TPSD 2024 - Plenary 4: Catalyzing Innovative Energy Infrastructure Financing in Asia and the Pacific

Organized by the Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Moderator:
Kee-Yung Nam
Principal Energy Economist, Energy Sector Group, ADB

Panelists:
Rie Hiraoka
Visiting Scholar at Shorenstein APARC, Stanford University
Former Director of the Social Sector Division for Central and West Asia Department, ADB
Professor at Kyoto University for Advanced Sciences
Advisor for the Institute of Future Initiatives
Consulting General Manager, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank

Sulakshana Jayawardena
Former Secretary of the Ministry of Power and Energy, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

Priyantha D.C. Wijayatunga
Senior Director, Energy Sector Group, ADB

R. Duncan McIntosh
Senior Regional Maritime Specialist, Transport Sector Group, ADB

The Trans-Pacific Sustainability Dialogue convened social science researchers and scientists from Stanford University and across the Asia-Pacific region, alongside policymakers, private and public sector experts, and emerging leaders to accelerate progress on achieving the United Nations-adopted 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Dialogue aims to generate new research and policy partnerships to expedite the implementation of the Agenda's underlying framework of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The 2024 Dialogue focused on advancing SDG 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure and was held at Stanford University on October 10 and 11, 2024.

This year's main host and organizer was Stanford University's Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC). The co-host was the Ban Ki-moon Foundation for a Better Future. The co-organizers were the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Ewha Womans University, Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission, Korea Environment Institute (KEI), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea (MOFA), and the Natural Capital Project (NatCap) of Stanford University.