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.

Bagus Mudiantoro

I am a climate change economist. Climate change, energy, and project management are my area of interest. As co-director for Policy under the MENTARI, policy and regulatory reform is one of the prominent agendas to accelerate the penetration of the renewable energy in Indonesia. My education background provides a stong ground for my support to expedite the energy transition. I worked with international institution in several coutnries in related to the climate change and energy sector. 

Sustainable Community Development through Renewable Energy and Joint Community Initiatives

Energy is just one of the problems among the several challenges rural and marginalized communities in the Philippines are facing. However, Renewable Energy such as solar is a good entry point to have series of joint community initiatives with the community locals and multi-sectoral partnerships geared towards sustainable community development.

John Mark Napao

Mark is the President and Founder of Solar Hope, an NGO that aims to provide solar and sustainable solutions to marginalized communities in the Philippines. He is also working as an Engineer in NGCP as his day job to support his daily living and the NGO. He have been involved in NGO work for more than 9 years and his expertise is in the field of Rural Electrification, Renewable Energy and Community Development. He is also a Climate Reality Leader, an advocate and an inspirational speaker. His life mission is to give hope and light to the lives and houses of peoples.

GIS Analysis as a Tool to Spur Market Development in PNG

Mini-grid development in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is at a nascent stage but has shown some recent momentum via the development of the PNG Off-grid Regulations (to be adopted in the near future), inclusion in the National Electrification Rollout Plan, and recent investments by USAID and DFAT, among others. The USAID-PNG Electrification Partnership (USAID-PEP) is helping market participants understand opportunities for mini-grid development through GIS and market analysis exploring the viability of mini-grids across the entire country.

Garrick Lee

Garick Lee is a Senior Off-grid Advisor at the USAID-Papua New Guinea Electrification Partnership Activity (USAID-PEP) where he leads the program’s work on off-grid electrification. He has over 13 years of experience in developing, implementing and managing energy projects and programs in Australia, Southeast Asia, the United States, Africa and the Pacific.

Mapping Government Support for Energy Transition – Lessons from India

Carefully designed energy support measures—subsidies, public utilities’ investments, and public finance institutions’ lending—and government’s energy revenues play a key role in a country’s transition to clean energy. In India, over USD 77 billion of support was provided to the energy sector. This session provides a framework for tracking a country’s progress towards its Net Zero targets and provides a detailed assessment of how aligned is India’s government support in reaching its Net Zero targets.