GBA-ASEAN Conference on Energy Transition and Integration

Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)

Hear from policymakers and industry leaders from ASEAN and China’s Greater Bay Area on regional cooperation for energy transition.

As a flagship convening of the <a href="https://www.gbaaseaninitiative.com/" title="https://www.gbaaseaninitiative.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">GBA-ASEAN Initiative</a> (GAI), the conference will bring together an exclusive group of senior policymakers, industry leaders, investors, and internationally recognised experts from ASEAN and China’s Greater Bay Area to advance dialogue on energy transition, regional connectivity, sustainable infrastructure, and economic cooperation.Building on the success of our <a href="https://www.unsdsn.org/news/sdsn-launches-the-gba-asean-initiative-with-a-high-level-conference-in-hong-kong-and-shenzhen/" title="https://www.unsdsn.org/news/sdsn-launches-the-gba-asean-initiative-with-a-high-level-conference-in-hong-kong-and-shenzhen/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">inaugural launch</a> last November, this year’s conference is being curated as a high-level platform for strategic exchange among leaders shaping the future of the region’s energy and development agenda.The in-person closed-door conference will be hosted in Sunway City and is by invitation only. The event will be livestreamed on SDSN's YouTube platform via the below:https://www.youtube.com/live/yb-ay4X6-aU

Agenda

Conference Opening and Introduction to the  GBA-ASEAN Initiative by Philo WANG (Head of Policy and Research for Asia and SIDS). Opening Remarks by: Jeffrey SACHS (University Professor of Columbia University, President of SDSN), Clement WOO (Under Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region), Elizabeth LEE (Chief Executive Officer of the Sunway Education Group)

Opening Session 

Moderated by: Jeffrey SACHS (University Professor of Columbia University, President of SDSN). Speakers: Chavalit Frederick TSAO (Chairman of TPC Group), ZHANG Chuanwei (Founder and President of Ming Yang Group), Philip HU (Founding Member & Managing Director, Primavera Capital). 

Panel 1: Private Capital and Implementation Systems 

Tea Break

Moderated by: Emi GUI (Professor, Monash University and Member of the Council of Engineers for the Energy Transition (CEET)). Speakers: Gita SABHARWAL (UN Resident Coordinator in Indonesia), Daniel FUNG (Vice Chairman, Financial Services Development Council), ZHOU Yuanbing (Deputy Secretary-General, Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization (GEIDCO); General Manager, Global Energy Interconnection Group Co., Ltd.)

Panel 2: Multilateral Leadership for Delivering the  Energy  Transition

Lunch Break

Keynote Address by YAB Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim - Prime Minister of Malaysia

Moderated by: Lisa SACHS (Director, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI)). Speakers: Stella CHRISTIE (Vice Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology, Indonesia), Satvinder SINGH (Deputy Secretary General for ASEAN Economic Community), Razib DAWOOD (Executive Director, ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE)), Dir. Luningning G. BALTAZAR  (Director of the Electric Power Industry Management Bureau, Department of Energy, Philippines), Dr. Fiaz AHMAD (Head of Advisory and Research Advocacy, Asian Strategy & Leadership Institute Adjunct Research Fellow, Sunway Business School, Sunway University, Malaysia)

Panel 3: An ASEAN-Led Pathway to Regional Integrated Energy System

Presentation of key findings and results by: Guillaume LAFORTUNE. Keynote remarks by: Jeffrey SACHS. Panel on Implementing Sustainable Development by 2030 & Beyond: Regional & Thematic Perspectives, panelists: Mahendhiran S. NAIR (Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research and Sustainability), Sunway University), Aline MOSNIER (Scientific Director for the FABLE (Food, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Land-use, and Energy) Pathways Consortium), Mr. Nikolas MYINT, (UN Resident Coordinator (Designate) for Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei Darussalam), Ms Karen CHAND (Managing Director of the SDG Academy, SDSN) Ichiro SATO (Executive Senior Research Fellow, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)).

 In-Person Launch of the 2026 Sustainable Development Report (11th edition)

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