PROGRAM
Master of Ceremonies: Tahmeen Ahmad, Senior Financial Management Specialist, ADB
DAY 2: 20 September
| 0900-1000 | Session 6. Innovative disaster risk transfer products This session will discuss emerging risk management and risk mitigation solutions that help narrow existing and emerging protection gaps. •Parametric insurance (WRMS Global) •Catastrophe insurance wrappers (Munich Re) •Heat stress insurance (IBISA Network) •Shock responsive social protection using blended finance (InsuResilience) Panel: Veronika Bertram Lead Risk Finance Advisor Centre for Disaster Protection Eugene Doce Co-Head InsuResilience Solutions Fund Anuj Kumbhat Co-Founder and CEO WRMS Global Maria Mateo Co-Founder and CEO IBISA Network Michael Roth Public Sector Practice Lead Munich Re Moderator: Brigitte Balthasar Senior Disaster Risk Financing Specialist, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster ADB |
| 1000-1100 | Session 7. Managing weather risks for crops and agriculture value chains Moderated discussion on crop and livestock insurance Panel: Lorenzo Chan, Jr. President and CEO Pioneer Inc. Anuj Kumbhat Co-Founder and CEO WRMS Global Brandon Matthews CEO and Co-Founder Stonestep Maria Mateo Co-Founder and CEO IBISA Network Jae-hoon Sung Senior Research Fellow Korea Rural Economic Institute Moderator: Arup Chatterjee Principal Financial Sector Specialist Finance Sector Office ADB |
| 1100-1130 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 1130–1230 | Session 8. De-risking energy efficiency investments The session will discuss various possibilities of de-risking climate energy efficiency investments. The discussion will focus on the benefit of credit guarantees, energy efficiency and savings insurance. Panel: Rustico Noli Cruz Vice President Development Bank of the Philippines Sanjay Dube CEO International Institute for Energy Conservation (IIEC) Livia Miethke Morais Sustainable Finance Team Lead BASE Energy Basel Preksha Tripathi Client Manager and Relationship Manager, Government Business Munich Re Moderator: Asif Cheema Director, Private Sector Financial Institutions Division ADB |
| 1230-1330 | LUNCH Multifunction Hall 1 |
| 1330–1430 | Session 9. Role of community-based partnerships This session will discuss why partnering with communities is key to helping the most vulnerable in our societies prepare for, and react to, natural catastrophes and extreme events. Panel: Mumtaz Iqbal Chief Operating Officer Kashf Foundation, Pakistan Rajviben Joshipura Self Employed Women's Association, India Noel Raboy President and CEO CLIMBS Life and General Insurance Cooperative, Philippines Anshukant Taneja Principal Investment Specialist Private Sector Financial Institutions Division ADB Moderator: Wendy Walker Director, Human and Social Development Sector Office ADB |
| 1430-1530 | Session 10. The way forward This session will summarize how ADB can support Asian DMCs in narrowing the protection gap. Panel: Asif Cheema Director, Private Sector Financial Institutions Division ADB Christine Engstrom Senior Director, Finance Sector Office ADB John Maroney Chief Executive Officer Global Asia Insurance Partnership Moderator: Ramesh Subramaniam Director General & Group Chief, Sectors Group, ADB |
| 1530-1545 | Closing remarks Bhargav Dasgupta Vice President (Market Solutions) ADB |