear Centre of Excellence, United Kingdom
12.35 pm – 1.00 pm	Q & A
1.00 pm – 1.15 pm	Concluding Remarks
	Dr Hooman PEIMANI Head, Energy Security & Geopolitics, and Principal Fellow, Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore
1.15 pm – 2.15 pm	Lunch
	End of Seminar -- return to hotel for Overseas Participants

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