Ick Jin

Ick Jin is currently the Assistant Chief for Economic Analysis in the National Assembly Budget Office. He undertakes financial analyses on the effect of public expenditures and economic programs. Before joining NABO, he worked at Korea Insurance Research Institute, Korea Capital Market Research Institute, and the Bank of Korea. Mr. Jin holds a Ph.D. from the Rice University at Houston, a CFA designation, and a CIPM designation. His primary research interest includes ESG investing, climate finance, climate technology, sustainable development among others.

Shah Zulfiqar Haider

Shah Zulfiqar Haider is a Registered Professional Engineer (PEng) and Certified Energy Auditor from USA and Life Fellow of Bangladesh Computer Society. He has 40 years of experience in Infrastructure, Sustainable Energy, Climate Change & Military Engineering Services. He is an International expert in Sustainable Energy, Smart Grid, Infrastructure planning, Total Quality Management (TQM), Management of Electric Utilities etc.

Koji Takahashi

Since joining in METI in April 1994, he has been involved mainly in international affairs including bilateral trade issues with the US, China, and the Middle- Eastern countries and multilateral issues in IT and energy policy particularly with Asian region. His career history also includes work at Embassy of Japan in Hungary as the commercial attache (2006-2009).

Charlie Ayco

Charlie Ayco left his teaching job at the Ateneo de Manila University to join politics and became the Mayor of his hometown in Sevilla, Bohol, Philippines -- one of the youngest mayors after the EDSA Revolution in 1986. After his short stint in politics, he moved to the NGO sector and spent many years with Habitat for Humanity (Asia Pacific) where he led the conduct of the first three sessions of the Asia Pacific Housing Forum. He was appointed as the CEO of Habitat for Humanity Philippines in 2011.

Tapping Indonesian Last Mile Electrification Potential: Novel Off-grid Business Model Concepts

Last miles electrification for rural areas in archipelagic countries bear the most challenge to electrify, as they are scattered, usually low-demand and uncertain in growth. In the case of Indonesia, the complexity adds as the task often pinned to PLN as a state-owned utility and rely to their network extension. Low participation of private sectors to take part in providing electricity for off-grid and rural areas are one of the factors as the implication of current challenging legal and regulatory set up.