4th Annual PSLO Energy Sector Mission
From Strategy to Action: Business Opportunities for Energy Market Transformation
Washington D.C. - October 23-27, 2011
New York City - October 28, 2011
2011 PSLO Energy Mission Participant Profiles
2011 PSLO Energy Mission Agenda & Booklet
Thank you to all 60 participants of the 2011 PSLO Annual Energy Mission who made it a success! Participants in this year’s mission represent more than 50 organizations and 14 different countries with expertise in a variety of fields related to renewable energy and energy efficiency.
The 2011 PSLO Annual Energy Mission focused on the energy sector opportunities at the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) and was designed to provide an opportunity for the private sector to initiate dialogue with the IFI officers responsible for energy sector projects; understand the project requirements and constraints; and learn about the level of competitiveness in accessing bank projects, bank-financed projects and programs in the energy sector.
Please find below the 2011 PSLO Energy Mission Agenda and Presentations:
Day One: World Bank Group
- Key Global Energy Trends - Overview of Global Energy Trends and the World Bank Group’s Energy Portfolio by Subramaniam V. Iyer (Vijay Iyer) , Sector Director , Sustainable Energy Department
- Opportunities and Trade-Offs: Energy options for Developing Countries - A perspective on how to fill present and future energy gaps around the world with Xiaodong Wang, Senior Energy Specialist, East Asia, Sustainable Development
- Creating a Creditworthy Power Sector and Financing the Transformation - What are the roles for the governments, the private sector and the IFIs with Katharine Baragona, Senior Infrastructure Finance Specialist, Finance, Economics & Urban Department
- Case studies from World Bank Pipeline of Projects:
- Luhri Hydro Electric Project, India ($1,15B) with Kwawu Mensan Gaba, Lead Energy Specialist, South Asia Region, Sustainable Development
- Geothermal Clean Investment Project, Indonesia ($0,574B) with Migara Jayawardena, Senior Infrastructure Specialist, East Asia Region, Sustainable Development
- Lighting Africa with Katherine Steel, Energy Specialist, Africa Region, Sustainable Development
- How to bid on World Bank Financed Projects with V. S. Krishnakumar, Regional Procurement Manager, Africa Region
- How IFC and MIGA can Partner with Investors with Asad Yaqub, Senior Investment Office, IFC and Federica dal Bono, Senior Business Development Officer, MIGA
Day Two: World Bank Group, African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank
- Project Finance and Guarantees with Katharine Baragona, Senior Infrastructure Finance Specialist, Finance, Economics & Urban Department
- Panel Discussion on New Technologies:
- US Energy Policy Briefing at K&L GATES with Marina Sofos, AAAS Policy Fellow, International Program Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
- Video Conference with the African Development Bank by Richard Anthony Claudet, Chief Investment Officer, Private Sector Department
- Dinner Program with the Asian Development Bank, with Alessandro Pio, Resident Director General, North American Representative Office and Samuel Tumiwa, Deputy Regional Director, North American Representative Office
- Video Conference with Asian Development Bank Staff in Manila, Philippines: Business Opportunities with the ADB
- Robert Guild, Director, Transport, Energy and Natural Resources Division, Pacific Regional Department
- Rune Stroem, Director, Energy Division, Central and West Regional Department
- Yongping Xhai, Director, Energy Division, South Asia Regional Department
- Jong-Inn Kim, Lead Energy Specialist, Energy Division, Southeast Asia Regional Department
- Mike Barrow, Director, Infrastructure Finance, Private Sector Operations Department
- Muhammad Amir Ingratubun, Senior Procurement Specialist, Central Operations Support Office
Day Three: Inter-American Development Bank - Please follow the links for Agendas, Presentations and Video
Day Four: Islamic Development Bank and Millennium Challenge Corporation
- Video Conference with the Islamic Development Bank by Said Taufik Ridha, Structured Finance Officer and Irfan Bukhari, Manager, Public Private Partnership Division, Infrastructure Department, Islamic Development Bank
- Millennium Challenge Corporation's Overview of Energy Funded Projects by Jerry I. Dutkewych Director, Diplomatic and External Relations, Jonathan Saiger, Senior Director of Infrastructure, and Julio Sarria, Director of Procurement Policy
Day Five: World Bank Group and the United Nations
- The World Bank and the United Nations Overview by Yuvan Beejadhur, Counsellor, The World Bank Group
- Practical Aspects of Doing Business with the UN by Jacob Willemsen, New Amsterdam Trade & Consultancy
- Overview of the United Nations System, United Nations Procurement Division (UNPD) and United Nations Global Marketplace (UNGM) by Isaac Mcekeni, Procurement Operations Service, United Nations Procurement Division
- Lunch Keynote Speaker Mr. Faruk Iqbal Khan
- Energy and Environment Group / Global Environment Facility (GEF) by Marcel Alers, Chief Technical Advisor for Climate Change, United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
For information about the 2010 PSLO Energy Sector Mission, please visit the links below:
2010 Annual Energy Sector Mission Participant Profiles
2010 Annual Energy Sector Mission Booklet
View 2010 PSLO Energy Mission Agenda
