APERC Annual Conference 2020 11 and 14-16 September 2020, Online
Energy Security Workshop (Part 1)
| ESW Moderator | Dr. Kazutomo Irie, President, APERC | |
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| ESW Coordinator | Ms. Fang-Chia Lee, APERC | |
| ESW-0 | Overview of APERC Energy Security Research | Mr. Munehisa Yamashiro, Vice President, APERC |
| ESW-1 | Energy Security in APEC: What can really be done? A Practical Perspective | Dr. Jyuung-Shiauu Chern, Lead Shepherd, APEC Energy Working Group |
| ESW-2 | Energy Security in Changing Energy Markets | Dr. Peter Hartley, Professor, Rice University |
| ESW-3 | Energy Security in Dynamic Geopolitics: Where is it heading? | Dr. Ken Koyama, Chief Economist, IEEJ |
| ESW-4 | ASEAN Cooperation for Energy Security Focusing on ASEAN Grid Connection | Dr. Nuki Agya Utama, Executive Director, ASEAN Centre for Energy |
| ESW-5 | Role of Strategic Petroleum Reserve: US Experience | Mr. Glen Sweetnam, Former Strategic Advisor, Office of International Affairs, U.S. DOE |
| Discussion | ||
| Wrap up and Closing Remarks | Dr. Kazutomo Irie, President, APERC |
Energy Security Workshop (Part 2)
| ESW Moderator | Dr. Kazutomo Irie, President, APERC | |
|---|---|---|
| ESW Coordinator | Ms. Fang-Chia Lee, APERC | |
| ESW-0 | Overview of APERC Energy Security Research | Mr. Munehisa Yamashiro, Vice President, APERC |
| ESW-6 | Consumer-Producer Dialogue Contribution to Energy Security | Mr. Joeseph McMonigle, Secretary General, International Energy Forum |
| ESW-7 | The Role of U.S. Shale Gas in Trade Wars amid COVID-19: Comparing U.S. Pressures on Nord Stream 2 in Europe and Demands on LNG Sales to Asia | Dr. June Park, Political Economist, National Research Foundation of Korea |
| ESW-8 | Thailand’s Experience on Energy Security | Dr. Twarath Sutabutr, Inspector General, Ministry of Energy, Thailand |
| Discussion | ||
| Wrap up and Closing Remarks | Dr. Kazutomo Irie, President, APERC |
Session 1A: Climate Change (Part 1)
In this year signatories to the Paris Agreement will submit revised NDCs. This will address the following questions:
• What progress has been made since the ratification of the Paris Agreement?
• What are the expectations for the revised NDCs?
• What policy or market tools are available, but not widely used, to support decarbonization ambitions?
• What progress has been made since the ratification of the Paris Agreement?
• What are the expectations for the revised NDCs?
• What policy or market tools are available, but not widely used, to support decarbonization ambitions?
| S1 Moderator | Mr. James Kendell, Senior Vice President, APERC | |
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| S1 Coordinator | Dr. Gigih Atmo, APERC | |
| Welcome and Introduction | Dr. Kazutomo Irie, President, APERC | |
| S1-0 | CO2 Emissions in the 7th Edition of the APEC Outlook | Dr. Gigih Atmo, APERC |
| S1-1 | Pathways to Limit Global-Mean Temperature Rise to 1.5 °C | Dr. Shinichiro Fujimori, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University |
| S1-2 | Development of the Carbon Market in Singapore | Mr. William Pazos, Chief Operating Officer of AirCarbon, Singapore |
| S1-3 | Renewable Energy Initiatives to Support Malaysia’s Climate Change Mitigation Actions | Mr. Hazrey Tomyang, Undersecretary of Renewable Energy Division, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources of Malaysia |
| Discussion |
Session 1B: Climate Change (Part 2)
In this year signatories to the Paris Agreement will submit revised NDCs. This will address the following questions:
• What progress has been made since the ratification of the Paris Agreement?
• What are the expectations for the revised NDCs?
• What policy or market tools are available, but not widely used, to support decarbonization ambitions?
• What progress has been made since the ratification of the Paris Agreement?
• What are the expectations for the revised NDCs?
• What policy or market tools are available, but not widely used, to support decarbonization ambitions?
| S1 Moderator | Mr. James Kendell, Senior Vice President, APERC | |
|---|---|---|
| S1 Coordinator | Dr. Gigih Atmo, APERC | |
| S1-0 | CO2 Emissions in the 7th Edition of the APEC Outlook | Dr. Gigih Atmo, APERC |
| S1-4 | IEA’s Energy and Climate Priorities towards COP26 | Ms. Mechthild Wörsdörfer, Director of Sustainability, Technology and Outlooks, International Energy Agency, Paris, France |
| S1-5 | Innovative Policies under the Paris Agreement Framework (Article VI) | Mr. Eric Williams, Program Director, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Centre (KAPSARC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Discussion |
Session 2A: Investments (Part 1)
The ongoing energy transition requires a substantial amount of investment in technologies and processes. This session considers the following questions:
• How can public and private entities prepare for investment opportunities in a dynamic energy system?
• What expectations are there for the scale and timing of investments?
• How can policy design support and lower barriers to investment?
• How can public and private entities prepare for investment opportunities in a dynamic energy system?
• What expectations are there for the scale and timing of investments?
• How can policy design support and lower barriers to investment?
| S2 Moderator | Mr. James Kendell, Senior Vice President, APERC | |
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| S2 Coordinator | Mr. Mathew Horne, APERC | |
| Welcome and Introduction | Dr. Kazutomo Irie, President, APERC | |
| S2-0 | Investment in the 7th Edition of the APEC Outlook | Mr. Mathew Horne, APERC |
| S2-1 | U.S. Electricity Infrastructure Pathways through 2050 | Dr. Benjamin Leibowicz, Assistant Professor, Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, United States |
| S2-2 | Green Bonds for Financing Energy Efficiency and Clean Energy | Dr. Dina Azhgaliyeva, Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo, Japan |
| Discussion |
Session 2B: Investments (Part 2)
The ongoing energy transition requires a substantial amount of investment in technologies and processes. This session considers the following questions:
• How can public and private entities prepare for investment opportunities in a dynamic energy system?
• What expectations are there for the scale and timing of investments?
• How can policy design support and lower barriers to investment?
• How can public and private entities prepare for investment opportunities in a dynamic energy system?
• What expectations are there for the scale and timing of investments?
• How can policy design support and lower barriers to investment?
| S2 Moderator | Mr. James Kendell, Senior Vice President, APERC | |
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| S2 Coordinator | Mr. Mathew Horne, APERC | |
| Welcome and Introduction | Dr. Kazutomo Irie, President, APERC | |
| S2-0 | Investment in the 7th Edition of the APEC Outlook | Mr. Mathew Horne, APERC |
| S2-4 | The Global Energy Transformation and its Implications on Technology Pathways, investment needs and costs | Mr. Nicholas Wagner, Programme Officer, IRENA, Bonn, Germany |
| S2-5 | Investment in Carbon Cioxide Removal Processes and Technology | Mr. Dominic Rassool, Senior Consultant, Global CCS Institute |
| Discussion |
Session 3A: Data and Modeling (Part 1)
APERC is redeveloping its suite of macro-economic and energy systems models and is utilizing more data science techniques. This session will survey relevant modeling and data analysis techniques to inform ongoing and future APERC model development, data management, and other research activities.
| S3 Moderator | Mr. James Kendell, Senior Vice President, APERC | |
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| S3 Coordinator | Mr. Hugh Marshall-Tate, APERC | |
| Welcome and Introduction | Dr. Kazutomo Irie, President, APERC | |
| S3-0 | 8th Edition Outlook: Preliminary Projections | Mr. David Wogan, Assistant Vice President, APERC |
| S3-1 | Accelerating Renewable Development in China | Dr. Gang He, Assistant Professor, Stony Brook University, New York |
| Discussion |
Session 3B: Data and Modeling (Part 2)
APERC is redeveloping its suite of macro-economic and energy systems models and is utilizing more data science techniques. This session will survey relevant modeling and data analysis techniques to inform ongoing and future APERC model development, data management, and other research activities.
| S3 Moderator | Mr. James Kendell, Senior Vice President, APERC | |
|---|---|---|
| S3 Coordinator | Mr. Hugh Marshall-Tate, APERC | |
| Welcome and Introduction | Dr. Kazutomo Irie, President, APERC | |
| S3-0 | 8th Edition Outlook: Preliminary Projections | Mr. David Wogan, Assistant Vice President, APERC |
| S3-2 | Advances in Transport Sector Modeling | Dr. Sonia Yeh, Professor, Chalmers University, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| S3-3 | Data Management in OSEMOSYS | Dr. Will Usher, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden |
| S3-4 | Long-Term Oil Price Forecasting | Dr. Jennifer Considine, KAPSARC visiting researcher and Senior Research Fellow, University Dundee, Scotland |
| Discussion |








