PROGRAM
Master of Ceremonies: Tahmeen Ahmad, Senior Financial Management Specialist, ADB
DAY 1: 19 September
| 0830-0900 | Registration |
| 0900-0915 | Welcome remarks Fatima Yasmin Vice President (Sectors and Themes) Asian Development Bank (ADB) |
| 0915-0930 | Keynote address Mami Mizutori Former Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Disaster Risk Reduction |
| 0930-1030 | Session 1. Setting the Stage This session will lay out the call for action for the MDBs, governments of DMCs, and the insurance industry. Panel: Yoshihiro Kawai Chairman OECD Insurance and Private Pension Committee Meena Chandra Head, Insurance, Infrastructure and Trade Finance Division Monetary Authority of Singapore Nadeem Ahsan Joint Secretary Ministry of Finance, Pakistan Satoshi Ikeda Chief Sustainable Finance Officer Japan Financial Services Agency David Maslo Chief Risk Management Officer Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF SPC) Moderator: Bhargav Dasgupta Vice President (Market Solutions) ADB |
| 1030-1100 | PHOTO SESSION AND COFFEE BREAK |
| | 1100-1200 | Session 2. Financing climate and disaster risks - Challenges faced by Asia-Pacific countries Moderated discussion on common challenges, as well as opportunities, with baseline information on the status of insurance and risk financing solutions in the region. Panel: Maksat Bakeshov Deputy Head, Insurance Market Development Division Agency for Regulation and Development of the Financial Market, Kazakhstan Javkhlant Batmunkh Chief Executive Officer Mongolian National Reinsurance JSC, Mongolia Nadeem Khan Manager, Financial Institutions Group Reserve Bank of Fiji Tony Kaltong Luke Expenditure Analyst, Department of Finance and Treasury Ministry of Finance and Economic Management, Vanuatu Neha Singh Deputy Director, Climate Change Finance Unit Ministry of Finance, India Moderator: Christine Engstrom Senior Director, Finance Sector Office ADB |
| 1200-1330 | LUNCH Multifunction Hall 1, ADB |
| 1330-1430 | Session 3. Sovereign risk financing solutions – Opportunities for financial protection This session will discuss the menu of sovereign-level disaster risk financing options. Panel: Mey Vann Secretary of State Ministry of Economy and Finance, Cambodia Mohd Rashedul Am Joint Secretary (Fiscal Policy), Finance Division Ministry of Finance, Bangladesh Shannen Nicole Chua Joint Secretary Ministry of Finance, Nepal Moderator: Lotte Schou Zibell Advisor, Finance Sector Office ADB |
| 1430-1530 | Session 4. Developing CAT Bond markets in Asia This session will discuss alternate risk financing options. Panel: Meena Chandra Head, Insurance, Infrastructure and Trade Finance Division Monetary Authority of Singapore Ocean Chiu Associate Director Hong Kong Insurance Authority Tobias Meier Head, Multilateral Development Banks, Public Sector Solutions Swiss Re Cheryl Tan Partner Rajah & Tann Harry White CEEM, Senior Manager – Securities Verisk Shinji Yamamoto Founder and CEO Keystone ILS Moderator: Thomas Kessler Principal Disaster Insurance Specialist Finance Sector Office, ADB |
| 1530-1600 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 1600-1700 | Session 5. National and regional risk pools The session will discuss the benefits of national and regional risk pools as part of options for averting, minimizing and addressing critical and increasingly systemic climate-related risks in vulnerable countries. Panel: Jo Horrocks Chief Resilience and Research Officer Natural Hazards Commission, New Zealand Kocu Andre Hutagalung President Director PT Reasuransi MAIPARK Indonesia David Maslo Chief Risk Management Officer Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF SPC) Aholotu Palu Chief Executive Officer Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Company Benedikt Signer Executive Director Southeast Asia Disaster Risk Insurance Facility (SEADRIF) Moderator: Arup Chatterjee Principal Financial Sector Specialist Finance Sector Office ADB |
| 1700-1830 | COCKTAILS Haven, ADB |