| 8.30-9.00 | Registration |
| 9.00-9.15 | Opening Messages
Scott Morris, Vice-President (East and Southeast Asia, and the Pacific), ADB
Weihua Liu, Executive Director, ADB |
| 9.15-10.45 | 1. The PRC and ADB Partnership for the Asia and Pacific Region
Chair: Guan Xin, Anchor and Chief Editor, Business News Department, China Global Television Network (CGTN)
Presentation:
ADB-PRC Country Partnership
Safdar Parvez, Country Director, ADB Resident Mission in the PRC
The PRC-ADB Strengthening Cooperation to Tackle Regional Challenges
Yiping Huang, Dean, National School of Development, Peking University
Panel Discussion: Creating Partnerships for Addressing Regional Challenges
- Scott Morris, Vice-President (East and Southeast Asia, and the Pacific), ADB
- Weihua Liu, Executive Director, ADB
- Beate Trankmann, Resident Representative, United Nations Development Programme in the PRC
- Ayumi Konishi, Senior Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer, Multilateral Cooperation Center for Development Finance
- Yao Wang, Director General, International Institute of Green Finance
Q&A |
| 10.45-11.00 | Break |
| 11.00-12.30 | 2. Nature Conservation as a Regional Public Good
Chair: Duncan Lang, Senior Environment Specialist, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department (CCSD), ADB
Presentation:
Good International Practices on Strategies for Conserving Nature
Mingjia Yuan, The Nature Conservancy Beijing Representative Office
Considerations on Debt for Nature Swaps
Nicole Arditti, Global Sovereign Advisory
Panel Discussion: How Can We Leverage Financing Instruments to Meet the Global Conservation Goal of 30% of Land and Marine Resources Protected by 2030?
- Ye Wang, Deputy Section Chief, Foreign Economic Cooperation Office, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the PRC
- Han Chen, Senior Researcher, Green Belt and Road Center, International Institute of Green Finance, Central university of Finance and Economics, the PRC
- Mingjia Yuan, The Nature Conservancy, Beijing Representative Office
- Nicole Arditti, Global Sovereign Advisory
- Luo Wang, Director, Institute of International Development Cooperation, Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation, Ministry of Commerce, the PRC
Q&A |
| 12.30-14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00-15.30 | 3. Energy Transition as a Global Public Good
Chair: Toru Kubo, Senior Director, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment, CCSD, ADB
Presentation: International Practices for Accelerating the Energy Transition
Andrew Jeffries, Advisor, Energy Transition Mechanism and Partnerships, Sector Group, ADB
Panel Discussion: Creating Partnerships for Advancing the Energy Transition in ADB’s Developing Member Countries
- Yanmei Cui, Deputy General Manager, Client and Credit Management Department, Export-Import Bank of China
- Edo Mahendra, Special Advisor to Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Indonesia, and Chairperson of Indonesia Energy Transition Implementation Joint Office
- Junjie Kang, Deputy Director, Climate Change and Energy Transition Program, Institute of Energy, Peking University
- Helmut Fischer, Executive Director, ADB
- Yihan Hao, Principal, Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) China Program
- Andrew Jeffries, Advisor, Energy Transition Mechanism and Partnerships, Sector Group, ADB
Q&A |
| 15.30-17.00 | 4. Artificial Intelligence: Emerging Global Best Practices in Strategy, Policy, and Regulation
Chair: Ozzeir Khan, Director, Information and Technology Department (ITD), ADB
Presentation: Setting the Context
Stephanie Hung, Director General, ITD, ADB
Panel Discussion: How AI Can Be Supportive in Tackling Regional Challenges
- Stephanie Hung, Director General, Information and Technology Department, ADB
- Chen Hui Ong, Assistant Chief Executive (Business-Technology Group), Infocomm and Media Development Authority of Singapore
- Talal Ikhwan, Head, KPMG Digital Village, Singapore
- Xudong Chen, Chairman and General Manager of IBM, Greater China Group
- Zheng Liang, Deputy Director, China Institute for Science and Technology Policy, Tsinghua University
Q&A |
| 17.00-17.05 | Closing Remarks
Muhammad Ehsan Khan, Director General, East Asia Department, ADB |
| 17.05-17.20 | Break |
| 17.20-17.50 | Publication Launch: “Echoes of Success: Case Studies in the Replication of Asian Development Bank Projects in the People’s Republic of China”
Messages from:
Scott Morris, Vice President (East and Southeast Asia, and the Pacific), ADB
Xin Zhang, Executive Director and General Manager, Shaanxi Financial Holding Development Investment Management Co., Ltd. |
| All day | Results Reality Booth
Showcasing ADB projects in the PRC in augmented and virtual reality |
| 18.30-20.30 | Dinner |
