| 7:45 - 9:00 a.m. | Registration, Coffee, and Tea |
| 9:00 - 9:40 a.m. | Opening of the 2023 ADB Gender Forum Emcees: Maralmaa Munkh-Achit, Young Professional, Gender Equality Division, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, ADB Vivek Raman, Principal Knowledge Management Specialist, Department of Communications and Knowledge, ADB Welcome Remarks Masatsugu Asakawa, President, ADB Opening Remarks Bruno Carrasco, Director General, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, ADB Keynote Speech Shaila Shahid, 2023 Women's International Network for Disaster Risk Reduction (WIN DRR) Leadership Awardee Overview of the Gender Forum Samantha Hung, Director, Gender Equality Division, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, ADB |
| THEME 1 | Women in the Energy
Transition |
| SESSION 1.1 | A Gender-Responsive Energy
Transition: What it is and Why it Matters? |
| 9:40 - 11:00 a.m. | Opening Veronica Mendizabal Joffre, Senior Gender and Social Development Specialist, Gender Equality Division, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, ADB Setting the Scene H.E. Lenny Rosalin, Deputy Minister, Gender Equality, Ministry of Women Empowerment and Child Protection, Republic of Indonesia (Virtual) Panel Discussion Moderator: Susann Roth, Advisor, Department of Communications and Knowledge, ADB Soma Dutta, Lead Gender and Energy Transition Expert, ENERGIA (Virtual) |
| 11:00 - 11:15 a.m. | Coffee Break @ The Auditorium Gallery |
| SESSION 1.2 | How do we Make the Energy
Transition Gender-Responsive? |
| 11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Opening and Introduction to Cases Moderator: Toru Kubo, Senior Director, Climate Change, Resilience and Environment Cluster, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, ADB Presentation of Cases and Q&A Case 1 Filda Yusigantoro, Chairperson, Purnomo Yusgiantoro Policy Research Center (PYC) Case 2 Kamia Handayani, Executive Vice President for Energy Transition and Sustainability, PLN Indonesia State Electricity Corporation (Virtual) Case 3 Robeliza Halip, Coordinator, Indigenous Peoples Major Group for Sustainable Development, and Right Energy Partnership with Indigenous Peoples Case 4 Nina Kolybashkina, Senior Social Development Specialist, Climate Investment Fund (CIF), World Bank Case 5 Simarna Singh, Social Entrepreneur, Sustainability Advocate, and Youth Leader National Youth Council Singapore Case 6 Rosemary Idem, Programme Manager, Women and Youth at the Forefront, Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) (Virtual) Closing Veronica Mendizabal Joffre, Senior Gender and Social Development Specialist, Gender Equality Division, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, ADB |
| 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. | Lunch @ The Executive Dining Room |
| THEME 2 | Gender-Responsive Climate Change Adaptation |
| SESSION 2.1 | How Can Women Drive Climate-Resilient Agriculture? |
| 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. | Opening Noelle O'Brien, Director, Climate Change, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, ADB Setting the Scene Yasmin Siddiqi, Director, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Division, Sectors Group, ADB Panel Discussion Moderator: Mary Alice Rosero, Senior Social Development Specialist (Gender and Development), Gender Equality Division, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, ADB Azav Nomanov, Project Coordinator, Horticulture Value Chain Development Project, International Strategic Center for Agri-Food Development, Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Virtual) Clara Park, Senior Gender Officer and Co-Lead, Gender Equality Division, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Ranjitha Puskur, India Representative, CGIAR and International Rice Research Institute Warathida Chaiyapa, Assistant Director of Academic Affairs, School of Public Policy, Chiang Mai University Yasmin Siddiqi, Director, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Division, Sectors Group, ADB Q&A Moderator: Mary Alice Rosero, Senior Social Development Specialist (Gender and Development), Gender Equality Division, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, ADB |
| 3:00 - 3:15 p.m. | Coffee Break @ The Auditorium Gallery |
| SESSION 2.2 | Adapting to Increasing Heat
Though Gender-Responsive Solutions |
| 3:15 - 4:45 p.m. | Introduction to the Session Zonibel Woods, Senior Social Development Specialist (Gender and Development), Gender Equality Division, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, ADB Setting the Scene Bushra Afreen, Chief Heat Officer, North Dhaka, Bangladesh, Arsht-Rock Panel Discussion Moderator: Zonibel Woods, Senior Social Development Specialist (Gender and Development), Gender Equality Division, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, ADB Abhiyant Tiwari, Lead - Health & Climate Resilience, Natural Resources Defense Council, India Ana Bonell, Associate Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (Virtual) Bushra Afreen, Chief Heat Officer, North Dhaka, Bangladesh, Arsht-Rock Laxmi Sharma, Senior Urban Development Specialist, ADB (Virtual) Q&A Moderator: Zonibel Woods, Senior Social Development Specialist (Gender and Development), Gender Equality Division, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, ADB |
| 4:45 - 4:50 p.m. | Closing Jinha Kim, Gender Specialist (Climate Change), Gender Equality Division, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, ADB |
| Closing of DAY 1 |
| 4:50 - 5:00 p.m. | Day One Summary Tofu Creatives Maralmaa Munkh-Achit, Young Professional, Gender Equality Division, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, ADB Vivek Raman, Principal Knowledge Management Specialist, Department of Communications and Knowledge, ADB |
| 5:00 p.m. | Cocktail Reception @ The Courtyard |