Conference & Forum
East Asia Forum 2024
19 Sep 2024 - 20 Sep 2024 Beijing
This year’s East Asia Forum (EAF) will explore ways the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and ADB can foster partnerships in addressing regional challenges related to climate change with a special interest in promoting global and regional public goods in ADB’s developing member countries (DMCs).
The Forum has four sessions. The first explores strategic ways the PRC and ADB can further evolve their partnership in tackling regional challenges including climate change. The second and third focus on two critical parts of climate as public goods and explore best practices for promoting them. Specifically, Session 2 focuses on nature conservation and ecosystem protection, and how instruments like nature-debt swaps can be a viable financing instrument to help DMCs meet their commitments to conserve 30% of terrestrial and marine areas by 2030. Session 3 centers on addressing climate mitigation through accelerating the energy transition from fossil fuel powered energy to clean energy, drawing on international practices related to energy policy, investments, and transition financing. The fourth session discusses how artificial intelligence can support addressing regional challenges. Specifically, it looks at emerging best practices in strategy, policy, and regulation to enhance the potential benefits of AI while mitigating its potential costs.
Each session will comprise a keynote speaker setting the context and regional challenges and followed by an interactive panel discussion comprising of distinguished experts.
In addition to the four sessions, ADB will also launch its publication “Echoes of Success: Case Studies in the Replication of Asian Development Bank Projects in the People’s Republic of China“. The report presents five ADB-financed projects in the PRC that have been replicated within and outside the PRC.
Venue: Grand Ballroom 2, Kerry Hotel, 1 Guang Hua Road, Beijing.
Register via Zoom.
View the program and biographies here.
Agenda
| Date/Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 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
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?
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
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
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 |
| 09.00-18.00 | Field Visit to Project Site Tianjin Dongli Biomass Energy and Comprehensive Waste Treatment Subproject, Dongli District, Tianjin Municipality |
