International Financial Institutions Water and Energy Sectors Business Opportunities Seminar in Southeast Asia (IFI BOS)

The International Financial Institutions Business Opportunities Seminar focused on energy and water-related procurement opportunities in Southeast Asia.

Key speakers from ADB, Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank, and World Bank Group delivered presentations on:

Ryan Allen

Ryan Allen is an associate professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. He holds a Master’s degree in environmental engineering and a PhD in environmental health, both from the University of Washington in Seattle, USA. Following his doctoral training, Dr. Allen completed a post-doctoral fellowship in environmental epidemiology focused on the link between long-term air pollution exposure and the progression of subclinical cardiovascular disease. Dr.

A Case Study on Deploying Carbon Capture Technologies

This presentation showcased two power facilities with carbon capture and storage (CCS) facilities in Saskatchewan, Canada. It also emphasized how CCS technology transfers can enhance developed countries' provision to developing through urgent and adequate finance and capacity-building support, as well as the importance of multi-stakeholder initiatives to drive development.

Implementation of Regulatory Sandboxes – A Global Overview

The number of regulatory sandboxes are increasing, with different regulators organizing them. This presentation presents a global overview of regulatory sandboxes, a programme allowing FinTech firms to test new solutions in an actual market environment under regulatory supervision, but without necessarily incurring all existing regulatory restrictions. It also offers some case studies of regulatory sandboxes established in Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, and Oceania.