Speakers
Welcome Remarks
Keynote Address
Session 1. Setting the Stage
Panel:
Monetary Authority of Singapore
Yoshihiro Kawai
Chairman,
OECD Insurance and Private Pension Committee
David Maslo
Chief Risk Management Officer
Caribbean Catastrophe Risk
Insurance Facility (CCRIF SPC)
Moderator:
Session 2. Financing climate and disaster risks - Challenges faced by Asia-Pacific countries
Panel:
Financial Institutions Group
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:
Session 3. Sovereign risk financing solutions – Opportunities for financial protection
Panel:
Mohd Rashedul Am
Joint Secretary (Fiscal Policy) Finance Division Ministry of Finance, Bangladesh
Debt Strategy and Planning Division, Bureau of Treasury Philippines
Moderator:
Session 4. Developing CAT Bond markets in AsiaPanel:
Panel:
Meena Chandra
Head, Insurance, Infrastructure and Trade Finance Division
Monetary Authority of Singapore
Multilateral Development Banks, Public Sector Solutions
Swiss Re
Harry White
Senior Manager
Securities for Extreme Event Solutions
Verisk
Shinji Yamamoto
Founder and CEO
Keystone ILS
Moderator:
Session 5. National and regional risk pools
Panel:
Chief Resilience and Research Officer
Natural Hazards Commission
New Zealand
PT Reasuransi MAIPARK
Indonesia
Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF SPC)
Aholotu Palu
Chief Executive Officer
Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Company
Benedikt Signer (TBC)
Executive Director
Southeast Asia Disaster Risk Insurance
Facility (SEADRIF)
Moderator:
Session 6. Innovative disaster risk transfer products
Panel:
Centre for Disaster Protection
InsuResilience Solutions Fund
WRMS Global
Moderator:
Brigitte Balthasar
Senior Disaster Risk Financing Specialist, Climate Change, Resilience,
and Environment Cluster, ADB
Session 7. Managing weather risks for crops and agriculture value chains
Panel:
WRMS Global
Maria Mateo
Co-Founder and CEO (TBC)
IBISA Network
Jae-hoon Sung
Senior Research Fellow
Korea Rural Economic Institute
Moderator:
Session 8. De-risking energy efficiency investments
Panel:
Moderator:
Session 9. Role of community-based partnerships
Panel:
Mumtaz Iqbal
Chief Operating OfficerKashf Foundation, Pakistan
Moderator:
Session 10. The way forward
Panel:
Institutions Division, ADB
Finance Sector Office, ADB
Moderator:
Closing remarks